One of my colleagues is a former professional poker player and he seems well adjusted to me. He was between jobs and is good at maths/bluffing so spent around a year playing poker tournaments. I suppose the difference with poker is that you are playing against other people as opposed to the house so you have better odds if you are good (although the house has a rake which takes some of the money staked each round).

ITT: fraud

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I’m from the UK but aware of this because of the movie Garden State

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I reckon this suggests GTA 7 is being planned to return to NY

Is “ricing” not originally related to customised cars from street racing or something? I personally don’t see an issue with it.

The activity itself is quite good for making people aware of how a desktop linux OS is working but doing it excessively is a bit silly so makes sense for jt to have a silly name.

Probably one a few weeks ago where I said civilised people shouldn’t condone murder even if the victim is a bad person.

The left and infighting - name a more iconic duo (IMPOSSIBLE EDITION)

I’ve never worked at an ethical software company despite only being at three different places in my career. Even something innocouous like an office productivity app is probably automating an office admin out of their job.

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Gentoo also cured me of distro-hopping

Whatever the UI in Jurassic Park is was a genuine linux interface at some point so maybe that

Yeah people like it when you take a genuine interest in them so asking about their hobbies and passions is also a good way to flirt. Basically you are trying to give the other person the sense that you are equal parts interested and impressed by them.

Edit: Been with my wife for 13 years now so this is probably bad advice for youngsters. These days they likely stare at their phones and send aubergine emojis to each other while sitting 2 feet away

Start-ups in the US benefit from an immediate market of 400 million people. The EU should be able to enjoy a similar benefit but you are right about the red tape. Obviously Brexit in the UK was a total anathema to that as well.

The USA could also have stopped China manipulating their currency exchange rates. This is artificially making their exports cheaper and boosting their economy. Simultaneously this is exporting their economic imbalances to the global economy and destablising other countries, typically manifesting as manufacturing declining and ‘service’ based sectors becoming more prominent than they should be.

This movie did not work with me at all. I kinda understand the satirical elements but as a fan of the first film I couldn’t stomach it.

Trap - Absolutely ridiculous movie with an insane plot. Basically a promo for the director’s daughter to launch a pop star career IRL. It should be distasteful, and it is, however it was such dumb fun I’m ignoring all of those bad points.

“Nobody ever says Italy”

We had a decades long problem with Muslim grooming gangs in the UK and this kind of attitude was what prevented the authorities from intervening for so long. In some cases actively covering up the existence of the gangs or casting aspersions on the victims. Estimates of the number of victims are in the hundreds, possibly thousands.

Every day we get another horrifying new detail about historical abuse and in some places these gangs are still active.

“Muslims rape kids” is wrong, bigoted, and a gross generalisation. However if there is a pattern of certain abuser profiles then the general public needs to be informed.

I’m British and I think it’s funny. Some of the more saccharine shows like US Office or Parks & Rec are not to my taste though.