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More interestingly perhaps searching for “<term> -n to n” where n is an integer returns no results (e.g https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=google+-1+to+1
Re:Dropping Acid on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @05:02AM (#18550418)
Posthuman - Mutant City Acid (https://bleep.com/release/111312-posthuman-mutant-city-acid), released a few days ago as it happens.
Re:An Open Letter (The DAO Attacker) on Saturday June 18, 2016 @09:15AM (#11928460)
But forking is a consensus decision of miners on the chain. Nothing to do with the DAO or its implicit or explicit terms. By that logic I can write a contract that dictates future behaviour of anyone choosing to mine this particular block chain.
This [1] is a recent album produced entirely using a (physical) Synthi A - shows what can be done with one.

[1] http://www.fsoldigital.com/product/synthi-a-ignition-of-the-...

Re:MentalHealthError: an exception occurred on Saturday February 27, 2016 @07:13AM (#11186891)
A well written and brutally honest article - the author should be commended as this kind of honesty is what's needed in beginning to address mental health issues. I did feel the last throwaway point "don't date the crazy chick" let it down slightly - by his own hypothesis she too was suffering (bad) mental health issues and blithely shifting blame to her seems a little off.
Re:Microsoft Edge records browsing history in InPrivate mode on Monday February 01, 2016 @05:19AM (#11010908)
It's worth pointing out that Chrome had a similar issue on iOS at one point [1] - not that it excuses them in any way.

[1] http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2298553/chrome-for-...

To be fair it's on the Newsbeat "magazine" section of the bbc which is intentionally more informal / gossipy and also aimed at a young demographic. Still a fairly shoddy article though I'd agree.
Re:Dutch universities start their Elsevier boycott plan on Thursday July 02, 2015 @04:10PM (#9821300)
For the purposes of European research funding it effectively is.
A lovely map, but the scale could be calibrated slightly better - 5% growth is coloured the same as 25% growth, it would have been interesting to see areas of extremely high growth highlighted as well.
Re:Oliver Sacks on learning he has terminal cancer on Thursday February 19, 2015 @09:27AM (#9074099)
What was your hypothesis out of interest?
Re:How Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users on Thursday October 16, 2014 @02:15PM (#8466384)
Do you have any comment on the claims relating to the Department of Defence?
Re:Hal Finney being cryopreserved now on Thursday August 28, 2014 @05:00PM (#8239671)
On that note, this (http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Lazarus) is worth watching if you can get hold of it. It appears to be on 4od for uk viewers.
Re:What was Alan Turing really like? on Friday June 06, 2014 @07:35AM (#7857263)
Why mention it at all, the possibility that one party is attracted to the other applies to all interactions.
Re:What was Alan Turing really like? on Friday June 06, 2014 @07:29AM (#7857238)
Or it could have been that Turing was a friendly person. The fact he was gay doesn't mean that any interactions he had with men where on the basis of attraction.
Re:3D printer 'gun parts' found in Manchester raid on Friday October 25, 2013 @05:29AM (#6610577)
The raids were part of an operation cracking down on gangs - the parts were found during that raid. It was not that the police raided somewhere because they suspected there were printed gun parts there.
Re:Founders' Accents on Friday August 30, 2013 @11:46AM (#6302356)
I think the reason people got slightly sniffy about it was the use of the word 'foreign' in a negative context, which, whether or not it is intended, will be interpreted by some as xenophobic. Had it been stated as '...having unintelligible accents...' it would probably have passed without note.
Re:Dear Prime Minister Cameron on Sunday August 25, 2013 @03:39PM (#6273368)
Re:Don't Fly During Ramadan on Thursday August 22, 2013 @01:47PM (#6258692)
To be honest the outcome is probably beyond their wildest dreams.
Re:"Let's ban tiny phones" - UK Government on Thursday August 22, 2013 @07:37AM (#6256469)
I suspect it would be to do with spotting visitors bringing in illicit mobile phones not prisoners.
Re:Culturalism, Gladwell, and Airplane Crashes on Friday July 12, 2013 @09:35AM (#6032471)
I doubt there are 475000 take-off and landings per day from Heathrow despite how busy it is!
Re:Hacker News Coverage of the NSA Stories (IMG) on Friday June 07, 2013 @06:09AM (#5838095)
Pressing tab will move the focus to the send button, hitting return will then send the message. Presumably this is what you did. Possibly not ideal, but I'd disagree it is an invisible, undiscoverable (tab to move focus is standard), and irrecoverable (you must also hit return).
I honestly thought from the title that the post would be a mea culpa for just that.
Re:Scans reveal intricate brain wiring on Sunday February 17, 2013 @06:20AM (#5234904)
Look at what happened with DNA sequencing[1]. Linear extrapolation isn't always the best predictor of progress.

[1] http://www.dnasequencing.org/history-of-dna

Re:Announcing Topaz: A New Ruby on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @11:33AM (#5177275)
The link goes to a project last committed to in 2000. You surely can't be objecting for that reason.

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