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Re:My dad’s resume and skills from 1980 on Saturday August 18, 2018 @07:12AM (#17787969)
I did some training with the Equality Commission in Northern Ireland some time ago, and since then I've been actively ignoring anything that people put on their CVs that is not relevant to the position they have applied for. Aside from experience and education background, additional information should be limited to facts that are relevant to the position (e.g. do you need a work permit, can you speak the same language as the rest of the team)

I wish people would stop including the information as then it takes away the risk that they can't later claim that they didn't get the job because of their age, sex, martial status, etc.

They have some guidance on how to encourage equal opportunities in the job application process [0], the monitoring questions here [1] should be seen as things that should not be asked in a standard application process, nor included in a CV.

There's many attributes that we can't legally discriminate against when someone applies for a position [2]. We might be a little more aware of trying to ensure the process is fair and balanced, and it's certainly quite different from other parts of the UK and Europe.

[0] https://www.equalityni.org/ECNI/media/ECNI/Publications/Empl...

[1] https://www.equalityni.org/Employers-Service-Providers/Small...

[2] https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/equality-law-and-ty...

*edit - fixed formatting of references

Re:It can all go to zero on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @01:44PM (#16160856)
Maybe the credit card bills that people ran up in December have come in, and they're selling their holdings to settle them.
Re:LoRaWAN packet received at record distance of 702 km on Friday September 08, 2017 @02:57PM (#15203012)
Might just be me, but I read this as ~2 kilometers, rather than the intended ~2,000 miles.
Re:UK election: Conservatives lose majority on Friday June 09, 2017 @03:49AM (#14519836)
No probs, what's been keeping the issues under control here is the Belfast (Good Friday) agreement [0], which (among lots of other things):

- grants dual nationality (British and Irish) to all the people born in Northern Ireland (simplified, there's a bit of complexity in there)

- allows for the Northern Ireland to become part of a United Ireland if the majority of people in Ireland wish it

IMO there's been a voice of reason coming from the middle ground, but this election has seen the province move more towards tribalism and the middle ground parties loosing their seats.

[0] - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-belfast-agree...

(edited for formatting of the bullet points)

Re:UK election: Conservatives lose majority on Friday June 09, 2017 @03:36AM (#14519772)
The bigger question there is why would the Irish want to become part of the UK after less than 100 years of independence?
Re:UK election: Conservatives lose majority on Friday June 09, 2017 @03:29AM (#14519737)
Northern Ireland person here, I'm afraid you have it backwards. The DUP is strongly opposed to a united Ireland, and (until very recently) have supported a border of some description with Ireland.

Sinn Fein are for a united Ireland, but do not take up their seats in Westminster.

The DUP have obtained 10 seats in this election (Sinn Fein have 7), and a coalition between the Conservatives and the DUP looks likely. The DUP has been bigger supporters of the Conservatives, and of Brexit.

Re:EU Referendum results data on Saturday June 25, 2016 @03:12AM (#11975547)
There was some breakdown for Northern Ireland, but I haven't found the raw figures

See the map here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/eu_referendum/results

(Edited added see the map for clarity)

Re:Xiaomi unveils the Mi Drone on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @02:49PM (#11772127)
Would you happen to have a link for where the P3 4K is for £600? After some bad experiences with a Quanum Nova, I'd like to try a DJI instead.
Re:New 8-megapixel camera board on sale at $25 on Monday April 25, 2016 @08:16AM (#11563715)
According to the RS Components page [0] it appears to be fixed focus.

[0] http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberry...

It would appear that they have decided to take a hard line against him with 15 years hard labour [0].

[0] http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/16/470635455/...

Re:France to pave 1,000km of road with solar panels on Friday February 05, 2016 @09:58AM (#11041761)
They are in the UK, certainly here in Northern Ireland at least. On the way out of Enniskillen there's an estate with them on it, but you can clearly see the difference between the non-solar and solar tiles in the roof. Here's a couple of products [0] and [1] (I'm not affiliated or connected in any way, just been looking into this while planning my own house).

There's also this stuff [2] but I've never actually seen it installed anywhere yet. It takes a completely different approach and is more like a metal roof than slates.

[0] http://www.solarcentury.com/uk/c21e-tiles-and-slates/

[1] http://www.solexenergy.co.uk/

[2] http://www.viking-house.co.uk/tri-solar-roof.html

(edited for formatting of the references)

Looks like it hasn't been that tall for some time, having been burnt down after it was abandoned[0]

[0] - http://www.livescience.com/48352-prehistoric-ukraine-temple-...

Re:Google Glass is Ridiculous on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @10:11AM (#5285995)
Unfortunately some of us have terrible memories, and are really important events, such first memories with our children are fading only a few years later.

Having technology that captures this automatically for me is huge! I'd love to have it recording all the time, and to spend a little time each day highlighting the fun bits.

Time with my kids is precious to me, its fun, its good, and I'm sure that both me and them will want to remember them. Having a crap memory sucks, having a piece of technology to do it for me is worth every penny.

Re:The Declining Hotness of Flight Attendants on Monday October 17, 2011 @09:44AM (#3120426)
I believe they are already exploiting this, see their 2011 advert that was shown on TV in the UK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbib-A6NpW8

Also, their 25th anniversary one (2009) takes a similar track.