bennysomething

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by bennysomething 4y ago
I was in this position recently. It's pure hell. I moved teams internally. Now I'm happy. It feels like an abusive relationship, you don't realise how bad it was until you leave.
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by bennysomething 4y ago
Good grief! I'm in the UK, I haven't come across this sort of thinking before but "working in IT" isn't high status I guess.
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by bennysomething 4y ago
So no changes have been made apart from being in black and white? I tried watching it a few months ago. It was awful (imo), I turned it off half way through.
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by bennysomething 4y ago
This looks great. Thanks
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by bennysomething 4y ago
How on earth can someone be offended by their son in laws good salary!?
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by bennysomething 4y ago
Just got a new Samsung sound bar. Can anyone explain why when I connect via Bluetooth (or maybe it was their smart things app) it wants access to my phone contacts and messages!?
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by bennysomething 4y ago
Ha! I'm still playing wipeout (on retro arch though). I only bought a PS1 around 2010 as I'd been an N64 fanboy. I really had missed out. I heard the Saturn was originally designed as a 2d machine, sega saw what the PS1 was going
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by bennysomething 4y ago
To (probabl mis) quote the Economist magazine, when adjusted for other variables the gender pay gap disappears.
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by bennysomething 4y ago
I'm not sure I agree with this type of legislation. Most of us have experienced that developer value add varies hugely. I think what bothers me most is that it seems to be a push for pay banding. We re individuals, I'd prefer to n
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by bennysomething 4y ago
That's interesting. Would it have been better if sega had wait until post PS2? The Dreamcast was the last console I loved. I bought one on launch day. But I think looking back it was always doomed. I can't recall properly but I th
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by bennysomething 4y ago
There was a post on hacker news a while back about a study in Finland showing that it doesn't matter if the new builds are "luxury", they increase so supply which will always eventually stop/slow/reverse price incre
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by bennysomething 4y ago
There's an argument that too many people going to university can destabalise society: (Economist article) https://web.archive.org/web/20220713015644/https://www.econo...
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by bennysomething 4y ago
It claims salaries have increased only 35 percent. This seems incorrect to me. For example starting salaries for new developers where I would is roughly 30k (British pound) this is pretty much twice what I started on in 2006.
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by bennysomething 4y ago
Actually the old town was built long before the planning office existed.
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by bennysomething 4y ago
I'm repeating myself but European cities like Edinburgh are really great in part due to the mix or apartments with pubs and shops near by or directly under flats. Obviously there's still planning required and there has been disput
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by bennysomething 4y ago
It's what is great about old cities like Edinburgh in Scotland, apartments with shops and pubs below or near by.
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by bennysomething 4y ago
So an authority that decides quotas on where types of worker live?
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by bennysomething 4y ago
What does build in a equitable way mean?
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by bennysomething 4y ago
So should we do the same with food too?
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by bennysomething 4y ago
I use gog.com instead of steam where I can. They provide DRM free installers for all their games (this may have changed more recently not sure). Anyway gog is really great :)
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by bennysomething 4y ago
That whole article could have have been two sentences. Also the problem with it is obvious: not all users have a email client configured. Back in 98 I used to get confused when I clicked an email link and windows would spend ages trying to
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by bennysomething 4y ago
I'd stop overthinking this, some of the answers you are getting here are ridiculous. Show it to your manager. Your job is to add value, that's it. You can add value by automating this process. You did it outside of normal working
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by bennysomething 4y ago
I'm 40. I'm not sure if I have to try harder to learn. I was never bright in the first place. I'm way more motivated to learn now. I only really watch Netflix etc on Friday and Saturday nights. Other evenings I try to get an
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by bennysomething 4y ago
Fair points. Didn't know about the gov land sales. Honestly I presumed I was going to hear "rent controls!"
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by bennysomething 4y ago
But how would you tackle it without making the problem worse?
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by bennysomething 4y ago
Are they really getting rid of addons
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by bennysomething 4y ago
Wait. What!? This is great news, thanks.
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by bennysomething 4y ago
Use either old.reddit.com or i.reddit.com Firefox and Chrome both have old Reddit plugins that will do it automatically. Unfortunately it's not compatible with newer Firefox android .
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by bennysomething 4y ago
What about Lenin's atrocities?
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by bennysomething 4y ago
Black out blinds, velcro ones not expensive. Cold room, the book "why we sleep" recommends 17 to 17.5 degrees Celsius. Wear socks if feet get cold. Stopped all caffeine intake. Mediation in bed before sleep (though for some people

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