stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360984340/i-could-die-here-kiwi-activist-alleges-violent-abuse-israeli-forces
"A spokesperson for the Israeli prison service said the allegations were 'false and entirely without factual basis'."
Renowned liars tell yet more lies and expect the world to reject the evidence of...
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I've already installed f-droid, and interestingly there's a Notes app there which is closer to what I wanted than the free ones in the Play store...
Continue reading...So if AI can regurgitate works in their almost unmodified form, I wonder how long till a new business model emerges... where a company dual-licensing their code under (for example) GPL and a commercial license, can then charge an exorbitant amount of money to corporates to stop the GPL infection o...
Continue reading..."This would be the first time a barrister has ever faced contempt of court for the contents of their closing speech. Menon now faces two years in prison for the high crime of reminding the jury of their centuries-old right to return verdicts without fear of punishment from the trial judge."
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Continue reading...It’s telling that UK media hasn’t highlighted the Iranian frigate being unarmed, despite it being widely reported across Asia (lots of talk in Thailand). There’s also been littl...
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(In memorial: David Bowie)
I saw David Bowie in 1987, at the final concert of the Glass Spider Tour at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland. A local radio station had organized a couple of buses, and my friend and I - both teenagers at the time - decided we had to go (much convincing of parents t...
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The above picture was the view walking towards Pico de la Zarza, in Fuerteventura, on Tuesday.
The cloud was thick enough that you could barely see a few metres ahead of you (which is more than a little disturbing once you reach the top and you know there’s a fairly steep cliff on the other side...
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Martin writes:
Continue reading...My son is working through your book. He spotted a very minor error and I thought we would report it: In Chapter 8 on Page 102, the code for the three classes is missing an extra newline between the Animal and Mammal class. This can create some confusion when typing in the code...
I somehow forgot to post this last year, but the Bulgarian translation of Python for Kids (2nd Edition, no less) was published in October 2024. Available from Via Lettera.
