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by andyking 10y ago
I've got a few new packages from the UK FTP site today, but if you've been keeping up to date generally there shouldn't be many updates. This update is mainly for install media, so people installing fresh don't have to d
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by andyking 10y ago
Currently looking for work after a few months off dealing with a family health issue - this is a long shot, but I thought I may as well give it a go! Location: West Yorkshire (nr. Leeds), UK Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes, but within
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by andyking 13y ago
I assume at this point that Opera have decided to quietly drop ongoing support for Linux. There have been no updates to the Linux browser since the last one based on their old rendering engine - none of the Chromium/Blink based version
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by andyking 13y ago
> the Morning Star is now defunct They still sell it where I live.
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Viewpoint: Five ways the world is doing better than you think(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by andyking 13y ago|0 comments
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by andyking 13y ago
But in a small country like Denmark or Sweden, citizens there are also citizens of the EU and so can freely live and work in 27 countries with minimal bureaucratic hassle. Language barriers notwithstanding, it makes the EU a lot more like t
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by andyking 13y ago
Looking at the accuracy of the results it has for me (apparently I only spent three hours at work last week), I'm not worried.
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by andyking 13y ago
When I was in a long-distance relationship a couple of years ago and couldn't SMS internationally without re-mortgaging, we made heavy use of an Android app called Kik which also had this very useful feature. It had four indicators, if
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by andyking 13y ago
Isn't it just an office block? I'm in radio and people frequently want to visit radio stations - they have this image of a fun, glamorous, star-studded workplace where anything goes. They're usually pretty disappointed when t
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by andyking 13y ago
Then again, it took them about three weeks to add the Isle of Jura back to their maps when it somehow got wiped: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-23331456
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by andyking 13y ago
And a domain from Guernsey, who are unlikely to mess around with things. It always baffles me when I see startups using things like Libyan (.ly) and even Syrian (.sy) domains to make some cutesy word.
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by andyking 13y ago
This is fixed wireless internet access, rather than a local GSM network. It's very unlikely that Ofcom would licence a small local mobile network.
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by andyking 13y ago
The address on [2] also shows Copenhagen (København). People move around Europe a lot these days.
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by andyking 13y ago
I don't know if I'm making a big mistake here, but isn't local council tax used to maintain the roads? So if I was going to go down the path of "I pay my road tax, therefore I have more rights on the road than you,"
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Connectivity, Content and Consumers: Britain's digital platform for growth(gov.uk)
1 points by andyking 13y ago|0 comments
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by andyking 13y ago
Unlike a lot of music radio stations, which are just a man sitting in a room playing songs off a computer and chattering between them, Radio 4 has a lot of well-researched, pre-recorded content that would be impossible to broadcast live.
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by andyking 13y ago
As a case in point, I opened up this BBC News page in an Elinks text-mode browser, so that I can read the content without the person at the other side of the office knowing I'm reading BBC News instead of doing whatever it is I'm
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by andyking 13y ago
I recently bought a Huawei phone from a large mobile phone dealer. £70 contract-free, with a dual-core processor and Android 4.1. Is there something I should be concerned about with this thing? It is remarkably cheap and seems good quality
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by andyking 13y ago
On my desktop PC, I plug in the webcam when I need to use it for Skype, and unplug it when it's not in use. Nothing can be used remotely when it's not plugged in!
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by andyking 13y ago
Those places usually sell you a cup of cheap supermarket instant coffee...
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by andyking 13y ago
Thanks all for your well-reasoned praise of this ISP outfit. I knew they were good, but very expensive - when I last looked, my current usage would have cost me north of £50 a month. Home:1 appears to be £25 (with the option to double your
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by andyking 13y ago
They are also hideously expensive. I looked at them when I moved house a while ago - but their pricing, for the transfer-capped service you get, is extortionate. And if all ISPs are to be legally obliged to "provide" this filterin
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by andyking 13y ago
The difference being, people can and do go to Tristan da Cunha. I know someone who's been there. They have telephones, internet access, satellite TV and a radio station.
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by andyking 13y ago
There's a big fence around Glastonbury - and wandering off into the Somerset countryside doesn't hold the same level of risk as walking out into the desert...
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by andyking 13y ago
This isn't Google Drive for Linux, it's third-party sync software.
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by andyking 13y ago
I agree with this, which is why the new Google Maps rubs me up the wrong way. I don't like how it changes the emphasis of different streets and roads depending on what you've searched for. A major road is a major road, and shouldn
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by andyking 13y ago
I work for a non-profit organisation and I'm considerably below the median income. There are jobs going, doing what I do for wages that are quite a bit higher - but they're all in London. An absolutely ideal job came up last week,
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by andyking 13y ago
Even if my pay was doubled, I wouldn't be able to afford to live in or near London. However, I can afford a comfortable lifestyle in rural Yorkshire (house, car, holidays, internet access, good food, days out etc etc) on a modest pay p
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by andyking 13y ago
I wish RT would broadcast more stuff about Russia - it's an interesting and under-reported country. Every time I turn it on, though, they seem to either be slating the United States or peddling conspiracy theories off the internet. It&
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by andyking 13y ago
So, in order to get around this DNS-based filtering, all a teenager has to do is change the DNS servers on their computer or device to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4? This seems like a move designed to placate rather than provide any real protection -

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