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by d_t_w 11y ago
Yes you make a series of perfectly good points, and I learned about the Frankpledge, so thanks for that. I agree it is not a utopian system by any regard, but I still think a country that has trial by jury is superior to one with bench tria
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by d_t_w 11y ago
Every complex system can be defined in terms of trade-offs, right? Trial by Jury has a fairly extensive history outside of the US, and while not perfect it is a balance against a potentially corrupt establishment. I think if I had to choose
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by d_t_w 11y ago
I've been working remotely for the same client since late 2012, in general it's been ideal in a number of ways and the positives out-weigh the negatives. I do miss the casual social side of having colleagues in an office from time
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by d_t_w 11y ago
Oh boy. That's my weekend gone.
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by d_t_w 11y ago
We all breath through our mouths. I could have described him as having 'slopey shoulders', I doubt the progenitor of that insult intended people with back problems to take insult, though I guess some may take it too literally.
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by d_t_w 11y ago
"Filled with" was intended as "there are plenty of" rather than "a majority of".
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by d_t_w 11y ago
Yes, to imply low intelligence. I think it's an American term? Though I'm not entirely sure where I picked it up from.
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by d_t_w 11y ago
I didn't down vote your comment, the timing was coincidental. I responded to it because I think a removal of all subsidies alongside correctly pricing the consequences of consumption is a valid end-goal. Personally I'd continue to
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by d_t_w 11y ago
Only if you also calculate and charge a price on carbon emissions, and the current Australian government stopped that scheme last year.
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by d_t_w 11y ago
I'm not a citizen of Australia, they didn't win a majority they won a plurality, and regardless I don't feel any compunction when describing Abbott as a mouth breather. As I explained clearly in my comment, I have never exper
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by d_t_w 11y ago
I'm not overly concerned with subsidising residential solar, however I think subsidising research and innovation in solar, wind, and other alternate energy systems is worthwhile and funds like this are one way of stimulating a market.
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by d_t_w 11y ago
I live in an urban area, I would be more correct to say I am surrounded by progressive, intelligent people. Australia is more conservative that either New Zealand or Britain, and the previous Labour government (and current opposition) are c
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by d_t_w 11y ago
Yes it seems you are correct about the polls, and I agree the position of the Liberals is only going to weaken along with the economy.
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Yes.
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Technically the Australian Government has directed that the Clean Energy Finance Corporation no longer invest in small scale or residential solar. This normally came in the form of a rebate for households that installed panels and accounted
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by d_t_w 11y ago
Are you a passable Java programmer? Can you speak english to a business level? Can you wear a suit? Congratulations, you're qualified to work as a contract programmer at a bank in the City of London.
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by d_t_w 11y ago
My approach was exactly the same as yours and proportionally I paid roughly (within 2-3%) as much tax as I would if I had earned the same amount as a full time employee. About the only thing you are 'dodging' with a low salary as
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by d_t_w 11y ago
London is a world of her own, my advice relates to her. The only thing you need to be an IT Contractor in London (other than some skills) is confidence. I worked a number of contracts over ten years in the finance sector in London. I never
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by d_t_w 11y ago
Good advice. I contracted for about 10 years in the UK, finance mostly. Had my own Ltd, took home about 65% of my day rate. No funny business, happened to move clients about every two years which helped for IR35. Nothing more complicated th
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by d_t_w 11y ago
I used Nixon Williams for about five years, they were very good.
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by d_t_w 11y ago
Don't forget Netty..
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by d_t_w 11y ago
Apple has 70k Cassandra nodes, if you send an imessage it's probably going into C* at some point.
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by d_t_w 11y ago
Oliver North had his laptop confiscated?
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by d_t_w 12y ago
I've been working with Clojure for 18 months now, after a bit more than 10 years of Java. I'm having so much fun I don't think I could ever go back. Also, this is an excellent summary / introduction to key clojure concep
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Using the Marceline Trident DSL(derek.troywest.com)
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Writing Storm / Trident topologies in Clojure(derek.troywest.com)
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Gloss by Example: Decoding folded headers in Clojure.(derek.troywest.com)
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by d_t_w 14y ago
Copyright infringement isn't theft you huge douche.