Posts by RuffianXion

Re: Hurrah

I tried to format a strikethrough there but it didn't work. I assume the point got across anyway.

Re: On every level: no

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ftGcL1m6E

Re: "successful candidate will have access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme"

There's nothing wrong with tax avoidance, it's perfectly legal, everyone with a company pension does it. Tax evasion on the other hand... (Google 'Tory MP hedge fund' for more information).

Re: It looks programmers (ops, "coders") are now so busy...

If only the word 'native' had existed before it was applied to indigenous people...

Re: Bah!

As long as you do it from four feet away it's not a problem.

Re: More balls

Yes, individuals who can't afford the legal costs are free to go ahead with legal action. Very helpful.

Re: Avoid this game like the plague

You don't need to be a programmer to be able to read. I think I made the context in which I used 'sanitised' quite clear in my comment, I just think 'idiot' didn't read past 'sanitised' and then launched into their rant.

Re: No right-click copy? No sweat if keyboard shortcuts still exist

Only if it's the government you're swiping from...

Re: How does this work?

Probably wouldn't feel as much of a pita if you knew it was gonna be making you 50k a month (or whatever these scumbags make).

Re: Only trout ?

Moreso boulders - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmCL1a31tak One of the funniest cartoons I ever watched as a child.

Re: Endeavor…

The A10 defies physics because it is supported on a bed of distilled angry and f*ck you!

Re: prior art?

The only things this hat will be tracking are your location and browser history.

Re: "the company must be run on a commercial basis"

Not necessarily - "Run consistently with" ≠ "Run in accordance with".

Every major video game publisher

Actually, since Singer's Electronic Systems Division was eventually incorporated into BAE (via acquisition by Plessey and then Marconi) it is quite possible that they do now (or at least did at some point) make missiles.

Re: Don't ask "is it plugged in"

Usually it's the one calling support.

There's no need to beat about the brush.

Re: Amicably

Post-pandemic financial crisis?

Re: Hmm ...

Working in a manufacturing environment with lots of big, dangerous machinery, I see horror stories like this where people have bypassed / ignored safety features at every H&S briefing.

WARNING - Don't continue to read if you have a weak stomach.

One example was the maintenance engineer who decided it would be a good idea to work on a waste cardboard macerator (think lots of big, toothed, steel drums of the kind often used to try to kill James Bond etc.) without engaging the safety lockouts.

Operator appears to start his shift and turns on the machine (without running safety checks first of course).

Luckily he heard the engineer's screams and turned off the machine before it took his arm off completely; they managed to save 2 of his fingers iirc.

Re: "a freelancer feels the urge to seek solace in full-time employment"

"COVID did affect me, but I got through it"

You speak as if COVID is over - it's not, not by a long chalk. We still have to pay for it yet...

Re: What about the quality of the training?

Well one of them was able to walk into a 35k Junior Dev role elsewhere after about 2 years training. So either the training was pretty good or the other company's recruitment process is piss-poor.

Re: "neither side was short of a few shekels"

"Apple has had display cable problems for years" , I think you mean Apple's CUSTOMERS have had display cable problems for years - it's not a problem for Apple if they are making money from it.

Apple having been pulling sh*t like this for years. Check out the 'Genius Bar'-related videos on Louis Rossman's Youtube channel for some real eye-openers.

It's not so much the stupidity as the ignorance, bigotry and general nastiness of people that makes me prefer domestic canines; the stupidity is most often a source of entertainment.

Re: Four legged switch operation

Or duct tape them in place.