markfenton

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by markfenton 3y ago
The article mentions that at the time they were looking at the 737 replacement in the early 2000s they didn't think they could scale up the production to the volume needed for the 737's market. I think this fits the general theme
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by markfenton 3y ago
Can I just say thank you, I love your site! Despite being a regular runner it's much more convenient than trying to remember what I like to wear for a particular forecast.
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Virtual Boy Architecture(copetti.org)
2 points by markfenton 3y ago|0 comments
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British sandwiches and walking 300km of Wainwright's coast to coast(craigmod.com)
99 points by markfenton 3y ago|84 comments
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by markfenton 4y ago
A piece of plastic cut to that shape from a flexible chopping board or plastic milk jug works well too.
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by markfenton 4y ago
There is a view held by some that they actually decrease safety by providing somewhere for undesirables to loiter, or a means of escape after committing crime, or simply attract more foot traffic to an area than a cul-de-sac therfore increa
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by markfenton 5y ago
BT bought EE in 2016
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Hole in International Space Station was drilled deliberately, says Roscosmos(telegraph.co.uk)
3 points by markfenton 8y ago|0 comments
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On Inventing Chromebook(blog.jeff-nelson.com)
2 points by markfenton 11y ago|0 comments
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Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying the workplace(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by markfenton 12y ago|0 comments
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Linux-based clock radio(spritesmods.com)
2 points by markfenton 12y ago|0 comments
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Physicists Take Low-Light Images Using Less Than One Photon per Pixel(medium.com)
75 points by markfenton 12y ago|12 comments
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Tesla removes mileage limits on drive unit warranty program(arstechnica.com)
7 points by markfenton 12y ago|0 comments
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Hands on with Imitone: if you can hum, you can make music with it(arstechnica.com)
6 points by markfenton 12y ago|0 comments
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by markfenton 12y ago
But if the user with the higher karma is the only one interested in that thread they could easily just ignore the posts they disagree with so they never get endorsed. It leads to the same outcome, yet they appear to have done nothing wrong.
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by markfenton 14y ago
If you really want to test it, surely raising the price by 1p is the best way? That way, you get an answer and you aren't stealing anything.
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Top Reasons To Avoid Blackberry Development(blog.tinymission.com)
2 points by markfenton 15y ago|0 comments
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Why Amazon's tablet will challenge Apple in a way that Google cannot(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by markfenton 15y ago|0 comments
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by markfenton 15y ago
I also seem to remember that one of the last things Clarkson said was how much he liked the the Leaf. More generally, a 100 mile range would be fine for me 80% of the time, but the other 20% I need longer range without a 12 hour stopover. E
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Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core(shiftyjelly.wordpress.com)
231 points by markfenton 15y ago|94 comments
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by markfenton 15y ago
It's not perfect, but it does allow me to have a memorable password for everyday use that is improved by the two factor authentication, and a more secure but unmemorable one for use by applications. (Admittedly I could achieve the same by u
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by markfenton 15y ago
More practically, I suspect the problem is the amount of time and energy taken to prove and certify a new way of doing things. Flight data recorders are standardised across most of the world and I suspect agreeing and certifing the number/l
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by markfenton 15y ago
Modern British universities have always required you to 'read' a particular subject. The major change after WWII was to make them available to more people by changing the funding model rather than the educational system they provided. The m
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by markfenton 16y ago
I've no figures to back it up, but my initial thought is that the simple cost of the OS isn't the deciding factor. For a PC people expect the Windows name, to see Windows on it, and for all their Windows software to work. That leaves using
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by markfenton 16y ago
The blackberry facebook app attempts this, but it's not actually that useful. Variations in spellings of names confuse it, the 'type' of number (work, mobile etc.) can cause duplicates and a lot of my friends no longer store any useful cont
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by markfenton 16y ago
In this post however he seems to be comparing mobile-optimised HTML5 video against desktop standard Flash video. My netbook won't play HD native video but it will play optimised Flash - does this mean Flash is great on my netbook and native