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Re:“I don't know the numbers”: a math puzzle on Sunday May 08, 2022 @07:37PM (#31309029)
process of elimination. as soon as peter starts, all primes are off the table. Given that, some number pairs which sum to the same number as just one other number pair where the second number pair has at least one prime are off the table. And so on and so forth. My instinct was to program the solution. Bet there are people who could do it in their heads.
Re:The D-Notice: A British Way of Censoring the Press on Thursday May 05, 2022 @12:58PM (#31275818)
Just to put this window Mr.Overton left us where it belongs, it is a criminal offence in Britain to say anything deemed homophobic even within the confines of your own domicile even to your own family members.

Law described: https://www.christian.org.uk/news/views-expressed-in-private...

Law passed: https://www.gov.scot/news/hate-crime-bill-passed/

Hired onto a project as a specialist. Funders had hired a project manager also. Project manager wanted to use technology X ( which has long since faded ) instead of well entrenched and dev-hireable technology Y because technology Y had not yet entered the trough of disillusionment and anyone who could honestly say they had managed a technology X project could 10x their hourly. Money was ignorant about this level of detail. PM won, as they do. Whole thing a money pyre.
Re:Ask HN: What are tech's largest moats? on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:37AM (#31274718)
>There's nothing stopping you, or any of us here, from writing another social network site.

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