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by slap 3y ago
>>Generally the same applies to poverty though which is probably a more direct indicator than race. Not the case in the US, poverty is a bad indicator, race is a good one. Poorest white crime rates are lower than the richest blacks.
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by slap 4y ago
Which game is it?
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by slap 6y ago
For reference, Dan Abramov's tweet regarding his salary in London : https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1228454264915271683
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by slap 6y ago
The whole IT contractor bonanza at £650/day is being killed off by the government in April 2021. Also perm developer jobs in London are at around £100k at the 90th percentile, nowhere near £160k See https://www.itjobswatch.c
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by slap 6y ago
It seems that none of the 6 scientists passed the notability criteria of Wikipedia? I can't seem to find their Wikipedia page. I would have made more sense to pick famous female scientists maybe?
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by slap 6y ago
Carly Fiorina (HP)
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by slap 6y ago
Today I learned that Mozilla was pro-censorship, and using their install base to promote this message. We're living in an intesting time.
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by slap 6y ago
The mob makes the rules, not LEGO's internal policies. That's cancel culture.
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by slap 6y ago
The "cancel culture"'s new victim : LEGO helicopters. Well done everyone.
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by slap 6y ago
hibbelig, you're exactly right. Chef/Puppet/Ansible are all enforcing a state which is usually defined by a package being installed, a file present, a service/process running. Nothing groundbreaking.
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by slap 6y ago
>> I will go over a few of the items that lead to CFEngine’s excellence, longevity in the market, and current strong position. CFEngine isn't in a strong position, it has been completely replaced by Chef/Ansible everywhere.
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by slap 6y ago
The change has nothing to do with BLM, or the US police.
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by slap 6y ago
The MBR isn't racist, nor your Master's Degree or your master bedroom. Keep your "woke" attitude outside of IT please
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by slap 6y ago
I'm so glad that US police brutality is now sorted out. Thanks Adam.
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by slap 6y ago
8 years of Obama didn't do much for police brutality.
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by slap 6y ago
That's the point of view of the silent majority, but the mob makes the rules at the moment.
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by slap 6y ago
Masterdegrees and master bedrooms are next on the list. The virtue signalling can't stop right now.
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by slap 6y ago
All these subreddits are more or less dead. 800 subscribers for the most popular one? Barely a blip on Reddit.
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by slap 6y ago
There's a very strong feeling of virtue signalling in these github comments. "Woke" developers which have never heard of RuboCop before.
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by slap 6y ago
Definitely not in London
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by slap 6y ago
I knew it would be US-specific by the website name...
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by slap 6y ago
Are you thinking about the documentary Amazon Empire?
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by slap 7y ago
Everything is still open in the UK
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by slap 7y ago
"social distancing" recommendation...but everything is still open
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by slap 7y ago
There's still no lockdown in the UK, as of now
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by slap 7y ago
Boris asked nicely for people to think about maybe not going to the pub. But they're crammed as usual. And businesses can't claim insurance money if they close, as they're not required to close by law.
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by slap 7y ago
you must have missed that in the UK, unlike the rest of Europe : - schools/nurseries open - theatres/bars/restaurants open - stadiums open - large gatherings allowed The Mayor of London was still organising mass events a few
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by slap 7y ago
This is the family blog, about the renovation : https://freemasontomansion.wordpress.com/
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by slap 7y ago
FAANG pay in London is far lower than in the Bay Area.
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by slap 7y ago
Israelis reading HN will "get it" when reading the current title.

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