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Julian Jaynes' book is of course relevant. [1] Further to that, I've read on several occasions about lone survivors of disasters who report encountering a person who wasn't there w…

> So we need to be on call continuously, 24/7, meaning we can't ever be off the grid or unavailable? The well-established solution to 24/7 availability is to operate a shift patter…

The excellent novel "Snow Crash" was directly inspired by "The Origin of Consciousness": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash

Fred Brooks said [1] that there are two types of complexity, accidental and essential. While accidental complexity can be reduced the theory is that the essential complexity cannot…

> where we compete for votes and the top comment haha I don't think this is the reason most people post here.

Apparently it is Chinese internet slang meaning: "If you can do it, then you go and do it. If you can’t do it, then don’t criticise others." via: http://www.chinesetimeschool.com/z…

While OODA is an interesting and increasingly popular concept, it is really only useful when applied to very short intervals of time. You can and should expect that an opponent wit…

This is why we have release management processes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release_management

I can't view the video but since Pinker is mentioned in other comments I assume it is a summary of this (not yet read) book on my bookshelf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bette…

I don't know for sure but I strongly suspect that Pratchett was heavily influenced by Operation Black Buck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck In particular, this d…

While I recognise the valid points made elsewhere in this discussion about this guy’s luck and/or cheating, I can’t help wonder about how we would react differently to an AI “oracl…

Cold weather causes more deaths than warm weather. See for example: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/30/excess-winte...

For the benefit of some below, the design shown in the news article is only a concept image [1]. The final design will be revealed nearer the time the new note is issued. [1] https…

This is a very difficult question to answer comprehensively because our "website" does a lot more than just present information to people! Most of the content you can see on www.nh…

I'm the tech lead for the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) and I oversee the team who are building this frontend library. With respect, I think you fail to appreciate the importance of eff…

I'm the tech lead for the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) and I oversee the team who are building this frontend library. Your comment is a good explanation of how things work. My employer…

I'm the tech lead for the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) and I oversee the team who are building this frontend library. I largely agree with what you have written above, however things w…

I'm the tech lead for the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) and I oversee the team who are building this frontend library. I'll be making sure we remove our jQuery dependency when I can. Fo…

I'm the tech lead for the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) and I oversee the team who are building this frontend library. I will pass on your comments about RSS to our architect (who gets …

I'm the tech lead for the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) and I oversee the team who are building this frontend library. I'll be making sure we remove our jQuery dependency when I can. Fo…

I'm the tech lead for the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) and I oversee the team who are building this frontend library. NHS Digital are working on a "Standards Library" encompassing how …

I'm the tech lead for the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) and I oversee the team who are building this frontend library. We have a full-time and fully-staffed team comprising developers, …

We syndicate our content in a different way: https://developer.api.nhs.uk/

www.nhs.uk/news exists specifically to debunk false health claims (I'm tech lead for this site)

This happened to me too, so I'm in the process of switching back to Apple Music. I scrobble to last.fm so I can still get decent recommendations over there.