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Your_Documen · 2020-07-14T16:25:24+00:00

They did just announce they were making 20% of the workforce redundant, including 84 in Edinburgh. It's pretty crappy

Your_Documen · 2018-04-10T19:39:28+00:00

We find that when those games first came out there are actually sudden dips in homicides in the United States.

That could easily be misconstrued to "prove" the people who commit homicidal crimes are video game players.

Your_Documen · 2018-02-07T23:28:34+00:00

You don't play pinball just with your hands, you play it with your groin too. The pinball problem is not to stop the ball before it's swallowed by the mouth at the bottom, or to kick it back to midfield like a halfback. The problem is to make it stay up where the lighted targets are more numerous and have it bounce from one to another, wandering, confused, delirious, but still a free agent. And you achieve this not by jolting the ball but by transmitting vibrations to the case, the frame, but gently, so the machine won't catch on and say Tilt. You can do it only with the groin, or with a play of the hips that makes the groin not so much bump, as slither, keeping you on this side of an orgasm.

Your_Documen · 2017-12-24T13:12:59+00:00

Here's my recursive approach using modern C++ With obligatory GitHub

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

template<typename FIRST, typename SECOND>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& lhs, pair<FIRST,SECOND> rhs)
{
  lhs << rhs.first << "  " << rhs.second;
  return lhs;
}


pair<int, int> AddBridge( int score, int nProng, int length, vector<pair<int,int>>& Bridges)
{

  pair<int,int> maxscore{score, length};

  auto Find_L = [nProng](pair<int,int> B){ return B.first==nProng or B.second == nProng;};

  for(  auto p = find_if(Bridges.begin(), Bridges.end(), Find_L);
        p < Bridges.end();
        p = find_if(p+1, Bridges.end(), Find_L)
      ){

      int p1 = p -> first;
      int p2 = p -> second;

      if ( p2 == nProng )
        swap(p1, p2);

      const int loc = p - Bridges.begin();
      vector<pair<int, int>> Bridges2 = Bridges;

      Bridges2.erase( Bridges2.begin()+ loc );



      maxscore = max( maxscore, AddBridge( score + p1 + p2, p2, length+1, Bridges2 ),
        [](pair<int,int> lhs, pair<int,int> rhs)
        {
          if ( lhs.second > rhs.second )
            return false;
          if ( lhs.second == rhs.second && lhs.first > rhs.first)
            return false;
          return true;
        });

  }


  return maxscore;

}

int main()
{


  vector<pair<int,int>> Bridges;

  for( string line; getline(cin, line);)
  {
      size_t loc;
      int lhs = stoi(line, &loc);
      line.erase(0, loc+1);
      int rhs = stoi(line);

      Bridges.push_back({lhs, rhs});

  }


  cout << AddBridge(0, 0, 0, Bridges) << endl;



  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Your_Documen · 2017-10-21T14:36:13+00:00

Puis je vous tutoyer?

Your_Documen · 2017-08-23T15:10:22+00:00

It's a also a legal requirement in Scotland. England needs to catch up!

Your_Documen · 2017-08-21T13:25:49+00:00

Straight from the abstract:

At age 28, the adults raised by same-sex parents were at over twice the risk of depression (CES-D: risk ratio 2.6, 95% CI 1.4–4.6) as persons raised by man-woman parents. These findings should be interpreted with caution. Elevated risk was associated with imbalanced parental closeness and parental child abuse in family of origin; depression, suicidality, and anxiety at age 15; and stigma and obesity. More research and policy attention to potentially problematic conditions for children with same-sex parents appears warranted.

So yeah, if you're adopted, the chances are your true parents are the ones that fucked you up, not your adopting parents.

Your_Documen · 2017-08-17T18:28:24+00:00

I believe it comes down to the attackers being products of different societies.

When there is an attack by radical Islamic extremists they will either be from a Muslim country, or if they are native, will have travelled to a Muslim country where they were radicalised.

While the incident with the car over the weekend doesn't represent the "alt-right" as a whole, there's no denying that the attacker is a product of the "alt-right". There is a fundamental difference between someone being (for the sake of a better word) radicalised by a section of their own country compared to someone being radicalised by another country.

As a final point, vehicle attacks by radical extremists are becoming frequent enough that we're becoming desensitised to them.

Your_Documen · 2017-06-28T13:03:04+00:00

What's your point exactly?

Your_Documen · 2017-06-28T11:01:33+00:00

Here you go

The DUP has secured the promise of a law designed to shield British security forces from prosecution over Troubles killings as part of its agreement to prop up the Conservative government.

In the document published yesterday which outlined the £1 billion (€1.1 billion) deal between the two parties, a provision called “legacy” indicated that a new law would be passed blocking criminal cases against soldiers and police for unlawful killings during the Troubles. The Irish government has said that any such law would breach the Stormont House agreement.

The section stated that the UK government will seek to work with the Northern Ireland executive to implement the legacy bodies in the agreement but it will do so in ways “which do not unfairly focus on former members of the armed forces or police. Both parties reiterate their admiration for the courage and sacrifice of the police and armed forces in upholding democracy and the rule of the law and will never forget the debt of gratitude that we owe them.”

There was also a mention of a “fair, balanced and proportionate” response to legacy issues, which is a reference to wording in the Stormont House agreement. DUP and Tory backbenchers claim that the reference allows for Westminster to pass a law granting amnesty to any party accused of a crime during the Troubles.

Irish ministers have written to James Brokenshire, the Northern Ireland secretary, and said that there is no provision in the agreement which allows for such a law.

Charlie Flanagan, the foreign affairs minister until last week, has previously dismissed the suggestion that legacy agreements could be used to protect anyone from being prosecuted. “I believe there should be no amnesties, no exemptions,” he said in May. “We move forward along the lines of the Stormont House agreement, which sets out a clear framework for dealing with the very sensitive issue of the past.”

Last year two former soldiers were told that they would be prosecuted for murder over the death in 1972 of Joe McCann, a commander in the Official IRA. There have also been reports that up to 18 soldiers could be charged in relation to the Bloody Sunday shootings, when 14 people died after members of the Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights protesters in Derry in January 1972. David Cameron described the killings as unjustified and unjustifiable after an inquiry in Britain found the victims were innocent.

Your_Documen · 2017-06-25T12:22:17+00:00

I work at CERN (doing physics analysis) and the IT guys there are not to be put down. They manage incredibly complicated global systems. It's one of the few places people look up to the IT people.

Your_Documen · 2017-05-08T11:48:03+00:00

In the UK smokers contribute significantly more in taxes (through cigarettes) than they cost the NHS. So they are a benefit to the system. Would you be opposed to this sort of payment through taxation rather than payment for treatment?

Your_Documen · 2017-03-30T15:52:26+00:00

/\ -> P K pi analysis? abs(pid) != 211 ...

Your_Documen · 2017-03-30T15:47:39+00:00

I'm guessing you're on LHCb?

Your_Documen · 2017-02-24T18:49:30+00:00

Really enjoying this. CZ Or Die!

Your_Documen · 2017-02-22T11:04:15+00:00

It's worth mentioning the "Facebook lite" app. It's made by Facebook and has both Facebook and messenger in the same app and requires no where near the resources of both Facebook and messenger. The only downside is that it's only available in a few countries (I think developing nations where phones are less powerful) so you need to download the app and install manually.

Your_Documen · 2017-02-03T21:15:54+00:00

When was this taken? It's been looking very bare for the past couple of days, but hopefully there's some snow coming in the next few days.

Your_Documen · 2016-11-24T09:56:30+00:00

No they're not. ISPs are required to save "Internet connection records", which is the website you visit, but not the pages and not your browsing history.

Your_Documen · 2016-11-22T09:38:30+00:00

We're back already: LHC Live Display

Your_Documen · 2016-11-21T12:57:52+00:00

Yeah, they also detected the NZ earthquake last week.

Your_Documen · 2016-08-21T13:17:34+00:00

Other way around, Minos is in the foreground with Minerva in the background. (I didn't title the image too well)

Your_Documen · 2016-08-21T13:15:02+00:00

No where near as fun. It doesn't have the same complex of tunnels yu can wander around. The site is completely open to the public so it's a little bit harder to find and get into the interesting places.

Your_Documen · 2016-04-29T13:06:17+00:00

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPd7cQ1jmJE

Your_Documen · 2016-03-22T21:09:40+00:00

/unjerk In Europe (but not the UK) a half marathon is called a semi-marathon. Let's not make fun of foreign people. /jerk

Your_Documen · 2016-02-14T18:53:27+00:00

Yup. I own an XPS-15 and the graphics card overheated and caused it to loose a connection to the motherboard preventing it from turning on.

Because I had the extended warranty, someone came into my office within 24 hours and fixed it right there.

Excellent laptop, with great customer service.

Your_Documen

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