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by ljf 4y ago
Depends on how you read it - I read as a historical fact: /As a member of the EU, they could have opted to use the Euro, but they decided not to./ So 'when they were a member of the EU, they could have taken in the euro, but
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by ljf 4y ago
I didn't, but a few friends have. One now runs a couple of Airbnb places, one inherited and one bought - making the same money they used to make in a low/mid IT role in the UK - and working far far less. In fact they are starting
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by ljf 4y ago
I was about to agree then I did my own maths. I used to use GatorSkins - as they are perfect for London cycling. I used to commute 29 miles a day, 5 days a week, plus complete a 60ish mile ride on weekends - so times that by 47 weeks (5 wee
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by ljf 4y ago
Very true - but even in 'low pressure' creative fields that I've worked in in the past, people would rather take a researcher who has just come off a job, than one who has spent 4 years looking after children. The assumption
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by ljf 4y ago
I agree - but have seen many families have to make this choice, as having too big a gap in your CV (to look after their kids) will impact there employability down the line. It is also hard to stay current and to retain confidence in your ab
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by ljf 4y ago
The original paper is also far more insightful that the National Review summary: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
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by ljf 4y ago
After watching my wife suffer with Long Covid over the last three years, I'd rather get my immunity from a vaccine if I can help it. (Posted her story here before but to summarise - 40yo, healthy, gym 3 to 5 times a week (could lift 50
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Vanderbilt University apologizes for ChaptGPT email after Michigan shooting(theguardian.com)
33 points by ljf 4y ago|60 comments
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Japan baffled by iron ball washed up on beach(theguardian.com)
1 points by ljf 4y ago|1 comments
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by ljf 4y ago
Reply to person asking: Current estimates are around 2 billion people impacted by 2100 - around 1/4 of the earths estimated population at that time: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/06/rising-seas-co
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by ljf 4y ago
While tsunamis might well be rare, the impacts of rising sea levels will be felt amongst low lying areas and coastal communities before the end of this century. We will see a lot of property destroyed across the world and large groups of (r
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by ljf 4y ago
So many people seem to forget that - helping those with the least, helps us all. From a purely mercenary point of view, it helps build you more customers and more skilled workers.
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by ljf 4y ago
I really should have reviewed this properly! ;p
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by ljf 4y ago
I do a lot of proof reading for my own and other people's papers and decks. When I started out I found I was incredibly hit and miss at spotting issues. I now have a few rules that help me catch (most of the) issues: Start by finding s
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by ljf 4y ago
Same, I've asked that mine is buried with me, unless either of my kids have a strong desire to keep it. I've ended up with my mother's soft toy lion from the 1950s - I think it will follow the same fate - seems nicer than the
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by ljf 4y ago
I can only assume you've never travelled in one of these cars, or seen one on the road? They are great - driving towards them you still see the headlights as a block of light either side of the car - you just aren't blinded by it.
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by ljf 4y ago
Wow - never seen a Carolina squat before - and certainly not here in the UK - how can you see anything close by in front of you? Must be hard to park in tight spaces. I'd hate to have one of those driving around near kids or animals.
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by ljf 4y ago
Being bullied into taking too much work, in a short time period, being forced to build things they don't understand, being asked to build things with only a short term view and never building with a plan. As I say - if a team needs pro
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by ljf 4y ago
Good scrum masters help the team protect themselves and help the team (safely) push themselves. Where they work well is when there is some disconnect between the product (and the product owner) and the team. If that isn't a problem you
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by ljf 4y ago
I don't drink milk (I don't like it), but I do eat meat. But I totally agree that the dairy industry is pretty grim, even here in the UK where we have pretty good animal rights. Loads of calves die to supply milk, and cows are kep
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by ljf 4y ago
I used to find noise annoying in the pre-covid days, but I could cope with it. Then I worked remotely, and while the silence was deafening for the first week or so, I grew to love it, and the focus it gives me. Now I am back in the office s
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by ljf 4y ago
This - be decent, and even more importantly - call out "indecentness" when you see it. Call it out to 'friends', to family, online, in person - even if all you feel you can say is 'that isn't right' - say
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by ljf 4y ago
How much of your working life was in person vs remote? I agree most of my 'big breaks' were face to face, that was due to the point I was in my career at that time. I've still had some great progression during remote working
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by ljf 4y ago
Gets cleared up later in the article Quote It allows bacteria to produce to highest electric power reported possible so far and explains how these bacteria can survive without oxygen-like membrane-ingestible molecules and form communities t
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by ljf 4y ago
Hopefully we can move to non-oil based 'plastics' at the same time. In an idea world we could leave these carbon deposits where they are.
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by ljf 4y ago
I saw one here in the UK at a carboot sale last year for £5 and I picked it up and chatted to the owner about it, but knew I had no need for it. On the way home I passed him again and he offered it to me for free, but I politely declined as
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by ljf 4y ago
Supplementary is in that it supplements your main restraint - the seat belt. They should always go off if the front of the car is damaged as the description here.
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by ljf 4y ago
The 'Arduino Projects Book' does a brilliant job if taking someone who knowing nothing about coding or electronics and setting out lessons and projects that take you from zero to somewhere fun. I still can't really code, but
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by ljf 4y ago
Thank you so much for helping her and the kindness you showed.
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by ljf 4y ago
That is amazing! A totally deserved plug - love it. I don't live in a very hilly area, but I was frustrated my strava jig tracks looked so 'slow' as I was going up and down my local coast hills on my run. Hope it can work in

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