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Could also be related to HSP http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd-zoe/2011/06/10-signs-that...

That's really confusing cause and effect. For some sectors we rely on 'Europe' but the cause is that talented individuals are often discouraged from training or staying in the UK. …

I understand your intent but please don't find this satisfying. Many who voted 'out' did so simply because they felt they had no other method of getting their voice heard. They use…

+1 for Signal (used to be TextSecure). They now have a desktop app in beta which synchronises perfectly with my mobile

I listened to an interview with the Home Secretary, Theresa May, yesterday. She explicitly stated several times that she had no say in the Miranda's detention as it was a police ma…

The Press Regulation Scheme is in no way similar to the use of MI5 and police resources to interrogate an individual who ,for all in intents and purposes, seems innocent of any ter…

As a European I feel very sad that many national governments are so much under the thumb of US. To divert the plane of another nation's leader without due legal justification is a …

That's only true if the voters have visibility of what they're voting for. That's wht is so bad about this situation, the secracy negates the foundation of democracy

Being in receipt of tax revenue is no measure of being a useful department. And how does it work when other countries are found spying on the US or UK? presumably this is also perf…

Obama, "you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy." OK, I agree. So how about you and your "security" agencies are a lot less private about what yo…

The US government's attitude is akin to an angry parent shouting, "how dare you!" at an impertinent teenager. General Alexander's statement that, "What Snowden has revealed has cau…

There is a key difference between this story and the Snowden case. It is unlikely that the UK government will actively pursue and convict any of the sources of the story. The UK, f…

I am very reluctant to draw parallels between real-life and fiction, but the steady stream of stories from the US from Bradely Manning to Snowden to Barrett Brown is making the pos…

I guess you're completely ignorant of how widely used their software is. I really need to get enough points to downvote :<

I agree. But the second part of the statement is still true, "the US look like a self righteous sabre rattling bully"

hmm, construction and medical practice require legislation because dodgy practices may well result in harm to individuals. I don't see that's relevant here. BTW, I support the move…

some of the faqs are ridiculous; apparently blocking some 3rd party cookies by default goes against users freedom of choice yet enabling them by default is great for user choice!

Yes, I can't argue with that, though I am meeting an increasing number of non-techies who are interested in different (better) ways of using the web and IT in general.

That's confusing two different concepts. URLs are the equivalent of a full postal address whereas searching is the equivalent of asking a stranger how to get somewhere. Why would y…

Given who he is, I imagine pcwalton is far more familiar with it than you are. Either way, you're wrong. Bytecode is not human readable which, as even your definition states, asm.j…

Angular and Backbone are very different. Angular is a full framework; it's brilliant but also gets in my way on a regular basis. It may take me longer to write the same app in Back…

Given Mozilla's goals for Firefox OS can you explain how these web technologies are anything but the best option? If you think that Java, C# or Objective C would have been better c…

"when good developers are driven away by a lousy technology stack". This fear of JavaScript and a web stack says a lot more about you than the technologies. There are a huge number…

You just need to add an additional line such as, "I've used product x and it's a brilliant alternative" or "I develop product x and would love your feedback" or "I'm the CTO of..."…