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mistakoala
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Comment #8647506
Does it account for performance artists sitting down in front of the bus to protest about something or other, though?
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Comment #8637497
I see. So I still can't quite jump right in and start making a basic app. No worries!
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Comment #8637302
Total n00b here.I took a look at Creator and it looks straight-forward with its drag and drop approach, but do I need to know more (e.g. a language or the Ionic framework) before I…
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Comment #8631115
Very seasonal business and I'd be surprised if it was ever >50% occupancy under the current owners. Blackpool's season for many overnight accommodation businesses has gone from Apr…
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Comment #8631101
> Blackpool is a classic example of a seaside resort that's been badly hit by cheap package holidays to the sun. Partly. Other resorts have managed to reinvent themselves, but the …
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Comment #8629253
Many of these small hotel and B&B owners run their businesses as a hobby or retirement plan, which often doesn't quite pan out as the passive income scheme they were anticipating. …
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Comment #8492225
Doesn't sound so dissimilar to the EU's Internet tax that was planned years ago (not sure if its email tax plan was part of the same thing). I don't think it would be unreasonable …
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Comment #8368327
> Google is a “platform for piracy and the spread of malicious networks” So, like Sky Broadband in the UK, then?
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Comment #8252875
Sky's apps are the same. As a Barclays and Sky customer, this is a ball-ache. Barclays I can kind of understand, because progress in British retail banking happens at a snails pace…
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Comment #7893427
A really easy one: no.
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Comment #7824675
Yep - exactly that.
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Comment #7824664
Is labelling not a good?
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Comment #7824661
No, it shouldn't. As much as I also dislike the Continental love of the ban hammer, I'm not sure what it has to with this.
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Comment #7821420
I wonder if a successful TTIP agreement would be the catalyst for this? It's inexplicable that the EU/ EEA would allow for non-metric goods to freely flow into the market.
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Comment #7816906
I am optimistic enough to believe that this would be worth looking at, but I am pessimistic enough to believe that it would not get a moment's consideration in a risk-averse and/ o…
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Comment #7618825
Sure. I like the sound of encouraging people who want to explore and jumpstart their own projects. I feel that there's an implicit push by bootcamps to acquire students who are cer…
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Comment #7617832
What have previous cohorts gone on to do?
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Comment #7606563
Lemmeguesswithoutclicking... Mariana Mazzucato?
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Comment #7359674
I suppose it pays for me to read beyond the headline!
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Comment #7359647
Interesting. Why would The Graun bin the article?
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Comment #7260466
This is already being worked on by car manufacturers, as part of the EU's eCall agenda, which will be a requirement for future vehicles. Remote control of vehicles is simply an ext…
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Comment #7252083
I was actually more surprised that both Gov and BBC used the term 'hack' in a context that didn't involve 'cyber-crime', but I wasn't sure how to fit that into a headline.
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Comment #7222407
They can prise my sugar... from my cold, dead hands.
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Comment #7218424
Best news all year!