abdulhaq

Joined 18 years ago

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z80, basic and lisp programmer made good and still surviving
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Comment · 5 months ago
I'm with the Tal Shiar on this one
Comment · 6 months ago
If you run a statistical sample on modern maths books, it becomes clear that maths is usually about 6cm x 5cm.
Comment · 6 months ago
I found Showstopper! even more compelling
Comment · 7 months ago
> Sometimes the interpolated detail is wrong

you just (correctly) negated your own claim

Comment · 8 months ago
Israel _creates_ extreme right Islamist ideology as a reaction to its genocidal and expansionist behavior.
Comment · 9 months ago
Yes she's fine thanks, one of the docs kindly dragged himself to the unit and plucked the thing out with some forceps :-)
Comment · 9 months ago
When she was 4 my daughter managed to shove one of those trackpad caps up her nose. At first she was going for the clown look but ended up in frantic tears and a visit to A&E at 2am
Comment · 9 months ago
You might be right but the gallery owner has probably learnt that disputing the authenticity of his pieces with walk in punters rarely leads to a fruitful discussion
Comment · 11 months ago
Comment · 11 months ago
For anyone who has read about this period, such as The Soul Of A New Machine, there's some great stories on this site.
Comment · 11 months ago
That's a fair question, for one thing white space is often important and sometimes very important, so we need spacing to be very clear. Also it can be useful to have vertical alignment to indicate a pattern in the code or data.
Comment · 11 months ago
lol
Comment · 1 year ago
Sn act of Providence means an act of God expressed in this way so as not to disturb those who don't like to talk about God
Comment · 1 year ago
To me, in the UK, it sounds like there is an opportunity here for some sort of centralised representation and/or app that can fight claims for people
Comment · 1 year ago
When I was a physics student at Oxford in 1983-86 I was a voracious reader and the Beats figured in that. Ginsberg travelled through Oxford for a day or two and gave some street performances. His nephew (Vincent?) was travelling with him, playing guitar IIRC. I must admit, I had my concerns at the time.

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