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    • GraemeG
      Graeme
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      @Appfaff this is the only way to be sure…

      Meanwhile, here's the conclusion from the coding test saga.

      I spent four or five days working on problems for a couple of companies. Since they were basically asking the same thing (download data from a website, and display it), I wrote a very generic solution, that could be extended. This is because I'm lazy, and developers generally lack imagination.

      For those of you who're code monkeys, my app made heavy use of generics (templates for those who do C++) and abstract / virtual classes.

      I got turned down by one of the companies today. The feedback was that I'm obviously very clever, but I didn't do what they were looking for.

      My translation: We don't have a fecking clue what he was doing, so we don't want to hire him. (I find a lot of programmers don't really get the more abstract end of object oriented design.)

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      • steelworkerS
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        Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
        Well, I have others.

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        • SeulS
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          @Seul:

          Well, at least it's back… 150€ recovered... Phew...

          Shipped it out again, March 13. Arrived March 18. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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          • bryaneidins70B
            bryaneidins70
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            Don't bother trying a cat..

            http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5523581/Remarkable-moment-feisty-rodent-turns-table-cat-scares-him.html

            'Fail we may…Sail we must'

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            • AppfaffA
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              Haha that’s awesome

              Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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              • DougNgD
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                Not sure if this is worth anything but:

                We've been taking the dog hair and dander out of the vacuum cleaner and leaving it in tufts around the garden. Keeps the vermin out because they smell a large predator. Might be worth trying to scare it out of your car?

                I know I owe you a box of dog treats Appfaff. Sorry. Jody hasn't made a large batch in forever.

                I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                • Matty123M
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                  @Appfaff:

                  Haha that’s awesome

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                  Update please. @Appfaff

                  Maybe so. Maybe not

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                  • AppfaffA
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                    So yesterday the mouse/rat managed to trip 2 small snap traps without getting caught and then ate the bait off of them (I know, pretty gangsta move) - so we bought 4 big ass Rat Snap traps. Over night it ate the peanut butter off two of them…this time without even setting them off (even more gangsta).

                    In an effort to weed out the idea that it came though my air filter (pretty common place for mice to hang out), we opened them up
                    And they looked good as new (well, 20 years old, lol).

                    We have now bought industrial sized sticky traps and surrounded the hole that we think it’s going in  in the backseat.

                    I am convinced this is the smartest mouse in the entire world.

                    I did order some new traps that the exterminator (yes, I did call a professional) told me to buy, so they should be here tomorrow. If this isn’t taken care of by this weekend, I’m probably going to straight up lose it.

                    On a positive note, I’ve been using uber and bumming rides from my employees for the last 2 days and I feel very metropolitan haha [emoji23]

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                    • steelworkerS
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                      "It's the only way to be sure."  😃  That's the winner @Graeme !

                      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                      Well, I have others.

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                      • Matty123M
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                        I can’t wait for the death of this thing. I don’t know what that says about me.

                        Maybe so. Maybe not

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                        • ChrisC
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                          @Appfaff:

                          Over night it ate the peanut butter off two of them…this time without even setting them off (even more gangsta).

                          This made my night.

                          (Sorry for your misfortunes, but this is the finest thread we've had in a long time…)

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                          • DougNgD
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                            Sticky traps are gross. When I used to do manufactured food facility inspections, occassionally you would find…a bunch of feet attached to them...

                            The rats would get stuck and they would chew their feet off to get off the trap.

                            I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                            • manufc10M
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                              Now THAT is a gangster move ^^

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                              • steelworkerS
                                steelworker
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                                @manufc10:

                                Now THAT is a gangster move ^^

                                Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                Well, I have others.

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                                • manufc10M
                                  manufc10
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                                  Lol…yes

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                                  • Megatron1505M
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                                    Gotta say, i’m kinda rooting for the mouse  😃

                                    Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                    • bryaneidins70B
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                                      ^^^^^ 😃 :D^^^^^

                                      'Fail we may…Sail we must'

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                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
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                                        One of our overnight emails ….

                                        Customer message: i just wrote out a lengthy question and It just vanished can someone contact me or just flat out say we don't give a shit about selling you anything.

                                        I am so tempted to say, you're right, we dont…..

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • Megatron1505M
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                                          Send a blank email in reply  😎

                                          Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                          • S
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                                            I feel like this is one of those times where the only appropriate response is, "Sorry about your dick.".

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