PhobosAnomaly

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's like the SQL creators designed the syntax to achieve maximum fuckery for those where "test" and "live" are different words for the same thing.

I bet they were pissing themselves laughing when implementing the finicky ROLLBACK command, knowing it that it would be only ever be used in anger as a "hail Mary" from a dev halfway through writing his own resignation letter.

[–] [email protected] 91 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

It's not real deployment if it isn't pushed straight to prod.

Test boxes are for communists and the French.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Haven't read the article because of that bullshit cookie-hostage stuff, but...

I think it's a multitude of things. Williams (or whatever it actually is these days) hooking up a pretty decent car, some good leadership in the squad, fantastic strat calls today, and the standard Albon throwing that car about like a stripper's bra and putting the car in rankings that it really has no business being.

Albon has been the standout guy for the past two years in the bottom half of the field, he's punching well above his weight. It's just a shame he sunk in a team with a notorious allergy to giving drivers time, alongside arguably the team favourite in Max.

I loved the Williams team as a boy and I have to keep telling myself they're a Williams in name only now, but I hope they "do a McLaren" and haul themselves up the grid again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm not a frequent train user, though I do try and use the train where possible in place of flying. The First Class service with Virgin used to be brilliant - decent lounges, endless Virgin Cola (which is either a blessing or a curse depending on your tastes) and decent staff.

Shame they pulled out really. When I think of good train travel experiences, I think of the Virgin services, rather than sitting on a Southern service freezing my titties off at Clapham Jcn twenty years ago!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank fuck it's an ex best friend now.

Thanks for being here, and thanks for being you. I hope you find a decent friend next time around.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Put a quid on Scotland - needs both other games to draw and Scotland to beat France by 104 points.

That'll be a sweet grand. Maybe even take my mind off how ~~poor~~ substandard Wales are at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

As shift workers will warmly relate to, coming off a nightshift on a Monday morning when it's pissing down with rain, and getting into bed while the rest of the world is getting up is one of the greatest pleasures known to humankind.

Yes it's smug, yes it's a very niche pleasure, but it ranks somewhere up there with sex, toothache relief, and stopping a microwave before it beeps in terms of satisfaction.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 141 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (31 children)

I was talking to my primary-school age kids about their teachers, and one of them says their next teacher will be Mr Smith.

"He's old," they said, "he must be at least fifty".

I said "nah man. Mr Smith is probably only a few years older than me, early forties I reckon".

They had me with "no he's like really old. He reads a newspaper"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Would it make a difference though? I've only got a passing interest, but I thought top end speedruns were measured per frame rather than RTA?

something something bus something something 0.35 seconds

e: perhaps the answer is already there, RTA would likely be the only ones with significant differences.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

I made the jump a few years ago. The vast majority of my contacts didn't migrate from WhatsApp, and only a select few of my closest pals did.

It has been fuckin' awesome.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Easy now, let's not get ahead of the first step of EU entry:

Eurovision.

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