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by sjclemmy 11y ago
I have an XPS 13, and it's the only windows laptop I've ever had that can deal with the dev work I do and is comparable to the Mac. An update can only be a good thing.
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It's... complicated, as always, and it depends who it is. In a recent example, my opinion was given, but key decisions were made (seemingly) without reference to it - I don't think it was intentional, they really need someone on t
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
PAC and GOP - both colloquial TLAs. I was always taught to define them first before using them, as you can't assume the reader knows what they are. Fortunately there is google...
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
It probably depends where it is. I've worked for companies where none of the management team have a technical background (I'm engaged to provide technical expertise and services). However, I've found that due to their lack of
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
As I'm an old man, and have no idea what the kids are up to, I thank the internet that knowyourmeme.com exists.
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
I've done various commutes in my working life. Nothing beats being able to walk to work: 1) It's not too far, 2) It's exercise - what's not to like? 3) It's always, ALWAYS, the same length of time. Which allows you
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
Ha ha - I just read Seveneves, the Probst character was quite funny. While I've enjoyed Stephenson's novels in the past, I don't think Seveneves is his best. It's a little bit formulaic, far fetched and plodding. I prefe
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
I agree - Twitter is the de facto messaging platform. Taking the idea a bit further, Twitter could be used instead of SQS and other messaging solutions / protocols. That'd be pretty cool. Twitter could be the way the IoT communica
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
It's the fixed stock of housing thing that bugs me. There is no shortage of space in this country. There are ineffective planning laws and most of the land is owned by offshore trust funds controlled by the wealthy few. /rant.
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Nest Gets into the Smart-Lock Game by Going Old School(wired.com)
3 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|0 comments
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
Edinburgh is a lovely city. Ticks a lot of boxes as you mention.
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
I live in Northern England, and this disparity has long been a source of irritation to me. In the 19th century there was a reasonable balance between north and south, mainly due to the wool and cotton industries in the North. At some point
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
Wow. I didn't see that last line coming. Bravo. Can I recommend the book (not the film, which I hear does not compare), 'Before I Go To Sleep' by S.J. Watson. It deals with memory loss in a fascinating way. One of the few boo
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Beauty beyond – winning astronomy photography(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|0 comments
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
You may know this, but for anyone else who doesn't this is called Brookes Law "adding manpower to a late software project makes it later" [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks%E2%80%99_law ]. I fell foul
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
I know a guy who works for HP. He has been wanting to take redundancy for a while but has been turned down. The way he tells it, a lot of the guys he works with leave high priority tickets without looking them up, leave early, start late, s
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Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership contest(bbc.co.uk)
17 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|3 comments
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
With respect to your comment about the difference between data and information - I think of information as data that has meaning.
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
What appears to be the central theme of this article is the idea of transformation, which is an idea as old as the human species. It seems to me that central to our psyche is a desire to transcend our current existence and replace it with a
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
I first heard of the hype cycle today - but it was mentioned in an article on microservices. An example of Synchronicity if ever there was one! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity The Hype cycle seems to be a v
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'Oldest' Koran fragments found in Birmingham University(bbc.co.uk)
103 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|57 comments
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by sjclemmy 11y ago
Luxury. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
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Will Britain's Chirp Be Drowned Out by Google Tone?(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by sjclemmy 11y ago|1 comments
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Single handedly building a road for 22 years(en.wikipedia.org)
6 points by sjclemmy 12y ago|1 comments
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by sjclemmy 12y ago
This looks beautiful. I learned BASIC and assembler programming on the Spectrum and it occupies a special place in my heart. My mother told me recently that I used to ask her to read out the code from magazines while I would type them in to
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Twee.io – a Node.js framework(github.com)
10 points by sjclemmy 12y ago|0 comments
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by sjclemmy 12y ago
I think Parks and Recreation is a great example of American satire. I get the impression that local government in the US is as dysfunctional as it is here (in the UK) and, let's face it, that's a great source of comedy.
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by sjclemmy 12y ago
As someone who occasionally has hiring responsibility I sympathise with both interviewer and interviewee. It is extremely tricky to determine if the person you have interviewed is going to fit the bill. I've hired people who I thought
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Lost typeface printing blocks found in river Thames(m.bbc.co.uk)
33 points by sjclemmy 12y ago|22 comments
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by sjclemmy 12y ago
I know this is not directly related but I've been looking at cms design lately and I was wondering what different approaches people have come across to store documents and content in a structured, hierarchical way? And if there is an a

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