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by ollysb 13y ago
It's not that they don't need an FAQ, more that the site is basically one giant FAQ. There isn't really an effective way to organise that much information into clickable navigation, particularly as the users will likely use t
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NSA surveillance: narrow defeat for amendment to restrict data collection(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by ollysb 13y ago|0 comments
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Why David Cameron's war on internet porn doesn't make sense(guardian.co.uk)
83 points by ollysb 13y ago|44 comments
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by ollysb 13y ago
According to the guardian's article at [1] it appears the system will actually be opt-in. From a leaked letter sent from the Department of Education to the ISPs: "Without changing what you will be offering (ie active-choice +), th
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by ollysb 13y ago
Again purely speculation but I always believed that crime is highest in areas with the greatest disparity in wealth and freedom. It's as though there is a social pressure to equalise the distribution of resources. You can see this in c
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by ollysb 13y ago
If you're using chrome you can just open an incognito window and view it there.
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by ollysb 13y ago
Brew's got you covered, to find mysql for instance it's just $ brew search mysql
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by ollysb 13y ago
Perhaps a better solution(which doesn't violate the constitution) would be to just not leave them near the terminal for a short duration... Their solution doesn't even seem to address the security issue (such as it is). Presumably
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by ollysb 13y ago
Given that funding plays such a large role in US elections it opens the door for someone to effectively pay for the use of that power.
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by ollysb 13y ago
This seems like a pretty decent explanation http://www.debunking911.com/pull.htm
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by ollysb 13y ago
Could you give an example of something that can be measured absolutely?
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by ollysb 13y ago
If you're in the habit of connecting wifi at cafes/bars etc. you can easily run past 10 (wow - just checked the list on my 18 month old laptop, it's currently 110 networks).
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by ollysb 13y ago
Been playing with frameless[1] which seems like a nice approach but I'm not really sure how to make it responsive. Anyone had some success? [1] http://framelessgrid.com/
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by ollysb 13y ago
With regards to NIMBY I'd be very interested in how much external noise would be generated. If it's silent from the outside and all it takes is a nice line of trees to conceal it completely I can't imagine people would have t
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by ollysb 13y ago
Given recent events it seems that an understanding of how government related systems work e.g. democracy, capitalism, legal etc. And I'm not talking about how to participate at a practical/individual level, I mean how these system
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by ollysb 13y ago
> Ctrl+F to quickly filter items Boy am I missing this one, would love to see it back!
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by ollysb 13y ago
Yes, I came here to check and see if it was some kind of satire. Being from the UK I'be never heard of a top sheet and couldn't imagine what benefit it would give you. Also, would it not get crumpled up in the night as you move ar
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George Zimmerman acquittal leads to protests across US cities(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by ollysb 13y ago|1 comments
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by ollysb 13y ago
The website is mostly very clear but I wasn't sure what the db on the backend would be, it sounds like it expects to work with couchdb but an adaptor could potentially be made to work with anything server side?
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by ollysb 13y ago
Ha, I actually thought it was a press release style thing on their blog until I read your comment. There's so many examples of a hero unit these days it seems almost rude not to have one.
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by ollysb 13y ago
Maybe they should have taken Elon up on his offer...
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Darpa unveils 6-foot-tall humanoid robot Atlas(theverge.com)
6 points by ollysb 13y ago|0 comments
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by ollysb 13y ago
Who loses out when fans provide subtitles for films? My partner's native tongue is Spanish and so we often want to watch films with Spanish subtitles. Unfortunately it seems incredibly rare that subtitles are provided through legal cha
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by ollysb 13y ago
The iTunes password prompt is absolutely maddening. If I make multiple purchases in iTunes it refuses to accept my password after the first purchase i.e. I can buy one film, but to buy another I have to restart. Never mind that I check the
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by ollysb 13y ago
A like button on the wifi home page would work well.
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Barack Obama seeks to limit EU fallout over US spying claims(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by ollysb 13y ago|0 comments
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by ollysb 13y ago
I'm dying to see what effect something like this will have on the obesity crisis. We could end up with a super fit generation of game players.
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by ollysb 13y ago
A model in science is a mathematical description that maps inputs to outputs. Science is an iterative process that first hypothesises a model then tests it through experimentation. Over time a model may be refined or perhaps superceeded by
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by ollysb 13y ago
For whatever reason people have a very different relationship with travelling in their own car and via some other form of transport. The perceived cost of a trip seems to drop for a lot of people, both with regards to price and time. Perhap
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by ollysb 13y ago
> we have a moat I think this is a large part of why GB has a different relationship with Europe. In other European countries you can just jump in a car and drive almost anywhere else in Europe. For many people they can be in a couple of

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