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Don't even get me started on stupid recruiters.
When recruiters call my phone or send me email, I always try to be polite, on the grounds that sometimes they are offering me a six-figure job. But they make it so hard.
Like the ones who got ahold of my resume because I made the serious mistake of posting it on CareerBuilder for ONE DAY! I get recruiter spam every day now for jobs tangentally related to developers in every city in the united states. No, I don't want to be a tester in Boca Ratan or a systems administrator in Fargo. Sheesh. And of course the unsubscribe link is broken.
Actually the CareerBuilder experience was even worse than that. I also got half-a-dozen emails from multi-level marketing types wanting me to sell insurance I think. And their attitude was all "Are you good enough to do this job?" And package forwarding scams. Sigh. At any rate, never post your resume on CareerBuilder.
Or the recruiters who say, "I found your resume on the web, and you are a perfect candidate for this job..." when the job is clearly not suited to my experience which the recruiter would have known if they'd actually ever seen my resume. Honestly, why waste their time and mine.
Or the recruiters who call me on voice lines so noisy, and with accents so thick and english so poor that communication is impossible. How is such a person going to sell me to an employer? Maybe this is like spam, where they only have to make one sale out of 10,000 attempts in order to eat for a year in whatever country they're calling from. They would certainly starve to death if they were U.S. based.
In 35 years of dev experience, I have had one single recruiter who ever actually found me a decent job, and one other who found me some decent interviews. I keep their business cards in a vault in a secret location, so don't ask. They are too precious to waste.
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Kid uses Chrome and does her school work via Google Docs. There seems to be a bit of malware about that attacks Chrome. Not sure of origin, checked her browsing history and nothing amiss. She has been doing this for 2 years now with no issue.
The bad bit is the malware disables u$ Security Essentials and displays ads on Chrome
I gave my daughter a weak account on her laptop, removed chrome, ran u$SE from another account which on inspection has fixed the problem.
When removing chrome I was given a survey why I wanted to remove chrome. I did not wish to answer every stink'n question on this rather large survey, but after attempting to submit the survey disallowed it until every question was answered.
I then removed chrome from all household OS instances a few days later, the survey was now a one question multiple choice question, with malware being the second choice. Hmmmmm.
Anyone else having issues chrome?
Rage against the narrative.
"To Build a Fire" - A dystopian novel about project management, and I am the dog.
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No, nothing.
Mind you, I don't use Google Docs (I have Office on PC and WPS on Android so I haven't needed to).
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OriginalGriff wrote: Office
So 5 minutes ago. 
but for chrome related malware. 
Kiddy pies now use Google Docs for getting assignments and turning in homework. It's the thang.
Rage against the narrative.
"To Build a Fire" - A dystopian novel about project management, and I am the dog.
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:shrug:
I like Outlook - I have quite a few rules set up - and Word files are a de facto industry standard, so I have to use it. Excel is simply the best spreadsheet I've ever met. Access is...um...the VB of databases.
If I feel the need to move to the cloud, I might go with google docs. But I don't feel the need to join that herd of stampeding buffalo (and I suspect there is a cliff ahead) 
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Nope. Chrome has been fine as well as Google Docs.
However, no MSSE involved on any of my machines.
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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Eggbert Bartholomew Bligh wrote: u$
Still, to this day?
Even Slashdot has given up on these childish antics...(mostly).
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My kids seem to find these game sites as well. They claim the games won't run on IE. I don't doubt it, but then I spend the next week cleaning up all the superfluous installs that are causing internet popups - even when the browser is not currently started.
I use Chrome at work, but it's not allowed on my PC at home any more.
Brent
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I'm one of the lucky ones who has never had problems with chrome.
Mind you, I'm sure that status would change if I used it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Here[^]
I love the comment: "This is nice. Whenever SpaceX takes a break from launching real rockets, we can watch cartoons of pretend rockets taking off."
Gads, and that music track is so 80's in its emotive orchestral rendering. I wonder how much they paid for that little piece of PR.
Marc
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I think they just ripped that music off the older computer game M.A.X. (Mechanized Assault and Exploration)
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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What the hell is WSO CCC???
There's so much stuff posted here that make absolutely no sense at all.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Winner Stays On* Criptic Crossword Clue**
It has been a fixture since the much missed Fat Boy Fat left these shores for the delinquent pleasures of Lutonian politics.
- A good old school boys phrase that in any competition, the winner carries on playing.
** A clue, for a crossword type puzzle, that is cryptic
veni bibi saltavi
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Your response is juts as cryptic
I have no clue what you're talking about
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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You seem to be having a problem with what the word 'cryptic' means
veni bibi saltavi
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Crossword clues come in two types: "Simple" and "Cryptic".
Simple ones are just a word that means what the clue is: "Simple (5)" would mean "something simple, five letters" and the answer could be "BASIC"
Cryptic clues are more complex - and you have a link to some info on them already.
These are Cryptic Crossword Clues - hence the "CCC" part of the name.
The "WSO" part means "Winner Stays On" and says that the first person to get the answer and solution posted gets to set it the next day (Monday to Friday inclusive) - the "winner" gets to "stay on" and set the next problem.
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It's supposed to be bloody cryptic, don't explain it!
The first rule of Cryptic Crossword Club is 1A!
veni bibi saltavi
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I thought he was one of the few dwarves who were allowed to sail to Valinor.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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No, he was the only dwarf allowed into Sto'Vo'Kor!
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Let's hope he died honorably.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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No Dwarves were ever allowed to sail to Valinor, it is only rumored that only Gimli, due to his strong friendship with the Elves, was allowed to depart to the Undying Lands.
Geek code v 3.12
GCS 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
I use 1TBS
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Did he actually say "so long and thanks for all the fish". I don't think he did did he? That's a bit rude in my book, he won't be getting my vote. 
I have an idea if he ever comes back lets all ignore him for a little while.
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No, he just hurrumphed and off he trumped to the circus.
veni bibi saltavi
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His name isn't Nelly Crudacre!
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