So really we should be asking when a car is going to break the mythical 500 km/h barrier and not some also-ran number ;-) Although apparently that barrier was broken in 1937 by Thunderbolt, so I'm not sure what record…
Second this approach. If someone interrupts, just keep talking. Do not back down before the interrupter stops. Think of it as a conversational filibuster :-) If both parties keep talking it will get awkward for everyone…
Your comment is interesting because it hadn't even occurred to me that the parent comment might be being sarcastic. I thought the emphasis on love was being serious. My experience is older folks (maybe 80 and up? Not…
Agreed, I've read you get about 4g peak deceleration going down stairs. But people seem to survive that process on a regular basis. So a temporary 10g is not a problem, and the effects of gravity loads on the human body…
I'm a kiwi and did the reverse and moved to Scotland. I do know a number of people who were offered jobs in NZ while still abroad. Technical sales, developer, psychiatrist. That's just anecdotal, but it's definitely…
One funny thing I've realized is that I like the smell of coal fires. It must have been horrible back when cities were choking on it, but coal is so completely phased out now that when I occasionally do smell coal smoke…
I did some work for an electricity utility and they wanted to get the pole IDs described in the article into our database, alongside the GIS data. The client explained that getting the IDs was kinda difficult and there…
Generally yes, weather is less of an impact on rail, but occasionally you can get <cue ominous music> the Wrong Type of Snow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wrong_type_of_snow)
I have a Macbook Pro (2015 15") at work and a Dell XPS 15 (9550) at home, and personally feel that I'm a very lucky lad to have the two best laptops in the world. My previous job I had a couple of high-end Dell…
The SpatiaLite extension (https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite/index) handles spatial data and includes indexing. It's solid and we've been using it in production for years. The only real downside I've…
I don't know what the actual rules were regarding eligibility, but I am a permanent resident of the UK and not a British citizen, and I voted yesterday. So some non British citizens were able to vote.
He is likely saying that he interviewed 300 people to fill about six engineer positions, given he states a 1-in-50 hire rate from interviews. Still, that means 500 applicants per open position which, I agree, seems…
And further to this: which top companies? In TrialPay's case he lists his dozen elite companies. But what happens if you're hiring in a market where none of those companies have an office? For example the city I work in…
Yup, that's what people usually really mean when they ask "Where are you from?" I went NZ -> New York, NY -> Scotland and if I'm say on holiday somewhere, doesn't really matter whether it's in the UK, Europe, US, and…
Yeah, same for me with Chrome. Irritating, isn't it. The site seems poorly designed. I can see a Flashblock icon in the top left so I know what's broken, but I can't click on the Flashblock icon to enable the content,…
When my wee boys stand on their Lego I see it as a wonderful teachable moment. Lego is a great company to provide me with so many educational opportunities.
The parable about the elephant and the goldfish was wonderful. I imagined, when the time is right, telling it to my little boys as I tucked them in to bed at night. And then imagined one of them coming in to my bedroom…
In Scotland there's an interesting situation like you mention where children born in Jan and Feb are able to choose which school year they start, either when they're 4.5 or 5.5. Children born from March onwards will…
To continue the Star Wars analogy, the great thing about technological advancement is that as sooner or later some unknown farm boy shows up out of nowhere and bulls-eyes the fucking exhaust port and then, sha-boom,…
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Specializing is a very good idea ... for some people. It does however have it's down sides. One of those is that you can end up quite restricted geographically. Ie, you specialize in industry A or technology B and want…
But for every one of those wealthy Americans who is looking for a way out there is at least one wealthy person, if not ten, from China, Malaysia, South Africa, well, as you say, everywhere - looking for a way in to the…
Sounds like a perfect way to game the system and get three weeks off each year. Just take a full two weeks off during the year and then you magically get an extra week each Christmas ;-) If you know you're doing it…
I agree. The way I see it there is a price/value curve where it's worth buying things at both ends. At the high end you're paying a premium but you're getting a well designed and constructed item, which should last you…
One question I have regarding those results is this: Say you determine which socio-economic quartile people lie in at the point they reach 65, and then target extra healthcare/benefits/resources at the bottom quartile…
So really we should be asking when a car is going to break the mythical 500 km/h barrier and not some also-ran number ;-) Although apparently that barrier was broken in 1937 by Thunderbolt, so I'm not sure what record…
Second this approach. If someone interrupts, just keep talking. Do not back down before the interrupter stops. Think of it as a conversational filibuster :-) If both parties keep talking it will get awkward for everyone…
Your comment is interesting because it hadn't even occurred to me that the parent comment might be being sarcastic. I thought the emphasis on love was being serious. My experience is older folks (maybe 80 and up? Not…
Agreed, I've read you get about 4g peak deceleration going down stairs. But people seem to survive that process on a regular basis. So a temporary 10g is not a problem, and the effects of gravity loads on the human body…
I'm a kiwi and did the reverse and moved to Scotland. I do know a number of people who were offered jobs in NZ while still abroad. Technical sales, developer, psychiatrist. That's just anecdotal, but it's definitely…
One funny thing I've realized is that I like the smell of coal fires. It must have been horrible back when cities were choking on it, but coal is so completely phased out now that when I occasionally do smell coal smoke…
I did some work for an electricity utility and they wanted to get the pole IDs described in the article into our database, alongside the GIS data. The client explained that getting the IDs was kinda difficult and there…
Generally yes, weather is less of an impact on rail, but occasionally you can get <cue ominous music> the Wrong Type of Snow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wrong_type_of_snow)
I have a Macbook Pro (2015 15") at work and a Dell XPS 15 (9550) at home, and personally feel that I'm a very lucky lad to have the two best laptops in the world. My previous job I had a couple of high-end Dell…
The SpatiaLite extension (https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite/index) handles spatial data and includes indexing. It's solid and we've been using it in production for years. The only real downside I've…
I don't know what the actual rules were regarding eligibility, but I am a permanent resident of the UK and not a British citizen, and I voted yesterday. So some non British citizens were able to vote.
He is likely saying that he interviewed 300 people to fill about six engineer positions, given he states a 1-in-50 hire rate from interviews. Still, that means 500 applicants per open position which, I agree, seems…
And further to this: which top companies? In TrialPay's case he lists his dozen elite companies. But what happens if you're hiring in a market where none of those companies have an office? For example the city I work in…
Yup, that's what people usually really mean when they ask "Where are you from?" I went NZ -> New York, NY -> Scotland and if I'm say on holiday somewhere, doesn't really matter whether it's in the UK, Europe, US, and…
Yeah, same for me with Chrome. Irritating, isn't it. The site seems poorly designed. I can see a Flashblock icon in the top left so I know what's broken, but I can't click on the Flashblock icon to enable the content,…
When my wee boys stand on their Lego I see it as a wonderful teachable moment. Lego is a great company to provide me with so many educational opportunities.
The parable about the elephant and the goldfish was wonderful. I imagined, when the time is right, telling it to my little boys as I tucked them in to bed at night. And then imagined one of them coming in to my bedroom…
In Scotland there's an interesting situation like you mention where children born in Jan and Feb are able to choose which school year they start, either when they're 4.5 or 5.5. Children born from March onwards will…
To continue the Star Wars analogy, the great thing about technological advancement is that as sooner or later some unknown farm boy shows up out of nowhere and bulls-eyes the fucking exhaust port and then, sha-boom,…
SPAM - please remove
Specializing is a very good idea ... for some people. It does however have it's down sides. One of those is that you can end up quite restricted geographically. Ie, you specialize in industry A or technology B and want…
But for every one of those wealthy Americans who is looking for a way out there is at least one wealthy person, if not ten, from China, Malaysia, South Africa, well, as you say, everywhere - looking for a way in to the…
Sounds like a perfect way to game the system and get three weeks off each year. Just take a full two weeks off during the year and then you magically get an extra week each Christmas ;-) If you know you're doing it…
I agree. The way I see it there is a price/value curve where it's worth buying things at both ends. At the high end you're paying a premium but you're getting a well designed and constructed item, which should last you…
One question I have regarding those results is this: Say you determine which socio-economic quartile people lie in at the point they reach 65, and then target extra healthcare/benefits/resources at the bottom quartile…