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by chrxr 9y ago
You're right, they aren't as impressive. But as a current resident in Boston, I'd say that this isn't my reality. See my comment below for details, but outside of petrol, which is criminally cheap here, everything else a
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by chrxr 9y ago
London is definitely an expensive city, but as a UK citizen currently living in Boston, I can certainly attest to the cost of living being higher here. That goes for many categories: phone plans, internet, cable tv, groceries, utility bills
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by chrxr 9y ago
In general cost of living is lower in London than major US cities like SF, NYC, Boston. For example, the cost of rent in SF is on average 30.96& higher than in London. Groceries 62% higher! https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of
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by chrxr 9y ago
US banks aren't allowed to process transfers directly from gambling sites to players. So poker sites etc use Bitcoin as an intermediary step.
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by chrxr 9y ago
Here's a page with lots of good starter issues to work on, and many other issues for more experienced community members. https://www.rustaceans.org/findwork Note that this page appears to be displaying open issues, but
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by chrxr 9y ago
Great list, and thanks for giving Wagtail a shout-out! Your work on it back in its early days is still very much appreciated.
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by chrxr 9y ago
A great acknowledgment of all the work that's been put in. Well done Wagtail team!
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by chrxr 9y ago
Similarly, Norwich, Connecticut is pronounced Nor-which locally.
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Many firms hit by major cyber-attacks(bbc.com)
38 points by chrxr 9y ago|2 comments
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by chrxr 9y ago
Thanks very much for the reply. Very useful. I think these kinds of details really help people in other organizations who might want to undertake similar projects.
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by chrxr 9y ago
I'm always interested to know how long these infrastructure changes took from project initiation to launch, and whether it was a dedicated project team or something completed alongside BAU tasks. These details are almost never included
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Testing SolrCloud with Vagrant(chrxr.com)
1 points by chrxr 10y ago|0 comments
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Save us, Bill Gates(globaljustice.org.uk)
2 points by chrxr 11y ago|0 comments
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by chrxr 11y ago
Yes, I had to check as after posting the initial message I remembered seeing a child walking a ferret on a lead in Penryn. I've never seen one wandering the streets of Oxford though... They don't appear to make it into the top 10
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by chrxr 11y ago
I stand corrected: "The ferret (Mustela putorius furo) is the domesticated form of the European polecat" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferret
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by chrxr 11y ago
http://finda.photo/image/14847 - Tags are weird. This is not a dog, mouse, canine or feline. It's not sitting. It has 'eyes' but I think that might be irrelevant. Although I would agree that ferrets (not
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by chrxr 11y ago
Agreed, I've always thought of Winter as December, January, February. In fact I can't think I've ever had a discussion with anybody who seriously considered 21st as start of Winter, or late June as beginning of Summer. Seems