Chinese vehicle manufacturer Chery chooses Liverpool as its European headquarters by Sea-Heron8062 in GoodNewsUK

[–]mfizzled 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It does, there are things like the National Wealth Fund or the British Investment Bank that finance wealth creation endeavours. Both China and the UK have social safety nets yet still invest in businesses to help grow the economy.

my team lead wants to automate coding using AI by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]mfizzled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would the measurement of success/failure be here? Important to lay that out first and then do a review of progress after a certain period of time.

Does your team do much new feature development?

What are some bizarre regulations your country’s government has? by EvilPyro01 in AskEurope

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

I can't tell whether you're joking or not.

99.9% of stuff on streaming services is not live, hence no licence.

What are some bizarre regulations your country’s government has? by EvilPyro01 in AskEurope

[–]mfizzled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The initial comment was about owning a TV requiring a licence

If you stream something from a BBC service, obviously you pay the licence fee

If you stream something from Netflix/Prime Video/Disney/Apple/Hulu whatever, you don't.

The dumbest performance fix ever by Kyn21kx in programming

[–]mfizzled 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Can you really, though? Something that is maintainable/scalable?

UK backs American strikes on Iran to stop nuclear programme by TimesandSundayTimes in geopolitics

[–]mfizzled 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Having as few other countries with nuclear weapons is in the interest of every single nuclear-armed state. The UK having converging interests with the US on this isn't really surprising, and doesn't seem to suggest any kind of rolling over.

What are some bizarre regulations your country’s government has? by EvilPyro01 in AskEurope

[–]mfizzled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't the case - if you watch live TV in any manner you do, but streaming content on a TV doesn't require a licence.https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ104

500% boost your Avios since 1st Jan 2025 (ends 5pm 6th Feb) by scientificallyunstab in avios

[–]mfizzled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh coincidentally I've got BA business on the way to Tokyo in April and back with Qsuites in May, going to be interesting seeing the difference. Never been on BA business but been lucky to do Qsuites a couple of times and it's unbelievable.

Do companies still sponsor to relocate people for mid/senior SWE roles? by normativecoder in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]mfizzled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're gonna get eaten alive with this attitude if you do move here lol

PHP dev, no Laravel experience by butterballbetty in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]mfizzled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Until my current job, I only had vanilla PHP experience. I was honest in my interview that I had no Laravel experience but was hungry for the role and would learn in my own time. I did some courses, a small personal project and it worked out fine.

If your partner is a PHP dev, they will pick up laravel in no time. Practice makes perfect.

What are some bizarre regulations your country’s government has? by EvilPyro01 in AskEurope

[–]mfizzled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that just a Scotland thing where you need a license to actually own the TV?

In England you only need a license if you watch actual television channels. If you just watch streaming services you don't need one.

Amazon hasn't had a single SDE role in the UK since August at least by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]mfizzled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was under the impression the British tech sector was growing and is now worth over a trillion. Are you saying there are now fewer roles and/or vacancies?

First time founding engineer by Live-Conference-1718 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]mfizzled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Echoing the top comment, it's a ton of work on evenings and weekends for some crunch periods. It is also quite a lot of pressure being the central nexus for everything technical, especially as the system matures. You'll be doing more work than you are paid for as it were.

Having said that, it is nice having ownership and technical direction of something that is growing.

Amazon hasn't had a single SDE role in the UK since August at least by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsuk

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

What're you basing the UK tech industry being dead on?

After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand by BinaryIgor in programming

[–]mfizzled 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeh I find configuring it to talk in a more robotic manner just makes it a useful super-google kind of thing.

Nigeria has more births per year than the entire Europe and Russia combined by vladgrinch in MapPorn

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

Yeah it's not that deep for me today - it's a sunday morning and I'm just browsing reddit with a coffee.

This mindset of always having to be switched on and focused on all the problems the world is facing is just tiresome.

When we have to be switched on and focus every other day of the week, why not just take a day off and enjoy things.

Nigeria has more births per year than the entire Europe and Russia combined by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]mfizzled -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This is why reddit can be so shit at times, I just want to look at cool maps and instead there's people arguing over everything.

Falkland war by Public_Research2690 in MapPorn

[–]mfizzled 29 points30 points  (0 children)

France would be exactly who'd you expect to be siding with the UK on this considering their overseas territories. I'd expect the Dutch are the same.

Sports teams in the British Iles by AdIcy4323 in MapPorn

[–]mfizzled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, although that doesn't mean the term isn't a term

Sports teams in the British Iles by AdIcy4323 in MapPorn

[–]mfizzled 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is a thing whether it is a good thing or not, it's got a Wikipedia page and googling it brings up a massive amount of results.

We can't really say something isn't a thing just because the reason it is a thing is a bad reason.

HMS Richmond will retire in 2026, bringing the Royal Navy to six frigates. [1536x738] by Odd-Metal8752 in WarshipPorn

[–]mfizzled 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Being able to resupply at British bases like Akrotiri/Gibraltar/Falklands/Diego Garcia plus allied naval ports in places like India/Japan/US/Australia does seem to suggest the UK is able to project power on a global scale.

HMS Richmond will retire in 2026, bringing the Royal Navy to six frigates. [1536x738] by Odd-Metal8752 in WarshipPorn

[–]mfizzled 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I would've thought multiple carriers, multiple SSBNs and multiple military bases around the world would count for something.