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Mike Hankey wrote: No that's the old Norm
Yes - ^^^ - Look up one inch.
He is, I used to watch NYW when it was broadcast over here: his air of competence and unflappable experience was just awesome.
He encouraged me to actually make a garden table, which survived a few seasons. Perhaps pine was a poor material choice ... but it looked good while it lasted! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I used to watch his show on the weekends and he inspired and taught me many things, most important was if you want to be a good carpenter you have to have a shop filled with good tools...but I tried anyway! 
When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know.
But if you listen, you may learn something new.
--Dalai Lama
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I learned that you should always buy good tools, not cheap ones. And that looking after and maintaining your tools properly is more important than how much you paid for them. That shortcuts don't work; do it properly the first time and you won't have to do it again. And that experience counts, a lot: try again, and again.
Feed into a heck of a lot of life, those lessons - especially development!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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... so you learned your programming skills from a carpenter?
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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H.Brydon wrote: so you learned your programming skills from a Master Carpenter?
And motorcycle tyre fitters, and rebuilding engines, and cleaning my room, and ... generally, the individual skill sets are different, but the planning, the structuring the work, then "awareness of future events" that all real experts show so brilliantly without even being aware they are doing it: the field is irrelevant, you can learn loads of methodology applicable to any field from watching someone who is supremely capable in theirs.
Compare fixing a car with finding a code bug: detect all the symptoms, develop a theory, test it, identify the problem, develop a conceptual fix, make predictions, test them, fix the problem, and test the fix.
Same exact process: but one in bits, bytes, and pixels; the other in metal, wires, fuels, lubricants, and electricity. And a bigger bill.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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What’s the difference between a rectal thermometer and a normal thermometer?
The taste!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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You are a sick man...I like you.
When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know.
But if you listen, you may learn something new.
--Dalai Lama
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When we were at the hospital for the birth of my daughter I asked the nurse what the difference was and she started to explain. I said the punch line and she looked like I had disconnected her brain for about two seconds before she burst out laughing and ran to tell all the other nurses. I will never forget that look of blank confusion as she tried to process it. 
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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I could follow up with a joke that would immediately get me kicked out of here (or almost any other forum). So I won't. I can tell it over a glass of beer if we ever meet.
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Are we talking about "the world's most disgusting joke": "How can you tell when your sister..."?
And that is as far as I am going with that one! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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We might be thinking of the same joke.
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Then let's leave it there and both keep our accounts, eh? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Speaking of banks...
I realized lately that the current situation is such that banks now won't let you in if you're NOT wearing a mask...
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for you and your families
~
i will not let the highway run over me,
i will not be ashamed to show my tears,
i will see a future blossom in the bud
i will not keep your memory in shadows,
i will not turn away from what mirrors
tell me is the face sculpted by sorrow
i will seek the shelter of heartedness,
i will see the flowing water where the
river ice is surrendering to unthawing
i will remember how the precious gifts
of love come wrapped with a transience
tinging sweetness with an echo of musk
i'll be the playful child i always was,
safe in the fortress of wisdom's walls
~ written while listening to Einaudi playing "Divenere:" [^]
© William Woodruff
May 10, 2020
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Here a Haiku:
Hidden in the bat
Revealed by man
Defeated by bleach
oh, wait a second...
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Damn, I looked in the French wikipedia, and the 5-7-5 is not shown as being that important (at all). 
Anyway, I already spoiled Bill's thread and his sublime piece of poetry with my lame attempt at a joke Haiku, I won't comment on further ( Yours is good, actually). 
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I learned at the feet of a Master: the one called "Rage".
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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modified 11-May-20 13:51pm.
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here's a haiku just for you:
an inner truth never spoils:
it is a place where
the heart's free of mind
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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That is beautiful, thank you for sharing. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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As expected , in Germany our company has been asked to go for KurzArbeit (Short term work). Each department has their own % of short time work ( 10% to 80%).
For us, we have identified as essential and so no Short term work but has been asked to take voluntary once a day in a week as "No work day" to show solidarity
So suddenly, I am having enough time to do something in my free time . I am sure what I don't want to do. No books, No binge Netflix, No webinars nor virtual summit.
I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion?
Ok with raspberry or audrino type? Any idea where to start?
or worst case, totally new easy hobby type programming language  ( just for fun, not looking for making a career )
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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super wrote: I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion?
Stellaris is great; they put a lot of efforts for the user to avoid micro-management (which becomes a PITA late in the game) whenever he wants to.
And I like Dwarf Fortress, even if the learning curve is a bit steeper for this one.
Both have enough tutorials available on youtube.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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phil.o wrote: Stellaris is great; they put a lot of efforts for the user to avoid micro-management (which becomes a PITA late in the game) whenever he wants to.
Except that as a Paradox game that's been out for several years, the sticker price to get the current full version is almost as high as Dwarf Fortress's learning curve.
Current prices on steam[^] are $40 for the base game, with 4 $20 expansions and a $72 bundle that combines the base and 2 expansions. Meaning you're looking at $112 to get the full featured game. There's also $64 worth of race/story addons; I'm discounting them from the full total on the assumption that they don't change base gameplay like the expansions do. My last brush with a P'dox game was a half dozen years ago when I got a several expansions behind the current release copy of the then current version of Europa Universalis; and discovered because of how out of date it was that all of the internet tutorials google surfaced were out of date, and no one on their forums remembered exactly how the game functioned/was balanced that far back to answer questions I asked.
That was the point when - despite having probably 2-3k hours between EU1, EU2, Victoria, and one of the HOI versions - I ragequit on them as developer/publisher and haven't played anything they put out. Since then, I've occasionally checked the most recent version of EU, and more recently Stelaris, as the games they make I'd be most interested in giving a try; and never seen a full buyin price of $80 (full price game + 1 expansion; the absolute max I'd be willing to spend) and continued noping away to other things.
This was a change from how they used to operate when EU2 would periodically have $60ish to the full latest version of the game sales. But at some point the bean counters tool control; and as a more casual/intermitant player of their games it's no longer possible to have the full experience without paying up at least 90% as much as they shake down their most dedicated fans for.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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That sounds a bit Paradox-ical 
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You have a point about the overall price of Paradox games if you want to get all DLCs. I'm playing the vanilla version of the game, which I bought four years ago; you don't have to buy each and every addon to have a great gaming experience.
On the other hand, Paradox edited several games I really enjoyed playing; it is not the first editor which comes into my mind when asked which ones I would avoid (when I thing about what EA made to Sim City...).
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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