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by smcl 4y ago
Just to add some more niche currency slang. A few of the Hibs casuals[0] that used to come into the pub I worked at sometimes referred to pounds as “sheets” - “it set me back fifty sheets” = “it cost me 50 pounds”. I don’t know how common i
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by smcl 4y ago
Waaaait a minute you’re making some enormous leaps here. You’ve read a comment where someone says “it seems like we can't say "mother" anymore…” and have then projected it into this scenario where the word “mother” is banne
903.
by smcl 4y ago
It really can vary. I remember having trouble spending Royal Bank of Scotland notes in England at the start of one trip, and after landing in Frankfurt airport for a transfer I was able to spend them without any problems in a shop which acc
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by smcl 4y ago
It sounds like you've got a pretty stressful workplace overall to be honest. I don't exactly want to be having debates about the big social issues of today with my colleagues, but on the other hand I don't think anyone should
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by smcl 4y ago
I think you got downvoted because on face value that looks like a cheap shot. But in truth it does play well with Trump's fanbase when he takes aim at an opponent and starts talking smack about them publicly. Those opposed to Trump,
906.
by smcl 4y ago
This is a good point, it may be cathartic, it may be deserved but it isn't really helpful.
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by smcl 4y ago
I don't think Morten is trying to promote himself any more than any post on a personal blog is, humorous or otherwise. It's not like he is trying to springboard into a modelling career or anything. To me it seems that he doesn&#
908.
by smcl 4y ago
Lena has been used for years and this use doesn't necessarily result in you being "cancelled", it might make your colleagues say "hey, can you use something other than lena?" though. The model is a pretty private fi
909.
by smcl 4y ago
Oh they're getting the stock yearly? Yeah that's a lot. Well, good on them I suppose!
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by smcl 4y ago
Ahhh thanks! I figured "TC" was "total compensation" but wasn't sure how to interpret 700 since $700k/yr seemed enormous, but if it's salary for a year plus a chunk of stock that vests over a few years t
911.
by smcl 4y ago
> Is the word “client” offensive? Stanford apparently thinks so Has someone singled you out and told you that you're being offensive for using the word "client"? I suspect not, I think you've overreacted to this a bit
912.
by smcl 4y ago
What does that mean?
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by smcl 4y ago
Yeah that's something where you'd hope people could step back and realise that the news is often sensationalised and seeks out salacious stories of people being "cancelled" because they get people riled up and engaged.
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by smcl 4y ago
I'd say more generally "Being embarrassed isn't an enjoyable experience" - it's embarrassing to find out you're using an offensive word or to feel like you're out of touch, but what's important is wha
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by smcl 4y ago
"Terrified" is a bit much, I think most people just want to get along and are happy to use whatever term is acceptable to those it describes. Our understanding of what those terms are might shift over time, and it may get muddied
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by smcl 4y ago
Aren't "hard of hearing" and "hearing impaired" intended to cover a range of deafness or hearing-related problems though? "Hearing challenged" definitely sounds a bit daft though for sure.
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by smcl 4y ago
The comparison to a comedy is a pretty silly one - comedies are pretty explicit about what they are and are pretty clearly not trying to give you financial advice or medical advice or anything like that[0]. Cramer is on a news network and t
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by smcl 4y ago
Ha hopefully not! To be honest given that home-office is quite important nowadays I'd like to just have some closure. Being told you have to pay an unexpected, positive quantity of currency is annoying but if you want to resolve that i
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by smcl 4y ago
Not sure how libel law would apply, they're not like publicly saying shit about me. Just being dumb about billing.
920.
by smcl 4y ago
They actually have physical branches here but last few times I spoke with them they fobbed me off for a bit then claimed they have had "account downtime" and that they could not service me because they couldn't handle anyone
921.
by smcl 4y ago
Ok this is cool but maybe Vodafone can focus on more customer-oriented things like figuring out how I can pay them the -7000 CZK they've been harassing me about for 2 months. Effectively I overpaid last year (due to their billing stupi
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by smcl 4y ago
I think the pros/cons of JIT compilation are pretty well known by now, and there's enough expertise floating around that they'd probably be able to implement it in a way that doesn't compromise performance. If I recall o
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by smcl 4y ago
I think if someone takes any of these typical guidelines - clean, SOLID, REST etc - and mindlessly applies it they’re likely to end up with a few parts of their applications which look weird, or perform poorly or end up being worse someho
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by smcl 4y ago
I think if you dig into why any of these tools perform poorly, you probably won’t find it’s because they were implemented using “Clean Code”, but rather that it’s down to a combination of many different things. I can’t say anything concrete
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by smcl 4y ago
You’re right it could well be tongue in cheek
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by smcl 4y ago
I'm quite amazed by the concentration of ugly opinions the author managed to squeeze into one relatively short sentence! I thought cocktails were meant to be fun, that they were meant to be riffed on and explored. I guess if you'
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by smcl 4y ago
There's really no need to shoehorn Nordstream explosions into a discussion about transport infrastructure
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by smcl 4y ago
Oh wow, I've encountered a lot of words in English/Czech that are "false friends" but it's too far away gramatically to construct similar sounding entire sentences . That's brilliant you can do it with English
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by smcl 4y ago
> Trying to read Farsi, it feels like I should know what's going on but am left with the feeling that I've forgotten all my Arabic This is what Dutch sounds like to me as an English speaker - plenty of common sounds with Englis
930.
by smcl 4y ago
May your investment go To The Moon

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