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I seriously hope you're not referring to Astro[^]. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I visit Astronomy Picture of the Day[^] almost every day.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Remember having read that the night illuminated pictures of the Eiffel Tower are copyrighted.
Isn't this picture a violation of that copyright?
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I expect the APOD people got permission from the owner. If they asked me for permission for a photo of mine, I'd sure give it. Free publicity.
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I also miss MQOTD
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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Just stumbled across this. Not a bad game, actually. Try without looking at a map, just visualise it.
#Worldle #172 X/6 (96%)
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https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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That's ... quite dificult.
#Worldle #172 5/6 (100%)
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https:
"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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Nah.  
#Worldle #173 3/6 (100%)
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https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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I was doing it for a while, but there were too many of the games that were islands. I'm just not good at figuring out which is more West - Christmas Island, or The Bahamas.
(I changed the two islands above after I lucked out and actually guessed today's game in 1)
TTFN - Kent
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I think my main problem is going to be distances - I tend to think of the Mercator Projection, which gets wildly inaccurate near the poles ...
Oh, and being unable to spell many of them, of course. 
"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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#Worldle #173 1/6 (100%)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
Today was quite easy for me, have see this map since childhood.
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#Worldle #173 1/6 (100%)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
Having got it in 1 from the outline, no idea if this is a good game or not!
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Oh, I like this!
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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Rant.
Rant, rant, rant - rant rant.
Rant rant, rantaty rant rant.
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Ranty McRantface! 
Ah. I feel better now. AS phone systems do that to me.
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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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Oohh... No rant from me... I just received shiny new icons for Office -- happy dance.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Ranty McRantface!
He won't be be happy casting aspersions at him.
The most expensive tool is a cheap tool. Gareth Branwyn
JaxCoder.com
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Recorded voice - usually female: "Please stay on the line. Your call is important to us."
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That's pretty bad, but the AS system was a "tell me what you want so I can redirect you" system.
And then it decides I want something totally different and "is that correct?"
Finally went to the (mobile supplier) phone shop and was shown the cheat code: every time it asks what you want you say "to talk to a human being". After the third try it connects you to ... a human being. He was pretty useless as well, but with the help of the guy in the shop we got it done.
All I wanted was a new nano-sim for Herself's new phone ...
Don't even think about their website: my login id for that is "IHateThisCr@p" for a reason.
Why is it that phone companies are so utterly useless at communication?
"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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OriginalGriff wrote: Why is it that phone companies are so utterly useless at communication?
They're the inspiration for the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation? 
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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OriginalGriff wrote: every time it asks what you want you say "to talk to a human being". After the third try it connects you to ... a human being. He was pretty useless as well
Bell Canada[*] has a "chat with a representative" function that, I'm convinced, is just a chatbot. Within 5 minutes of "chatting" with him/her/it, I bluntly said "you're either a bot, or a dumbest human being I've ever had the displeasure of talking with".
I forget exactly what response I got to that, but it did not help in removing my doubt it was indeed a bot.
[*] I wasn't calling on my own behalf...but for someone who needed to get their password reset. And in order to do that...I couldn't find any means on their web site that did not require you to first login. Y'know, with your password. Even their password reset procedure made no sense, and following all links offered brought me back to their login page.
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Similar to when my wife used "Stup1dStuff!" for an account password with a previous mobile phone company.
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Now that I'm fully remote I remain calm, but if I ever have to go back to wearing suits at the office, you will definitely see a tie rant...followed by me whining and trying to avoid returning with a deter rant... if they don't give in I start complaining about anything and everything my vag(ue) rant.
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j snooze wrote: if I ever have to go back to wearing suits at the office, you will definitely see a tie rant
I turned down an nice offer once because I would have had to wear a tie to work.
That and the boss was a triple-plated double-bonded dyed-in-the-wool asshat.
The two phenomena might have been related.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I once worked for a British company that got taken over by EDS. (Yes, that EDS). At the time I had a beard, and was (grudgingly) allowed to keep it due to "grandfather rights". However when I was recruiting staff, I had to reject people with beards if, at interview, they declined to shave if offered the job. It was pretty shortly after that that I quit. (Oh, and the debacle at the Christmas lunch when it turned out the caterers had used real brandy in the brandy butter and the managers came round and removed our desserts from in front of us... zero alcohol at work policy. Fair enough, but taken to stupid levels.)
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Please don't hold back and tell us how you are really feeling... 😁
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