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by thorin 6y ago
I always download JRE as an MP3 rather than use a podcast platform or streaming service (or Youtube). Is this going to change that or is the MP3 still available? Joe must be making a frickin mint!
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by thorin 6y ago
Doing more stuff means you have less time for work. If you really like work and want to spend all your time doing it why have kids, pets, relationships, hobbies..? In my case having children has made me more interested in my career. I need
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by thorin 6y ago
I'm British so I don't think I've ever tipped in a bar in my life. We do tip in restaurants but it's not expected like in the US. It's not just the conversation, I just generally like the vibe in country pubs.
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by thorin 6y ago
My local micro brewery will deliver anything from 2 pints cask craft ale and any number of keg and can beers they deal with on a weekly basis every Friday. It actually tastes better at home than in the bar but I miss the people and interact
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by thorin 6y ago
If you aren't learning interesting and useful things in your current job maybe re-think it. Most people don't want to work >8 hours a day on technology related stuff and you definitely won't have time to sell/solve bu
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by thorin 6y ago
You can definitely improve. Some people a naturally better at this, often there are cultural or class differences, for instance I noticed after a while people from UK public schools are much better at selling themselves and introductions. L
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by thorin 7y ago
We use Redis in production for millions of customers and never had an issue, super solid and the code looks great even from someone with only a poor knowledge of C. I'd definitely investigate the code further if I had the time as I&#x2
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by thorin 7y ago
Press ups. Yoga. Moving about.
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by thorin 7y ago
* Communication * Ability to learn and use new technologies and methodologies and not be stuck in one box * Ability to get things done/finish something or hand onto someone who can * From above, delegation skills would be good!
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by thorin 7y ago
This talks a lot about Postgres (which is great ) but not about other databases so the title isn't very accurate. If you ignore cost it certainly doesn't explain why you'd work with Postgres rather than Oracle or SQLServer. I
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by thorin 7y ago
As with you I'm struggling with work due to childcare/teaching a 4 and 6 year old. Their mum is working in a hospital 3days/week so it's hard to get things done while they're around. I just accept it and try and mak
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by thorin 7y ago
The Hobbit was important for me too. I wouldn't have read it without the C64 adventure game (same with Color of Magic). I was probably only around 7 years old so it was a big book and took me a while to get through and kicked off a lov
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by thorin 7y ago
Assuming I already have a guitar, bass and electric piano (with midi) how much would I have to spend on bits and pieces to do something similar. I have a couple of low spec windows laptops so might well need a new machine as well? Guess the
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by thorin 7y ago
The Magician, Wild Strawberries, Through a glass darkly, The Virgin Spring and the Seventh Seal. These films are 50 years old! Being in these films alone would be enough to qualify as a cinema legend and he still had nearly 50 years to go!
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by thorin 7y ago
My daughter is 6, I've been drawing unicorns with her today. I thought she was doing well! This is incredible.
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by thorin 7y ago
My favourite quote was: “At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.” I guess buying diary of a genius as a young teenager set me on a bad path.
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Cyber Attack on Boots Advantage Card Database(cybersecurity-insiders.com)
1 points by thorin 7y ago|0 comments
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Boots halts Advantage Card payments after cyber-attack(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by thorin 7y ago|0 comments
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by thorin 7y ago
That seems correct. When swine flu was in the UK (around 2010), I had really bad flu. I went to the doctor for blood tests etc. I recovered in around a week without intervention but was weak for quite a while afterwards. In the end I seem t
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by thorin 7y ago
Certainly in phones e.g. Galaxy range, USB-C initially seemed much more positive than micro-USB which always broke/degraded after a year or 2. Now after a year or 2 again the connection is very dodgy, this is on the phone end. I'm
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by thorin 7y ago
I consider myself to be a bit of a Jack although I've been doing database development / design / data mostly for the last 2 years. I've also been doing Java, JavaScript, C, .Net, mobile, some admin, DBA. I'm current
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by thorin 7y ago
It's quite probable that they are interested in things that don't directly relate to making money. I know many senior researchers with Phd's in the UK who get paid something like 30-40K GBP - I don't know the exact figur
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by thorin 7y ago
Piano lesson, for £25 pounds for 1-1.5hrs some stoner dude comes over to my house usually once a week. He's a really good teacher and piano player!
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by thorin 7y ago
Correct. Testing can mean so many things though and could include debugging, unit and component testing, integration testing, reading 3rd party code/documentation to understand why your code fails to work as expected. Also documentatio
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by thorin 7y ago
Speaking, writing, listening, thinking ( which includes debugging, designing, how things fit together, how people use their stuff, how you use other peoples stuff). Communication seems to be the main thing I see missing, and caring whether
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by thorin 7y ago
Response makes sense, I've never thought about it before but I don't like gadgets at all (EE and programmer for 25 years). I like simple things, don't have home assistant, don't have tablet anymore, rarely use computer a
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by thorin 7y ago
Amazingly you can watch live(ish) what goes into the grid. I'm sure this has been shared here before: http://grid.iamkate.com/
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by thorin 7y ago
There was some overlap but Black Sabbath started in 1968 while Iron Maiden's first album wasn't until 1980 (although they had been around for a while). That's quite a long time in music/fashion. Iron Maiden was part of t
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by thorin 7y ago
What have you looked at so far? Do you understand the basics? Are you already using any particular frameworks? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Touch_event... https://www.w3sch
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by thorin 7y ago
I have heard very good things about Iran and had a friend who was a software developer from Iran. He hated the government/establishment though and had left for good in the 80s. Friends that have been on expeditions there kayaking and t

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