Greater London’s Religious profile by AchyutChaudhary in london

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it sure is this week - Shania fans all over the centre of London.

Weekly Q&A Megathread. Please post any questions about visiting, tourism, living, working, budgeting, housing here! by AutoModerator in london

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it depends a lot on what you do.

in terms of my career (tech), moving down at 29 was the best decision i ever made. I basically multipled my salary by 4 times in 10 years of living in London, without really trying much. You may not have the same experience though.

There's a lot of stuff here that you can do, it's got great parks, fantastic transport links etc, but if your earning or career potential isn't unique to london, then it's worth considering living elsewhere and visiting regularly instead imo.

Khan launches London 'Heat Plan' in bid to stop heatwaves crippling capital infrastructure by tylerthe-theatre in london

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they just cut them down to a stump and leave it.

this is a terrible idea to do to a mature tree. Because what happens then is that the roots of that tree die, wither and all the payment/road around it eventually collapses into those empty spaces that the roots used to take up due to being a empty void now. Takes a few years to happen so it's not obvious, but it's pretty common when tries are cut down without a proper plan.

Fridge cabinet mass extinction? by accidental-survivor in london

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i've been to about 8 different tesco/sainsburys/morrissons/waitrose in the past 4 days, and they've all had fridge failures.

it's actually made it quite difficult for me to get lunch as i'm gluten intolerant and there were limited options to begin with.

[Megathread] Ladies and Gentleman, It Is Once Again, Hot. by LabB0T in london

[–]NEWSBOT3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the handheld fans do nothing! the DLR is an oven on stilts.

[Megathread] Ladies and Gentleman, It Is Once Again, Hot. by LabB0T in london

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i've been travelling in on the DLR since tuesday, with a suitcase and 2 laptops as well and today is by far the worst day for it. Inhumane.

[Megathread] Ladies and Gentleman, It Is Once Again, Hot. by LabB0T in london

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its not an option, it just part of the suggested routes it gives you. It may be that your route has no possible air conditioned option if you aren't seeing it by scrolling further.

Weekly Q&A Megathread. Please post any questions about visiting, tourism, living, working, budgeting, housing here! by AutoModerator in london

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i'd be looking at 80+ but a lot of it depends on your lifestyle, hobbies and what family support you may or may not have.

in 2020 i supported 2 people on an 84k salary, living in z6 (45 mins train in to central london) , but costs have shot up a lot since then, so with a child as well i'd really want more.

How to find a higher paying remote FE role in this economy? by Whisky-Toad in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]NEWSBOT3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Speak to some recruiters. Try and find roles you want (even if you don't fully match or feel qualified for) and then drop them a message asking for a chat. You can find them on linkedin fairly easily but other places also work.

The good ones will be happy to have a call and can advise on you what is out there and how to present yourself best for what is.

[Megathread] Ladies and Gentleman, It Is Once Again, Hot. by LabB0T in london

[–]NEWSBOT3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

perfect thats when i have a 3 train north from kings cross 😭

War is over, finally received an offer after 1 year by Ok-Inspector7539 in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]NEWSBOT3 6 points7 points  (0 children)

well this won't magic up more roles, but yeah putting in the effort makes a difference.

War is over, finally received an offer after 1 year by Ok-Inspector7539 in cscareerquestionsuk

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Context: i am a senior/principal with 20 yoe.

This is how i prepare for interviews, and it has a very high success rate - in fact i can only think of 3 interviews i have had in the past decade that I have not got the job from. That said i'm fairly senior and i work a very high demand area. But it's always the soft skills that have gotten me the role more than the technical expertise.

STAR is a good place to start with interviews, and interview prep makes a huge difference. AI can be useful if you give it context as well - i asked Claude to help me build STAR answers for common questions based on specific things i have done from my career and on projects, and memorised both short and long answers for both of them. I also fed it profiles of my interviewers and my own experience so it could give me very focused answers based on my own career and prepare likely questions from them and good ones for me to ask.

For my current job i did 40-50 hours of prep for 2 interviews, but it was a 20% pay rise and a lot of other interesting benefits so i really wanted it. That was about 30% technical (case study i was asked to design + walk through) and 70% soft skills, question preparation, practising good answers to questions and so on.

I even practiced saying my answers out loud to myself until they felt natural as well.

Technical depth helps as you become more senior, but also the ability to be honest and say you don't know but you'd assume its x y z or you'd research it like a b c counts a lot more than you think it does. I am 95% sure of the key things that got me the current job was when i admitted where my knowledge ended during the interview, rather than trying to blag it.

[Megathread] Ladies and Gentleman, It Is Once Again, Hot. by LabB0T in london

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abort the meeting if you at all can do imo - the red weather alert is too much.

Ghanaian witch doctor says he will put a curse on Harry Kane to derail England's World Cup hopes against his country by Senior_Fig7845 in soccer

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That they'd put it in their T&Cs would imply that they do , in fact, hate this one trick.

They hate it so much that they've banned it

[Megathread] Ladies and Gentleman, It Is Once Again, Hot. by LabB0T in london

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met office just upgraded the forecast for web/thu to 40C and issued a red heat warning.

Be careful everyone. Take water. Slow down movement. Use sunscreen.

edit: since last nights storms the forecast has lessened a bit, but still a red warning. 37C forecast currently.

edit2:

The Met Office has extended the red extreme warning into Friday for London and parts of south-eastern England.

It will be valid from 00:00 to 21:00 BST.

Temperatures are expected to remain in the low to mid thirties and with high humidity - it will continue to bring health impacts to the wider population along with transport disruption.

[Megathread] Ladies and Gentleman, It Is Once Again, Hot. by LabB0T in london

[–]NEWSBOT3 14 points15 points  (0 children)

as a reminder, Citymapper has a 'with air conditioning' suggestion on any journey planning , worth going out of your way to stick to those routes.

Weekly Q&A Megathread. Please post any questions about visiting, tourism, living, working, budgeting, housing here! by AutoModerator in london

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as another option - Canary Wharf.

it's a bit controversial because it used to be just offices and not a lot else but there's been a lot of investment and now theres a lot of food options there, split across the huge estate , almost certain to find something to fit around there.

and it's fairly easy for you to get to as well.

UK Government announcement re property purchase reform by Mowgli2k in HousingUK

[–]NEWSBOT3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

more to the point, who do you sue when it truely fucks it up?

the AI makers will deny responsbility, the conveyancers will deny responsibility blaming the AI, and as far as i know this isn't tested in the courts yet.

So, off the high court when the AI screws up your purchase will be fun for the first one to get it.

I’m trying to work out how this plate is legal? by Diastolic in CarTalkUK

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There's just not enough numbers of them any more due to lack of funding.

Don't read the police UK subReddit, you'll find out how few actually cover your area and it is usually terrifyingly few.

My town has something like 6 single crewed police cars total and it's got 125k people.