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Questionable crypto in Annalee Newitz's ‘Autonomous’
Autonomous is a 2017 novel from former io9 editor Annalee Newitz. One of the viewpoint characters is a bot, Paladin, and during his first few pages, we are treated to the following exchange between him and another bot, Fang:
The mantis [Fang] beamed Paladin a
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Monash-licensed EndNote installer
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Hacking a cheap fitness tracker – Setting the time
The cast
The Mambo HR is a no-name $30 fitness tracker from Chinese manufacturer Lifesense, and I recently acquired one as a gift. Let's look this horse in the mouth, shall we?
Oof, it's not pretty. The Mambo HR has no buttons or touch functionality,… »
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My IB Diploma Programme summative work, November 2016 session
In November 2016, I completed the IB Diploma Programme, graduating with a score of 44 out of 45. To help future students studying the IBDP, here is most of the high-scoring summative assessment work I have a copy of (i.e. the non-examination components).
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To be fair
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand the Senate ballot paper. The structure is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of the Single Transferable Vote most of the details will go over a typical voter’s head. There’s also… »
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Australian (and UK) meeting procedure reference books
Sadly, unlike in America, where Robert's Rules is all but synonymous with meeting procedure, the situation in the UK, and hence in Australia, is far more complex. As such, I've compiled a list of relevant reference works on meeting procedure here, based on Appendix 6… »