owenjonesuk

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by owenjonesuk 8y ago
I think the author is a woman, from the name Emily.
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by owenjonesuk 9y ago
Firefox implemented something a few years ago where buttons on pop-ups were greyed out for a few seconds, to avoid this. I believe it was a security concern that an online game could get you to click in a certain place at a certain time, an
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by owenjonesuk 10y ago
In-ear headphones always fall out of my left ear. At first I thought it was something to do with the ridges in my ear, because they're quite different between my left and my right ear. Then last year I had an ear infection and the doct
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by owenjonesuk 10y ago
Thanks for introducing me to aphantasia, which I hadn't heard of. For others that haven't, it means not being able to imagine images or sounds in your mind. It was only discovered recently, and I think it was popularised by this b
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by owenjonesuk 10y ago
Actually, you're pretty much spot on. The word you want is "irreducible", rather than "indivisible". In general rings there are irreducible elements and prime elements, and they have different definitions. You'
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by owenjonesuk 11y ago
That's not available in my country, whereas the current link is
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by owenjonesuk 11y ago
I discovered Diceware a few months ago when looking for a password generation scheme for my company. We were just letting people choose their own passwords before, which I don't think is a good idea. I really like it. My only annoyance
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by owenjonesuk 12y ago
Different dialects of Chinese use the same characters. Cantonese, for example. Switching to pin yin would only work for mandarin.
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by owenjonesuk 12y ago
I'm from the UK. My colleagues with kids all do their grocery shopping online. They love not having to find time to go to the supermarket, and not having to entertain their kids while they're going round. From my own experience, i