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Reminds me of that old christmas classic, "I'll be gnome for christmas!" 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Back from the good old days, a well Gnome greeting "Hippy Grew Hair".
And with that, I think I'll package it in for this ToD.
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And a hippy new year?
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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Now it's back in elf storage.
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Provider name omittedQuote: It's over
2020, or as we like to call it the Year Formerly Known as Jerkface, has been an epic rollercoaster ride through an open sewage pit. It was almost worse than having to watch all the Transformers movies back to back. Almost. Let’s be honest, many of us spent the majority of 2020 inside our homes, slowly losing our marbles while moisturizing with Lysol. Was there crying involved? You bet there was, that stuff stings. But there were even more non-Lysol related tears shed by the billions of people around the world directly affected by events in 2020. And to all of those people, we send nothing but love, strength and wishes of peace and happiness.
So long, never come back
We have a made-up saying in Canada: "When life gives you lemons, you cut those lemons up and squirt them right into life’s eyes. Then you steal life’s wallet. Then you buy shoes. The normal kind, not snowshoes." So go ahead, grab that juicy lemon and squeeze it right into the eyeballs of 2020. Then stretch out your little toesies, slide on your newly acquired dancing shoes, and let’s joyfully tap dance on top of what remains of 2020! Nothing beats celebrations born from spite! Except celebrations that come with discounts... of course. Didn't see that segue coming, did you?
2021 seems nice
The discounts are pretty self explanatory. It's end of the year, and we have to clear stock of these dusty old 2020 subscriptions before 2021 starts, so we're letting them fo for pennies on the dollar! Everything must go! Help us clear out a totally made up and non-existent warehouse of these Pro subscriptions, so we could make room for 2021 inventory, which will naturally be more expensive. Profit from our poor logistics skills and save $19.
They also provide (limited) free service. Nice folks, in general.
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Curiously, I'm not sure if I should embrace it or just shrug and go "same-old, same-old"
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Madness is an old frenemy of mine. Do something creative with it or it will own you.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Indeed. For with it's aid I overcome my weakness'.
Interestingly, creativity is both a weakness and an asset. A weakness? Because I do get bored with things when I just have to "do them" and there's no value added in modifying it to something newer and perhaps better. Nonetheless, it is an asset for, as I've oft repeated, wherever I've been I've left a trail of new things that make things better. Yet, that's not the motivation; merely the history - for they come about to solve a problem so I can get on with solving problems.
This last phrase - an endorphin within an endorphin.
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... but I already have a date for New Year’s Eve.
It’s December 31st!
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Sandeep Mewara wrote: It’s December 31st!
And just who's new year is that one? Some have it in Autumn; others in the Spring - Chinese New Year teases the end of winter. But just what is Dec 31st->Jan 1st compared to any other monthly transition?
Banking New Year, I suppose.
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Or any week, day, hour ...
It's just another illusion to confuse us poor humans.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: confuse us poor humans
'confuse'? Perhaps 'distract' fits better.
So, when the waters begin to swirl and you're being pulled under, you didn't see the hand that flushed.
(so much for my morning's good mood)
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Sneaking into abandoned buildings in Russia may be a dumb idea, but it may be worth it when that what the Russians were doing in there is still inside and you get away to post the video. Too bad the other hangar has collapsed and burried the remains of the other one that actually flew.
Playing Fallout in Russia[^]
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Interesting. Nice paintjob on the building interior! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Forgive me Father.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Tell me everything. Father Senilius does not forgive as easily as I do. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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It was either me or him.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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tan his hide!
"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 removed the line and column counting from my JSON processor because I would have had to sacrifice a massive optimization to keep it.
Even though I used this information to debug my parser... 
I thought I would be okay because the only code I had left to add was already tested and running in my older codebase.
I copied and pasted it. It no longer works.
I'm up a creek! *headdesk*
Real programmers use butterflies
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There are worse endeavors.
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Daaaaaaaamn 
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