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Congratulations. You're up tomorrow. The bought didn't mean anything, just a puzzle filler
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Time to don Worzel's thinking head.
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Cryptic clues are supposed to have two parts, the definition and the cryptic bit. In this case the cryptic bit should include a word or phrase that suggests the answer is an anagram. Something like (over simplified):
Teacher mixed up but got some land.
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I agree. It's easy with hindsight. It's the foresight part I struggle with.
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Me too. 
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That's why I try to write them well in advance, and leave them alone until they have "matured". If they still make sense, I'll post 'em.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well I'm currently working my notice with my current employer and start my new career next month. I'll be building responsive web sites and hybrid mobile apps using tools including Bootstrap, Telerik Platform and Cordova. These are technologies which I am not familiar with so I'll have to get learning. I'm at least familiar with web technologies (HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript) so this at least gives me a headstart on building web enabled pages.
Having previously used Xamarin.Android to build cross-platform mobile apps, it will be interesting to see the differences in building, testing and deploying hybrid mobile apps.
Should be fun. Exciting times ahead 
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Good luck!!! 
Dominic Burford wrote: Telerik Platform
Which part?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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As far as I know I'll be using AppBuilder but could also be using other technologies. I've been having a play with the on-line tutorial and am very impressed 
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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I'm having a deja vu
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Can't think why 
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Congratulations on your new future
cheers, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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Thank you
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Dominic Burford wrote: I'll be building responsive web sites
That'll be a first!!!! 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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An additional "Good Luck" from me too. I'm now 7 weeks into my 12-week notice period, counting the days (just 25 left) until I'm free of "workin' fer the man".
Both my fiancee and I have decided it's time to start up a business for ourselves, and will be offering web/applications development and support into the property management / conveyancing industry (initially just local) with ad-hoc consultancy where we can get it. To keep the boat afloat we're also going to offer small-office/home-office setup and support in the form of network/infrastructure, VOIP, server admin, desktop installation and optionally PAT testing to those same local businesses (and as many others as we can get!)
It's all going to be very small scale (read: low income) compared to app development in the financial sector, but I want to look back on it in 20-30 years and say "win or lose, I gave it a shot"...
Maybe it's the mid-life crisis doing all the thinking here 
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With respect to the Hoare quote: If you build a system out of perfect parts, you are not guaranteed a perfect system but there is hope. If you build your system out of defective parts, you are guaranteed a defective system and there is no hope. Tom Walton.
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There are no guarantees in life except death.
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Following a forum thread I create on the Blizzard\Diablo forum here is some reflection / soul searching I had on public forums.
- There are some people who take pleasure on putting people down. Whether they are right or wrong having a conversation with them is pointless... Since all they would say is something along the lines "you are wrong here stupid sh*t" don't expect any useful information.... They are quite... demoralizing...
- There are some people who take pleasure in taking people up, they will say "you should do this or that instead" or ask questions
- I was thinking about this (misguided) desire / pull to reply to those... unhelpful people... It seems like a total evolutionary failure, to get dragged into angry name calling... (since when they start their insult, the conversation can go nowhere but down from there...) But then I thought about politician. A more politician get talk time the more successful (s)he is. If you ask or have ... difficult question for her/him, (s)he will just pretend to answer it and go on on a pet topic... I guess the same could be done with a toxic post. If there is a desire / need to reply, one can (easily) recognize that this conversation is gonna go nowhere fast and instead .... mmm... not get dragged in an attempt at (intelligent) conversation anyway....
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Interesting, I'm doing some research into a totally unrelated field. Having just acquired a pond in the lovely tropical far north Queensland I'm looking into populating it with mosquito eating fish. Interestingly there are actually such creatures that you can buy, I hope.
Apparently coy/carp are lazy bastards and will not bother chasing anything more mobile than moss and weeds.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mosquito Control - Ausyfish[^]
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Hey, I see what you did there Mycroft!
Not sure I will vote for you (yet) though...
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I really got to know myself, and my surroundings, when I first went on the internet.
Apparently I'm not a nice person and I'm not very smart either.
My mother appears to be a cheating slut. It seems gaming teenagers turn her on.
It also seems everyone knows where I live, it's almost like I'm in the Truman show! I'm still looking into that, it freaks me out.
Thanks to all those nice people on the internet for pointing this out to me.
I will work hard to better myself so maybe one day we can all be friends
That said, I don't recognize your experiences at all
By the way, don't think CP is that much better. I remember writing an article once that, I admit now, was sh*t.
Some CP members (I think 100000+ rep!) really put me down, going into name calling and what have you.
Knowing I could learn from these members (technically, obviously not socially) I thanked them for their comments and asked them if they could point me in the right direction.
My first attempt was met with more hostility.
My second attempt was more successful and I actually got some nice articles (although they weren't given to me nicely).
Nevertheless, I learned a lot that day
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Congratulation for going through battlefield successfully!
What do you call "the second attempt"?
In my case the critic, which might know very well how to exploit a special game mode that I didn't quite describe successfully consistently almost verbatim said such things as: "you are wrong" "no, no, no" "shut up when you don't know" "where to start debunking this whole horseshit bag" but DIDN'T provide A SINGLE helpful clue. TWICE.
One wonder if he knew himself about it, and just like to critic? But looking at his profile I could see that he knew, just didn't felt like explaining. Just pointing out I was wrong!
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Super Lloyd wrote: What do you call "the second attempt"?
CP member: Your article is bad and you should feel bad! (I'm rephrasing it nice).
Me: Thanks for your feedback, could you perhaps elaborate on what's wrong with my article? (First attempt.)
CP member: You are dumb and you will never learn and you should feel bad! (Something like that).
Me: You're right, but I can try and it should be very little trouble for you to provide me with some terms and phrases I can Google, so if you would be so kind and stop cussing at me... (Second attempt.)
CP member: SOLID.
Me: Thanks *Googled, read, my knowledge got a boost, I got a promotion, I became lead programmer, my salary almost doubled*
Super Lloyd wrote: he knew, just didn't felt like explaining. Just pointing out I was wrong!
For some reason that seems to be the default mode on the internet 
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