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by sambeau 11y ago
To understand Wingdings you first need to understand Letraset dry transfers and to fully understand Letraset you first need to understand 'Decals'. Letraset was the only way to get professional typography in the 1970s (and most of
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by sambeau 11y ago
This TED talk by Aubrey de Grey puts the argument quite succinctly: http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Seeking-immortality-Aubrey-de... More info on Aubrey de Grey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey
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by sambeau 11y ago
Not 'feelings' exactly, but, 1mm long nematode worms (with only 1000 cells) can show signs of depression and become addicted to nicotine amongst many other surprisingly 'human' behaviours. https://en.wikipedia
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by sambeau 11y ago
I would argue that most browsers qualify in this regard these days (at last partially). Live editing has transformed how I work when creating web apps.
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by sambeau 11y ago
This seems a good place to mention the wonderful BBC TV documentary: "Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race" which was on BBC4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lcxms If you can find it in a watchable s
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by sambeau 11y ago
CGP Grey has a good explanation of London vs The City of London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc
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The grid system for London that never happened(bbc.co.uk)
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Bill Gates's Desert Island Playlist(bbc.co.uk)
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by sambeau 11y ago
Here's one: Oil price slide may force new Russian budget, Medvedev says http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35302509
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by sambeau 11y ago
It's worth pointing out that this is still before Iran comes online. Once that happens (possibly in a few days) prices could fall further.
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by sambeau 11y ago
His list is interesting because he is an interesting person. He is also a highly original and highly influential person. Trying to get-to-know what his influences are is a (probably flawed) but understandable exercise. I think it would be f
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by sambeau 11y ago
"These devices would be easier to swallow" Don't give them ideas.
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G4v: An Engineering Approach to Gravitation – Carver Mead(youtube.com)
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by sambeau 11y ago
I'm working on something new in this field and would love to hear from people with interesting use-cases (and tales of woe about current tools). Sadly I don't think diffing & merging of art assets will ever become viable and l
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by sambeau 11y ago
If you watch carefully you can see Sophie Wilson serving behind the bar in the pub.
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by sambeau 11y ago
What are these devices like for hacking with / and or attaching to other electronics? What is android like for these sort of uses as opposed to, say, a Raspberry Pi (or Arduino)? I'd love to use something like this to monitor the
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by sambeau 11y ago
Your last point is I think what has the potential to change things here. > i reckon "everyone needs their own car" is nonsense Once cars are self-driving the need to own more than one (if any) is vastly reduced. A family
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by sambeau 11y ago
That certainly doesn't feel the case where I am. I suppose it may depend on your work field and environment.
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by sambeau 11y ago
You are both correct. It is by design that Go does not have generics as the Go team have not found a design they feel works and they are unwilling to compromise the current design. They may never.
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EM-Sense: Touch Recognition of Electrical and Electromechanical Objects [video](youtube.com)
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New era beckons for supersonic air travel(theguardian.com)
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Apple removes malicious programs after first major attack on app store(theguardian.com)
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by sambeau 11y ago
78.4 mpg
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by sambeau 11y ago
This is contradicted by what Tim Cook said in his talk with analysts about Apple's third-quarter results for 2015 on the 21st July. our June sales were higher than April or May. I realize that's very different than some of w
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by sambeau 11y ago
Almost certainly. However, I wonder if there may also be an issue with tagging at something like this?
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by sambeau 11y ago
The small print made me laugh The following are strictly prohibited in the Park – spray paint, marker pens, knives and legal representatives of the Walt Disney Corporation. (although there is an argument of hypocrisy against thei
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Polite Robots Show Glimmer of Self-Awareness(popsci.com)
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by sambeau 11y ago
I assume, by the same logic, he'll be removing his music from Radio, too?
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by sambeau 11y ago
I wonder how many of these driver errors are due to the assumption that the self-driven car will behave just like a human driven one? It wouldn't take much — an unnecessary hesitation, a slow pull away or (on the other end of the spect
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by sambeau 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_aid A better idea is common throughout the world.

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