Posts by BrownishMonstr 535 publicly visible posts • joined 22 May 2011
Having become a parent, though it feels recent it was a year ago, I have learnt I can get happy seeing my daughter having a shit after days of constipation. A happiness I never knew could fucking exist, but there I was, face full of glee looking at a pile of mustardy, runny shit.
He said "unintentional". The banks should let people have normal mortgages to let, if it isn't for long-term. What happens if you buy a BTL mortgage but only intend to let it for a few years before you move in?
You could phrase it as this : if you were in charge of a country and you're suspicious another country would try to take you out of power. What would you do?
To what extent would you infringe your citizens' rights and freedoms to protect the country. You of course think you're running the country the best way you could, the enemy doesn't give a shit about your country, so you should therefore protect the country for its people
Very few people, if any, think themselves as evil, so they feel justified in what they do. Likewise governments will they are doing the best for everyone, as much as the people deserve it. Whether you disagree with them is a matter of opinion. Right and wrong are what we define them to be and they inherently change in time, culture, etc.
Well, I think the OP was talking about that.
Some cops are twats. Would have been best just to leave you with a warning.
My brother got a warning from a copper on his way to work. He stopped at a red light, and just before it was to go green he started to creep his car forward. Copper pulls him over and argues he didn't stop at the light. My brother argues he did stop, so the copper said "well, you went over the line" and asks for ID.
My brother argues he didn't go over and realised he only has one type of ID on him, which he is reluctant to show. He figures since the officer had asked for the ID he doesn't have a choice but to show it. Once my brother shows his warrant card, since he himself is also a police officer and on the way to the police station, the officer who pulled him over takes the body-cam off and starts acting different. "Oh, I was only going to caution you", to which my brother said "well, I didn't go over the line so there wasn't any reason to caution me anyway".
So yes, some officers can be knobheads, except to their own.
Like a lot of things on the Internet, I would say depends what it is.
Anything depicting rape or anything else which is illegal is very obviously out. As well as anything too far out of the ordinary.
I wonder if it's best to allow some porn through the filter, but only the ones you've approved. That way they think they''ve gotten away with it but in reality they're most likely seeing the ones you prefer they watch.
As a newish parent, you want what is best for them and I remember thinking differently before she was born. It's easy to blame parents, but shit creeps up on you. Like fucking quick.
I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a stroll from your desk. It can be seen as unproductive, but sometimes just talking to colleagues gives you an insight into what they're working on and if they are currently finding it difficult to solve a problem. Alternatively, you might find out something interesting from them.
You might be able to fix that problem quicker, so helping them to solve it quicker will no doubt reduce the colleague's brain-drain. That is, their motivation may reduce as it takes them longer to find a solution to something which they find uninteresting.
I'm not sure how this would work as Starbuck's parent company is a different legal entity. If I created my own company and licensed something from another company, would the same rules apply?
Would the rules depend on how autonomous the child company is? Because depending how powerful the parent company is, they could exert some pressure on the child company even if the CEO of the child company wished it weren't so.
I have a colleague who rents a powerful VM out at about £30 pm so he can play games in good graphics. Otherwise he would have to buy a gaming pc which would be out of date soon. Supposedly the graphics are amazing and justifies the cost of the service and requiring a good fibre service from the ISP.
Not something for me because I wouldn't even have the time to start a game without the missus or the baby needing something.
Can't blame them doing this.
People ranted at Microsoft for not updating their phone to WP8 (or whatever) when the whole OS changed, even though it wasn't possible. They were updated to a newer version of 7 with ports of some of the features (where possible). Had MS just called it WP8 they wouldn't have complained even though it's a just a number.
Expect stupidity to hit even the wisest people.
Android always feels like Windows 95 on LSD, not that the competitors are much better. But the crapware and malware on the play store puts me off, especially suggesting it to my parents who will no doubt install everything from the play store and wonder why ads are popping up on the phone at the OS level (my dad's samsung does this).
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