GentWhoCodes

18 karma · joined August 25, 2022

GentWhoCodes··on In search of Britain’s oldest pub

Heh

It occurred to me that many of us in Blighty will pop out this lunchtime for a pint and a bite to eat in a pub older than the USA.

GentWhoCodes··on In search of Britain’s oldest pub

You can use the sticky tables as zombie traps.

(Has anybody been in a Wetherspoons pub that doesn't have sticky tables?)

GentWhoCodes··on On tea and the art of doing nothing

> I think when most people opine on tea there's an unspoken, and often unrealized, assumption that it's *uncaffeinated* tea

You're 'avin a laugh sunshine.

Walk down the tea aisle in any British supermarket and tell me the radio of decaff's to unmolested teas that you see!

GentWhoCodes··on Texas requires ‘In God We Trust’ signs in schools. A man wants some in Arabic

Really?

So if I needed to interact with the USA government (appear in court or apply for a driving licence) I'm entitled to do this in the Welsh language?

I ask this facetiously, as both English and Welsh have official recognition in Blighty.

GentWhoCodes··on Texas requires ‘In God We Trust’ signs in schools. A man wants some in Arabic

Flags yes, but none of those do flag worship like the USA does.

GentWhoCodes··on Ask HN: Is it the norm for companies/startups to not give a damn about security?

Obligatory GDPR

Poorly securing personal data in the UK/EU is rather illegal. So no, any reputable shop *will* care about security, ensuring personal data is kept secure and bugs patched as a priority.

Going up the food chain, "huge clients which you all heard of, multinationals, some parts of governments" will not be impressed if you are found to be slack when it comes to leaking customers data.