gkwelding

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by gkwelding 2y ago
Can confirm, as a Brit, our food is utterly shocking.
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by gkwelding 5y ago
It's almost like a workplace Stockholm Syndrome!
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by gkwelding 5y ago
We'd been working there for about 2 years at that point, had always got paid, had been the same team since day 0 so we had no reason to doubt the "I'm just waiting for the next investment to clear in the company account then
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by gkwelding 5y ago
This literally could have been written by any developer in the UK. I think most of us start out like this! I think the best one was a company I worked for in Leeds, it was building a secure learning platform for schools which ultimately fel
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by gkwelding 6y ago
But... But... But... They're blue...
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by gkwelding 6y ago
Wow, who could have possibly foreseen that saying a big "fuck you" to our largest trading partners could have possibly resulted in unfavourable trading conditions for the smaller party... Not me that's for sure... But at leas
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Accessibility: blind users on mobile devices(accessibility.blog.gov.uk)
2 points by gkwelding 10y ago|0 comments
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by gkwelding 10y ago
I used to use privateinternetaccess.com, but various issues with them led me to look for a new VPN provider. I eventually settled on ivpn.net as they have a good selection of exit points, their software is easy to use and I can use it acros
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by gkwelding 11y ago
I would consider myself a full stack developer, hell I've even made a decent career out of it. I don't have a CS degree, what I do have is many many years experience. I know HTML, CSS, JavaScript (including whatever the latest fad
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by gkwelding 11y ago
"My experience with hosting PHP apps has historicity been one of fending off security issues" Unfortunately PHP seems to have this reputation. It's not so much the language that is the problem but the people using it. PHP typ
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by gkwelding 11y ago
So is life, what do you do when 2 basic rights clash? It's definitely a tricky question, and I certainly don't have the answer.
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by gkwelding 11y ago
I'm glad you did, because I didn't... I'll just pretend like I meant to say it...
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by gkwelding 11y ago
This is true, and if you read into it you'll find that it wasn't anything to do with Valve, but actually Bethesda who defined the 25%, they've already profited immensely from the game and I found it quite hard to swallow that
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by gkwelding 11y ago
Exactly. People don't mind if companies screw up like this just as long as they know when to admit they were wrong.
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by gkwelding 11y ago
I think Valve/Steam (and Bethesda) really screwed up on this one. Although the idea of modders being fairly compensated for their work is a great idea the execution was poor at best. Only 25% going to the content creators? Really? And
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Valve shuts down paid mod system after pressure from gamers(bbc.co.uk)
165 points by gkwelding 11y ago|269 comments
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by gkwelding 13y ago
I started out in the web development game with no qualifications and no previous experience. I like to think that I've made a pretty decent job of it. If you want to chat some more then please feel free to email me on gkwelding@gmail.c
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3D food printers create sweets and chocolates (CES 2014)(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by gkwelding 13y ago|0 comments
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PlayStation games go console-free (CES 2014)(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by gkwelding 13y ago|0 comments
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The PornHub developers are doing an AMA on Reddit, 60th largest site on the net(reddit.com)
6 points by gkwelding 13y ago|0 comments
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by gkwelding 13y ago
Can I just ask, as somebody who is currently reviewing a book for Packt on the FuelPHP framework, I've found the actual technical content to be quite good. But the foreword and a bit of background info about FuelPHP at the front seemed
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Yorkshire and Humberside Police "Mad Friday" Tweetathon(westyorkshire.police.uk)
1 points by gkwelding 13y ago|0 comments
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by gkwelding 13y ago
I read that as "BlackBerry to cut up 40 percent of employees", I'm not sure which headline would be worse....
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Radio Times caught up in UK Premier League's piracy fight(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by gkwelding 13y ago|0 comments
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Google latitude - another victim of the Google axe
2 points by gkwelding 13y ago|0 comments
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Major Cybersource outage approaching it's 7th hour(twitter.com)
1 points by gkwelding 13y ago|0 comments
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The getFingerPrint Method - Oh Dear(in-the-attic.co.uk)
1 points by gkwelding 14y ago|0 comments
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First Firefox OS phones revealed by Mozilla(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by gkwelding 14y ago|0 comments
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UK schools codebreaking contest has record year(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by gkwelding 14y ago|0 comments
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Most parents 'lie to their children'(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by gkwelding 14y ago|0 comments

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