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edsykes

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    Cost wise it only makes sense if you have photo-voltaic on the roof. In Germany there is more acceptance of paying more if there is a (possibly perceived) environmental benefit.

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    Comment #25987992

    If it's a free market economy why would shorting be banned? When it comes to that, why would naked short selling be banned? Free market means the market would decide on whether the…

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    Comment #22865289

    Not in the same style, but this is the research that the video summary is based upon. https://www.principles.com/big-debt-crises/ It's free

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    Comment #22770232

    I had a read through this and I couldn't really tell if there was something novel here? I understand that perturbations and generating new examples from labelled examples is a pret…

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    Comment #20019872

    just to offset a bit about scrum being bad: I have used SCRUM over 15 years to run teams and it worked. Most of the problems I am hearing on here are culture problems and no proces…

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    Comment #18864714

    what can be very bad is if the database provided api is really just a sql executor - binding you to the database without you realising it. Doing rest, but finding you just tied all…

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    I wouldn't say any API. More like, there is a class of problems and a style of api design that models the resources very closely to how they are represented in the database - and y…

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    Comment #16920684

    it would be strange, but not impossible and certainly suspect practice. You could proxy through your own vpn and then log the requests and take a look at what it's doing...

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    "i'm sorry, i'm on a deadline"

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    Comment #12636970

    not really, depends on the evaporation rate of the pheromone. If you increase the evaporation co-efficient it's more suited to a dynamic environment

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    Comment #10841962

    i seem to remember they had cds with examples on - does anyone else remember that?

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    Comment #10763238

    it's happening, but there's a lot of work to do: http://www.equalexperts.com/hmrc-digital-platform-as-a-club/

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    Comment #10310342

    it's not rendering properly on chrome: Version 45.0.2454.101 (64-bit) on OSX

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    Comment #10258788

    I don't think groupon's demise has anything to do with investment in technology or otherwise. More, they sold local businesses on the idea of giving away deals on the basis that de…

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    Comment #9708887

    keep going with this - it's genuinely useful - you've actually automated my language learning process.

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    Comment #9538076

    jobs, green screens, props, sets, computers all built by the director/producer

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