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I think we have a bunch of weird minds here - the ones I think are "5 minutes, tops" last all day, and the "they'll never get this!" go immediately. Or not. Sometimes just to be perverse they don't get them ...
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Had to share this stunning piece of journalism from The Onion:
The Onion wrote: CLERMONT, GA—Slowly craning its neck to bask in the sight of the silvery radiance spilling through a crack in the roof of the slaughterhouse far above, a standard farm chicken beheld the light of the sun for the first time Wednesday an instant before powerful industrial machinery sliced off its head, along with those of hundreds of his broodmates. Witnesses surmise that the brief warmth on its dirty, mottled feathers confused the factory-raised bird, but that the ethereal glow was also a comfort, seeming as it did to suggest there was something more to the domestic fowl’s existence beyond being held immobile in constant darkness and subjected to mechanical forced feedings. Slaughterhouse camera footage confirms that the chicken’s pupils widened momentarily and its feces-caked beak hung slack for a few tenths of a second preceding its decapitation, suggesting a mixture of non-comprehension and awe. Avian behaviorists told reporters that the chicken’s posture and movements indicate it would have enjoyed experiencing more sunlight, although those indicators quickly shifted to confusion as the descending blade obstructed the sun’s light. However, it is generally agreed that a sense of calm came over the chicken, persisting until the razor edge effortlessly passed through its cage-malformed spine. Slaughterhouse personnel said the chicken’s headless and rapidly exsanguinating body appeared to continue straining upwards for several more seconds before finally collapsing into a standard carcass bin on the conveyor belt below. The chicken’s body was later mechanically removed from the day’s meat harvest during the automated sorting process and dumped in the trash after being rejected as “irregular.”
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Chicken, union; that's a good start. As for the chickens' wellbeing, it has no reason to complain
It is better of than most wild animals, for whom life is a daily struggle to survive, who don't get to see a vet, that sleep without a roof between predators.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Think I'll chicken out of eating chicken today
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eat a cow
chicken can feed what, 6 people (with veg etc).
according to quora a cow is good for 860 meals, so it's 143 times less cruel (or more economical).
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Thanks for the tip, I think I will choose for "Zuur vlees" (sour meat) in the restaurant in Limburg where we plan to have dinner tomorrow
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That should not be made from cow, but from horse.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Cow isn't a very good choice; it falls apart too quick because it is usually too tender for the amount of vinegar. A rabbit would not be zuurvlees, but sweet/sour rabbit - the Dutch sweet/sour rabbit recipe is from the middle ages.
If you have a rabbit, you prepare it whole, not cubed like a decent zuurvlees has. And no, "peperkoek" is not an ingredient for either, that's only for heretics.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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For your amusement;
Recipe wrote: Het zuur van de azijn wordt namelijk ruimschoots gecompenseerd door de toevoeging van peperkoek en stroop. Cow is used for those wino's that don't eat horses (so-called noble animals). It is put in vinegar because horse, while cheap, is also a very though meat and needs to tenderize. It is then sweetened to make it palatable. It as an old way to use a lesser meat, and still achieve something nice.
Recipe wrote: Het vlees, eventueel een nacht gemarineerd in azijn, in kleine blokjes snijden en in boter aanbakken. You won't notice much of the maillard-reaction, so I skip this step.
Kruidnagel en laurierblad toevoegen bij kookvocht. 4 lepels GOEDE appelstroop, 4 DIKKE uien, 1 lepel honing. Laurierblaadjes eruit vissen, binden, klaar. Als er veel kinderen zijn maak je het nog wat zoeter, werkt altijd.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Ah, vous etes un connaisseur
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Eat More Chicken
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Now I'm confused
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Usually the Onion writes satirical pieces. This one is too close to the truth.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Or seen from the other side: Sometimes reality moves fairly close to the satirical version.
The Onion does the balancing between the two with impressing finesse!
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I'm not sure I've ever seen a discussion on this topic here in the lounge. We're all developers here, so this is probably the best group I can think of to ask:
What's a great developer chair? Sitting in a chair facing a bunch of monitors for 8, 12 or 14 hours a day is not atypical for me.
I thought I had found a good one for a great price from Staples a few years back, but the cushion got flattened ever so gradually over time that I never noticed until my back started hurting--permanently--and realized I was sitting on what felt like a piece of plywood. I got rid of it, but don't feel like my back's ever fully recuperated from that.
Other than the standard "get a standing desk" or "move around every X minutes" advice, could I get some actual chair recommendations? At this point in my career I'm thinking money's no object, so while I could probably justify spending thousands for whatever-that-brand-was, I'd like to hear some first-hand (first-back? first-butt?) opinions from those who have used those expensive (and lesser) chairs.
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I tend to split my day between a standing "desk" (aka: pile of boxes on a table) and a Mirra[^]. I'm pretty happy with that chair. Adjustable enough to fit my short legs, and it keeps my back relatively happy.
TTFN - Kent
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CP SKU:: 273597
No delaminating upholstry, no raw chrome flaking, no sagging material stuffed into poorly anchored frame seam flange, no dislocating coasters, no need for a rug/floor mat. This list is not exhaustive.
Get it where you can get it.
It's even got a seat elevation adjustment device which deploys cable/caliper technology.
modified 5-Apr-19 14:24pm.
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Just like real developers use x-window instead of windows, real developers use x-chairs!
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One of the more interesting responses so far. Thanks!
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dandy72 wrote: move around every X minutes
This actually works.
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+1
I find that getting up and walking around every time I see something stupid in code works, unfortunately my knees are starting to hurt and my shoes wear out quite frequently.
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My experience has been that money is not a factor when buying chairs - sometimes the cheapest chairs have been the best, for home I use a piano stool when coding - at work a firm back support, that can be angled and raised/lowered, with arm rests are perhaps the most important features for me.
Outside of that a brisk 20 minute walk midday, as well as standing up and moving very hour, makes a huge difference for me.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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We have chairs from Haworth[^]. It is company standard, so not much to be influenced here, but they are good.
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