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Speak not of the dead
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Yoda, programmed by, it was!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Your better half routinely does NOT open the door at 0, but often at 7.
“I want to heat my tea for 23 seconds so I hit Quick 30 and pop the door at 7.”
You do not notice and try to heat your tea for 30 seconds, but it has RPN so after the 30 expires, it has to run for 7 more seconds to pop the stack.
It is a feature that lets you run a defrost cycle for 20 minutes followed by a cook cycle at a different power and time.
This was a total guess.
RTFM!😂(as a PDF online)
You can find the model from the UL sticker inside the door.
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My microwave oven firmware is 1-based (probably written by VB programmer). When timer is reset, it shows 01.01.
On the other hand, it is 20 years old and still working.
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RPN (reverse polish notation)
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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The oddity I like is that 99 is greater than 100.
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Agreed!
Why type 130 when you can type 90 as an equivalent.
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Earlier today, I was troubleshooting some problems I was encountering with an opensource library. Google led me to a website, that I won't mention here for fear that some fool may click on it. As I was reading, a little box popped up and assuming that it was the 'we use cookies...blah, blah' question, unwittingly click Yes. Big mistake! 
I was immediately directed to a webpage branded with McAfee logos and simulated scans showing threats. At the same time, I started getting toast notifications (again branded as McAfee) stating that my PC was infected and wanting me to click to renew my subscription. Funny, I haven't used McAfee in over a decade, and never on this PC...plus, those McAfee logos look fake and the website at the bottom doesn't look legit. I just ignored it the best that I could...in between threatening notifications every 15 minutes...and got my work done.
When I reached a stopping point, I ran a quick scan of Defender which came back clear, still the threatening notifications persisted. Nothing weird in Task Manager, no new applications installed, nothing new in app data, etc. What was producing those notifications?  Finally, I realized that they were coming from Edge! Getting into the Settings under Cookies and site permissions, I saw two new sites where several settings (including Notifications) were set to Allow either by default or explicitly. Blocking everything stopped the notifications and peace has been restored. 
What did I learn?
0: Be careful which option you choose on webpage popups, especially when you don't know the site.
1: How to turn off those stupid toast notifications for insignificant or old resources.
2: It's amazing how many options are enabled by default! (at least in Edge...Chrome had less defaulted to allow)
3: I got a look at a pretty good scam. I spotted it as a fake right away, but can certainly understand how a layperson might panic and get taken advantage of.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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That sounds remarkably like the malware I found on my mother's computer back during the holidays. It took a couple rounds with suites of several anti-malware packages to clean the poor beast up.
FWIW, Malwarebytes[^] seemed to be the most effective and the least intrusive.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Navigate to edge://settings/content/notifications, and turn off the "ask before sending". Clear out any sites in the "allow" list. Now no site should be able to send toast notifications, or ask for permission to send them.
(The setting name could be better; as it stands, it sounds like turning the setting off would allow notifications without asking, whereas it actually blocks notifications without asking.)
"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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Thanks for this! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Thanks for this. I have a ton of blocked sites and two internal business sites on the allow list.
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Curious,
I've discovered that quite a few members here play video games when they are not writing code. Some of you even design game mods.
What games are you playing in your spare time?
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I don't.
I like to play Solitaire on my phone but that's it.
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Nope. I'm a developer; not a user.
(Users are losers.)
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Hope your customers don't realise the contempt you seem to feel for them....
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I play a lot of Fifa (offline). I like to do a full season as a manager and play every single game. I also like story based games like Last Of Us, Plague Tale and to an extent God of war. I am not sure what's next. I was thrilled about Unknown9 but do not know what's going on with it.
If I am not doing this, I am watching true crime documentaries or crime thrillers. And some stand up comedy to regain sanity.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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My current favorite is Skyrim -- I prefer games with a large fan-created mod base, as there are new things to try.
zDoom is an open source version of Doom that runs on current platforms, and will run the WADs from Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, and a few more. The graphics are certainly 90's, but still fun. And more than Skyrim, there are a huge number of replacement WADs.
If anyone is into old arcade games, try MAME. It will execute the ROMs from old games -- if you can get the ROMS.
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Yes, currently "World of Tanks". Why? because I enjoy giving the Russian mafia financed developer team all my extra spending cash. 
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Heh,
It's amazing how many veterans play that game. Combat engineer (sapper) friend of mine was injured many years ago and was disabled. He sits at home all day now playing World of Tanks. He still uses his old call sign, like he's frozen in time.
How old is that game? I think he was playing it 6-7 years ago. I recently checked up on him and he's still playing it.
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I'm a veteran as well. I love the game. I have been playing it for 3+ years now. I think the game is 10+ years old.
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Last time I played WoT (couple of years ago) I was under the impression from the in-game "chat" that the Russian Mafia were playing the game as much as financing it.... 
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Sudoku and 2048 for a quick game, sometimes chess (the rating system doesn't go low enough for me. ), otherwise no.
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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I've been playing computer games since the seventies (Colossal Cave started it), but Doom (and then Doom II) became an addiction. It's GTA V at the moment - the new (and free) Contracts DLC is pretty good, and great for grinding. Especially this week when Payphone Hits (Assassination missions with an optional-but-lucrative bonus for taking them out in a specific way such as driving them into the sea in a taxi) are paying double. And the Dr Dre contact missions introduced me to the Combat MG which is now my weapon of choice.
When I grow bored of that, I'll probably move to The Witcher III.
"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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