JamesMcMinn

15 ms·

91.
by JamesMcMinn 9y ago
I don't think anyone, in the UK at least, thinks the NHS is free. Most people in the UK who describe it as "free" really mean "free at the point of use" (i.e. no invoice after treatment), but that's a bit of a
92.
by JamesMcMinn 9y ago
> You may purchase this paper on-line in .pdf format from SSRN.com ($5) for electronic delivery. > You are eligible for a free download if you are a subscriber, a corporate associate of the NBER, a journalist, an employee of the U.S.
93.
by JamesMcMinn 9y ago
Model S "only" gets second highest rating in a single test. The headline is not only wrong (it aced all but one test, so didn't fall to ace "some tests"), but seems designed to make it sound much worse than the repo
94.
by JamesMcMinn 9y ago
The whole argument is built on ignoring the question "why aren't employers hiring young men" and asking the very presumptuous question "Why don't young men want to work?" I can't get access to the full pap
95.
by JamesMcMinn 9y ago
The "miles per day" would suggest 9.35miles each way, so ~40 minutes each way, which seems more likely.
96.
by JamesMcMinn 9y ago
Solus[1] has a good reputation for gaming in my experience. [1] https://solus-project.com
97.
by JamesMcMinn 9y ago
(Edit: it seems it's all of Europe, not just the UK) So you fly to Amsterdam or Dublin, then onto the US instead. This isn't going to protect anyone, it's just stupid and inconvenient to its very core. I'm already appreh
98.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
You seem to imply that Postgres isn't stable when in the fact the very opposite is true. Postgres is one of, if not the, most safe and stable relation database systems to ever exist. The fact that they keep adding or improving features
99.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
As someone who uses Twitter's APIs heavily, this is both encouraging, and slightly terrifying. We draw down a lot of data from Twitter. Obviously, we always want more data, so we got in contact with GNIP to see what we could afford (w
100.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
As someone who uses Twitter's APIs heavily, this is both encouraging, and slightly terrifying. We draw down a lot of data from Twitter. Obviously, we always want more data, so we got in contact with GNIP to see what we could afford (w
101.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
How often have you had to code up solutions to any of these challenges in the last two decades? These sort of challenges are great for learning some of the theory behind computer science and getting you thinking, but they're not a usef
102.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
Honestly, I think you'd learn more about a potential hire that way than by presenting them with these sort of challenges.
103.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
Not really. If anything it just makes coding challenges useless for distinguishing between people who can think, and people who can regurgitate. It's one thing to "know" how to balance a binary tree because you've read u
104.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
I can't find much information, but things like scrolling, switching work spaces etc. worked out of the box for me when I was testing Fedora 25 a month or so ago.
105.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
Fedora with Gnome shell on Wayland already handles both 1 and 2, although power managements is about the same as Ubuntu and Wayland comes with its own set of issues.
106.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
...yes, it is. So what? Vegetables don't just magically appear in minutes - they take weeks or months to grow, so bad winter has an effect which can last for most of the year.
107.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
With a bit of luck, Scotland might offer you someone to escape to, although the weather wont be as nice as France.
108.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
Empirical evidence justifies or disproves a claim. A single point of data does not justify the claim that vegetables from Mexico are cheaper than vegetables from the EU - all you have done is state that you once found a vegetable from one s
109.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
> anecdotal: not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research. By definition, it is anecdotal. A single piece of price data observed only by you with no evidence is not proof that EU grow
110.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
> Except "the experts" were predicting terrible things immediately, not later on - remember the punishment budget necessity? As a matter of fact, I do remember the "punishment budget", the one which was mocked up for
111.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
The risks are most certainly not only economic. The EU influences almost every aspect of the UK in one way or another. Immigration and travel are both affected. The ability to travel and work in any country in the EU is a massive benefit wh
112.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
> No trade negotiations until we leave? No trade negotiations until we official notify the EU that we are leaving, which makes nothing but sense from the EUs perspective.
113.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
Given that Spain is still recovering from flooding, cold weather and a bunch of other issues [1] that have made growing vegetables impossible in many areas, that's not really a surprise. [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news&#x
114.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
You haven't been affected by the changes because nothing has happened yet. This is the start of the negotiations to decide what those changes will be. And when I say nothing has happened yet, I mean apart from the massive drop in the v
115.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
The image has been used in a number of articles, the oldest of which I was able to find was from 2013 - I would assume the image is older than that even.
116.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
The Onion is listed as a Media/news company on Facebook. For those that know what the Onion is, it's entertainment masquerading as news, but for those who don't know, it certainly looks a lot like news.
117.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
The problem with having to provide a source is that the majority of "fake news" type stories, even the ones that are true, come from anonymous sources "close to X" or "within Y". It also means every Onion story
118.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
I'm not sure that they should take responsibility for it, but I do believe they should make tools available for people to fight it, although I don't think even that is an easy task. Facebook enables fake news by offering a platfor
119.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
Plenty of places still only have VGA connections for projectors - I have to use a TB3 to VGA dongle at least once a week.
120.
by JamesMcMinn 10y ago
I'm all for laptops that come with Linux as an option, but calling this a MacBook Pro alternative is a big stretch. People either buy the MBP for the build quality and materials, or for macOS, neither of which this seems to have - I&#x

More ›