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> Insofar as white vans have any real association with crime it's probably just because criminals will favor whatever windowless vehicle is the least attention grabbing and white vans are strong contenders for that. It says in the
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You don't even have to go that old. Any old Land Rover Defender before 2016 will be like that.
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I am generally against content restrictions. I am actually OK with restrictions on pornography. The UK government has engaged political censorship throughout my lifetime. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%93
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It isn't about something not agreeing with my vibes. I don't appreciate when people put words in my mouth. I never said all. I obviously meant some. Firstly in my original post I stated why I don't believe YouGov to be accura
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He is trying to cast the illusion that anyone that doesn't believe the YouGov polling on here (e.g. me) is suffering from cognitive bias. While that is possible, it doesn't negate the fact I have good reasons to be suspicious of p
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> It’s not the same argument at all. Accessibility is important. What I’m saying is if you want it to be fast offload the UI to a native app, don’t even bother me with a web page. If it’s critical serve it in plain text or simple HTML. E
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> All polling has problems like this, but YouGov has the same methodology for everything and usually gets within a margin of error of +-8. The way the very question was asked is a problem in itself. It is flawed and will lead to particul
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They always name it the exact opposite of what it does. If they name something the "Protect Children Act". You can be sure that what it does is put Children in Danger. That means that on the face of it, it is difficult for someone
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People constantly cite this poll as it is proof that British people want this. You cannot trust the YouGov polling. It is flawed. > Despite the sophisticated methodology, the main drawback faced by YouGov, Ashcroft, and other UK pollster
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> Management are management. They do managementy things. They do not develop. We, developers, do. For some things, we hold ourselves up to certain standards. Why not for site performance? I've just explained why. What part didn&#x27
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Management doesn't care about it being crafted nicely. They want a ROI. Often it isn't easy for them to see the benefit of something being more performant, or looking better. It doesn't matter to them as often they won't
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A lot of companies seem to architect their web apps to deal with millions of users. When in reality they may have a couple of hundred hitting the site at once. This explodes the cost of development and it makes current web development miser
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I totally disagree with his conclusion that companies want their website to be faster. They only care about performance issues if it causes a problem . If it does not, they couldn't care less.
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> Engineers generally have a solid intuition for what will perform well I worked for about 15 years as a frontend developer. I've seen very little evidence of this being the case. I've seen a huge amount of developers (backend,
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It maybe mandatory for it to be deemed roadworthy for a newer vehicle, but not required on an older vehicle. e.g. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection-manual-for-privat... > You must inspect all reversing lamp
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The most reliable computers I have are the "consumer/enthusiasts" computers I have.