sjclemmy

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   by sjclemmy 11y ago

   The BBC article about this, mentions that the diamond industry has transformed Botswana into a 'middle-income' country. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34867929
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   by sjclemmy 11y ago

   Orwell was so insightful. It's rubbish being poor. And it's not a choice, or a result of bad morals.
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   by sjclemmy 11y ago

   Stick to the facts. Be respectful. What else is there?
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   UNSW researchers make quantum computing breakthrough(m.smh.com.au)

   2 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|1 comments
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   by sjclemmy 11y ago

   I found the way the examples are written confusing at first glance. I think the norm is to call the function and then show the returned output. e.g. instead of 1/4 === comp(1) do comp(1) // returns 1/4 This might be my
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   by sjclemmy 11y ago

   So how does a police officer stop a self driving car?
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   by sjclemmy 11y ago

   If I were trying to choose between the two, what reasons are there to pick yours as opposed to RxJS?
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   by sjclemmy 11y ago

   I've recently been looking at the relevance and usefulness of FP in javascript, and I've just started looking at the Reactive paradigm, mainly in the Rxjs[1] library. Is this built based on similar principles? [1] https:/&#x
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   by sjclemmy 11y ago

   you just beat me tuit!
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    Reminds me of a project I signed up for, where I said I could commit a couple of days a week to ensure they were on the right lines. I ended up as the full time product owner / business analyst in charge of 5 staff for 6 months.
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    This strikes me as tech bubble stuff. There are already shops that sell you ingredients. And cooking is not that hard. In fact, part of the fun is spending time cooking, with friends. Also - most people in the world can't afford this
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    Yes - I am a customer and they haven't contacted me.
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    'In the quantum world, the folk wisdom really is true: “A watched pot never boils.”'
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    TalkTalk cyber-attack: Website hit by 'significant' breach(bbc.co.uk)

    41 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|24 comments
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    Show HN: Find pictures of recent gigs on Instagram(songpicture.com)

    1 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|0 comments
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    I haven't the faintest idea. I say stupid stuff all the time. Also - I tend toward the more negative end of the spectrum, i.e. I don't have the confidence, but I'm probably smarter than 90% of the population. Aaaand - as a Br
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    Number 1 is the Dunning Kruger effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect (A favourite of mine and a regular on HN I bet)
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    > ..when the UK leaves... Really? You feel that strongly that the people of the UK will vote to leave? Whilst there is vocal support for leaving, there are also a lot of level headed people who understand the benefits of being part of th
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    I am a member of the early 40s club. I've had what you call an interesting career. I have delivered technology solutions wherever I have worked and they have on the whole been pretty successful. One of my dreams is to work in Silicon V
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    Ha ha - that was a funny read. You've got a talent for words, forget this new fangled DeVelOps thing you've been doing for 15 years and get into comedy writing.
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    “Scarfolk is a town in North West England that did not progress beyond 1979”(scarfolk.blogspot.com)

    132 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|21 comments
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    Working Memory and Fluid Reasoning: Same or Different? (2014)(blogs.scientificamerican.com)

    12 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|0 comments
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    Scarfolk is a town in North West England that did not progress beyond 1979(scarfolk.blogspot.com)

    2 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|1 comments
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    Working Memory and Fluid Reasoning: Same or Different? (2014)(blogs.scientificamerican.com)

    1 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|0 comments
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    The Chimp Paradox(chimpmanagement.com)

    1 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|0 comments
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    I just heard this on the radio - "it was down to a few software engineers". What nonsense.
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    Perhaps 'early' mover advantage might be a better choice of words. > Major financial institutions invest significantly in technology... That they may be, but that's no guarantee of success or domination. That's the wh
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    So, the USA is just an extraordinarily violent country? And it has nothing to do with guns?
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    If you take the view that Bitcoin is just the start and the popularity of the blockchain to secure financial transactions will grow and become mainstream over time then this has first mover advantage written all over it.
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    by sjclemmy 11y ago

    I totally agree, the Surface should give them a run for their money. Whilst the XPS was by far the best Windows laptop I've ever had (fast boot up, fast etc. Good graphics support) It still had some flaky aspects. Sleep resume was erra