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2016-06-29
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otfrom08:06:15

glenjamin: whether or not someone from Northern Ireland is British is a very politically loaded question

martintrojer08:06:14

so, the 'platforms' of the tory-leader-runners are coming in. Seems like free movement is out

martintrojer08:06:24

thus open market is out one would assume

martintrojer08:06:12

yeah, also, point system for sure.

martintrojer08:06:59

so when they elect a new PM, we (as in my family) will probably know wether to sell the house and move

martintrojer08:06:20

it makes sense for them to take a hard stance on free-movement. 'get the foreigners out' was the main thrust of the leave campaign after all.

thomas08:06:29

I’ll be speaking to a recruiter today in the Netherlands… things are moving fast.

thomas08:06:13

Re: Northern Ireland. I thought that as a geographical term NI is not part of GB (the island) that happens to have the countries England, Scotland and Wales on it…. political things of course do not align to this.

tcoupland08:06:38

your right it's not. NI comes in when you go up to United Kingdom. Great Britain being England, Wales + Scotland.

otfrom08:06:57

but people in Northern Ireland call them selves, British, Irish, Northern Irish or "Fuck off I don't want to talk about it"

thomas09:06:16

I like to think in geographical terms, that is something I kinda understand at least and (hopefully) avoids the political laden,bound to offend someone cultural/political(?) terms.

martintrojer10:06:13

Great, Stephen Crabb (the in-the-running-PM) thinks homosexuality is a sickness that can be cured.

xlevus10:06:32

what a wonderful selection of potential PMs we have

thomas10:06:20

sounds lovely...

thomas10:06:57

maybe I’ll get a big house in NL and rent out rooms to British people who want to flee.

thomas10:06:22

And we’ll have Clojure sessions at least once a week of course 😉

glenjamin10:06:12

on the BBCs overview of candidates he was one of the least awful looking 😞

glenjamin10:06:22

before mentioning the homophobia, that is

martintrojer11:06:03

yeah, who are we kidding, its going to be BoJo

martintrojer11:06:26

Boris hasn't taken a hard stance on free-movement yet tho

thomas11:06:17

Bojo and Trump… what a pair.

otfrom12:06:01

thomas: I am thinking in geographical terms, political geography. 😉 There it is Northern Ireland, the UK, Britain, The North of Ireland, Ireland, Ulster, The 6 counties. And that is all pretty fraught too. (I'm married to someone from NI btw)

glenjamin13:06:17

How do you London people feel about Tech City?

glenjamin13:06:26

(the organisation)

malcolmsparks13:06:08

I thought 'the British Isles' was uncontentious until I moved to Ireland (the 26 counties). Even saying '26 counties' can get you into a lot of trouble in some places. Best avoid talking

martintrojer13:06:58

the loss of passporting of the banks in the city will trickle down to the london tech scene quickly

martintrojer13:06:10

(and its not good news)

agile_geek14:06:31

martintrojer: yeah, read about that before the vote

martintrojer14:06:11

seriously, I can't understand the people running for the next PM. It is a totally impossible job.

martintrojer14:06:40

No matter what, you'd be the destroyer of the UK in the history books.

agile_geek14:06:38

I think that's exactly why Cameron handed the job on!

agile_geek14:06:28

I suspect BoJo has been cursing that since Cameron announced he wouldn't enact article 50

otfrom14:06:41

does anyone know what (+ 2 2) is?

minimal14:06:35

Using the brexit issue calculator

agile_geek14:06:16

I have a t-shirt with:

(let [+ (fn [& args] 5)] (+ 2 2)) 
=> 5
printed on it

martintrojer14:06:13

(defn compensate-for-off-by-one [val]
  ((rand-nth [inc dec]) val))

(compensate-for-off-by-one (+ 2 2))

agile_geek14:06:20

martintrojer: have you open sourced that yet? I reckon there's a market for it

glenjamin14:06:13

isn’t that how banks do 0.5 rounding?

agile_geek14:06:32

glenjamin: last time I looked my current client just dropped all the decimal places on the floor, swished them around, picked a few up and added them back in again

thomas21:06:21

FYI over in #C04V12NPC alex miller just said that there is the opportunity to pay a little extra in order to sponsor opportunity grants.

thomas21:06:10

Let’s all do that and make sure that some of our less privileged colleagues/clojurians can come as well!

thomas21:06:45

For those of course who can afford it.

thomas21:06:10

I should have said that directly.