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Munchies_Matt wrote: I don't find Gervais that funny.
I'm not a fan either, just thought this was particularly amusing.
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I lost interest part way though. Sorry.
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Don't apologise to me; it's Ricky you should be groveling to... 
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well, I am so terribly English I feel I must apologise for every disappointment.
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First off the cat decided to show off his predatory skills: yelling outside my window to come in, complete with a mouth full of bird. If the bird had been a parrot, it could have featured in a Monty Python sketch. Separate cat and prey. Bin prey.
Cat goes out, I return to my office sit down ... and he's at my windows again, with another.
Five times this happens.
Then he switched to rats. Thanks. Needed that...
Then a policeman arrives (he's trying to find out if the local problem family have been doing anything that might extend the ASBO, but sadly they have been behaving). And he looks like he should be in school ... I start to feel very old.
Soon, the washing is done, and I'm ironing my shirts when a neighbour pops in for a cup of tea. Any excuse to stop ironing or mowing the lawn is fine with me! He wants to know what the music is: "Ode to joy", the Banco Sabadell viral flashmob version. Most of the words make sense to him, but as a sentence they are meaningless. I start to explain, and decide to show him instead. So ... youtube on the PC, find the clip, cast it to Chromecast on the TV.
He's gobsmacked. And he's ten years younger than I am.
Suddenly, I don't feel so old after all! 
How old are you feeling today?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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The poor cat has been working its a** off, only because you were not impressed enough.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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OriginalGriff wrote: How old are you feeling today?
No worse than yesterday.
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I think you may have a typo in your operating system and have therefore accidentally enabled "cat prefetch" (not Cache prefetching)[^]
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As if cats would pay any attention to settings in some operating system. They used to be deities and still do not like any interference.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Bl**dy Win10 updates!
Trouble is I have no idea where the setting is hidden, and there is no way I am asking Cortana how to "fetch pussy" ... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: How old are you feeling today?
Add 10 years to yesterday... But hey!!! Tomorrow is the first day of weekend...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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OriginalGriff wrote: he's trying to find out if the local problem family have been doing anything that might extend the ASBO
So what did you do to get an ASBO in the first place? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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And why would someone want to order anti social behavior?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Well, if you don't sort it you get a rise in disorganised crime.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Old and tired - I should have discussed with my boss for a pay raise today and he postponed to next week 
Of course given the precedents it's possible that the raise even if accepted will arrive in 6-18 months. If I won't get any clear answer or if the answer is niet I'll be sending out curriculums - frankly I'm sick and tired of working as a software engineer with 5 years of experience in this company for 8€/hour.
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I hope so! 
That's less than cleaners get ... the UK minimum wage is £7.20, and that's only £7.15.
I wouldn't get out of bed for 8€/hour.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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8€ net from income taxes (10.5 € gross) but not for service taxes. My cost of living is "small" thanks to accurate management and parents help (my car is inherited from my granddad or I coulnd't afford one, maintenance is done my my father who's a mechanic or I couldn't afford it).
My low rent is pure luck as it's less than single rooms in deaying buildings amidst lowlife despite being a spacious apartment in the countryside - it's almost completely offset of course by the high cost of commuting.
Of 16k € I earn each year at least 13k go for day-to-day living, excluding new taxes, government surprises, accidents and sudden diseases. Keep in mind that I'm counting 2 people as I live with my not economically independent girlfriend (not married because we wish to have at least a decent ceremony but we have no money for that). I'd probbably spend a bit more but my mother gets lunch tickets at work and gives me a share of them, my trusted grocery store accepts them - it goes for other 500-700 € / year saved.
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: (10.5 € gross)
Time to get a new job, in my opinion.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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In fact I'm preparing my CV. If I can raise the pay to at least 12.5 (consider that earning more than 25€/h gross is extremely hard in Italy and usually it happens at 50+ years) then then I can evaluate to stay - contrary to many other companies in my country this one pays each month regularly, is economically well managed so it won't go bust with a short notice and it's extremely stable financially, plus it's not ionvolved in any political/mafia corruption scheme.
It also doesn't lay off people if not for extreme reasons (espionage, stealing from the company, assaulting other employees) so I know I'll have a solid financial base for the future, even if not particularly rich. Still, 8€/hour is not enough, not anymore.
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I think I'll move to Italy and keep my current job. I'll live like a King! 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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True enough that there is a common idiomatic expression: "fare l'americano" ["behaving like an American"] means living spending a lot of money (new cars, long exotci vacations, often at restaurants...).
It arrives directly from World Wars when US soldiers on leave and the contingents that remained for dome years after the end of the wars were spending a lot of money while our people were in complete poverty - many people, epsecially in southern regions, hadn't running water in houses until 1970s!
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: hadn't running water in houses until 1970s!
Wow! I spent 2 years in Mexico and was moved by the level of poverty there. It would be great if every American could live abroad for a while. It would help to not be so materialistic.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Italians who live abroad for a while are always jarred when they return. Either they go straight into 3rd world countries or they face great trouble readapting to failing services and ridiculous wages - often unattainable since we have unemployemnt for OVERQUALIFICATION... idiocy.
One thing I enjoy of Italy is the relaxed way of living - I know that London is frenetic for everyone but I find frenetic Turin, which is nothing compared to Rome or Milan which are nothing compared to London so I think I'd be a very sorry axe in more civilizwed countries... in fact I stay in the countryside and work in the city, for the less stressful life.
I'd love moving in places like Texas or Tennessee... there is a lot of space and nature, sparse population with still big central cities and permissive gun regulations - something I miss in Italy and will miss ever more since almost everyone is trying to reduce gun rights in any way despite having a negligible ratio of gun related crimes, and 98,4% of them (real statistic) are executed with illegally imported (or sold by crooked police operators, which is sadly the norm here) weapons.
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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