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Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.

  • Non-Rails Frameworks in Ruby: Cuba, Sinatra, Padrino, Lotus

    It’s common for a Ruby developer to describe themselves as a Rails developer. It’s also common for someone’s entire Ruby experience to be through Rails. Rails began in 2003 by David Heinemeier Hansson, quickly becoming the most popular web framework and also serving as an introduction to Ruby for many developers.

    Rails is great. I use …

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    • posted 10 August, 2015
  • UK drinkers look at alcohol guidelines, laugh, and have another beer

    You will be shocked to hear that, according to a new report in the journal Addiction, the UK government's drinking guidelines are incompatible with the UK's drinking habits. Solving the problem might lie in a counterintuitive update: accepting the reality of binge drinking...

    ArsTechnica

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    • posted 9 August, 2015
  • In Zimbabwe, We Don't Cry for Lions


    Winston-Salem, N.C. β€” MY mind was absorbed by the biochemistry of gene editing when the text messages and Facebook posts distracted me.
    So sorry about Cecil.
    Did Cecil live near your place in Zimbabwe?
    ...

    New York Times

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    • posted 5 August, 2015
  • Why we don't do business with big business (part 1)

    Note: this is the first of a two-part blog post. Part 2 can be read here. In this blog post, we look at some of our philosophy and values here at Three Rings CIC, and what it means for us to focus our efforts on selling Three Rings to community enterprises, charities, and voluntary organisations, rather…

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    • posted 20 July, 2015
  • Oil Well

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    • posted 6 July, 2015
  • Bodleian Book Storage Facility

    More than half of the 11M+ books at the University of Oxford's libraries aren't stored in reading rooms... they're in this high-tech warehouse! (more info in comments)

    AltBodleian Book Storage Facility

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    • posted 3 July, 2015
  • Hey look: it's my left kidney! Dumb, I know, but I never realised that it'd look so... kidney-shaped!

    AltDan's left kidney

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    • posted 30 June, 2015
  • Earth Cake

    "Earth" cake commemorating one of our most-recent mass extinctions (not OC, found in /r/food).

    AltEarth Cake

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    • posted 29 June, 2015
  • So... is this supposed to be a community for the pub/sub messaging system? Or something else?

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    • posted 29 June, 2015
  • Civilization V train line running into the water...

    Not sure I want to take the train, any more...

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    • posted 27 June, 2015
  • Just when you think that the current fad for 3D movies is over, somebody takes it to the next level!

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    • posted 27 June, 2015
  • Facebook post claiming "I did not post it", complete with unecessary quote marks.

    You did not post it? Of course you didn't... (x-post /r/itsaunixsystem)

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    • posted 24 June, 2015
  • Happy 10th Cakeday, Reddit! (damn, now I can't wait until I'M allowed to have this trophy, too...)

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    • posted 23 June, 2015
  • How can I make the most of my 3/4 monitor set-up?




    I can span KSP across them, but that doesn't really help me as much as I'd like. What'd be really useful would be the ability to show the orbital view on one monitor and the staging view on another. Is there any way to achieve such a thing?

    Normally when I'm faced with a problem …

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    • posted 17 June, 2015
  • Aerial photography of New Delhi

    New Delhi from the air

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    • posted 17 June, 2015

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