Robert Grant @robertlagrant

Oxford Joined March 2010

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

a week ago

@zeeg Definitely wouldn't go for CLIMateCatastroPhe.

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@FryRsquared Hello! I saw your YouTube short on why stamp duty is bad. But I thought given in the UK there's far more housing demand than supply, money that would go to stamp duty would just end up in the purchase price instead. Why not?

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

4 weeks ago

@mitchellh I'm looking for jobs at the moment, and there is a lot of "How will you increase use of AI by 80% amongst the engineering teams?" going around. I totally buy that AI will - at a bare minimum - augment a lot of work, but to drive its use so much seems premature, and easy to game.

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

10 months ago

@youfibre fairly close to having to change internet provider - do you have a detailed rollout plan of Oxford? Happy to wait a month or two on month to month with Sky if you're fairly close :⁠-⁠)

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

10 months ago

@UPS_UK @UPS_UK here are its opening hours on Google Maps

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

10 months ago

@UPS_UK please see above. Shouldn't UPS Abingdon be open right now?

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

10 months ago

@UPS my wife just turned up to your depot in Milton Park, UK, which says it's open on Google maps and on the door of your place, but it's shut. Phoning the number says no one's in and lists when the office is open, which is now. What's going on? She needs her parcel today.

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

12 months ago

@NatWest_Help your Android app's just spinning when I open it. It does the secure thing fine in the top right but just keeps on spinning. Help - I can't get into your banking on the website without it either.

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

2 years ago

@VirginAtlantic hello! My wife is trying to transfer her points to our new account. The website says it doesn't recognise my name, even though she's putting the same name as what's indicated on my account. How do I get this resolved? Can't find a phone number.

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

2 years ago

@StockPrinter @asunapg @TechEmails Well it was plan b. Plan a was effective altruism, to rally the opposing crowd.

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

3 years ago

@blackwellbooks erm.

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

3 years ago

@ThirstyMeeples hi - I tried booking again (just called you) and after I approve in the app it does this:

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

3 years ago

@elonmusk It's beautiful.

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

3 years ago

@OxfordshireCC hello! The parking permit system for ordering visitors' permits in Oxford is giving an Internal Server Error. Can you take a look and let me know if you need more details? We used Chrome, but that shouldn't affect 500 errors anyway.

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

3 years ago

@sa11oum @FinancialTimes You're replying to something I'm not saying. Once again: consulting companies have various methods to land and stick in companies, and bill huge amounts over the years, without necessarily providing much value. So, saying "they're paid loads so they must be good" is wrong.

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

3 years ago

@sa11oum @FinancialTimes This means it's possible that they can survive for a very long time, embedding themselves into firms as trusted advisors, able to massage results and use key relationships (and tie their fortunes to those of internal executives') to deflect blame or criticism.

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

3 years ago

@sa11oum @FinancialTimes They are constantly marketing themselves towards budget-holders, rather than the people who will benefit from their work.

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Robert Grant @robertlagrant

3 years ago

@sa11oum @FinancialTimes Saying it's impractical to validate doesn't change the fact that lots of money gets spent on some pretty unverified stuff. Your argument was that well money is spent, so they must be good. That's a non sequitur.