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I have young children, so this time of year is fun for me. The train I set up around the tree has certainly seen better years though. I've given up on keeping the track together and the train upright.
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My wife and I haven't finished decorating yet - this weekend. We don't use tinsel because our cat would eat the stuff.
Tinsel is nothing more than confetti and should be banned.
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hxxps://beebom.com/stop-apps-from-requesting-to-track-ios-14/
hxxps://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-14-privacy/
hxxps://developers.google.com/admob/ios/ios14
hxxps://twitter.com/tim_cook/status/1339720611313065984
hxxps://www.theverge.com/2020/12/17/22180102/facebook-new-newspaper-ad-apple-ios-14-privacy-prompt
in case anyone did'nt know apart from some of the lock down apps available like adguard and others
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
modified 18-Dec-20 5:53am.
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Current insect holds poll for bookkeeper (10)
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Current AC
insect ANT
holds (inside)
poll COUNT
for bookkeeper
ACCOUNTANT
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I knew I could account on you!
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... and I just realized by checking my email this morning that I apparently ordered five copies of Windows 10 and three XBoxes during the night.
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That's a perfectly normal side effect.
Don't worry about it, unless an order for PS4's creeps in.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I think an accepted order for a PS5 would be even more creepier.
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No, they know people want one of those, and they have loads of old stock to dispose of ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yep, this probably explains why they put a free Clippy poster in the order.
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I had my shot too. I woke up with a cardboard box full of Windows Vista CDs on my doorstep. Must've been a prototype vaccine.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Vista, CDs, that is wrong on so many levels
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Only start to worry if you sign a partition to bring back Clippy.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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yacCarsten wrote: sign a partition
Been working with disks much lately?
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// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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I have an image of Clippy popping up on your screen with
"It appears that you meant to say 'petition'. Can I help you with that?"
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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You realize this means you'll also be able to go back to your 6 meter social distancing.
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Yes, the 2 meter was a bit too close to my taste.
Actually, I did not get the vaccine (it was only for the Microsoft plot joke) and will probably not get it before July - France is *a bit* late on track.
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GWBasic predated windows. VB4 was mostly just GWBasic with a code generator. The code generator for Windows had gotten fairly good by that time. When they got to VB6 they had added a lot of object oriented features. Where did VB5 stand in this evolution. Was it closer to 4 or 6?
So many years of programming I have forgotten more languages than I know.
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I’d say it was closer to 6. 3 and 5 stand out for me as the best versions of VB (others can add the joke they desire here). 4 was an OLE-ification, and 6 was the attempt at web. (And 5 was the addition of classes)
TTFN - Kent
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I did a lot of GWBasic then jumped into C++ 4 and a lot of embedded work. Never did much VB until 6 and then it was mostly VBA for Excel and other programs. VBA is mostly VB6. After that it has been .NET and C#. I have skipped over a lot of small steps in my career.
I am asking this question because I am just finishing up converting a VB4 program to a WPF and C#. Now they are giving me a VB5 conversion. I am kind of wishing I had screwed up the VB4 conversion.
So many years of programming I have forgotten more languages than I know.
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Whole parts of my brain just opened up, creaking and dusty, at the mention of GWBasic.
Good memories...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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