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That's exactly what it tasted like.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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I am guessing you don't like French saucisson either?
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Whats the weather like down your way? Its done nothing but rain in Rocklin ever since I got here, as well as throw up a tornado. Today its as bleak as Slough in January out there! I mean, Slough for Christs sake! Holy sh*t!
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A little windy but lovely. Bright and sunny. SoCal is the best place to live. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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I grew up with biltong and now that I'm in the US, I really miss it. Jerky is just not the same. Jerky is sliced thinner and is more brittle (less chewy) than biltong. Jerky also tends to be sweeter. We've been trying to perfect making our own biltong. We've just done a batch of deer biltong and it came out really nice. 
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I usually prefer my biltong very dry and somewhat brittle, so I wouldn't mind that in jerky. The sweetness, on the other hand, might be a bit weird. I understand jerky is also often smoked. I assume that would be very prominent in the taste?
WendyS56 wrote: <layer>making our own biltong
Well that's good. If the yanks don't know how to make biltong you've got to take matters into your own hands. 
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
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ach, Biltong is baie lekker man.
Speaking as a ex SA resident (1970-1975) who now lives in USA/Chicago, I would say biltong is better. I remember getting biltong to go hiking or camping, and it would last a good long time. Jerky is similar enough, a reasonable substitute but thinner cut generally and not as flavourful.
SGarratt
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Jerky is pretty good, not as dry and tough as biltong, and thinner cut, and often smoked. Its nice stuff..
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Jerky tends to be drier, thinner and more leathery than biltong... at least that's my experience here in Australia.
I used to work with a South African bloke who would make me biltong... mmmmmm.... biiiiiiiiiiiltonnnnnnnnnnng...
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The 4096 tile is black with white letters.
I had 58,000 points and quit - I was too tired.
Haven't played since.
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Funny I just made to 2048 and 1024 tiles this afternoon. Then, one bad key press and it was over.
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d@nish wrote: Then, one bad key press and it was over.
Yeah, I wish the thing had an undo for just that reason.
Marc
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I was thinking that last night - an undo would be a miracle.
I was also wondering what it would take to create a program that could make the moves for you.
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MehGerbil wrote: I was also wondering what it would take to create a program that could make the moves for you.
Now that would prove mastery of the game!
I'd be interested on working on that as a little side project, if you want to collaborate.
Marc
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I appreciate the offer but I'm taking steps to get out of programming entirely.
Everything is moving to the web and I hate HTML with a smoking hot passion.
*scratches another insta-win lotto ticket*
Damn, looks like another day in the office.
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MehGerbil wrote:
I appreciate the offer but I'm taking steps to get out of programming entirely.
Everything is moving to the web and I hate HTML with a smoking hot passion. |
I totally understand that sentiment. I've decided to undertake a project such that I can code everything in the native language (using internal/external DSL's where appropriate) to translate the code / meta-code to HTML, Javascript, etc. What I want as the end result is a library of common solutions to current requirements that can grow as new requirements are encountered. I'm sick of writing code, HTML, and Javascript, most of which is re-invented for every new web-app. Not to mention that myriad of half-baked j-blah-blah-blah libraries out there, each of which does more-or-less the same thing, but differently. Anyways, I ramble...
Marc
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Oh, I meant to ask, what are you looking at doing instead?
Marc
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I'm still kicking some ideas around.
My goal is to be out of it in 4 years.
I'm giving myself time to pay off bills, go to school, ect.
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MehGerbil wrote: I'm giving myself time to pay off bills, go to school, ect.
Nice. And good luck!
Marc
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Do some Googleing and you will find that some people not just wasting their times to play that game but actually wrote code to solve it...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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I am not wasting time on it. It is once in a while refresher for me. I either do that or play a game of online pool.
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The mobile version has undo, limited to 2 per game. I'm assuming that it was added to deal with poor swipes across the screen, since I've done it a couple times.
That said, the purist in me does its best to resist using them unless it was an honest mistake in moving the tiles.
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That's all it takes.
What I hate worse is when you get a '2' tile down in a corner where you don't want it.
No way to get that little devil out of there and the whole thing is screwed.
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I think I kind of know the pattern now. It does not happen to me anymore. It used to happen initially though.
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That's nuts. I don't know how many hours I wasted to get to 2048, now I'm going to have to try again!
Hogan
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