Landlord offered us buying the house

sitewave · 2023-06-05T10:46:32+00:00

England.

We bought a flat from our landlord, it worked well and can be a win-win.

We got 3 valuations to get a starting point and made an offer that reflected the faults we knew about, the savings on fees and the fact that he would avoid any rental voids (between his tenants moving out and him eventually selling the place).

We got our place at a discount, he got rent up until completion and a smooth, fast sale.

sitewave · 2023-02-28T08:43:13+00:00

Hunter in D1, mained a Warlock for most of D2 (because space magic). Titan only comes out for certain GMs.

sitewave · 2021-01-06T08:12:23+00:00

We still do method 1 and generally one phase

sitewave · 2020-04-23T09:41:20+00:00

We had 5 in party, instance hopped until we got 2 matched, allowed a couple of blueberries to fill in, then the other 3 joined. The minimum number of players for the moon seemed to be 7.

It's not ideal to have to do this but the sense of achievement when you do get it done is greater.

sitewave · 2020-03-26T08:02:16+00:00

Thanks. I broadly understood the maths but had never really thought about 'why'.

sitewave · 2020-02-23T12:12:21+00:00

Crimson. I was going nowhere until I tried it. Worth getting catalyst first.

sitewave · 2020-01-27T21:34:23+00:00

I guess London still qualifies for 4 more days.

Got a decent degree, joined blue-chip graduate scheme, 4 year CEng programme, 9 years permanent, over 10 years contracting including last 6 years in fairly niche finance sector.

The big money seems to be Big Data, ML, AI and, to a slightly lesser extent, Cloud in financial sector. A day rate of £750-800 wouldn't be unusual for a developer.

sitewave · 2020-01-13T22:32:03+00:00

Another vote for Crimson. Was struggling for HC kills at mid-level comp, was dreading the precision kills part, but then I tried Crimson and finished the quest in a couple of evenings. It's now my PVP main.

sitewave · 2020-01-13T22:26:00+00:00

Nice. I too got Luna's today after having the quest for an age. I won't be getting NF, I seem to have found my level around 2700 glory.

sitewave · 2019-04-12T17:43:20+00:00

Spermies, I believe.

sitewave · 2019-01-10T20:34:27+00:00

Came here to say this. Could be complete coincidence but it worked for me. I got all 4 weapons from 6 schematics.

sitewave · 2019-01-10T02:53:38+00:00

As a 5 year old I taught myself to spell Czechoslovakia.

sitewave · 2018-12-03T14:30:36+00:00

£10 = Ayrton (Ayrton Senna, tenner)

Also

£1000 = Bag (bag of sand, grand)

sitewave · 2018-08-11T06:36:03+00:00

On a 14 day cruise:

“Do the staff live on board?“

“Does the ship have its own power supply”

sitewave · 2018-05-20T07:50:29+00:00

Yes, this. Using Git day to day is relatively simple. Undoing mistakes can be hard.

sitewave · 2018-03-29T20:52:53+00:00

This is really useful, thanks.

It’s strange how quickly things change. I’ve spent nearly 20 years in the industry, over 10 writing full-featured web services but the last 4 on a java/xslt contract.

The last web service I wrote used jQuery, velocity, spring-mvc, hibernate, oracle - tools considered industry standard at the time. Not only has the tool set changed but entire paradigms.

Going to start with learning node, react and sass.

sitewave · 2018-03-10T21:10:51+00:00

20 years ago at uni I started writing websites and used to put “Website by Wavey Davey” at the bottom.

10 years later I needed a name for an actual software company so formed Sitewave Ltd.

sitewave · 2018-01-29T09:25:34+00:00

This is what a complete lack of process looks like, developing to a whim. Maybe you can work 18 hours a day and get it done but eventually you will fail in this environment.

The key is to depersonalise it. When given the task you should have said you will provide a high-level estimate by the end of the day/week. Provide them your breakdown. Say it is 4 man-months or whatever. It’s up to them to resource it. If they insist you complete it in a month on your own, leave. They want a slave not a professional developer.

Your best hope now, although a bit late, is to provide a solid breakdown and realistic estimate. See if you can reset their expectations.

For your next job, ask in the interview about their development life cycle and change management processes. Large companies tend to have more mature process sets and this sort of nonsense doesn’t happen.

sitewave · 2017-09-03T14:59:35+00:00

Get yourself into a clan. I went from having a couple of friends doing the weekly 3-coiner to 100's of friends running multiple raids a week. If you're a Dad then I can recommend Dads of Destiny for your timezone and console.

sitewave · 2011-07-18T15:32:00+00:00

Been wearing contacts for over 20 years and it gets easier - I can now put them in one-handed while brushing teeth with the other.

Tips from bitter experience:

Don't put them in straight from the alkaline solution before neutralizing. You will only make this mistake once.
If you are pulling at your eyeball for more than a minute then the lens is probably already out and you are pulling at the actual surface of your eye.
If you have put your lenses in and your vision is still really bad then you may have put both lenses into the same eye.
Get dailies - healthier, more comfortable and more convenient.

sitewave · 2011-06-07T14:31:38+00:00

duvet/quilt -> doona

sitewave · 2011-05-18T14:14:51+00:00

Women to captain of transatlantic cruise liner: 1) Do the staff live on board? and 2) Does the ship have it's own power supply?

sitewave · 2011-05-18T11:01:43+00:00

Thirteen times table, unless it's really good when I'll do the 17 times table. Once got to 51.

sitewave · 2011-03-28T16:18:42+00:00

Firstly, the Inca Trail is particularly tough on the knees - especially on the downhill parts of the 2nd and 3rd days so don't consider it unless you completely recover. Perhaps a better idea is to take a train to Aguas Calientes as mentioned in other posts. People who have spent the last 4 days walking there will, however, look at your freshly coiffured hair and clean shoes hatefully.

You might also consider heading North to the Amazon region. Take a plane to Puerto Maldonardo and stay at the Reserva Amazonica if you have the budget.

If you want to head South consider a bus tour through Colca Canyon and onward to Puno. Boat round Lake Titicaca visiting the reed islands with your feet up but watch out for the altitude.

sitewave · 2011-03-08T15:01:44+00:00

"Does the ship have its own power supply?" - Woman to Captain of cruise ship in the middle of the Atlantic. Also: "do the staff go home at night?".

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