beaylott1986

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by beaylott1986 2y ago
This describes Manchester, UK pretty well as well - before the pandemic there would be some sort of tech meetup every day of the week. But now it is down to ~one a week. And many have been taken over by recruiters and marketers.
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by beaylott1986 4y ago
I'm sorry ... 'shelling'...? There is no russian artillery in range of the ukranian polish border please go and look at a map!
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by beaylott1986 4y ago
Very plausible.
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by beaylott1986 4y ago
Sky News in UK is quoting 'security experts' commenting on photos showing wreckage that looks like from S-300 system. Only Ukraine is operating these within range of the border so entirely plausible this was an interception of a m
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by beaylott1986 4y ago
This must be a US thing. In UK you pay £25 for an eye test (which employer is required to cover if you have to wear glasses at work) and then you can order online with prescription you get from test for £40 and usually there are 2 for 1 or
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by beaylott1986 4y ago
Finland was not a member of NATO and was previously viewed as a neutral country during cold war. Their prioritisation of territorial defence went hand in hand with this and was in context of having fought wars with Russia in modern period.
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by beaylott1986 4y ago
Probably now it is the same given the security assurances provided to Finland/Sweden by US/UK during NATO accession process.
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by beaylott1986 4y ago
What scenario are they training for exactly? Highly unlikely Russian/Belarus army would be able to get anywhere near Polish border let alone cross it. And if nuclear war is their concern how is such training going to help? Their concer
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by beaylott1986 4y ago
In UK context, many job ads for DevOps/Platform/SRE/Cloud roles will ask for AWS SAA if AWS is being used. I see other certs listed far less, whether AWS or otherwise. AWS SAA does seem to be the best value one in this sense.