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by sjclemmy 10y ago
That reminds me of a colleague complaining about a recent cohort of about 60 webdev graduates. Not a single one wanted to learn perl, but were quite happy to get stuck into anything Javascript preferably react! EDIT: why the downvotes?
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Onsen UI – Cross-Platform HTML5 Mobile App Framework(github.com)
3 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|0 comments
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
I've always adored this photograph. It manages to show just how big the universe is, and how incredibly small we are.
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Jibe – front end framework agnostic UI component library(jibe-juice.readme.io)
2 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|0 comments
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
That's a great article - really well written. It managed to explain a key point of insider trading that I've often wondered about - if I know non-public information what are the rules around trading.
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
Too right - PE costs more and unless explicitly specified and understood it's not going to be done.
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
My initial reaction to the post was similar - but remember that government aims are different from the business world and funding works in a very different way. I've also worked in government and it does sometimes feels like money is b
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
Am I missing something? This patent is specific to automated insurance marketing. The unpatent.co campaign seems to imply that is some kind of catch all patent that covers all automated decision making. I don't see the link.
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
This caught my attention: > I usually work with my headphones on because music helps me concentrate. I always listen to the same three things: Tristan und Isolde by Wagner, 666 Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden and Paranoid by Black Sab
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The man who cleans up blood after murders(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|1 comments
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
This gets an up vote from me just for the title. Now to read the article...
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Atmospheric behaviour disrupts one of Earth's most regular climate cycles(ox.ac.uk)
1 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|0 comments
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Why Americans don't take sick days(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|0 comments
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
Amazing - Based on tech patented by Einstein. http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2016/09/forgotten-einstein-discover...
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
It might be like that in SV. It doesn't feel that way where I live. I'm 44 and do Front end dev, which I taught myself after being a project manager / Business analyst for a good 10 years. I do live in what might be consider
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
Ha ha, no. It was CLI all the way. I generated like a few million numbers as a text file and put those in a table and called them off.
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
I mean just generating the random numbers, not writing a generator. At the time I only had access to Windows machines, there were no linux boxes on site and nobody in the company (including me - at the time) knew enough about hack it yourse
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Tromp family: The mystery of a tech-free road trip gone wrong(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|0 comments
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
A few years ago I worked for a gift card manufacturer and I was tasked with creating random PAN numbers for a gift card product for a large high street retailer (sadly no longer with us). I read up on it and couldn't find any decent gu
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Depression: A revolution in treatment?(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|0 comments
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
> but last year’s figures reported just 750,000 sales worldwide... Wow. I can't see anyone mourning the passing of VHS. Dreadful quality. Whereas in the audio arena CDs didn't improve on Vinyl, DVD technology was way better tha
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I’m with the Banned(medium.com)
2 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|0 comments
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How Britain has been kept safe for a decade(bbc.co.uk)
38 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|66 comments
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
> And it all depends far too much on domestic demand, which even after 2008 is excessively funded by consumer credit. This is unsustainable in the long run. > So we need to shift our economy towards a more export-led growth strategy,
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Outdoor learning 'boosts children's development'(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|1 comments
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Insanity Warning: scope depth-first traversal(github.com)
2 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|0 comments
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
I think this is a great analysis. We like to think that jobs are clearly defined, but in reality they aren't, and they differ from company to company. I have spent many a year being as a mid-level exec in medium size companies. Whereve
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
What about widespread use of painkillers? Aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen have become common place over this period. Calming the body's immune response might have a beneficial effect on overall health.
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The market economics of Brexit(forbes.com)
1 points by sjclemmy 10y ago|0 comments
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by sjclemmy 10y ago
For anyone who doesn't know the title is a pun on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PiHKAL

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