kerrsclyde

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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
I coded in my own firm with a partner, then on my own, then burnt out after about 12 years. Could not get any motivation to service my own clients, or complete my projects. I took a job in an education setting, a much more diverse role, har
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
Dropoff/pickup time at the UK school where I work is atrocious everyday - 20mins queue just to get into the car park. The school has tried numerous measures to encourage walking, nothing appears to encourage parents to get out of their
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Twitter shares halted after report Elon Musk deal to go ahead(bbc.co.uk)
15 points by kerrsclyde 4y ago|0 comments
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
Yes, very easy to sabotage. My expertise is UK road steam and there were cases here of safety values being replaced with a bolt or metal shims being added so they never lifted and vented excess steam. A few more PSI could make life easier b
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
When an explosion like this occurred it was not uncommon for over pressurisation in the boiler to be a factor. Safety values were used to vent steam when it reached a nominated value but they were easy to tamper with and also prone to exter
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
I thought this article was going to cite plastic as being the container of choice for most of the ultra processed junk that supermarkets are selling and we shouldn't be eating.
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UK Online Safety Bill put on hold(bbc.co.uk)
11 points by kerrsclyde 4y ago|4 comments
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Climate change: Airlines miss all but one target(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by kerrsclyde 4y ago|0 comments
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
I had my forth child 15 years after my other three, when I was well into my mid-30's. I find that appreciate/savour/lament his growing much more than I did my others. Maybe this is because I am an older dad or maybe because I
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
Second this. I kicked about and achieved hardly anything before I had children.
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
Me also. And because of the insanely corrupt way it awarded. Bidding for a summer World Cup then deciding (after it awarding!) that it's far too hot in the summer to play football in a desert.
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
The old saying about you lose weight in the kitchen not the gym is absolutely true for me. If I exercise I feel great but the more I do the more I eat, because it makes me hungry and I justify eating more because I'm working out. In th
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
Porridge, Scottish style. Just milled porridge oats with whole milk. 5mins in a microwave. Salt to taste. I row for an hour or so every morning before breakfast so this hits the spot and keeps me full until lunchtime.
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
I've conditioned myself to think if something is worth saving then it is worth spending time to give it a meaningful title, tag it and put it in the right notebook. Without these added details I agree it is pointless.
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
Meanwhile the VPN vendors start seeing the dollar signs again.
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
Yes, but why can you still smoke whilst driving (providing it is your car not being used for business)? Seems incredible this has not been made illegal too.
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
This was still down this morning, 5 days after the original security breach. It seems to have been orchestrated by accessing their Cloudflare account. Shocking that Cloudflare have still not pulled the account?!
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
Driving a tanker carrying fuel requires additional qualifications over your standard HGV licence so the pool is likely even smaller - this seems to have been glossed over by ministers in the press over the weekend.
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
My love of computing began with my Spectrum. I was bought a ZX Spectrum +3 when I was 10, the one with a floppy drive. My parents were persuaded by the salesman that floppy drives were the future and that it was worth paying more for the +3
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Where does the UK send its waste now?(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by kerrsclyde 5y ago|0 comments
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
They were deep discounting everything, it couldn't continue. I bought my 3-year old three hoodies last month for £10, and the quality of their stuff I found was still good.
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by kerrsclyde 5y ago
OT but their aggressive pursuing of revenue gets my back up. They have cash assets somewhere in the region of £1b and yet they continue to squeeze every last drop out of those visiting the properties they were gifted to look after on behalf
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Porn blocker 'missing' from Online Safety Bill(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by kerrsclyde 5y ago|0 comments
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by kerrsclyde 6y ago
I used to, more so when I woke in the middle of the night than in the morning. I started exercising a lot more and now find I am so tired I don't wake up before my alarm, reducing alcohol intake helped too.
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by kerrsclyde 6y ago
My children are 16, 15, 14. They are all currently homeschooling in UK lockdown number 3. All of their lessons are delivered via video (Google Classrooms). The quality of learning seems low, they seem unengaged and only respond to teacher w
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TikTok User Asks Luxury Car Owners What They Do for a Living(interestingengineering.com)
1 points by kerrsclyde 6y ago|0 comments
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by kerrsclyde 6y ago
Some people are quite happy getting nothing. I wouldn't be the slightest bit bothered if never got a present again. I know a lot of people find this hard to accept. [As a footnote I'm not Scrooge I certainly don't mind buying
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by kerrsclyde 6y ago
My daughter smashed screen on her 4 year old Lenovo laptop, taking out panel and putting in new one took about 2mins. If I'd done same thing on my retina MBP you'd be looking at a serious repair, either by me or Apple (= $$$). Mak
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by kerrsclyde 6y ago
Myanmar!
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by kerrsclyde 6y ago
Thousands of shops like this must have closed in the UK over the past 20 years. I grew up in neighbouring Leicestershire and in my town we had numerous butchers, greengrocers, fishmongers - much of the produce was sourced locally and sold w

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