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I did some contract work a few years ago here in the UK for a doctor who wanted to build out a system he had created to manage the subtleties of on-call staff scheduling. He went on to turn it into a very successful business. I think the key for him was knowing the domain and being able to articulate it effectively as well as being very business-minded. Also having excellent contacts within the the business helped.

I was shocked to discover how the British Library (millons of books, many many new ones every week) manages this. The first book to arrive earlier this year went on the shelf at 2025.0000001. The next went at 2025.0000002, right next to it. The electronic catalogue does the rest. No need to re-shuffle books around, but not a solution supportive of book-browsing.

There are a few Elixir solutions fo Day 1 here, including mine: https://elixirforum.com/t/advent-of-code-2024-day-1/67786. I'm using it as a motivator for actually learning the language/libs.

Can confirm, was there in 2001. The clarity of the air owing to lack of moisture and no light pollution means you get amazing views of the milky way.

I used to drive a BEV to work early mornings - 6am typically. I'd see runners with headphones/earphones who were clearly not looking when they crossed at junctions. I quickly learned to anticipate that and always prepared to stop or even came to a standstill before they saw me. It was easy and quick, especially with regenerative braking on full.

Kids were better - they could hear the low-speed whining that the car put out below 20mph.

Yes, anecdata. It would be good to know age of victim / activity / whether the vehicle had the pedestrian warning thing.

Also, many more cars now have collision detection. How does that feature or not regarding pedestrians?

Yep. There's a well known firm here in Leeds, UK whose practices lead a lot of folks to say 'ugh, no thanks', me included. There's another firm that makes bogus cellphone towers for spying on protestors who I'd not work for.

Apart from that, the usual - credit firms, gambling companies.

The Lazarus product (Delphi-like) might work for you.

Nothing runs like the fox!

Tetris.

These all look like they are petrol powered, right down to the filler cap on the petrol tank.

Again, more anecdote than science but juggling with slightly weighted balls works for me. It's also a fantastic activity to fit into my pomodoro five minutes as it gets me out of the chair and moving around to retrieve the juggling balls from under my desk.