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The storm has passed; for us, it was a wind and rain event, but we came out without major issues.
From a co-worker in Florida:
There are still over 100K out of the 140K in this county without power.
So, while the media may sensationalize, at the end of the day, real people are still being affected.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: There are still over 100K out of the 140K in this county without power.
Time to get one[^]?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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Glad you're OK, Tim.
/ravi
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Tim Carmichael wrote: So, while the media may sensationalize, at the end of the day, real people are still being affected.
My first reaction to your post's title was "oh, goodie, I was afraid I might've missed something". But you're absolutely right--the non-stop coverage really turns one into a cynic.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: So, while the media may sensationalize, at the end of the day, real people are still being affected.
I'm sure they bought backup batteries, and generators... to recharge their cameras, other equipment and sat-comms to get the story out. (Also sure despite the mass property damage, these folks will find one of the seveely limited places to stay, and of course help use up the dwindling food/water remaning locally while waiting for the authorities/FEMA to get vital [re]supply lines up ....)
But good to know they are there because everybody wants that news to be more than 2 seconds old (satellite link delay). Oh look, another group of homeless people looking for food/shelter - no wait, over there: another upside down car, and there's that that fallen down house again...
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Glad you're OK. We are still with the kids in North Carolina. We cannot return until we are assured that we will find gas along the I95 all the way down to central Florida. So we plan to sit out another day or two.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Power to the People!
Hope all are as well as can be.
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<update>
Just went and checked on my 23' camper at state park where I'm volunteering and it made it without any damage...remarkable
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Thought about you, too, thanks for the update.
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We got off pretty good considering.
Glad yall made it ok
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Just very slowly 
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Just very slowly
I'll bet you say that to all the girls . . .
(. . . liar liar pants on fire).
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W∴ Balboos wrote: I'll bet you say that to all the girls . . .
unless there's gin waiting
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Internet is that bad out there? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I've been back in the UK since January, but work and stuff.
veni bibi saltavi
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The Second Coming of Nagy!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Appropriate Youtube clip (SFW)
Where the heck have you been? (Not that we've missed you or anything...) 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Just in time to inform you that our boss has reserved a table at the Oktoberfest this year, plus two coupons for two 'Mass' Oktoberfestbier*. Now I will see if your manners have improved since last year.
* Two coupons for each one of us!
The user can't update the up: we update it for them (Choice in the CP poll)
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You are not the slowest, DD still isn't back. 
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I finally am employed (!!) again  , so whats your excuse for not being around as much!
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Really working a lot. Joined a start up, we're getting there but hours are loooooooong
veni bibi saltavi
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Just heard via the grape vine my previous employer has had 'troubles' with there remote server so you might get an odd bit of test email coming to your secret id, sorry about that but I happened to email that agent you recomended from my work PC using my account. Sorry for that 
what does the start up do, might be able to point some work in your direction if you need it...
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We is models innit. 
We build financial models for pension schemes and the such much.
veni bibi saltavi
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The responsibility of an UI/UX team is to provide different options to answer a particular UX/UI requirement.
Instead of working on equally good multiple options , they make option A super cool & make option B,C,. totally pathetic, so that the people reviewing the options, all heap up quick towards A & scream. "Lets go with A!, A.A..A!!"
But when the UX team provides equally good alternate options i.e A,B,C, it is usually followed by a loong debate. The UX guys usually team up and have a pre-conceived idea that a particular option is the best and think that non-UX guys, even including the reviewers as dumb folks without any UX sense.
So to cut down the lengthy arguments with any non-UX guys, they've started following this A,b,c strategy now .
Now I've started spotting out this pattern, And I've replied them back. "A is all fine, but can't we get a chance to see a review-worthy B,C"?  
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
modified 12-Sep-17 7:45am.
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Here, we don't leave the UX/UI in the hands of those who do that type of thing "professionally".
The only way to make it work right is to have the developer force the cretins users into not screwing things up too badly. All the fun/pretty in the world won't make up for elephanted data.
We'd never UX/UI anything like a ribbon bar.
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