C1sc0cat

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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
The UK actually has its regiments ordered by seniority
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
As are COBOL and Fortran in their respective areas. Though I have written telecoms billing systems in Fortran (and some Pl1/G) and worked on Fortran simulations of Breeder reactors n my Time - so I guess I am a Real programmer Tm Its a
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
And the ethnic cleansing and being drafted? I used to work with a guy at British Telecom who had been in the under 21 national football squad of one of the waring nations - he was drafted and lost his lower leg to a mine. He was medevac&
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
But if you had students that had specialised at 14 done GCSE's and A levels in the subject they do at uni you could have three year degrees instead of four. How much does a year at an American University Cost ?
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
Ah how to format word documents :-) I did in the 1970's computer programming at my comprehensive and we started with adders, half adders and machine language programming BTW this was for the CSE stream (this not going to university)
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
I did do a bit of cooking at school but I learnt much more by watching mum cook. I was cooking some of my own meals from when I was 14 or so - Ok this was only simple stuff
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
Where was this FFS
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
Which the UK does - not that's with out its problems i.e. having two tier gcse's aka reintroducing the old CSE exams - for those (working class) kids that where supposed to leave school at 16. Oh and massive grade inflation
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
Or charging "rent" for hanging your phone on "his" tree
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
Well the part of the article where third parties are exploiting desperate people without the right to work by subcontracting.
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A History of U.S. Foreign Policy from Z to Shining Z(warontherocks.com)
10 points by C1sc0cat 6y ago|3 comments
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
A thou was in very common use in the uk in engineering before the switch to metric.
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
It is how ever best practice in most writing style guides
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
Realy " To access the internet, I had to jack my computer into the wall." yes well even in a declassified space id expect that and have mac filtering. And the death by PowerPoint meme is very widespread in the US military
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
We is 1920's
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
A lot of key SF books in the cannon are dystopias 1984, We , Brave New World, Gulliver's travels could possibly be considered SF as well.
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
There where also fuel and key supply shortages - just the same as Germany had late war
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
What scale ? For enterprise Adobe comes to mind but that's super $$$$$$$
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
I remember having to quickly learn PL/1G in the 80's and using a IBM manual from the 60's that my Dad had
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
Strange Sweden has a strong private investor culture possibly employees should be lobbying for a change in the law.
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
The UK is much better in this regard as the HMRC has rules for approved option schemes - I have EMI shares in my current employer
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
Are there no listed PE funds
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
And this pitching fractional shares to novices really you should have ben investing in etf's/funds for years before you think about individual shares
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
There are not any diners/cafes that do that in SF - one rule of thumb in the uk is if the beat PC's eat there its good.
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
So the bar wont lose its licence - I recall seeing JWZ's posts about how many loops they went through with dna lounge
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
Yes if your cash rich now would be the time to think about buying especially if your landlord is over stretched
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
I would add SQL to the list
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
and SPROCS
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
Really and having well of parents live in a wealthy make no difference, not being Neurodiverse also is a big help. You know that meritocracy was seen as a bad thing when it was coined.
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by C1sc0cat 6y ago
And also much more generous ways of managing Tax ISA' VCT, EIS SIS EMI - no worthless options landing you with an insane tax bill tax. Pensions are also better and receive relief at your tax rate

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