timlukins

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   by timlukins 9y ago

   I can’t sympathise enough with the author (Ms. Ellmann's) description of my home city - where she also lives - as a destination. "Edinburgh, where I live, used to be a fine old mirthless town. Twenty-first century marketers have
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   by timlukins 9y ago

   Some tother related historic broadcasts can be accessed here http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~dm/dm.html at the home page of the late Donald Michie (who worked alongside Turing). Sadly the presentation he gave back in 2007 at
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   OpenVX on a Raspberry Pi(machineswithvision.com)

   4 points by timlukins 11y ago|0 comments
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   by timlukins 12y ago

   Lovely idea - but I’m not sure height of the building data is accurate enough. For example, here in Edinburgh one of the best (indeed rare) beer gardens is the Pear Tree: http://pintsinthesun.co.uk/#55.94434710372921/-3
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   by timlukins 13y ago

   So true - 100% electricity generation != 100% energy sufficiency. What opened my eyes to this was David MacKay's wonderful (free) book: http://www.withouthotair.com
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   by timlukins 13y ago

   Exactly my own visualisation of Weathertop when growing up in the area! Personally, I think vitrification was a product of accident/attack rather than direct intent...
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   by timlukins 13y ago

   Interestingly, other early monuments in the locality - such as Rothiemay recumbent stone circle - have been supposed to align with astronomical events and, consequently, evidence of early horology. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk&#x