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I remember this ad, and think it is spot on.
Recently I had one contract end when the company decided to hire a junior programmer to perform the tasks I used to do, to save money I gather. That final line from the ad ran through my mind...
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Silly question: I mostly use FBReader on my Android tablet, but it only opens one book at a time. Since I generally have half a dozen or so "on the go" (a couple of fiction, a few technical) I end up with half a dozen different book readers, all of which work differently. I know I can use the "recent books" list in FBReader, but that's clumsy and annoying.
Anyone seen anything "nice" that has multiple books and lets you switch between them without leaving the app?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Kindle
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Always annoys me, the kindle app - I've yet to find a way to load my non-amazon books into it without moving them from the nice, tidy, my author/series/group/book hierarchy they share (and update via FTP) with my NAS. I know I can move / copy them into the Kindle folder on the tablet, but that kinda defeats the purpose of spending all that time tidying them and their names!
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You never mentioned OTHER requirements, if you fail to do the specification properly don't complain about the result
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Feature creep!
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no need to be rude
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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You want rude?
Elephanting feature creep!
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Watch it mate you are asking for a right Clarkson
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Did you spill my ?
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Moon+ Reader
Free version is OK, but it's worth paying for PRO.
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I've heard a lot of good things about Aldiko's[^] library management features. Never used it myself though; my eInk kindle does everything I need.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging 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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One of the beauties of being a developer is that if something does not work as you'd like, you can always make your own!
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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prevent him working in the US [^]
After all he has said about the US? It might just be part of his on screen persona, but I really do have the impression he doesn't like the place. However, he could make a heck of a lot of money over there, it wont be the first time a Brit has been tempted by the green back.
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What makes me laugh is how so many people are trying to defend his actions by saying it was only a moment of not-quite-perfect behaviour.
If some normal guy that Clarkson had annoyed had split Clarkson's lip, the wannabe upper-class twit would have sued him into oblivion, and subjected him to multiple childish tirades on-air.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Oh and how perfectly calm the other side has been, I doubt there is a pub in the world where such an incident doesn't occur at least once a week.
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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You mean the whole of Britain is like me local?
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Yes, you're quite right.
That makes it perfectly acceptable to smack people in the mouth in the workplace.
I should have thought before I posted.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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when did the BBC buy hotels in North Yorkshire?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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They didn't buy Antarctica, either, but that was his workplace when he was working there.
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but he wasn't working was he, he was attempting to have a late evening meal.
he is a presenter of a car program not a restaurant revue (don't remember any reports of him driving in the hotel)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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He was there for work, the accommodation was paid for by his employer, and was with his work colleagues, preparing for the next day.
Look at your own colleagues, where you work. How much would you support their rights to punch you in the mouth, just because they're in a bad mood?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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But he was not AT WORK, you claimed he was in the workplace which he wasn't, now you say it is because he was with work colleagues, I have been on works Xmas parties where people have come to blows and none of them were ever fired.
I don't claim that he didn't deserve the outcome but I do say that the way The BBC have gone about this leaves a lot to be desired.
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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When your employer sends you to a remote location to do a job, and pays for all your accommodation, you are there as a representative of your employer -- you are in your workplace.
Do yourself a favour, and stop defending indefensible behaviour.
I'm sure you wouldn't defend such actions if they were taken against you yourself.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I have been in this situation, and I have been on the end of a punch by a colleague on a works do, he was disciplined but wasn't fired and I don't think he should have been, it was what it was and to blow it up out of all proportion would have resulted in the loss of a colleague who was sorry about the incident and is still a good friend.
why do you think such a draconian punishment is justified? I know it will matter little to Clarkson but next time it might be you that loses your temper and finds yourself unemployed.
I don't defend the behaviour but the punishment extreme for the offence.
and he wasn't fired for bringing he company into disrepute.
You are wrong about the workplace, if you have an accident you are regarded as being outside your place of work.
If not you would be liable to be fired for drinking at work, which is patently absurd
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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