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National Portrait Gallery Buys Rare Photographs of Ada Lovelace for the UK(ianvisits.co.uk)
5 points by ianvisits 10mo ago|1 comments
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by ianvisits 10mo ago
The only known photographs of mathematician and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace have been acquired by the UK's National Portrait Gallery just before they were expected to be sold to a private buyer.
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The chemical attack that forced the Northern line's extraordinary repair(ianvisits.co.uk)
4 points by ianvisits 10mo ago|0 comments
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by ianvisits 2y ago
Probably not. https://group.met.com/en/mind-the-fyouture/mindthefyouture/n...
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by ianvisits 2y ago
Teaspoons are narrower than forks -- if a fork fits in, then so would a normal teaspoon.
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by ianvisits 2y ago
There is a project at the moment to expand TfL's contactless payments to most stations across the southeast of England. Further expansion will be dependent on government funding.
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by ianvisits 3y ago
At a guess - I suspect they are assessing risk of investing time/money in installing your product into their company and how they would deal with issues if you are off ill one day or want a holiday. You need to be honest about your com
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by ianvisits 3y ago
I will comment on this. Yes, I used the term troll from my background many years ago writing about patent trolls, so maybe it irks people, but people who complain about one word in a much longer article are maybe... missing the point. Anywa
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by ianvisits 3y ago
"some of which goes to some dubious places." As Wikipedia would say... [citation neeeded].
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by ianvisits 3y ago
A leason I learned many long years ago is not to treat a customer cancelling a subscription as a lost customer, but as a customer going on holiday from you. When you make the cancellation process smooth and friendly, if that customer is rec
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by ianvisits 4y ago
I would love a faster dishwasher -- not because I need the dishes washed faster, but becuase I live in an open-plan flat with the kitchen and living room in the same space, and anything to reduce how long I have the dishwasher churning away
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by ianvisits 4y ago
I bought one as it makes it easier to control my lighting -- and that's all I use it for. I also however changed the trigger from Alexa to Computer. Which makes watching episodes of Star Trek... interesting.
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by ianvisits 4y ago
It's a very US centric list, omiting a lot of UK games that were the first their field. Such as Ant Attack - may be the first isometric game for personal computers. Chess in 1K for the ZX81 The Hobbit - first to accept sentences for th
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by ianvisits 4y ago
Nando's isn't a British chain though.
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by ianvisits 4y ago
No one really knows what causes them - plenty of theories but not facts - and that's why they are both exceptionally facinating as to how they form, and yet also utterly terrifying.
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by ianvisits 4y ago
As a saying it's been around for over 500 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_throw_the_baby_out_wit...
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by ianvisits 4y ago
Brits haven't been subjects since 1982. I am all for people not liking the monarchy, but at least get the facts right.
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There’s a medieval wall inside a London office that you can visit(ianvisits.co.uk)
1 points by ianvisits 4y ago|0 comments
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by ianvisits 5y ago
Everyone will find different things work for them individually, but as a general rule of thumb you need to distract your mind so that it is too busy doing something else to think about work. For me personally, that means going for a walk. T