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The Psion returns! Meet Gemini, the 21st century pocket computer
Psion, was a lion, in iron (Reg readers called it)
The original Psion designers have returned to put the classic British pocket computer in a modern body.
Want. Now. 
veni bibi saltavi
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A headphone socket?
So behind the times...
(On the "get one" list, anyway)
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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So after scraping the bottom of the barrel for work for a while now, I am at the opposite end of the spectrum. If any more comes in I may need to either reject it or put a long lead in onto it.
I currently have:
- A full time 40 hour/week contract moving to permanent;
- Supporting a charity's web site around 20 hours/week;
- An old project [pasim] resurrected over the weekend as someone's now paying.
Damned work! It certainly is the curse of the drinking classes.
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: So after scraping the bottom of the barrel for work for a while now
I know that feeling 
Nagy Vilmos wrote: If any more comes in I may need to either reject it or put a long lead in onto it.
pity that lead wouldnt extend to Aus
good stuff anyway Nagy, happy for you
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However, drinking classes usually take their revenge on work.
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The working day is purely espresso driven. 5 so far today. 
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That used to be my day as well.
Now, no more than 2 cups are allowed. 
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an italian klingon with only 2 espressi per day? 
that's odd
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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True, sadly. 
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Aha! A cunning plan!
Get so hyped up on caffeine that you have to counter it with gin!
I'll make a note of that one.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Egads. I'd be doing the John-Hurt-at-a-spaghetti-dinner thing if I downed five espressos in a single morning.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: John-Hurt-at-a-spaghetti-dinner thing
Like in 'Alien'?
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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I guess it's the hungarian [by marriage] in me
My FIL used to make coffee so strong your eyes watered before you drank anything. I got used to drinking strong coffee and I habitually drink while cogitating. Works in my cube, as all the best code-monkeys say.
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I come by it through my maternal grandmother. She made coffee so strong the family referred to it as battery acid. I make mine strong, but unfortunately it has to be 80% decaf to keep my blood pressure down .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Code 5x faster?
Bryian Tan
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: working day is purely espresso driven. 5 so far today...
...Resting heart rate is at 197bpm. Normal thus far.
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raddevus wrote: 197bpm. Normal thus far
...for a cheetah during its sprint. I conclude that you use the Agile development methodology.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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A week made of 168 hours... You have about 100 hours to spend. 50 to more work and 50 to drink to forget all that work... I believe in 50 hours one can drink a lot...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Luckily I don't sleep too much
I have nowt to do at the weekends really, so I am capable of doing 20+ hours Saturday and Sunday and then I normally do 2-3 hours when I get back in the evening.
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So - interestingly:
About a year and a half ago I went from contractor to FT/permanent (only 35hr/week, same money!)
I handle a website for a twelve-lodge district (charitable part)
Currently, I can hardly handle a single shot of booze. So, now you know where you are headed.
R.I.P. ?
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When I was, albeit much younger, I was supporting the retail operations for a large bank in Hungary; that's how I first went there. It wasn't unknown or even rare to work 18hrs straight through and 100 hour weeks were common. The last thing I could say was that I didn't have time for a small sherry* once in a while**. 
* Okay, a large number of G&T's
** daily
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Always better to turn work away then to not have enough.
Time to up the rates?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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A lesser-level IT group member was suddenly terminated Friday afternoon. No reasonable cause was given - effectively labeled redundant. That, when tied to why he was told he'd be redundant, just doesn't hold up under even mild scrutiny. Some other events coming out of HR (Human Resources) that also may bode ill. Furthermore, all of IT (at all levels) was kept in the dark about this event until it was executed.
Hang on, kids! There's a fan, and a shovel, and someone's probably going to use it.
Appropriate quote(s) from Hamlet goes here.
[update]
2017.03.07: They 'took' another one. I'm reasonably convinced that what is now called a 'reorganization' is going to include getting rid of IT, altogether. Some IT-ites figure we have about three months left.
Curiosity got the best of me: I created some SQL so I can see who's being terminated as of 2017.02.01 .
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modified 7-Mar-17 7:50am.
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As long as the HR guys keep their jobs -- and remain a drain on the company's financial resources and everyone else's will to live -- they're happy.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Consider that "all" isnt true, but some people are lying because they are forced to do it.
I guess that some lean managment decision was taken to bring costs down.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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