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by theriddlr 7y ago
Using company-linked profiles to express your personal opinion. Keep your company name out of your personal Twitter profile, for example.
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by theriddlr 7y ago
Only internationals graduating from UK universities qualify for a work visa with a £30k job. There is a real shortage of software engineers. The minimum pay for a non-EU software engineer coming into the UK was as high as £50k last year i
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by theriddlr 7y ago
They remind me of coffin apartments in Hong Kong albeit with communal areas.
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Bunk bed is $1,200 a month, privacy not included(edition.cnn.com)
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by theriddlr 7y ago
In the UK: To get the free trial contact lenses, the optician (who wore a white coat!) did my eye test and kept increasing the power until my prescription qualified as legally blind, despite me saying I have astigmatism. I never came back t
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by theriddlr 7y ago
Non-technical people doing the hiring. Keyword bingo and thinking Java and JavaScript are the same thing. The endless search for a unicorn or Goldilocks hiring (not unqualified, but not too good either). HR lacking EQ when they reject with
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by theriddlr 7y ago
They do and people are able to ask for them to use as boxes for moving house.
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by theriddlr 7y ago
That's what Deliveroo have set up in London. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/28/deliveroo-d... Then you have new delivery-only brands such as Mac Shack – with the food being prepared
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Google's UK staff paid package of £226,000 on average in 2018(theguardian.com)
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by theriddlr 8y ago
Sundog Media Toolkit | Full-stack developers | Bristol, UK | Full-time, part-time available, visa sponsorship possible Sundog is a toolkit for high end movie and television post production. We develop cutting edge tools for the media indust
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by theriddlr 8y ago
I live in a tiny flat (normal for the UK). I only keep hard copies of special books such as coffee table books and author-signed copies. I'll check whether the library has the book I want before purchasing a digital copy of it. I ran i
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by theriddlr 8y ago
UK Fanta contains orange juice and sweetener because of the sugar tax. Had international Fanta (possibly American or Arabic) on a Qatar Airways flight and it was bright orange with no real fruit, and most importantly, sweet and I felt satis
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by theriddlr 8y ago
The eInk refresh rate and colour issue still hasn't been solved. They would need to clear the screen every time the user flips to a new page to avoid ghosting.
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by theriddlr 8y ago
"The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dolla
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by theriddlr 8y ago
I live in Bristol, UK. I walk fast because I know where to go and because I have lots of errands to run. Another reason is to avoid beggars and charity muggers (chatty fundraisers hired by charities to approach people on the street and ask
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by theriddlr 8y ago
In the UK: Cycle to Work: A scheme which involves an interest-free loan from the employer to buy a bike and safety accessories for cycling to work. This is a salary sacrifice so the employer pays less National Insurance and the employee sav
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by theriddlr 8y ago
Watch Little Paris Kitchen. Rachel Khoo lives in a tiny studio in Paris and manages to make a 3 course meal in the "smallest restaurant in Paris". https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-entertain-in-a-teeny-tiny-f...
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by theriddlr 8y ago
My front-end dev colleague used to tell me to use a "proper" browser (i.e. Chrome) because I favoured Safari and even with DevTools. I said it gives me more battery life on a MacBook!
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by theriddlr 8y ago
Similar to mine. We vote on the complexity of a task and have a discussion if people's estimates vary wildly. And a 20% 'extra features not accounted' for time.
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by theriddlr 8y ago
It's so laggy on Safari OSX Sierra and often hangs. I'm not subscribing to read articles by amateurs. What it has going is nice content, white space, a feed feature – that's about it.
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by theriddlr 8y ago
Heavy lifting is done on the cloud. I develop web and ML stuff on a tMBP. Prototyping is done offline and the large-scale training of models is done on the cloud. My laptop is lightweight enough to put in my backpack and still leave space f
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by theriddlr 8y ago
I have 4 years experience and earn £ 45k as an AI dev in a small business who sponsored my work visa. Secured 3 job offers in the same magnitude in diverse roles during my job search spree earlier this year. DevOps, Python data consultancy
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by theriddlr 8y ago
This is in Europe with free healthcare, unemployment benefits, rent control. In effect he is better off in Germany despite the 'low' salary. You won't be bankrupt if you fall sick and you won't be let go without notice a
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by theriddlr 8y ago
The separate disposable chopsticks used to be rinsed and then repacked and reused.
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by theriddlr 8y ago
Could be CRT vs. LCDs. Family all have bad eyesight but my younger sister who spends every waking hour gaming doesn't need glasses. I spent less time on the computer when I was her age but I had a CRT monitor.
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by theriddlr 8y ago
Undertook a rewrite of grant tracking system for an NGO. The first solution was butchered by one these 'consulting' firms. They had set up fragmented Google Sheets, Trello and MSSQL and lots of repetition. Non-programmers shouldn&
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by theriddlr 8y ago
Anti Screen Slaver (villain from The Incredibles 2) glasses have been invented!
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by theriddlr 8y ago
Good ol' Google and blogs counting as respectable publications. Sounds like the steps can be applied to get the UK Exceptional Promise visa too. https://technation.io/visa/
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by theriddlr 8y ago
The Gwyneth Paltrow of coworking.
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by theriddlr 8y ago
I had difficulty sourcing chocolate penises for a gag Easter egg gift. Ended up buying a homemade one off eBay just wrapped in cellophane. I thought it'd be a great business idea – no overhead and not holding unsold stock.

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