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The strange afterlife of Einstein's brain(bbc.co.uk)
7 points by m-i-l 12y ago|0 comments
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by m-i-l 12y ago
> the kids there that want to be rocket scientists study what they need to become rocket scientists I wonder if there is any pattern to the further education and career choices of alumini from these schools, e.g. arts or sciences. Accord
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by m-i-l 12y ago
See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8486324 about similar schools in the UK in the 1970s. I believe the only one left in the UK is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_School (founded in
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'The market is rigged' – Michael Lewis(bbc.co.uk)
6 points by m-i-l 12y ago|0 comments
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Watch out Tesla Aston Martin is building a 1,000-horsepower electric sedan(uk.businessinsider.com)
3 points by m-i-l 12y ago|0 comments
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by m-i-l 12y ago
I do believe this. I live in the UK where there is regional variance in the taste of milk. I believe this is due to factors such as the breed of cattle, the type of cattle feed (which is sometimes season dependent) and processing techniques
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by m-i-l 12y ago
Microsoft Announces Its Own Linux OS: http://itsfoss.com/microsoft-announces-linux-os/
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by m-i-l 12y ago
April Fool's Day: 10 stories that look like pranks but aren't: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32144005
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by m-i-l 12y ago
The adjustable Ikea Bekant sit/stand desk is "only" about three times the price of the non-adjustable Bekant desk. (I don't have one but have been tempted.)
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Does money make you mean?(bbc.com)
29 points by m-i-l 12y ago|20 comments
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Does money make you mean?(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by m-i-l 12y ago|0 comments
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by m-i-l 12y ago
It is the umlauts (or technically in this case diaeresis), on e.g. preëxisting, that bothers me more - hasn't everyone else been using hyphens for decades?
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by m-i-l 12y ago
According to many sources (e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-31082941 ) the population of London has recently reached a record high and predicted to rise by 25-30% over the next 35 years.
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by m-i-l 12y ago
"Luck" is based on probability and chance, which are definitely not things that you have direct control over. Yes, you can make decisions based upon a good understanding of probability and can even often do things to improve the o
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What exactly is 'game theory'?(bbc.co.uk)
11 points by m-i-l 12y ago|1 comments
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by m-i-l 12y ago
And more than 150 years of Punch magazine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_(magazine)
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by m-i-l 12y ago
In addition to doing things like storing any excess solar power you might have, it could also be used to charge up at night on off-peak rates ("Economy 7" in the UK) and release during the day to reduce your peak rate electricity
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by m-i-l 12y ago
The one he was showing to the BBC yesterday was the Nixie tube one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31463351
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by m-i-l 12y ago
Danny Boyle's Sunshine [0] also made good use of colour - the interior of the ship had no reference to red, orange or yellow to make the appearance of the sun more striking. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suns
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by m-i-l 12y ago
I'm in a very similar situation - I have been working for many years, and seen both extremes of salary transparency, but am still unsure about the best approach. I started out in a very small but rapidly expanding software company, whe
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The hazards of too much stuff(bbc.co.uk)
116 points by m-i-l 12y ago|56 comments
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by m-i-l 12y ago
According to http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-06/20/harley-davids... they are working on a new sound for the electric Harley-Davidson.
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by m-i-l 12y ago
Apache Solr is also extremely good. I use it at work for enterprise search and know it meets all but your last requirement (emacs integration) but a search for "solr emacs integration" suggests even that is possible.
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by m-i-l 12y ago
Just 31 days after "Countries are still paying off debt from World War 1" at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8544796
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UK government to pay off WW1 debt(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by m-i-l 12y ago|1 comments
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by m-i-l 12y ago
I tend to agree. The other point to consider is that if you are (for example) putting 30% of your salary in to a mortgage in a high cost high income area, you will have a much more valuable asset by the time you have paid off your mortgage
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by m-i-l 12y ago
I think one of the points of the article is that investing in index funds isn't a full time job, so even if you are newly rich you don't have to either make managing your money a full time job or pay other people high fees to do i
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by m-i-l 12y ago
And similarly, whatever the result, Scotland can be proud to have pursued a peaceful approach, unlike the majority of both successful and unsuccessful independence movements in the past and in present times which have resorted to bloody ter
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by m-i-l 12y ago
According to the BBC article at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28770876 , the original article author says "The hemp we use is perfectly legal to grow. It has no THC in it at all - so there's no
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by m-i-l 12y ago
Reminds me of an idea I had for lighter than air packing material. It was going to be something like over-sized bubble wrap filled with helium, or balloons you'd insert into the spaces and inflate with a helium canister. Seems a great

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