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On the topic of price the item in question shows as been between $8.50 - $11.50 depending on store in the first zip that instacart loaded (94105). Checking another zip (07081) it's between $7.50 - $11.50. As a result $9.95 does not seem outside normal parameters for this item.
https://www.instacart.com/store/walgreens/products/1585122
The US item is also materially smaller than the UK version. Even if they was the same volume, at $4.29 this is still a considerable increase in cost compared to the UK price.
Take for example Dove Men+Care antiperspirant. In the US what is a rather compact can 3.8oz/107g was on the shelf at $9.55 (plus sales tax). I've just checked a well known UK chemist (boots) and 150ml of the same brand is £1.70 and 250ml is £2.00 (both including sales tax). Not really sure why the US measure aerosols in g and the UK measures them in ml but the price difference alone is jaw dropping.
I much prefer to skip the painstaking messing with Visio and instead use tools like https://www.websequencediagrams.com
Simple to update and no faffing around with formatting.
I normally then do a screen/audio recording whilst talking about the diagram. These have received very positive feedback from developers and non-developers.
Mporium is based on New Bond St, London. We are hiring for multiple vacancies at this time. As of today I know we are activity looking for at least 2 backend developers , 1 frontend developer and 1 data scientist.
For the backend developer roles I can add a bit more. We operate on a microservices architecture. This is mostly but not exclusively Java. Most of the Java applications use Spring Boot.
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Backend Developer | Signals Team | https://mporium.com/vacancies/backend-developer-signals/
If you have experience with using AWS services then this is the best to apply for.
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Backend Developer | Actions Team | https://mporium.com/vacancies/backend-developer/
If you have experience with ad platforms APIs (Google Adwords, Facebook, etc.) then this is the best to apply for.
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Frontend Developer | Applications Team | https://mporium.com/vacancies/frontend-developer/
Angular 2 experience required
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Data Scientist | Decisions Team | https://mporium.com/vacancies/data-scientist/
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PR https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-spell-check/pull/30
But it seems this was reverted in a more recent commit.
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Holiday learning; What you considering?
After seeing the CMU course posted I wondered what others might be planning on learning and why.