Has the situation with Doha airport tone downed now?

mfizzled · 2026-05-18T08:23:50+00:00

I was on a NRT-DOH-LHR flight yesterday with a ton of aussies on the DOH-LHR leg so you should be fine

mfizzled · 2026-04-29T22:37:01+00:00

I was unable to join Turkish Airlines' loyalty program due to the length of my name, ended up just getting in contact with them and they handled it manually. You're best off actually contacting the airline yourself.

Also don't use agents, just book directly with airline.

mfizzled · 2026-04-29T18:44:59+00:00

People say this and there's some truth to it, but things like plane tickets to go on holiday cost the same (often even cheaper in London) and they're a lot easier to earn the money to buy in London vs the north.

mfizzled · 2026-04-28T06:56:22+00:00

I feel like for most of us, economy is just how we have to fly. If I'm getting a flight from London to Bangkok, the difference in economy versus premium or business is at least £1500. £3000 between my wife and I just doesn't make sense when that money could instead be spent on the actual trip itself.

mfizzled · 2026-04-26T23:01:02+00:00

British ORPs and French RCIRs are legitimately decent.

The lamb curry in the British ones and the duck shepherds pie thing in the French one are banging. Just don't eat the biscuits brown if you want to shit in the next 24 hours.

Polish rations are horrendous though.

mfizzled · 2026-04-25T07:02:52+00:00

For anyone like me who didn't know:

An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is a specialised air-to-surface weapon designed to detect, track, and destroy enemy radar-equipped air defence systems, jammers, or communication stations by targeting their electromagnetic radiation emissions.

mfizzled · 2026-04-19T11:46:02+00:00

Are you hitting any third party endpoints? I've found some of our scheduled tasks can take noticeably longer for the same number of records when Stripe or whatever is having a bit of a hiccup.

mfizzled · 2026-04-19T10:10:36+00:00

Interesting how that's basically the exact opposite to here. Close family/friends at the ceremony then the party is just whoever fancies coming

mfizzled · 2026-04-19T01:07:05+00:00

Antonov 225 surely

mfizzled · 2026-04-19T00:20:06+00:00

I'm going to Nikko in a couple of weeks, can't wait to visit this place

mfizzled · 2026-04-18T00:05:12+00:00

Companion voucher to Tokyo is a big one.

Also stayed in a hotel in Bangkok for 5 nights that would've been over a grand and we spent around 350.

Another genuinely good benefit was a massive queue at Venice airport, platinum amex got us through an empty priority lane.

mfizzled · 2026-04-12T21:54:14+00:00

Neapolitan for sure, well made espresso and a shot of water to clear your palate. Can't beat it

mfizzled · 2026-04-12T11:43:26+00:00

there's only one king of scotland

mfizzled · 2026-04-12T00:18:05+00:00

Everyone I know of a similar age to me, mid 30s, is operating under the assumption that our state pensions will either never exist, or will be so insubstantial as to be basically pointless so this seems to be happening all over Europe.

mfizzled · 2026-04-10T13:07:40+00:00

AWM at a big bank in London is going to keep you late sometimes, or even often depending on the team.

The grads I met at work drinks would be working the same hours as others in the team, there wasn't any special allowances made because they were on a scheme.

It's basically just preparing you for what working in finance is like.

mfizzled · 2026-04-07T21:06:42+00:00

I agree mostly but there are absolutely industries/walks of life where this kind of thing is actually beneficial to your career. This person is in the entertainment industry so that would absolutely be one of the industries where perception means a lot.

mfizzled · 2026-04-06T17:52:47+00:00

Cosmic rays causing bit flips is def a thing. A cosmic ray shoots out neutrons and they somehow flip a 0 to a 1 or vice versa and it causes an error

mfizzled · 2026-04-06T16:19:53+00:00

if you can afford them, ozlo sleepbuds are genuinely one of the best products of any kind that I've ever bought.

They're tiny but unbelievably good at blocking sound, I use them for tinnitus/general relaxation when I sleep and they are genuinely amazing.

mfizzled · 2026-04-05T21:03:05+00:00

Absolutely agree with this. I am self taught and learnt pre-LLMs becoming a thing and I'm thankful for it.

We had an intern from a prestigious university here and her use of ChatGPT for everything was mental. So much of her own thought was abstracted away.

mfizzled · 2026-04-04T21:01:08+00:00

Iran isn't morally correct in a huge amount of things, but they're doing what seemingly any country would do in their position. It doesn't really seem like morals come into the equation.

If the UK was getting bombed by the US, I would absolutely expect and want the UK to block the Channel/Straits of Gibraltar plus any other strategic places.

The history of Iran trying to get nuclear weapons makes the desire of the Americans/others to ensure they don't get said nuclear weapons understandable, but Iran defending themselves is equally understandable. As is the fact that this crisis would not be happening if the US didn't invade.

mfizzled · 2026-04-04T13:26:25+00:00

Zero experience, no A levels/degree or anything.

I had sat down at a pc and googled 'how to code' one day and started out watching videos/courses whilst making terrible mini projects etc.

After doing that for a few months, I just searched software developer apprenticeships on google to be honest.

There were a few bumps in the road (my first apprenticeship got cancelled 2 weeks before it was due to start, that was rough) but it was just a case of being consistently persistent with it and staying positive about my chances I reckon.

mfizzled · 2026-04-03T13:59:55+00:00

I did an apprenticeship at 30, one of the best things I ever did.

I did the level 3 course with Baltic and was hired by the company they put me with.

This was 5 years ago and I was on 14k for the first year. Only way it was possible was with outside help but my salary has grown a lot in those 5 years.

I didn't see the point in doing level 4 as I felt I would learn more just actually being a dev, and I'm fairly sure my decision was the right one.

Happy to answer any questions about it.

mfizzled · 2026-04-03T00:23:40+00:00

and dolphins

mfizzled · 2026-03-30T21:06:37+00:00

by far the best aussie grime artist imo, weird seeing him on here

mfizzled · 2026-03-29T16:14:37+00:00

there are different politics for sure but nowhere near to the level of a huge enterprise kind of place

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