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I would imagine they must be building that in, or it just becomes a random collection of art.

Whilst the flight of fruit, though short lived, resembles that of a banana (which apparently is a berry)

That's what I thought. I'm looking forward to Saxon doors.

Here in the UK I worked for a small company in 2001. Each person recorded time spent on projects on one spreadsheet on a shared drive, a nightmare. I had a free website with uklinux (now no more) and …

Yep,every VST seems to be a learning exercise. But the variety of layouts and colours can also be inspiring. That said, the most garish were rarely keepers.

Analog samplers - ah the Mellotron - Strawberry Fields, King Crimson, Moody Blues - drifts into the past .... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron …

I am not sure why they use the word 'analog'. If it is in a browser it definitely isn't, it is digital, though the one you saw in 1970 probably was analog. In operation though the diffe…

Tenderhooks is definitely an eggcorn (a mistake which conveys an appropriate image). In fact it is documented here: https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/315/tenderhooks/…

This is such a fascinating insight. I didn't know this part of his story. Turing was a complex character as most brilliant people are. It saddens me what happened to him, but we must recognise th…

BBC News - Covid-19: Dutch PM Rutte 'sorry for easing restrictions too soon' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57811538 …

The 2012 Olympics was an opportunity to bring Stratford (in London, not upon-avon) a much needed boost. It is now the major hub in the east of London and continues to be a hive of renewal activity eve…

Hey, when billionaires spend money it's wealth distribution too. There are people paying their bills on the back of this.

Yes, I remember the Alpha ads. Thanks, and that is aimed specifically at new Christians which seems laudable.

I got so many searches which said old film was on Netflix which turned into "not here mate" I unsubscribed. That's how.

Sorry to sound stupid, but I live in the UK and have literally never seen an ad from a church (except maybe on a board outside). What is the purpose of the ad? What is their motivation?

> How many operas are there that are still performed? I hate opera but I googled it and got: "According to Operabase* there were 2662 different operas performed over the last 5 years." (2…

Interesting that Alpha Zero, by playing itself, has come up with some new approaches which are feeding back into the professional game.

It says "Prices were collected from the operator with the largest marketshare in the country" so I guess it depends who that is.

Oh, I fully agree with what you say. But they omit the essential function of a library. That seems to say they need not really be libraries at all.

Yesterday our large Waitrose order got delivered to our neighbour who has 24 hour carers on rotation. Turns out they took it in without questioning it. We complained our order hadn't arrived and …

Shouldn't this be about knowledge and information, and certainly not architecture? The test should be "If I have a need for obscure knowledge on something, how much help are they able to giv…

I have often hit up against zero requiring units. A distance of zero is just zero. Apply units to it if you want but it is just as happy without. CSS to its credit allows zero without px or em etc. Mo…

I read it only last year. A brilliant and now historical book.

Definitely or worse. I use Amazon as a last resort. eBay is first choice for cheap stuff. For expensive stuff I tend to go for bricks and mortar stores.

Thanks they are great, I will be ... I am using those at my desk. Reminds me that the 24 hour working factory behind our house when I was very small stopped their night shift. I am told I didn't …

I am not sure about this. If you stare at anything for long enough you get peculiar effects in your vision (try it). That said, in the last year or so I have begun to enjoy music from the extractor fa…

No, Microsoft reserves odd numbers for good versions. That's why there was no 9. 11 will be brilliant! ;)

Dates were invented in case anyone thought programming was fun.

I am certain that they said 10 was to be the final version of Windows. On the strength of that I decided I didn't want 10 so my only option was to jump ship (to Linux). I wonder how many others d…