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I saved a fortune on Black Friday and again today on Cyber Monday. I didn't buy a damn thing!
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I had the same luck with the No-Eat Diet.
I lost all my weight.
I no longer exist in physical form.
It's a lot easier to get into the movies for free and my gas mileage is lot better. 
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Every time we saw a sign saying, "Buy Now! Save 50%!", my dad would say, "Don't Buy Now! Save 100%!". That's how I feel about most buying opportunities these days.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Hi,
As I am sure many will know I am looking for a job, as such I have recently had several face to face interviews and am waiting for the results. How long am I supposed to wait for the responce, I am thinking now I have waited long enough for results (a week plus). I know the accepted line these days appears to be 'if you hear nothing, you ain't got it', also agents calling with Private Numbers gets on my nerves as you don't know if it's an agent or a PPI claim. I had one this morning picked up the phone, it's still connected to the charger drop phone and when I get the phone to my ear the line drops...
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after 1 week, call and ask for the status. Sometimes the process takes longer and the'll actually appreciate your interest.
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In my experience, if it's a yes they respond the same day (for small to medium sized companies). Larger companies 200+ employees take a couple of days (more people to interview and more HR bureaucracy i guess).
In any case, good luck.
And yes agents with private numbers are very annoying...
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After a week a quick call shows interest, and allows you to ask "if you don't mind telling me, what persuaded you to pick the other guy?" - if nothing else you might get constructive criticism of your interview technique.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: if nothing else you might get constructive criticism of your interview technique.
Bet you he wouldn't, they would be worried he might sue for slander or drop by and smack them around a bit. I faarrrkkkking hate the fact no one has the balls left any more to let people not only know they haven't got the job but explain if they haven't the experience or knowledge in a particular area.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Maybe, maybe not - but if you don't ask, you don't get anything!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Michael Martin wrote: Bet you he wouldn't, they would be worried he might sue for slander
Yep.
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Did that to once I was told not to bother them! 
modified 30-Nov-15 8:29am.
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When I changed to my actual company I had 2x Set of interviews
The first time, I called after 10 days to ask, they told me to be patient because they were doing other related things. I had to wait almost 3 weeks to get the "sorry, but the acquisition of the new project failed and we can't hire new people right now".
Second time (3 months later they contacted me to offer me an interview for other department) I got the "If you want it, you have it" after 3 days.
A company called me last month to ask about a CV I sent them in mid 2014 
Time is a variable thing, and it depends a lot on your attractiveness for the company.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I was interviewed for my current position in March 2013 & got the offer of appointment in October 2013.
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If you got the interview through an agent call them as often as you like, although I've found the tend to call each day even if they have nothing to tell you then go quiet when they find out you haven't got it.
It is good practice to ask when you will hear from them at the end of the interview, then you are more than justified to chase if you've not heard.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I just noticed that all Intel Corp. articles begin with
"This article is for our sponsors at CodeProject."
(e.g: Intel® IoT Platforms: File Transfer for Linux using SCP[^] )
If CP is sponsoring Intel then I guess we are pretty rich! But I fear that the intended meaning is the slightly clunky "sponsoree".
Life is too shor
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I just looked at the article. In the top right corner there are pictures of boards that seem to be in the same sphere as the Raspberry Pi.
Also if you look at the Author it is a Code Project Group member. Clicking on the 3 members hyperlink gives me Chris Maunder, Gunjan Rawal and Joel De Guzman.
A quick Google of Gunjan Rawal bought up an option that had Intel at the end. Clicking it shows she works for Intel.
I reckon that Code Project is sponsoring the Piesque boards as they will be used as a coding tool for the beginners with little money. Look out for a forum for these coming soon.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Thanks for that clarification.
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For all martial arts people out there.
I'm writing a "paper" for my black belt exam. The paper is about why some techniques are easy for some and very difficult for others and why some techniques sometimes never seem to work. I explain this by using the "Cycle of Considerations"[^] from Kenpo (We're doing Jiu-Jitsu/kenpo hybrid) and try to add some solutions to the problem.
One simple example is that it could be difficult to throw a person with an 'o goshi' (hip throw). One reason for this might be that it is a large (and/or heavy) person. In the cycle of Considerations you could see this as "Environment" and the solution is to try the technique with someone smaller (and lighter) or to use another technique.
A few questions for those who want to respond.
1) Do you know other models similar to this Cycle of Considerations? (Can you point me to them?)
2) If techniques don't work for you (or your partners/colleagues a the club), what kind of problems are those and how do you solve it?
Many thanks.
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Sadly i am out of Martial arts for too long to give an appropriate answer to your question but i remember that we used our "enemys" momentum to cope with such problems as height and weight.
I remember that some throws could be done easily whilst using the opponents momentum to your favor and just directing it to your wished destination. But maybe this only worked with unworthy foes 
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ha ha. Yep, those principles are the basis of all our techniques as well, but it is not appropriate in all cases.
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But at last everything is about flows and directing chi 
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My beloved Krav Maga has these[^] principles. The basic philosophy is "render an opponent unwilling or unable to continue". It's a surprisingly effective mantra.
If techniques don't work for you, you don't continue with them. Krav is NOT a martial art. Krav is a system of self defence, so the moves have to be instinctive.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: "render an opponent unwilling or unable to continue"
That sounds like violence and that is frowned upon.  See?
Just because someone is trying to hurt you or take your belongings doesn't mean you should act out your violence and oppression upon him/her.
You need to see things from the poor attacker's point of view. S/he may be hungry or upset that you have money and s/he doesn't.
Get some counseling.
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I got some counselling. I go all therapy on their ass.
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A true LOL!
Ah, laughing on Monday. DIdn't know it was possible.
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