It’s not unprecedented. When Ukraine won a couple of years ago, the UK hosted on behalf of them because of the war there.

Been a big fan of EV for three decades, but I totally support this view.

Voting has always been political (both at panel and public levels) and to be fair to the organisers they’ve tried to address this in recent years. But keeping Israel in this year was bizarre and totally changed the tone. Russia was rightly excluded, but not Israel? And no declaration that it will be different next year?

There has always been controversy, but rarely at the level if keeping in a country nobody else wants. The Netherlands, Iceland, Ireland, Spain and Slovenia and not being unreasonable.

Also, anyone in the UK not using a VPN won’t be able to see them, since imgur chose to block the UK rather than adhere to age verification laws.

Whatever one thinks about that legislation, other countries (including the whole of the EU and Australia) are likely to do the same and it seems likely imgur will become a US-only resource…

As a Blackadder fan, I’m struggling with this because of Nursie.

Out you popped, out of your mummies tumpkin and everyone shouted : “It’s a boy, it’s a boy!”. And somebody said “but it hasn’t got a winkle!”. And then I said “A boy without a winkle? God be praised, it is a miracle. A boy without a winkle!” And then Sir Thomas More pointed out that a boy without a winkle is a girl. And everyone was really disappointed.

I stand corrected.

That’s not a mini…

If this affects European users then the GDPR does make it a crime.

Same.

Clickbait article seems to be (poorly) written about people who are unhappy rather than people in IT. Some overlap doesn’t equate to totality, and you’ll find the same in every profession.

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It is possible to run Proxmox without using ZFS.

Yes, absolutely. Good point.

Interesting question.

I think not, on the grand scale. Whilst yes, it would vastly outclass other tanks, you’re forgetting about the adaptability and inventiveness of humans. I believe they would find a way to disable it fairly quickly - after all, WW2 was a constant stream of one fighting unit encountering new technology - Allies had nothing like the German Railgun for example, but it had little influence in the outcome. Also, like the Tirpiz, something like this could become a liability. It would become such a target that it would tie up a huge amount of resources protecting it. Modern tanks are still vulnerable in many ways - even from as simple a thing as just digging a hole in the ground and covering it with branches caveman style.

You sound angry. Are you sure you’re angry about this and not about him dying?

Sucks, right?

Hello fellow codger. I, 55m, work amongst much younger people. Here’s my take: It’s not about age.

People “who only care about gossip” - well, there’s as many of those in the older age group. Age sometimes teaches people cunning, so they’re less overt, but they’re sure as hell gossiping about you and everyone else when they find a friendly ear. IME, the only difference age brings to work relationships is a different set of cultural references. They’ll talk about stuff you’ve never heard of - and you’ll be doing the same to their ear.

It sounds like you’re new to this workplace, and possibly working with people of differing ages and experiences. That’s fine, I’ve been there too. (Full career change in my late 40s). It’s scary, uncertain and confusing - but just dive in.

In any group, there’ll be a few people you get on with, some you don’t, and the majority somewhere in the grey middle. Some will go out of their way to help you some of the time. Some won’t. Some are annoying, some aren’t. If someone offers to help and does the opposite - that’s a useful thing to learn about them.

If you’re annoyed by them, then much of the resolution lies within you. Mentally close them out, or find ways to deal with those feelings. This can’t be the first time you’ve been in this situation?

I was on anti depressants for a while, which not only reduced libido hugely, they removed the ability to orgasm. Like, you’d get to the final crest of the wave but never be able to reach it. Very frustrating and I get why you’re angry. Now and then I could climax but it would be pretty much without any satisfaction.

duckduck for 90%.

Google only when dd fails me.

To tbh, many of the things I used to use a search engine for I now use a variety of chatbots. No adverts, just answers. (I suspect this won’t last)

I’d rather not know of these terrors.

If you really care that little about what happens to your corpse, why does having it stuffed in a box with your family bother you so much?

OP did say that didn’t, they’re more concerned about wasting money.

Only if you go to rest not carrying on any familial grudges.

Imagine literally never hearing the end of what our Karen said about our Julie that time.