Re: The service animal scam is about to come to a very abrupt end
What about the emergency pressure release valve? It might look like a straw, but it's definitely a safety device.
Posts by Sir Runcible Spoon
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Beer necessities: US chap registers bevvy as emotional support animal so he can booze on public transport
The Foot of Cupid emits final burst of flatulence in honour of fallen Python Terry Jones
Fly me to the M(O2)n: Euro scientists extract oxygen from 'lunar dust' by cooking it with molten salt electrolysis
World-record-breaking boffins reveal the fastest spinning thing on Earth – and it's not George Orwell in his grave
How a Kaggle Grandmaster cheated in $25,000 AI contest with hidden code – and was fired from dream SV job
Who says HMRC hasn't got a sense of humour? Er, 65 million Brits
Help! I'm trapped on Schrodinger's runaway train! Or am I..?
Saturday 18th January 2020 23:07 GMT
Re: just going to add
I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one cursed with slow queue syndrome.
It makes absolutely no difference even if there's just one person in the queue with a bag of carrots, you can bet that when they come to pay they'll dig out a years's worth of coupons for the cashier to 'try' on the off chance one of them will knock 10p off.
It sucks.
Top Euro court advised: Cops, spies yelling 'national security' isn’t enough to force ISPs to hand over massive piles of people's private data
Friday 17th January 2020 15:12 GMT
Re: "Mythical deity"
Not just the wave-particle duality bit, but the fact that you get different results based on the experiment being observed etc.
You're also taking my open-mindedness about people interpreting interesting (and little known) phenomena as some kind of intelligent force as a statement about such things being absolutely true, when such is not the case.
Just because you don't believe in a sky-god doesn't mean there isn't a lot of weird shit going on that can't be rationally explained away (yet).
Thursday 16th January 2020 16:57 GMT
Re: "Mythical deity"
I'm referring to the nature of our reality (i.e. what we perceive to be true).
If some of the things I've read about are true (such as the double slit experiment) then reports of supernatural phenomena aren't absurd at all, but it does probably depend on just who is doing the 'viewing'.
Apple calls BS on FBI, AG: We're totally not dragging our feet in murder probe iPhone decryption. PS: No backdoors
Are you getting it? Yes, armageddon it: Mass hysteria takes hold as the Windows 7 axe falls
US hands UK 'dossier' on Huawei: Really! Still using their kit? That's just... one... step... beyond
ICANN finally reveals who’s behind purchase of .org: It’s ███████ and ██████ – you don't need to know any more
Tuesday 14th January 2020 10:45 GMT
Not so
"Honor based agreements are pointless there is no imperative in evolution to do anything but exploit opportunities for your own (and your genetic legacies possibly?) advantage"
That very much depends on how long a view you're taking. The longer the view, the more it benefits the individual to improve the lot of the masses.
Therefore, anything that falls short of collective betterment is short-sighted opportunism which will not (eventually) benefit the individual who thinks he is climbing to the top of the shit pile.
I would rather be at the bottom of the celestial pyramid than at the top of the excrement one, ymmv.
AMD rips covers off 64-core Threadripper desktop monster, plus laptop chips, leaving Intel gesturing vaguely at 2021
Windows 7 and Server 2008 end of support: What will change on 14 January?
GCHQ: A cyber-what-now? Rumours of our probe into London Stock Exchange 'cyberattack' have been greatly exaggerated
Tuesday 7th January 2020 12:46 GMT
If it's anything like the banking systems in this country then they've probably gotten rid of the only people who understand how most of their shit works*.
*So many systems are inter-connected and running on bespoke scripts that it requires time and brains to understand. Making changes without being able to fully assess the impact is like playing Russian roulette with an Uzi.
Having trouble finding a job in your 40s? Study shows some bosses like job applicants... up until they see dates of birth
Tuesday 7th January 2020 12:37 GMT
"We were all young and callous, not to mention very dense once upon a time."
^^This.
When people make statements about others these days they tend to be absolutist, assuming that because they are acting like a twat that they will *always* act like a twat.
The current trend in crucifying people for mistakes they made 10 years ago etc. doesn't allow for people to learn from their mistakes. That doesn't encourage people to be perfect from the outset, it encourages them to lie and hide the truth - hardly a recipe for success.
When I look back to younger versions of me it boggles my mind, some of them are like different people in comparison. Long time in alpha, beta was turbulent. v1.0 was acceptable after a dozen hot-fixes etc.
I think I must be on version 21 or something by now, and still adding revisions and bug-fixes. I can say that I'm definitely a lot more user friendly these days ;)
Tuesday 7th January 2020 12:27 GMT
Re: driving down costs
My salary/rate expectations have nothing to do with my age, it has everything to do with my (proven) ability to add value to a company far in excess of what I can earn (such as saving millions, or helping develop systems that can generate millions etc.).
However, I'm not about to go applying for a low level network engineering job and ask for a stupid salary - if the job doesn't require all my skills then I can hardly charge a client for things they don't need - no-one's that daft (quite).
The art of getting work as you get older (imho) is to:
1. Keep one eye over your shoulder. If the young-uns are catching you up a bit, time to get your skates on - no resting on laurels. Stay sharp and stay *interested* in what you are doing.
2. Find jobs that require a broader range of skills, one's that companies struggle to full - they will be more likely to pay a premium if you can tick most of their boxes in one hit.
2.1 Try and build a strong reputation so that jobs come to *you*.
I'm sure there are other things, but they've slipped my mind and someone at work has the audacity to be calling me!
Joking aside, one of the reasons contracting is so important to the IT industry in the UK is that it keeps you at the sharp end as you get older - no moldering away in a comfy job tied to a fat pension to make you lazy.
All this IR35 bullshit is squarely aimed at the self-motivated, experienced IT worker. If it was (as they claim) just to catch out 'disguised employees' they wouldn't keep getting it wrong and updating it to catch out more people that aren't part of their originally stated target group. Again, just my opinion.
Tuesday 7th January 2020 12:05 GMT
People using that comment in an online discussion is simply stating that they have run out of things to say in favour of their own stated position - it's just another way to shut down polite discourse and make a run for the lowest common denominator tactics.
Of course, if they are using comments like that then they're not likely to realise what they are doing either (unless they're trolling).
As the old saying goes - 'youth is wasted on the young' :)
Intel teases NUC-leheads with new desktop-class graphics systems and a fast i9 CPU
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