protothomas

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31.
Alan Turing should be pardoned, argue Stephen Hawking and top scientists(guardian.co.uk)
5 points by protothomas 14y ago|0 comments
32.
Leaving Microsoft(haskell.org)
304 points by protothomas 14y ago|97 comments
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‘I helped cause the credit crunch’(ft.com)
2 points by protothomas 14y ago|0 comments
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Mapping London's most frequent surnames(mappinglondon.co.uk)
2 points by protothomas 14y ago|0 comments
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AMD adds ARM processor as it looks beyond x86(computerworld.com)
8 points by protothomas 14y ago|2 comments
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by protothomas 15y ago
They have already issued a full apology ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/gordon-brown/617011... ) which contains the following - "While Turing was dealt with under the law of the time, and we can't put the clock back, his treatmen
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by protothomas 15y ago
I think the point that the government is making here is not "...but it was the law at that time!" but rather "we will let our mistakes of the past stand, and rather than hide from them we will learn from them". There is perhaps the danger t
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by protothomas 15y ago
Whilst my gut reaction would be that this is the wrong decision, this - "However, the law at the time required a prosecution and, as such, long-standing policy has been to accept that such convictions took place and, rather than trying to a
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Computer skills are the grammar of the 21st century - UK Government Minister(guardian.co.uk)
3 points by protothomas 15y ago|0 comments
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by protothomas 15y ago
I find a nice way of look at it is to think of it as looking at the back of a two-dimensional 'slice' of what is in front of the mirror.
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Breakthrough In "Bionic" limb Technology(thelibertyunderground.net)
2 points by protothomas 16y ago|0 comments
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by protothomas 16y ago
Even if the lightbulbs are breakable I think you would need a maximum of (2√n)-1 drops - i.e. go up in increments of √n then when it breaks work forward from the previous drop.
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by protothomas 16y ago
Apologies - I'm at a university, it makes the pdf free, I wasn't aware that it would also change that page. In the interests of science - http://pastebin.com/8A89hGC9
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by protothomas 16y ago
Sadly that's the standard for academic papers. The linked page does contain the full text of the paper however.
45.
Help us map the UK's technology startups(guardian.co.uk)
4 points by protothomas 16y ago|0 comments
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by protothomas 16y ago
I may be wrong, but I think that reply would probably qualify you as a good programmer based on the first point.
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What is the next bubble?(antipope.org)
2 points by protothomas 16y ago|0 comments
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by protothomas 16y ago
in September at that...
49.
The real reason why Steve Jobs hates Flash(antipope.org)
286 points by protothomas 16y ago|77 comments
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by protothomas 16y ago
I think your point regarding impossible/useless ideas is very insightful, but I'd take slight exception to the word 'useless'. I think a better word would be pointless - things like twitter, reddit etc aren't useless by virtue of the fact t
51.
by protothomas 16y ago
Not the parent but the article says: "The most important reason... We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers. becomes even worse if the third party is supplyi
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by protothomas 16y ago
And if you asked the population of people who have actually been brought up by gay parents whether they were happy with that situation, my guess would be that the vast majority would say "yes".
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by protothomas 17y ago
There's always the danger, though, that you will run into Zeno's paradox.
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by protothomas 17y ago
By that reasoning alone though IE users would be more valuable to Google than Chrome users. I think ultimately it boils down to controlling the user's means of access, probably with more long-term aims in mind, in which case it could be arg
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A patent for the proverbial genie(expressbuzz.com)
1 points by protothomas 17y ago|0 comments
56.
by protothomas 18y ago
Searching for 'cuill' (two 'l's) works - which is what they apparently changed their name from, seemingly at the last minute.
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by protothomas 18y ago
I know that in the UK at least a lot of landlords get 'buy to let' mortgages, where you only pay off the interest on the loan, which obviously makes the payments (and rent) cheaper than a normal mortgage. This does though rely on the house