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The Only Pull Request that Passed in the House of Commons
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The Only Pull Request that Passed in the House of Commons

A tail of two merge requests.

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Viren Mohindra
Sep 27, 2022
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Boris Johnson had had a long day. Countless meetings, appraisals, and bills were stacked high upon his desk. He was in no mood for squabble, but took some time out to play the latest Wordle. While deciding between CRANE and ADIEU, the first two notes of Satie's Gnossienne 5 (but two semi-tones lower — C, F instead of D, G) played abruptly, leaving a ringing noise in ol’ Bojo’s ear. For the uninitiated, this was also the Gmail Notification sound on iOS. Unlike his ex-US counterpart, Mr. Johnson was fully prepared to make the switch from Blackberry to iPhone.

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