rrgmitchell

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by rrgmitchell 1y ago
I used to have one long .org tasks file. That was great when I was working, because I saw it every day when I logged on my laptop and did org-agenda. But now that I'm retired I don't do that any more. So what I have now is a sheaf
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by rrgmitchell 2y ago
I struggled with this too. The best understanding I've been able to come to is this: 1. Every month's item number can be calculated from the preceding month's item number by the method given. I.e. add the number of days in
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by rrgmitchell 4y ago
Poster is probably referring to Popper's 'The Open Society and Its Enemies' [1]. Some colleagues of Popper would refer to it as 'The Open Society By One Of Its Enemies'. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by rrgmitchell 5y ago
An (unfortunate) human could be at the epicenter of an earthquake. But not at the epicenter of a social circle unless that (unfortunate) social circle was deep below the surface of the earth.
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by rrgmitchell 5y ago
Second sentence contains one of my pet bugbears, 'epicenter' instead of, well, 'center'. If Capote really was at the epicenter of his social circle, then the social circle itself must have been many kilometres below him
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by rrgmitchell 5y ago
If anyone wants to learn more about Murray and his ideas (and incidentally support him and his family), he has written a number of books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zionism-Bullshit-Interviews-Collect... https://ww
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Wun Tarnip Pleese(theguardian.com)
10 points by rrgmitchell 6y ago|0 comments
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by rrgmitchell 6y ago
The latest iteration is actually called 'ActianX', and it's a continuation of Ingres plus support for column-based tables from the 'Vector' product acquired by Actian. QUEL is still there, but its functionality has
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Why is coronavirus killing so many more people in the UK than in Ireland?(theguardian.com)
3 points by rrgmitchell 6y ago|0 comments
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by rrgmitchell 7y ago
Riddley Walker is a stunningly good novel. I've read it twice and I'd read it again. Many years ago there was a dramatisation of it at the Edinburgh Festival, very powerful. One bit that sticks in my memory is when Riddley stumble
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Happy 100th Birthday, James Lovelock(theguardian.com)
2 points by rrgmitchell 7y ago|0 comments
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US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media(theguardian.com)
346 points by rrgmitchell 7y ago|171 comments
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The world’s rich stay rich while the poor struggle to prosper(johnkay.com)
132 points by rrgmitchell 13y ago|130 comments