thorin

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by thorin 6y ago
I'd recommend Twilio, it was trivial to build lambda stuff integrating to Twilio with AWS and Azure as well if you have it. I did some stuff with traffic updates etc with no knowledge of cloud platforms. You also just use the Twilio UI
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by thorin 6y ago
I'm not saying no-one wants it. The vast majority of people would love to take a safe job working in a car plant or in the civil service if it paid for a good lifestyle, home etc. Once you have a family you have certain restrictions on
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by thorin 6y ago
If you offer people stable work, with good pay and benefits, pension, healthcare (in the US), you won't have a shortage of applicants believe me. This myth being spread that people want flexible work is perpetuated by the people who be
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by thorin 6y ago
Screwfix uses the same model doesn't it? I think they still have catalogs. Given that elderly people and very young children might prefer a catalog they may be missing out on a bit of business, but the costs of the department producing
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Germany's Ritter Sport wins square chocolate battle against Milka(bbc.com)
3 points by thorin 6y ago|1 comments
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by thorin 6y ago
In my experience kids really like helping with chores if you phrase it right and get better as they get older, until they're teenagers. My kids are 5 and 6 and will help with weeding, clearing up cuttings, washing car/windows. The
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by thorin 6y ago
Babies - owners manual https://www.amazon.co.uk/Babies-Haynes-Explains-Owners-Works...
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by thorin 6y ago
I really enjoyed Tunnels and Trolls, reading the rulebook, playing solo adventures and copying the Josh Kirby drawings. I never did multiplayer until Warhammer Roleplaying came out and I had other friends that were interested. As an only ch
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by thorin 6y ago
I'm sure Czech Republic, Hungary or Croatia outside of the capital city centres would be cheap and beautiful countryside nearby.
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by thorin 6y ago
If you aren't working I'd apply for anything going. Try and create a few projects however trivial, apply for jobs widely and spend some time with your family. Good luck!
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by thorin 6y ago
Grunge movement in the 90s was founded on this premise, which picked it up from the hardcore/punk scenes of earlier times. Kurt would turn up in a cardigan and jazzmaster from a thrift store and rock out. [edit] I think it might have b
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by thorin 6y ago
What one man can do, another man can do.
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by thorin 6y ago
Started using MS Paint or whatever it was called then after years of drawing on Deluxe Paint on the Amiga. I wasn't very impressed, but now after seeing later alternatives it's actually not too bad. Didn't Hockney do lots of
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by thorin 6y ago
I'm not a great fan of technical interviews with specific technical questions or coding exercises, probably because I feel like I probably wouldn't do well in them so interview style may be self-selecting in that sense. What I&#x
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by thorin 6y ago
I guess this will be very easy for some and difficult for others. Given a reasonable food supply, water purification and no dangerous animals etc I'd probably happy with doing this indefinitely and have been since I'm about 15. Th
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by thorin 6y ago
I'd be keen to give out Code Complete as it covers practical development in a professional setting, but not focusing on a particular technology.
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by thorin 6y ago
Any chance you could provide a brief overview of what you think makes this different? I've meditated with a few different secular and Buddhist groups and retreats and was wondering how this approach might differ.
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by thorin 6y ago
I got assigned an American Express card to pay for expenses when I got a job with British Gas about 20 years ago. It was a bit of a pain because it often wasn't accepted. There was definitely some sweet deal for BG to use Amex as, as h
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by thorin 6y ago
Don't worry, most projects in the olden days were over budget and time too. The business normally manage to make things complicated enough to overrun the schedule. I'm only able to go back about 30 years but Fred Brooks seemed to
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by thorin 6y ago
Yeah, it's just a scaling thing isn't it? Once you get past one or two people building an MVP suddenly you need a project manager or a test team, or marketing, or finance team, or investors. All of a sudden things start to go bad.
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by thorin 6y ago
Yes, he had some strange beliefs, I think he decided he wanted to be Arthur Conan Doyle.
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by thorin 6y ago
Covid, childcare issues Actually Covid may make working remotely more acceptable, so may lead to more options, if the economy does not prevent it.
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by thorin 6y ago
Travels, by Michael Crichton - a sort of autobiography with some excellent lessons on life. I've never met anyone else who's read it for some reason. Ishmael - recommended on here but doesn't seem well known in the UK. Everyo
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by thorin 6y ago
Yes because my favourite part of work is collaborating, coaching or just working together to solve a problem and while you can do it online it's just more painful and less fun than it needs to be, especially while looking after 2 small
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by thorin 6y ago
Not to sound condescending, I found I grew out of The Wall, I think because it deals a lot with issues from childhood and rebelliousness. The themes of Animals (politics and how we relate to each other), Dark Side of the Moon ( sanity, the
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by thorin 6y ago
Although I've listened to it a lot I wouldn't really describe the wall as beautiful, it's quite jarring in places. Comfortably numb is kind of beautiful. I'd choose dark side of the moon or wish you were here as beautifu
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by thorin 6y ago
Yeah, I had one of those, he was either a dick or a megalomaniac. Fortunately he emigrated so I'm unlikely to see him again!
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by thorin 6y ago
1. They don't keep an air of uncertainty on purpose most of the time, generally it's because a lot of businesses are uncertain and a lot of the time product/project managers don't have a good idea of what's going on
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by thorin 6y ago
Googling led me to this! https://www.bugoutbagbuilder.com/blog/gray-man-urban-surviva...
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by thorin 6y ago
I suppose it depends on your personal situation. Definitely start looking for work but if you really need the experience on your CV consider working for free or privately trying to negotiate partial payment e.g. half pay or expenses only. I

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