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It's just a turn of phrase that means you got 100% beaten without challenge.

Agreed. They said that about radio. They said that about TV. They said that about computers. They said that about dumbphones. They said that about smartphones. They're now saying t…

Following the Grenfell disaster in London, flats up and down the country have been valued at £0 and are thus unmortgagable due to their use of cladding material that no longer is d…

A few of the consumer broker apps have a 'practice mode' with a few tens of thousand of virtual practice cash to use with the price reacting to real market data - you could do this…

Well our UK tax bands are marginal tax rates. So you pay zero on the first £12,570 of earnings. Basic rate of 20% from £12,571 to £50,270 of earnings. And then 40% on £50,271 onwar…

There are 51 countries in Europe, if you count some technicalities around the Vatican, Monaco etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_... Though I suspect …

You also need the rest of the machine to put it in. Can't just buy a gpu and plug it into a wall outlet.

ITJobsWatch [0] suggests the median salary for a Senior Dev role in London is around 75k currently. [0] https://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/london/senior%20developer...

It probably is true but as with all cost/currency comparisons you can't really look at the raw pre-tax figures in isolation to know if someone has more buying power doing the same …

You're looking at the solution. Not validating the problem. Think about the problem horses/cars were solving. It's clear people 'wanted' that problem being solved just by how preva…

I've often said: "I see your [bet] and raise you [x]" - would that be accepted?

This might work for you, but from my outside perspective that seems incredibly dystopian and depressing. When do you see friends? When do you exercise? When do you go out to eat? W…

>No, but I mean all cars for some time now have to include anti-collision radar as standard, The way these work is by tracking other moving objects around you rather than stationar…

Do you have a link to that tank/weather study? I've never heard of it, sounds really interesting!

I've been lucky enough to work for two 'fairly progressive' organisations in a row (by UK standards in terms of work/life balance, working from home, flexi time, general attitudes …

I'm not sure, I'd never 'Saints is winning'. 'Saints are winning' sounds correct, though. Even 'Arsenal is winning' sounds a bit wrong. Whos winning? Arsenal are (team) Whos winnin…

One is erosion in progress, the other has eroded fully. Both great examples of trademark erosion, tbh.

Volume adjustment is actually a great example of why I hate the touchbar. - I can't adjust the volume without looking at it. Because the touchbar is flat with no haptic feedback wh…

This sounds incredible. I'm more annoyed I've never thought to do this myself.

I guess in reality, the physicality of the art plays a big part of how you experience and appreciate these types of pieces. The textures and subtle tones, the method of craft, the …

I think you're vastly over estimating the barrier of entry to marriage.

I think the GP made a great point but missed a key detail - This attitude is reflected in their homes, also. (I'm talking about sub-urban or rural, not metropolitan) They tend to b…

> You have to pay to rewind stuff apparently This is true. It is also the worst piece of hostile-UX I've ever seen. I'd love to have seen the Product Designer and Product Manager t…

The way I took it - If your cross functional team (Product, UX/Design, Eng) are aligned, it doesn't matter if you build the wrong thing initially, because you'll follow a good agil…