Posts by Nigel222 4 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Mar 2016
The girl is autistic. Gifted and handicapped in the same package. (Lots of sympathy. Most of us programmers share the same traits in a more diluted form).
Can't HBO be attacked under some sort of disability discrimination law for throwing a clear abuse of the DMCA at a disabled minor? In fact I suspect that might be possible even without any input from this young artist.
<i>What more is an auditor going to do?</i>
To exceed expectations: find out how much paper thye organisation ordered, how much ink the organisation ordered, how many pages per cartridge is plausible (the manufacturers quote capacity at industry standard 5% coverage). If the discrepancy is one or more orders of magnitude, find the rat.
To meet expectations (i.e. cover his ass): nothing.
Seriously. Never type rm -rf. Always type rm /what/ever then think hard then add -rf at the end then think very hard again before pressing enter.
One thing to think is where is the backup.
Another is to consider mv /what/ever /junk/stuff and wait a good while to see if the sky falls in before rm /junk/stuff -rf. This will render at least 9/10 career-limiting mistakes quickly reversible. Not 10/10 though.
Google ads are retarded.
When I start researching something like a fridge, A few relevant ads might even be welcome. I don't get those ads. Then I buy a fridge and stop searching for fridge info. Then and only then do I get those fridge ads.
Retarded. That's the right word isn't it?
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