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by m-i-l 11y ago
This has quite a long heritage, with Reaction Engines Limited being co-founded by one of the designers of HOTOL[0], which was a similar design for an air-breathing rocket engine which got a lot of press in the UK in the 1980s. [0] https:&#
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by m-i-l 11y ago
Or the INMOS transputer[0] based Abaq (which later became the Atari Transputer Workstation[1]). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INMOS_transputer [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Transputer
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by m-i-l 11y ago
But the residents apparently prefer the Isles of Scilly to the Scilly Isles.
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by m-i-l 11y ago
A short discussion about these on HN a month or so ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10364797
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Bitwalking dollars: Digital currency pays people to walk(bbc.co.uk)
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Which Hollywood movies feature the most ridiculous code?(bbc.co.uk)
13 points by m-i-l 11y ago|8 comments
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by m-i-l 11y ago
Interesting to read that the number of bank branches is actually increasing in New York. In the UK the opposite is happening as more and more consumers are doing their banking online: "the UK has lost a quarter of its retail bank branc
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This $5,900 desk lets you lay down while working(dailydot.com)
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by m-i-l 11y ago
Its called black pudding[0] in the UK, or blood sausage[1] in some other places. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_sausage
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by m-i-l 11y ago
There's something about "random" order that doesn't sit comfortably with someone like myself. I'd agree that some kind of connection to today's date, e.g. birthday, release date, etc. would be good. Or even som
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The Jobs That Offer Great Work-Life Balance (and Some That Don't)(bloomberg.com)
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by m-i-l 11y ago
Portugal has a Golden Visa scheme, which "gives foreign investors who spend 500,000 euros on a property ... the right to live in Portugal ... They are also free to travel around all the EU countries ... and after six years they can app
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by m-i-l 11y ago
That doesn't surprise me. I think there is an element of truth in the cocaine Conservative, champagne Socialist and latte Liberal stereotypes.
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by m-i-l 11y ago
To see the photo including the current Prime Minister (David Cameron) and the current Mayor of London (Boris Johnson), and the photo including the current Chancellor of the Exchequer (George Osborne) and Nat Rothschild (of the Rothschild fa
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by m-i-l 11y ago
It is interesting how something considered harmful can have beneficial effects. In this case reintroducing wolves could control the deer population and help the re-establish some of the Caledonian Forest. There was another example I read re
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by m-i-l 11y ago
Not the first time I have heard of differences between US and European milk on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9323380
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by m-i-l 11y ago
Danny Boyle sounds great. A friend of mine actually saw him on the tube a few weeks back. She had been one of the performers in the London Olympics opening ceremony which he directed, and saw that he didn't look busy, so went up to him
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by m-i-l 11y ago
Also available via http://r3cev.com/press/2015/9/15/ft-blockchain-initiative-ba...
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Blockchain initiative backed by nine large investment banks(ft.com)
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Driverless 'Pod' Paves Way for Smartphone-Summoned Transport(bloomberg.com)
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by m-i-l 11y ago
> with an upper class person who we can relate to The article does claim that other (typically upper middle class) traders often looked down on him because of his accent and education, e.g. "Hayes was on better terms with his broker
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by m-i-l 11y ago
The article makes an analogy with the internet in 1994, which is when experienced technology "experts" such as Bill Gates were dismissing the internet as a "fad". In my experience, the people who don't "get&quo
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by m-i-l 11y ago
That is correct. The major financial organisations currently working on "blockchain technologies" aren't working with the Bitcoin blockchain - they're typically working on private (or consortium) blockchains e.g. for cle
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Brynjolfsson and McAfee: The jobs that AI can't replace(bbc.co.uk)
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Intelligent machines: Making AI work in the real world, by Eric Schmidt(bbc.co.uk)
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BBC Intelligent Machines special reports (updated throughout September)(bbc.co.uk)
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Intelligent Machines: The truth behind AI fiction(bbc.co.uk)
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America’s national vacation problem(bbc.co.uk)
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by m-i-l 11y ago
Reminds me of Business Secrets of the Pharaohs [0]. But does anyone actually enter in to this process without understanding what it is? Looks like is is a widely known practice [1]. [0] http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertain
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by m-i-l 11y ago
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_of_the_Greek_Clas... : "This work of translation ... constituted one of the greatest transmissions of ideas in history".

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