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stuartmalcolm··on BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror
> "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!)

stuartmalcolm··on Tara Vancil on exploring how to be online in radical ways (2018)
Ah yes - the good old days when you could finger people that you didn't know:)

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

stuartmalcolm··on Paint16b: A 16 byte paint program written in 12 lines
> assume ah=0; assume bx=0

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

stuartmalcolm··on Coca-Cola to buy Costa coffee for £3.9bn
Also "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
stuartmalcolm··on Coca-Cola to buy Costa coffee for £3.9bn
Am I the only one that is noticing a lot of BBC articles reaching HN frontpage that have nothing to do with tech?
stuartmalcolm··on Writing space invaders with Go
..only in fast mode iirc
stuartmalcolm··on The Enduring Legacy of Zork
Interesting article. I had not realised that Zork Implementation Language (ZIL) was Lisp!
stuartmalcolm··on The 1980 Citroën Karin
When people talk about electric cars.. this is what I picture.. ..Where's my hover-board dude?
stuartmalcolm··on Music for Programming
Wow! Excellent. Thanks
stuartmalcolm··on Would I do this for 10 years?
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!

stuartmalcolm··on Under Construction (2015)
> "..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!

stuartmalcolm··on Flow for Windows
It's been a long time since I programmed in Pascal ;-)
stuartmalcolm··on NASA Software Safety Guidebook (2004) [pdf]
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...
stuartmalcolm··on Off the Grid
Am I the only one struck by the irony of an advert for his book in the middle of this post?
stuartmalcolm··on Chinese Buy One-Third of Vancouver Homes: National Bank Estimate
Channel 4 (uk) Fact Check site? http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/

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

stuartmalcolm··on $99 “laptop Shell” for Raspberry Pi or Windows 10 Continuum
http://www.pi-top.com/#/
stuartmalcolm··on FORTH/BASIC Microcomputer, 1985
Great documentation!
stuartmalcolm··on Software Eats Software Development as Andreessen Invests $10M in App Outsourcer
The COBOL vision lives on..
stuartmalcolm··on Multiple choice
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