leapingdog

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by leapingdog 2y ago
My silicon valley based employer did same pay bands throughout the UK but people in my regional office were offered roles in lower bands for their skill set compared to London. It was more money for less responsibility compared to local com
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by leapingdog 2y ago
I have never been but comedian Tony Hawks' 2001 book "Playing the Moldovans at Tennis" was my introduction to Moldova. "All I knew about Moldova were the eleven names of men printed on the inside back page of my news pap
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by leapingdog 2y ago
I'm writing this from an older laptop, a Lenovo ThinkPad X121e from 2011. Intel CORE i3 processor, 8GB RAM, spinning rust disk. I bought it new, it was cheap and I liked the small form factor. It came with Windows 7 but has run a Linux
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by leapingdog 2y ago
The UK has unit pricing[0] though I can't remember when it was introduced. [0] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unit-pricing-info...
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by leapingdog 2y ago
This kind of roundabout is awful for pedestrians and drivers: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.5737159,-5.9326045,127m/da... Surprise! I'm going to walk in front of you.
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by leapingdog 2y ago
This is fair. The UK has box junctions which have many non-obvious rules.
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by leapingdog 2y ago
Peak time congestion requires a local form of driver etiquette. My city would grind to a halt without it.
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by leapingdog 2y ago
I live in the UK where roundabouts are ubiquitous and most people still don't understand them perfectly. The Highway Code[1] is too ambiguous. - give priority to traffic approaching from your right, unless directed otherwise by signs,
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by leapingdog 2y ago
I don't know for certain but expect it comes from comparing solutions with those based on virtual machines like Java's. The requirements in the original article look like a corporate wish list.
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by leapingdog 2y ago
I agree with you. > Easy styling, including dark mode I wonder if this requirement has been imposed from above. When the web was taking off I received designs from the UI architect in the form of VB6 applications. Windows was the dominan