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by meigwilym 2y ago
Did you visit Britain?
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by meigwilym 2y ago
I think the AI talk is just the fashion now amongst C-level execs. Their product - no matter what it does - suddenly needs some sort of AI integration.
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by meigwilym 2y ago
Frankly, this just gives more reasons to switch.
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SAS war crimes inquiry obtains cache of new evidence, BBC reveals(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by meigwilym 2y ago|0 comments
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by meigwilym 2y ago
There are also some interesting digs going on in some of Cardiff's football fields: https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/25/preh...
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by meigwilym 2y ago
Thanks OP, a great intro to drop shipping.
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by meigwilym 2y ago
The quote in the image at the top of the page made me curious. Henry George was quite the personality. In favour of land tax but also free trade. His ideas have were very popular, but have now fallen out of memory. https://en.wik
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by meigwilym 2y ago
The firebombing of Dresden needlessly killed thousands of civilians, and arguably did nothing for the war effort. With the posisble exception of bolstering the resolve of front line German soldiers. Had the axis powers won the war I'm
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by meigwilym 2y ago
> Nobody has committed high crimes in this saga. But the lying has become endemic This is why honesty is valued. If you look and sound squeaky clean, it's likely that you are honest and trustworthy. If you blatantly steal a famous a
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The Polarising World of Processed Cheeses (FDA Definitions)(thecheesewanker.com)
5 points by meigwilym 2y ago|0 comments
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by meigwilym 2y ago
Great to see a local project at the top of HN! Good work guys.
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by meigwilym 3y ago
I didn't realise PG is a rugby fan.
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by meigwilym 3y ago
Updates, support and no losing developer time to updates and support. Sub $1k is a bargain for something so integral.
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by meigwilym 3y ago
Just above that it states > [what this is] notes and working examples that instructors can use to perform a lesson So use the resource to teach your friend.
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by meigwilym 3y ago
I think that deciding to go with the cheapest is an empathy-free approach, regardless if the maths were off.
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by meigwilym 3y ago
Capital punishment exists in many countries, but still fails to dissuade many people of murder. It's not about wanting to destroy the world, but short term greed whose consequences destroy the world.
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by meigwilym 3y ago
Perhaps the co-inventor hates talking to camera and is perfectly happy that she does this part of the process.
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by meigwilym 3y ago
Are you sure there were rails?
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by meigwilym 3y ago
Nice to see my home town - and its castle - on HN. Fred Dibnah included it in his programme on castles and how they were built. He also goes over its defensive and offensive features in detail. Here it is on YT: https://www.youtu
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by meigwilym 3y ago
> Our business model is built on speed, innovation, and customer obsession. Things not generally associated with unions. Unions are there to stop employers using their might to exploit their workers - sorry - associates. Unions and manag
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by meigwilym 3y ago
One of the giants of the early Web 2.0 and standards movement. Like many others I learnt a lot from her writings on the practicalities and ideas of modern, accessible websites. May she rest in peace.
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by meigwilym 3y ago
Thanks for the correction. I don't think I would have believed my memory even if I had remembered that fact correctly!
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by meigwilym 3y ago
As I said, I'm no expert. I read somewhere that it was a sexist response to this woman's criticisms. Wikipedia states: "He later got engaged to a woman who was not, despite what some state, one of the former hostages." I
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by meigwilym 3y ago
I'm no expert, but wasn't Stockholm Syndrome debunked? My understanding is that the response to the hostage taking was so incompetent that the hostages trusted the kidnappers more than the police. One of them was expected to &quot
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by meigwilym 3y ago
I read that their logic was "If it was going to catastrophically fail, it would have. So no need to stop."
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by meigwilym 3y ago
I'm not sure of your point here. You claim that SpaceX's process was an iterative one which lead to the 'most reliable rocket in history', but state that the process does not matter.
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by meigwilym 3y ago
Do you have any Faulkner recommendations?
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by meigwilym 3y ago
Already taken. I know it's not JS but it's front end tooling. https://www.bourbon.io/
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by meigwilym 3y ago
> Do not attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. It's rare that people are trained in the art of criticism. Most of us try our best, but often fail at criticising the work while separating it from the
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by meigwilym 3y ago
Before software I worked a number of blue collar jobs. Despite sharing the same feelings as you, there's no way I'm taking a pay cut and going back to how I lived before. I would remind you that the grass is always greener. Here&#

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