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Yeah, but it ruins everyone else's fun!
Well... look away now folks, spoiler ahead:
Mode (fashion) + Ration (share) = Moderation (Restraint)
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Is absolutely spot on - you are up tomorrow! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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…and no c**k-ups with tenses either! 
I'm not normally this quick.…. some years ago, when my dad was ill (dying, in fact…) I moved back home for a couple of years to live with my parents, to help my mum out, mostly. She was really good at doing The Times crossword, and we’d sit around in the evenings solving it. She’d get the majority of them, and I‘d feel really pleased if I got a couple before she did! But I suppose I learnt something about how to solve them….
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xkcd: Thermostat[^]
And who do you think is going to get the call? Anyone "technical". That means me. And you, all of you ... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I watched the first Thor film last night, it resonated rather well with the image text.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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OriginalGriff wrote: And who do you think is going to get the call? Anyone "technical". That means me. And you, all of you ...
Nope. I thought the support guys on the hotlines usually sit in India, but claim to be John Frankenfurter from Hucklesuck, Texas.
So, if you get the support calls, we now know that you sit in India. Do you really think it's a good idea to pose as Griff here? 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
modified 6-Nov-17 5:01am.
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For all we know, there is a god-forsaken village in India named Wales, where the sheep roam and the sun never shines.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Holy sheep, no doubt! 
Oh, I forgot:
Holy sheep, Batman!
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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CodeWraith wrote: John Frankenfurter from Hucklesuck, Texas
I love it when tech support claims to be from Texas. I grew up in the DFW area which is where they always seem to be if they are truly in TX. Plus I visited Austin enough that I could always start a conversation about how the weather was, if such and such intersection was still a pain, or if some restaurant was still in business.
It's fun to listen to them squirm as they try to keep up the lie. Plus when they really are there, I can have a conversation with a Texan. Win-win in my book.
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I spent a few years in Texas, but in El Paso.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Bob in Bangalore is on it.
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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Me: "Alexa, give the thermostat a swift kick in the crotch!"
Alexa: "....ok"
On the other hand, you have different fingers. - Steven Wright
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I have a friend who want to do some study to get a better job.
He hesitates between nurse and web developer.
Well I am a successful all around (except game) developer, and I love it. So I advise him to got that way.
But hey, just like a thread a few hours earlier. Some people have very bad experience with IT.
So.. not sure whether it's a good idea. Plus I got the perspective of a senior developer. Being a junior is tougher.
Any tips? What should I advise him to do?
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If he is interested in pursuing development I would advise him to download the VS2017 Free Editions including samples and similar stuff and see if it gets his interest from there. Then he should be able to figure out if it is worth going after. ![Java | [Coffee]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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Yeah I did tell him to do that! 
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Wow that is a couple of disparate career paths. Employment prospects for a nurse are dramatically better than a web developer but I suspect the work is dramatically more difficult. A good, professional nurse is always in demand whereas web developers are a dime a dozen, especially junior ones.
But nursing is a vocation, web developing is just a job. He may also have no concept what a developer does and may perceive it as an easy method of work, disabuse of such ideas.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Nailed it.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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This guy has not done any research whatsoever and is just day dreaming. In Australia a degree qualified nurse is a far better career choice than web developer. The conditions and job security for nurses cannot be compared with any but a few web developers. He does not seem too serious about either.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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With IT, if you are not taking care of your physical workout routine, your health is guaranteed to rot. Non-IT jobs, particularly the ones in hospitals will require a lot of standing and walking. His health is automatically guaranteed. Dont say about the possibility of the infections, Nurses have far more antibodies developed. So health-wise, they are 
& with IT, you tend to live more in an illusionary world, you are more into the matrix. Nurse job is more grounded, & closer to reality. I think Nurses get paid well too, in Australia. So may be it's good to take this route, if he's got enough interest there.
Lately, I've been realizing the curse of the seated-job. Just wishing it's not too late. Kicking myself up to do some workouts.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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From a financial and quality of life perspective, nursing is the better choice by far. In America, one can get an associates degree and pass a cert and they're making middle class money. In programming, Computer Science university is difficult, it is difficult to get in the door, and it's difficult to stay in IT throughout you career. Plus, in nursing, you don't have to study throughout your career to stay relevant.
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Tony Foo wrote: you don't have to study throughout your career to stay relevant
I suspect you don't know a lot of nurses, while staying relevant requires less dedication it is still a fairly large part of a nurses life. The few I know a regularly attending courses to keep up with the latest techniques.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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And if they're a bit smarter they study a specialty (diagnostics, midwife etc) and can end up in high-end private practice or even working for themselves - have a sister that does private midwife (contract) - constantly booked up the next 9 months (and even more) and it's all referral/repeat/word-of-mouth business. (Toughest part is having to plan holidays a year in advance and turning people down for that period.
Also she has a lot of friends, many of them bored? want to see somewhere else? Work in Dubai for a year (crap life for women but mega $), or France, or UK, North America... - a good up-to-date nurse will have a job almost anywhere lined up before the email has finished transmitting.
Those that don't bother to update skills, after many years still back home cleaning old folks bedpans.
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No, but I did have a girl friend a few years ago that was a nurse administrator during the week and head nurse on the weekends. She never talked about training, but she is smart. We have a nurse at work whose office is somewhat near mine. I would guess he doesn't go to medical training because he's either in the office or on vacation/sick leave.
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"Plus, in nursing, you don't have to study throughout your career to stay relevant"
Oh my...so wrong! Where did you get that idea from. My mother was a nurse over 50 years ago and was constantly relearning. I would guess today, even more so with all the technology being injected into health care. Some good , some bad.
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