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One thing I was shocked to realise is that breast cancer affects 1 in 7 (14%) of women worldwide. That's so high.

Yep. I wanted a job writing haskell. Got a job writing haskell. It was one of the worst jobs I ever hard (for non-haskell reasons). Team dynamics, culture, how good is a manager, h…

Sten is that you? Hi.

I'm reading this article while waiting for one of the two people with write access to run my db migration, as developers don't get write access to the database in this company. Is …

I don't know, as someone who grew up in a dysfunctional family, I feel like if your parents are not good parents you're basically screwed. You just have to wait until you're grown …

Hello, I'd like to ask how flexible are the working conditions? For example if someone were to have a bad night of sleep could they start later, take a break to go to the gym for a…

The UK has no property taxes while it has high income taxes therefore increasing the inequality.

Doing an undergraduate degree is not being in "physics academia". The author transitioned from graduation to getting a job. But good post regardless.

I am skeptical of people who make such statements. If he deeply regrets it, what exactly would he expect his children would do to improve his life? It's not the children's job to s…

related podcast episode: https://gimletmedia.com/episode/115-bitcoin-hunter/

The unadjusted paygap is still caused by sexism.

Yes, there is both an adjusted and unadjusted gender pay gap.

How does the scoring work? Is it dependent on speed? Are you penalised for incorrect attempts? What time / timezone are the problems released?

I had the same happen to me when I moved countries, but I kind of understand it too as there is a whole industry of stealing and selling WoW accounts for a lot of money.

I have switched to using black cabs with Gett, I find it a much better experience. I like knowing what to expect, lots of space, the drivers are professionals and there's no pressu…

Ok, I know I might be relatively lucky, but just to provide a different anecdote: I spend 34% of my take-home income to live in a big studio in a leafy neighbourhood with Edwardian…

We know very little about what the Brexit agreement will look like. As long as high paying jobs exist, nothing stops highly skilled European people from continuing to get them, eve…

I was recently effectively forced to compost, when my council changed the rubbish collections to only once every 2 weeks, while the recycling and compost collections occur weekly. …

There is no evidence of lowering the bar. Companies like Google aim to cast a wider net at candidates, the bar stays the same. On the contrary, there is evidence of bias against wo…

It's ethically dubious that the advertised function of the app is a VPN to "keep you and your data safe", while the reason it exists is so that all phone traffic goes to Facebook. …

I try to write anything complex, easy to be forgotten and relevant to the project at an official place like a shared functional spec document, a wiki or edited into a jira ticket. …

I agree my reply was not helpful, but there was a point I was trying to make: Sometimes people who are keen to defend harassers might do so because they exhibit similar behaviours …