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Stevie Wonder and Jack Nicklaus are in a bar.
Nicklaus turns to Wonder and says "How's the singing career going?" Stevie Wonder says "Not too bad, the latest album's gone into the top 10, so all in all I think it's pretty good".
"By the way, how's the golf?" Nicklaus replies "Not too bad. I'm not winning as much as I used to but I'm still making a bit of money. I had some problems with my swing, but I think I've got that worked out now". "I always find that when my swing goes wrong, I need to stop playing for a while and think about it, then the next time I play it seems to be all right" says Stevie.
"You play golf!?" asks Jack. Stevie says "Yes, I've been playing for years".
"But I thought you're blind! How can you play golf if you are blind?" Jack asks. "I get my caddie to stand in the middle of the fairway and call to me. I listen for the sound of his voice and play the ball towards him, then when I get to where the ball lands the caddie moves to the green or further down the fairway and again, I play the ball towards his voice" explains Stevie.
"But how do you putt?" Nicklaus wondered. "Well" says Stevie "I get my caddie to lean down in front of the hole and call to me with his head on the ground and I just play the ball to the sound of his voice".
Nicklaus says "What is your handicap?" "I play off scratch" Stevie assures Jack.
Nicklaus is incredulous and says to Stevie "We must play a game sometime". Wonder replies "Well, people don't take me seriously, so I only play for money, and I never play for less than $100,000 a hole".
Nicklaus thinks it over and says "Okay, I'm up for that. When would you like to play?" "I don't care. Any night next week is fine with me".
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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groan sound
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I didn't think that orthopedic shoes would help, but I stand corrected.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles where chatting about how much discrimination they experienced due to their handicap.
"But I guess it could have been worse", Stevie says, "We could have been coloreds!"
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Stevie Wonder => Have you seen my wife lately?
Answer => No
Stevie Wonder => neither have I
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Yes drummer Alan White dies aged 72[^]
I am bummed, a great drummer. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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jeron1 wrote: Yes drummer Alan White dies aged 72[^]
I have one thing to say: Nooooo!!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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jeron1 wrote: I am bummed
In the UK that has a 'hole' different meaning.
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obermd wrote: It's getting crowded.
Unfortunately.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Altering
“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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Explanation please ?
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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like vital part => integral
the order => (anagram)
Changing => Altering
“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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"Changing the order like vital part" : ALTERING
Nope, still don't get it. I'm probably being thick today.
You are up again tomorrow anyway!
"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 dont get it either
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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So I mentioned at the start of the week I lost one of my systems (an Intel NUC), and one of my spare machines, which was hosting a bunch of VMs, was repurposed to take its place, until I find a better long-term solution. Or not.
One of the VMs that was being hosted was running Pi-Hole, and I've been browsing without it active since. OMFG. For some time I wasn't sure Pi-Hole was doing all that much, but now I'm convinced--it's indispensable. WTE happened to the web? I no longer recognize it. The real killers are animated ads, or ads that are changing so frequently it can't help but constantly draw your attention, breaking your focus.
Needless to say, one of my priorities has been to re-import the VHD and get the Pi-Hole VM up and running again. Suddenly...all is back to normal. I'm sorry, Pi-Hole, for ever doubting your contributions to a more positive browsing experience.
If marketing people are wondering why ad blockers are so commonplace nowadays, they only have themselves to blame. Seriously.
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You must visit the wrong kinds of sites.
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As a fervent pi-hole user I can assure you that even the most decent and upstanding sites bombard you with crap and pass on your your browser information to anyone willing to pay them for it.
Check out these two versions of the same page https://clumpton.com/uknwebimg/BBC_with(out)_pi-hole.JPG[^]
So old that I did my first coding in octal via switches on a DEC PDP 8
modified 27-May-22 2:58am.
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I'm used to Brave and FireFox + AdBlock, surfing without is basically impossible. The latest offender was StackExchange, with a massive ad floating at the bottom of the screen - at work I can only use Chrome and not install add-ons.
GCS/GE d--(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--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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If work is on Windows, give Edge a try and turn on Strict browsing. This blocks all third party cookies and I've found is also effective at eliminating advertisements.
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