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Sniff Programming @sniffCode

A programming language to help Scratch-ers to move from blocks to text. Now on BBC Microbit! (If you're prefer the info without the opinion, follow @Sniff_Ed)

Joined February 2014
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Guess the year...
RT @UoYElecEng: 10 Greville Bloodworth Scholarships worth £2,500 each available for people coming to study MSc Engineering Management. flip.it/LcgRB3 Deadline 30th April
Lego Control Lab B is the greatest! Just hooked it up using Sniff to push a sensor values to MQTT.
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Geoffrey Miller
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7 Feb 2018
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Ugliest font ever. Worse in 4ft high letters.
Can someone explain why segregation in coed school is illegal/bad, but academy operating two segregated ‘schools’ on 1 site is normal/good?
Monty Hall has died. But his Paradox will live on forever. Time to revisit my Monty Hall Paradox blog post:sniff.org.uk/2017/03/fun-wit…
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Not done a blog post for a while: sniff.org.uk/2017/09/ibroket… @bletchleypark #IBrokeTheCode
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Why do we worry that few girls take physics, but not that boys make up just 29% of English A-level students? theguardian.com/education/20…

Why do we worry that few girls take physics, but not that boys make up just 29% of English A-level...

Laura McInerney: There is concern over female participation rates in science, but gender disparities need to be addressed in many subjects

theguardian.com
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Ian Stephenson@dctsystems
3 Jun 2017
This is what happens when you ask questions of your local MP! @ConorBurnsUK
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Lib Dems promise to scrap mass snooping powers if elected flip.it/dBCcXN
For those who just survived sits grammar tests: "would you rather be an ornithologist or a bird?"
So you want to be a writer? Essential tips for aspiring novelists flip.it/9_8BvT

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Note to self: VR and Coffee do not mix.
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My article: "Engineering: Like Maths but Louder" justmaths.co.uk/2016/08/28/e…
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BBC Reality Check@BBCRealityCheck
7 May 2017
The Conservatives pledge an extra 10,000 mental health staff. Labour say they have cut 6,700 since 2010. #GE2017 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-3…
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Faisal Islam
@faisalislam
15 Mar 2017
Here's the video of the Benn/Davis exchange on No Deal Brexit - tariffs, health cards etc, that I was tweeting about x.com/CommonsEUexit/status/8…

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Pokemon Greedy Dice Stats, calculated in Sniff: sniff.org.uk/2017/05/pokemon…
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy
@krishgm
28 Apr 2017
If the media acted together it could say speeches only get covered if there is proper questioning. Would this be right or wrong? 5/5
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Exempt most languages taught are same=fortran. Usefully different languages see as weird! Lisp, prolog, forth, smalltalk have 'new' ideas!
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