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by ojhughes 3y ago
The majority of Americans are too overweight and unhealthy to travel any meaningful distance by bike.
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Neonatal wards do not have CCTV cameras in the nurseries, it would be a breach of patient privacy. The evidence against her is quite damning if you care to read through it
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Starters and dependency management are key features of boot but it’s a big understatement to say “that’s pretty much it”. It includes actuators, the auto configuration system, embedded web server and configuration properties
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Spring Boot is very productive but things can get very hairy when debugging auto configuration or understanding why a bean is missing from the context. Running Boot in a container is also not great due to the memory requirements needed for
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Most other countries don’t consider extra curricular activities when applying for university but American colleges do
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Many (most?) London based roles are hybrid now , train occupancy seems back to pre-covid levels
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Being alcoholic is far more socially acceptable in the most of the world outside California. In the UK, most people consider anyone who uses weed a druggy loser
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Emo rap is a thing - eg. Machine gun Kelly / blackbear
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Rock/Metal/Punk is still doing really well with no shortage of great artists. Just check out the Radio 1 Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter - nearly every week there is something new that I like
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by ojhughes 3y ago
I'm not sure how much water the multi tenant HA argument holds, these institutions are already doing that on AWS / Azure / k8s for the more modern apps. Rewriting all the old crusty COBOL code might be a different story.
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by ojhughes 3y ago
The travel can be brutal, hard to maintain a normal family life with all that globetrotting
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by ojhughes 3y ago
This is a terrible take, if you are passionate about your work then those 8 hours go a whole lot quicker. If you’re not passionate then I would question if the position is a good fit
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by ojhughes 3y ago
They were ex-Heptio I believe.
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by ojhughes 3y ago
They were in PonyOps
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by ojhughes 3y ago
I would echo this advice, In the UK you can press civil charges against the assailants within 2 years of the crime.
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by ojhughes 3y ago
They have ballooned quite a lot, we are still behind the obscene size of the typical American SUV. Range Rovers are seen as a status symbol
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Terraform and Docker have been eating Ansibles lunch for some time now. Even OpenShift stopped using it as an installation method
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by ojhughes 3y ago
They do this all the time by opening an office in those countries
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Checkout Skaffold and kustomize as well
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by ojhughes 3y ago
50% of the daily mail commenters seem to be Americans
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Thanks, I don't have much knowledge of semiconductor industry. I know there are a few SWE employers not too far from Andover (Vodafone, IBM) that can pay well. Are salaries quite low in semiconductor industry?
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by ojhughes 3y ago
I don’t live in Andover it was just an example. There are still lots of jobs within reasonable commuting distance of Andover. I’m fully remote so it’s a non issue
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Just a very quick search https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/129195644
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Do you live in London? I live just over an hour outside and most people I know own a house or flat. You buy a 2 bedroom flat here for 150k. Not denying there is a problem, just surprised you’re finding it so hard as a well paid professional
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Driving around the country at the time was ignoring guidance rather breaking any law
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Speak for yourself, everyone I know here is quite happy on their “low salaries” and wouldn’t move to the US
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by ojhughes 3y ago
Just got back from KubeCon Amsterdam, I did quite a bit of networking. Most of it happens at after hours events, I also went out to a bar with another group I met.
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by ojhughes 4y ago
Booking.com is known for using perl
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by ojhughes 4y ago
The same reason people vandalise bus stops or joy ride cars
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by ojhughes 4y ago
It’s true they might already have a candidate in mind and have to advertise the role for fair and open competition. That candidate will still only be getting ~57k. (I’m ex civil service)

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