...but if my MP is earning a boatload of cash from their second job I would suspect they might be more concerned with acting in a way that didn't piss off their paymaster, rather than the voters… (View Post)

My tech-sector employer has been giving extra paid leave days, as fixed dates about once a quarter announced usually a few months in advance, with about the same kind of self-care/covid/avoid-overwor… (View Post)

I remember seeing a video of a talk by Francis Pryor (archaeologist, prehistoric fens specialist) where he predicted in passing that we'll end up allowing the fens to be reflooded within the nex… (View Post)

It means the former, but with USB-C that doesn't automatically imply the latter. Because USB-C lets both ends negotiate about what they can provide, phone manufacturers can add new connects-to-p… (View Post)

As a cynic about QC certification, I wonder how much that indicates an actual increase in quality control standards and how much it merely indicates that with more defence money sloshing around more … (View Post)