GazChap wrote:
Jem and I have argued for ages about what IANAL means. She thinks it's something to do with lawyers, but whenever I say it she chases after me with a turkey twizzler.
She's definitely got you pegged
I fucking wish 
If mum had had any inkling of what this sort talk meant, she'd have warned me about people like you.
I'm having a frustrating week at work and was looking forward to this evening because I'm off tomorrow for the weekend. Then last night, Jen started being sick at about 2am and that continued through the night so now I've just finished work feeling I've achieved nothing all week because working remote is great and all but worse than useless when there's a big issue in the factory that you can't visit because of travel restrictions. So now my relaxing early weekend is snookered and instead I'm trying to feed the kids and will have to negotiate bathtime and bedtime by myself, running on very little sleep.
I can see a Chinese for one and some beers in my near future once the kids are in bed.
I can see a Chinese for one and some beers in my near future once the kids are in bed.
Oh no, hope Jen gets better soon. At least you're off work now to sort things out.
Keep well away from her (until Tuesday
)
Keep well away from her (until Tuesday
) I've just submitted a thing for a thing that I'm dying to show folk. If it gets approved I won't be able to show it folk for a while but if it doesn't at least I can still show it folk sooner. 
Zardoz wrote:
Oh no, hope Jen gets better soon. At least you're off work now to sort things out.
Keep well away from her (until Tuesday )
Keep well away from her (until Tuesday
)On the plus side, it gives me some peace to read more of the last hardback D&D module I bought and it looks like a good one to move the adventure to next.
Zardoz wrote:
I've just submitted a thing for a thing that I'm dying to show folk. If it gets approved I won't be able to show it folk for a while but if it doesn't at least I can still show it folk sooner.
It sounds like a win win!
sdg wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
Oh no, hope Jen gets better soon. At least you're off work now to sort things out.
Keep well away from her (until Tuesday )
Keep well away from her (until Tuesday
)On the plus side, it gives me some peace to read more of the last hardback D&D module I bought and it looks like a good one to move the adventure to next.
Cor!
Zardoz wrote:
sdg wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
Oh no, hope Jen gets better soon. At least you're off work now to sort things out.
Keep well away from her (until Tuesday )
Keep well away from her (until Tuesday
)On the plus side, it gives me some peace to read more of the last hardback D&D module I bought and it looks like a good one to move the adventure to next.
Cor!
Tomb of the Sausage King, in which Ermintrude finally gets to face their nemesis!
We’re going to Ear-th!
Squirt wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
sdg wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
Oh no, hope Jen gets better soon. At least you're off work now to sort things out.
Keep well away from her (until Tuesday )
Keep well away from her (until Tuesday
)On the plus side, it gives me some peace to read more of the last hardback D&D module I bought and it looks like a good one to move the adventure to next.
Cor!
Tomb of the Sausage King, in which Ermintrude finally gets to face their nemesis!
Giphy "new idea!":
https://media1.giphy.com/media/3M22vaI5xVIuZbo0vc/giphy-loop.mp4
Sorry to hear about Jen.
I bet the sausage king is American.
I bet the sausage king is American.
Abe Froman, innit?
Dimrill wrote:
Sorry to hear about Jen.
I bet the sausage king is American.
I bet the sausage king is American.
i'd imagine the sausage king looks like this
Hopefully was just a 24 hour bug, seems better today and I’ve not come done with it yet.
I did indeed have a Chinese for one and some beers last night while I watched Masterchef, I’m a Celebrity, and read some of my newest D&D hardback adventure.
Day off today and oldest child is at playgroup so spent my morning sitting in a virtual queue for a PS5 (I didn’t get one) trying to get a console for my mother in law to gift to my brother in law at Christmas.
I did indeed have a Chinese for one and some beers last night while I watched Masterchef, I’m a Celebrity, and read some of my newest D&D hardback adventure.
Day off today and oldest child is at playgroup so spent my morning sitting in a virtual queue for a PS5 (I didn’t get one) trying to get a console for my mother in law to gift to my brother in law at Christmas.
Happy MrChris day! One to go to the big 5-0!
Happy Kissyfur Day!
Has he gone again?
Has he gone again?
Treated myself to a nice waterproof jacket based on reviews saying the sleeves were a good length for tall women. It arrived today and I was very excited about it. The sleeves are perfect, but the jacket looks like I'm wearing a straight jacket so it's going back. I wish clothes companies made tall sizes for all their ranges, I have literally never had a nice waterproof jacket that I liked. I always end up having to buy from the mens range. 
That's a pain. i need a new waterproof jacket! From whom should I be buying from?
How much money do you have?
This one was £90 and let the water in after three hours of rain up Scafell. What would get me to five hours?
Literally no clue where that photo was taken, I just remember misery, and having said two hours before it was taken "be careful, as if we get cold, wet, and tired we will make poor decisions" and then two hours after it was taken we went the wrong way down the mountain.
Edit: that might be Bow Fell
Literally no clue where that photo was taken, I just remember misery, and having said two hours before it was taken "be careful, as if we get cold, wet, and tired we will make poor decisions" and then two hours after it was taken we went the wrong way down the mountain.
Edit: that might be Bow Fell
You want a ski/snowboarding jacket. A decent one can be ‘spensive but they last; are water repellant; are nice and cosy and got pockets for days.
I got a great Superdry one from https://www.absolute-snow.co.uk/
I got a great Superdry one from https://www.absolute-snow.co.uk/
You don't want skiiing clobber for hiking, you'd be fucking boiling.
markg wrote:
You don't want skiiing clobber for hiking, you'd be fucking boiling.
I read that in Peter Beardsley's wife's voice. "Make me a fucken boiler".
MaliA wrote:
This one was £90 and let the water in after three hours of rain up Scafell. What would get me to five hours?
Literally no clue where that photo was taken, I just remember misery, and having said two hours before it was taken "be careful, as if we get cold, wet, and tired we will make poor decisions" and then two hours after it was taken we went the wrong way down the mountain.
Edit: that might be Bow Fell
Literally no clue where that photo was taken, I just remember misery, and having said two hours before it was taken "be careful, as if we get cold, wet, and tired we will make poor decisions" and then two hours after it was taken we went the wrong way down the mountain.
Edit: that might be Bow Fell
I think there's a lot of waterproof jaclets where water will start creeping in after three hours of heavy rain. Berghaus are normally decent, though. Was that a gore-tex one? Sky's the limit when it comes to waterproof mountain coats though, if you want to splash the cash then Arc'teryx seem to be well regarded, or maybe just trendy it's hard to tell.
Findus Fop wrote:
markg wrote:
You don't want skiiing clobber for hiking, you'd be fucking boiling.
I read that in Peter Beardsley's wife's voice. "Make me a fucken boiler".
Haha
Please be real 
Russell is on a work’s online Christmas Bingo party.
Jesus. Aitch. Christ.
200 morons asking ‘can you hear me’ at once, some idiot playing music. Lots of feedback. One guy shouting, who I am sure is drunk.
Jesus. Aitch. Christ.
200 morons asking ‘can you hear me’ at once, some idiot playing music. Lots of feedback. One guy shouting, who I am sure is drunk.
Meanwhile, our festive work treat is a two-hour video call on spirituality with a Hindu priest. Which I'm on now. It's not festive.
Findus Fop wrote:
Meanwhile, our festive work treat is a two-hour video call on spirituality with a Hindu priest. Which I'm on now. It's not festive.
That’s an interesting choice.
At least the bingo game has a potential prize of an extra week’s annual leave. I think otherwise Russell might have slipped off to make a sandwich in peace.
Nice. Apparently I need to find my core purpose.
I reckon a week off has about the same effect.
Findus Fop wrote:
Nice. Apparently I need to find my core purpose.
He meant porpoise.
Joans' has his Christmas 'do' this afternoon.
He has been sent a box of wine (two full bottles and four half bottles) and some snacks. there will be a Zoom wine tasting led by a sommelier, then people can hang around for more drinking.
I am welcome to join in too. In the ten years that he has worked there, his colleagues have never met me.
He has been sent a box of wine (two full bottles and four half bottles) and some snacks. there will be a Zoom wine tasting led by a sommelier, then people can hang around for more drinking.
I am welcome to join in too. In the ten years that he has worked there, his colleagues have never met me.
It's only 9 years.
Wahay!
MaliA wrote:
Wahay!
Is that from the Ecuadorian embassy?
Findus Fop wrote:
MaliA wrote:
Wahay!
Is that from the Ecuadorian embassy?
Assange has let himself go if true
Nah he was kicked out, wasn't he?
MaliA wrote:
Coding question: When CleverDan gets a better offer and sods off to InfoFinTech for stock options and a fast trading bot, how much of a pain is it to pickup someone else's programming? Do you have to unpick it all, and work out why they did something and how?
Or is it fairly straightforward?
Or is it fairly straightforward?
Further question:
How transferable are the coding skills, if you have done ages on coding for a bank, or market research, could you move to games fairly simply?
Certain things would come across to games programming pretty simply, but games programming is (IMO) fairly unique in that it has so many different things going on at once that have to be kept track of and interact with each other and stuff like that.
Google have had a fairly major outage. Nobody could authenticate against any of their services.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55299779
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55299779
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Google have had a fairly major outage. Nobody could authenticate against any of their services.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55299779
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55299779
And typically - working for an IT / Tech company the way I found out was that I couldn't log into Pokemon Go :-)
zaphod79 wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Google have had a fairly major outage. Nobody could authenticate against any of their services.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55299779
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55299779
And typically - working for an IT / Tech company the way I found out was that I couldn't log into Pokemon Go :-)
I had someone angrily ranting at me because they couldn't sync their bookmarks in Chrome on their new laptop, and it must be my fault.
In the big ‘One Of The Stupidest Things I Have Seen’ file I keep on my desk is this new entry.
This is a friend that’s received this today.
Firstly, penalising kids/families that have had to self isolate or have been unwell during a pandemic. Secondly, incentivising going to school when unwell to win an award.
Thirdly... here’s a voucher off an Indian restaurant?!
This is a friend that’s received this today.
Firstly, penalising kids/families that have had to self isolate or have been unwell during a pandemic. Secondly, incentivising going to school when unwell to win an award.
Thirdly... here’s a voucher off an Indian restaurant?!
That seems a bit backward, and inappropriate