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A third of homes in the UK have broadband speeds well below the national average, according to research from price comparison site uSwitch.
While half of addresses get broadband speeds of 6.7Mbps or above, a third struggle to get speeds above 5Mbps, 1.7m speed tests found. ( Read more... ) -
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Has anyone got any tips on how to find fandoms? Especially ones that I think are going to be tiny. AO3 got nuthin', fanfiction.net got nuthin', there's nothing I can find on LJ, and I can't find anything on tumblr but that may be because tumblr to me is a scary thing that the kids of today are doing get off my lawn godammit you varmints etcetera ( Read more... ) -
Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?
I have to admit my unabashed and unashamed love of TED talks. Practically any subject, you can find a talk that aimed at lay people and learn something. And frequently enlightening.
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I am saying this online in public so I can't take it back. There was a time, once upon a time, where I studied French at school. For lots of years. I was never amazing at it, and I stopped after GCSE, and now I've forgotten most of it. There is awesomeness on the BBC website for learning most foreign languages, and I'm going to use it, because I ( Read more... ) -
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If anyone's not heard of The Infinite Monkey Cage, then they ought to watch it. It is science! It is comedy! It has Robin Ince and the man once described on Just a Minute by Sheila Hancock as "oh, you know. The dish." (To the rest of us: Brian Cox. Bless you Sheila Hancock for putting that in my head forever ( Read more... ) -
In a thousand years we might be saying "Einstein who?"
So, there's a possibility that things do travel faster than light
But, as this would disrupt an entire century's worth of physics, the scientists at CERN would like other people to check their homework
On the other hand, if they are wrong, then one scientist/tv presenter will eat his own boxers on live tv which is a good enough reason for me to ( Read more... ) -
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Mum: Are Blyth Tait and Blyth Spirit related?
Me: ...Er, one's a horse and one's a human? Probably not? -
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The one who seduced you, screwed you over, broke your heart in a million pieces, and laughed about it, but to whom you're reluctant to grant forgiveness, because you know how that song and dance would go:
Stargate Atlantis would be the best fit. It was so damn good for half a series, then it turned into the John and Rodney are five show.
The old ( Read more... )