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by rr888 4y ago
Scotland has one of the biggest gas fields in Europe, why should it rely on ugly and unreliable Wind turbines? Esp Global Warming probably makes Scotland's climate more comfortable, and its proximity to Greenland means sea levels might
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by rr888 4y ago
Great, now we can glue ourselves to paintings.
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by rr888 4y ago
Actually after being away from home for 20 years I'd love to go back but wife and kids prefer staying :(.
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by rr888 4y ago
Its pretty amazing some of the stories coming out of Ukraine. People posting on social media then getting blown up soon after. https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-news-exposed-mortar-c...
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by rr888 4y ago
I'm just amazed in my new job I actually have an American in my team.
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by rr888 4y ago
Its not just architecture. People dress much more casually as well, we've all seen the pictures of the plumbers in 3 piece suits but even for office professionals jeans and tshirts are normal now. I think people stop trying to impress
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by rr888 4y ago
Its already like this. My first job in the 90s I wrote our own linked list classes, a logging framework and a persistence layer. Now it feels like I write css and yaml all day.
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by rr888 4y ago
Well they didn't change their mind. :) I think providing feedback is work which also requires coordination from more than one people, so is easy to avoid.
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by rr888 4y ago
That is what it should be. From what I've seen most architects aren't like this, they play with whatever is cool then move on to the next company while the rest of us try to untangle the mess.
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by rr888 4y ago
This is seemed pretty standard practice now, small companies, big companies, recruiters, FAANG. Actually Amazon for me was the best - I deliberately followed up a week later and they actively apologized and provided some feedback.
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by rr888 4y ago
Yes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_accounting_firms
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by rr888 4y ago
To me the interesting smoking related issue is obesity & related problems. Most of the world has all put a lot of weight on in the last few decades. Is it a coincidence that is while we've given up smoking? Cigarettes actively redu
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by rr888 4y ago
That last one is the important part? I dont really want to send my loved ones a copy of the key because I can't trust they wont keep it secure.
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by rr888 4y ago
This is one of the main reasons I could never own a lot of crypto currencies. "Not your keys not your coins" sounds great until you're hit by a bus and family members have to figure out what you own. At least if you have an e
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by rr888 4y ago
This is expected with a new network though right? My first 4G phone was a rocket then slowly slowed down over time as more people got 4G phones.
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by rr888 4y ago
Baby got back in Olde English. https://twitter.com/jonathanstray/status/1598298680548794368
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by rr888 4y ago
Eg parents I think 100% will say they're burnt out.
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by rr888 4y ago
Best thing about WFH is being able to swear out loud every few minutes.
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by rr888 4y ago
Another common one is converting booleans to "Y" and "N".
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by rr888 4y ago
Location makes a big difference too. I've always lived in big cities in areas with lots of expats and transient people. Its very easy to make friends. In suburbs its tougher, especially in areas where people grew up still know neighbor
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by rr888 4y ago
TDD in theory sounds great. What I've seen is thousands and thousands of tests, inconsistently written by dozens of different developers over the years. Testing silly little trivial things that makes the CI pipeline 10+ minutes. A leas
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by rr888 4y ago
Ooof, I think most devs can modify an existing code base in a few days. To learn all the idiomatic styles, tradeoffs of the major libraries and different build systems take months, maybe years IMHO.
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by rr888 4y ago
I think its a good idea and we should do it. I regularly see areas which were snow covered and white now brown and much warmer. Unfortunately its also the plot of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowpiercer where it over
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by rr888 4y ago
Throw away the cell phone and get a break.
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by rr888 4y ago
There are very few 3-4 bedroom apartments around but a townhouse or similar could work. Maybe I'm just stuck in a rut, I like my lifestyle right now and happy to continue. If I was WFH every day it just feels like it is artificially ex
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by rr888 4y ago
Yes I like my apartment. The commute is just a few stops. I like the office, prefer to WFH. I like the suburbs but wife would rather be in the city, I'm happy here too. The main point is that living in a city and commuting probably has
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by rr888 4y ago
Definitely USA and Europe are built differently. I'd class most European city centers are medium-high density where smaller towns are still quite dense. Compare this to NYC where I am and Manhattan is higher density, but 2 hours drive
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by rr888 4y ago
I live in a small apartment a short train ride from the office. It isn't big enough to work from home. If I worked from home I'd get a big house in the suburbs, and buy a car to get around. My environmental footprint would be much
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by rr888 4y ago
Like what is happening at twitter. For a startup working until 1am was pretty normal. Lots of 100 hours weeks. Working a 40 hour week to me seems like slacking. This whole attitude of 4 day weeks, or just a few hours a day seems completely
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by rr888 4y ago
Reading the comments it seems like we need a recession. The job market of the last few years is not normal, people's expectations are way too high.

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