@Gąska It's a man, probably.
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RE: Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@boomzilla said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
a £1,000 fine, a discretionary disqualification
This means he has to pull you over. Would they bother with that?
If I got such a fine here in NL, I would say in my politest tone of voice:
"Meneer, ik vind dat u een mierenneuker bent".
This specific insult has been determined by the court to be a compliment.
Depending on context, you could get away with that, but I wouldn't count on it.
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RE: WTF Bites
@boomzilla said in WTF Bites:
Ever tried pasting a SQL query into teams to share with someone? Every time we do this, we get errors about weird characters showing up in the query.
Fucking teams.
Agree, but no problem here with pasting queries.
At least when using the "Code snippet" setting, otherwise all whitespace including linebreaks are removed.Does your Teams use a different character set than your code editor?
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RE: United Airlines: the airline we love to hate, but we can't agree on why
@Polygeekery said in United Airlines: the airline we love to hate, but we can't agree on why:
@boomzilla first off, I wasn't aware that flight attendants had a limit? Sure, fire them if they are drunk. But a legal limit? It is not as though they are pilots.
In Europe the law is the same for cabin crew as for pilots: no more than 0.02% (88 ugl) alcohol, and no drinking from 10 hours before the start of the flight (*).
The rules in the US are similar, but I'm not sure if they are exactly the same.(*) Start of the flight is considered the moment the doors close with the intention of taking off. So that includes taxi etc.
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RE: The absolute state of faxing in 2020
@remi said in The absolute state of faxing in 2020:
@Zerosquare I went to pick up a package at a collection point the other day. The gal with the terminal scanned my code and then gave my package, saying "I've already signed for you."
Wasn't sure if the proper answer was "thanks" or .
This has become standard for parcel delivery here in NL, since Covid distancing.
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RE: Aviation Antipatterns Thread
@Bulb said in Aviation Antipatterns Thread:
The controller was not using correct phraseology. The clearance should have included the words “and hold short of runway 34R”, but did not.
I agree with most of it, except this. "Hold short of runway..." is not required phraseology, unless Japanese RT differs from ICAO standard.
Entering a runway is only allowed when explicitly cleared to do so ("cleared to cross" or "line up").The additional “number one” might have mislead the Coast Guard pilot to think he is the first to use the runway when it just meant he's first at the holding point and there is still landing in front of him. They already said they'll stop saying those (per the AVH article).
The "number one" is indeed very misleading, and I consider this a major factor leading up to the accident.
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RE: :wtf: News Stories
It may be that a self-driving car that just owns its lane and proceeds at a consistent speed is insufficiently adapted to the human culture of driving.
Humans are insufficiently adapted to the human culture of driving.
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RE: 🙅 THE BAD IDEAS THREAD
@cabrito said in 🙅 THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Tsaukpaetra four adaptors?
wild guess, by vague form factor: usb -> ps2 -> serial -> paralel -> ??I think the second-to-last one is a serial D-sub 9 to serial D-sub 25 converter.
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RE: 🙅 THE BAD IDEAS THREAD
@PleegWat said in 🙅 THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@dkf said in 🙅 THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Tsaukpaetra More to the point, without a very unusual driver, that USB stick on the end of the chain isn't going to work anyway…
I'm prety sure that type of ps2/usb converter only works with the mouse (or maybe keyboard) it ships with.
FWIW: in my experience most - but not all - ps2-usb converters work with any standard usb mouse.
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RE: 🙅 THE BAD IDEAS THREAD
@dkf said in 🙅 THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@PleegWat said in 🙅 THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
30 pence per pound sterling, obviously.
I'm most sorry, but it's actually 240 pennies per pound sterling (with a shilling being 12 pennies and a pound being 20 shillings).
12 and 20, that's almost metric-ish.
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RE: In other news today...
@DogsB said in In other news today...:
I know I should stop reading vice but its endlessly entertaining. In this article they try to raise rave and punk to new heights despite being and remaining niches within niches that never really brought much to the table. Punk is remembered for poor lyrics sung by louts that couldn't hold a tune. Rave for being indistinguishable from a metronome but great when you're fried on extcasy. These are not cultural relics. I skipped the rest of the article so there may be some redemption for me.
The article is easily disproven. Remember the eighties' "good" music?
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RE: TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML)
@Applied-Mediocrity said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@nerd4sale said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Simple
People kept counting on two hands with ten fingers, but King's treasury insisted on eight spaces between fingers. This confusion served to save 20% of money
But you can count all the way up to 11 with two hands (no fingers).
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RE: The Official First World Problems Thread™
@Arantor said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Zecc very possibly. I’m British so naturally I only speak the one language, insist everyone speaks it and everyone else has to fit around me.
Ah yes, expecting the whole world speaks Welsh...
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@GuyWhoKilledBear said in The Official Status Thread:
@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
status I would happily take up smoking again if I could take off the mask for ten minutes.
where are you that allows smoking but also mandates a mask?
There's a bunch of people who work as aides in nursing homes that smoke. They all still have to wear masks at work.
That's bad. But even worse, imagine that you have to live in a nursing home that smokes...
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RE: The Official lucky 10,000 (TIL) thread
@Arantor said in The Official lucky 10,000 (TIL) thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official lucky 10,000 (TIL) thread:
@nerd4sale Fortunately, the exterminators were defeated by a flight of stairs.
Not in the last 35 years.
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RE: The Cooking Thread
@BernieTheBernie said in The Cooking Thread:
@PleegWat Because 3 chicks mutated into 4 bits?
There is a reason 4 bits are called a nibble!
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RE: The Belt Onion club
@Gurth said in The Belt Onion club:
The first TV I can remember my family owning had four presets (and a remote with four numbered buttons for them)! Which was enough, because all we could receive over the air was Netherlands 1 and 2 and Belgium 1 and 2.
You had a remote? Oh, the luxury!
We had a black and white -without remote - until 1988 of 1989 if memory serves well. Or actually, my parents did, because when they finally got colour, I had already moved out (university), enjoying my luxurious second-hand 37 cm colour tv, still without remote.We did have more channels than your 4 though, apart from Netherlands 1 and 2, we had no less than 4 German channels: ARD, ZDF, WDR and N3.
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RE: SQL - Updating current state to new state for complex relationships.
@Kamil-Podlesak said in SQL - Updating current state to new state for complex relationships.:
I take it you've never touched Oracle. Lucky you.
Toby Faire, transaction management is one of the few things that Oracle does better than most other databases. Not saying it's perfect, just better.
[edit]Damn, I misread.
You are indeed correct that Oracle does not do transactional DDL.
Shame on me.
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RE: Expiration Date High Score
@DogsB I have a jar of honey I bought about a decade and a half ago. I still use it occasionally, tastes fine (as you might deduce, I don't eat it very often).
I did throw out a jar of milk powder (to be used in coffee) last year (2018), because it had become hard as a brick. Expiration date was 2001 if I remember correctly.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Decentralized and asynchronous. Like Usenet?
If Usenet is the future, count me in!
I still think that Usenet of 25-35 years ago was way better than web-based forums (fora?). Except for all the binary crap of course. -
RE: Debate: cross-platform design consistency vs being "platform native" in design
@GuyWhoKilledBear said in Debate: cross-platform design consistency vs being "platform native" in design:
It would be just as much of a problem going the other way, but in my experience, we're usually talking about an app that runs on Android but uses Apple UI conventions because the designer is more likely to use Apple themselves.
Those are the worst.
I have actually stopped using apps on Android because they did not support the standard "back" button (or back-swipe these days, if I choose to configure it so). Instead there is always some weird way to go back because there is still no standard way after all those years of iOS development.
This looks like a very small thing, but becomes a major annoyance very quickly. Even for me as a user of multiple platforms (Android on phone, iOS on iPad, Windows and Linux on pc). -
RE: Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
@BernieTheBernie said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@nerd4sale said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@HardwareGeek said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
A European car almost certainly has a manual transmission.
In what decade do you live?
Unfortunately, that still holds quite true. By far the majority of cars in germany have manual transmission.
I now, about two-thirds is still manual.
My reaction was to "A European car almost certainly has a manual transmission."
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@aitap said in The Official Status Thread:
Left the meeting with a nagging suspicion that the whole thing could be replaced with a couple MediaWiki plug-ins that I don't have time to verify. Also, someone is already invested in their architecture.
So you're firmly setup for failure. Business as usual.
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RE: Berlin's new airport's fire alarm/suppression system didn't work. The solution? Interns!
Baggage follows you around wherever you go, unless you can escape it by getting on a plane.
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RE: In other news today...
@Bulb said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit I thought they dropped that product when they sold it to Lockheed.
Yes they did, it's called Prepar3D and still available AFAIK.
But Microsoft wouldn't be Microsoft if they didn't try again. So some ten year later they bought a new Flight Simulator, I believe from a French company. -
RE: Aquiring an automobile
@lolwhat said in Aquiring an automobile:
(yes, that's TWO Top Gear clips in one thread!)
That's very weird, considering this thread is about cars!
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RE: How normal can you get?
@Gustav said in How normal can you get?:
turns out if you get the core design right up front, all surrounding features naturally gravitate to being decent enough without much effort.
Who needs design when you can do agile-ish instead?
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RE: :baby_symbol: Parenting advice - you're gonna get hit
@Polygeekery said in Parenting advice - you're gonna get hit:
@Polygeekery said in Parenting advice - you're gonna get hit:
on the plane that has no toilet
Fun fact time: The King Air series of aircraft is one of the few smaller turboprops that has a toilet. The King Air 350 also has seating for up to 9 people.
Unless you really don't care about your passengers' comfort, in which case you can cram 17 in a King Air 350:
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RE: Nope, you eat it
@Tsaukpaetra said in Nope, you eat it:
status: father bought from NellisAuction a crate of fake noodles.
I say fake, because they're not made of anything, apparently. Taste like I'm eating extruded silicone or maybe seaweed jelly, but even seaweed has a small amount of taste!
Agree.
I tried Konjac noodles a few years ago, but they are so slippery that (a) they don't absorb any taste, and (b) they are very difficult to chew.
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RE: TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML)
@abarker said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@nerd4sale said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@PleegWat said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Except when midnight is written as 24:00
That's just wrong, 24:00 does not exist.
Technically it does. It's just that
2020-12-31 24:00:00
is the same as2021-01-01 00:00:00
. However, times like 24:00:00.0001 are not recognized as legitimate.ISO 8601-1:2019 does explicitly not allow "24:00".
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RE: TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML)
@Bulb said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@nerd4sale Computers don't need it. But occasionally you might want to write it for humans.
I can't recall that I have ever in all my life seen midnight written as 24:00.
00:00 is the normal notation.
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RE: A critical look at Marvel vs. Capcom....
@Carnage said in A critical look at Marvel vs. Capcom....:
If you have rules because you don't trust the people you're hiring, you are doing it very wrong.
Tell that to any company with an IT security department, auditors, or an ISO27001 certification.
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RE: Killed by Google
@BernieTheBernie said in Killed by Google:
German computer magazin "c't" was deemed a source of spam by Google.
Wow, does c't still exist?
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RE: SQL - Updating current state to new state for complex relationships.
@Arantor said in SQL - Updating current state to new state for complex relationships.:
@nerd4sale don’t forget that MySQL is now technically Oracle too
Yeah, but I remember that MySQL could use several engines, some with and some without transaction management.
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RE: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
@remi said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Obélix is probably one of the rare exceptions in the main characters, in that he often has a menhir with him, which is a kind of obelisk, but that's a bit of a stretch and given how other names don't have that connection (and how Obélix hasn't got a menhir in the first few comics IIRC), it's likely a coincidence more than anything.
Obélix already has a menhir on his first appearance.
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RE: FoxPro is ten times faster than MSSql
ODBC smooths over a lot of the implementation quirks
Yeah, and it also prevents you from using most of the nice features and performance that databases offer.As I see it, you have 2 major problems:
- a total lack of knowledge about the different databases
- odbc and this standard-sql nonsense
You can improve it in 2 ways:
- get an expert in, choose one type of database, use it's features and phase out odbc, or
- stick with what you know, i.e. FoxPro
Summary: You're doing it wrong!
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RE: WTF Bites
FWIW, you don't need to do that in C and haven't for quite a long time now.
Did C ever really require that?
I know that before 1999 you had to put declarations at the beginning of a block, but was there ever a version of C where you couldn't just open a new nested block wherever?
Possibly in pre-ansi it had to be in the top of the function? I know having to declare at the top of the function is still in our style guide because most code is that way anyway and it works better in GDB.
According to my (pre-ansi) book on C from 1987, variables have to be declared at the start of the block, not necessarily a function.
It may be false though, because I remember the book was chockful of errors being a 0th edition for proofreading.
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RE: TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML)
@Bulb said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
That tab is interpreted by the terminal.
As it should be.
IIRC the tab size was user configurable on the VT420.
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RE: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
@Luhmann said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Gąska
Are you saying the car didn't age well?It's a 3rd generation Ford Escort, which was being built until 1986, more than 30 years ago.
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RE: Tech reporting out WTFs tech support
@Luhmann said in Tech reporting out WTFs tech support:
@PleegWat said in Tech reporting out WTFs tech support:
Having to register to vote seems odd to me.
That is because you are registered de facto when being issued an ID. And you are required to request an ID.
No, the ID is irrelevant (*), at least in the Netherlands.
Every Dutch national, and every foreign national residing in the Netherlands, is however registered by the government, with a BSN (comparable to a US social security number, but marginally more secure).
That registration is used for voting. And when applying for an ID. And taxes. And (theoretical) military draft. And medical insurance. And lots more, like appropriate in any Orwellian society.(*) except that you need to show a government-supplied ID when voting, to prove your identity.
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
@El_Heffe said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@dkf said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
I used the 386SX for a while, which was the last version of Intel machine (or maybe it failed testing and was disabled in order to boost effective yield) without an FPU
There was also a 486SX with no FPU. I had one. Both the 386SX and 486SX actually had an FPU but it was disabled because it failed testing, so Intel just sold them as "No FPU" so that they didn't have to throw them out.
This was the case for the first series of the 486SX, Later Intel started producing them without the FPU.
It was another story altogether for the 386SX vs. DX. The 386DX was fully 32-bits, while the 386SX was 32-bits internally but had a 16-bits databus (externally).
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RE: Very Specific Help
@Gribnit said in Very Specific Help:
o, is anyone aware, of any definition for the word eison, other than the vocalist supplying the continuous low tone in Orthodox Greek liturgical chant?
Isn't that eleison (ελέησόν), meaning "have mercy"?
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RE: Aviation Antipatterns Thread
@robo2 said in Aviation Antipatterns Thread:
or has "trying to fly without fuel" always been an antipattern for jet planes? Don't know, I am not into planes so much..
Since this Developing Story from CNN is already 10 years old: yes.
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RE: 💩 Shit I just heard in my office
I see a sequel coming: Fifty Shades of Quuxvlartkt.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@PleegWat said in The Official Status Thread:
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zecc TIL Spain and Portugal are in different time zones. I mean, it almost makes sense, but it already doesn't make sense for Spain to be in the time zone it is, so there's that..
The logical place for the timezone boundary is along the Dutch/German, Belgian/German, Luxembourg/German, French/German, French/Swiss, and French/Italian borders.
Yeah, that would be fun. Adjusting the clock every time I visit my family and hop over the border into Germany to get cheap (well, less expensive) gas and maybe some groceries.
But it is logical.
Before WW2 the Netherlands were on "Amsterdam time", which was UTC + 0:20. Since then we're on Berlin time, UTC + 1 (aka. CET), so basically we're 40 minutes off. Except in summertime, when it's 1:40 off. -
RE: Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
@TimeBandit said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@acrow said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
I hate few "safety" features as much. It makes winter driving hell.
You usually have a button to disable it. This can also be disabled by reprogramming your car computer.
A few cars ago, I found out I had one where the traction control could not be disabled at all.
Not fun if you're parked on some snow. I had to borrow a shovel somewhere to clear a patch for the wheels to gain traction.Toyota...
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RE: Embarrassing Car Question
@lolwhat said in Embarrassing Car Question:
@Captain said in Embarrassing Car Question:
WTF oil are you even using? Mobile 1 extended life lasts for 15k...
Yeah, 18k is waaaaaay over typical oil life.
Hardly.
My 2009 BMW needs - according to the manual and the built-in computer - an oil change every 30.000 km (approx. 18k miles), or once every 3 years. -
RE: Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
One where an automatic is €2000 extra. Minimum.
And yet more than a third of the cars sold in the Netherlands has an automatic gearbox.
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RE: Stillwater retires from IT
@GOG said in Stillwater retires from IT:
I've been muckin' about with MSFS 2020 since it came out and - overall - I think it's pretty sweet.
I do feel that it's a bit of a step backwards compared to FSX, in terms of the whole sim experience, but that's less due to simulation fidelity (MSFS hasn't been first-in-class for a long time, as I understand it), but rather due to the fact that a lot of the pre-flight resources have been taken out, meaning you either bring in outside knowledge, or you're stuck wondering what the hell is going on. As I recall, the flight planner doesn't even give you VOR frequencies; thank goodness for VATSIM.
VORs are hardly used any more IRL. It's all GPS approaches these days.
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RE: Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
@HardwareGeek said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
A European car almost certainly has a manual transmission.
In what decade do you live?