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joefife··on I Miss Working from the Office
Exactly. Before covid my life revolved around a cycling group, hiking groups, two running clubs.

Now it's all be taken away.

joefife··on Ask HN: Do you have inspiring spontaneous conversations while remote working?
That's the problem. There isn't an "off the record" any more.
joefife··on JQuery to React: How we rewrote the HelloSign editor
Their job is not to make a best effort.

Their job is to provide an authoritative and trustworthy record.

This is quite serious if these documents are to be used in litigation. Generally I'm happy with best effort, but in the case of this situation where a reliable record is required, they've dropped the ball.

joefife··on U of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to cost $100k per year
Must point out that we have no tuition fees in Scotland, which is unfortunately part of the UK.
joefife··on Boeing 737 Max Grounding Could Stretch into 2020
I don't really care if it's flying in 2020. I'm not getting on one, and won't be flying any airline where there's a possibility of me ending up on one.
joefife··on Apple is making corporate ‘BYOD’ programs less invasive to user privacy
Well the NHS has nearly 1.5 million employees, so I guess there's a few!
joefife··on Apple announces Apple Card credit card
How is that an innovation? You're describing Charge Cards
joefife··on Dell Autism Hiring Program
It is a disability.

Sure, Aspergers is usual beneficial to techies from a performance perspective, but it can be a massive disadvantage when dealing with people within an organisation.

I used to work for a local authority in an sysadmin position and it was very fortunate that HR understood Aspergers, or my lack of social awareness would have got me sacked a few times.

The upside of having Aspergers is only part of the story.

joefife··on Notice concerning .eu domains registered by UK residents
Even better for the person that re-registers the soon-to-be-deleted leave.eu domain.

Imagine that - a goldmine of email addresses of gullible people who will buy any old crap. A marketing wet dream.

joefife··on Panasonic to move Europe headquarters from UK to Amsterdam
advisory and non-binding referendum
joefife··on Thailand cave rescue relied on talent, luck, and on sticking to the rules
He showed himself to be the narcacist it's obvious he always was.

To use the lives (and potential death) of children for PR is abhorant.

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