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Originally posted by hotspur View Post
I only realised today that there are arrows pointing in the direction of the country from your guess."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostSeverance definitely is something. An oddity that could become anything. Well worth seeing if you might like it.
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Originally posted by Micknail View PostWorldle in 2 today. 450km away first guess.
Obv not a gimme like yesterday
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostSeverance definitely is something. An oddity that could become anything. Well worth seeing if you might like it.
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Originally posted by 6starpool View Post
For some reason I talked myself out of the right answer. I was a continent away first guess, then after that danced around it naming loads of bordering countries being convinced it wasn't the right shape for the actual answer, Bah.
edit - forgot the link https://globle-game.com/Last edited by Hectorjelly; 23-02-22, 11:01.
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post
this game is fun too, although I am quite bad at it:
edit - forgot the link https://globle-game.com/
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I think this is on me, but those territories have been lost to Ukraine for a long time. We have short memories, but just a few days ago all the stories were about how Putin would be in Kyiv within 24 hours. It was all about war. Here is Biden talking about an attack on Kyiv, and Boris claiming it would be the biggest war in Europe since 1945 including encircling Kyiv.
FWIW, Nazi Germany didn't declared war in 1939 either, they enter Poland. It was England and France who declared War.
Obviously there has been unrest for years, its not a peaceful part of the world. And I think short memories is a good point. Let's recap.
A week ago Russia recognized the Donbas region as part of Ukraine. Today Russia claims that Donetsk and Luhansk are independent states.
A week ago Russia security forces operated covertly in Ukraine. Today Putin has received parliamentary "permission" to use military forces in a foreign state.
A month ago, you claim the build-up or Russian forces at the border as a scare tactic, and a US fueled rumour. Yesterday you claimed the Donbas region has been occupied for some time by Russians.
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This is really cool, an interactive look at the voyager probe, which has been traveling through the solar system since the 70's https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission...time-alignment
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I saw a superb and succinct summary of how the Russian information machine targetted social media users in 2014 to justify their seizure of large chunks of Ukraine.- If you're on the left, you were told the Ukranians were fascists
- If you're on the right, you were told they were gay
- If you're on the far right, you were told they were Jewish
Anyone who swallows any of the bilge being pumped out by Moscow is a dupe."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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I have in mind planning a trip in and around the Balkans, I've been reading this wonderful book Bridge over the Drina set in Bosnia and it's really caught my imagination, I've also had in mind for a while that I'd like to visit Northern Greece in and around Thessaloniki.
Transport looks complicated feck all trains just long bus trips (did that in '79 and not too keen on repeating it now). So I guess it would have to be at least separate legs of a trip where you'd fly to Sarajevo and hire a car there and then fly again.
Would it ever be possible to hire a car in one country, say Croatia or Bosnia drive through the region and drop off in Greece?Turning millions into thousands
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I couldn't recommend that Ivo Andric book highly enough, I remember ploughing through a million pages of Misha Glenny's history of the Balkans it was definitely a good read giving an understanding of what happened and insights to the economic and geo political circumstances, in time I've probably forgotten just about all the details but I have learned far more about who the people were and what it all meant in this one novel telling the story of one bridge built close to the edge of the Ottoman Empire.
As I'm just about to finish reading it, digging out the goodreads link and seeing that it's the first of a trilogy has made my day.
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostThat's the word the Ukranian's (and Russians) I've been talking to use.
But I find genuinely odd for to watch Comrade Avtostop, over the course of a week, go from "Donbas in Ukraine, to referring to these as Russian territories without blinking.
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Kid came back in the 95th percentile for abstract reasoning, and is into CTYI*. A fine indicator, if any further was needed, of the Russian intellectual gene pool.
* He, also, at some point during the 90 minute test needed to go to the toilet, and was intimated by the uni exam hall setting, so abstractly reasoned himself into a need to pee himself. I'd like to feel that is my gene pool in operation."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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I got 99th% for everything when I was a kid, it was merely the beginning of my ego.
The invasion/non invasion thing above made me laugh remembering an interaction recently where we were complaining about a place that has 12 rounds of interviews.
They came back and said that we don't have 12 rounds, we have 3 rounds of 4 interviews to which I replied, I don't have 12 apples, I merely have 1 dozen.
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Originally posted by Mellor View Post
I think it's just; have an edgey take on everything, twitter conflict gets eyeballs, when completelly reumbled engage troll mode.
Hence how we know that it's not actually something he believes but rather just something that is a vehicke for comedic relief. He's so dedicated to this he's even willing to make bets in character."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Drunken musing with my oldest buddy. Spoilered to keep the Russian bashing on topic
SPOILERThe weekend - I was reminiscing with a friend of mine about our heyday and what it would be like to be in our 20s in 2022. We both agreed todays world is a lot easier for getting hooked up with whatever suits your fancy and the dopamine fix is there 24/7 however neither of us would swap our youths in place of todays world/culture. Amongst other things we discussed (some earwiggers joined in)
We were happy to have to work for our playtime fixes , plus the music , sports seemed a lot more colourful than it s today. I know it’s a rose coloured glass viewpoint but our generation was probably the 1st to witness the good times in terms of financial well being and the growth of tech firms improving the economy hand over fist, lining their pockets and ours as a country. We remember life before the internet . The late night pubs (closing at 12), the late night snooker halls after a few beers (everyone seemed to play better drunk) , the last bus home from the City Centre that was NOT infested with the living dead jabbing temp highs but ultimately empty lows into their bodies, when the cars on the road were manageable and bus conductors cranked out a ticket whilst performing remarkable balancing acts with HIS hip and the seat beside you despite being overweight and purple faced. The stink of cigarettes didn’t help though. The bookies board markers chats, any fancies today ? The stink of fags didn’t help there either . Looking at the hardship of the generation before us and the soft bellies of the current generation, I think we struck very lucky. Then we moved onto Crypto and his failing fortunes.
I don’t miss however the binges , too much bravado around going ape shit on the beer at weekends. Naw it clouded too many good times that the brain didn’t file for review in later times.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
I don't think he'd dare put this nonsense out on Twitter.
Hence how we know that it's not actually something he believes but rather just something that is a vehicke for comedic relief. He's so dedicated to this he's even willing to make bets in character.
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Originally posted by Mellor View PostCan he beat you at chess yet?
Wrestling will be next."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View PostThis is really cool, an interactive look at the voyager probe, which has been traveling through the solar system since the 70's https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission...time-alignment
Trailer for those you interested.
"you raise, i kill you" El Tren :{)
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View PostDrunken musing with my oldest buddy. Spoilered to keep the Russian bashing on topic
SPOILERThe weekend - I was reminiscing with a friend of mine about our heyday and what it would be like to be in our 20s in 2022. We both agreed todays world is a lot easier for getting hooked up with whatever suits your fancy and the dopamine fix is there 24/7 however neither of us would swap our youths in place of todays world/culture. Amongst other things we discussed (some earwiggers joined in)
We were happy to have to work for our playtime fixes , plus the music , sports seemed a lot more colourful than it s today. I know it’s a rose coloured glass viewpoint but our generation was probably the 1st to witness the good times in terms of financial well being and the growth of tech firms improving the economy hand over fist, lining their pockets and ours as a country. We remember life before the internet . The late night pubs (closing at 12), the late night snooker halls after a few beers (everyone seemed to play better drunk) , the last bus home from the City Centre that was NOT infested with the living dead jabbing temp highs but ultimately empty lows into their bodies, when the cars on the road were manageable and bus conductors cranked out a ticket whilst performing remarkable balancing acts with HIS hip and the seat beside you despite being overweight and purple faced. The stink of cigarettes didn’t help though. The bookies board markers chats, any fancies today ? The stink of fags didn’t help there either . Looking at the hardship of the generation before us and the soft bellies of the current generation, I think we struck very lucky. Then we moved onto Crypto and his failing fortunes.
I don’t miss however the binges , too much bravado around going ape shit on the beer at weekends. Naw it clouded too many good times that the brain didn’t file for review in later times.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
He can beat his mother at chess! But takes after me in terms of sporting ability. I've often cringed looking in the window of his gym hall football practice as he runs shrieking away from an approaching football.
Wrestling, Sambo and Gymnastic. Handy enough at the weightlifting, but an unfortunate habit of all their athletes being stripped due to some pesky state sponsored doping,
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I'm beginning to think a lot of criminals apply for mortgages, I'm on my second broker as first was useless and both have been making it clear in their first question that I need some sort of paper trail to verify the integrity of my money.
Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
From which perspective? The interviewees?
It's not like the old days where you'd rock up to googles office and do interviews all day, it's setting availabilities on calendars, them missing them, doing it again, and having 12 interviews over a couple months.Last edited by Tar.Aldarion; 23-02-22, 14:32.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostKid came back in the 95th percentile for abstract reasoning, and is into CTYI*. A fine indicator, if any further was needed, of the Russian intellectual gene pool.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
KPMG now running the show.
Chunk of people put the door immediate effect. Company not paying redundancy need to apply from govt fund, no holidays or month to date salary.
So long, thanks for the cheese.
People the company needs in order to perform an orderly run off of the business (like me) won't get statutory from company, they'll need to go to govt as above. They will however be incentivized to stay with previously promised amounts. Holidays etc will be honoured. Riches will rain down on the true believers.
Or you could get what's in the mystery box
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This is proving so accurate, I should do the lotto.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostI got 99th% for everything when I was a kid, it was merely the beginning of my ego.
The invasion/non invasion thing above made me laugh remembering an interaction recently where we were complaining about a place that has 12 rounds of interviews.
They came back and said that we don't have 12 rounds, we have 3 rounds of 4 interviews to which I replied, I don't have 12 apples, I merely have 1 dozen.
The most conflicting recruiting experience I did have was for a tech company in Cork several years back. They paid for my travel expenses and hotel. I had a whiteboard based interview to troubleshoot some systems and also usual chat if I was a personality fit for the team. The short version of the story is they needed a network specialist which I'm not and explicitly pointed out at the start of the process to the recruiter. Nailed the first parts of the whiteboard stuff and interview. Unsurprisingly the wheels came off on the expert level networking knowledge test which I should easily have been pre-screened on. Despite this glaring failure, the rest of the process was actually quite good for the time. EDIT: Was told several times not to worry about lacking expert level networking skills as we will provide all training to employees blah blah.Last edited by coillcam; 23-02-22, 16:32.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostI have in mind planning a trip in and around the Balkans, I've been reading this wonderful book Bridge over the Drina set in Bosnia and it's really caught my imagination, I've also had in mind for a while that I'd like to visit Northern Greece in and around Thessaloniki.
Transport looks complicated feck all trains just long bus trips (did that in '79 and not too keen on repeating it now). So I guess it would have to be at least separate legs of a trip where you'd fly to Sarajevo and hire a car there and then fly again.
Would it ever be possible to hire a car in one country, say Croatia or Bosnia drive through the region and drop off in Greece?
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Originally posted by tylerdurden94 View PostQuick question for the BBV. How much would one expect to pay to ge their car serviced? We have a Skoda Fabia if that makes a difference?
Apart from doing it yourself, a service is basic car maintenance unless you want something specific done or fixed. Just ask your mechanic how much is a service.
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Originally posted by Goodluck2me View Post
Given the lack of severance what’s his downside of just leaving?People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by coillcam View Post
I saw a post of something similar on r/develeire where the OP noped tf out of an 8 stage interview process. Surprisingly (for me) there were plenty of posts of similar experiences and a general distrust of tech recruiters. In my first interaction with a recruiter, I expect to know the hiring process, salary range, job spec and key individual(s). Oddly that doesn't seem the be most people's experience on that subreddit. IME I've only had 1 poor recruiter in the last few years so I guess YMMV depending on company and sector.
The most conflicting recruiting experience I did have was for a tech company in Cork several years back. They paid for my travel expenses and hotel. I had a whiteboard based interview to troubleshoot some systems and also usual chat if I was a personality fit for the team. The short version of the story is they needed a network specialist which I'm not and explicitly pointed out at the start of the process to the recruiter. Nailed the first parts of the whiteboard stuff and interview. Unsurprisingly the wheels came off on the expert level networking knowledge test which I should easily have been pre-screened on. Despite this glaring failure, the rest of the process was actually quite good for the time. EDIT: Was told several times not to worry about lacking expert level networking skills as we will provide all training to employees blah blah.
People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
Get a shiny metal Revolut card! And a free tenner!
https://revolut.com/referral/jamesb8!G10D21
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
IT is probably the one industry where the interview is always harder than the actual job
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Originally posted by tylerdurden94 View PostQuick question for the BBV. How much would one expect to pay to ge their car serviced? We have a Skoda Fabia if that makes a difference?
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View Post
Our interviews are ridiculous. If you want to do one you have to study for a couple of months as nothing asked is what happens on a job, and it's basically an exam.
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Originally posted by tylerdurden94 View PostQuick question for the BBV. How much would one expect to pay to ge their car serviced? We have a Skoda Fabia if that makes a difference?
jk could be anything from 150 to 300 depending on age and mileage interval.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
I know a few kids who have been in that programme and it doesn't always turn out to be a positive thing.
I suspect the former is kids from houses where they were viewed as kings solely because of this, while I don't think that will be the case with us. I guess as we wouldn't view intellect as an aim in itself.
Personally I've always been surrounded in the workplace by people smarter than me, but learned to outmanouver them with cop on. Even if that's not fully evident from my posts here.
That's now leaving aside the fact that intellect at 6, is not, I don't think, a superstrong indicator of intellect at 18. So this could also be a poor future signal. Although I suspect it is in this case as the 95th score was him having to read questions and he can't read English very well."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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On the car servicing tangent, there's some dodgy looking car park near the Odeon on Parnell Street where they wash, shine, valet inside your car, for a mere €25 smackaroonies. An unbeatable cash-in-hand deal that I've seen mainly offered for twice that elsewhere."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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I feel that's partially because you aren't 6.
I was kinda blaming the exam invigilators afterwards. Surely that's a standard thing to point out to little kids, at least some of whom will have to pee over 90 minutes.
Just to put them at ease. 'the toilets are just around the corner, so let me know if you need to go'.
He said afterwards he didn't know you were allowed to go to toilets in a university.
Last edited by Hitchhiker's Guide To...; 23-02-22, 18:52."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
Providing they keep their word, about 20k- Is this 20k taxable?
- If yes, tell them to get fucked. Not worth it.
- If no (and you won't be driven insane in the meantime), tell them you want 50k and demand it in writing. How much, when and someone senior from KPMG's signature.
- If they won't give it to you in writing, see point (2)
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostI feel that's partially because you aren't 6.
I was kinda blaming the exam invigilators afterwards. Surely that's a standard thing to point out to little kids, at least some of whom will have to pee over 90 minutes.
Just to put them at ease. 'the toilets are just around the corner, so let me know if you need to go'.
He said afterwards he didn't know you were allowed to go to toilets in a university.
He was pulling a "Ruprecht"
Solks will get this reference
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Originally posted by dinekes View Post
He was pulling a "Ruprecht"
Solks will get this reference
Buying some shoes this evening in Sports direct . Cheapo ya know the type. Anyhoo i said to the DUBLIN girl i dont need the box.
She uttered something about the box and to be honest i couldnt understand a blind word she said. My eyes were searching for a foreigner to see if they could help me with my purchase .
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
Impressive you got the spelling correct
Buying some shoes this evening in Sports direct . Cheapo ya know the type. Anyhoo i said to the DUBLIN girl i dont need the box.
She uttered something about the box and to be honest i couldnt understand a blind word she said. My eyes were searching for a foreigner to see if they could help me with my purchase .
Yet one was probably saying no return/refund without the box
Had the same interaction buying my fancy new trail shoes!
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