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by sambeau 9y ago
Here in the UK they're called Heath Robinson machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Heath_Robinson
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by sambeau 9y ago
We're looking for a senior UX Designer to work on this: https://www.thirdlight.com/chorus Cambridge, UK.
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by sambeau 9y ago
I'm reminded of this: Among his other activities, Woz collects phone numbers, and his longtime goal has been to acquire a number with seven matching digits. But for most of Woz's life there were no Silicon Valley exchanges
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by sambeau 9y ago
Misdialling short numbers on a rotary phone was easy and common. If your finger slipped out of the dial it would return at that point and dial a shorter (lower) number. The most common point for a finger to slip was at the start of each tur
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by sambeau 9y ago
Also these animations in a spectrograph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx6Gqf1Q4w
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Uber's scandals, blunders and PR disasters: the full list(theguardian.com)
5 points by sambeau 9y ago|0 comments
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by sambeau 9y ago
I can highly recommend this. For us Brits this is a national institution and appearing on it is considered a badge of honour similar to a minor peerage. We listen to it live on a Sunday morning. If you enjoy the format there is a large arch
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by sambeau 9y ago
The building destruction physics were pretty impressive. Maybe I'm out of touch with modern games engines but I've not seen anything quite like that before.
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How a razor revolutionised the way we pay for stuff(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by sambeau 10y ago|0 comments
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How to destroy the new five pound note(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by sambeau 10y ago|0 comments
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by sambeau 10y ago
Could you provide some links to the scientific studies that led you to your conclusions? I'd be very interested in reading them.
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Desert on fire(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by sambeau 10y ago|0 comments
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by sambeau 10y ago
Me neither, I assumed the pun was to do with "Holy Cow"
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by sambeau 10y ago
All current economic statistics about Scotland are baed on origin. Anything made in Scotland is counted as part of Scottish economy, even if it travels to England to be exported—that is counted as a Scottish export even though it left via a
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by sambeau 10y ago
Scotland's contribution to Trident is ~£200m per year.
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by sambeau 10y ago
I will admit that this is a gross simplification. However it's a totally plausible prediction. I stand by it as a summary.
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by sambeau 10y ago
> not everyone believes the GERS number of £9bn. The GERS figures are produced by Scottish Government statisticians. Why would they massage the out of Scotland's favour?
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by sambeau 10y ago
Not any more—they are currently running at a net loss. the rest of the UK are subsidising them to be decommissioned and for staff to be made redundant.
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by sambeau 10y ago
I would have but that would have made things very confusing: I feel 100% British. My immediate family is scattered around the UK our forefathers were scattered throughout the British Isles—one half of the family was Irish. Even my English p
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by sambeau 10y ago
Small correction: the money is backed by GBP in Bank of England vaults (sent from Scotland). That would have to be transferred north if Scotland decides to create a National Bank.
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by sambeau 10y ago
Total collapse of the UK is looking quite possible. - Scotland is likely to go (despite what the polls say right now) - Northern Ireland is quite likely to join Ireland - God knows what Wales is going to do
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by sambeau 10y ago
Disclaimer: I'm a child of English parents who was born in Wales but grew up in Scotland. I have Scottish and English children, in-laws and cousins. I have a family home in Scotland but I currently live in England. My children live in
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by sambeau 10y ago
Do they fidget? Under lab conditions people who seem to do no exercise but consume lots of calories without putting on weight are found to never actually keep still—they fidget and their legs vibrate. Obese people usually display the opposi
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Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX Oppose Trump Immigration Order(reuters.com)
2 points by sambeau 10y ago|0 comments
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Male contraceptive gel passes monkey test(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by sambeau 10y ago|0 comments
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Apple to start making iPhones in India(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by sambeau 10y ago|0 comments
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Documents reveal how Peter Thiel was granted New Zealand citizenship(theguardian.com)
35 points by sambeau 10y ago|8 comments
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by sambeau 10y ago
I think you may have forgotten that this is a conversation about an article. The article states: The facility would cost more than $7 billion and may create an eventual 30,000 to 50,000 jobs, the publication cited Gou as saying.
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by sambeau 10y ago
Unfortunately it's not using size as a metric like mouse word clouds. This confused me at first. Look at the size of 'err' in the go layout.
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How ‘Sherlock of the library’ cracked the case of Shakespeare’s identity(theguardian.com)
58 points by sambeau 10y ago|22 comments

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