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by m-i-l 9y ago
From what I have seen, most developers aren't working on anything particularly interesting in their day jobs. At best they are developing a new CRUD application using the latest framework, but at worst they are maintaining legacy codeb
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by m-i-l 9y ago
The problem of vandalism might be worse in the UK[0], e.g. "the scale of vandalism took him [Steve Pyer, Mobike UK's general manager] by surprise. It has been far worse than in any of the Asian countries where Mobike operates 5m b
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by m-i-l 9y ago
There are some great parts of London to raise a family. It is a huge city with something for everyone after all. Admittedly the family friendly areas are at the top end of the price range, but the hope is that if you've been on a good
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Why did we use leaded petrol for so long?(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by m-i-l 9y ago|0 comments
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by m-i-l 9y ago
According to reference [1] above "Bronto Skylift, based in Finland, develop aerial platforms which can reach heights of more than 100m (328ft). According to managing director Harry Clayhills, the firm's fire platforms are used by
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by m-i-l 9y ago
Not to detract from the other important points in the article (prevention is better than the cure), but no mention of the fact that the fire bridge for a city full of tall buildings didn't have any tall ladders or means to help the peo
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by m-i-l 9y ago
> photos of places are boring. Photos of people you know are precious If you have children you may find yourself losing interest in taking photos without them too. I've many photos now of nice sunsets or rainbows or views with a chi
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by m-i-l 9y ago
Not sure about publishing income and assets, but publishing everyone's tax bills could help stigmatise aggressive tax avoidance.
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Why the world's biggest investor backs the simplest investment(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by m-i-l 9y ago|0 comments
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by m-i-l 9y ago
Yes: "look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves".
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by m-i-l 9y ago
David Shing reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Barley . The main difference is that one is a character in a comedy.
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by m-i-l 9y ago
PaidPiper?
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The great intellectual property trade-off(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by m-i-l 9y ago|0 comments
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by m-i-l 9y ago
I reckon I got most things right, but as this is specifically "what would you have done differently, what lessons have you learned?" the big one for me is: don't invest in individual stocks, invest in broad (ideally low fee,
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BA meltdown: switching on and off again may have caused IT crisis(theguardian.com)
4 points by m-i-l 9y ago|0 comments
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by m-i-l 9y ago
A "grade 9" was also introduced in 2017, and that is higher than an A* [0], so some people refer to that as A* * (A star star) [1]. [0] https://ofqual.blog.gov.uk/2017/04/05/setting-grade-9-in-new...
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by m-i-l 9y ago
Too late to edit my original comment, but here's some more info on "Improving transparency in land ownership in Scotland: a consultation on controlling interests in land": https://beta.gov.scot/publications&#x
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by m-i-l 9y ago
Unowned land typically reverts to the occupier rather than The Crown. When I moved to London I used to live in Shoreditch, and there were many crumbling down buildings and second world war bomb sites, including one next to me that had been
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by m-i-l 9y ago
There is a Scottish government led initiative to map ownership of land in Scotland - see for example http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-2755... . Note also that Scotland contains some very large bu
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by m-i-l 9y ago
I remember reading this script on a Usenet Newsgroup a long time ago. I think it was rec.arts.sf.movies. A quick search returns https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.arts.sf.movies/XqL... with some commen
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by m-i-l 9y ago
Even if some quantum effect is required for consciousness, and even if consciousness is required for intelligence, I'd argue that this does not mean we cannot simulate this - the Universal Quantum Computer[0], for example, was proposed
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by m-i-l 10y ago
Note that the article uses "middle class" and "middle income" interchangeably, but in some countries class is not directly related to income. So when it says "that the middle class rose in the Netherlands and Spain,
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by m-i-l 10y ago
I wonder if they have data going back to the 1800s to actually back this up. In the 1970s, for example, the country faced day-long blackouts[0] due to industrial action by coal miners (I think limited electricity was still generated for hos
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by m-i-l 10y ago
Not mentioned in the article - apparently Gillette had a hand in suppressing stainless steel razor blades: "Gillette, which held a patent on stainless blades, presumably knew that any gain for them in market share would be overwhelmed
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by m-i-l 10y ago
Point taken. Although the original point is that it might happen more than you might think with traditional letting agencies, if you aggregated all of the individual cases over all of the 10s of 1000s of letting agencies in the country. And
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by m-i-l 10y ago
There is a Small Claims Court in England, with a maximum claim of £10K. I got as far as issuing a Letter Before Action to the tenant's London-based guarantor (the tenant himself hadn't left a forwarding address, and his father is
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by m-i-l 10y ago
Not defending Airbnb's behaviour, but this sort of thing happens outside of Airbnb too. I had some tenants (sons of a well known rock star) cause around £10K worth of damage to my flat in Shoreditch (plus around £5K in lost rent given
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Just Google it: How one company came to dominate search(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by m-i-l 10y ago|0 comments
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by m-i-l 10y ago
With progressive taxation, those who can't afford to use London taxis will be paying zero or a negligible contribution towards this. And all those who breathe, irrespective of whether they are taxpayers or use taxis or not, will benefi
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London Taxi Company opens £300M Coventry plant for electric cabs(theguardian.com)
57 points by m-i-l 10y ago|55 comments

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