thrownaway1984
Re:A London Subway Experiment: Please Don’t Walk Up the Escalator
on Monday June 13, 2016 @04:16AM (#11892327)
There are two problems with this.
(1) Unions. (The tube driver's union is able to stop London and they are not afraid to do so.)
(2) It's not actually very easy to do for several of London's tube stations. Several of the tube stations have curved platforms making it rather harder to install the safety double elevator doors.
Re:Sci-Hub Is Blowing Up the Academic Publishing Industry
on Monday May 30, 2016 @04:01PM (#11802853)
Is this block eduroam wide or *.ac.uk wide?
Re:Ask HN: How many of you non-tech people wanted to learn to code and...
on Monday May 30, 2016 @04:00PM (#11802840)
Word to the wise. Better to stay silent and for people to think you stupid than to open your mouth and have them know for sure.
Python magic methods are not "magic" but are a very standard part of the language and are well documented.
Re:Effort to Expose Russia’s ‘Troll Army’ Draws Vicious Retaliation
on Monday May 30, 2016 @03:22PM (#11802646)
The UK's censorship is still nascent compared to Russia's. (The mechanisms are all in place but the actual censorship remains relatively weak.)
Re:Autonomous Plant Watering
on Sunday May 29, 2016 @06:08PM (#11798461)
Plugging one into the other would provide an AND.