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Air-filtering bus to launch across six regions in the UK(theguardian.com)
9 points by sefrost 7y ago|9 comments
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by sefrost 7y ago
What do you use instead of Google Maps?
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by sefrost 7y ago
Same, except to search Reddit I then end up back on Google using the “site:” keyword because the Reddit search is awful!
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by sefrost 7y ago
I wish we could do this on web, and see what location data we were going to send if we granted the permission.
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by sefrost 7y ago
Hey, thanks for the reply, I really appreciate it. I was about to pick up a new contract, but now the election has been announced I'm quite interested in joining up to help with some projects like this. If I can find some interesting&#
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by sefrost 7y ago
I don't understand how you can complain the tool is biased against the Conservatives when the purpose of the tool is to prevent a Conservative win. If it didn't do that it wouldn't do anything. Unless I've missed the poi
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by sefrost 7y ago
Has anyone in the UK volunteered their skills for any projects like those listed before? Would love to hear about your experience.
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by sefrost 7y ago
I’m the same and it’s a lot better since they added reactions to messages. If there are a lot of messages, I scroll straight to the bottom of the page, then slowly scroll up until I find a message with lots of thumb up or checkmark emoji re
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by sefrost 7y ago
Bringing refillable containers is also being trialled in the UK and seems to be working well, but it’s very early days. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-49183051
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by sefrost 7y ago
My experience is that many answers have been updated by other users with up to date information. It says "edited" under the answer with the date, and you can see every version of the text. It's great that people take the time
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by sefrost 7y ago
I started reading The Guardian a few years ago because the site loaded so fast, and that in turn literally caused me to change my views on various issues. Perhaps food for thought for the other news sites.
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by sefrost 7y ago
Absolutely. English Literature (mandatory at my school) meant I didn’t pick up a book for pleasure for over five years after that. Mainly they ruined reading for me with an intense over analysis that I could never get to grips with. That wa
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by sefrost 8y ago
Ah, when the linked article suggested developers go "surfing" I thought it meant in the sea, not the web.
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The universal credit digital obstacle course(theguardian.com)
2 points by sefrost 8y ago|0 comments
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by sefrost 8y ago
You can use the Command Palette to rename and move files.
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by sefrost 8y ago
I don’t think it’s true that Monzo has a metal card.
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by sefrost 8y ago
This website has a list of books talked about on HN: https://hackernewsbooks.com
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by sefrost 8y ago
The Enterprise Investment Scheme in the UK _could_ be very beneficial to you here. Here's a description on Crowdcube: https://www.crowdcube.com/pg/eis-tax-relief-for-investors-44 In short, you can reduce your pers
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by sefrost 8y ago
Also, the Gmail app doesn't open links in the "proper" Safari app, so you're never signed in to anything!!! It's infuriating and I began switching e-mail provider because of it.
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by sefrost 8y ago
Does anyone have any experience using websockets in a serverless architecture?
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by sefrost 8y ago
That's right, and the different shapes mean different things. There's a Tom Scott video about them: https://www.rnib.org.uk/rnibconnect/welfare-and-money/tom-sc...
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by sefrost 8y ago
More than 50% of pay-as-you-go journeys are made with contactless as of April 2018, so I don't think "very few know" is fair (fare, heh). http://content.tfl.gov.uk/contactless-top-line-figure.pdf
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by sefrost 8y ago
The assets have many lines of commented out code and comments like the ones I mentioned: https://apply.army.mod.uk/Content/Scripts/custom/RoleFinder.... I'm not calling out the developers, but I would su
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by sefrost 8y ago
https://apply.army.mod.uk/login Is this the website? The HTML is full of comments like:  <!-- This is being done
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by sefrost 8y ago
The bodywork of those buses is built by Alexander Dennis, based in Scotland.
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by sefrost 8y ago
Here's someone far more reputable to feel sympathy for, Martin Lewis of Money Saving Expert: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/fake-martin-lewis...
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Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-star Amazon reviews(theguardian.com)
598 points by sefrost 8y ago|313 comments
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by sefrost 8y ago
All the way through the article it’s called The National Theater instead of The National Theatre.
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by sefrost 8y ago
Knives, forks and spoons are called cutlery.
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by sefrost 9y ago
The regular "undo" keyboard shortcut at least undoes this mistake :)

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