stuartmalcolm

> "both sides"

This has been the BBC response to criticism of its news reporting for a long time now.

However there are very few debates which have only two points of view, and the very act of reducing every issue to a "both sides" argument is a real problem for the BBC (well, for me anyway!)

Ah yes - the good old days when you could finger people that you didn't know:)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol

> assume ah=0; assume bx=0

Hmm. So the second time this program is run, it will fail?

Also "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."

Am I the only one that is noticing a lot of BBC articles reaching HN frontpage that have nothing to do with tech?

..only in fast mode iirc

Interesting article. I had not realised that Zork Implementation Language (ZIL) was Lisp!

When people talk about electric cars.. this is what I picture.. ..Where's my hover-board dude?

Wow! Excellent. Thanks

The best question that I was asked by a 50-something when I was a 20-something was about my team:

"Do you want to be bailing out a sinking boat with them for the next 10 years?"

Now that I am nearly a 50-something myself, I still think its the most important question to ask!

> "..this is one of those occasions where we should be thankful we've moved forward."

Have we _really_ moved forward?

In 20 years time, will today's parallax-scrolling, advert-laden, click-bait sites look any less ridiculous?

Rotating skulls have not gone away..they have just changed appearance!

It's been a long time since I programmed in Pascal ;-)

The thing to bear in mind is that not every organisation needs 'NASA-level' quality. IMHO The Capability Maturity Model is a must-read for everyone interested in professional software development. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Maturity_Model_Inte...

Am I the only one struck by the irony of an advert for his book in the middle of this post?

Channel 4 (uk) Fact Check site? http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/

..but I'm not sure who checks the fact check site!

Great documentation!

The COBOL vision lives on..

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