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>judgment vs. judgement

In British English "judgment" without the 'e' is generally only used for talking about judicial rulings, whereas most other uses of the word contain the 'e'.


>We'll see. It's not like police unions are making life better for citizens.

The police aren't allowed to join a union


The author is a former civil servant. I think it's safe to assume he knows that writing to his MP is an option...

For people in the UK, Prospect has a Tech Workers branch: https://prospect.org.uk/tech-workers/

Prospect is my union (although I'm a member of a BECTU branch rather than the Tech Workers branch as I work in the broadcasting industry) and it's well worth the dues I pay.


I should note I’m US based.

This is great, thanks for sharing. Something like this could be a good resource for folks like me looking for prior art.

In recent decades unions have been demonized. And I understand some of the criticism, but IMO now is the time to get something organized for tech. The alternative is just to sleepwalk into the unemployment line


BTW this is the financial services company,[0] not the taxi company.[1]

I had never even heard of the former until now so I was quite confused until I realised it was an American fintech firm. Now it makes much more sense!

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_Financial

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_(company)


The regulation does cover everything that uses batteries.


>You're all angry at the wrong people.

No. We're not. Perhaps we should be angry at both, but we definitely should be angry at you.

Spam is bad. If your business can't survive without sending spam, your business shouldn't survive.


Yes, but there are a lot of gullible investors out there so calling themselves that will jack up the value of their shares.


>(Does base 4 have a name?)

Quaternary


(2024)


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