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by nickt 7y ago
I’d not looked at 2600 in years, but did as you suggested and I’m glad to see it’s not changed much at all! What a great magazine - looking forward to reading it again each quarter.
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by nickt 7y ago
Ha, didn't have that problem with my A4000 keyboard.
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by nickt 7y ago
Just get a Spectrum+, a better keyboard than some modern laptops... :)
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Microplastics: Premium teabags leak billions of particles – study (2019)(bbc.com)
3 points by nickt 7y ago|0 comments
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by nickt 7y ago
A similar site charts the history of UK (GPO & BT) phones. http://www.telephonesuk.co.uk/phones_1960-80.htm
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by nickt 7y ago
Lovey! Nice Tithonus.
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by nickt 7y ago
While not offshore, the Great Man-Made River project [1] in Libya exploits the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer [2] which may have 150,000 km3 of groundwater (7x the volume of The Great Lakes), or if you’re in the UK enough to fill Wembley Stadium
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Three men make a tiger(en.wikipedia.org)
8 points by nickt 9y ago|1 comments
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by nickt 9y ago
If you've not seen it, the "Turbo Encabulator" is a good watch. https://youtu.be/MXW0bx_Ooq4
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by nickt 9y ago
That's a great piece of work - it's wonderful to know that old electronics are being cared for. If you're curious to see one in action - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlP5hdPVB18
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by nickt 9y ago
Sunstorm [1] by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter, obliquely touches on this though with added aliens and a larger threat from the sun. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35815.Sunstorm
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by nickt 10y ago
Me too. Cop said, "are you English?" "Yep" "Though so"
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by nickt 10y ago
The book is called "Soldier Spy" [1], by "Tom Marcus". He was on the Jeremy Vine show last week, his interview is worth a listen (starts at 33:30). [1] http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3233023
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by nickt 10y ago
While we're on the subject of crackpot ideas - don't forget that Nikola Tesla has occasionally been blamed[1]. Not sure how big your tinfoil hat would need to be to avoid a Tunguska-level event! [1] http://www.teslasocie
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by nickt 10y ago
In Kevin Kellys new book, The Inevitable [1], he talks about the trends and long-term forces that push and pull the actual implementations and delivery mechanisms of new technology. I'd suggest that understanding the themes narrow down
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by nickt 10y ago
Link to the AMA report (warning - PDF) http://darksky.org/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/AMA_Re...
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Blue-rich light from LEDs impacts human health and the environment(darksky.org)
2 points by nickt 10y ago|1 comments
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The Booth Multiplier, HEC-1 and the worlds first floppy(bbc.co.uk)
15 points by nickt 11y ago|1 comments
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by nickt 11y ago
There was a BBC article (about rebooting a species, inbreeding and recessive genes) mentioning Bells Pyramid last week. Perhaps that spurred the update? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160113-could-just-two-peop.
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by nickt 11y ago
Here it is, Planet Money Ep. 564: The Signature (16:20) "Today on the show: the signature. It's supposed to say, "This is me." But where did the idea come from? And why are we still using it? We consult a rabbi, a lawyer
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The Pope isn't a communist(bbc.com)
2 points by nickt 11y ago|0 comments
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by nickt 14y ago
Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw