user_rob

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by user_rob 7y ago
Yo - I'm not totally stupid - used circles and a table approach to show that there are only 6. Just took the time to write and draw in notebook.
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by user_rob 7y ago
Maybe it is the result of evolution and the hunter-gatherer optimisations for humans. Hunters hunt and are interested in clever things to do that and gatherers gather and are engaged in those type of activities. Both of these activities see
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by user_rob 7y ago
Exactly; take every thing good or bad as a life challenge or experience to be fully engaged with and do not give up! Learnt the not giving up as a teen while race sailing; not giving up ever, resulted in a stack of trophies - but also a few
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by user_rob 7y ago
Not in my experience and I am in my late 60s. I think current trends are not radical eno
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by user_rob 7y ago
Sad - and makes me feel old! Remember seeing him live as part of Ginger Bakers Air Force circa 1970 ish. Remember the gig well but not the date!
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by user_rob 7y ago
I already make perfect pancakes - 12 pretty much perfect tonight. But maybe my definition of perfect would be different from theirs and most likely their perfect would be my disaster - but since my browser does not think it safe to visit it
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by user_rob 7y ago
Interesting - but I don't recall academia being quite that extreme but I am in the UK. I find deconstruction so useful...[essay deleted]
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by user_rob 7y ago
The median survival for me is 5 years! I have just had a stem cell transplant (well my own cells) and it wss hard - if I say hard then it really was and I feel a lot of empathy for those who are not as fit and determined as me. What I am do
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by user_rob 7y ago
bacteria are healthy
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by user_rob 7y ago
For me it's the opposite issue - I am paid to motivate me to sit at a desk and stare at a screen. At all other awake times I cannot resist cooking, eating, running, cycling and rowing as much as possible. Occasionally I enter challengi
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by user_rob 8y ago
Don't!
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by user_rob 8y ago
I don't know what triggers my monthly migraine but I have found that Citrulline malate (an extract of watermelon) a vascular dilator prevents it for me 100%. Originally I had started taking it for sport reasons but subsequently found i
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by user_rob 9y ago
I think its great!: In the high tech software company I am at there seems to be a disproportionate number of people over 60 - and we are are leaders in our industry both in profit and tech. Very pleased that our competitors won't be po
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by user_rob 9y ago
Started my programming in 1975 on a pdp using fortran 4 - used punched cards for storing and running significant programs. Used something called I* to edit binary files. A fluorescent light with "crash" in big letters on it came o
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by user_rob 10y ago
TalkTalk need to do more to fix this issue as they were responsible for not keeping customer information secure. Admittedly they did give out free stuff last year as a sort of compensation. However if this annoyance is not resolved soon Tal
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by user_rob 10y ago
You can use last number barring to block their calls. My best attempt at wasting their time was 28 minutes - normally would not bother but I was ill and needed something to distract me.
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by user_rob 10y ago
Interesting, but wanting a fast negotiation is a result of panic and the prospect of an economic downturn for the EU. Germany does not want a weak pound as it will badly hit their exports to the UK. The EU's best strategy is to quickly
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by user_rob 10y ago
The EU is in a massive panic and stands to loose a lot more than the UK in money and structure than the UK if exit negotiations go badly. Therefore the UK is in a much stronger position and should just patiently refuse all proposals that in
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by user_rob 10y ago
utter rubbish - when lightening strikes you; all the current passes over the surface of your body. This is because while electrical breakdown is happening in air the effective electrical resistance is _zero_ which is a lot greater than the
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by user_rob 10y ago
I am not quite 96 yet, but what nonsense - the British fought for freedom, self determination and democracy and not to be governed by a European state. NATO has provided the only effective security not the EU. Only France and the UK spend e
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by user_rob 10y ago
"Agile" et al are sticks that those who cannot do things (managers) beat the people who can do things to make them do it the way that the managers want. Which of course is often the wrong way because the managers do not have the a
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by user_rob 10y ago
Yup a big one in the UK
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by user_rob 10y ago
Sorry - I was being annoying. I do find the use of Duh amusing tho. It reminds me of my children and then me adding duh to the end of their names - that's very annoying but it cured them of their affliction. ;)
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by user_rob 10y ago
English?
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by user_rob 10y ago
Should? Are not developers intelligent enough to know how to look after themselves!? This could be the next interview question.
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by user_rob 10y ago
I designed some of the electronics and wrote some firmware code for the Bell AH-1S Cobra in 1978 1979. The system is still flying as I see the external parts of the system in news clips. Does that count? Beat that! Mean looking image of a p
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Running 401 marathons in 401 consecutive days(the401challenge.co.uk)
2 points by user_rob 10y ago|0 comments
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Analysis of a Botnet Campaign [pdf](forcepoint.com)
2 points by user_rob 10y ago|0 comments
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by user_rob 10y ago
This is a really good resource for anyone interested in economics at any level, but personally I would like them to provide a children's version (Which would suit my level of interest better).
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by user_rob 10y ago
I sympathise. I have not agreed to tech problems in interviews for years. In my experience I get more job offers for more $ if I refuse to do them rather than answering problems either rightly or wrongly. Either makes no difference. I have

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