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I'm giving you a very flat look.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Oh no. The virus that overwhelmed the Visual Studio design team has infected you too?
Software Zen: delete this;
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It seems that the originating site, null-hypothesis, hasn't been paying their bills! I guess that's saying something about null hypotheses.
Marc
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I was going to say, "That's nuts!"
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Ten minutes ago, I got an email to say that the goods I returned via courier yesterday had been received, and a refund credited to my paypal account.
So I log into paypal, and sure enough, it's there. Withdraw it to my current account.
Two minutes ago, I got an email from the bank that "A deposit more than the amount you set in your Alerts has been paid into your account."
So I log into the bank, and sure enough, the money is there, cleared and ready to spend.
When did banks start working properly? That little lot used to take days, if not a week! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I get immediate notices for any online charges to some of my credit cards.
But for the last few weeks . . . drum roll . . . The US Postal Services sends me a daily set of images of all scanable mail to be delivered that day. And a link to click should it not show up. All this is . . . free! (rim-shot).
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That would never happen in the UK: 99% of my post is junk mail the Royal Mail has been told repeatedly that I don't want them to deliver... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Royal MSnail
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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Hi,
I have actually written some ACH[^] transaction software many years ago (circa 2003).
I believe if the ACH transaction from your bank to Pay Pal was still in the PENDING state... when you logged into Pay Pal and refunded... the ACH transaction was cancelled.
In other words... the money never left your account. The transaction was cancelled by the receiver and the funds were immediately available because the transaction never took place.
Trust me... if that transaction would have completed you would have been waiting several days.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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That's why I was gobsmacked - according to my bank the money first left my account on the 3rd...
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Hi,
OriginalGriff wrote: according to my bank the money first left my account on the 3rd...
You (the account holder) do not see the true date/time of the ACH transactions.
Here is probably what happened:
1.) The money is deducted immediately (by your bank) even while the ACH transaction is in the PENDING state.
2.) The ACH transaction was cancelled. The PENDING was changed to CANCELLED and the funds were immediately made available because the transaction did not COMPLETE.
Pal Pal most likely leaves the transaction in the PENDING state for this very reason... to make it easier for purchase cancellations.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Ah! That makes sense.
Bet the bank hates it though... 
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It's been that way for at least a couple of decades in the USA.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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It's been like that since late last year (I think). Most bank transfers occur on the same day. It all started when the government told the banks to stop putting our money on deposit for themselves, rather than straight into our accounts.
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Wow!
I'm used to it between the deposit and current accounts - both with the same bank so no excuse for it not to be immediate - but it's the first time I've seen it between banks.
That's the way it should be!
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You can thank the EU for that, one part of SEPA is that transfers has to be done "promptly". This has been interpreted as within a business day (since 2015). This means the banks can't sit on the money to earn interest on them, so it can just as well be done immediately.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: You can thank the EU for that
Which means the UK will shortly be going back to the old system of having to wait a week for anything to happen.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Karma and bitch are two word coming in mind. 
But honestly, I have quite strong doubts the banks would be that stupid, unless they are on a punishing crusade, considering they are among those having most to lose on a brexit.
My two cents are that the UK will get the same agreements as Norway and Switzerland. Which means they will pay a bit less then before but lose the input and quite some benefits.
More on yhat here[^]
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: My two cents are that the UK will get the same agreements as
no, no, no.... brexit means brexit
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Pass the popcorn will you.
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GOD BLESS TRUMP AND MICROSOFT!!!
No, wait! I'm not ryandev!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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And then you have this[^]. 
/ravi
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Someone found the variable that wasn't being re-initialised, and hey presto!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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