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xyzzy3000

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    Comment #49230983

    No, I disagree with you here - it isn't one user and certainly not an abuser. This is reputationally damaging, and doubling down is not helping. Arguably, the doubling down is the …

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    Comment #48542045

    The wheel in the photo is on the left, which is wrong in Japan. Domestic Japanese vehicles have the steering wheel on the right.

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    Comment #48542019

    The car in the article has the steering wheel on the left, which is the wrong side for vehicles driving on the left-hand side of the road. Domestically-produced cars in both the UK…

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    Comment #46947743

    "The proof of the pudding is in the eating".

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    Comment #46176265

    RISC OS has the concept of "OS units" which don't map directly onto pixels 1:1, and it was possible to fiddle with the ratio on the RiscPC from 1994 onwards, giving reasonably-scal…

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    Comment #46175056

    That's only RISC OS 2 though. RISC OS 3 was 2MB, and even 3.7 didn't have everything in ROM as Acorn had introduced the !Boot directory for softloading a large amount of 'stuff' at…

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    Comment #46005443

    Is there a copy of this dataset available for download, or held at the Internet Archive?

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    Comment #45821431

    An influential architect whose ideas form the basis of 'design patterns' in software development.

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    Comment #45667336

    Also this associated toolkit: https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/ebu/files/Publications/M...

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    Comment #45569256

    Some inside stories here, from the writer: https://allowe.com/games/larry.html

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    Comment #45500735

    What's the patent encumberment status of this algorithm?

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