Principal System Architect, National Care Service, Scottish Government. Driving for simplicity in a world of complexity.
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@tonyrcollins It appears the two stories that you drew my attention to, so many years ago, are both coming back to public attention at the same time: https://t.co/HqJH4cpL0M
"When it starts to get really busy here, you half expect to see staff running around in a kind of frenzy, but that's not what happens. What you see instead is a kind of intense focus on whatever task they have in front of them." https://t.co/BZqR7SFWPW
@martinkl@ramcq My analogy was probably unnecessarily extreme. But the reality is that businesses don't get inspected very often, and we trust and rely on them until they close down, and we understand that risk even if it comes as a disappointment or a source of sadness... and then we move on.
#OpClosePass run today at Station Road, South Queensferry.
Overall most drivers gave plenty of room when overtaking our cyclist👍
You need to give a minimum 1.5m when overtaking. #Rule163
More info 👉 https://t.co/sfFkZQaGU0
@CyclingScotland#SouthQueensferry
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Having strongly advocated the strengths of the rust programming language for many years, it feels like this moment represents a significant milestone: https://t.co/ccdvv1Z0mn
Discovery of the genetic code of Neanderthals, a task previously thought impossible, wins Swedish scientist Svante Paabo a Nobel prize https://t.co/S0gjqbY6NM
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