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I have, once.
At an ex-girlfriend's for Christmas, and they decided we should all play Bridge. I was given a thick book and half an hour to pick up the rules, and then treated with contempt because I had no idea what the "bid signals" were or how the heck I was supposed to respond to them ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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And there we have WHY she is an ex-girlfriend.
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Bidding is basically a state machine, so maybe the code would have helped!
It's interesting, at least from what I've been told, that when it comes to card play, the better bridge-playing programs still use Monte Carlo methods (lots of random trials) rather than trying to determine the best line of play through analysis.
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"Managers special: Buy two for thirty times the price!" 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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While I understand the idea (and the joke), if you do this in real life, people would queue 5 times to get one roll.
You cannot cure stupidity.
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Rage wrote: You cannot cure stupidity.
According to Darwin, stupidity may cure itself at some point. This is a slow process, unfortunately.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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So much for Darwin... Millions years of evolution proved him wrong...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: So much for Darwin... Millions years of evolution proved him wrong...
It is a veeeeeeeeeery slow process 
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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No but you can gather it up into a group and call it a congress.
I'm hiding from exercise...I'm in the fitness protection program.
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Or a parliament, legislature, senate, diet...
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Congress is a much better term because ‘pro’ is the opposite of ‘con’.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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I thought a congress was a gathering of cons 
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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No, but it fixes those people that just does what everyone else does.
And the other ones will at least reduce their shopping speed considerably.
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Getting exposed! haha
One of the senior managers (non-tech), I guess he never used video conferencing tools.
On the conference, his video was not seen.
When we said we couldnt see him. He kept saying "But I can see you" 
He couldn't comprehend the idea, That it could just work one way.
The 3rd time he said "But I can see you", our CEO said "Man, call your son".
His son came and helped him switch on the video camera. 
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That reminds me when I skyped with my mother and the connection was bad, she started to shout so much I sometimes could hear her without skype
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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Now I understand why some companies are so reluctant about remote work policy.
Although sometimes I wonder whether video is that necessary of audio is just enough for a call
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After the idiots decided that beaches, parks, and mountains would be great places to congregate en mass over the weekend, Boris has tightened up:
All shops other than food and pharmacies to close immediately.
People are allowed out to:
Shop for essentials, as infrequently as possible
Exercise outdoors once per day, alone or with household members
Receive medical treatment or provide care
Travel to and from work if impossible to work from home
No public gatherings of more then two people.
Mind you, the fine is only £30, so ... I expect a lot of self important idiots ignoring it ...
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Here the fine is €135 when caught outside without proper reason (was €38 on the first confinement day; has been raised to €135 on second day). And on recidivism the fine goes up to €1500.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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Never occured to me so far that there was another fellow French in the Lounge.
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Are you allowed to gather together in such a large group of French people?
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Indeed ! Up to two of us !
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So if one more Frenchman joins this thread, you get a big fine? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Yes, please stop drawing attention on us.
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