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Comment #46639634
https://fullfact.org/technology/phone-access-ai-scanners-fal...
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Comment #46390827
The article doesn’t make this claim. The uk gov are watching Australia and the evidence to see the effect of their new ban in practice. This is normal practice for any government. …
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Comment #46294765
Because Capital has captured the legislature.
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Comment #45558734
many examples of of maze generation algorithms (with source code) here. https://www.jamisbuck.org/mazes/ i bought his book totally worth it http://mazesforprogrammers.com/
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Comment #44531499
to commit an act usually means that its intentional and illegal. suicide is often neither. hence the passive tone. compare and contrast: - he committed suicide - he was a victim of…
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Comment #44032402
Xojo.com
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Comment #43948426
def means define, could be used to define all kinds of things fn isnt a legitimate short form of function fun doesnt work because of the amusement factor func is the only alternati…
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Comment #43646525
It’s $250! FFS! Donate 245 to a charity. And make a dual sided sign out of reclaimed palet wood and that soldering iron you bought last year.
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Comment #42615303
Unlike (say) French, English has no central authority determining correct or incorrect usage. Anything literally goes.
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Comment #40233454
Blueprints inside the Unreal game engine would provide complexity and motivation. But it’s not for 2d cards but behaviours of agents in a 3d world.
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Comment #37508062
It’s because Birds aren’t real. https://birdsarentreal.com/
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Comment #37505466
This language would work well in the universe of the fictional absurdist documentary “the falls” The Falls — Greenaway / Nyman https://youtu.be/dTKNMR9KDZg?si=BR521zn3VsK6zTEF
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Comment #37128013
"criminal charges were dismissed against Henry, Schooley, and Miles because inadmissible evidence had been presented to the grand jury.[54][55][56] The judge's ruling reprimanded s…
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Comment #37127807
"neither Henry nor Schooley had a background in mechanical engineering. And according to state law, they didn’t need those credentials to deem their own ride safe—unlike in the nei…
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Comment #36685288
despite what many pedants will have you believe, unlike many other languages there is no central authority of how english should be spoken or written. there isnt even a correct spe…
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Comment #36299757
In the uk we applaud them. Some are serving peers of the realm others active politicians. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Mone,_Baroness_Mone https://www.independent.co.uk…
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Comment #36126010
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Western_Philosoph... Its value is to plot the course of religious inspirations as a longer development with each informing the next.
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Comment #34640221
the hand tracking is spot on by the small image in the bottom left hand corner. steady and accurate positioning of two hands. :-) unfortunately the rendering of the hands in the la…
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Comment #34566486
Metric or imperial measurements?
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What Skills and Expereience Needed for Dev/SE in Space Launch Sector?
What skills, knowledge, learnings, experience is necessary to get a role as a programmer or software engineer in the space sector from outside it? Could anyone recommend texts / pr…
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Comment #25163288
one of my colleagues uses that as an assignment for his students, they have to port one of the listings to c++
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Comment #25006910
how will the earth be protected from the keiter anomalies?
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Comment #23937268
Who's up for a BBC Basic Game Jam? Just like summer holidays when you were a kid.