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In the day you had "data base administrators" that would force feed their normalized databases on the application developers; whether it made sense or not. That, and "QA". Enjoy it if it lasts (being "in charge").
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Experience is when you start designing things right the first time. It's also when you have a large enough codebase/repertoire of projects that nothing's really new anymore...it's just a matter of remembering where you did that thing and translating it and quite possibly improving it.
Software is a great job that way...getting paid to make something out of nothing and constantly building on what you learned yesterday! It's the people that annoy me. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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One I prepared in case Richard's didn't show up:
Dorothea disoriented by OG's last few. (4,3) (3,4)
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
modified 12-Aug-20 4:33am.
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Yes! I liked the double meaning of disoriented, as well as the answer.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I noticed you didn't use the "e" in Dorothea though?
Was this an oversight, or is that a valid use of "disorientated"? Like is that a "partial anagram" indicator of some kind?
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Often "losing direction" or a similar phrase is used to indicate dropping of one of N S E W. But here I was specifically taking out the East (orient). (Also, my d-word is two letters shorter than yours.)
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Ah, clever. Makes sense!
And yeah... no bonus points for my reading skills there 
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Peter_in_2780 wrote: my d-word is two letters shorter than yours.
I didn't realise they are measured in letters... to think I've been using inches this whole time 
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Nah, it's just too difficult for me ...
"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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No night perturbed Jack (7)
"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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"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 thought I had solved it, but I seem to have ended up with nothing.
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If nobody else posts the solution, I'm going to declare you the winner. 
"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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Oh, I thought that was me posting the solution
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Well, in that case...
"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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You're up tomorrow.
"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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Thanks.
I had created one ready for tomorrow as soon as I posted the answer. Otherwise I wouldn't mind if someone else stole it.
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Answer and explanation for people like me (or maybe just for me!) please 
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Perturbed indicates an anagram.
"No night" is an anagram of "nothing".
"Jack" is a synonym of "nothing".
"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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Richard Deeming wrote: "No night" is an anagram of "nothing".
I had this but had no clue how it was related to other words.
Richard Deeming wrote: "Jack" is a synonym of "nothing".
Thanks for details. 
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Sandeep Mewara wrote: "Jack" is a synonym of "nothing".
It's pretty niche, but this might be a good starting point.
Plus a hint that explaining the origin might not be considered "appropriate" langauge here in the lounge.
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No.
"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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