Eddygandr

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by Eddygandr 3y ago
Key bits of info here: > Glukhovsky was found guilty of posting text and video messages on his social media channels accusing Russian soldiers of committing crimes in Ukraine. Prosecutors dismissed Glukhovsky's allegations as fake.
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
My first tech job at 19 was sysadmin in Exeter for £13k lol, as a first line technician. Pretty sure the only reason I got that job was I didn’t care about salaries so just said what I was earning at an electronics store. £25k is definitely
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
It’s a research institute so I don’t think it’s directly a government role, more like a university. I see adverts at Oxford University for sysadmins at around £45-65k so it’s on the low side for what I consider comparable jobs, but my think
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
The Cambridge based British Antarctic Survey group hire sysadmins which don’t look particular senior however the pay sucks which could be an issue for those with mortgages etc. £25k or something if I remember correctly.
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
IOHK uses Haskell in production for the cardano blockchain - I worked there for around 18 months. Irregardless of your thoughts on blockchain tech, it was really fun to work with fairly well known Haskell developers!
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
Thank you! I’ll look at this later :) Fwiw, it’s a social deduction game where each role gains info or has an ability and each night they vote to kill someone and the wherewolfs kill someone. The game ends when the wherewolfs are dead or wh
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
Off topic but does anyone know if there is anywhere to learn about using formal methods to check board game rules? I've played a few games like Wherewolf (not the one-night variant) where I am intuitively sure at a certain number of pl
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
Do you really think people younger than 30 won’t be using Windows in school or at home?
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
I didn't even know about the admin rights (because I work in startups most people have local admin so I don't even think about it). That's great to find out!
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
HN is my favourite site by far (I lost my login details to my old acc but have been here for quite a few years), but , HN users tend to be very vocal on areas they don't really "know". My wife is an MRI researcher and I shar
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
Devcontainers are the main reason I use vscode. Being able to git pull a project on a new starters laptop with only docker installed and have everything there, shared across everyone’s workstation, is great. It helps reduce developers local
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
Fair point! It did win an Emmy and is distributed by Hulu though so it’s not super fringe.
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
If my job involved integrating 11 subsystems I’d need some pretty intense focus!
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by Eddygandr 3y ago
Honestly surprised WeWork is still around after that documentary on it in 2021