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It’s definitely a thing in the USA. IBM put Mark Papermaster on 6 months gardening leave and got him to sign additional NDAs protecting IBM project info in a deal made with Apple after IBM found out he was going to Apple after resigning from IBM. If Apple can’t use their $10,000/hour lawyers...

Remember folks, this is the Hollywood that would warmly welcome Roman Polanski back.

When I VT’d my PCP’d Honda in 2018, there was a laundry list of documentation and items they wanted in the vehicle and a list of charges I’d incur if they weren’t returned. £500 for the main key, £200 for the spare, £300 for the V5, £100 for the owner’s manual, £150 for the service history book...

Oh, that’s the blatantly obvious thing that I didn’t check… Thanks!

Yes, but only because I’d had a better offer from another company. Zero guilt and no regrets.

You don’t need a rifle for bears if you’re hiking with someone else, you just need to outrun your hiking partner.

Bizarre Office 2019 Word issue that started happening a month ago and we only just noticed. PC running latest Windows 10 build. Request for payment form is made as a .docx with the filename being “#1234” where this is the next vacant booking number. When full payment is received .docx file...

What are you planning to do with the images you take? What type of subjects are you wishing to capture? Landscapes, street, product photos?

And Red Bull will only need a reliable engine that’s 95% as good as the Mercedes one to win races if Red Bull maintains their chassis and aero advantages over the other teams in 2026.

Every day’s a school day! Thanks.

You think any of the income from deluxe editions goes to the rank and file devs?

The French Navy would tragically sink a few dinghies in a live gunnery practice exercise mishap and be publicly “Nous sommes vraiment désolés…” with a strong undertone of “Pour décourager les autres.”

VoIP phones are great if live somewhere that never has power cuts and has good cellular service in case the house loses power. As I have both regular power outages and zero cellular coverage, I’m hanging on to my landline for as long as possible.

My parents had a bright red one of those for many, many years until the changeover to pulse dialling. Dull telecoms fact: many of the old telephone exchanges are now cell sites for multiple operators as they had plenty of room inside after all the electromechanical exchange cabinets were...

Exactly. If Verstappen was being challenged and chased on a Sunday, RBR would want a better, more aggressive #2 to be his wingman.

Perez was very average, but finished in front of both Ferraris, so RBR will be happy enough.

I’ve always had terrible luck with MB WiFi modules and find USB ones way, way more reliable.

Wait… An EV has a dedicated 12V battery?

That’s up there with “wearing a loud shirt at night” and “smelling of foreign food”. Alas, a real copper said “Openly Jewish” and he wasn’t filming a comedy sketch at the time.

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