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New comment by kurtisc in "My name causes an issue with any booking"

kurtisc — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 12:54:21 +0000

Since it sometimes comes through as 'Amrmr', I guess some agents are trying that but for their system it isn't stripped.

New comment by kurtisc in "Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists"

kurtisc — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 12:32:13 +0000

Exactly. Sometimes there's someone else on the road driving so badly that the safest thing to do is get away from them. It's much more difficult if you're on a road with lots of speed cameras and no cruise-control because then you have to stare at your speedometer.

New comment by kurtisc in "My name causes an issue with any booking"

kurtisc — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 12:29:54 +0000

I only learned they do have the accents from your post. I was taught to omit them about a decade ago (as a second language).

New comment by kurtisc in "Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists"

kurtisc — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 11:38:28 +0000

Cool idea but they'd never do it here (UK) because they couldn't spare the police time.

New comment by kurtisc in "Why UTC is used as the acronym for Coordinated Universal Time"

kurtisc — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:07:58 +0000

I disagree. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/adj...

With this the type (?) (universal) comes before the the purpose (co-ordination)

Despite the URL I don't believe this adjective order rule is limited to British English.

New comment by kurtisc in "“We have no reason to believe 5G is safe”"

kurtisc — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 22:41:26 +0000

The original post included 'overweight'

New comment by kurtisc in "A Cheating Scandal Rocking the Poker World"

kurtisc — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 11:13:50 +0000

It is enough for civil court.

New comment by kurtisc in "China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains"

kurtisc — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:43:38 +0000

I'm not aware of any city-local maglev trains. American cities are still spread out from one-another.

New comment by kurtisc in "When Dickens Met Dostoevsky (2013)"

kurtisc — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:42:39 +0000

When I read Crime and Punishment, I realised many of what I saw as flaws could be explained by the fact that it was published as a serial. You can't retcon what's already released.

New comment by kurtisc in "China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains"

kurtisc — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:29:11 +0000

These are maglev trains in vacuum tubes. What's the difference?

New comment by kurtisc in "China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains"

kurtisc — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:23:01 +0000

That's only if it does stop 4-5 times, though. Japan's HSR has trains where some stop at intermediate stations and some just go between major cities.

New comment by kurtisc in "China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains"

kurtisc — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:17:13 +0000

China is dense? This is a study working towards connecting cities >900 km apart.

edit: article says 2200, maps says 900ish

New comment by kurtisc in "Bounded Integer: Header-only C++ library replaces integers, adds explicit bounds"

kurtisc — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 16:51:01 +0000

High level languages are sold on the concept that customers' machines are powerful enough that the reduction in performance is worth it for the reduction in development time. For the same reason, it should be worthwhile to give developers powerful machines so they spend less time fixing runtime bugs.

New comment by kurtisc in "Australia’s 4G network is faster than 5G: study"

kurtisc — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 19:06:50 +0000

I thought 5G and 4G are both LTE?

New comment by kurtisc in "Mortgage Market Reopens to Risky Borrowers"

kurtisc — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:06:50 +0000

>long term variance

That's not a phrase I used. I'm sorry the sentiment upsets you; please don't conflate it with mine.

New comment by kurtisc in "Mortgage Market Reopens to Risky Borrowers"

kurtisc — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:42:23 +0000

I've noticed a trend on BBC news.

'[X market/stock] slumps as [thing related to X] [does something]'

Yet when you go and look at the long-term graph, it's well within normal variance. There's no evidence they're connected at all. I'm sure it happens with other media providers too.

Why? Because they didn't have the numbers right, or just didn't check at all. Well, if I'd written a statement like that in an essay during my schooling, I'd be marked down for unsubstantiated claims at best or admonished for plagiarism at worst.

I find it irresponsible that the news rarely cites its sources beyond admitting they bought it from AP/Reuters. I believe it should be enough to prevent them being cited as a trustworthy secondary source until they at least have their justifications to a level that would be considered adequate by a high school history class. It's the only reason citogenesis happens on Wikipedia.

New comment by kurtisc in "Résumés Are Starting to Look Like Instagram, and Sometimes Even Tinder"

kurtisc — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 00:08:58 +0000

That guideline doesn't exist everywhere. You may just be seeing CVs from non-UK applicants.

New comment by kurtisc in "Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires"

kurtisc — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 13:25:55 +0000

This seems based on the assertion that people are only using Uber because it's cheaper which, as far as I can tell, is completely unfounded.

New comment by kurtisc in "TV detector van"

kurtisc — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:28:37 +0000

The radio stations are free from commercial adverts but they're bound by the same logistical problems as other radio stations, meaning a decent proportion of airtime is listening to the same adverts for other BBC radio shows over and over.

New comment by kurtisc in "The Washington Post's bestseller lists have been wrong"

kurtisc — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 23:04:03 +0000

If it's on a bestseller list, it's already discovered. It's also going to be pushed by every book retailer.