Gathering Clouds

@codevsdev When you bought a compiler for a language it came with physical books and a huge library of examples, sometimes even on disk/CD/DVD. Before that there were magazines with code you could type in.... though they normally followed in the next issue by corrections for the typos!

how did people even learn to code when there was no docs, no YouTube... nothing?

@afneil Never change, sir.

Neil’s narrator adds: Since the Brexit referendum the UK economy has grown faster than Germany, France and Italy, which are all still in the EU. So much for the Brexit drag. The higher inflation, higher interest rates and poor fiscal position are overwhelmingly the result of the economic policies of previous Tory governments, exacerbated by the current Labour one, which continued to borrow too much, tax too much, spend too much. Hence the UK’s high gilt yields. Brexit didn’t even have a walk on role.

@SparrowSolis @TheHost_ Even without seeing it - I like yours better.

@TheHost_ In my hs photography class we had to do a “window-lit portrait” and everyone was taking photos of SO standing next to a window. I took one of my dad in his truck and it’s one of my favorites I ever took. Next year the assignment specified “person standing by a window.”

When I was about 12, my favourite English teacher told us to write an essay on ‘whatever topic we liked’. So I wrote about Ancient Egypt. I researched the hell out of it and was so proud of that essay. 30ish years later… I realised she meant ‘whatever topic we liked’ that RELATED TO THE BOOK we’d read. Weirdly, every assignment after that

@it_unprofession Delia Smith "How to Cook" an absolutely essential book, that is also available online in no frills form. She avoided the 2000's "life story" nonsense, the 1990's "include an unnecesary citrus fruit" tosh and the 1980's "let's make this wholemeal" weirdness. Recommended.

Stop telling me about your grandmother's journey across the Atlantic when I just want a recipe for potato soup. I clicked on a link to for a "quick and easy" weeknight dinner. I've been scrolling for 4 straight minutes. I've scrolled past 12 high-definition photos of a wooden spoon. I've read an entire dissertation on the author's seasonal depression. I now know the intimate details of her husband's gluten intolerance and her dog's battle with eczema. I still don't know how many potatoes to boil. There is a jump to recipe button at the top, but clicking it is a trap. It shot me past the ingredients directly into a comments section from 2014. Susan from Ohio commented that she substituted the potatoes with cauliflower and the broth with tap water. Susan gave the recipe one star because it lacked flavor. My kitchen is filling with smoke because I tried to guess the oven temperature. I'm just going to eat a sleeve of saltines over the sink. The internet has completely ruined the simple act of boiling a root vegetable.

@girouard108 @HappyMotorhead I had never heard the full version before - that's awesome - thank you for sharing.

@HappyMotorhead The full & original version of the Fall Guy sung by it's writer: David Somerville (The Diamonds). 👇

Can you name this TV Series 📺?

Maybe I am misinterpretting your question, or just getting something different out of it than some of the other commenters here - but I saw what you wrote and thought to myself that you might be implying that it was difficult to calculate 18% of an amount easily. So I apologise if this appears a condescening response - it is not intented to be. An easy way to calculate "difficult" percentages of round numbers is to remember that it is a multiplication and you can reverse the terms in a multiplication and the results is the same. So 18% of $500 is the same as 500% of $18. So, 5 times 18. Or 10 times 9, if you prefer.

@MrPitbull07 What is 18% of 500?

We went to a dinner as a group and had a $500 bill. We tipped $40. We were happy we can be able to give our server something, but her reaction was the opposite. She told us she assumed we're going to give her at least $120. When we asked for the manager, she said she was just joking, but she wasn't smiling at all. Idk, but is $40 tip enough for $500 bill? I just feel like expecting $120 is not realistic. ~Lea Robertson

@entropicbias Good luck with your product launch; 10/10 marketing.

ok, for any real people who are curious she had a kiwi accent. it sounded like she was maybe trying to say something in a different language? also, i didn't ask her about it because not only was it awkward but her tone almost came across as a little offended until i clarified.

i was looking for a cologne yesterday and i asked the lady for something with a "chocolatey note" and she was like ahhhhh i haven't had anyone bold enough to ask me for Chauklakey in a long time. and i was like, ok there's no fucking way she just said Chauklakey cause that's-

@KpZeus @NoContextHumans Ah, Burnistoun. youtube.com/watch?v=NMS2Vn…

@NoContextHumans This reminds me of a funny comedy scene where irish and scottish people trying to use voice powered elevators trained on american accents

The French struggled 🤣