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andysomniac

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andysomniac··on No Place to Hide – U.K. campaign against end-to-encryption encryption
The problem is that Blairite/Starmer Labour are just Tories wearing a red rosette, they do not differ on policy in any meaningful manner.
andysomniac··on Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater
There was an unofficial drinking game on the internet, Kevin found out about it and deliberately made one episode to ensure all the rules got hit as frequently as possible.
andysomniac··on Ruby on Rails in a week
It is a gem that tells you when you are accidentally making a N+1 query and suggests the best way to fix it in AR (it also tells you when you have over used includes that are not needed and other such tweaks to make to your queries).
andysomniac··on The worst sales promotion in history: Hoover's free flight fiasco
This was actually a separate incident that actually happened - buying puddings gave airmiles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Phillips_(entrepreneur)
andysomniac··on The 'Dark Ages' Weren't as Dark as We Thought
In UK archaeology, a popular term is "Migration Period"