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The unstoppable TI-84 Plus(washingtonpost.com)
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by elemeno 12y ago
I don't know about any programmes based in the US, but in the UK there's both the Open University ( http://www.open.ac.uk/ ) and the University of London International Programmes ( http://www.londoninte
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by elemeno 12y ago
VASSAL is basically a virtual board - it wasn't really designed to do any form of rules enforcement, but rather handle the physical aspects of a board game. Given that translating game rules into software is often a daunting task, that
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Behemoth builder: Jonathan Ward, Tech HQ man(bbc.co.uk)
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How Secret Societies Stay Hidden on the Internet(theatlantic.com)
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Amazon Makes An Offer to Hachette Authors(washingtonpost.com)
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How to Redraw the World Map(nytimes.com)
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If you want to see some lovely examples of this in Arabic, along with just a genuinely beautiful book, you might like to look at the graphic novel Habibi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habibi_%28graphic_novel%29 For w
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Writing a MiniC-to-MSIL compiler in F#(timjones.tw)
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Part of the performance record might well be due to not everyone taking the pill remembering to always take it. If you miss the odd day, I'd imagine that the chance of accidental pregnancy goes up a fair bit.
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by elemeno 12y ago
In non-committed relationships, or in the early days of a relationship, surely it's sensible to use condoms anyway - as much for protection against STDs as for having to trust that your partner isn't lying when she says she's
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In Deep – The dark and dangerous world of extreme cavers(newyorker.com)
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Contributing to the F# Language and Compiler(fsharp.github.io)
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California dreaming: London's hi-tech aspirations(bbc.co.uk)
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Why Swift?(blogs.microsoft.co.il)
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The Rest of the World Is Better at Making Money Off the Internet(motherboard.vice.com)
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by elemeno 12y ago
A very interesting article, although I can't help but feel that it tars doctors with slightly too broad a brush. For the sake of context, I'm in the UK (so med school is a 5 or 6 year degree, not an undergrad and postgrad like the
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For an A in Philanthropy Class, Give Away $50,000(dealbook.nytimes.com)
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In Our Time is a fantastic source of interesting topics, especially since all it's past episodes are available for free on the BBC's website. With over 640 episodes it shouldn't be too hard to find something of interest! For
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Google Glass – a fascinating failure?(bbc.co.uk)
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It sounded like that's a result of the upgrade on Android - presumably they've changed something recently about how they store the offline play lists.
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It means that the person's output is not simply a multiple of the number of hours that they work, but that for each unit of time they work their output increases compared to the previous unit. For example: Linear output = tim
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by elemeno 12y ago
Not much need to make internal transfers - London and Hong Kong are two of world's largest financial centres so there's plently of local work to do and it's not exactly hard to collaborate with colleages in NYC from London wh
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Autodesk to manufacture 3D printers (bbc.co.uk)
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by elemeno 13y ago
Given the date today I'd be tempted to not take the accouncement too seriously - it is April Fools Day after all.
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Search theory and big data: The math that sank U-boats(defensenews.com)
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The range at which Radars can detect planes is a lot shorter than most people seem to believe. Ground based Radars have an effective range of something in the region of 200miles due to the earth's curvature. To get around that you eith
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Israeli startup claims it may be able to stop all viruses(timesofisrael.com)
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by elemeno 13y ago
Not at all. However if you're going to enter a market that already has multiple players and can be assumed to be competitive then surely it's important to understand why your competitors aren't doing whatever your idea is as
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by elemeno 13y ago
The website is nice, but I'm not sure that the business model is sound. This is for two different reasons - 1) If there was a solid business case for making deliveries between 6pm and 10pm (reasonable after-work hours), why aren't

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