stuartmalcolm

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by stuartmalcolm 7y ago
> "both sides" This has been the BBC response to criticism of its news reporting for a long time now. However there are very few debates which have only two points of view, and the very act of reducing every issue to a "bo
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by stuartmalcolm 7y ago
Ah yes - the good old days when you could finger people that you didn't know:) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol
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by stuartmalcolm 8y ago
> assume ah=0; assume bx=0 Hmm. So the second time this program is run, it will fail?
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by stuartmalcolm 8y ago
Also "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
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by stuartmalcolm 8y ago
Am I the only one that is noticing a lot of BBC articles reaching HN frontpage that have nothing to do with tech?
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by stuartmalcolm 9y ago
..only in fast mode iirc
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by stuartmalcolm 9y ago
Interesting article. I had not realised that Zork Implementation Language (ZIL) was Lisp!
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by stuartmalcolm 9y ago
When people talk about electric cars.. this is what I picture.. ..Where's my hover-board dude?
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by stuartmalcolm 10y ago
Wow! Excellent. Thanks
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by stuartmalcolm 10y ago
The best question that I was asked by a 50-something when I was a 20-something was about my team: "Do you want to be bailing out a sinking boat with them for the next 10 years?" Now that I am nearly a 50-something myself, I still
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by stuartmalcolm 10y ago
> "..this is one of those occasions where we should be thankful we've moved forward." Have we _really_ moved forward? In 20 years time, will today's parallax-scrolling, advert-laden, click-bait sites look any less rid
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by stuartmalcolm 10y ago
It's been a long time since I programmed in Pascal ;-)
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by stuartmalcolm 10y ago
The thing to bear in mind is that not every organisation needs 'NASA-level' quality. IMHO The Capability Maturity Model is a must-read for everyone interested in professional software development. https://en.wikipedia.o
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by stuartmalcolm 10y ago
Am I the only one struck by the irony of an advert for his book in the middle of this post?
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by stuartmalcolm 11y ago
Channel 4 (uk) Fact Check site? http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/ ..but I'm not sure who checks the fact check site!
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by stuartmalcolm 11y ago
http://www.pi-top.com/#/
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by stuartmalcolm 11y ago
Great documentation!
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by stuartmalcolm 11y ago
The COBOL vision lives on..
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by stuartmalcolm 11y ago
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