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LOL, we still have AOS, SIS, GCSB, AVSEC and of relevance to this article, EQNZ.

But also bear in mind that the all the satellites over New Zealand (for example) will be wasted while we are asleep and at any given time a lot of satellites will be over empty oce…

You'll get around that in your home by having the satellite module thing up on your roof and a cable to your wifi router. What I don't understand about this though is the number of…

I have started reading this after doing https://www.railstutorial.org/book to fill in some gaps in my own knowledge. It is very amusing (and very poignant). Full credit to the auth…

I have Windows Hello enabled on my phone (a 950) and it scans my iris with an infra-red camera/light. This means it still works in the dark and cant be fooled by a photo (or a 3d m…

Can't one already run ad campaigns based on a users search history? What if a cancer foundation or similar organisation ran a targeted ad campaign?

Are you referring to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle? Of course, that still doesn't mean we're necessarily in a simulation!

If you know the range of numbers then I'd do a binary search. Get each server to count how many are higher or lower. Play the high low game. When the two totals are the same you're…

Also, I tend to move around while my desk stays still, so from my desks point of view I am not aging as fast.

I was very fortunate to get an Amstrad 6128 when I was 12. A big expense in New Zealand 29 years ago 8-). It came with a huge manual with lots of example programs to type in. Amstr…

I miss 4GL (and Vim) (and Christchurch).

If you've done some Scheme (or Lisp (or Haskell (or Curry))) then you will find this very readable. Section 2.4 has a good explanation of the Y combinator. I'm going to try and get…

At first I thought the super-optimizer had made a mistake because the results are not the same but I think the error is in the original where line 6 should be return -1; Anyway, us…

Hi, Here is what I like: It was $95 in New Zealand. It has a quad core processor. It comes with Office. Live tiles and they way you can move then and resize them is just nice. The …

I made the switch from an Android Sony to a Lumia 530 this Christmas. Apart from the LCD TN screen the Lumia is easily the best phone I've ever had at half the price.

I suspect thats so it can measure your pulse better. Its also more private if it displays text messages.

hang on. im stuck here. http://imgur.com/F1gLIzb

This article is 18 months old, 4.7" doesn't seem that big now and CPU's are a bit further ahead. I wonder what happened to them? I want one.

I wonder if the reporter has not mixed up lines of code with database records. Perhaps the database has a record for each and every American and 5 million of those records have inc…

The article is definitely satirical and points out the futility of any -Hedron based device regardless of its theoretical truth. You can't calculate the volume of a fractal in fact…

I got through and read the article as well as an earlier one. They are worth reading if you have daughters, they're compulsory if you have sons.

Don't let the page numbering ruin these books for you as the contents will provide you enjoyment for the rest of your life. Its great that you were able to get your own copy of the…

How about: Microkia Softnok