pointyhats

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   by pointyhats 13y ago

   Financial services? A typical financial services company in London this fine day (no names mentioned): Still has classic ASP deployed, VB6 COM is the backend, "extreme waterfall" is the process and integration via CSV files (using ' as a qu
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   by pointyhats 13y ago

   I've had the same experiences myself before with a broken ankle, major surgery on my skull, various minor conditions which have been sorted rapidly. That doesn't excuse one case of gross incompetence though. And incompetence is rife: http:
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   by pointyhats 13y ago

   It is entirely up to the luck of the draw unfortunately. The problem being that it shouldn't be at all down to luck. How would I make things better? Unfortunately the government seem to think that capitalism can be a host to socialism (i.e.
4. 34.▲
   by pointyhats 13y ago

   Neither is the right solution, which is the problem. You pay for both systems. One kills you because you can't afford it and the other kills you because they can't afford to keep you alive.
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   by pointyhats 13y ago

   I signed up to post to correct this comment. My wife was nearly killed twice this year by NHS bean counting: Firstly they missed a strangulated hernia because they wanted to cut back on x-ray usage in A&E. Then after five visits to A&#3