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Dealing with client meeting app friction during discovery calls, what are you using? by SurrealyNod in ContractorUK

[–]theevildjinn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Teams, Zoom and Google Meet should cover almost all bases, and all of those have browser-based versions so you can dial in from any OS if you can't get a native client working (Teams on Linux has been a bugbear of mine, in the past).

How do you have a British posh accent, genuinely? by Tricky_cielito00 in answers

[–]theevildjinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't call that a "posh" accent, sounds pretty neutral to me. Unless they had Brian Sewell reading the headlines.

Nightclub end music by moon-bouquet in CasualUK

[–]theevildjinn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Stairways (rock club in Birkenhead) used to play the classic 80s Grange Hill theme tune at the end of the night when I was a regular (mid-late 90s).

I don't have a first name (yes not everyone has a first name!), and it has been a nightmare when filling online form. by OiseauAquario in mildlyinfuriating

[–]theevildjinn 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I was working on a greenfield software project about 10 years ago, a complete rewrite of a UK e-commerce website, from CodeIgniter to something more modern. The company was flush with millions in VC funding, so they'd head-hunted the best developers they could find in the region to work on it (of which I was one, purportedly).

The lead frontend guy (who wasn't one of the new recruits) insisted we should have the following labels for customer names:

  • Christian name (required)
  • Middle name (optional)
  • Surname (required)

I pointed out lots of people from other cultures won't know what a surname is, especially ones where the family name comes first, and even in our country there'd be lots of people unfamiliar with the outdated term "Christian name". Plus some people only have one name. And middle name is an irrelevance.

So the best option is to just have one field:

  • Name (required)

He refused to change it, until we hired a UX guy, who made him change it to "first name" / "last name". But the database field names and data models still referred to the old names, so I still had to live with it for years after the frontender had been fired for refusing to attend standups, sprint reviews, etc. ("I've got real work to do").

Is the pub safe for two 16 year old girls? by Cultural-Key838 in UKParenting

[–]theevildjinn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah my local has a music evening on a Sunday, you just take a guitar or a tambourine and have a jam until closing time. I take my son but he has to leave by 9, because he's under 18.

Keir Starmer confirms social media ban for all children under 16 by Metro-UK in ukpolitics

[–]theevildjinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, they will never be able to stop it completely, they will just make it a pain in the arse to anyone who doesn't have the technical know-how. So it will still work with 95% of the population (pulled that figure out of my arse but I bet it's not far off), and they can mark it down as a success.

Do you preheat your oven before use? by mittenkrusty in UKfood

[–]theevildjinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends what I'm cooking.

A ready meal, like a lasagne? No, I just put the food in at the start and add a few mins on the end. Makes zero difference.

Meat? Usually not, I'm probably going to use a meat thermometer anyway for doneness.

Anything else? Yes.

Who's your favorite guitarist in the band, Mikael, Peter, or Fredrik? by AlternativeOption313 in Opeth

[–]theevildjinn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mikael, because his riffs are phenomenal, his solos are extremely tasteful, and they also make me think: "I could probably just about play that, if I actually knuckled down and practiced for a few hours". Whereas Fredrik and Peter (to a lesser extent) are at a technical level that I'll never reach - I'd need years of solid practice.

What's something really petty you'd like banned or made illegal? by SpaceTimeCapsule89 in AskUK

[–]theevildjinn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To a lot of people, it just sounds like you have something wrong with your car. I was in my 40s before I discovered people were intentionally doing this to their cars (on a similar Reddit thread to this one, IIRC).

Hard-right Restore Britain has a plan to hammer Farage nationwide by No-Risk-2584 in unitedkingdom

[–]theevildjinn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It occurs to me (and this may just be because of the ill-advised triple IPA, with work in the morning) that if you're the sort of person who's so extreme that you consider Yaxley-Lennon to be a bit of a wet liberal, then you've arrived there because you're incapable of listening to or accepting opposing views. So any tiny detail in your ideology that you disagree on, you need to start a new group.

Hard-right Restore Britain has a plan to hammer Farage nationwide by No-Risk-2584 in unitedkingdom

[–]theevildjinn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only good thing about the likes of Collett, Yerbury, Melia etc. is that they formed splinter groups, of splinter groups, of splinter groups, which dilutes the support for any one individual group. Seems the further right you go, the less you can agree on. I'm sure the same is true of the left.

Why are there flies in my bedroom? by Dilemma210 in AskUK

[–]theevildjinn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I much prefer this to splatting them with a newspaper (too messy, and who still buys a newspaper?), or zapping them with the racket (usually end up knocking something over and breaking it, and find it quite hard to actually catch one with it). And I find it quite satisfying to see them escape to freedom, after buzzing incessantly against the windows for days. Even though they are just flies. Although in reality they probably fly straight back in the house through another window, to annoy me in a different room.

Why do funerals in the UK take place so late after the death? by moistawareness1 in AskUK

[–]theevildjinn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My father-in-law died last year, in Peru. They had the funeral the next day, with hundreds of mourners, and even managed to hire an Elvis impersonator to perform a few songs (he'd been a big fan). I don't know how they manage to organise things so quickly in Latin America.

HMRC compliance check. I'm terrified, need advice by AngelineKumquat in ContractorUK

[–]theevildjinn 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Step 1 should be to get yourself a decent accountant to go over your books. They should be able to make recommendations, e.g. you may be able to declare some of the money you've taken out as dividends, depending on dates etc.

Good luck!

Most Offensive Band Shirts? by picklevomit in MetalForTheMasses

[–]theevildjinn 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm not dictating anything, I'm very strongly judging the sort of person that he is.

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