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good for her.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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I watch next to nothing of the events, but a question popped into my head the other day when sprinting was on. I was curious what ever happened to Usain Bolt. As I remember, he was very fast and had dominated for quite some time. Any way, when I got to looking, I found this quote:
"Usain Bolt made his first appearance at the Summer Olympics in 2004. He was just 18 years old and nursing a hamstring injury, and he failed to even make it out of his heat in the 200-meter dash.
Then, of course, he went on to sweep the 100 and 200 in three consecutive Olympics, and become arguably the most dominant sprinter of all time.
Bolt has since retired, and the Tokyo Olympics will be the first in more than two decades without him."
If his first Olympic appearance was in 2004, shouldn't that last sentence be something like, "the Tokyo Olympics will be the first in almost two decades without him?"
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modified 5-Aug-21 9:12am.
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You know that journalists can't count past ten with their socks on ... 
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Sadly, the editor swears he is absolutely correct by saying, "The last Olympics without him were the 2000 Sydney Games, 21 years ago."
Heck, the first Olympics without him were the 1896 Olympics in Athens, 124 years ago, but that seems equally as silly.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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You would think so, in the same way that cashiers should be able to make change. 
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Looks like he's doing music now[^]. Sounds like there's a vocoder involved rather than singing talent but maybe I am wrong.
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Probably Auto-tune.
not bad, but not ground breaking or inspiring music (from that single sample)
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Off by one error after a div 4.
Classic mistake. We've all done it, right?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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At one stage he was playing soccer for a B grade team near Sydney.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Correct. But...
Luckily, Usain believed the journalist and thought it was a good time to retire.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Given the last Olympics without Usain Bolt was in 2000 the statement "the Tokyo Olympics will be the first in more than two decades without him." appears correct to me.
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maj000 wrote: Given the last Olympics without Usain Bolt was in 2000...
The last Olympics with him was in 2016. The first one without him was in 2020. You don't reference someone's career before it ever starts.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I was pointed at this site: Rubies and amethysts - PixelFederation[^] which clearly favours "Dark Theme" style over any type of usability. Black text on a very dark grey background, anyone?
As in #111111 on #1D2136 ... for ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) sake!
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modified 4-Aug-21 14:55pm.
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Went there for sh1t and giggles, and you're right...I thought at first it was black text on a black background, so I suspected something was broken and the browser simply gave up on any attempt to continue reading back CSS or any rendering style, leaving everything in whatever state it just happened to be in.
But no, it actually is very dark text on a black background, at least in the sense that if I crank the brightness/contract of my monitor, I can sort of see the ghostly outline of the individual paragraphs. But it's all completely unreadable.
That cannot be what whoever wrote it anticipated.
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dandy72 wrote: at least in the sense that if I crank the brightness/contract of my monitor, I can sort of see the ghostly outline of the individual paragraphs. But it's all completely unreadable.
Text select 
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Obviously, but that wasn't the point I was trying to convey.
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Hmmmm,
I have always been known for going that extra mile to achieve sensory deprivation[^] which enhances my natural abilities, I'm not sure how or why that works.
But I can tell you that the person using that color scheme is probably sitting in a completely black/dark room.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
edit: what/why
modified 4-Aug-21 17:55pm.
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It beats faint light grey text on a white background.
What is it with designers these days?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I will probably get some flak for this... but I actually like it.
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Interesting I get white text on a dark background, some grey but only the links.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Same here. Maybe they fixed it.
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When the dark is prevailing... Use the force, Griff!
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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But the Dark Side websites have cookies!
"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
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Brownies, maybe.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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That sounds like a complete Disaster Area. 
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- Homer
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