I’m intrigued as to how Nintendo patenting some game mechanics from Pokémon.

How does this stand when Palworld is already out and using those same mechanics since the patents came after.

I am yet to see any prominent Trump supporter, media person, or company call out this behaviour.

That would imply that the vast majority are duplicitous.

Now obviously we are all subject to algorithms so I might just not being presented with that content.

That explanation makes logical sense, but honestly I suck at spelling and grammar. I also feel like a lot of it is location and setting dependant and people interpret things in different ways.

On the mobile side I just don’t answer the thing unless it’s the doctors or something. I’ve Pavlov’d my friends and family into never calling as they know I generally don’t answer, so they text instead.

My pet hate with texts is when some people will spam you with repeated texts rather than one long one.

• Hiya mate what you on tonight? X
• Just thinking we could go grab some food x
• From that place you was talking about. X

I hold both sides to the same standards. I don’t let one slide cause that’s the one I might vote for.

I wonder where all the “Hilary used her own mail server” people are right now?

Huh…

I would use that too, so I decided to search it up and this is what I found.

When is used for a specific time or single occurrences.

Whenever is used for repeated events or entries with uncertain dates or times.

So your example seems like it should be whenever, as it’s not talking about a specific time but more every time they go.

Anybody else owning cats. Then I can have all the cats. 🐱 🐈

I wonder if I’m using it incorrectly now.

We can go to the cinema whenever you like.

That is how I would use it. And I would use when like, when did you go to the cinema?

I can’t only have one colour. I can have #4 and have two. 🤓

Registrar. That’s the term. Thanks.

I’ll check out their pricing.

Do you know if they still have to share you details as who owns the domain? Not that I’m up to anything sinister, just will be for a home server but still nice for anonymity and places like names.co.uk charge more for hiding those details.

This looks like they provide hosting services?

I believe a domain name provider are the folk that sell domain names.

I feel lucky to be in the position I am, especially given my sketchy past and shaky start to life and I can’t stress that enough to others who may see this.

What about yourself, what do you do? And do you enjoy it?

Edit: Just realised you’re OP and you’ve described your work in the post.

Thanks. They really are.

I’m a software developer with 4 others and two owners who also code most of the time.

We are consultants so we get approached my clients exclusively via word of mouth. They treat the clients just as fair as they treat us so we get lots of repeat work and recommendations. Quite a large local authority too which is nice.

We can be making a whole host of different applications which I don’t want to disclose here in case that isn’t something I am allowed to discuss. Basically though if you could think of a system for a business then we could make it.

Not that I am the smartest person but one of the owners is the smartest person I’ve ever met and I don’t believe there is anything they couldn’t build.

It’s a long story so I will try and bullet point it as I don’t have a lot of time to answer.

• Mid to late thirties and I’m thinking I’m a failure at life. Think I have ADHD but never diagnosed. Had 50+ jobs to this point and I always quit or lose them for poor attendance etc, mix in a little fraud to supplement wages.
• Apply to an insurance company and begin training. Someone I had screwed over (I am a better person now) reported me to management and they fired me.
• decided to apply to Apple as a Christmas temp and get hired for 3 months.
• excel at being faux extrovert and apply for Genius Bar as a Technical Specialist. Get hired.
• Begin work at the Genius Bar where I thrive cause being a fake extrovert actually makes you happier at times, but you leave work drained.
• Realise we have healthcare and seek an ADHD diagnosis, which I got.
• surrounded by talented people and infinite support from management I decide to do a software development bootcamp.
• excel at coding as I had always been interested and I am even at a higher level than the teacher and they’re blown away by my projects.
• suck at interviews and so do another bootcamp, 😔, as this one also get you interviews.
• excel at this bootcamp too and still suck at interviews.
• must have gone for 30 jobs and didn’t get any.
• start to feel down but finally get hired to a small company.
• life really isn’t any greener over here and I still struggle to maintain happiness.
• company I work for is excellent. All about work life balance and the work is secondary to us.
• been 18 months. Got a pay rise after 1 year. Then 6 months later we all get a pay rise again and a reduction in hours.
• we only work 33 hours a week now with 21 days holiday which goes up one day each year until you’re at 25 days.
• don’t have to lie about why I am sick. If not having a good mental health day then I tell them and I am not expected to work.

Fair enough.

We gatekeeping now?

I know this is memes but as a Brit, I’ll never understand how people are scared of, don’t understand, or don’t see that roundabouts are superior.

It takes a few goes in them during driving lessons and they get easier.