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I think you're going to be up again tomorrow - I got nothing else!
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Solution? I'm still nowhere near.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OMG! Again! 
But here is the trick.. I work with the same people, doing the same work, having same pay.
But now I am directly employed by EA. (i.e. Electronic Arts) instead of going though an agency. And I have leave and sick days on top (so, really, a little bit of money increase  )
Yea!
Gone is my work with EA. Long live my new work with EA!
And you better pay me some micro transactions prompto! 
(just kidding, I mean surprise mechanics!)
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Gratz
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Ta!
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>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Congratulations. Here's hoping it's everything you wished for and then some.
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Totally! 
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Nice... Glad to "hear" it.
M.D.V. 
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Congrats - so they decided to keep you and the agency fee probably covers your benefits so a win/win for you and EA. When the bank wanted to put me on as perm they offered a package 30% less than I was getting via the agency (and I was already getting holiday pay). I was a contractor for 15 years
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Well... for me the point of being contractor was the better pay. But looks like I can keep the better pay, so I dont mind!
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Did the first computer date back to Adam and Eve?
(It was an Apple with just one byte of memory and then everything crashed)
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: (It was an Apple with just one byte of memory and then everything crashed)
Musta been the Python
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Was the first malware written in python?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
modified 30-Aug-21 10:46am.
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Well, they were the first Apple consumers... 
And like all drugs, the first bite was very tasty, but the consequences were dire. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Well, I know about the Adam (one of my cousins had one), but I never came across an Eve.
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Should've done this ages ago...
I'm in a shared office, but for the past few months I've been by myself more and more often, mostly three days a week now.
I used to listen to music through my headphones, then my laptop speaker, and now... Through my brand new Creative Pebble v3 speakers 
The sound is surprisingly good for its price (and really just good overall): Creative Pebble V3 Minimalistic 2.0 USB-C Speakers with Bluetooth® 5.0 - Creative Labs (United States)[^]
Got the idea from someone else in the building who was blasting music so loud I could hear it all the way across the hall (in length)
Haven't been a fan of Creative since I bought a soundcard with 7.1 surround speakers back when that cost me months of salary (I delivered morning newspapers).
All was well and then Windows Vista came along (yes, that long ago) and Creative didn't update its drivers and I could basically throw away months of salary (my music never sounded that good again) 
In their defense, they weren't the only manufacturer with driver problems back then...
This Pebble thing is a cheap plug 'n play device, can't go wrong really
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Nice
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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How cute - you think Windows Vista was ‘that long ago’!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Well... relativelly seen it is almost 1/3 of his life (or maybe more) 
M.D.V.
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Vista came out about 14 years ago, I already had the hardware back then, so let's say I bought that 15 years ago.
I was 18 at the time, so yeah, quite a bit more than 1/3 of my life
Since then, I went to university, had my first "serious" relationship (and a few more after that), had my first real job (and again, a few more after that), started programming, bought my own house, started my own business...
Heck, this isn't just "almost half of my life", it's "a lifetime" ago! 
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I know... we youngsters are surrounded by mummies and dinosaurs, for them 15 years ago is like last year for us
ducks and hides before someone throw something to his head and/or JSOP get the guns...
M.D.V.
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Greetings Kind Regards I am unable to work w/ any distractions even music but if I could I would purchase proper speakers perhaps headphones For quality sound I wouldn't dream of spending less than five-hundred smackaroonies preferably one-thousand I'm a bit of an audiophile My current setup includes the Jadis Orchestra Black Integrated Amplifier costing a great many smackaroonies Happy Listening to you if that is possible via a $30.95 unit May I inquire what kind of music you prefer during work Maybe Mozart is a good idea Isn't he recommended for those yet to be born Maybe JS Bach Bach is somewhat intellectual I can't imagine work during a Rolling Stones concert
"I once put instant coffee into the microwave and went back in time." - Steven Wright
"Shut up and calculate" - apparently N. David Mermin possibly Richard Feynman
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PaltryProgrammer wrote: perhaps headphones
I have a €228 Sony headphone, best of the best I'm told by various sources on the internet.
The sound quality is indeed superior, but it can give me a splitting headache.
I have a lot of headaches, especially in weekends, but the headphone-headache is unique in that it feels like my skull is going to shatter.
So I prefer regular speakers.
PaltryProgrammer wrote: I wouldn't dream of spending less than five-hundred smackaroonies preferably one-thousand
More expensive != better quality.
You often pay for the brand and such, although a much more expensive set is probably better than a cheaper set.
That said, I prefer my €30 Creative over my €100 Bose, the Creative really is surprisingly good.
It beats listening to my laptop and my phone and at a certain point I can't hear the difference anymore anyway.
Of course the €30 set lacks some depth and range, especially a subwoofer, which it doesn't have, but good enough for the office.
Also, good speakers can only make good music sound better, it won't make bad music sound good and it won't do much if your sound files are of low quality (e.g. a 128 kbit MP3 file).
Besides, it's only for some background music at work, not like I'm hosting a music event 
PaltryProgrammer wrote: May I inquire what kind of music you prefer during work Maybe Mozart is a good idea Isn't he recommended for those yet to be born Maybe JS Bach Bach is somewhat intellectual I can't imagine work during a Rolling Stones concert
Mozart not really, Bach sometimes.
I like classical music, but the constantly changing dynamics can make me pretty crazy... One moment I can't hear the pianissimo and another moment my ears are bleeding from the fortissimo!
So for those moments when I have ambient sounds or I can't put the volume up, like in the car, when I go to sleep, or in the office, I prefer something a bit more constant, like pretty much anything else.
If you've ever read the Sound of the Week[^] you'd know what I listen to, it goes from black and death metal to dance and trance to classical 
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