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TwoHeadedBeaston A TV Show Forced Britain's Devastating Post Office Scandal into the Light

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

TwoHeadedBeaston Why banks are suddenly closing down customer accounts

And with different banks.

TwoHeadedBeaston Why banks are suddenly closing down customer accounts

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

TwoHeadedBeaston Ask HN: Does anyone else have anxiety during standup?

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.

TwoHeadedBeaston Dublin Whiskey Fire

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

TwoHeadedBeaston Uber broke laws, duped police and built lobbying operation, leak reveals

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

TwoHeadedBeaston DRY is an over-rated programming principle?

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

TwoHeadedBeaston Sex is going out of fashion?

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

TwoHeadedBeaston Laundry symbols make no sense

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

TwoHeadedBeaston Post Office scandal: Public inquiry to examine wrongful convictions

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

TwoHeadedBeaston Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules

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.

TwoHeadedBeaston RabbitMQ Streams Overview

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.

TwoHeadedBeaston MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies

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

TwoHeadedBeaston Somerset cattle grid mistaken for wall by car sensors

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

TwoHeadedBeaston Somerset cattle grid mistaken for wall by car sensors

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

TwoHeadedBeaston Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine

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.

TwoHeadedBeaston The Airline Industry's Meltdown

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.

TwoHeadedBeaston The Airline Industry's Meltdown

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.

TwoHeadedBeaston Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads

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

TwoHeadedBeaston Britain has gone two months without burning coal to generate power

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.

TwoHeadedBeaston Britain has gone two months without burning coal to generate power

Can you explain what you mean by food deficit? What counts as food, does wine for example count? How do you measure food? As in what unit, calories, mass, or pounds sterling?

Does the UK produce enough food to feed herself, but chooses not to in exchange for foreign 'delicacies' from bananas to olives?

TwoHeadedBeaston Britain has gone two months without burning coal to generate power

I love the way you say it so casually. In the grand scheme of things you are of course right, but I reckon converting a coal plant to gas is a non-trivial undertaking.

TwoHeadedBeaston Britain has gone two months without burning coal to generate power

I love the metric system and all that, but perhaps 10,000 tonnes might be a better way of expressing the mass of the digger.

TwoHeadedBeaston Germany bans digital doppelganger passport photos

In many countries, passport applications are conducted remotely, either by post or online. Passport offices are few and far between, and you would only use them if you needed one the same day, and would pay a large premium do so.

TwoHeadedBeaston No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU data protection body

Data protection laws would be meaningless if you made consent a condition of visiting the site.

TwoHeadedBeaston X Æ A-12: Elon Musk and Grimes confirm baby name

Unbelievable, this means that at least two people think this is a good idea.

TwoHeadedBeaston NHS rejects Apple-Google coronavirus app plan

It's not all about you, it's about trying to stop the spread of the virus to people who might be more vulnerable than you are.

TwoHeadedBeaston Sweden to shut bars and restaurants that ignore coronavirus restrictions

I'd have thought it would be the opposite. People use public transport instead of walking in the cold, people stay inside pubs and bars instead of spreading out outside.