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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:He probably is: At least they don't wander around spreading it to everyone though. e: The Focke-Wulf Ta-183 Huckebein was a Nazi jet-powered concept fighter during World War II.
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Jose posted:just throw the whole loving party in the bin Is it this division? https://votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Lords/Division/2314
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Guavanaut posted:That's a problem with morphine for terminal cancer care. It sometimes makes people feel so good that they think they're cured and have to be told "no, you're still dying, it's just pain relief." When my gran had colon cancer that basically rendered her unable to eat she was on a lot of morphine and for a straight-laced Tory voter it was morbidly funny when she said she finally understood why people got into drugs.
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The app is pointless as long as there is insufficient testing capability and as long as the government has no interest in performing contact tracing. It’ll only get more pointless as people realise how pointless it is and stop using it  By Christmas Boris will probably call a halt to using the app and blame the public for poor uptake
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forkboy84 posted:Just lol if you don't name every file with a different combination of swear words, god drat amateurs Back in the olden days of supercalc, I used to call everything blob.cal, blobblob.cal, blob-n.cal (as n-> infinity)
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That's job security right there.
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Just been informed I'm being made redundant (process begins tomorrow but I'm in a pool of one). I've worked here a long time - over 15 years. I am very aware that the company cannot afford my salary, and I've been furloughed since June. Anyone got any advice on things I should ask about? My immediate inclination is to ask how much I'm getting, and tell them to get on with it - but I've never done this before.
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NotJustANumber99 posted:There was a lad on the radio the other day who said he received notification that hed been near someone but no idea who and had to self isolate for 14 days or something, but he got the notification on the 11th day, so he only had 2 or 3 left to do and had unknowingly been getting on with his life in the previous 11 days I got a notification the other day that said "someone near you has reported..." and then when I tapped it to get more information it just took me straight to the app with no further information and disappeared, so gently caress knows what that was supposed to tell me to do.
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Sanford posted:Just been informed I'm being made redundant (process begins tomorrow but I'm in a pool of one). I've worked here a long time - over 15 years. I am very aware that the company cannot afford my salary, and I've been furloughed since June. Anyone got any advice on things I should ask about? My immediate inclination is to ask how much I'm getting, and tell them to get on with it - but I've never done this before. Depending how you feel about things, find out if they will give you gardening leave. When I got made redundant in 1997 following the 6 week 'consultation' my boss said they would let me have time off for interviews while I worked the 8 weeks notice. I said I'd rather stay home and paint my toenails for 2 months thanks (I was not sad to get laid off) and demanded (and got) my pay-off in a cheque the same day (otherwise they wanted to pay me on the normal pay schedule). 4 days later I went to a temp agency and got another job so essentially was paid 'double bubble' for 7 weeks. Also: what is and isn't taxable - my info is probably out of date but if you are contractually entitled to a particular redundancy payout (over and above statutory) then it is taxable but if it is not in your contract and they offer it anyway, then it isn't up to something like £32k. (NB - find out, don't rely on my half memories!) What support will they offer you to find another job eg training courses etc (as in will they pay!) What happens about any annual leave entitlement you may not have taken? Any limitations on being re-employed by the company after whatever the minimum time period is for it to be a legitimate redundancy (just in case, you never know!) What happens to your pension? If you have a union rep, get them to come along to whatever chat you get with the boss and HR (or zoom or Teams or whatever). Also be wary of challenging - when I got laid off I was very happy about it, others were not. But for all the time they were arguing the toss with HR, their notice period was getting shorter and the money they would get was getting smaller. (I'm not quite sure how that worked!) Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 10:27 on Oct 6, 2020 |
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Very useful, thank you. Several points there I'd not thought of. I don't intend to challenge it.
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Guavanaut posted:That's a problem with morphine for terminal cancer care. It sometimes makes people feel so good that they think they're cured and have to be told "no, you're still dying, it's just pain relief." Once you are on morphine for terminal cancer care its basically over. Or at least it was for both of my parents, both went within 2 days of being put on morphine to manage the pain.
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Are there any theories why there are a ton of cases in some cities such as Liverpool or Newcastle while elsewhere there is gently caress all? Seems really weird this strongly localised distribution.
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elbkaida posted:Are there any theories why there are a ton of cases in some cities such as Liverpool or Newcastle while elsewhere there is gently caress all? Seems really weird this strongly localised distribution. Well for Newcastle, i constantly see images of packed out the door pubs and people not seeming to give a flying gently caress about any measures.
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CyberPingu posted:Once you are on morphine for terminal cancer care its basically over. Or at least it was for both of my parents, both went within 2 days of being put on morphine to manage the pain.
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Guavanaut posted:Yeah, it's more of a mental health hazard for the pain management specialists themselves, having to manage expectations like that. Fair, both my parents were essentially in comas at that point so there wasnt any talking to them about it anyway.
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elbkaida posted:Are there any theories why there are a ton of cases in some cities such as Liverpool or Newcastle while elsewhere there is gently caress all? Seems really weird this strongly localised distribution. Because rich people don't live there.
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elbkaida posted:Are there any theories why there are a ton of cases in some cities such as Liverpool or Newcastle while elsewhere there is gently caress all? Seems really weird this strongly localised distribution. Its because its grim up north. The weather. Rain and cold makes people go inside and infect each other sharing unventilated tight space and shared surfaces. Vit D levels drop without as much sun which apparently is a thing with corona. Less UV rays burning up the virus on outside surfaces.
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Once it takes off in a city it's likely to spread quicker within it than to other cities because people move around in cities more than they move between them.
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elbkaida posted:Are there any theories why there are a ton of cases in some cities such as Liverpool or Newcastle while elsewhere there is gently caress all? Seems really weird this strongly localised distribution. Liverpool resident here: it's because scousers absolutely positively will not be told what to do in any circumstances, partly because they're extremely stubborn and also because there's an ingrained distrust of any conservative government since that time they thought about just effectively walling it off from the rest of the country
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forkboy84 posted:Ecuador? du du du dudududu Sorry, I can't help myself. The 90s dance track has ruined me for life.
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TheRat posted:du du du dudududu I never even liked dance tunes and sometimes Sash just burst into my brain. I sympathise
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forkboy84 posted:Just lol if you don't name every file with a different combination of swear words, god drat amateurs I once sent a set of data to someone with the sheet name in excel "finally get the loving answer" because I'd mashed it all together in MS Access (the professional's choicetm) and the excel export from it uses the query name for the sheet name.
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I think people are more used to socialising in cities with all the junk they have, so being under lockdown makes people miss all the distractions and nowhere to really wander. Meanwhile in towns and villages there's gently caress all to do anyway so you may as well stay inside and if you go out there's lots of big outdoor spaces to frolic in. Something like that anyway. I live in West Yorkshire and work in Manchester, nobody seems to really care in Manchester any more (at least, the people who are out and about) whilst the village I live in people wear masks all the time and there's little close contact besides the one shop everyone uses. e: Sorry to hear you're being made redundant Sanford, you sounded like a good comrade at where you work. Hopefully you get a nice wedge and find something else to do soon. A lot of places advertise jobs in a certain location but allow remote working, so its worth casting a wider net than you may usually do (though if you've been employed for 15 years maybe looking for jobs is a novel experience, let us know how you get on) VVV And the same to Skeletome, good luck bud justcola fucked around with this message at 11:04 on Oct 6, 2020 |
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Sanford posted:Just been informed I'm being made redundant (process begins tomorrow but I'm in a pool of one). I've worked here a long time - over 15 years. I am very aware that the company cannot afford my salary, and I've been furloughed since June. Anyone got any advice on things I should ask about? My immediate inclination is to ask how much I'm getting, and tell them to get on with it - but I've never done this before. same here buddy! sorry to hear about it. I'd say get jobseeking asap, the market's not amazing (though this is of course subject to your industry)
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Depending how you feel about things, find out if they will give you gardening leave. For what it's worth, technically you're not allowed to work for another company while on gardening leave; you still work for your current one and your contract probably has verbiage about exclusive use of your labour, they just don't expect you to come in. Not that they'll probably care, especially for something like temp work. And yeah, challenging isn't likely to get you anywhere. I had a coworker try arguing when they shut down the entire office I worked in and chucked everyone out. If they've decided to do it you're not going to talk them out of it at this stage.
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Comrade Fakename posted:https://twitter.com/AyoCaesar/status/1313115702182719489 I've maintained for a while that Reagan and his legacy has killed far, far more americans than Bin Laden and his cronies ever managed.
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Sanford posted:Just been informed I'm being made redundant (process begins tomorrow but I'm in a pool of one). I've worked here a long time - over 15 years. I am very aware that the company cannot afford my salary, and I've been furloughed since June. Anyone got any advice on things I should ask about? My immediate inclination is to ask how much I'm getting, and tell them to get on with it - but I've never done this before. Union. Union. UNION. If you don't have a union (why don't you have a union??) then call up the appropriate one and ask if you can get advice if you join up, they almost definitely will not represent you though, but it doesn't sound like you'll need it if you're not contesting. Call up your local branch and not the HQ, as they are sometimes more lenient on advice/representation. Good luck!
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Ok I'm a terrible, bad person. I sincerely hope the covid takes him, especially since I found out today that a friend (only just 40 years old) had it in February and is still having hospital follow ups for assorted lung, blood clot and other side-effects. You'd have to be a terrible person not to wish Trump dead.
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Oh yeah I think I mentioned couple of weeks ago I was encouraged by how high mask compliance seemed to be at my local Asda lately. Turns out here's why. Not keen on my local MP but my local (100% Labour) council actually seems to be pretty decent between this and repeatedly telling my landlord he can't turn the house I live in into a slum.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:
I didn't get taxed on my 14k from the NHS in 2016 and that's standard NHS level payoff (1 month pay/year worked there), so presumably written into the contract. They tried to do me out of it by saying that I was refusing equivalent work. I successfully argued that offering me a band 4 position when still expecting me to train the remaining band 5 was an insult to my level of experience and not appropriate employment. It was such a poo poo place to work by then and the team I was in was so hostile that I got the head of Networks to come into my meeting with me instead of my own team lead
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