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walshemj
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walshemj
7y ago
well trying to use a cable network is your problem there
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7y ago
Yes I suspect those that went for the bargain basement network connections with massive contention are going to feel it. I am on (UK) the business voda connection (35 mbs) in the uk and pay about 80% more than the cheapest you can get but
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walshemj
7y ago
I think your going to find countries that have prioritised connection speeds over the core network are going to have a rude awakening.
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walshemj
7y ago
Yes you need to learn to look for the distractors and rule them out
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walshemj
7y ago
You mean average white middle class kids who have "smooth talking, photogenic, well-connected parents" who can pay for the tutoring? This is like the old Uk secondary Modern vs Grammar schools - but with the total destruction of t
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7y ago
I actually used to prefer at43 as they where pre paints - I still have the wooden spoon from the uk at43 at games expo from a few years back
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7y ago
Which are not electives are they
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walshemj
7y ago
Sounds like the sort of author who is a regular on Russia Today.
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7y ago
Works for me if you can find a suitably remote cabin and a stock of food etc :-)
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7y ago
And overwhelmingly voted for Brexit
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walshemj
7y ago
When I accidently went to YouTube with no history a while back it was all those out there ultra right wing (by American stdards as well ) conspiracy crap
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7y ago
Its also a barrier to working in a professional job in a lot of cases.
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walshemj
7y ago
I see this a lot at work unfortunately and this is for major companies its seems that the idea of having specs or requirements in a properly versioned documents is something completely alien.
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7y ago
And there are proto cyberpunk going back to "Fury" (Kuttner and Moore) in the 40's C l Moore is the author reference in the blind assassin BTW SRD ( Samuel Delany ) and other new wave authors are certainly Cyberpunk influenc
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7y ago
I got a warning when I logged into Interactive Investor (UK) this morning and its still there now. "Please be aware that due to exceptional market volatility, there may be situations in which it is difficult to obtain a price for your
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walshemj
7y ago
I think the UK approach with share save would better serve employees and general Also lot of those family firms avoid death duty /inheritance taxes which would raise eyebrows in other cultures.
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walshemj
7y ago
And normally in Fortran the statement numbers used different ranges. From memory we used to use a common standard where 6000 series for GOTO etc 7000 for input FORMAT 8000 for output FORMATS
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walshemj
7y ago
Not the same random swearing directly from someone in a leadership role is not the same. And jeez what do you make of the BOFH if Rachels style upsets you.
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walshemj
7y ago
I didn't find it Patronising it maybe those with ESL English as a second language with more formal usage and more stratified might not be as comfortable with it
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walshemj
7y ago
Seeing as my first job was at a world leading RnD organisation in the Math and nuke modeling department (the president of the mechanicals was the boss) I assure you I did not write "codes" nor did the Engineers
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walshemj
7y ago
Good way to get your CV dropped in the bin or vice verse to have people ignore or even (put on a do not call list) a potential employer. It reads reads to me from the uk as a "How do you do, fellow kids"
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7y ago
Instead of one program
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walshemj
7y ago
Its an import from other languages - trouble is use "codes" or god forbid "learnings" automatically marks you down as probably a c lister.
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7y ago
Its rather funny that the US did this to the UK over the chinook fiasco years ago.
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7y ago
One large company (170k employees) I worked at switched from an in house payroll system to an external month. Second month was a disaster in the end they had to physically cut the tape on the last remaining partially destroyed copy - about
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7y ago
Its going to be interesting when the civil service contractors now being treated as FTE's Say: "oh so about my civil service pension then, and all those years you owe me" Big Juicy Smile
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7y ago
Which is weird as in London low paid compared to SV. The Normal rule of thumb is 2.5 to 3x a FTE (full time employee) cost. eg for me I would want to target £600 to £750 per day (possibly more if I was commuting to London) depending on whe
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walshemj
7y ago
The current Tory government seems hell bent on alienating their core support. Not all EMI schemes are for founders our small company has EMI options for all of the company excluding the directors. And one of Dominic Cummings fellow travelle
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7y ago
the quote "With its vaulted ceilings, rows of elbow-to-elbow workbenches" Would make me run away screaming.
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7y ago
Back when I worked for BT that was part of the disaster recovery for the BT Worldwide Intranet. We would quickly reconfig our test server to match the live on whilst our support person booked taxis and two tickets from Heathrow to Edinburg
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