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coprolite

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  1. Computers don't understand decimal though. They work on binary. Humans don't work on binary so well, but binary doesn't convert well to decimal. Starting a new "level" in hexadecimal coincides with a place value in binary. 0F to 10 is 1111 to 10000, 1F to 20 is 11111 to 100000. I guess it's harder to make typos and easier to spot them if you're typing something more easy to read than a jumble of 1s and zeros. I'd be in favour of reinstating the old babylonian base 64 numbers. Far more elegant symmetry than our ape digit based system.
  2. I often have that initial reaction to people on mobility scooters before reminding myself that it's very possible for their obesity to be a consequence of a disability. It might not be, but even still pity seems more appropriate than scorn.
  3. Judging by the look of these "people" we should be making them do more marching, not less.
  4. B) order goes via app to mcdonalds and justeat. The drivers get notified when there's pickups available, accept the job on their app and go get them with a code.
  5. It's pretty special. You simply order through Justeat for a premium price and they turn up a few hours later with some of what you ordered. I tried it once.
  6. I can eat a bacon roll without getting surrounded by crumbs, so i'll not let the internet's disdain rob me of the pleasure of very occasionally staying in bed to break fast and read the news without being disturbed by children. Only an imbecile would make themselves breakfast and go back to bed to eat it.
  7. Football forum. The expected reaction to a slight skiff is a gravity defying triple salco with both hands over face.
  8. Does this apply to the rare treat that is breakfast in bed?
  9. Bloody johnny come latelys. Local mean times for local people
  10. We should be able to go back to imperial time now we've unshackled ourselves from Brussels red tape. That will sort it.
  11. This actually has his training montage in it. We now know for sure that it was an empty boast.
  12. Called for imo. It would have been better if he'd managed a comedy takedown like Buddy Love on Dave Chappelle's character in the Nutty Proffessor remake, but a camp slap's a decent option.
  13. The foreign secretary is a barely sentient moron who probably doesn't know the law and just blurted out something that popped into her vacant dome.
  14. What is the actual purported purpose of these things? I've never seen one nor met anyone who goes on them (or at least admits it).
  15. My kids set an alarm for six and woke me up. Mum gets enough sleep, the lazy cow. It's definitely an issue.
  16. My former public sector employer put me through a £10k qualification about a year before i left. At least half of the people i knew that did the course also left and went private. I spoke to HR before i left to suggest that there should be some kind of clawback clause (in future, not for me) and they were all like "can you even do that?". Clueless.
  17. Me-"there's my card. I've got direct debits coming out next week so you can't spend more than £50." Three hours later... Her-"I spent £20. And i took £40 out in cash."
  18. Interesting experience. Completely different to my experiences in the civil service where the Union folks were mainly in it for their colleagues. There were a few vainglorious lefty slogany poseurs and a few, like you say, networkers but they were the minority.
  19. I think it's difficult for people to see the value in union membership because more often than not they're involved in damage limitation. Things like maintaining sick pay rates and not getting holidays cut aren't easy to demonstrate as a success. A below inflation payrise might well be better than what employers originally proposed but still looks like a loss for the Union.
  20. Five Aberdeenshire cups and a European trophy says otherwise.
  21. I'd like to see the championship on Sportscene at least. Wonder why they did that a few years ago but don't anymore. There's room for both, just show less of the utter shite that they put on. Is casualty still on? Bin that then.
  22. I always get more excited when we sign a foreign player. The more foreigny sounding the name the better. Initial excitement can wear off pretty quickly though.
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