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The only known photographs of mathematician and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace have been acquired by the UK's National Portrait Gallery just before they were expected to be sold to…

Probably not. https://group.met.com/en/mind-the-fyouture/mindthefyouture/n...

Teaspoons are narrower than forks -- if a fork fits in, then so would a normal teaspoon.

There is a project at the moment to expand TfL's contactless payments to most stations across the southeast of England. Further expansion will be dependent on government funding.

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At a guess - I suspect they are assessing risk of investing time/money in installing your product into their company and how they would deal with issues if you are off ill one day …

I will comment on this. Yes, I used the term troll from my background many years ago writing about patent trolls, so maybe it irks people, but people who complain about one word in…

"some of which goes to some dubious places." As Wikipedia would say... [citation neeeded].

A leason I learned many long years ago is not to treat a customer cancelling a subscription as a lost customer, but as a customer going on holiday from you. When you make the cance…

I would love a faster dishwasher -- not because I need the dishes washed faster, but becuase I live in an open-plan flat with the kitchen and living room in the same space, and any…

I bought one as it makes it easier to control my lighting -- and that's all I use it for. I also however changed the trigger from Alexa to Computer. Which makes watching episodes o…

It's a very US centric list, omiting a lot of UK games that were the first their field. Such as Ant Attack - may be the first isometric game for personal computers. Chess in 1K for…

Nando's isn't a British chain though.

No one really knows what causes them - plenty of theories but not facts - and that's why they are both exceptionally facinating as to how they form, and yet also utterly terrifying…

As a saying it's been around for over 500 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_throw_the_baby_out_wit...

Brits haven't been subjects since 1982. I am all for people not liking the monarchy, but at least get the facts right.

Everyone will find different things work for them individually, but as a general rule of thumb you need to distract your mind so that it is too busy doing something else to think a…