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by willyt 16y ago
They always seem to have terrible reception in ikea stores. Probably due to large areas of steel cladding and RC slabs acting like a faraday cage. The building owner needs to actively supply booster base stations to provide a good mobile si
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by willyt 16y ago
Well I wasn't earning anywhere near £60k when I moved away. But it's not an unreasonable salary for soho creatives or a random job in the 'city' with 5-10 years experience. I used to live in Clapton about 6 years ago just off the 'murder mi
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by willyt 16y ago
$100k == £60k. 60 less 33% / 12 = 3300 take home per month. London rent for 2 bedrooms is about £1500-2000 anywhere you would want your kids to go to school. £100 for commuting. £200-£300 for food. Car £150. Local tax £200 ...
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by willyt 16y ago
I read in New Scientist a couple of years ago that Peak Coal has happened as well. Original article behind paywall. Its referred to in wikipedia article here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_coal
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by willyt 16y ago
Also compare Heathrow Terminal 5 with Madrid Barajas latest terminal. Both designed by the same British architectural firm, Barajas took about half the time to build, cost less and is an uncompromised design.
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by willyt 16y ago
Most subway maps in Europe are diagrams because the urban fabric of the city evolved in a chaotic patchwork fashion; you can't easily explain London on a diagram. The urban fabric of New York is a grid. New York developed on top of a diagra
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by willyt 16y ago
That these qualifiers are always bad is a pretty aggressive conclusion. A linguistic signal that you are about to disagree with someone is often useful as it takes the edge off a statement that would otherwise seem overly combative. However
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by willyt 16y ago
A council house in the UK is a dwelling that is provided by the local municipal authority. Rents are about 1/2 to 1/3 of the lowest market rent. They are generally set by the local council. In addition to this you can receive housing benefi
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by willyt 16y ago
Not quite the same, but there is a working replica of Babbage's difference engine N.o.2 in the science museum in London. You can walk round it and see how it works. I think they run it for a few minutes at set times during the day. http://
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by willyt 16y ago
I think the autopilot follows a ILS beacon in. Isn't that why less flights are diverted in poor weather now? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_landing_system http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki?search=Autopilot
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by willyt 16y ago
OK, what about if you employed someone to tender contracts for you and one of the tenderers took this person out for an extravagant lunch in the expectation of influencing the bidding process? Wouldn't that be immoral?
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by willyt 16y ago
I watched a Midwife trying to enter my partners test results into what I believe was a CERNER system at my local hospital. It was painful. The UI is text based, looks pre windows 3.1 and breaks all the basic rules of UI design. Evidently, t