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Techies outmuscle bosses in arm wrestle over working from home(thetimes.co.uk)
4 points by sefrost 5y ago|0 comments
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by sefrost 5y ago
> you almost need a Personal Assistant now just to sub/unsub various services I believe the billing methods should be changed to "if you don't use the service this month then you don't pay". If I watch a single m
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by sefrost 5y ago
The cookie banner has made this very annoying, especially on mobile devices where you have to scroll to dismiss it.
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by sefrost 5y ago
Mubi is great! I don't know if it's in other countries, but in the UK you get a free cinema ticket with your subscription every week (Mubi GO) and I've seen so many great films I would never have even heard of because of that
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Groundbreaking new bridge design could transform rail crossings across the UK(railadvent.co.uk)
92 points by sefrost 5y ago|90 comments
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Apple employees rally against office working plan(bbc.co.uk)
25 points by sefrost 5y ago|13 comments
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In the office full-time? No thanks, say 86 per cent of tech professionals(cityam.com)
74 points by sefrost 5y ago|30 comments
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by sefrost 5y ago
Holding down on the keyboard space bar allows you to move the cursor around.
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by sefrost 5y ago
This is a great idea. I think the length of an iteration could be shortened on every single project I’ve been on if designers used production copy when designing - as problems with the design often come up during development as copy isn’t a
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by sefrost 5y ago
Everyone I know living with their parents after university pays "bed and board".
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What Is “Revenge Bedtime Procrastination”?(sleepfoundation.org)
3 points by sefrost 6y ago|0 comments
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by sefrost 6y ago
Strava brought back the chronological feed and seemed to get a lot of good press for it at the time. https://road.cc/content/tech-news/271757-strava-has-brought-...
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by sefrost 6y ago
I read about a similar idea using abandoned mine shafts. https://www.theengineer.co.uk/abandoned-mine-shafts-energy-s...
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by sefrost 6y ago
The FT do subscriptions for teams, so those commenters might not even be paying for it themselves. It could be paid for by their employer. I could be wrong - I don't know if those accounts are able to comment or not.
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by sefrost 6y ago
Same here. I would be interested to know from people outside the GDPR area - do you ever see cookie banners? Do you know what they are? Sometimes I hit a USA based news website which simply denies access, because I'm in the UK, on GDPR
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by sefrost 6y ago
I've seen a lot of Accenture adverts.
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by sefrost 6y ago
It took me longer than I'd like to admit before I realised why I couldn't access any ".dev" sites. Luckily I had to edit my hosts file for a new client and eventually realised the problem was because of a project many ye
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by sefrost 6y ago
Yes, Prettier can format JSON. https://prettier.io/docs/en
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by sefrost 6y ago
With The Times website, if you add an extra "/" at the end of the URL, it will bypass the paywall. i.e. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-saves-childrens-lives...
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by sefrost 6y ago
Did it ever actually charge anyone? I remember agreeing to something like $1 per year but never being charged.
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by sefrost 6y ago
Thanks! I haven't open sourced it yet but I was planning on it. (I'll need to change some API keys first - side project!) You're not the first, or even the second, to suggest adding Apple Music so it's definitely somethi
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by sefrost 6y ago
I made a micro social media site during the first UK lockdown which allows people to share their favourite track each week. I thought it could be a cool way to get music recommendations from people you know. The main concept is that by limi
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by sefrost 6y ago
How could I prove my blog doesn't track you?
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by sefrost 6y ago
I've seen it correctly predicted a few times in investing subreddits.
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by sefrost 6y ago
Very interesting. I'm also planning on moving from London to Vancouver, but I'll be using IEC (working holiday visa) as it seems to give more flexibility at the beginning since you don't need an employer. The downside is you
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What to Expect from the First Public Working Draft of WCAG 3.0(deque.com)
1 points by sefrost 6y ago|0 comments
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by sefrost 6y ago
What happens if someone already has the app installed? Is it removed from their device? If not will it still be able to receive updates?
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by sefrost 6y ago
As I understand it this technology has developed because the government (David Cameron) essentially banned onshore wind by removing the subsidies for it. They changed the rules back again last year though [1]. [1] https://www.the
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by sefrost 6y ago
> directions painted on the tarmac at junctions without signs I am from the UK and this makes driving in a new area of the UK very difficult for me. I don’t know if it’s the same in other countries as I’ve never driven in another country
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by sefrost 6y ago
In response to point 1, were you able to use History > Reopen All Windows from Last Session?

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