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New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "A TV Show Forced Britain's Devastating Post Office Scandal into the Light"

TwoHeadedBeast — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 03:28:25 +0000

I'd like to say this code is bad, but it's nothing compared with what I put up with on a daily basis.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Why banks are suddenly closing down customer accounts"

TwoHeadedBeast — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 01:42:52 +0000

And with different banks.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Why banks are suddenly closing down customer accounts"

TwoHeadedBeast — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:52:35 +0000

Really just a credit card with a different institution is enough to see you through something like this.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Ask HN: Does anyone else have anxiety during standup?"

TwoHeadedBeast — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:45:22 +0000

Yeah, we have 30 minute standups, and they often overrun. We don't, on the other hand, have grooming or estimation sessions or retros. The result is that the same issues plague us each sprint, not least badly defined stories ending up in the sprint.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Dublin Whiskey Fire"

TwoHeadedBeast — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:59:12 +0000

The pound is still with us, however I agree using the Euro makes more sense.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Uber broke laws, duped police and built lobbying operation, leak reveals"

TwoHeadedBeast — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:26:09 +0000

Indeed, the app, while nicely implemented, contained nothing groundbreaking.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "DRY is an over-rated programming principle?"

TwoHeadedBeast — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:19:39 +0000

So your refactor broke the tests, so you assumed the tests must be wrong.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Sex is going out of fashion?"

TwoHeadedBeast — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:35:43 +0000

Is that the same Homer Simpson who has a highly skilled job in the nuclear industry, earning well above the median.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Laundry symbols make no sense"

TwoHeadedBeast — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:36:58 +0000

Yes, typically 30, 40, 50, 60 and 90.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Post Office scandal: Public inquiry to examine wrongful convictions"

TwoHeadedBeast — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 11:39:54 +0000

If I'm not mistaken, this is not some special power Royal Mail has. In the UK, anyone can launch a prosecution.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules"

TwoHeadedBeast — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:16:41 +0000

In fairness, the US would be idiotic to renege on their assurances. That essentially would be a valid reason to block any future extraditions.

Saying that, we live in strange times where countries like the UK, which always used to play by the rules, albeit the ones they wrote, now backs out of treaties where the ink is barely dry.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "RabbitMQ Streams Overview"

TwoHeadedBeast — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:12:51 +0000

There is already a mechanism suitable for your Facebook example use-case, namely publishing to an exchange which will send the message to multiple queues.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies"

TwoHeadedBeast — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:48:44 +0000

Good point, I think they've borrowed the terminology from goldbugs without really understanding it.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Somerset cattle grid mistaken for wall by car sensors"

TwoHeadedBeast — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:55:47 +0000

And what about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_Light_Tree

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Somerset cattle grid mistaken for wall by car sensors"

TwoHeadedBeast — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:54:44 +0000

If it is coming out of a blind curve, then the vehicle should not be going very fast anyway.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine"

TwoHeadedBeast — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:42:44 +0000

I appreciate the need for caution, but these people are experts in what they do, any doubts we might have would have already been considered by them.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "The Airline Industry's Meltdown"

TwoHeadedBeast — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:05:52 +0000

Not sure why you're getting the downvotes. If I pay for a 25kg bag instead of 20kg, and I don't use the extra, I definitely do not get a refund.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "The Airline Industry's Meltdown"

TwoHeadedBeast — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 08:49:21 +0000

You need to bear in mind that it's common practice for one aircraft to fly several different routes, even in the same day. So it might do a short 2.5 hour flight in the morning, then do a longer 5 hour flight after. Also I'm not sure with lo-cost carriers that the crew will get a chance to disembark. The plane will be turned around as quickly as possible.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads"

TwoHeadedBeast — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 15:43:59 +0000

Think of it as unpatched computer on your network, possibly with a built in microphone and camera.

New comment by TwoHeadedBeast in "Britain has gone two months without burning coal to generate power"

TwoHeadedBeast — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:08:31 +0000

But also perfect is the enemy of good. If wood pellets stop us burning coal in the short term while we transition to a carbon-neutral future, then that's surely a good thing.