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One thing @mart_brooks, we're both influenced by Zimki / Fotango. As imperfect as it was, we have both seen a different world long ago. We forget how this alters our perception ->
i.e. if you have the same perception as me, then what we see today as DevOps / Containers is the distant past, yes it has evolved but it feels very old whereas Serverless (e.g. Lambda) for all its imperfections feels familiar and the more natural progression.
It's easy to forget the educational barriers that people.have to get through. We've both had a long time to prepare for this and there are no shocks for us. Doesn't mean that's true for everyone.
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The most popular option every time - backed on average by just over a quarter - has been to leave without a deal at all - bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi… ... well, I'd prefer GE followed by Corbyn + Brexit (preferably WTO but EEA docked to EFTA is fine) but that's a bit specialised.
... what I do find amazing is that "no deal" still tops the options after years of continuous campaigning both online and offline to overturn the referendum against no effective opposition. That is fairly spectacular, almost unprecedented.
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Populus had Remain 10% ahead
ComRes had Remain 6%+
YouGov had Remain 4%+
Ipsos Mori had Remain 4%+
... One of the few dissenting voices was Opinium, who produced that recent poll.
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+100 -> "We do not have a problem with ‘too much cynicism’ - we
have a problem with too much trust in people and institutions that are not fit to control so much."
+∞ -> "Most politicians, officials, and advisers operate with fragments of philosophy, little knowledge of maths or science and little experience in well-managed complex organisations."
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