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floehopper

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About floehopper

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    Comment #37201313

    I spent 2 winters in Antarctica with people with strong accents, e.g. Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, Scouse, Geordie, Cumbrian, and Devonian. On my return to the UK a lot of peop…

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    Comment #36554905

    > In June 1972, the 43-foor schooner Lucette was attacked by killer whales and sank in 60 seconds. What happened next is almost incredible... https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show…

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    Comment #36011640

    > the Venture Predator constructs a pile of shit so large and impressive that investors are convinced that there must be a pony under there somewhere https://pluralistic.net/2023/0…

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    Comment #35383704

    I use https://www.ethicalbooksearch.com/ to find books sold by responsible booksellers including BWB.

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    Comment #32301827

    You may also enjoy https://tomstu.art/automatic-differentiation-in-ruby and the accompanying video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI7mtWB4WiA .

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    Comment #31877156

    I first heard this as a radio play on BBC Radio4 back in 1991! * Metadata: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/05b414af4bfa4923b9c9c3bc2257d5ef * Audio: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=6…

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    Comment #31877030

    Jon Worth's [1] CrossBorderRail project [2] aims to highlight missing cross-border rail links in Europe. He's recently embarked on a huge rail and bike journey that crosses every i…

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    Comment #30274072

    The Raspberry Pi Foundation's Code Club World [1] is designed for young people aged 9-13. It provides a fun and more gradual introduction to block-based programming leading on to p…

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    The DHH Problem

    Slides and audio from a lightning talk by Tom Stuart at Scottish Ruby Conference 2014.

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    Comment #7634799

    Go Free Range - http://gofreerange.com

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    Comment #3343310

    I agree. This is presentation was brilliant and I'd really encourage people to watch it.