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I think they're a problem in universities too. I'm sure I've seen research that suggests students in lectures who take notes on paper get better grades that students who use laptop…

Hi Hackers, I'm planning a 2 week visit to China. My question is, is it ok to use my iPhone and do a factory reset when I come home or do I need a burner phone? I've Googled and re…

The UK gov has a database of all apprenticeship vacancies in England (think Wales & Scotland have something similar). You can get the vacancies via an API. I built the site to get …

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Always thought the pizzas were a bit small.

Try learning Japanese at 55. It’s the same. I was in an evening class with other students who were mostly in their 20s. The age thing was really obvious. All the older students str…

Reminds me of an article about the code that Neil Ferguson's Imperial College team used to model covid. Though I think the Imperial code sounded worse.

What a miserable list. The ordinary Brits I know - friends and coworkers - are kind, hardworking and tolerant. That includes the people I know who voted for Brexit. And the British…

University of Sheffield is big, but £30m stills sounds like a lot to spend on a student management system. I believe the SITS system is written in uniface - "You're building all th…