Hmm, I do use Starling in the UK which seems like it’s worked in the past but doesn’t now.

Oh, crikey, it’s the vicar!

Clothes are a cage!

Perpetual motion
Cold fusion
Flying cars
Teleportation
Heavy-lift dirigibles

Buncha weirdoes ITT. As soon as I get in the door, my house or yours, you can bet I’m stripping down to just my shoes and nothing else.

Religion and sex are powerplays
Manipulate the people for the money they pay
Selling skin, selling God
The numbers look the same on their credit cards
Politicians say no to drugs
While we pay for wars in South America

Fighting fire with empty words
While the banks get fat
And the poor stay poor
And the rich get rich
And the cops get paid
To look away
As the one percent rules America

“Spreading the Disease” from the album “Operation: Mindcrime” by Queensrÿche (1988)

They do quiet, existential despair like no-one else.

“In contrast, every Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl and Covent Garden soup tested had salt levels at or below the government target.”

Phew! Pretty much the only soup I eat on a regular basis is the Covent Garden Classic Chicken. To which I add some black pepper, some grilled chicken (if I have leftovers), and some Mahi Bhut Jolokia hot sauce. But I’ve never wanted to add salt.

So, while I’ve never solely been HR (I’ve mostly worked at start-ups or SMEs and worn a lot of different hats at all times), I’ve done a lot of hiring at different companies in the UK.

I have always been of the opinion that the CV explains what you’ve done so far, and the covering letter / personal statement should then explain why what you’ve done makes you a viable candidate. So the CV is about you, the personal statement is about you and the role/company. You certainly don’t have to cover the spec points in order (and don’t even always need to cover them all). Just sure you address as many of the ‘essential’ elements as possible. But, even if you can’t cover them all you might still be a viable candidate. I’ve hired people who had skill gaps because they had some stuff I really cared about and I knew we could teach them to cover the missing stuff.

Caveat: this was before AI. I assume that’s fucked the human element of the entire process completely in a lot of companies. For <20 headcount orgs your application might still end up in front of a human.

Ok, I’m new to looking at replacing my phone with something that doesn’t run Google or Apple.

Is there an OS I can use which is a. FOSS, b. European, and c. runs banking apps. Because I basically don’t take a wallet anywhere anymore, just my phone. Sure, there are occassions when I take a slimline wallet with a couple of cards, but quite often if I’m making a significant puchase I need my phone to TFA it.

I don’t care about cameras or headphone jacks that much. I do care about being able to buy shit.

Having used a VPN to see the footage: “Fuckin’ 'ell.”

Posting imgur links to a UK focused community does seem a little passive aggresive, I agree.

Pfffft, way ahead of you.

I just called an emergency family meeting to break this news.

My kids told me that pretty soon I’d be senile and they’d be reading it to me before my bedtime. Sniff They grow up so fast!

On the plus side, I no longer want to be a billionaire, so there’s that.

Imagine injecting stuff into your penis.

Done! What’s next?

I mean, we’ve all done it, right? Right?

Man, I love Hopkins. A couple of years go by and there’s absolutely nothing, then she sticks her stupid head above the parapet and says something monumentally hateful or stupid or both. I’d like to remind everyone of this particular gem:

You can’t get fucking picky, mate. We’ve got salt. We’ve got pepper. We’ve got curry powder but we don’t understand it. And we’ve got class A narcotics.

What’s a fella to do? I’ll tell you what! Get yourself a fish supper with salt and vinegar and a truly biblical dose of cocaine on the mushy peas! Now!

Irn Bru. Made in Scotland. From Girders. - fuckin’ brilliant.