Viewing profile — spicerguy

Thank you. Appreciated.

British English speaker here - I'm having difficulty identifying the word you're referring to here. Or are you referring more to definition and statistical presence in common usage…

"Law is also formal languages using logics" In theory yes, but contracts are not math and even though the consequences of disputes are costly, there is enough subjectivity within l…

IANAL, are you? This sounds like something you'd need to plaster with a LOT of disclaimers, especially if you're straying away from standard t&c/tos documentation. Discreet industr…

I knew I'd seen this before. Still, a slightly disappointing lack of cultural insight in the original article.

I'm not sure about how contracting works where this guy is, but in the UK if you're contracting you can (generally) be let go by the end of the hour if your management wants it. No…

Completely unrelated but as a British English speaker I was amused by one of the linked articles - http://www.inquisitr.com/3341656/pokemon-go-accident-man-acc... - I think the wri…

yes, and scale is a material difference.

Yes, I've been stung with these sort of charges myself in the past here in the UK - the banking code has cleaned up this practice a bit in more recent times; however I think it's f…

agreed - though I think the grandfather comment was probably referring to the UK marketplace and the US experience of subprime credit sales is somewhat different at the mortgage le…

Yes, exactly. Credit is by far the biggest the driver for income in the financial sector, and consequently its biggest source of pain for those swept up in disasters of their own o…

There's a debate to be had about "no such thing as free banking" - I'm very familiar with the world of prepay in the UK and retail banking practice is a big headwind here.

this is certainly currently the case for the UK, with protection of deposits up to £75k for private account holders ( http://www.fscs.org.uk/what-we-cover/products/banks-building..…

The bank itself is owned by the government but has independence from it in certain matters of policy. There are certainly many employees who come from private banking backgrounds b…

completely irrelevant point of clarification: bank underground refers to the London Underground (metro station) stop immediately in front of the bank, rather than some sort of anar…

I would suggest you find out a little bit more about the BoE. It's not an investment or retail bank, it's a central bank which is more about influencing economic policy and other b…

This reminds me strongly of an article in the economist published in 2010 - the writing has been on the wall for a long time. Made me glad (in a way) that I didn't finish my own do…

As far as aggregators go, Skimfeed.com is the obvious choice, and for more focused stuff I've also found applying filters on newsnow.co.uk can be quite useful as well.

And would have the associated effect of providing a very clear analogue for the protesting licensed taxi operators.

Yes, not sure if it's exactly what I want as details are scarce but I've dropped them an email, thanks for the nudge.

A variant on the shortest path problem - we have multiple employees with access to underground stations around London. What would be the best way of choosing a new office location …

Yes, but the verification is tied to the phone, not the card. The way this fraud works is that fraudster has their "own" iPhone, then "loads" single or multiple stolen card details…

yup, you're right - a misread on my part. Thanks!

Using wayback looks like the last version update was back in 2012 - the mention of 32 bit systems ending at Win7 is a bit of a clue, but this project could still have a useful role…

> 2) Is it a great idea to broadcast someone's card numbers so clearly? The graphic is so obviously a credit card, it would be easy for any onlooker to spot and steal. yes - anythi…