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by frobozz 12y ago
No, it implies that a programmer has zero desire to do programming work for their employer in their own time. I know plenty of people like that, myself included. Although I count programming as one of my hobbies, as well as the way I earn
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by frobozz 12y ago
You can easily save one more character. The problem doesn't say anything about newlines.
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by frobozz 12y ago
Have you factored in the reduction in cost from the removal of means-testing and other red tape? If it starts at the same level as current unemployment benefits, and the income tax threshold is lowered by the same amount, then it would be
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by frobozz 12y ago
Why should every crime go to trial? If the offender says "Fair cop, guv, you've got me bang to rights", why waste everyone's time proving that (s)he did it? It's basically the same as setting up your conditions to
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by frobozz 12y ago
I agree that Hanlon's Razor should be applied here, and yes, this twitterstorm should know its limits (see http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tw... and http://techc
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by frobozz 12y ago
A system could be worked out that reduces that inequity - A tiered system like income tax would be easy to apply. A system that charges based on a fixed, high percentage of your income above a certain threshold (e.g. the living wage) would
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by frobozz 12y ago
A problem with a points-only or points+trivial fine system, is that although it might scare straight a generally good driver who occasionally has a heavy foot; it only becomes a deterrent for persistent recidivists when they near the disqu
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by frobozz 12y ago
Agreed. Even more, how can you keep the national airspace safe without operating ATC? Here are two options: * Don't bother, just let the planes fly wherever they want, but levy a fine when they crash. * Put it out to tender every 5 y
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by frobozz 12y ago
> A life-jacket will keep your head above water with minimal exertion. With no exertion, depending on conditions. Lifejackets should be able to support an unconscious casualty.
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by frobozz 12y ago
> You have just 34 days in which to do it (this exact number has been selected for a specific reason, it has definite practical significance). What is the specific reason/prcatical significance of these 34 days?
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by frobozz 12y ago
Yes, but in the period you state, when the average wage has risen by 50%, the average house price has risen by over 200%, and RPI has risen by 117%. It's true that back then, the average monthly mortgage payment might have been similar
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by frobozz 12y ago
It isn't so much about the profit from sale, but about being able to buy in the first place. 10 years after graduation, she bought a two-bed flat in Herne Hill. Such a place wouldn't leave much change from £600K today. For conte
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by frobozz 12y ago
Is Sim City really closer to real life than GTA? I am no more the near-omnipotent mayor of a new town than I am a crook for hire with a penchant for running over ISKCon members.
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by frobozz 12y ago
>Nothing dishonest about it. Plus using the logic of your argument the shop owner is also violating that 1968 law. So arrest them both? Or was the shop owner not "dishonest" enough but the person who originally purchased the pr
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by frobozz 12y ago
I don't know about your country, but where I'm from the theft Act 1968 seems to cover it pretty clearly, and I am most definitely Not A Lawyer: The basic definition of theft is given at the start 1:1 'A person is guilty of th
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by frobozz 12y ago
Each link in the chain of Arrest -> Charge -> Conviction, requires a different level of confidence that a crime has been committed by the accused. Walking out of a shop with goods that are on sale in that shop, with the shopkeeper sho
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by frobozz 12y ago
Penderyn distillery in WalEs produces whisky thereby breaking the mnemonic.
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by frobozz 12y ago
Sorry, you are right, I do have a bit of a South East bias. However, Looking on Rightmove, I see no houses in L1 for that price, but I do concede that there are plenty near the L1 edges of L3, L7 and L8.
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by frobozz 12y ago
> Some parts of the UK I imagine you could use 5k for a house down-payment and rent it out. I have been expat for 4 years so I have no idea. Maybe in Merthyr, but even 4 years ago you'd have been lucky to find a house under £100K wi
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by frobozz 12y ago
What I mean is that all else being equal, public is more efficient than private. The same team doing the same task with the same information, constraints, and money will be able to provide better value to the consumer in the public eector t
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by frobozz 12y ago
How so? The very fact that someone makes a profit means that the end consumer is paying more than cost price. If I pay £10 for something that costs £5. The organisation that just pockets the difference is less efficient from my perspective
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by frobozz 12y ago
The public sector is, by definition, more efficient than the private sector. The main difference is the profit motive. When a government department does something more efficiently, it has to use that efficiency to either reduce cost or imp
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by frobozz 12y ago
Not really, the plan might just say, "we plan to treat you the same as everyone else."
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by frobozz 12y ago
Indeed, anyone who would make that claim must be utterly ignorant of horticulture. I frequently have to rip out bindweed (which has killed many of my plants) and tormentil (which has taken over much of my lawn). That's just the stuff
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by frobozz 12y ago
Yes, but at the potential expense of grade-bearing classes, and because grades seem to be important, grade-bearing classes tend to take a higher priority than interesting non-grade bearing ones. At university, I audited several modules, and
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by frobozz 12y ago
Platform overcrowding is also an issue, and passengers are often held back in the ticket hall or outside, because of how dangerous it would be to put more people on an open platform. With platform-side doors, you don't need to stand be
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by frobozz 12y ago
> Amazon: "plenty", does "things that scale". Looking at form of the other entries, it appears that the author claims that the word "Amazon" means "plenty". In my dictionary, it means "no boob
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by frobozz 12y ago
Black cabs have a monopoly on hailing and taximeters at the cost of certain regulations. Wheelchair access is one of those regulations. Other obvious ones include TfL-set fares, and the requirement to accept any fare within a certain radi
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by frobozz 12y ago
Instantly, that's impressive? I can only manage that if you define London as "The area covered by the London compass-direction based postal districts" If you choose either "governed by a London Borough Council", o
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by frobozz 12y ago
I'd also disagree with that same assertion with regard to lifeguards: Drownings (and near-drownings prevented by a rescue) are pretty uncommon, too. It is precisely because of the rarity that one needs to be trained to spot the proble

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