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Nicky Thompson (@[email protected])

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Ok, it's been a while, how about some Nicky work news? Very sad to say that I left FutureLearn in November, the best of the best engineering team I've worked with. I'm very grateful to everyone there for everything I learned, especially also for the fun.
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BUT I'm also very happy to share that I have lucked out twice in a row: I've just started a new role as Principal Technologist at dxw, another organisation I have admired + thought very good for ages - and I am super excited to get stuck in!
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jfc. Has any lawyer anywhere ever written any programs, like at all?
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If any programmers are looking for a career change right now, how about lawyer or legislator? Let’s sort this shit out
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Great thread from @rhein_wein about interviewing well - good tips here!
Laura Tacho 🌮@rhein_wein9 Oct 2022
Getting better at interviewing is one of those things where you can make a lot of progress quickly, with just a bit of effort. Sometimes you might need a lot of effort, like @GergelyOrosz’s example here, but to start with — here are a couple things.
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Cardboard box, packed by packers, labelled “Box”.

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If you need something good right now, this is a great tv show you can binge S1 before the new one drops on Monday!
Josh Gad
@joshgad6 Oct 2022
Judd’s locks are about to be unleashed. #Avenue5 Season 2 on @HBO and @hbomax this coming Monday, October 10.
- find the emoji! - there are 🔟 hidden in each - you may zoom in - there aren’t really any rules - you don’t even have to find them - the stakes could not be lower
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What I have found however is that if I sing to Elvis he is so confused he stops barking and kinda cocks his head in that cute way
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“What the fuck is that noise you’re making? Why does it sound like that. No, YOU’RE barking!” etc
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This is brilliant and I want one
Halvar Flake
@halvarflake22 Aug 2022
Today in IP law: someone registered a trademark for CUGGL as a clothing brand in Japan, and sells shirts with the logo partially obscured. GUCCI sued, JP trademark office states that CUGGL is not similar enough to GUCCI to warrant enforcement.
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Margate-loving friends who still have the attention span to read novels: I just picked this up on the basis of the first 2 paras of this review: velcro-city.co.uk/nightmare-… (but stopped reading review after that as it got spoilery!)
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(That’s not a dig at anyone’s attention span but my own - Twitter has ruined me for books and I’m trying to get back into it!)
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I’ve got the day off, which is great, and I’m catching up with Sex Education on Netflix, which is also just great isn’t it. All around great day. Very happy. Happy Friday everyone!
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At this point with all the news paywalls etc and how they actually make money, I think if I accept your cookies I should get to read the thing for free. You get my data, what do I get? I should at least get to read the forking article.
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I want a game where you are Nadia’s cat and you have to help her navigate whatever realm she’s ended up in
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*The Cat game launches* #Stray #PS5
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