Wiles_7

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by Wiles_7 4mo ago
Reminds me of the works of Ward Shelley. Especially his History of Science Fiction. https://www.artsy.net/artwork/ward-shelley-history-of-scienc...
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by Wiles_7 6mo ago
Not any more, 'Not proven' was abolished at the start of this year.
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by Wiles_7 8mo ago
Thankfully, Edinburgh airport has relaxed it liquid rules. You are now allowed up to 2 litres, across one or more containers and they stay in your bag while going through security.
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by Wiles_7 3y ago
Running Linux on an 8-bit microcontroller is a classic. One of those articles I re-read every few years.
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by Wiles_7 5y ago
Some sports also give out multiple bronze medals.
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by Wiles_7 6y ago
I use Pilot's disposable fountain pens. Maybe not as good as the 'real' ones but I like them.
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by Wiles_7 6y ago
That specific example probably originates from Tolkien. J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography : > When [Tolkien] was about seven he began to compose his own story about a dragon. ‘I remember nothing about it except a philological fact,’ he reca
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by Wiles_7 7y ago
I remember watching a documentary about the Ordnance Survey department and it mentioned that the artists would hid their name in things like rivers because they did not get official credit. I think it is somewhere in https://www.
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by Wiles_7 7y ago
Anne of Green Gables is huge in Japan.
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by Wiles_7 7y ago
How about 6 keys. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwriter
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by Wiles_7 7y ago
I bought an Ergodox many years ago and used it daily for ~18 months. I never got used to it and it has been gathering dust they since.
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by Wiles_7 7y ago
I had the same issue with Gluu a few years ago. Never did get it working.
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by Wiles_7 7y ago
I have an Ergodox but never got used to it. I prefer a normal 75% layout.
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by Wiles_7 7y ago
His semi-autobiographical A Country Doctor's Notebook is well worth a read. Also it was WWI not two.
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by Wiles_7 7y ago
There's English as well.
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by Wiles_7 7y ago
Kin Dza Dza! Is a great SciFi film as well.
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by Wiles_7 7y ago
They've cracked down on numbers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number
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by Wiles_7 7y ago
You can run Linux on at Atmega664. Not well, but you can. https://dmitry.gr/index.php?r=05.Projects&proj=07.%20Linux%2...
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A new immigration stream is coming for Ontario tech workers, but is it necessary(cbc.ca)
1 points by Wiles_7 7y ago|1 comments
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by Wiles_7 8y ago
Same thing happened with the Halifax Explosion. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion...
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by Wiles_7 8y ago
That reminds me of this story about removing empty boxes from a production line. https://userweb.cs.txstate.edu/~br02/cs1428/ShortStoryForEng...
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by Wiles_7 8y ago
Closer to Eando Inder's I, Robot than Asimov's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(short_story)
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by Wiles_7 9y ago
Calibre does it. http://blog.calibre-ebook.com/2011/10/custom-news-fetching.h...
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by Wiles_7 9y ago
The box is the IEC 60617 symbol. The zig-zag is mostly an American thing.