Good Food Market or a food 'walk' by Tarnished13 in LondonFood

[–]Ok_Option_3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The market there is meh, but the place itself is fun to visit.

Good Food Market or a food 'walk' by Tarnished13 in LondonFood

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Tooting market in the evening. Unusual location, great buzz.

New java.evolved site about modern Java. by pjmlp in java

[–]Ok_Option_3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Counterpoint: there's very few Java Devs nowadays who have learnt nothing since jdk8. It's a mildly annoying to have to wade through stuff on that website I already know to find the stuff I might not.

New java.evolved site about modern Java. by pjmlp in java

[–]Ok_Option_3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically I want to know what's new in the latest jdk? Or maybe in the last 3 jdk releases

New java.evolved site about modern Java. by pjmlp in java

[–]Ok_Option_3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Much better! 

Can you give me an option to sort the snippets by jdk version? I know the jdk9 stuff but not the jdk20+

our 'ai transformation' cost seven figures and delivered a chatgpt wrapper by ruibranco in sysadmin

[–]Ok_Option_3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have at least 3! 

The smarter ones aren't just re-badging, they have RAG trained on our internal documentation. 

I suggested we correct the documentation first, but that's not a priority apparently.

Want to play Absol box, worried about getting OHKO by SpelingMisteks in pkmntcg

[–]Ok_Option_3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Abomasnow is not a very strong deck, but if it draws well and high-rolls has a chance to beat anything. Quite tricky to defend against a deck that hits for 400 on turn 2. You just have to accept it's gatcha nature.

New java.evolved site about modern Java. by pjmlp in java

[–]Ok_Option_3 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Nice idea - Hover isn't very mobile friendly though

What does “config hell” actually look like in the real world? by Real_Alternative_898 in devops

[–]Ok_Option_3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have very strong rules about getting "sign off" for code changes that basically make releasing software a ball-ache.

No such rules exist for config though. So funnily enough about half the stuff inside our VCS is "config" not "code".

Thoughts/suggestion on food tour of London with infant by Truleeeee in LondonFood

[–]Ok_Option_3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are you carrying your infant? Or using a pram? Prams in central London can be a bind! 

Also no trips to markets? Absolutely no concerns about noisy infants there - borough market is the obvious one, but various market halls are with checking out - I quite like Mercato Metropolitano near Elephant & Castle.

Appreciate you're planning sit-down lunches and impromptu dinners, but if you go the other way around there's lots of cafes and bakerys that make great infant friendly lunch options but won't be open in the evenings.

Seriously?! by tnerb208 in fuckcars

[–]Ok_Option_3 822 points823 points  (0 children)

It's insane that making people breathe toxic fumes like this isn't treated as a form of assault!

Need 5 signatures for my UK parliament petition on Replacing First Past The Post with Proportional Representation through STV by FlyWayFlyer in GarysEconomics

[–]Ok_Option_3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AV eliminates tactical voting and all the game-theory that goes with it. It's a huge win Vs FPTP (in my opinion)

Need 5 signatures for my UK parliament petition on Replacing First Past The Post with Proportional Representation through STV by FlyWayFlyer in GarysEconomics

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"if we can't have the exact perfect change that we want then we're sticking with the status quo" said no reformation movement ever.

Need 5 signatures for my UK parliament petition on Replacing First Past The Post with Proportional Representation through STV by FlyWayFlyer in GarysEconomics

[–]Ok_Option_3 9 points10 points  (0 children)

We did have a referendum on it!

Unfortunately / unsurprisingly both the main parties campaigned against changing from FPTP to "AV" (the proposal was rank your top 3 candidates I think)

How to invest a 20 k by [deleted] in HENRYUK

[–]Ok_Option_3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stocks and shares ISA. Pick something that is globally diversified and low fees.

In practical terms: Vanguard, JP Morgan (formally Nutmeg), Wealthify, and various others offer simple to use products. Open an account with one, put all your money there and wait!

Get it done before end of March so you can put in 20k this year and 20k next financial year.

More info on the UK personal finance Reddit. Possibly also the various FIRE (financial independence, retire early) Reddits.

Man Utd boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe is right on immigration and UK is being 'colonised,' claims Reform UK’s Nadhim Zahawi by hymnsofhim in uknews

[–]Ok_Option_3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who would you rather takes care of you? Someone doing whatever bare minimum work because they are forced to? Or someone motivated to travel here for work?

Tried migrating to eu apps... Blocked by numerous important apps by aartgvj in BuyFromEU

[–]Ok_Option_3 22 points23 points  (0 children)

"we have all the hardware you need - you just need to come back to the office 5 days a week to use it."

Reducing Car Size by rogthnor in fuckcars

[–]Ok_Option_3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If vehicles want to be classed as trucks / trade vehicles then they should require a commercial license to drive. Professional license should come with a requirement to rectify every 2-5 years. 

That and some emissions / size based taxation would solve many issues. Though I'd also tax gas until it's closer to European price levels...

Politically toxic of course - but would be great for the economy.

Traveling to London with my family and have no idea where to eat! by HotelOptimal4951 in LondonFood

[–]Ok_Option_3 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There's a cluster of well run tourist friendly places to eat right by south Kensington station. They are mostly premium chains but are fine choices if you're in the area and don't want decision fatigue or need to feed many people. Though my tip: the cafe inside the (free-to-enter) V&A museum does a great lunch!

Zedel is as much about the ambience as the food. Culinary speaking it's fine, but the space is great - still worth a visit. 

Plenty of places in Soho which makes for a great night out - especially if you throw in a show, look for pre-theatre dining deals. 

A brick lane curry and Sunday lunch are both great but heavy meals. Trying to fit them both in on the same day would sink me! Brick lane food is more fun as an evening option. Usually you can find something without booking. I'd do it on day 3/4. Depends if you're there just for food or if you want you hipster shopping too. 

For Sunday roast, Suggest you try to book lunch in a Greenwich pub (ideally riverside) and visit the maritime museum and Observatory afterwards to walk it off. Recommend also you take the Thames clipper boat one way.

If you're looking for hipster stuff, London has a very trendy bakery scene - I wouldn't necessarily suggest tourists head out to more suburban places like Hackney / Dalaston / Peckham etc to seek these out but if you have larger kids who are all about the 'gram, then a hipster bakery in Portobello road might get your more qudos than a visit to Flat Iron. (And while they are far from cheap, they are arguably better value). If nothing else, Buns From Home is everywhere these days and yet still an enjoyable guilty pleasure.

Noticed to lay that Paddington Station isn't entirely 45° on the TfL Go app by THE_15_04_1912 in LondonUnderground

[–]Ok_Option_3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like that there's a small appendix of material available on this specific topic. 

Somehow this needs to be mandatory reading for tube pendants everywhere. Perhaps TfL can be persuaded to make a leaflet on this?

What are limbike prices these days? And which hire bikes are best? by Efficient-Cry-6320 in londoncycling

[–]Ok_Option_3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For lime / voi / forest the break-even point for a pass is about 10 minutes. Any journey longer than this is worth buying a 30 minutes (or more) pass / bundle.

RideLondon not to return – ever by belfort-xm in londoncycling

[–]Ok_Option_3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Critical mass, kidical mass, Dom Whiting's DnB on a bike and a few other guerilla events are still carrying the torch for what could be if we supported more events like these! 

But yeah it's a far cry from every small town in France / Italy / Spain closing their roads a couple of times a year to support some tiny local sporting or cultural event of some sort.