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[Fabri91]

Another good attempt at a startrail timelapse, on an exceptionally clear night:

 

[Notebook]

Its the Norwegian Blue again.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Park: Swearing parrots removed from view

Although parrots are well known for mimicking bad language, these are "more sweary than most".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Notebook]

Well, might have to make some adjustments to a well known add-on?

Ascension Island: Priti Patel considered outpost for UK asylum centre location

The idea of "offshoring" people claiming asylum is dependent on a suitable location, a source said.

www.bbc.com

 

[jedidia]

So apparently everybody in Switzerland is now looking for "full value developers"... But nobody can tell me what that is supposed to be, exactly? I know full stack, obviously, but I have no idea yet what that new thing is, and I'm starting to doubt people looking for one have any of themselves, or they all have different ones.

 

[Evil_Onyx]

I wonder what the current tenants on Ascension Island think of the proposal. Also it is going to cost a fortune maintaining a facility like that 1200km from the nearest land (and that is another mid-Atlantic Island).

 

[Urwumpe]

So apparently everybody in Switzerland is now looking for "full value developers"... But nobody can tell me what that is supposed to be, exactly? I know full stack, obviously, but I have no idea yet what that new thing is, and I'm starting to doubt people looking for one have any of themselves, or they all have different ones.

Everybody? You mean the Arctive AG is now everbody?

"Role: Backend developer"

From reading what they want, I would say, they expect people, who can combine business engineering with some software development. All based on the ServiceNow platform, which for example Volkswagen also uses.

Generally, the job description spans too much. On one hand, they talk about active development. On the otherhand, they expect somebody with the experience to be a product owner and software architect.

 

[MaxBuzz]

my first car Opel Vectra A Hatchback

 

[Notebook]

I wonder what the current tenants on Ascension Island think of the proposal. Also it is going to cost a fortune maintaining a facility like that 1200km from the nearest land (and that is another mid-Atlantic Island).

Not very much according to other sources.
Its totally impractical and makes you wonder why they bring up these stories. Unless its a distraction ploy of course...

 

[Urwumpe]

my first car Opel Vectra A Hatchback

Oh, I am sorry. One of the first Opel cars with the Lopez effect.

 

[jedidia]

Everybody? You mean the Arctive AG is now everbody?

Saw a couple more with the term, though admittedly "everybody" is probably overdoing it a bit.
Maybe it's a weird translation of "Vollwertiger Entwickler"? Though who would be looking for anything less?

Generally, the job description spans too much.

Doesn't it always, though? ?

 

[Notebook]

Choo-Choo using HoHo.

Hydrogen-powered train makes UK maiden journey

The Hydroflex made a 25-mile round-trip in Warwickshire, reaching speeds of up to 50 mph.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Urwumpe]

Saw a couple more with the term, though admittedly "everybody" is probably overdoing it a bit.
Maybe it's a weird translation of "Vollwertiger Entwickler"? Though who would be looking for anything less?

Well, the Business Administration guy in me translates this buzzword as "A developer who is active along the whole value stream."

In most cases, this is already the case if you are just a regular developer. But for some special areas, you also have a lot of consulting and non-software development, that usually other specialists cover. For example, in this case, it is about turning internal services into workflows provided by a common service portal, in which case the value stream of the project for the customer involves a lot of typical consulting work: Analysing the business processes, developing a new process and managing the change process towards the new digital process. The reference to ITIL is an important hint there, which kind of customers will be involved. (But my ITIL Foundation V3 certification is almost 9 years old now)

Still, what I mean with that it spans too much is rather, in the typical omnipresent scrum process model today, the "full value developer" would at the same time fill the roles of product owner and developer. That can't work in a single project or just at the same time.

 

[Urwumpe]

Choo-Choo using HoHo.

Hydrogen-powered train makes UK maiden journey

The Hydroflex made a 25-mile round-trip in Warwickshire, reaching speeds of up to 50 mph.

www.bbc.co.uk

OK.... we already have quite a few hydrails driving in regular service in Northern Germany since 2018, a larger batch of those will drive around here in Hessia from 2022 on. All Alstom iLints.

 

[Notebook]

BBC got it wrong?

 

[Urwumpe]

BBC got it wrong?

No, they already reported on the German ones in 2018, as far as I can see there. It just seems to be a late first for the UK, possibly for "inventing the wheel again", since other projects there are already more advanced than this prototype.

 

[Linguofreak]

Choo-Choo using HoHo.

Hydrogen-powered train makes UK maiden journey

The Hydroflex made a 25-mile round-trip in Warwickshire, reaching speeds of up to 50 mph.

www.bbc.co.uk

Technically, wouldn't HOHO be peroxide?

 

[Notebook]

it was nearly a joke.
Was going to use Hoo-Hoo to rhyme with CHOO-CHoo, but that was even less Hydrogen....

Odly UK did get into Hydrogen Peroxide engines for a bit.

About 3 mins in.

 

[C3PO]

Technically, wouldn't HOHO be peroxide?

I know your trains tend to run a bit late, but...

 

[GLS]

So, I was searching for some alternative to the mess that is the order of the windows in the "post-XP" Alt-Tab*, and found this: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...s-xp-source-code-was-allegedly-leaked-online/


*) I'll probably make one myself, especially in light of the information now available ?

 

[Notebook]

Happy reunification day!

German reunification: Young Germans in search of their eastern roots

As Germany celebrates 30 years of reunification, many still identify with a state that has vanished.

www.bbc.co.uk

Strangely shares the same date as the end of tea rationing in the UK.

BBC ON THIS DAY | 3 | 1952: Tea rationing to end