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Keeping money in the bank is an advice that is good for individuals, but bad for companies. Why is that? By keeping the money in the bank your money is worth less each day see here for an explanaion This is not acceptable for companies or shareholders. If there is cash available it should be used for something that generates more cash, and at the time of this article, bank account return less than 0. Read more...
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I’m shaving with a cut throat razor. Rationally it is NOT the right thing to do: the cost is very marginally better but the time it takes to shave makes it higher takes ages for a shave (15) requires lots of accessories to do it well. pre-shave and post-shave lotions, soaps, shaving brushes cuts cuts cuts, six on the first shave three on the second, one on following ones, still always a risk So why? Read more...
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Everytime you want to say or write sorry transform the sentence to a positive one by starting with thank you (and removing the sorry) Don’t say sorry I’m late, but thank you for the patience If you cannot find a way to turn a sorry sentence into a positive one, write it down in the comments and me and the other readers will help. Read more...
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I’ve been invited to be an AWS APN Ambassador and I’m very honoured and humbled by it. Read more...
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As a half Italian, past is important to me. Different type of pasta call for different type of sauce. Long pasta smooth body (like spaghetti) call for oily sauce, so while you bring the pasta to your mouth most of the oil will fall. Pasta with a hole (like penne) need pieces of meat filling them Pasta with rough body (like calamarata) is made to hold a sugo made with some oily Twisted pasta (like rotini) are made to lock in small pieces of meat or tuna Enjoy and buon appetito Read more...
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The value of money changes with time. Prices tend to rise, this is call inflation. This means that 1£ today is worth more than 1£ tomorrow. So what? Well if you are going to have something done for you in a years time. Paying at the beginning of the work or at the end is not the same. Paying in the future is “cheaper”. This is one of the reasons why when you pay upfront you should expect a discount. Read more...
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While preparing for a future blog post, I needed to know the correct date to publish the right content. It was not easy to find “what number is next Wednesday”. In the past (a long, long time ago) you had a calendar on your desk and the answer would either be available immediately or at the turn of a page. Now I need to launch the calendar app, which starts to complain about not having access to my position! Read more...
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Why some people are mean? They are not! People are not being a PITA (pain in the …) for pleasure. Time is very precious and protecting it is good practice. What you offer/request is not relevant enough to make it to the top priority list. You are probably low on the priority list, it is YOUR work to be relevant for that person. Read more...
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I am trying Protonmail, a very secure, very privacy focus company. To manage domains other than protonmail.com or pm.com, protonmail requires some changes in DNS, and in particular adding a TXT for domain ownership validation. I did it on Route53, all good. (hurray for the super fast update of AWS). Later for crypto/spam checking needs (you need to stop SPAM right) there is a request to create a second TXT field. Read more...
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This is my expression when I search for words. I call it the ummmm? expression. And until this point I’ve avoided doing any form of post-submit checks, litterally buring my head in the sand about my mistakes and avoiding the ummmm? look. But I also avoided the learning. The waking up call was not a sudden realisation that people might actually read this and it should look as pretty as I can make it, no! Read more...