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Uncaged Monkeys UK Science Tour(badscience.net)
1 points by Nekojoe 16y ago|0 comments
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
On a similar note George Orwell got shot once in the Spanish Civil war. This article documents his thoughts on it - http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/soldiers/george-orwell-shot.h...
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Hack attack on Gawker spawns Twitter spam(bbc.co.uk)
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Help us map the UK's technology startups(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by Nekojoe 16y ago|1 comments
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
I agree. The BBC have more analysis here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010... The figure also includes Apple iTunes Store App purchases and Kindle subscriptions. But they're not broken down. For all we know 3
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
The difference is that the Times and Sunday Times are aimed at the public. There's plenty of competition and free on-line quality alternatives in the UK from the BBC News Website and the Guardian. What I'm interested to see is how other sit
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Times and Sunday Times reveal online reader figures(bbc.co.uk)
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
From what I've heard it's because the buttons and the case are made by different companies and they can't get the colours to match. http://www.reghardware.com/2010/10/15/white_iphone_spied/
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Facebook, Amazon and Zynga bet on social web(bbc.co.uk)
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
I love this quote - "We talked a lot about how perception leads reality and how if you are going to create a reality, you have to be able to create the perception." It sounds like the concept of the reality distortion field.
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
This way of memorising things is called Chunking - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunking_%28psychology%29 Chess champions use this technique too. I remember seeing a TV documentary where they got a chess champion to look at a board layou
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
If this was in the EU it would be a case for Protected Geographical Status - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_Geographical_Status
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
I like it. It would be nice if the buy button was more prominent. I found a book I was interested in buying, or at least finding more about. I tried clicking on the book cover and nothing happened. I did notice the Buy button in the top rig
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
Don't forget to mention Ben Goldacre's own website too which has more of the same stuff - http://www.badscience.net/
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
TweetDeck on iPhone is the same. The multi account feature was what won me over in the first place. I liked it as I could use it for managing both my personal and websites twitter account. Unfortunately that's broken right now. The issue is
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Google and Verizon 'near deal to end net neutrality'(guardian.co.uk)
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
I remember seeing a documentary about these foxes last year. IIRC they were part of a science experiment to see if it was nature or nurture that was the key factor in the domestication of dogs. Basically with each litter of foxes they selec
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
Borrow money on the internet? Isn't that what start-ups like http://www.zopa.com/ are all about? Disclaimer - I'm not affiliated with them in anyway.
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
Baker Tweet uses the Arduino - http://www.bakertweet.com/ The official Arduino blog always has lots of interesting examples too - http://arduino.cc/blog/
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An Interview with Twitter co-creator and DollarApp CEO Dom Sagolla(news.bbc.co.uk)
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
According to this [1] it costs £2.15 a hit. Which isn't that bad spending wise if you consider the worst website in the UK government cost £11.78 per visit. [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/25/gov_websites/
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The ancient art of hidden writing(news.bbc.co.uk)
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
It all depends on where you are. One guy tried to get 4 weeks off at a place I used to work. He needed sign off from a high up manager to do this. The manager retorted if we can get by without this guy for 4 weeks, why do we really need him
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Start-up stories - Max Levchin(news.bbc.co.uk)
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
If you're interested in this blog post I suggest reading Ben Goldacre's book Bad Science - http://www.badscience.net/ It covers the problems with homoeopathy in great depth and includes other similar alternative medicines, along with flaw
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Vintage computers inspire next generation of scientists(news.bbc.co.uk)
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
El Reg has a better write up including safety fears - http://www.reghardware.com/2010/06/16/arctic_laser/
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
A question mark can be part of your name - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8206280.stm Certain characters like the defunct yogh have had issues in Unicode - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogh http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4595
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by Nekojoe 16y ago
Everytime someone mentions the a Sinclair and accounts, I always think of Hey Hey 16k - http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/
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How computer games are creating new art and music(news.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by Nekojoe 16y ago|0 comments

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