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startupfart | 11 years ago | on: No more dieting and other things we do differently after reporting on healthcare

Medical friends here advise against the modern day trend of getting lots of tests "just in case" - even routine scans in healthy people can flag up unrelated stuff, which then causes stress, and potential for unrequired further tests and invasive procedures. One chap in the office went in for a well-man scan, ended up thinking he was going to die due to a tangent one doctor took him on (turned out to be a boring congential thing; he was perfectly healthy with it).

When you have a problem, sure, get it checked. But, don't go looking for problems and tests for problems!

startupfart | 11 years ago | on: Blog Post Driven Development

Isn't there a risk by the time you finish the blog post, someone has posted an even newer JS or Go framework in Grithub, and you have to simply replan the whole tech to use it!

startupfart | 11 years ago | on: Is This the Office of the Future or a $5B Waste of Space?

In the City (London) - Coffee and Alcohol really do make the whole thing go round. Get hepped up on Caffeine all day, retox on the booze post work. I can also remember the liquid lunches of the seventies and eighties (basically beer or wine for lunch, maybe some food). Oh and nicotine. Huge numbers of smokers!