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by blakblakarak 3y ago
Probably not as profound as others here but ‘Allen Carr’s easy way to stop smoking’ - I quit 15 years ago and because the pub was a massive trigger for me I spent the evenings learning how to program which led to my career, saved enough mon
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by blakblakarak 3y ago
It's horrific in the UK for those that don't own - I've got friends (a couple - he's a teacher, she's a nurse) who in any reasonable society should be able to easily afford to own a decent house, but finding themsel
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by blakblakarak 3y ago
I too learnt webdev with Jeffrey back in the jQuery days of 2011 - I subscribed to laracasts at the start of the year (primarly to evaluate Laravael for work) and was delighted to see that he runs the site - he's like the Bob Ross of w
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by blakblakarak 3y ago
We tried it where I work and had the same result - we've since gone back to boring old Redmine. I do think it's great for personal use though - I use for everything from shopping lists to dream journals (don't judge me ;) ) t
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
I didn't realise that was the case for the public sector - my wife's a nurse and hers is provided.
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
Personally I use an Xbox Series X and just stream my games to my phone or macbook air (using https://github.com/unknownskl/xbox-xcloud-client/releases ) - performance is great.
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
In France you get 'top up' insurance called a mutuelle (the state pays the first 70% - 80% of most healthcare costs - chronic conditions are paied 100% by the state). A basic mutuelle is obligatory at all jobs, but many will pro
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
We get issued Dells at work - I've been there five years and had to send back 4 machines for various issues ranging from persistent BSODs, intermitten freezes to GPU problems. I currently have an I7 / 64gb XPS workstation and it&
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
That sounds similar to the UK system in that working days are mon - fri and weekend bankholidays roll over into the week (eg If Christmas Day is on a Sunday, Monday is a bank holiday). Compared to France where I work where Saturday can be c
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
I'm an English immgrant in France - lots of my compatriots complain about French bureaucracy but in all honesty it's far more efficient and accessible than it is in the UK.
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
No doubt they'll be chucked in a supermax prison in the arse-end of nowhere for fifty years.
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
This is a good resource for beginner too: https://tympanus.net/codrops/css_reference/
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
Where are you based ?
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
MBA 16gb / 256ssd - It has pretty much ruined other PCs for me - it runs rings around my work provided Dell XPS / I7/ 32gb - and it has completely replaced my tablet (the instant on feature / battery life and size render
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
Why does a website need a loader? There is no excuse with all the optomisation tools available. > Top 1% of best freelancers > Each specalist goes throwgh rigorous screening process before starting the work > on any important proj
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
It's simpler once you know it. I bounce between Angular and React and whilst it's true that React is easier to get started, changes in the API (hooks, class vs functional componentns) and ecosystem (eg forms, UI Kits, state mana
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
Why not combine them ? - personally mountain biking + photography. My brother does boat restoration + sailing etc.
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by blakblakarak 4y ago
France 29EUR a month (which includes TV, unlimited national and international phone calls to most countries) - ~700mbs down / ~500mbs up.
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by blakblakarak 5y ago
How can you be sure that all lights don't do this already ?
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by blakblakarak 5y ago
If you can spin out a 50x11 or similar on the flat you're in a very small minority of cyclists...
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by blakblakarak 5y ago
My 15 year old Surly Crosscheck is probably my most ridden bike - it was one of the 'first' gravel bikes (they've been making them for 20 years) before they really became a thing. The cantilever brakes are rubbish but that ju
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by blakblakarak 6y ago
There is a Netflix series of the same name by the author that's worth a look - she's an engaging host.
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by blakblakarak 6y ago
Whatever you do, don't look at the RXJS docs: https://rxjs-dev.firebaseapp.com/
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by blakblakarak 8y ago
A friend succesfully managed (once) to get it to work when we were 12. First we lightly grilled and boiled the bananas and mixed it with some reseve rolling tobacco that his dad kept above a kitchen cabinet in an old biscuit tin. We smoked
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by blakblakarak 8y ago
Carbon bikes are made for stiffness and ride quality - you can make equally light bikes with Alu / Ti.
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by blakblakarak 8y ago
I doubt the risk is any worse than with carbon fiber. http://www.bustedcarbon.com/