Sholmesy

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by Sholmesy 4y ago
I was looking for inspo for my own blog the other day and saw yours as like the pinnacle of what a tech blog could look like.
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
This is a genuine question to ask for a lot of policy decisions that directly affect the person asked. I think it's fair to say "no I wouldn't be fine with it if I were on the margin", but still think it's a good id
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
I live in Soho, London as an owner-occupier in a building with 6 other flats (7 total). Of the 6 others, 3 of them are being used permanantly for AirBnB's, in direct conflict with the Leasehold agreement, which explictly states that th
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
> Stavros! You can just say Cum Town ;)
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
It's certainly a commodity right? (at least the RAM chips that get put on modules), and commodities are certainly an asset class?
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
Good on you guys for posting the full salary bands.
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
It's such a gross industry, heavily dependant on who you know. Best of luck out there.
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
Looks really neat. I use to work in this space, and it's just a dreadful collection of slow outdated systems cobbled together, so your site is a breath of fresh air. I notice that you are redirecting to 3rd parties when people "bo
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
To be fair, the parent made the claim. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and all that.
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
Isn't that relatively confounding information? A person who would succeed, might succeed with or without a degree. The way the information is presented implies causation. Get a degree, earn twice as much.
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
Sorry, that's just conjecture on my part. Sister commenter posted this about Amsterdam: https://www-groene-nl.translate.goog/artikel/ze-zijn-hier-zo... Here's one from google about Scotland: https:/&#x2
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
I've actually seen people in those though, which doesn't invalidate it from money laundering, just makes it a less obvious one!
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
I live in Soho, and have watched these places pop up & shut down on Oxford St constantly for the last 5 years. One factor is that in recent times these commercial rents have begun offering incredibly low rates for the first year, that t
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
I have had 4 different shows have content cut from them that I noticed this year, for a variety of woke factors. - Peep Show (Jeremy & Nancy "taboo" breaking episode) - 30 Rock (Jenna & Tracy "role reversal" epis
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by Sholmesy 4y ago
They have a pretty solid research team ( https://qi.com/elves ), and they often do segments about times they've gotten things wrong, or the science has changed etc. It is first and foremost an entertainment program, so y
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
There is, drop down at the the top (next to the request).
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
Not to stir the eternal debate, but if my Vim config takes > 100ms, I start debugging what's going on/figuring out the responsible plugin. 3-4seconds would drive me insane :O
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
It reduces motion, but it does not remove that transition. It is infuriating, as someone who is use to the instant switching of i3, I can't believe that it's not possible in MacOS. My work arounds are to not use the native fullscr
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
S/he's not disregarding the people who change their mind, he's pointing out the emptiness the trope of "I use to be X, so I know what it's like". Changing one's mind should be encouraged.
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
This is excellent. Another commenter pointed it out, but it rang true for me; it is difficult to make an ugly drawing in this style. Very nice.
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
Also; on the various lengths and "thoroughness", it's hard to control bias, but we explicitly tell people that this will be used as a jumping off point for discussion. This gives the opportunityfor those who "did less&qu
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
Sorry, I realize I never elaborated on the results. Some people could do a reasonable job in 30 minutes, others would take 2 hours (but would be more thorough). Neither end of the spectrum seemed "Too long", and so we thought it i
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
> It would have been fun, and productive How do you know this? The signal of them dumping you with some leetcode should be an indication that it wasn't meant to be?
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
We've had existing devs do the take home tests, not to make sure that they were capable of it, or if the test was too hard, but mostly to check if the test could be completed by someone in a reasonable timeframe and not unneccasarily
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
Totally agree re; kids and air pollution etc, it's getting better every year. The $$$ is the problem. 3 bedroom in Zone 1 is 1.5-2m
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
I've said way too much PII already, but it's on HMRC/Land Registry if you want to look it up. Bought in 2019. Non-council.
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
That's really good comp for the UK. Well done! Do you mind me asking what industry you're in?
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
Maybe. We own our flat in Zone 1 (Soho, 48k down payment, 12k closing costs) after 5 years saving, mortgage is 2.29% ~ 1900 a month. Save about 2500 a month. The one thing I will say is that the "single tax" certainly exists in Lo
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
You should reconsider your worth and attempt to re-negotiate pay. I started out 6-7 years ago at £30k and am now at £100k + options (worthless). Have only ever worked at startups. You can 1.5x that easily at a big tech (some FAANG jobs exis
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by Sholmesy 5y ago
GMK sets are all ABS. They have a different sound & feel, and the colorways achievable are more vibrant. There are reasons for ABS

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