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by thorin 2y ago
What percentage of US buildings would you say have air conditioning? The amount of UK homes that have AC is basically 0. Although I guess most commercial buildings would have it. I wonder if this is because UK homes are mainly brick, would
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I've tried to do this myself before, I think I even replaced a flush myself once. What I learned in the process was that if I only have to do this every 5yrs or whatever and I don't have the tools or knowledge to do it myself, wor
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by thorin 2y ago
One of the 1st adult films I enjoyed: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. Beautiful pacing, acting, multi-layered. The Conversation is well worth watching for someone interested in surveillance and paranoia.
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Until retirement, based on personal experience. Depends on the job, how bad is it really? All jobs are bad in some way in my experience, but I need to earn and I don't have the motivation to do my own thing in a way that would make a c
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by thorin 2y ago
Given the only real mass market "robots" that are popular currently are stuff like hoovers or lawnmowers I can't possible see how trades such as plumbing are at risk any time in the next 20+ years. This is from the perspectiv
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He designed a cult video game – Matthew Smith(livpost.co.uk)
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I guess it was the hobbit that got me into reading (even more than I already was) and into computers as it came with the c64 adventure game which my godparents had. Every time we went there I got some computer time as they'd bought it
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by thorin 2y ago
I hope this community continues for a long time. A similar one I was involved with was ukriversguidebook. It's still up, but barely gets any posts anymore. It was a forum for collecting river guides and information as well as a phpbb f
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In that sense it feels more like move from: assembly -> C C -> python With some people still around to confirm the lower level parts are working as expected. I've already moved more to the describing the technical solution rather
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Saying we don't need "programmers" any more was true when a programmer was someone who used very low level languages such as Assembly and probably had used punched cards in the past etc. Languages like cobol / fortran &#
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Leonard Cohen was of course a highly educated writer and poet. Brian May is famously a doctor of astrophysics and still has an interest in research. I guess most musicians get laser focussed on it at a young age and don't have the need
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by thorin 2y ago
Try not to spend too much time thinking about working. It is important, but for me it's definitely not THE MOST IMPORTANT. I value myself, kids, parents and friends above that and try to retain my own identity.
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by thorin 2y ago
I also tend to think like this and getting divorced hasn't helped. I was recently re-thinking it as if I needed to I could sell my house and then based on that plus savings I could manage a number of years with a rental property. That
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Vintage Calculators – "The first pocket calculator"(vintagecalculators.com)
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by thorin 2y ago
Yes I have this problem. I would assume it's a problem with all USB ports and it's just phones get charged and moved around more than other devices. Last phone the port was like that but I think USB C is more stable? I went for th
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by thorin 2y ago
I find it concerning that changing yourself with medication is the solution, unless the symptoms become extreme. My young daughter is showing signs of this, but I would be very resistant to giving her medication if I could avoid it, at leas
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by thorin 2y ago
To a certain extent I agree, however the head of state is only token position (albeit well paid!). It's not very different in the US, the "name" - Kennedy, Clinton, Obama, Bush, etc takes you most of the way there... Trump to
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by thorin 2y ago
There are more 2nd homes in France because rural housing is relatively cheap and there are lots of land. However the way the employment market works in France has screwed the younger people, I think. It's easy to stay in a job once you
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Main problem with systems outside the NHS and I'm really talking about the US here is if you have a major accident or a terminal illness you can easily be bankrupted if you make a wrong decision around insurance and that's not coo
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I've been able to see a Dr on the day I've called several times in the last couple of years. Operations happen reasonably quickly if they are "required", it's the non urgent ones that now have ridiculous waiting lis
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Some people have bills, and debt or no money. Sure if you can afford it you might want to consider quitting, but looking at outside options seems the right thing to do first.
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I'm inclined to agree with you however I know a few C++ developers, DBAs etc approaching their 60s who don't have any inclination to do anything non technical. I myself have moved from development to solution architecture. I'
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This isn't entirely true: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/community-water-...
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1. Can I understand it - this is a low bar as I don't do much coding anymore and often the teams I'm working with use different languages / tooling to what I'm familiar with. Try to avoid anything too clever! 2. I try to
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I'm not sure Barista is going to hit the 200k / year or whatever US engineers are used to earning! Elec engineer is what I started doing, but moved out of quickly, and requires probably a 4 year time investment. If I was more prac
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by thorin 2y ago
I've given up with that, I have 3 or more computers at any time, I don't have a NAS. My MP3 collection is now 10 years old, I have MP3s I've bought littered all over different computers and online services and hard drives. St
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by thorin 2y ago
I've never used a banking app, always use the browser version. It just seems like something else to worry about, I don't do much banking really. Barclays uk have their own 2fa pinsentry, my other accounts use sms which is usable w
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The least jarring method is to get enough sleep, food, water and exercise and don't set an alarm. I've started to use alarms when absolutely necessary recently, but since covid lockdowns I've been home based and either my kid
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Is SQL really that difficult to write? SQL is quite a high level language, although it was pretty much the 1st thing I learnt after c and basic. I'm not sure how writing a prompt to do SQL which you then would have to test pretty exten
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by thorin 2y ago
A lot of news is based on opinion but I feel like the BBC try more than most to be impartial see: https://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidelines/imparti... In fact some of the issues may be caused by being t

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