marksbrown

9 ms·

61.
by marksbrown 6y ago
It does seem like supporting the actions of a man deliberately provoking violence to overthrow a democratic result in a extra legal fashion should face consequences. If Twitter and Google are now governments in their own right though I must
62.
by marksbrown 6y ago
I've been fascinated by sites like this most of my life. A bit of searching a decade ago showed the author ended up with an undergraduate Desmond in physics. What's fascinating is how useful this website still is and how genuinely
63.
by marksbrown 6y ago
I can safely say two of the new vegan Richmond sausages go exceedingly well in a red lentil Dal and roti for breakfast! I don't think it's quite necessary to condemn people for putting a proverbial teaspoon of sugar in their morni
64.
by marksbrown 6y ago
Easy - the tech monopolies must be broken up. Make it illegal for any company to have more than a quarter of the market. Make any market without at least say five competitors not a free market. I'd go with punitive taxation on global t
65.
by marksbrown 6y ago
There are no perfect solutions involving humans and you know that. Democracy is famously described as the worst system except every other.
66.
by marksbrown 6y ago
Ah but there are ways for people to learn. I recommend two things to my students. CODE by Charles Petzold and www.nandgame.com
67.
by marksbrown 6y ago
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
68.
by marksbrown 6y ago
Perhaps or it can allow you to see what is holding you back. Many assumptions are rooted below conscious thought and it can be useful to bring them to the fore.
69.
by marksbrown 6y ago
Probability & statistics by de Groot is the standard text I believe. Full of examples and questions.
70.
by marksbrown 6y ago
There's no free press in China, not elsewhere dear.
71.
by marksbrown 6y ago
Normality. Why seek a more complex answer than the one graciously given to us by Terry Pratchett: "They think they want good government and justice for all, Vimes, yet what is it they really crave, deep in their hearts? Only that thing
72.
by marksbrown 6y ago
So China has a free press now to find such proof! How silly of us. This myopic, appeasement view of an authoritarian regime has been shown time and again through our history to not end well.
73.
by marksbrown 6y ago
Most of us here presumably recall the early iterations of Twitter and Facebook. Both succumbed to dark patterns a very long time ago. Your argument seems to be a slow death is preferable to a fast one.
74.
by marksbrown 6y ago
That's a poor excuse given that a) mp4 support is pretty good these days and b) CSS already has responsive loading of assets. It's purely that to a man with a JS framework everything looks like a dynamic site. I highly recommend r
75.
by marksbrown 6y ago
The wave and particle models are our own. They don't necessarily respect the true nature of reality. A bit like the old anecdote about blindfolded people feeling an elephant.
76.
by marksbrown 6y ago
I lived on ukpolitics for most of the last decade. I can safely say that was the stupidest decision of the 2010s.
77.
by marksbrown 6y ago
Perhaps he enjoys artistic photography of London architecture and commenting on his commute ;)
78.
by marksbrown 7y ago
Geant4 should have been open source a decade ago.
79.
by marksbrown 8y ago
I live on and repair /removate a canal boat in the UK. It's like a hidden village threaded through London. Extraordinary experience.
80.
by marksbrown 8y ago
Alternatively https://xkcd.com/1356/
81.
by marksbrown 8y ago
For those familiar with Freeman's mind, the author also publishes Ross's game Dungeon. He has discussed this issue at some length across a few of his videos. Well worth a watch.
82.
by marksbrown 8y ago
His point to my mind was that life is viewed too sacrosanct given that there are individuals willing to go.
83.
by marksbrown 8y ago
1. Bus passengers are not rational actors in the free market. They'll get on the first available. In routes with multiple services consumers will prefer to just buy a ticket like 'system one' in Manchester. 2. Frequency and r
84.
by marksbrown 9y ago
I found a project that was too big to ignore. I own and live on a narrowboat on the canals of the UK. It's been incredibly frustrating but in a good way. I found myself becoming too comfortable and that's how I was losing time.
85.
by marksbrown 12y ago
CGP Grey covered a few of your points in his video 'humans need not apply'[1]. The main argument against new jobs filling the void as it were, was the prevalence of the kinds of jobs that most people currently perform and the lack
86.
by marksbrown 12y ago
Location: London, UK Remote: No Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, git, linux Resume : http://www.markbrown.io/cv email : contact@markbrown.io I'm a mere 14 days from reaching the end of my PhD ( http:/
87.
by marksbrown 12y ago
Location : London, UK Remote : No Willing to Relocate : No Technologies : Python (NumPy/SciPy, Pandas), C++ Resume : www.markbrown.io/cv Email : contact@markbrown.io I'm near the end of my PhD at UCL (London, UK) and I'm
88.
by marksbrown 12y ago
They also brought Southwark (near London Bridge, London) to a complete standstill on Tuesday because TfL (Transport for London) is not ensuring enough well placed taxi ranks. The Shard for instance has a space for a single taxi. Frankly thi
89.
by marksbrown 12y ago
Location : London, UK, Local, Full Time Stack: Python, C++ Resume: http://www.markbrown.io/cv Contact: contact@markbrown.io I will be finishing my PhD, Friday 26th September 2014(!) in improving the timing pe
90.
by marksbrown 13y ago
The remapping of shortcuts was mildly annoying, but it looks good.

More ›