tomcart
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Comment · 3 years ago
Lakeland is how wainwright referred to the area in his guides, which is probably the main reason the author is using it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictorial_Guide_to_the_Lakel...
Comment · 4 years ago
Crossrail will eventually (hopefully this year now) make it trivial for you to catch a fast, direct train from shenfield/romford to Bond Street - even today this is a straightforward journey with a change at stratford tbh.
Comment · 4 years ago
There is surely a distinction between vintage and timeless, where the first is representative of the time it was written (and may offer relevant insight for today), and the second offers some universal truth, regardless of when it was written.
I'd say Knuth is squarely in the latter category
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
If anyone is interested in understanding more about art and human perception of art, then this book is as good a starting place as you'll find: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Art
As the book says, ″There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists.″
Comment · 5 years ago
> DynamoDB Global tables took 4/5 years to be available in Cloudformation.
DynamoDB global tables launched in November 2017, it isn't four years old yet.
CFN lag is an issue for sure but not quite that much of an issue...
Comment · 5 years ago
This piece is based on learnings from working in a government beauracracy but has lessons for any large organisation. https://profserious.substack.com/p/10-things-i-learnt-in-gov...