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  1. hop

    Leave or Remain?

    Check out the link and you will realise that even a noice can create powerful interactive data visualisations with minimal effort. In the old days we had to resort to low level efforts and use things like OpenGL, C++, Cuda and OpenCV. Data visualisation is now a mostly solved problem which is...
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    Leave or Remain?

    I was building big data solutions before the term was even coined by the media. Every day my solutions process billions of rows of data across multiple transnational organisations. Seriously the geographic stuff is trivial with a decent GIS system and easily accomplished by novices. Checkout...
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    Leave or Remain?

    So posting an image which isn’t relevant to the subject matter impresses you ? If your interested in data visualisation you will be aware of the work of Edward Tufte and know that the image above is basically kids stuff. I could knock out more interesting graphics in under 20 minutes with...
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    Anyone use a hive?

    Pretty sure you can get this from a simple Rest call. Will check, my laptop since I’ve played with both nest and hive apis. Do you have postman installed ? A simple post with authentication token will yield a decent JSON object with a lot of details.
  5. hop

    Help with Pycharm

    If you are starting from scratch and just learning I would probably just use Jupyter notebooks, in particular I would recommend you download the anaconda distribution. This includes Jupyter a python core as well as scikit, numpy, matplotlib etc... Jupyter notebooks run inside a browser and are...
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    A business question about damage caused by customers

    You do realise that sublimation is just a method of transferring ink from one media to another, there is nothing specific to any kind of hardware of software ? The ink is simply transferred to a print media with heat. From a practical point of view it is very similar to lithography a commonly...
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    A business question about damage caused by customers

    Offensive ? For pointing out that someone is making large assumptions. I understand full well what is required, this is nothing more than the type of application which is used to upload videos on the advert break for things like the x factor. These can all be created using open source libraries...
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    A business question about damage caused by customers

    Each to their own, what do I know, I'm only a polyglot in computer operating systems and languages and electronics. The very fact the adverts in between popular shows such as the X factor are all created on mobiles and using open source libraries speaks volumes. With under 200 lines of C it...
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    A business question about damage caused by customers

    Nonsense you can run powerful face recognition on a mobile phone which has less power than a raspberry pi. In terms of interaction a remote control can easily do the job, a wii remote or a dance mat. Perhaps you should learn some Linux and you might realise that things are easier than you think.
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    A business question about damage caused by customers

    Any reason why considering giving it up ? If it's the time and effort involved then perhaps look to simplify the idea. You can buy 27 inch monitors for under £200 and a raspberry pi zero for £4. This can be placed behind a 2 way mirror, which is slim and portable, see image below In terms...
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    You Know You're Old When...

    Do they sell Long Johns ?
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    Fundraising event ideas

    Do you know anyone who is good at marketing and generating awareness ? Someone who could get interest from local radio stations and news stations ? If so how about A sponsored jail-break ? Individuals are sponsored to see how far they can escape from Stafford with zero cash in their pocket in...
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    Wanted Sloe Wine.

    There was no need to buy this as a way of apology @Carole. I know you don't always read threads and fly off the handle but I have a thick skin.
  14. hop

    Stafford aerial photos / videos by drone

    Came across a prototype scheme by direct line called Fleetlights. Basically using drones to illuminate areas, can think of several uses for this kind of application.
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    Wanted Sloe Wine.

    If you like sweet wine then you don't have to stick to dessert wine there are many German wines which will suffice. Try any Auslase (a later picker although not a sweet as an ice wine / dessert wine) If that isn't sweet enough try a later pick like a trockenbeerenauslese. You can probably...
  16. hop

    Wanted Sloe Wine.

    Sloe gin world championship being held shortly, might appeal to @littleme.
  17. hop

    Ex-University

    Although the University of Bristol were recently saying to expect the bottom 1/3 of universities to close due to Brexit which would include Staffordshire. Perhaps about time since the current form of higher education is more of a way of the government manipulating unemployment figures.
  18. hop

    Mundane facts about your day...

    Sorry to hear about your loss, always tragic when you loose a pet. I offer my heartfelt condolences, we had a spate of loosing pet cats and it was aweful. Some people are idiots, why are they setting off fireworks at this time of year ?
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    Leave or Remain?

    Yet more taxation against SMEs in the autumn statement yesterday. Changes to the flat rate VAT scheme will result in several hundred thousand business being worse off by up to 5k a year. For any business owners who haven't already incorporated in Estonia or a business friendly EU location with...
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    Wanted Myford lathe

    Is anyone looking to sell a myford lathe ?
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