chrisbtoo

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[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

This is the first I've heard of Branston beans, but now I'm excited to try them when I'm back in England in a couple of weeks.

I was there for Christmas and bought a relatively huge jar of pickle before I remembered I wasn't going to be able to fly with it. A lot of pork pie was eaten that day.

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This comment really confused me after reading 6 about bum-washing.

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting. Everywhere I've lived for the last 10+ years (3 cities and a rural acreage in Canada, village in Austria and visiting relatives in various towns in the UK) has had a municipal composting programme. I just assumed it was the norm now.

Hopefully you get one where you are soon!

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I might be misunderstanding what you're saying, but don't we already do this?

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Works for a small company. If everyone in a large company is allowed the same leeway nothing could ever ship

Oh for sure. I've been lucky enough that I've only ever worked for places with at most a few hundred employees, so my experiences of larger companies have been at best second-hand — but it was enough to know that I'd never want to work somewhere like that.

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This is something I really love about my job. It's a small company, and we don't have any of these kinds of process overheads.

It's accepted that people fuck up (and in most cases that're relevant to me, I'm the people in question) but if I can reproduce the problem, I can often get the fix in the users' hands the next day. Generally the positive effects of a quick turnaround and feeling like they matter outweigh the negatives of the problem being there in the first place.

Not to say I don't have stuff in the "tech debt" bucket, but having the autonomy to just fix the low-hanging fruit makes for a satisfying work environment.

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I watched Watchmen (2009) last night, thereby answering the question and the meta-question.

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Is there a "go woke, go broke" but for nazis?

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 61 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

First time I ever went there (1997) I landed at Boston Logan Airport, and a guy in plain clothes, but with a gun, stopped everyone who was departing the plane and repeatedly yelled out "American citizens this way, foreigners line up against the wall!".

I never once felt safe going there, and was always relieved when I got out alive. Decided a few years ago that I'll never set foot in the US again.

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

foreword FYI :)

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Agreed!

Not the first time I've read through one of these scam-baiting articles and I'm sure it won't be the last. It's quite fascinating how they work.

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