Some clients do this. No idea why. Have had it happen myself.

We are all description on this blessed day.

Did you stay in the Bridal / honeymoon suite right at the top with the balcony?

Silver service brekkie?

That place is amazing. The staff are excellent.

I was about to say ‘It’s Lake Vyrnwy!’ And feel all smug but I just saw it in the post txt. 😔

Damn.

Next time leave it to the geoguessers to have a bit of fun.

I’m struggling to see either. I see only Turtle/Tortoise.
How is that a chicken?

I was going to say - what’s wrong with Mint?

Yep. In my house it’s mint, mint, pi, pi, osx, osx, osx, and the work laptop running win 11 because argh.

When I find out a) what distros are best for the older MacBook Pros that’s ideally not Gnome and b) what the best photography workflow/retouch tools are for Linux then it’ll be all except the work machine.

Gerbals is a famous jazz musician. I think the word you’re looking for is Gerbils.

shape recognition

Precisely why they would like big booty latinas.

That’s amazing lettering.
How have they done that? Brush markers?

A lot of what you’re saying is spot on and I respect your experience in this and the other comment.

I don’t hire for fun though. I hire for a diversity of perspectives, integrity and authenticity. We teach people how to constructively challenge and go after problems or objectives that may have no off the shelf solution (if they do, we may acquire it).

The problems are usually P&L quantified and prioritised before they get to us - we only have to do that legwork if it’s something we’ve generated.

It does feel like a playground to a degree and I do love the work - perhaps yes it’s less ‘professional’ and structured. We do have experienced devs and architects who I would hope aren’t reproducing problems - but it’s often our job to find a technical solution (if appropriate) to a problem, not to ‘productionise’ it or maintain it. This involves a handoff to others in the business and they ultimately determine how it is rolled out.

I get that this isn’t typical of the market and thanks for your response / take on this. One thing we have to be careful of is being ‘institutionalised’ and that will come across as naive, perhaps it is, but that has been a help.

R&D, software and embedded systems. Small team, hugely collaborative by its nature and sometimes find ourselves faced with problems / puzzles with no apparent solution or precedent. Hugely rewarding when we can crack them.

I do genuinely feel for other respondents who seem to be bitter or cynical - despite the banter.

😘

Wow. What’s happened to you to make you so cynical?

Yeah ok people.

It’s not possible to flourish in my line of work without genuine engagement, and a tenacity beyond curiosity to solve certain problems. A jobsworth will not do.

Neither, on the other hand, will a soulless boss or employer, manage to engage.

So keep up with the downvotes and good luck.

Seriously though. I wouldn’t hire someone with that attitude.

Piggybacking onto this one, but with a specific ask: same as OP but:

• limited mobility
• spinal issues, no to low impact on spine
• aimed at reducing belly fat, and
• increasing muscles supporting spine eg core
• upper body strength as a stretch objective.

Genuine ask. Appreciate any advice.

Huh. TIL. Thanks.

the belief that toilets in Australia flush in reverse

Isn’t this actually true? I remember reading that water circles the drain (and so toilet water will also circle) in the opposite direction from the Northern hemisphere.

Oh subtle. Nice.