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by thorin 6y ago
I can't run now due to a knee injury ( I cycle, hike etc ) but 20 years ago when I did go running after 5-10 mins my body would say it didn't want to do that. If I played squash for 2 hours (running almost non-stop) my body would
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by thorin 6y ago
I feel in UK they are not that common unless you are ill. For company medicals / private health schemes and for certain age groups they do happen.
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by thorin 6y ago
UK Here. Keep salary how it is, give me free education including University (as we had 10 years ago), give us free healthcare (which we're clinging onto), give us decent pensions (which have got a lot worse over the last couple of deca
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by thorin 6y ago
Vaccine wasn't specifically tested on kids and in the UK anyway we have a hierarchy for vaccination that is something like this: 1. Age 80+ and healthcare or other frontline workers - starting now 2. Age 70+ 3. Age 60+ and those with u
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by thorin 6y ago
Generally the UK leisure/outdoor industry has done pretty well this year, lots of people buying bikes, kayaks, canoe, SUP, and other sporting gear. They are definitely selling as many as they can get. I guess any UK based manufacturers
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by thorin 6y ago
Possibly, not sure how long you've been the business but people have been saying this at least since COBOL and 4GLs were being introduced in the 80s. Some kind of programming may become less popular but data manipulation and wiring wil
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by thorin 6y ago
I went to a company where everyone identified as a developer, senior developer or even principal developer. It seemed to make a massive deal to them not just in terms of pay but what they were willing to do and what they thought of each oth
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by thorin 6y ago
Been in this situation in a start up, it didn't work for me due to other commitments. I was laid off due to lack of commitment etc. Best think that happened to me as I was able to kick off my consulting career in a much more suitable c
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by thorin 6y ago
Futuleufu - Chile, I missed out on going there when I was there many years back, was keen to kayak there, but didn't have the time/money https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qmFqTPJ0d8 Zanskar, Leh - In Ladakh, Northe
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by thorin 6y ago
Rick Beato music theory - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJquYOG5EL82sKTfH9aMA9Q Rick Ruben interview musicians - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ8_-dTIxnLOLt3jfH5XHJw
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by thorin 6y ago
A lot of the UK is on rated water supply so based on the house size/value. This means that water is essentially free past a certain point, pressure is terrible though! The most popular way of wasting it seems to be watering the garden
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by thorin 6y ago
It's alright, I spent half my childhood in Scotland, I already had it a lot but I don't really like it. Prefer a good black pudding supper.
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by thorin 6y ago
Barbarian Days probably, it was recommended on here as on from Obama's reading list. I love the sea and surf and it brought back memories of travelling. From last year (but even more relevant this year), Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh. I must
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by thorin 6y ago
Bacon and sausage are quite different outside the UK too as I found out in Australia and North America. Still you can't meet a decent American/Canadian breakfast with a stack of pancakes, a bit less portable though!
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by thorin 6y ago
Thanks for the reminder. Initially I was a bit disappointed HN didn't have more of a political stance on the current myriad issues which seem to affect us. It is what it is and does it well. I hope you all have a better year in 2021.
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by thorin 6y ago
I don't really want to go into too much more detail, it's still in use!
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by thorin 6y ago
I should probably add that the calculations measured the amount of "product" flowing through their systems for metering / billing processes, which is even more worrying. This is the cost of deregulation/privatization of
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by thorin 6y ago
The last scientific programing I did was at a longstanding uk utilities company translating fortran and basic programs written in the 80s into database stored procedures so they could be more easily be exposed a Web services. I had to refer
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by thorin 6y ago
I learnt that I could handle doing a full time job working from home (new to me), while looking after 2 young children 3 days a week or more. I also did my first big project as a software architect on a large programme of work for 2 big UK
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by thorin 6y ago
They might, but I think this is particularly common in the US due to the mandated branded medication in many healthcare scenarios even for drugs with lapsed patents. I think most younger, educated people in the UK would refer to them by the
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by thorin 6y ago
I find it highly confusing how Americans seem to always reference branded medication. In the UK people generally take generic Ibuprofen (an NSAI) or Paracetamol at a standard does e.g. 500mg for paracetamol. Over time this seems way less co
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by thorin 6y ago
I'd say >50% of smartphone users have Whatsapp in the UK and >50% of smartphone users have FB messenger, of course quite a few have both. I prefer Whatsapp, but contacting a small or large business like a pub or takeaway often wo
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by thorin 6y ago
Why not do the code review with the other person and get them to explain what they are doing and why. You can cover any non-functional issues like styling, performance security as you go. Surely this is the point of working in a team? If yo
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by thorin 6y ago
44 year old here Started learning piano/music/singing a year or so back, impressed with the results although theory holding me back. Got into road biking a couple of years back and did a 100 miler last year. Continued technical de
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Dutch police investigate trump Twitter hack(bbc.co.uk)
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by thorin 6y ago
I'd suggest New Zealand, Christchurch, great surfing from the city, snow within a few hours in winter and rock and ice climbing reasonably accessible. Also, Portugal, Lisbon, world class surfing from the city, amazing rock climbing all
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by thorin 6y ago
Within a days drive you have the French Alps, Jura, Pyrennes, Austria, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Slovenia, Scandinavia, etc etc. I guess for lockdown you need to get creative. My holiday plan for this year was to get the ferry over to Ho
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by thorin 6y ago
Kind of. South East is overpopulated (although even there, there are plenty of quiet places if you can access footpaths or rivers). Outside of that there are particular "cool" places to go on holiday such as Snowdonia (but people
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by thorin 6y ago
Where do you live and what do you have nearby? I'm in central England and can walk to the river and a nature reserve in 2 minutes. I can take out one of my kayaks on the river. I can ride my bike from home on the nearby trails and road
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by thorin 6y ago
Get another job, you need other people to bounce stuff off especially in the early years. How does your boss know this stuff if he's none technical, you're going to get seriously stressed out being the only person he has to offloa

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