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by spzb 6y ago
I'll take your word for it on the stats - it never was my strong suit. But having read Duckworth's "seminal" book on Grit it's also incredibly unscientific, frequently mistaking survivorship bias for causation.
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Russia report reveals UK government failed to address Kremlin interference(theguardian.com)
4 points by spzb 6y ago|1 comments
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EVs, batteries and the multi-million-tonne scrap heap(eandt.theiet.org)
4 points by spzb 6y ago|0 comments
514.
by spzb 6y ago
https://outline.com/NNpPGY
515.
by spzb 6y ago
I used to use a 486-33 as a router/firewall setup with Smoothwall (I think) as the OS. This was probably about 2003 when ADSL was a new thing and there weren't any affordable dedicated routers on the consumer market. Also used to
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Pop music is getting faster (and happier)(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by spzb 6y ago|0 comments
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Loot boxes: I blew my university savings gaming on FIFA(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by spzb 6y ago|0 comments
518.
by spzb 6y ago
Yep, I read the article that far and then came back here to ask if people think that's an OK thing.
519.
by spzb 6y ago
How does Huggin compare to Node Red?
520.
by spzb 6y ago
Streisand Effect in action. I wasn't aware of the original incident but I am now they've drawn attention to it again.
521.
by spzb 6y ago
I'm sure that if a bunch of criminals found a way to make a perfectly secure mobile phone they wouldn't be too bothered with a law that says they're not allowed to do that.
522.
by spzb 6y ago
Erm, the link at the top of this page that we're all commenting on...
523.
by spzb 6y ago
Yes. It's mentioned near the end of the article.
524.
by spzb 6y ago
The last four years of living in the UK
525.
by spzb 6y ago
Most plausible: * UK wants a big vanity project to show how much better they are out of the EU
526.
by spzb 6y ago
The only explanation that make sense is that it was some kind of tax dodge
527.
by spzb 6y ago
Their USP is anything but unique. There's nothing at all to stop Netflix, YouTube, Amazon etc putting out ten minute chunks of content. They seem to have mistaken content production for content distribution. If short videos are what pe
528.
by spzb 6y ago
Pay-walled article. Mirror anyone?
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Fugaku, world's fastest supercomputer, searches for coronavirus treatment(theguardian.com)
3 points by spzb 6y ago|0 comments
530.
by spzb 6y ago
"The satellite-based platform promises speeds of one gigabit per second, at a latency of around 30 seconds" I think that might not be entirely accurate
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Web Skimming with Google Analytics(securelist.com)
2 points by spzb 6y ago|0 comments
532.
by spzb 6y ago
I’m pretty sure Apple’s rules say you can’t charge more on their platform than you do elsewhere
533.
by spzb 6y ago
Did I suggest they did?
534.
by spzb 6y ago
It’s done wonders for Hey in free publicity. Not that that could possibly be a reason for making a big fuss about it.
535.
by spzb 6y ago
Context for non-UK readers: Hopkins is a former reality TV (UK version of The Apprentice) star turned right-wing commentator who has previously been retweeted by Donald Trump
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Katie Hopkins permanently suspended from Twitter(bbc.co.uk)
16 points by spzb 6y ago|15 comments
537.
by spzb 6y ago
Does he? This is the portion I was basing my comment on : "The app has been sitting on TestFlight for 3 years now, it has around 200 beta users, and if anything, the only reason I can think of, is that Apple thinks I decided to unoffic
538.
by spzb 6y ago
That sounds plausible. He claims to have 200 beta users without having been through app review. TestFlight only permits 25 internal testers [1] (you can have 10,000 external testers but the app has to go through review first). Something sme
539.
by spzb 6y ago
And the "under construction" gif with yellow and black barriers and a guy digging.
540.
by spzb 6y ago
People really will stick "AI" onto anything these days.

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