Just spent 2 hours out of hours on call investigating an issue for Slack to declare it was actually an issue with thier service.
#cestLaVie 😖
> 98.7% of respondents to a consultation favoured using metric as the main measurement unit for sales
[Pint-sized bottles of wine to be sold after Brexit review](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67795075)
Brexit was totally worth it in end then?
The fake speaker DevTernity scandal is wild.
Why try and invite women to speak at your conference when you can just create fake female speaker profiles instead?
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/28/devternity_conference_fake_speakers/
I think Slack is down?
#fridayfeeling
Government pledges to extend Metrolink line to Manchester Airport... where it already exists...
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/government-pledges-extend-metrolink-line-27842632
"Quotation marks" change shape, position, and orientation from one language to another. In this map, we show the symbols to quote direct speech.
https://mapologies.com/symbols/
#quote #Denmark #dansk #symbols #writting #quotationmark #map #mapologies #culture #LanguageLearning #maps
This week's the week -- it's #GNU40! Tomorrow, September 27, is the GNU Hacker's Meeting in Biel, Switzerland, and this Sunday, October 1, is Hackday in Boston, MA. Read more: https://u.fsf.org/40k #FreeSoftware #GNU #GNUforty #SoftwareLibre #Hackday #HappyHacking
The BBC creates news stories in more than 40 languages. So earlier this year we built a prototype to help keep track of them. https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/projects/mat/
English spelling is awful especially for someone with dyslexia:
- **Each** is a word 2️⃣
- **Teach** is also fine...
- **Peach** is correct 🍑
- but **Speach** isn't a word... 🙊
- It is spelt **Speech** 🗣️
- And **Leech** 🐛
- Even better, **Breech** and **Breach** are both words and homophones so good luck with that... 🤷
I wonder if #dyslexia is less of an issue with languages that actually have consistency and phonetic spellings....
And yes, I'm following the long standing UK tradition of complaining we don't get any good weather all summer then immediately complaining when we do get some sun.
Software Developer at Kroo based in Manchester UK
Ex: #ThoughtWorks, #Wefarm
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