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Turn on reader view with either F9, or Ctrl+Shift+R, depending on your version of FF :)

That sounds right. Anecdotally, some things I have memorised: - Several phone numbers - My National Insurance number (UK version of Social Security) - 16 digit card number for 2 ca…

What do you do and what is your skillset, if I may ask?

I agree with what you said in this comment and the conversation below. Everyone already pays for access to the internet, either to their ISP or via a mobile data plan (with the maj…

In the UK, Lloyds TSB split into 2 banks (Lloyds and TSB) in 2013. tl;dr In April 2018 1.9 million TSB customers were left unable to bank online, some for several weeks; this was c…

Yes, here is the 1. British version https://www.contactleft.co.uk/british-military-section-and-p... 2. American version https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/tc3-21-60.pdf

Oh wow, I like that, thank you. I'll get it installed once I'm home and look at contributing in the future :)

Spent an hour on impressivewebs.com before I realised! Great blog, thanks for sharing.

Lots of varied, interesting opinions in this thread. For fans of dark mode, there is a Firefox extension that lets you customise colors of every element, and process the CSS in dif…

In what way, please? I only know about Ackman through his Don Quixote-esque battle with Herbalife. What happened with GGP?

That was an enjoyable read, thank you

The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. It's aimed at founders who intend to be long-term CEOs (rather than employing a professional CEO once the org is big enough). Nich…

This was a great read, thank you.

Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is absolutely fundamental. Another book I found fascinating is Capitalism without Capital. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Capitalism-without-Capital-Intan…

I am in your situation. No longer work in a factory but still in a dead-end job. Have you considered trying to become a sysadmin instead? Everyone and their nan are trying to becom…

Reminds me of a scene in The Town - they were going to rob a bank, and they collected whole bags of hair from a barbershop floor, and spread it during the robbery.