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by cjs_ac 3y ago
Given the rise of free-to-play-pay-to-win games, microtransactions and DLCs, no.
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
The UK has a long tradition of reusing outdated institutions. If the only thing you know about the House of Lords is its name, you'll be very surprised about who's in it and what they do.
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
> There is no "constitutional court" to strike it down. The Supreme Court exists for this very purpose, although it is subject to Parliamentary Sovereignty[0]. > No "president" to "not sign it". Bills do
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
As a self-taught software developer (with a degree in physics) I have a bigger problem with project-based learning (which is how I taught myself): completeness. Learning on my own meant I avoided the trap of only learning part of how to com
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
> Do you have to provide a gov't ID to signup? Yes[0]. [0] https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-and-players/gui...
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
Irregular verbs (go/went, and so on) congugate (change according to tense and subject) using rules just like regular verbs, except that they have different rules. The irregular verbs use Germanic conjugations (cf. man/men, child&#
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
The US was first to deploy large-scale electrification, and settled on 110 V @ 50 Hz. Everyone who wasn't buying their equipment from the US saw some flaws and went for 230 +- 10 V @ 60 Hz. First movers often end up committing to a sub
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
Back when films were distrubuted on physical reels of film, making copies of the film was very expensive. The solution was to make enough copies for the cinemas in America, and once American cinemas were done with them, move them on to othe
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
For those who are unsure why 'neutrality' is a desirable quality in a typeface, I refer you to the analogy of the crystal goblet by Beatrice Warde: > Imagine that you have before you a flagon of wine. You may choose your own fa
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
What happened when you pressed the button? But seriously, I think that's a bad sign, because it doesn't describe what emergencies the button can help with.
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
You can see what's available here: https://ev-database.org/uk/ MG have been here for years, and BYD have entered the market this year. In terms of adoption, Teslas (Teslae? Teslata?) are now displacing Audis as th
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
Driving in the UK is very different to driving in America, because British roads are very different to American roads. Most British roads predate motor cars. Much of the road network is mediaeval, some is Roman, at least one road is pre-Rom
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
As someone who lives outside America and has a poor opinion of America's healthcare system, I think that life expectancy is meaningless without discussing quality of life for octogenarians. Even with the slight decrease, Americans&#x27
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
Ectropy has been suggested, but the term is not in common use.
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
Disclaimer: I'm not am expert. For your first question, the instructions are documented on the Intel website[0]. Many instructions have Latency and Throughput figures, which indicate how many cycles they take to execute. These are not
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
These devices disincentivise hard braking when a pedestrian steps into the road in front of your car. The idea that these devices can measure safe driving technique comes from the same school of thought as: - More productive programmers wri
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
Also, if you have to be completely alert at all times, what's the point?
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Using integer representations for currencies becomes very messy when dealing with more than one currency at a time. The United States dollar is famously subdivided into cents, but is also subdivided into 'mills' (one thousand to t
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
You're thinking of self-regulating professional body rather than a trade union. Unions fight for pay and working conditions against employers, professional bodies represent the considered opinion of the profession and self-regulate the
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
> Wait a minute, wut? Explain to this former colonist what cultural cue he's missing, because how is it possible that 42% of a country's population lives in public housing? Or is it not "public housing", as in U. S.-s
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
The subtext of this article is that it's applying to remote Indigenous communities. They're not drinking because it's glamorous, they're drinking because they're caught in the cultural dead zone between a a modern m
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
Did BP have to create a special blend of fuel to sell in those communities to prevent petrol sniffing, because they did for outback Australia. It really is a uniquely fucked up place.
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
A fair few comments here, but none address the specific situation in Alice Springs. Alice Springs is the major settlement of the 'Red Centre' of Australia, and is home to many Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians were cu
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
I suspected that this was the case; your six sentences provide a much better case against the bill than the twelve paragraphs in the article.
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
1. This blog post is far from the first to do this, but I object to the use of the term 'lawmakers'. For one thing, the term is an unnecessary simplification, and refusal to use the proper titles for members of legislative bodies
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
> International IP laws come from the time of Dickens, when people were copying his books in the states because he couldn't enforce ownership from over here. Copyright is a different game to trademarks. Copyright has its origins in
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It is, thank you! I always get those two mixed up.
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
When it comes to discussing intellectual property laws, it's important to remember where they came from. I live in High Wycombe, a market town in the South East of England. In the nineteenth century, Wycombe was known as the centre of
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
Amongst the UK-oriented subreddits, there is a phenomenon called the Forbidden Meatball Problem. There is a dish associated with the West Country of England that you can't discuss on Reddit because Americans don't know that its na
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by cjs_ac 3y ago
The visual design of the interface selects different segments humanity for the user base. That's why HN looks like this. A more 'friendly' UI attracts people who don't have much of note to say, will consume what they&#x2

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