SamColes
Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013)
on Thursday September 05, 2019 @05:31AM (#20885164)
My wife read this exact article from 2013, purchased a 'Finnish Baby Box' from a private company that makes and exports them from Finland, and our baby slept in it for his first seven or eight months. It actually turns out the idea for the company itself was inspired by the same article too. Here's the follow-up from 2016 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35834370
Re:Pembrokeshire treasure hunter unearths Celtic chariot
on Thursday November 22, 2018 @09:48AM (#18510266)
There are free to access castle ruins and buildings of a similar age and much older all over the UK, they're hardly in short supply. Maybe you didn't intend it but this comes across as overly pessimistic. It's hardly as if every bit of history in the country has had a fence put round it to charge an entry fee.
Not trying to say what you're describing doesn't exist, but the only place I can think of that I've been to that charges to see some 3ft high bits of wall would be Old Sarum, but that also has great views.
Re:Before Food Trucks, Americans Ate 'Night Lunch' from Beautiful Wagons
on Friday September 14, 2018 @05:10AM (#17985777)
31 years native. That's the first time I've ever seen someone write 27:00...
Re:We need a nationalised alternative to Facebook
on Friday March 30, 2018 @10:45AM (#16716492)
It's an opinion piece by a single journalist.
Re:Apocalypse now: London’s property crash has begun
on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @08:32AM (#16420141)
Because in practice it usually makes little difference.
Ground rents are often as little as £10 a year.
Re:Why American men are getting less marriageable
on Friday January 26, 2018 @07:21AM (#16238589)
Re:Exploring the BBC Micro:bit Software Stack and OS
on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @09:31AM (#15807007)
I turned 30 this year, born 1987, and I had no idea that I missed out on this kind of education by so few years.
I remember there were a couple of BBC Micros sat getting dusty in the corners of a couple of classrooms in both my infant (year 1-2) and junior (year 3-6) schools, but we never used them.
Instead we had brand new Windows machines on which we learnt Powerpoint, Excel and used Encarta. Joy.
Re:Deep fat fryers may help form cooling clouds
on Friday November 24, 2017 @06:26AM (#15770542)
TIL: There are fried chicken shop clouds over London.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
on Friday September 22, 2017 @06:54AM (#15310958)
Try that at 3am and see if the cab driver cares.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
on Friday September 22, 2017 @06:43AM (#15310886)
Pre-uber I'd take the night bus, as I'm not paying £50 or £60 for a black cab from town to my home.
Post uber that same journey is now less than £25 and well worth paying for to avoid the occasional horrors on the night bus.
Re:Ask HN: Any Android developers using ListView?
on Friday May 09, 2014 @08:17AM (#7720426)
1) I've never had to use ExpandableListView. ListView I use all the time.
2) Most often, BaseAdapter
3) Both options. XML if I had to pick.
Re:Does pressing the pedestrian crossing button actually do anything?
on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @07:59AM (#6326858)
That picture is of Oxford Circus, one of the busiest intersections in the UK. There are very few crossings similar to that one here.
Re:Android Fragmentation Visualized
on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @11:39AM (#6127644)
The problems are greatly exaggerated. I imagine there's little difference to the "fragmentation" problems developing for Windows.
Re:What is Microsoft smoking?
on Thursday June 13, 2013 @06:00AM (#5873156)
IDEA-57233 Editor font antialising/appearance problems on Linux
http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-57233
Re:Three's 3G data network is down UK wide
on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @07:41AM (#5818788)
I find Three has superb coverage throughout London. Elsewhere it's not so good.
Re:Richard Stallman: How I do my Computing
on Saturday April 07, 2012 @05:44AM (#3810456)
He tours the world giving talks and speeches.
Re:Every death on every road in Great Britain 1999-2010
on Monday December 05, 2011 @07:40AM (#3314354)
Shocking (yet unsurprising) that almost everything I click on is an eldery pedestrian or cyclist, or a motorcyclist.
Re:Why we’re working our young people too hard
on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @11:33AM (#3243750)
TWENTY TWO GCSEs? Christ... You didn't go to a comprehensive!
Re:Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support
on Thursday October 27, 2011 @08:59AM (#3162806)
Are OS updates really that important for most consumers?
I have a Desire running Froyo. I don't think I've really missed out on a huge amount by not getting Gingerbread.
Re:Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support
on Thursday October 27, 2011 @08:54AM (#3162785)
If your OS version isn't supported, you can't see it in the market or download it.
Re:Unity is the end of Ubuntu
on Friday October 21, 2011 @10:06AM (#3139763)
You have no idea what you're talking about
Re:UK government response to my letter about programming in schools
on Monday September 26, 2011 @09:32AM (#3038811)
> a school that teaches where to find the font choices in Word as part of an English class
That's taught in an IT lesson, not English!
Re:Another 'Android from the perspective of an iOS developer' Post
on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @11:00AM (#2996496)
I have the same experience (no complaints or problems) using it at home on my Ubuntu machine, also with the OpenJDK. When I tried it recently on my Windows 7 machine at work the autosuggest will regularly lock everything up for about 10 seconds and everything's noticeably slower. Not sure if that's the Windows version or the computer - but Visual Studio 2010 runs just fine.
Re:Why UK startups should stop trying to be US startups
on Friday September 09, 2011 @11:31AM (#2978482)
24 yo from London here. That language is completely standard to me. I've been saying awesome with a straight face for as long as I can remember. I'm not sure it's the best way to have made the point.
Re:Shock, awe: British government agrees that copyright has gone too far
on Thursday August 04, 2011 @04:34AM (#2845144)
This is an excellent video that explains it very well - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
Re:Ask HN: best sovereign territory to host your grey market app?
on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @05:37PM (#2783210)
Why, The Principality of Sealand, of course.
Re: Should I present myself as a person or as a company in the about p...
on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @05:29AM (#2780128)
I prefer the former myself, but I would guess a lot of people would have more trust and faith in the latter.
Re:Candy Japan: Getting my first subscribers
on Friday July 15, 2011 @10:08AM (#2767392)
Similar concept but much more expensive than Graze - http://www.graze.com/
Re:I Want To Teach Web Design For Free
on Thursday July 14, 2011 @08:13AM (#2762665)
Anyone have a screenshot on OSX for comparison? I'm on Windows and I think the font looks fine...