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why take the e off just to replace it 
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to confuse you, of course! 
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Yes, well done - sorry for being late - been in a meeting
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I am genuinely saddened at the passing of Sir Ken Dodd, a legend of the British comedy circuit. I saw his show many times and, it's no exaggeration, they really did run to 5 hours. That a man in his 80s and 90s could run that length of material with no signs of fatigue was a testament to how talented he really was.
This space for rent
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I never heard him tell a rude joke, but he always made me laugh out loud.
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Just bought a bluetooth keyboard for my Fire TV Stick, because it`s a pain searching with the standard remote (and it has no voice, thankfully)
And it works on the WookieTab as well, which means I don`t have to use the current stupid version of the onscreen KB! Yay!
It`s pretty small, and doesn`t have a single quote, oddly but ... SHIFT STAYS DOWN WHILE I HOLD IT! 
And if you can thumb type texts, it's fine.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I've had a couple of BT keyboards. The first one was the same size as my 8" tablet (which is 1 mm wider than an iPad mini, so none of the aftermarket cases quite fit, but that's another story.  ) It had an odd selection of keys. No arrows for a start, which was quite a PITA. It didn't survive a visit from the granddaughters a couple of years ago.
The one I have now is somewhat bigger (285 x 122 mm) but it's full size (19mm key spacing) and has a Windows layout. Not too different from many laptop keyboards, except it's missing Ins/Home/End/PgUp/PgDn. (I suspect there may be Fn- equivalents, but I haven't found them.) They were also available with Apple and Android layouts. I forget the details, but at least one of those was missing Esc, and there was some messup with Del/Backspace.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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This one is really tiny - 16cm x 4.5cm and has ESC and arrows, but no TAB.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: It`s pretty small, and doesn`t have a single quote,
not even one quote? How about daily thoughts?
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I just use the app on my phone for that. My wife would smack me for adding yet another TV-operating remote to the collection.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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Flippy the burger flipping robot is on a break, already[^]
So no, robots aren't coming for your jobs any time soon; not that the media will change their headlines, panic sells better than reality 
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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Flippy didn't fail. The humans couldn't keep up...we need more robots! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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It still failed to become part of the production line, with a very limited task. I can't help but to think that a specialized toaster would outperform the robotic arm any day.
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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Then it's time to call Flipper to the rescue (though he might be more specialized in fish-burgers) 
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Relentless Fishing - Baked Dolphin Recipe[^]
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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Why pay $150k for a robot when you can get a mexican for $10?
Some jobs will never be automated.
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The robot does not need a siesta
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$60k initial purchase, then $12k per year on maintenance. That's an expensive toaster 
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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Yeah, the maintenance alone is almost a salary. Really, robots do some things well, but really, many jobs just cant be automated.
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It may work for the places that sell cheap hamburgers that need to be exact the same; and even then, I'd prefer a human made burger - would you pay $5 for a bit meat from a toaster?
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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Something in that story stinks. The restaurants human staff couldn't keep up with the robot so they replaced it with human burger flippers. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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You don't need more burgers than you can serve
Just a minor detail, apparently.
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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It just struck me that it must be difficult to be a programmer in a non-English-speaking country because all of the classes and function names in a given framework are in English, so picking the correct class/method must be somewhat difficult.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
modified 11-Mar-18 9:35am.
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And you didn't mentioned the endless typos... And the fact that some has better English than others, so do different typos...
We use Hebrew words written using English letters, like Talmid (means student) and so...
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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