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by timthorn 8y ago
The view of the Man on the Clapham Omnibus is useful in court but not very precise...
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It's Becoming Possible to Run Linux Distributions on Some Windows on ARM Laptops(phoronix.com)
3 points by timthorn 8y ago|0 comments
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by timthorn 8y ago
In the UK, the Telco responsible for emergency call handling worked with Google to get a mechanism built in to Android that sends a SMS of your location as soon as you dial the emergency number. http://home.bt.com/tech-gadge
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by timthorn 8y ago
It has the ecosystem. Not just the technical side, but it has mindshare in education. There will be more people who know what a Raspberry Pi is than an SBC.
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Raspberry Pi Opens First High Street Store in Cambridge(bbc.co.uk)
18 points by timthorn 8y ago|16 comments
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by timthorn 8y ago
There was a good TV film of the story a while back: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272839/
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by timthorn 8y ago
You mean the BitScope Cluster? http://cluster.bitscope.com/solutions
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by timthorn 8y ago
I loved the programmes too - so many highlights. Primarily, people giving proper lectures. For a child, even if you don't properly understand, in the same way as you learn language you can start to learn really advanced topics. And the
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by timthorn 8y ago
Nearly 20 years ago I was following the progress of his "Autopilot" project closely, to create an autonomous rotorcraft out of a remote control helicopter base platform. Tram went on to commercialise that through Rotomotion, but h
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by timthorn 8y ago
There was an application for the early B&W Macs that used motion to try to create the perception of colour. It didn't really work for me but is probably the same effect.
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by timthorn 8y ago
Surge protection isn't a big thing in the UK these days. You can get arresters but it's really rare now to hear of computer damage as a result of mains spikes.
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by timthorn 8y ago
Being pedantic, but it is an important point in a free society: the Police cannot change the law. They have changed their rules of engagement for particular officers, but the relevant law is still the same - and might well be tested in cour
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by timthorn 8y ago
At least in the UK, until quite recently most networks were subscription clubs rather than pay as you go. There was no incremental charge for filing up, just a £10/year membership charge. Now EVs have become more popular, the charging
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by timthorn 8y ago
> It's like a real-life Pixar short. You mean Lost & Found, by Oliver Jeffers? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Found-DVD-Philip-Hunt/dp/B001C... It predates this real life story, but has very strong echo
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by timthorn 8y ago
Node Red has been around for many years. It isn't a me-too response to the current IoT environment.
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by timthorn 8y ago
> managed to waste £13bn and produced nothing. Not true. A massive amount was wasted, but useful services were delivered as part of that £13bn, such as N3, PACS and the Spine.
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by timthorn 8y ago
That's exactly why the UK emergency number was set as 999. Needing those extra clicks meant it was harder for random events to trigger a call.
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by timthorn 8y ago
Here's a few links describing the regulatory situation in the UK: https://www.gov.uk/dog-breeding-licence-england-scotland-wal... https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/breeding/dog-breeding-regul... h
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by timthorn 8y ago
I do. And while I pay a fee for one of my credit cards, another (that gets me cashback in a supermarket) is free.
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by timthorn 8y ago
> need for the card issuer to provide protection is not as necessary It is a legal responsibility upon the issuer, rather than a discretionary benefit. It is particularly beneficial when a retailer goes out of business; an undelivered or
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by timthorn 8y ago
> we mostly use debit cards these days Which seems odd to me. Credit cards offer the advantages of points/cashback and more importantly the Consumer Credit Act, such that the card issuer is jointly liable for the goods. I only use m
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by timthorn 8y ago
It could be argued that the opposite is true - that Christianity required its adherents to respect women.
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Bloodhound supersonic car project saved(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by timthorn 8y ago|0 comments
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by timthorn 8y ago
It's worth reading the full report: https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Investigat...
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by timthorn 8y ago
The ability to avoid an area is a useful and apolitical capability. I often want my satnav to exclude driving through cities as it's more relaxing and often faster to drive around, and when there are roadworks or large scale events it
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Bloodhound supersonic car project axed(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by timthorn 8y ago|0 comments
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by timthorn 8y ago
A good excuse to break out the link to the BBC's Computer Literacy Project, including the back catalogue of "Micro Live": https://computer-literacy-project.pilots.bbcconnectedstudio....
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by timthorn 8y ago
In which the proprietor of The Centre for Computing History (hosting this thread's target webpage) had a cameo.
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by timthorn 8y ago
From: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmli... : "If a Select Committee wishes to require the attendance of a witness, an informal request is issued. If the witness is unwilling, a
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by timthorn 8y ago
The simultaneously flippant and serious answer is that the Queen sorts things out. For any one constituency, a dead heat will be decided by drawing the short straw, and then it's up to Parliament to come up with someone who can command

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