maxcbc

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The Ministry of Justice is engaged in historical vandalism(spectator.co.uk)
10 points by maxcbc 3y ago|1 comments
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by maxcbc 4y ago
I mean its a silly idea but I don’t see why systems would necessarily need updating if people chose to sell in imperial measurements. 1 - any seller would likely in any case have to list the metric equivalent anyway. 2 - all imperial measur
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by maxcbc 6y ago
My favourite part of GDPR is getting to use 451 legitimately everywhere.
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by maxcbc 6y ago
A fifth reason it has stalled, cost. For constantly running applications it can be cheaper just to run a server. This fact has been used to avoid migrating to serverless by a lot of orgs i’ve worked with, even when it doesn’t apply to their
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by maxcbc 6y ago
So much for innocent until proven guilty
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by maxcbc 6y ago
I’ve had it since I got catalina
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Xiaomi Mint Browser gathers Incognito browsing history on remote servers(twitter.com)
3 points by maxcbc 6y ago|0 comments
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by maxcbc 7y ago
Great stuff. OpenTTD has been my go-to time-sink since I was 14-15. Great for lockdown.
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UK NHS team set up 2-way SMS coronavirus service in hours(twitter.com)
4 points by maxcbc 7y ago|0 comments
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by maxcbc 7y ago
Its seen as setting up a system similar to national ID cards. Weirdly National Insurance numbers are not always unique, and people can have more than one. Also while they are used by for tax and benefits (HMRC and DWP) other departments hav
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by maxcbc 7y ago
I get what you’re saying I have the same problem with SA, but the key is better personalisation, which login can help with. Gov.uk provides hundreds of services, like SA, which each user will only use a small subset of. That subset will be
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by maxcbc 7y ago
This is the sort of thing I love about the accessible tech team at gds. They learn something, then they share it in such an accessible way.
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by maxcbc 7y ago
I’m biased, I used to work at GDS. The lack of a ‘login’ button is a huge issue IMHO, but the main blocker to it isn’t the tech teams, its at the ministerial/senior civil service level. The problem isn’t the button itself but the infra
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by maxcbc 7y ago
It all comes down to cost vs convenience. I don’t think rail is the answer long term. Trains are generally slower and less comfortable than air travel. Not to mention often similarly priced or more expensive. I’m more excited by the prospec
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by maxcbc 7y ago
I always get interview feedback, its the norm as a contractor. Even as a perm, I always got it if I wasn’t hired.
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Subprime code. Technical debt is the next global crisis(ftalphaville.ft.com)
2 points by maxcbc 8y ago|0 comments