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by sambeau 12y ago
Opponents argue that it is of a small net benefit to the middle classes and those who do well at school first time round. They suggest that those who require to use college to gain entrance to university and those who cannot afford to be su
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by sambeau 12y ago
This isn't such a simple story. The current Scottish Government has been widely criticised by opponents for using cuts in the College budgets to fund their free tuition policy for Universities. As colleges and universities are, sadly,
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by sambeau 12y ago
That's explains how LiveScript became Javascript but it doesn't answer the more interesting question: how did Netscape end up using a Sun trademark?
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by sambeau 12y ago
Cocaine is a local anaesthetic that also restricts blood flow in capillaries hence its very useful in nasal surgery.
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by sambeau 12y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8307559
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Researchers claim hydrogen energy advance(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by sambeau 12y ago|1 comments
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by sambeau 12y ago
Without knowing anything about this guy, it seems like he'd be the kind of person who'd wear socks under his Crocs because it's comfortable and he doesn't care. Hahaha. When I knew Simon Peyton Jones he didn't wea
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Philips, Samsung and Infineon in 138m-euro cartel fine(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by sambeau 12y ago|0 comments
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by sambeau 12y ago
If you look at the Alice demo, linked, it shows that it can also be used to creatively shape text layouts and animate them over time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VON2shFlsKU
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by sambeau 12y ago
If we judge for ourselves we will only be checking our opinion. Could you provide a readability algorithm in some form of executable that we can run against the 100 lines of c and Go code — then we'll be able to judge correctly.
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Samsung and LG launch new watches while Apple waits(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by sambeau 12y ago|0 comments
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by sambeau 12y ago
This is the restored version. It was rebuilt at least three times in the 20th century. There's concrete under some of those stones, holding hem up.
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by sambeau 12y ago
If you wander around the children's department of a book shop (especially here in the UK) you would soon realise what a ridiculous statement that is. I was in Waterston's children's department (UK bookseller chain) this weeke
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by sambeau 12y ago
This is a sweeping generalisation. While I'd agree that revolutions are often a bloody mess there are a number of examples in recent history where that is not the case. (e.g. The Velvet Revolution[1]) France, UK & the USA all also
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by sambeau 12y ago
Surely Schrodinger’s Paradox implies cause and effect?
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by sambeau 12y ago
I'm sure they meant "The shoes sync up with the Google maps SERVICE VIA A smartphone app" and the extra words were probably edited out for brevity. Most people wouldn't understand the difference.
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by sambeau 12y ago
https://github.com/HackerNews/HN/issues/114
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by sambeau 12y ago
It seems I missed that plus I submitted a link without the www. in front (which was copied from a tweet). Perhaps the team should update whatever regexp they use to ignore any www. in submission comparisons.
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by sambeau 12y ago
You were also paying to lease the hardware for those 5 minutes.
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Back Doors, Attack Points, and Surveillance Mechanisms in iOS Devices [pdf](zdziarski.com)
2 points by sambeau 12y ago|3 comments
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by sambeau 12y ago
Can anyone out there explain this in pseudocode? I tried my best to understand the paper but was thoroughly defeated by it.
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by sambeau 12y ago
When I was a kid I had a a kit for doing this. This also the principal behind spying on someone in a room by watching the wobble of reflected light on a window.
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by sambeau 12y ago
Be sure to click on the "What a geek you must be. Get a life!" link.
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Something terrible could be happening in Parliament on Monday(medium.com)
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by sambeau 12y ago
Plus, every keyword is already in English.
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by sambeau 12y ago
My take from this: it highlights the worst performing boards – i.e. those that compensate highly despite poor performance.
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by sambeau 12y ago
he got out of it (salary ... This is an argument I've heard many employers use that is factually incorrect. Every month, employees freely give their time to a company. The company is in debt to the employee. At the end of that
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by sambeau 12y ago
This one too: > 76. Make damn sure that Rhapsody runs on an Intel chip. Write a Windows NT emulator for Rhapsody's Intel version. (although Parallels & VMWare did the latter part)
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by sambeau 12y ago
As someone who has also been through this I agree. Do write to them even, if you struggle to find words. Do tell them you are thinking of them. It does help. Don't avoid mentioning Rebecca for fear of reminding them: there is 0% chance
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by sambeau 12y ago
Two things occurred to me when my son died: * A big life can be very short. * Losing a child is normality, it's just not modern, western, normality. It's important not to dwell on the bad stuff. We are programmed to forget it and

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