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  1. Dolph

    Excel wizards needed again - comparing data on multiple columns

    Does the cell only contain the keyword, or does it contain the keyword plus some other data? Excel functions generally operate on the cell, so if the cell contains "Apple Maybe Water" and you use match to find "Apple", it won't find it unless you do other manipulation first (either in cells or...
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    O2 - anyone else just had notice of a 17.8% increase

    The irony being the entire current implementation of mid term price rises was mandated by regulation. Massive backfire.
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    NHS=Negligent Health Service

    Indeed, made worse by the abject incompetence of the local 'livewell' group who seem to get everything by default despite their consistent failures.
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    Where are you getting your Turkeys?

    Got a Turkey butterfly and Beef box coming from Musclefood, had similar in previous years and recommended if you're a fan of lean meats. https://www.musclefood.com/christmas
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    Are we starting to see the wage increase vs inflation increase death spiral?

    Apart from it didn't. https://equalitytrust.org.uk/how-has-inequality-changed']https://equalitytrust.org.uk/how-has-inequality-changed Your argument is good without needing to resort to dishonesty to support it.
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    Amazon Healthcare

    Because the study being quoted is nonsense most likely, which is why it's a random table rather than a properly referenced study. I suspect it's the king's fund study that didn't control for care outcomes when it declared the UK the best healthcare system in the world by making out of pocket...
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    What to do about company I work for?

    It's absolutely an employee's job market out there at the moment, I agree with those who say find another job (but stay employed while you do it).
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    Can anyone explain this? 5G signal in non 5G area

    Likely one mast locally has been activated. For an area to be declared 5G available, it has to cover a certain percentage of the population there.
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    Are we starting to see the wage increase vs inflation increase death spiral?

    And yet MMT still remains a popular theory in some quarters...
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    Are we starting to see the wage increase vs inflation increase death spiral?

    That doesn't really counter what I've said though. You shouldn't have significantly increased spending without significantly increasing tax, so the under taxing of the majority of earners in the UK is the cause of the underspending. The UK has a major problem where taxation and spending is...
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    Are we starting to see the wage increase vs inflation increase death spiral?

    The problem with that is that we have already been practicing squeeze the rich taxation for a good number of years in this country. The people who aren't paying enough tax (based on international comparisons) are those at the lower ends. We need to become a much less jealous and selfish...
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    *** Forum Update - Official Issues Thread - Please check the OP for known issues ***

    Looking great, well done to all involved
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    This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)

    When politics and economics conflict, economics always wins. Governments who acknowledge this earlier cause far less long term damage than those who fight against this reality.
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    Helpdesks/Service Desks - Likes and Dislikes

    Auto and canned responders, variety of contact channels aware, decent reporting functionality, cloud based these days. The biggest thing is recognising the complexity (or lack thereof) of your organisation, and choosing something that is both flexible enough to manage it and simple enough to...
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    Upgrade to SSD

    Have you been able to confirm that the challenge is definitely I/O related and not poor database design or query construction? A poorly optimised database will cripple even the most powerful hardware.
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    P & O Ferries

    The predecessor to the current mess isn't really the old peninsular and orient though, it's Townsend thoreson.
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    P & O Ferries

    Absolutely disgusting behaviour by P&O, I hope the employees take them to the cleaners and the customers stay away.
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    This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)

    unless that message is that when politics and economics clash, economics always wins, no-one will learn anything.
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    SQL question

    I wouldn't do this at database level, unless the people using it are going to be directly modifying the database tables (which would be a bad idea). This sort of data dependent validation belongs in the application layer, not the database itself. If you really want to do it, you would be...
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    Bit of help with SQL

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5846882/how-do-sql-exists-statements-work The first and second post in this explains it quite well.
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