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by keithpeter 8y ago
Going back around the millennium or before when I last taught A level maths at college, we had them in over the summer before term started for a two week intensive algebra and basics course. Seemed to help. The original author (Tim Gowers,
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by keithpeter 8y ago
Quotes from OA that struck me as on the button... "A prejudice that was strongly confirmed was the value of mathematical fluency. Barton says, and I agree with him (and suggested something like it in my book Mathematics, A Very Short
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by keithpeter 8y ago
It would be ace if there was a way to get older stories. I am resorting to reader view generally.
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by keithpeter 8y ago
From the hyperbola wiki Installation page [1] "Since Hyperbola removed entire systemd support, we suggest you read about OpenRC which is our main default init system." So one reason for having a look would be to see what OpenRC
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by keithpeter 8y ago
A bit small as others have commented but I like the 'Swiss army knife' approach. Perhaps a slightly larger version could be the future for the 'non-endpoint' laptop? Sound artists and so forth might find a use for such a
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by keithpeter 8y ago
http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/italy/ Less (immediate?) satisfaction but people seem to live longer.
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by keithpeter 8y ago
Might be using the 'official' 25th March date for new year? [1] The will probably be a 'readme' somewhere on the site about old style dates. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar#Begin
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by keithpeter 8y ago
"By "small-batch" I often mean batches of one-offs, reducing the effectiveness of sampling for quality control!" But increasing the importance of a sample retained for later analysis I imagine.
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by keithpeter 8y ago
As automation moves on I think we will all have to think these issues through. Do I trust the mass of my fellow humans a bit more than an algorithm and its sensors?
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by keithpeter 8y ago
Very interesting, thanks for posting. No sampling at all? No samples retained for analysis in the event of a problem later?
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by keithpeter 8y ago
Yup! Or at least 'appliance' style end points
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by keithpeter 8y ago
A default install of Slackware from a 2.4Gb .iso will give you a similar environment that is reasonably functional on an X200 similar to the OAs. I actually use an X220 which is slightly more powerful but same ballpark. x4 inflation over 20
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by keithpeter 8y ago
Classrooms often use interactive whiteboards driven by PCs that can be quite slow to log in to the teacher's active directory profile as this involves pulling data over a network of variable speed. There can also be issues with softwar
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by keithpeter 8y ago
How often do you do the incremental backups on backup drive #2? Some degree of cold storage would have reduced the OP's stress level when restoring their NAS mind you.
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by keithpeter 8y ago
Both harmonic and inharmonic overtones and a changing mix over time. Would be a big database. https://www.pianobuyer.com/Articles/Detail/ArticleId/40/Digi... Above reference discusses some of the issue
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by keithpeter 8y ago
Just curious as to what difference the amplifier makes? [1] has a collection of circuit diagrams /schematics for Fender amplifiers. The Champ circuits look very simple with basically a volume control. [1] https://www.thetube
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by keithpeter 8y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2U0q4lZiFg Éliane Radigue has used the ARP 2500 for decades and has only recently started composing for acoustic musicians playing traditional instruments. Just one small byway this technolo
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by keithpeter 8y ago
"Something about it seems like a just-so story. The inherent noisiness of economic evidence is lost, all the graphs are cherry picked to support his view. And yet you'd have to dig quite a lot to find specific things to complain
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by keithpeter 8y ago
Some people. Remember that the demographic changes by about 750k each year (grim reaper and new cohort entering electorate). Remember also that the majority of degree educated people under 50 voted against this. I'm not seeing any de
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by keithpeter 8y ago
"I'm a Remainer. I'm Irish - Ireland is one of the most pro-EU nations - and I live and own a house in London. I think, despite my own interests, that the UK probably needs to leave the EU in order to resolve the splits in s
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by keithpeter 8y ago
I found the use of oral evidence from fishermen and dredger crews to narrow possible search areas interesting.
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by keithpeter 8y ago
That sounds interesting. I could do my maths/stats stuff with a whiteboard or flip-chart for occasional images. How do the biologists or ecologists get on? Actual (large, paper) charts?
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by keithpeter 8y ago
Thanks for commenting. I was looking at one of the European multi-port trips myself.
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by keithpeter 8y ago
A cruise ship is basically a floating hotel. Depending on the severity of the storm, the crew probably did not want to be dealing with a significant number of sea-sick guests. It used to be possible to take a berth on a cargo ship to/f
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by keithpeter 8y ago
I posted this because I found the use of oral evidence from seamen to narrow the search area interesting.
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Found: The plane wreck that could solve a 50-year-old mystery(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by keithpeter 8y ago|1 comments
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by keithpeter 8y ago
So I could recover previously saved versions of e.g. a word-processing file? Used to use that back per-millennium on a Novel network with shared drives and it was very useful indeed. I've always wondered why that feature wasn't av
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by keithpeter 8y ago
Google tells me that this is a fork of FreeBSD from some years ago, and that there is some desktop support and some degree of support for laptops, especially Thinkpads from a few years ago. Anyone else care to comment?
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by keithpeter 8y ago
"His invention was inspired by something he saw while visiting Australia." Exchange visits(+) a good use of money perhaps? - spark that innovation. (+) not necessarily just to 1st world countries by the way
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by keithpeter 8y ago
Try a mokapot. Much lower capital cost and just as resource light. Not so much crema though I have to admit.

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