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Wikipedia does not provide news outside of the 'In the news' section (it does provide encyclopedic entries on current events, but that's not quite the same thing). The 'In the news' section lists already existing ar
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I don't mind websites relying on JavaScript if it would not be feasible to develop them without. However, I frequently come across largely static websites with limited interactivity that require JavaScript, which I tend to consider poo
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Items are nominated, discussed, and then a consensus is reached regarding whether to include them. There is information on the 'In the news' section at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news The
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Radio is definitely one of the best sources and unsung heroes of news in the UK. I feel BBC Radio 4 does this especially well, in that it provides coverage in a few different formats. The hourly bulletins allow you to stay informed without
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I think it's worth noting that mythology featuring creatures similar to those depicted in Spirited Away is hugely prevalent in Japanese culture. Children grow up with stories and images of youkai, so I imagine that when they watch Spir
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I have visited websites offering services I was interested in, however the price was too dear. When attempting to leave the site, I was presented with a better offer, which I accepted. If you have absolutely no interest in the product or se
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Just had a rather fun game. I enjoyed the team element and the graphical style. A couple of suggestions: It wasn't always easy to tell which cannon I was controlling. Sure, it's the one in the centre of the screen and moves when y
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I expect it's much the same use case as for asm.js and WebAssembly — just a different solution to the same problem. The intention is probably for it to become an easier way to port software to the web, although it seems like a lot more
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The article doesn't explain the experiment very well, which has caused confusion for myself and other commenters here. Having read the actual research paper, I'll try to outline how the experiment works, as I understand it: Childr
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I'm not a lawyer (nor even American) but I believe the most relevant legislation would be the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In which case, it might be a good idea to formulate a policy similar to the one linked to in the footer of
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It's interesting how it's common practice to ensure email addresses are confirmed before sending marketing messages to them, whereas there doesn't seem to be such a requirement for telephone numbers or postal addresses.
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Scratch is a decent tool for learning to code and for prototyping (you can get something visual and interactive up and running insanely quickly). However, I wouldn't use it for building anything remotely serious (i.e. something I'
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I wonder if it's really necessary to provide an unlink mail button. If the user decides not to register, then an account is not created. They can simply abandon the registration process and forget about the service. Unless the service
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In my experience, as someone who has a lot of dealings with users, I've found that users are very goal-oriented. They have a particular task they want to complete, and they just want to get on with it. A website may prompt for email co
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It depends on the business/service. In some cases it's a good idea to give the user a taster of what they can do with the service before making them sign up. You know what I do when I come across a service that forces me to sign u
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All I can find are some slides at: https://piazza.com/mit/fall2013/mass62/resources
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On the other hand, someone with little to no experience with the command line might struggle to figure out how to start the terminal, why nothing happens when they try to type their password, how the path system works, and so on. CLI is gre
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We used Pencil on one of the modules I took at uni. I think that, aside from a bit of glitchiness (I remember having a spot of trouble pasting text), most of us got on quite well with it. It's relatively simple, but rather decent at wh
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This is a wonderful idea! Making app development faster and easier can only be a good thing. Now if only it were possible to place a generic version of this app on the App Store and allow users to load in the JSON for whatever app they want
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Things such as the NHS, the minimum wage and same-sex marriage are things governments have achieved with overwhelming support from the people. But it's true that the people didn't have a direct say on these things. I don't se
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Labour, as the official opposition, are supposed to represent an alternative government. I think it's perfectly right to expect them to set out what they want from Brexit. However, they won't even answer any of the 170 questions t
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I'm not sure how we agreed to be in the EU when we voted to leave on 23rd June. I don't expect everyone to be happy about the outcome of votes, but I do expect outcomes to be respected. I'm not opposed to decisions being over
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I don't see how I'm moving the goalposts. All I'm saying is that the EU referendum result must be respected. General election results must also be respected, but they revolve around a number of issues, so are not a good indic
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Yes, the government has said that Brexit means Brexit, meaning that the UK will exit the EU. There will be controls on immigration, but the UK will seek to maintain positive relationships with other European countries (and the rest of the w
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People voted in general elections for many different reasons. People voting for a pro-EU party didn't necessarily support the EU. And all those elections took place under a flawed first-past-the-post system.
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I disagree with what you said about it being okay to attempt to stop Brexit, even after we voted against membership of the EU and never agreed to be part of it in the first place.
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I agree that certain aspects of the referendum (both in terms of the Referendum Act and also the campaigning) were far from ideal. All the same, we're in the situation we're in, and everyone needs to look forward at how the UK can
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The government has already set out how they want Brexit to work. I haven't heard Labour or other parties set out how they want Brexit to work, except the Lib Dems who don't want Brexit to happen at all. If the only plan for Brexit
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My point is: If a "remain" vote is not on the table, then what's the point in voting? It seems like a pointless exercise. Parliament can be (and are) involved in the Brexit process, but there are plenty of other ways to do th
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Considering the British people never voted to join the EU in its current form, I'm not sure why membership of the EU should be seen as the default option. If we weren't asked whether we wanted to join a post-Lisbon Treaty EU, and

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