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@BoseUK On the QC Ultra over-ear headphones, can I turn off both Aware and ANC? I know this wasn't possible for the QC45s.

Need to replace my old SoundLink IIs but this is a deal-breaker for me 🫠

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@MieleEspana ¿Cómo presento una queja? Tus técnicos dicen que una reparación no está cubierta por la garantía cuando sí lo está. Gasto 600 EUR en una aspiradora y solo 1 año después dices que necesito gastar más de 50 EUR en una pieza rota. Mala calidad, mal servicio 😡

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@LifesystemsUK I've had great effectiveness from your portable insect killer but now finding it very hard to get refills, can you let me know if you plan to stock these again or if it's permanently discontinued? https://t.co/VO8j3ADjuQ

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@Correos My daughter received a EUR 10 gift from her grandparents in the UK with form CN22 filled out correctly, but we were still required to pay EUR 7.42 for delivery, please can you explain why

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@lissijean The idea of a siesta is, apparently, a myth, invented to ensure that agricultural workers did not have the expectation of working during the hottest hours of the day.

From what I can tell, they drink a lot of coffee, and just don't sleep.

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@jesslynnrose - Equal parental leave. It's "money where your mouth is" on DEI
- Involvement in tech communities (e.g. hosting meetups, regular attendance at <x> conference...). I'm not that community-minded, but the environments that are are just so much more forward-looking.

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@davefarley77 "452 commits ahead of main"

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@johncutlefish Sometimes the answer to "you're over-thinking it" is "no, everyone else is under-thinking it" 🙃

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@johncutlefish Recently I've been reminded how hard it is to separate requirement from implementation. Developing the habit to think in terms of motivations, intent and purpose vs action and specifics is quite counterintuitive to start with. And real life is never as easy as the tutorials...

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@johncutlefish My leadership philosophy: As much as I enjoy underdog movies, I'm not about to take that risk here. We're not in the hero business, I'd rather rely on creating an environment where normal people can do great things reliably.

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@stubbornella Yes, one of the problems that women in tech have is that the men who try to “mentor” us generally don’t see that the rules of the game are different for us. Learning to assert oneself is still important, but you need to find your own authentic style

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@_cxword @thom_ivy_1 @oldenoughtosay @bi_gendian When barely pregnant with my second, I ordered a virgin mojito one sunny afternoon. Let my 2 year old try some. The looks I got! 10/10 would recommend 😈

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@ellle_em Arthur needs a whole chair to himself to stretch out

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@GergelyOrosz Idk if there's local context to this, but working as a hiring manager in the UK I can safely say that we'd treat candidates from banking with caution. The pay is high but the tech, processes and culture are mostly awful. Plenty of people take salary/title steps down to get out.

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@GergelyOrosz Just as common IME :"I think I'm a genius and deserve promotion but the actual problem is my manager has failed to give me real, constructive feedback about my many and serious failings and complete lack of self-awareness"

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@mazihe @allankellynet @HotCupOfTeaPls @jasongorman Everyone is capable of excellence in a high-performing environment.

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@ClayDowling @allankellynet @HotCupOfTeaPls @jasongorman Yes, agree with all this. Perhaps "all out on the pursuit of excellence" is a more accurate phrasing. Yet pragmatism is seen so often as virtuous as a end in itself, rather than a means to an end

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@variableirony Aaaah haha yep I've had my share of those experiences!

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@variableirony Hugs. Yeah, bit of a flippant comment - I guess my experience of consulting is that I at least got the chance to see the problem and work to fix it, which I found deeply cathartic after being on the other side of the fence and not knowing what the issue was or how to fix it

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@ellle_em My favourite is the egret. There's the little egret, and the great white egret. Then there's one in between... So they called it the intermediate egret