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I agree that does seem to be something of a smoking gun. And it’s not without precedent to secure an injunction against as US tech company launching a new service - gmail was known…

(Not a lawyer, but have gained some working knowledge of UK trademarks.) I don’t think this is totally clean cut. UK trademarks are registered against specific classes and those cl…

Us Brits are very passionate about lovely trees! I’ve walked along that part of Hadrian’s Wall and stopped at that tree a number of times and it truly was a beautiful spot with rea…

It’s the sensors themselves that have a limited life - the units that have a fixed battery have a battery life that exceeds the sensors useful life. The common / low cost carbon mo…

Quote from the UK’s air traffic controller’s CEO particularly caught me eye - this apparently isn’t some ancient component: “Rolfe has been asked about delays to investments in new…

If you want a deep dive this video made by a British electrician is worth a watch https://youtu.be/hZN6hiGLtrE In a perfect world a ring circuit is a clever invention - it offers a…

I think the analysis is really interesting, but I suspect it’s quite possible that this behaviour is just a result of optimising the implementation than GVR taking sides in a 2,500…

I think this is sound advice. What I’d add builds on this point: > he does not see the situation as you do At the moment you may be lacking the perspective of the founder, perhaps …

In legal systems with some basis in English Common Law the idea of an implied contract is fairly common. Lets I buy some service from you and we sign some one-off contract. The nex…

I think if anything it demonstrates that Disney are playing with a relatively weak hand here. Disney have a broader problem - they are not the only player in central Florida. Magic…

The description of this interaction in the article makes me sad for the author - they criticise and belittle another. Imagine instead what they could have learnt if they opened the…

For analytics work tools like dbt are really gaining traction for this reason. Most of the OLAP / warehousing stuff I used to lean on dynamic sql for can be done more cleanly, with…

The parent article touches on this point too - both Oracle and SQL Server (and any other major db) supports parameterising values in dynamic sql. some_user would become @some_user …

I agree it’s hard to find reliable information in this - ASHPs and GSHPs are very hyped right now so a lot of the information that comes up in searches is quite low level or low qu…

I’m in the process of moving (back) to a countryside location. I lived there a number of years ago and split my time in a tech job 2 to 3 days a week in the office and the remainde…

>As a good faith question - if you were an American, how would you create a site or service for a domestic audience without insulting the rest of the world? First I would say that …

For me this effect is significantly compounded by not being from the US / North America. This has come up on HN before (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25226805 ) but it …

I guess it’s referring to this post: https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/steal-your-wi-...

LastPass recommending https://blog.lastpass.com/2017/03/security-update-for-the-la... Use the LastPass Vault as a launch pad – Launch sites directly from the LastPass vault. This i…

In parts of the world and acre certainly could be a very productive farm. An example in North America - "With only 1½ acres cultivated in permanent beds, the farm grosses more than…

I think there are circumstances where it is very valuable - it depends on your target audience. For example on mobile, connection speeds in major cities in developed countries mayb…

OWASP do a decent job of aggregating currently accepted practice: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Password_Storage_Cheat_Sheet

The 7 minute thing wasn't so much about time (I think that was just the sales pitch) - it was promoting the HIT (High intensity training) school of thought. Some research is pointi…