HansardExpert

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by HansardExpert 7mo ago
I am none of these. I'm in my late 50's and have been paying income tax since I was 16. Sure, rescind my voting rights ... I'd like all my 40+ years taxes back please then.
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Dark Energy Survey scientists release new analysis of how the universe expands(ucl.ac.uk)
2 points by HansardExpert 8mo ago|1 comments
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by HansardExpert 8mo ago
The latest results from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration, which involves UCL researchers, combined four methods for measuring the expansion of the universe for the first time.
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by HansardExpert 8mo ago
It's from the Disney classic 'Dumbo'. https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Pink_Elephants
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by HansardExpert 8mo ago
It's a nice bit of prose but I am struggling to see what this has to do with boredom. Staring out of window looking at scenery is for all intents and purposes doing something. This isn't even close to the silly pre-oocupation with
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by HansardExpert 8mo ago
Hikaru Nakamura commented on Chess960 (or 'Freestyle' chess as chess.com is desperately trying to re-brand it) and said that as a 'spectator' sport he felt that only the high-elo crowd would really get excited about 960.
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by HansardExpert 9mo ago
They are both equivalent. Scratch-built is perfectly cromulant. My father used to talk about 'Scratch-building' his WWII dioramas and model vehicles/tanks. While you could use a phrase like 'Scratch-cooked' rather t
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by HansardExpert 10mo ago
Did you know https://play.generative.fm/browse
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by HansardExpert 10mo ago
I like to leave my platonic solids in the toilet bowl.
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by HansardExpert 10mo ago
Hmm I wonder if an Ox would be exempt from the new congestion cameras they've just set up. I can see some exemptions for commercial HGVs so maybe they might come under that.
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Celtic Code: Drawing knots with Python(2earth.github.io)
82 points by HansardExpert 11mo ago|22 comments
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by HansardExpert 11mo ago
A web app that uses Python to create Celtic knots and it's really fun!
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by HansardExpert 11mo ago
The expression is "work in-progress"
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by HansardExpert 1y ago
As non-MLB watcher, I have only a passing knowledge of the game why does it matter if the strike-out is swinging or not? To use a Cricket analogy you don't differentiate if or what the stroke was at the time they were LBW, stumped, bow
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by HansardExpert 1y ago
> If a ninth planet exists in our solar system, scientists say this telescope would find it in its first year. Why? I read the article and it wasn't clear to me what makes this telescope more likely (and within a year) be able to fi
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by HansardExpert 1y ago
You should post this on twistypuzzle.com this is right up their street.
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by HansardExpert 1y ago
That was a great read. Thanks
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by HansardExpert 1y ago
I assume you're referring to this article https://arcadeblogger.com/2022/11/20/the-last-ridge-racer/ contact Tony (the arcade blogger) he's a nice guy to deal with - his book is also great by t
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by HansardExpert 1y ago
Not so much Check-cashing (although they do exist in some parts of larger cities) and I haven't seen a pawn-shop outside of London in ... forever. We do have Vapeshops (before that 'Legal High' shops) but apart from those Cha
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by HansardExpert 1y ago
Yes that is correct > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-54121151 The museum is still pretty much curated as it was, I have been going on and off for the last 40 years. The glass roof refurb made a hu
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Walking with Dante(walkingwithdante.captivate.fm)
2 points by HansardExpert 2y ago|1 comments
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by HansardExpert 2y ago
By former academic and current author Mark Scarbrough. 'Walking with Dante' is a passion project, taking on Dante's masterwork 'The Divine Comedy' passage-by-passage. "I've taught it many times. But I&#x27
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by HansardExpert 2y ago
Also (from 7 months ago) see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39834020 The same questions about 'how does this work' were never answered there either (shrug)
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by HansardExpert 2y ago
> Well-meaning people who remain idle end up sick in the heart and the head, and they often develop exquisite ideologies to excuse their inaction or they get so used to being time and again that their offer of help is not needed or wante
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Russian Phobos Ransomware Operator Extradited to US(securityweek.com)
4 points by HansardExpert 2y ago|1 comments
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by HansardExpert 2y ago
A Russian national allegedly involved in administering the Phobos ransomware appeared in court in the US after being extradited from South Korea. The man, Evgenii Ptitsyn, 42, was allegedly involved in the development of Phobos, and oversaw
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by HansardExpert 2y ago
Still the human. How about one million humans or one kitten? Where is the cut-off point for you>?
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by HansardExpert 2y ago
> inspired by the poetry clock ( https://www.theverge.com/23669343/ai-clock-chatgpt-poems-rhy ...). That's fun. Although, from the article: > There’s one other problem, though. It’s well known that AI language
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A day and night running round a track(bbc.co.uk)
32 points by HansardExpert 2y ago|13 comments
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by HansardExpert 2y ago
A 24-hour party of pain - a day and night running round a track

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