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London to Auschwitz: Day 10, Sainte-Menehould to Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, 115km today, 1000km total

London to Auschwitz: Day 10, Sainte-Menehould to Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, 115km today, 1000km total

This morning started off well enough. I had a short lie and found a bike shop on the way out of town and was able to get my bike chain oiled. These small things allowed me to push on hard through the morning climbs. Generally feeling great, my spirits were lifted seeing the kilometre markers for the Voie de Liberte. They served to remind me of the purpose of the trip and I had seen them before, but only in…

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Lookup tables change language!

Lookup tables change language!

My Digital Communications lecturer Jon Crowcroft was talking about how lookup tables for the namespace of websites should be extended to a broader range of characters which was coincidentally covered by the bbc later that day! This would only make sense as there are many parts of the world with very different alphabets that should have their own address space! However it prevents the consolidation of information over one language (so there is a distinct modulation of knowledge in different…

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