Nadge

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by Nadge 7y ago
Turn on reader view with either F9, or Ctrl+Shift+R, depending on your version of FF :)
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by Nadge 7y ago
That sounds right. Anecdotally, some things I have memorised: - Several phone numbers - My National Insurance number (UK version of Social Security) - 16 digit card number for 2 cards, as well as all the other numbers on the cards. - 10 or
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by Nadge 7y ago
What do you do and what is your skillset, if I may ask?
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by Nadge 7y ago
I agree with what you said in this comment and the conversation below. Everyone already pays for access to the internet, either to their ISP or via a mobile data plan (with the majority probably paying for both). In the early days of the in
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by Nadge 7y ago
In the UK, Lloyds TSB split into 2 banks (Lloyds and TSB) in 2013. tl;dr In April 2018 1.9 million TSB customers were left unable to bank online, some for several weeks; this was caused by customers being moved to a new system, which was on
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TSB board lacked common sense before IT meltdown, says report(bbc.co.uk)
5 points by Nadge 7y ago|2 comments
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by Nadge 7y ago
Yes, here is the 1. British version https://www.contactleft.co.uk/british-military-section-and-p... 2. American version https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/tc3-21-60.pdf
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Evidence of Russia-Linked Influence Operations in Africa(fsi.stanford.edu)
6 points by Nadge 7y ago|0 comments
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by Nadge 7y ago
Oh wow, I like that, thank you. I'll get it installed once I'm home and look at contributing in the future :)
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by Nadge 7y ago
Spent an hour on impressivewebs.com before I realised! Great blog, thanks for sharing.
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by Nadge 7y ago
Lots of varied, interesting opinions in this thread. For fans of dark mode, there is a Firefox extension that lets you customise colors of every element, and process the CSS in different ways. Been using it for a few years now, and I prefer
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by Nadge 7y ago
In what way, please? I only know about Ackman through his Don Quixote-esque battle with Herbalife. What happened with GGP?
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by Nadge 7y ago
That was an enjoyable read, thank you
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by Nadge 7y ago
The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. It's aimed at founders who intend to be long-term CEOs (rather than employing a professional CEO once the org is big enough). Niche topic but I found a lot of worthwhile lessons in the
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by Nadge 7y ago
This was a great read, thank you.
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by Nadge 7y ago
Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is absolutely fundamental. Another book I found fascinating is Capitalism without Capital. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Capitalism-without-Capital-Intangib...
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by Nadge 7y ago
I am in your situation. No longer work in a factory but still in a dead-end job. Have you considered trying to become a sysadmin instead? Everyone and their nan are trying to become programmers, but network engineering gets overlooked a lot
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by Nadge 7y ago
Reminds me of a scene in The Town - they were going to rob a bank, and they collected whole bags of hair from a barbershop floor, and spread it during the robbery.