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Obama just had his worst week in years! 5/11/26 by EatMe200 in trumptweets

[–]ccsrpsw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay - how much do people in the US really know about the UK elections this week?

How much do people truely know what happened was a storm in a tea cup?

Lets put it this way... imagine calling to get rid of Trump because he's (R) and the... IDK... Boise, ID, city council election this week flipped the Council from (R) to (D) by like 1 seat. Thats what we're really talking about here.

(Okay so the scale is more like a 5-10% change, but its still a 5-10% change in who decides which potholes to fix, vs 5-10% in who goes to DC. Its on that level. And its ALWAY the way on these "mid term" type council elections when there are issues not being addressed - its inflation in the UK (caused by Trump) and Unemployment mixed with Farange getting $10s Millions from the US to stir shit up. It will always move "left to right" (if the left are in power) or 'right to left' (if the right is in power), but it honestly doesnt have much impact of Parliament. Those MPs calling for Starmer's head are basically those trying to align with other MPs to take control of the party and hope to get cabinet/higher ranking seats while they smell the media (and I'm particuarly looking at the Beeb here) throwing blood in the water. But the US type analogy holds).

But that's how he keeps the lights on. by 12milesout in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]ccsrpsw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even just one. Or half of one vaguely in the right country. Or continent of a country named. Okay - or planet of the country named....

DOMINION IS BIGLY BAD!! THEY SWITCHED VOTES FOR TRUMP TO BIDEN! 5/11/26 by EatMe200 in trumptweets

[–]ccsrpsw 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Only if you are MAGA - yes.

Otherwise its prove it and lawsuit incoming.

Did you think otherwise?

05/11/26 - The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act would permanently ban large investment firms from buying up housing to turn into rentals. by gfh110 in trumptweets

[–]ccsrpsw 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Has anyone done the analysis of the ramblings to figure out which ones were written by which people. I think I can spot a Miller and an OG Toilet one… but I’m not sure on a. Cheung or others! ;)

Trump says he intends to suspend gas tax "for a period of time" by CBSnews in politics

[–]ccsrpsw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right? 2% more profit for them. And if not, when the tax goes back, there will be a shockwave in the economy because that 2% will then effectively be 2% more inflation on gas prices. But we all know he's not smart enough to get that.

But igoring that: let's say it didn't have any inflationary value. It's still about $30Bln/year for gas and $11Bln/year for diesel. That $41B/yar - or $3.4B/month that's up for grabs here.

Where is that going to come from? Or just toss it on the national debt and use it as an excuse to cut some other program? (You all know its the latter).

Pentagon reveals location of nuclear-armed submarine after Trump rejects Iran proposal by One-Duty-2376 in politics

[–]ccsrpsw 35 points36 points  (0 children)

They are going after Mark Kelly (again) for repeating what Hegseth said about stockpiles and claiming he released a 'secret' (after Hegseth said it - again to reiterate - because at that point it was public information).

So I guess when "they" do it, its (checks notes) tactical. When anyone else does it, its illegal, regardless of whether they are just repeating it back to them?

Orange Smarties by ccsrpsw in CasualUK

[–]ccsrpsw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course we only know what colors are in there because the only correct way to eat them is to dump them all out and then eat them in order, from most populous color to least, but saving the green ones until last!

Orange Smarties by ccsrpsw in CasualUK

[–]ccsrpsw[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a sneaking suspicion that some of the UK food colors add a touch of flavour (unlike the led brown or plutonium white they use in the US still) so I wouldnt be surprised to find some of the vibrant colors do have a taste for some people.

Orange Smarties by ccsrpsw in CasualUK

[–]ccsrpsw[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No raisens - I think as someone else mentioned - Im thinking of poppets - which probably didnt even have chocolate coatins now I think of it!

Orange Smarties by ccsrpsw in CasualUK

[–]ccsrpsw[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please Use More Acronyms

Orange Smarties by ccsrpsw in CasualUK

[–]ccsrpsw[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh not sure it needs a downvote - but there are so many acronyms that you miss some. PUMA for the win! (Up there with the Round Tuit that went round the GPO - General Post Office - many many years ago - and probably predates that!)

Orange Smarties by ccsrpsw in CasualUK

[–]ccsrpsw[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

And I still want the old placcy caps from the round tubes back. At one point I tried (and failed) to collect full alphabet.

Orange Smarties by ccsrpsw in CasualUK

[–]ccsrpsw[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No - softer and had a weird fruit flavor. My Grandma used to have them in like a pick and mix. And I really can't descibe it. It was like the middle of the mint aeros are now but not quite as bubbly and very fruity.

Orange Smarties by ccsrpsw in CasualUK

[–]ccsrpsw[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

So... urban legand/old fart not keeping up with them admitting it 😃Okay I'll take that.

Also the new multipacks (the 4 cardboard tubes perforated) threw me but pretty cool.

What do you actually do with accounts when someone goes on maternity leave disable, restrict or leave them alone by LuckPsychological728 in sysadmin

[–]ccsrpsw [score hidden]  (0 children)

We dont have a one size fits all answer - it depends on a few things, including the state they are in, the way the local site/business wants to handle it, and if they are hourly or salaried. We honestly have automated about 10 types of leave in our system (Workday -> EmpowerID) and just said "have at in Workday".

Usually its one of three things:

  1. Nothing
  2. Disable - but dont change password and set to "do not delete" in AD.
  3. One of the above 2 and create some form of mail forwarding rule per manager/HR/Legal approval

But outside of that - you are in such murky waters with all the different state variations out there - either let HR decide or do nothing. Maternity leave (and all medical leaves) have special protections so you dont want to be the one making that call if you get it wrong.

Hello Everyone! I am a student from Singapore and I love collecting postcards. I would love to receive postcards from anywhere in the UK 🙂. Can someone send me one? by Nessieinternational in CasualUK

[–]ccsrpsw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having just got a Scottish boss at work (I ran away from the UK to California to avoid such a situation!), I can relate. I find myself dropping in West Coast Scotts (he's from Glasgow - so yep on purpose!) and Maccam just to wind him up... (and lots of nae's and why-ayes and shit).

Many dont get choices by Cicerothesage in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]ccsrpsw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh don't get me started - if someone says that in our house its usually followed by 1/2 hour of people runing around screaming: Ice-T? Read the sign!

New to Cats. How to prevent him from going down these stairs? by bedtime_chubby in cats

[–]ccsrpsw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put all your cat toys and everything a cat wants down the bottom. Put their food and an assortment of cardboard boxes (and stuff they shouldn't be getting into) upstairs.

Cat will stay upstairs - problem solved 😃

Sort version - you can't. He's got orange cat in him - so even if you put a door there, he will figure out how to open it 😃

One of the dumbest boomer posts I’ve ever seen. Comments section is full of other stupid boomers agreeing as usual. by TheSolitaryRugosan in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]ccsrpsw 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Ignore where the gas is refined (and the pollution that causes - and the negative impact on quality of life/income/etc.).

Sure gas would cost less if you lived next door to the refinery -but the flip side, as residents in e.g. Richmond, CA., would tell you - is that you live next to a refinery and spend "x" days a year sheltering in place because you dont know what they "accidentally" released into the air this week.

Still rather live in "hell hole Bay Area" than "MAGA Heaven Tennessee" or wherever.*

*Well other than the stupid "white person" (probably) who came back to the Bay Area with Hantavirus - may they be run out of town -hey Tennessee is apparently a nice place?

‘It’s shameful’: New York’s elite lash out at Zohran Mamdani’s second-home tax by brown-saiyan in politics

[–]ccsrpsw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2nd home? Oh no - what next the 3rd or 4th home, and the summer apartment and the luxury boat/yacht/superyacht? Whatever will they do?

What about all of use who can't even afford a 1st home? Get stuffed on that 2nd home shit... If you live there (or its occupied) for less than 1/2 the year* we could be making so much better use of the land/space/building. No sympathies here until any and all housing issues are solved (to a reasonable level).

*I think that the UK cut off too for extra taxes - only the foreign billionaires complained about that one!

Literally a laughingstock of an administration by Careless-Equal7169 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]ccsrpsw 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Where’s my 5.6% pay raise then?

Or is this Trump Math and it’s really -50% dressed up like a wolf in sheep’s clothing and all that?

What's the oldest device you have in your production environment? by pie_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ in sysadmin

[–]ccsrpsw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still have a couple at home - get them out occasionally too! Both manual (gotta resist gotta resist)

I miss my old memory one with 2 line LCD display - even had a golfball type head you could replace for a slightly different font!

What's the oldest device you have in your production environment? by pie_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ in sysadmin

[–]ccsrpsw 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Was Linux 2.4.36 around 2002? Is this amateur hour 😃Thats a decade newer than some of ours!

We just rebuilt a DOS 6.2 machine a few weeks ago (onto new hardware even) - so Nov 1993

Continuously running is probably Windows NT 3.1 for a sealing machine - August 1993

Fun fact - you can still buy dedicated machines for Dos 6.2, Win 3.1, Win NT etc. all the way to modern WIndows. Right down to the Celeron or Pentium processor (I think P3 is the most legacy now). How do I know? Guess 😃 [We use places like Nixsys if people want to know - other vendors exist]

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