Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]
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Why are cashpoints/ATMs rare after security at airports?
I'm in a country where it's mainly cash and saw half a dozen cashpoints between the check in and security but not one in domestic airside.
The only ones I can remember seeing are those "buy foreign notes at insane exchange rates" type.
BTW, I did avail the use of one of the grpundisde cashpoints, just curious as to why I never see them after security.
I'm in a country where it's mainly cash and saw half a dozen cashpoints between the check in and security but not one in domestic airside.
The only ones I can remember seeing are those "buy foreign notes at insane exchange rates" type.
BTW, I did avail the use of one of the grpundisde cashpoints, just curious as to why I never see them after security.
captain_cynic said:
Why are cashpoints/ATMs rare after security at airports?
I'm in a country where it's mainly cash and saw half a dozen cashpoints between the check in and security but not one in domestic airside.
The only ones I can remember seeing are those "buy foreign notes at insane exchange rates" type.
BTW, I did avail the use of one of the grpundisde cashpoints, just curious as to why I never see them after security.
Probably because anything airside is a PITA and the security people delivering the money have to go through the full airside security check process to do it. It takes too long, you constantly have to have staff with valid airside ID's which themselves can take months to get and as soon as staff leave you start again.I'm in a country where it's mainly cash and saw half a dozen cashpoints between the check in and security but not one in domestic airside.
The only ones I can remember seeing are those "buy foreign notes at insane exchange rates" type.
BTW, I did avail the use of one of the grpundisde cashpoints, just curious as to why I never see them after security.
Half-listening to the news yesterday evening, why is the amount of sewage spilled into the rivers expressed in hours rather than litres or something else? Surely the actual amount dumped in an hour varies depending on all sorts of stuff.
( yes, strictly speaking I haven't "always" wanted to know this)
( yes, strictly speaking I haven't "always" wanted to know this)
Blib said:
bodhi said:
Any light switch can do that - just put a Philips Hue bulb in, leave it on and schedule it through the app. Dead easy and not too expensive if you avoid the 16 million colour bulbs.
The one in my room comes on at sunset, then goes off at about 1 30 am every morning.
Thanks for that.The one in my room comes on at sunset, then goes off at about 1 30 am every morning.
However, I need one that will turn off at a scheduled time each night.
Rather than one that once one stays on for a set number of hours.
We have a routine to turn living room lights and hall lights on 15 minutes before sunset. When we go to bed we tell the living room lights to turn off.
There is then a routine to turn them all off at 8:30 in the morning (the hall doesn't have a window so we need it on later than sun rise. The livingroom lights will already be off but if we're away it's a catch all.
We also have a holiday routine that will shut them all off at midnight We just then that on if we're away for more than a couple of nights.
Rich Boy Spanner said:
captain_cynic said:
Why are cashpoints/ATMs rare after security at airports?
I'm in a country where it's mainly cash and saw half a dozen cashpoints between the check in and security but not one in domestic airside.
The only ones I can remember seeing are those "buy foreign notes at insane exchange rates" type.
BTW, I did avail the use of one of the grpundisde cashpoints, just curious as to why I never see them after security.
Probably because anything airside is a PITA and the security people delivering the money have to go through the full airside security check process to do it. It takes too long, you constantly have to have staff with valid airside ID's which themselves can take months to get and as soon as staff leave you start again.I'm in a country where it's mainly cash and saw half a dozen cashpoints between the check in and security but not one in domestic airside.
The only ones I can remember seeing are those "buy foreign notes at insane exchange rates" type.
BTW, I did avail the use of one of the grpundisde cashpoints, just curious as to why I never see them after security.
For most people, by the time they're airside, they've all they need for their trip and/or for the relatively short period time they're waiting for their plane. There will be a few disorganised souls but the number likely to be way less than needed to make the provision of ATMs unviable.
I can't say that I have always wanted know this as it is something I have only just been made aware of.
On pointless there was a lady that said she is a Scrum Master & Agile Coach.
I have never heard of these terms and a quick google came up with a load of BS terms all wrapped around each other and I am none the wiser.
Looks like a glorified project manager / problem solver
On pointless there was a lady that said she is a Scrum Master & Agile Coach.
I have never heard of these terms and a quick google came up with a load of BS terms all wrapped around each other and I am none the wiser.
Looks like a glorified project manager / problem solver
Abbott said:
I can't say that I have always wanted know this as it is something I have only just been made aware of.
On pointless there was a lady that said she is a Scrum Master & Agile Coach.
I have never heard of these terms and a quick google came up with a load of BS terms all wrapped around each other and I am none the wiser.
Looks like a glorified project manager / problem solver
Scrum / Agile is a legitimate way of doing software development and can be really useful. It's basically an iterative process with multiple short-term goals, rather than throwing some money at a team of developers and asking them to come back in a year or so On pointless there was a lady that said she is a Scrum Master & Agile Coach.
I have never heard of these terms and a quick google came up with a load of BS terms all wrapped around each other and I am none the wiser.
Looks like a glorified project manager / problem solver
Like any tool or methodology, when done correctly it can be beneficial and when done badly it can be useless. It can be used or abused.
It's definitely not BS though. As a freelance software developer I've worked in a Scrum / Agile environment for years, decades even, at various clients and most of them get it right. Although some have misused it as an excuse to just hack stuff out as they go along with little oversight.
But, as I said, when used properly it can be beneficial.
So, presumably, a Scrum / Agile coach is someone who trains people to use it properly? I dunno.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Abbott said:
I can't say that I have always wanted know this as it is something I have only just been made aware of.
On pointless there was a lady that said she is a Scrum Master & Agile Coach.
I have never heard of these terms and a quick google came up with a load of BS terms all wrapped around each other and I am none the wiser.
Looks like a glorified project manager / problem solver
Scrum / Agile is a legitimate way of doing software development and can be really useful. It's basically an iterative process with multiple short-term goals, rather than throwing some money at a team of developers and asking them to come back in a year or so On pointless there was a lady that said she is a Scrum Master & Agile Coach.
I have never heard of these terms and a quick google came up with a load of BS terms all wrapped around each other and I am none the wiser.
Looks like a glorified project manager / problem solver
Like any tool or methodology, when done correctly it can be beneficial and when done badly it can be useless. It can be used or abused.
It's definitely not BS though. As a freelance software developer I've worked in a Scrum / Agile environment for years, decades even, at various clients and most of them get it right. Although some have misused it as an excuse to just hack stuff out as they go along with little oversight.
But, as I said, when used properly it can be beneficial.
So, presumably, a Scrum / Agile coach is someone who trains people to use it properly? I dunno.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Abbott said:
Thanks for your insight. So is it only in the developer environment?
Yes, as far as I am aware. That's what it was created for anyway, although it's conceivable that it has been applied elsewhere too, I guess. hidetheelephants said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Abbott said:
Thanks for your insight. So is it only in the developer environment?
Yes, as far as I am aware. That's what it was created for anyway, although it's conceivable that it has been applied elsewhere too, I guess. Graphic Designers were once called Commercial Artists but Graphic Design better describes the work they do.
Red Flags used to be warning signs.... and so on.
I used to despise the phrase 'reach out' but have found myself saying it more and more because it's easier to say that 'get in touch with'.
So some bloke has married those conjoined twins, is that technically always having a threesome?
https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/28/conjoined-twin-abby...
https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/28/conjoined-twin-abby...
Sheets Tabuer said:
So some bloke has married those conjoined twins, is that technically always having a threesome?
https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/28/conjoined-twin-abby...
Whose (which?) name will be on the marriage certificate?https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/28/conjoined-twin-abby...
And if he has an affair with the other and has sex when his partner is asleep but his mistress isn't, is that un-consensual sex?
So many questions...!
StevieBee said:
It's easy to knee-jerk the view that new terms and phrases are pointless and naff. I do. But worth keeping in mind that the English Language is constantly evolving and amongst the dross does often emerge sound reasoning for new ways to describe things. Has always been thus.
Graphic Designers were once called Commercial Artists but Graphic Design better describes the work they do.
Red Flags used to be warning signs.... and so on.
I used to despise the phrase 'reach out' but have found myself saying it more and more because it's easier to say that 'get in touch with'.
Just as long as you don't suggest socialising the meeting notes....Graphic Designers were once called Commercial Artists but Graphic Design better describes the work they do.
Red Flags used to be warning signs.... and so on.
I used to despise the phrase 'reach out' but have found myself saying it more and more because it's easier to say that 'get in touch with'.
Fastchas said:
Sheets Tabuer said:
So some bloke has married those conjoined twins, is that technically always having a threesome?
https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/28/conjoined-twin-abby...
Whose (which?) name will be on the marriage certificate?https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/28/conjoined-twin-abby...
And if he has an affair with the other and has sex when his partner is asleep but his mistress isn't, is that un-consensual sex?
So many questions...!
Clockwork Cupcake said:
bodhi said:
Just as long as you don't suggest socialising the meeting notes....
(Gus Hedges from Drop the Dead Donkey, for our younger readers)
I'm not going to look for it as it's probably not that funny any more.StevieBee said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
bodhi said:
Just as long as you don't suggest socialising the meeting notes....
(Gus Hedges from Drop the Dead Donkey, for our younger readers)
I'm not going to look for it as it's probably not that funny any more.StevieBee said:
StevieBee said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
bodhi said:
Just as long as you don't suggest socialising the meeting notes....
(Gus Hedges from Drop the Dead Donkey, for our younger readers)
I'm not going to look for it as it's probably not that funny any more.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff