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Re: Alien: Earth is a pressure cooker ready to pop

jamesbeswick — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:56:06 -0000

This has gone into B movie territory. This is no longer a functioning show.

Re: Building serverless .NET applications on AWS Lambda using .NET 7

jamesbeswick — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:41:34 -0000

These have been fixed - thanks for reporting!

Re: Hello world!

jamesbeswick — Fri, 10 May 2019 11:30:02 -0000

That's incredible, thanks!

Re: Hello world!

jamesbeswick — Fri, 10 May 2019 08:42:05 -0000

What an amazing idea - such a huge contribution to the community.

Re: Hello world!

jamesbeswick — Fri, 10 May 2019 08:05:51 -0000

I love everything you do. You are just the best.

Re: Hello world!

jamesbeswick — Thu, 09 May 2019 15:47:39 -0000

This is just incredible work - thank you so much for all you do.

Re: Hello world!

jamesbeswick — Mon, 06 May 2019 09:40:46 -0000

Although this is mostly right, I'd hold off saying it's going to win out the tech battle. There are some major barriers in the way and plenty of people have an ax to grind on this topic. But I like the general idea.

Re: Hello world!

jamesbeswick — Mon, 06 May 2019 09:40:08 -0000

Thanks so much for the amazing post. I'll share this with my colleagues! Wow

Re: Hello world!

jamesbeswick — Mon, 06 May 2019 08:44:15 -0000

Test 3

Re: Hello world!

jamesbeswick — Mon, 06 May 2019 08:44:11 -0000

Test 2

Re: An Intricately Detailed, Scientific Explanation of Why Ted Cruz Sucks

jamesbeswick — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:18:50 -0000

But how do you really feel? I splurted out coffee I was laughing so hard reading this. Genius.

Re: Some Nexus 5 owners report reception issues after installing Android 6.0

jamesbeswick — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:16:50 -0000

This is exactly the same problem I've had - "Emergency Calls Only" and significantly worse reception on many areas.

Re: Amazon starts row with retailers in US

jamesbeswick — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:32:20 -0000

Amazon's advantage isn't avoiding the 8-10% sales tax (or the whacked out 17.5% VAT in the UK) - I regularly buy items that are 30-70% cheaper on the site.

This is more like when the car replaced the horse and carriage, the only difference being nobody complained that engines didn't need feeding.

Re: SEO is bullshit. SEO is snake oil. SEO is a waste of money

jamesbeswick — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:32:07 -0000

I love this article - pure wisdom distilled!

Re: I Don't Understand What Anyone Is Saying Anymore

jamesbeswick — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:00:14 -0000

I think you finally verbalized a concept I've been ideating but never got to the deep dive needed to brainstorm the deck.

Re: I Don't Understand What Anyone Is Saying Anymore

jamesbeswick — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:00:03 -0000

I think you finally verbalized a concept I've been ideating but never got to the deep dive needed to brainstorm the deck.

Re: 17 cultural clashes this European had in America

jamesbeswick — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:37:21 -0000

By the way, you're really inciting some hate mail here from the Apple kids. You can say all you want about what you don't like about the US but criticizing someone for upgrading from a 4 to a 4S is pure heresy. :-)

Re: 17 cultural clashes this European had in America

jamesbeswick — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:32:46 -0000

1. Sensitivity: I've never noticed this - I have plenty of American friends who I'm completely frank with and never had a problem. If you're talking about reality TV, that's a different matter.

2. Awesome: again, it depends on your friends. I've never, ever had anyone tell me something was 'awesome' in a way that made me recoil in disgust. But then I've also never experienced the British whiny thing where everything sucks.

3. Smiles: I think this is a stereotype of people on TV rather than real life. I can give you hundreds of places to go here where you'd have to tickle someone to get a smile.

4.Tipping: so you prefer to be forced to pay for crappy service because it's built into the price? Tipping gives you the option to punish the useless and reward the excellent. In Europe, the 20% is built into the price and gives you no choice. Actually, in London some places want an additional tip.

5. False prices: actually this is more about price transparency by breaking up the costs. My phone bill shows exactly what the different taxes are, most of which would be rolled in other places. As for airlines, taxes on European flights are significantly higher than here, so paying $30 for a bag pales in comparison. (Or fly Jet Blue!) America is the land of caveat emptor so do your research before buying.

6. Marketing: how else do you think you watch those TV shows for free? If you don't like it, buy the episode online or get cable. We don't have an annual TV license tax like they do in the UK.

7. Consumerism: I disagree here since it's really about your choice to do what you want with your money. I might also think that buying a $100K Porsche instead of $20K Honda is a waste but it's entirely your choice. This is basically the foundation of thought in this country.

8. Stereotyping: I think every country does this to some degree. Especially to Americans, funnily enough.

9. Heritage: most people here aren't from here if you go back a few generations. Do you begrudge them for wanting to keep their links to wherever they came from?

10. ID checks: or we could just have rampant teen alcoholism like they do in Europe. Alcohol is so completely out of control in places like the UK, they should consider tightening up its distribution. And ID'ing people.

11. Religion: again, this is freedom of choice and varies state by state - not everywhere is religious. And you're free to practice or not.

12.Corporations: if you were in Chicago and could only find Dunkin Donuts, you don't know Chicago. I should hook you up with some people I know there.

13. Cars: yes, that's because the US is much bigger than Ireland. I live in Austin and it's very walkable. I prefer it to being crammed with my face in someone's armpit like on the London tube.

14.In a rush: it really depends on who you know. I would argue the opposite in many cases - here in Texas, manana is practically a religion. Trying to get anyone to rush is futile.

15. Money: depends on who you meet. Not all Americans are obsessed with money, though many would like to be able to make ends meet right now.

16.Portions: again, this is freedom of choice. You can eat like a pig or be healthy but nobody's forcing you to do anything. I hear the UK is thinking of a hamburger tax - which really just hurts the poor.

17.Number 1: growing up in England, all I would ever here was about how shit it is. I actually enjoy living in a place where we're proud of the country. Telling yourself that you're best is better than believing you're useless.

It's not perfect here but not nearly as bad as you're suggesting IMHO.

Re: Gartman and Carbon Dioxide?

jamesbeswick — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:07:57 -0000

The funny part came the next day, when he attempted to explain his way out rather that just saying he flunked biology. Credibility nose-diving, warning! Warning!

Re: Interop Las Vegas - Free Conference Pass

jamesbeswick — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:02:19 -0000

I'm not entirely sure how they stack up but I thought the last one was good. Accommodation in Vegas right now is practically being given away (literally, I had one offer for $10 a night in a strip hotel), so it might be worth checking it out. There - I recommended this without even mentioning gambling. :-)

Re: Brittany Bohnet

jamesbeswick — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:38:57 -0000

Classic, love it. Hopefully they'll do one for the Tooth Fairy.

Re: Brittany Bohnet

jamesbeswick — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:35:29 -0000

Thanks for the mention! I've had so much feedback from that article that I posted another today detailing a more complicated mash-up with Google Docs and Yahoo Pipes: http://blog.415systems.com/.... Hopefully this might be interesting to some of your readers!