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mpswardle
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Comment #23563038
I mean given the level of international travel, putting a quarantine in place 2-3 months after the start of it seems like gross incompetence.
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Comment #23336333
i think that happened way before when this article was published in 2017.
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Comment #23273480
I mean the problem being described has nothing to do with US sales though. I'm sure if people ask for the time in London, 99% of they mean London UK irrespective of whether they ar…
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Comment #23066531
I've seen this topic touched on a few times recently but i feel like there is a major flaw in a the assumption that the current pandemic related loneliness/isolation can be compare…
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Comment #22544280
There are tons of Teslas around my area in London. One every Street i would say, about the same level of Porsche.
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Comment #20703602
>1) Difficult/unpredictable/uncontrollable customer retention I don't think this is the case in a lot of WeWorks anymore, i work in a WeWork and the majority of companies are now b…
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Comment #16085546
Well they did release their Coffee Lake generation chip after they already new about the exploit. Now i know it would take a lot for a major company to delay/cancel a release like …
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Comment #15295159
Ours (kasko.io) seems to be working again on both ns-a2 and ns-a4
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Comment #14481141
If you put a password on the Authy backup then it cannot be restored without that. https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223182508-Authy... This should be the default really…
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Comment #13802869
I got called by these guys last month. It was immediately obvious something was amiss as the line quality was absolutely dreadful, like virtually inaudible. The lady on the other e…
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Comment #13552184
https://thefintechtimes.com/ Good for London Fintech stuff
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Comment #13220793
You can literally set the Touchbar to just show the function keys. I keep mine dynamic, have been using the laptop for a month now, and can say there has not been one occasion when…
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Comment #12575049
I don't think this works since it doesn't factor in age in any way. Just because a 22yr old might work as an intern does not make them lower class. In the UK we generally consider …
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Comment #11848051
Since the BBC create a large amount of revenue from licensing the shows out. If it was distributed free then either our license fee would have to go up or they'd have to drop the q…
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Comment #11644224
i find the iPhone 6 to be very breakable, case or no case. it could be argued i don't care for it that well.
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Comment #11642391
You're completely right about the economy outside London. I'm from London and love it but i can frankly say the UK's biggest problem is having only one genuinely world-stage level …
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Comment #11642380
Yer. it could be fairly argued i don't care for it well. But honestly the iPhone 6 is the most breakable thing i've ever owned.
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Comment #11636179
It "just works" if you fully buy into the ecosystem. i.e. all content stored in iCloud nothing synced via cable etc. I happen to do this since i tend to need a new iPhone every 2-4…
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Comment #11629799
This is such a one sided article. I'm sure that technical co-founders make the exact same mistakes when looking for a co-founder, and the solution would not be "learn to be a busin…
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Comment #11093793
We're planning on migrating a single repo to Gitlab hosted this weekend to try it out. I'm hoping this can reduce some cost since i'm currently spending a lot on Github and Travis …
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Comment #11018669
To take advantage of R&D though your staff need to be contractors or UK employees, so more difficult if you already have a workforce elsewhere.
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Comment #11018663
Annoyingly though UG doesn't have the same respect as GMBH amongst German corporate, so if you do a lot of business in Germany it often worth capitalising it anyhow.
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Comment #11018659
I think a major factor in this decision that should not be forgotten is language. We have a German UG that is a wholly owned subsidiary of a UK Ltd. My co-founder speaks German but…