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by awjr 9y ago
That's a 2 hour commute at the best of times. I suspect that makes huge financial sense and they probably get there in 30 minutes.
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Fans Find Mysterious ZX Spectrum Easter Egg in OK Computer's New C90 Cassette(eurogamer.net)
2 points by awjr 9y ago|0 comments
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by awjr 9y ago
As with anything I suspect that this is to do with economies of scale. Delivering a 100MW battery installation in under 6 months is challenging. Being able to achieve this using their current manufacturing base is impressive. That's no
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Large-scale physical activity data reveal worldwide activity inequality(nature.com)
2 points by awjr 9y ago|0 comments
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by awjr 9y ago
It's the little things the author mentions, that impressed me. For example the prevalence of Malaria. A higher temperature can increase the lifecycle rate of the parasite by a factor of 10. I was also unaware that higher temperatures i
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by awjr 9y ago
This always reminds me of this cartoon https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/514325219919218393/ "What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?" I think the key point that the article mak
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by awjr 9y ago
I suspect it's an audit trail. You see the set of tests there. One issue is that I think this conflicts with the recommended Component/index.js or Component.js not Component/Component.js I find you do want to find components
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by awjr 9y ago
Agreed, but London, as far as I could work out was pretty much anything within the M25. Not ideal.
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by awjr 9y ago
Of 112 cities and towns in the UK, only 15 of them have less people commuting to work by car than the sum of walking, cycling, and public transport. That's only 14% of towns and cities. https://docs.google.com/spreadshe
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by awjr 9y ago
The reality is that cities are beginning to understand that the economic 'lifeblood' of a city can be strangled by the private car. Use of space is a huge issue within cities and a liveable approach based around the principle pede
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by awjr 9y ago
It's called the tidal wave effect and is the bane of public transport planning. You have to provide buses/trains to cope with rush hour when you make most of your profits, but then have no choice but to run the stock during the qu
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by awjr 9y ago
Doesn't this solve the battery storage issue for renewables? I mean you can produce lakes of this stuff and 'burn it' when needed. Strategically could be worth shipping/piping from a high sun/wind/geothermal ar
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by awjr 9y ago
I have a suspicion that the approach that will be used is the Dutch approach and a Dam will be built across the Block Island Sound enabling reclamation of significant amounts of land. The value of NYC and the ability to expand the city shou
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by awjr 9y ago
Volunteer. Join Tech4Good events. Attend Hackathons. Get INVOLVED.
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by awjr 9y ago
This reminds me of this joke https://www.buzzmaven.com/2014/01/old-engineer-hammer-2.html : The Graybeard engineer retired and a few weeks later the Big Machine broke down, which was essential to the company’s rev
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by awjr 9y ago
My journey has been JQuery -> Angular -> React with background noise of Node.js I've specifically tried to avoid Choo/Vue/Whatever until there has been real traction in the job market and the community behind that frame
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by awjr 9y ago
That may also have to do with what you get for your money and local walkable access to schools causing families to avoid trying to live in the centres.
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If You Can’t Ban Cars Downtown, Take Away Parking Spaces(fastcompany.com)
32 points by awjr 9y ago|121 comments
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by awjr 9y ago
This gets into the vehicular cycling argument. If you want an inclusive cycle network that works for all the population, not just the physically fit and brave, design for those that want to cycle but feel they can't as it is too danger
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by awjr 9y ago
The arguments for segregated cycle tracks (physical barriers) rather than cycle lanes (paint) can be answered by one question: "Would you let your child cycle here?" https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017&#x2
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by awjr 9y ago
I think each contract was for 10 people working for 40 hours each per week. In effect buying 400 hours of expertise. That did not stop one of those 10 people doing 40 hours on one contract and another 10-20 hours on another. As long as both
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by awjr 9y ago
Have updated my original comment to reflect this. It's a very valid point.
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by awjr 9y ago
I think the more interesting thing here is probably what he doesn't mention. Given the amount of sausages he appears to be eating daily I suspect he was spending most of his day there. However his previous history also indicates workin
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by awjr 9y ago
Steve Jobs was absolutely dead set against 3rd party apps in the app store, which was one of the reasons the iPhone became such a huge phenomenon. http://www.cultofmac.com/125180/steve-jobs-was-originally-de...
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by awjr 9y ago
I think people just did not travel that far and would think nothing of walking 5-10 miles to work. Public transport was not very prevalent outside of cities I suspect.
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by awjr 9y ago
I suspect a diet of no cars would be very unpallatable these days.
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by awjr 9y ago
I'd grab some expanding foam and seal them.
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by awjr 9y ago
And votes. Coal mining is pretty much the only thing keeping some of these communities alive. People also have a habit of being very nostalgic about the coal industry. I never understood that. It's a pretty nasty dangerous occupation.
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Amazon granted a patent that prevents in-store shoppers from price checking(theverge.com)
3 points by awjr 9y ago|0 comments
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by awjr 9y ago
I helped write the Swanwick En Route Short Term Collision Alert System that covers most airports in the south of England about 20 years ago. I primarily use it to terrify people who are about to go on holiday. "OOOh you're about t

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