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by Toenex 13y ago
I wonder if the technology churn is more of an issue with the structure and organisation of GOV.UK rather than a technical one. In the post he states that the previous router was unmaintainable as there was no-one with a deep knowledge of
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by Toenex 13y ago
Working at the layer below is a very useful exercise. As part of my undergrad course in EE in the late 1980's we had to design and simulate a 4 bit micro-processor using logic components (essentially NAND gates). I got completely imm
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by Toenex 13y ago
I don't know about easy, it was pretty windy where I grew up! ;) Ahh sorry I see what you mean...
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by Toenex 13y ago
I know, as a child I was always chasing magazines blowing in the wind just in case they were pornographic. You just don't see kids doing that these days.
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by Toenex 13y ago
...the population the most docile. If that is true, then surely we need protection from 'extremism' because we are so easily lead. ;)
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by Toenex 13y ago
When GoLang was first announced, it began an never-ending amount of confusion for me (a Go board game player) I know what you mean, I love Ripple chocolate bars. ;)
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by Toenex 13y ago
Never noticed that. Bit of an omission on their part.
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by Toenex 13y ago
I think this is one of the reasons why it should become standard practise to provide code implementations of described algorithms. It not only provides an executable demonstration of the algorithm but as importantly an alternative descript
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by Toenex 13y ago
For a more surreal online-request-artist I give you Jim'll paint it [ http://jimllpaintit.tumblr.com/ ]. BTW the name is a reference to a British kids TV show called Jim'll fix it [ http://en.wikipedia.org
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by Toenex 13y ago
As Linux user forced to use OSX at work I've settled on VOX [ http://coppertino.com/vox/ ] as suitable player for OSX.
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by Toenex 13y ago
I've always felt it was this kind of thinking that puts Emacs at odds with the UNIX philosophy of do one thing well . Unless your one thing is everything-you-can-do-with-text.
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by Toenex 13y ago
I had a practical introduction to the dangers of inappropriate optimisation when working in machine vision years ago. I was in a lab that had a mixture of algorithmic researchers and computer engineering researchers, specifically chip desi
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by Toenex 13y ago
Precisely. The error here seems to be assuming that just because these magazines are often aimed at women they should cover all areas. The magazine is still a dominant force in fashion whereas technology is heavily supported by many and v
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by Toenex 13y ago
British women probably spend thousands on petrol but I doubt they want to read about it.
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by Toenex 13y ago
Yes my immediate concern was that GP clinics could be inundated with the worried well who simple couldn't tell the difference between an 8K and an 80K resistor. However, I doubt many people will actually go ahead and build one of th
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by Toenex 13y ago
If it helps, you just keep believing that.
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by Toenex 13y ago
How about MyMail because it's mine to give, not yours to take.
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by Toenex 13y ago
For a start-up it's not age that matters but risk aversion. You need to be happy/able to take on the risks, which are mainly financial. However, there will typically be a relationship between age and risk with the most risk avers
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by Toenex 13y ago
OK, could you ask Alex what the most common name for a developer is then?
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by Toenex 13y ago
Recognize that BMW/Daimler/et al really don't want true self driving cars. It's not really in their interest, because it would radically reduce the need for car ownership and would open up a new world of on-the-fly car
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by Toenex 13y ago
Yes, it is ironic but whilst human operated vehicles are still using the roads it actually requires much more sophisticated autonomous vehicles to 'join in'. Automated vehicles will greatly benefit us be being able communicate th
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by Toenex 13y ago
Sadly Prestel just never had the penetration of Minitel. As an Englishman who came-of-age in the 1980's I wasn't aware of anyone with Prestel, it was too expensive. I remember my dad, who was pretty keen on technology (we had a
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by Toenex 13y ago
That's not quite true - along with self-censorship, there are huge areas (for example surveillance) which cannot be discussed in an open way in the UK because of government pressure (D-Notices, threats of legal action etc). Sorry are
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by Toenex 13y ago
"Dave" being recognised as generic name for any developer.
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by Toenex 13y ago
Yes, it really is both an awe inspiring and also terrifying sight to think these guys actually sat in there. Looking at it I was reminded of Alan Shepards famous quote when he was asked what was going through his mind just prior to launch;
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by Toenex 13y ago
And why is it we all seem to spend the majority of our time doing things for others? Surely there must be a net equality to this?
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by Toenex 13y ago
Oh I don't know. I think It ain't what you do but the way that you do it (by The Fun Boy Three & Bananarama) is a perfect signature tune for Hacker News. ;)
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by Toenex 13y ago
Agreed. Terms like army and unleashed as well as the Terminator 2 reference in the article attempt to jazz up a piece of work which is interesting enough in it's own right.
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by Toenex 13y ago
I'm really hoping Leanne doesn't have a pond.
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by Toenex 13y ago
I certainly think this is very neat but the bottom line is that a user would have to be able to install arc the first time they want to use an app built on it. No matter how trivial you make that process it still sits on the other-side of

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