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I'll hold my hands up and say I'm no Python expert.
So, can someone explain this?
I type quit, and Python understands I want to quit, but tells me to type quit() rather than exiting.
Explain to me why this is not the dumbest response possible.
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How can a 27-slide PowerPoint presentation be 11.8MB?
I deleted every slide with a picture (not many), and it's still 6.8MB.
While I'm at it, what moron in the Microsoft UI group decided to relocate the compress picture option?
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If only you could use the internet for more than posting things on X that you don't understand.
Behold! A whole 10 seconds of research using Google AI.
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It's fascinating that people like you are more than happy to use the internet to post speculative nonsense like this.
Yet you are quite unable to use the internet to answer your own question.
Try Google AI mode.
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Well, at least you did some research.
However, the article only explains why we are experiencing a heatwave at the moment, which has nothing to do with climate change.
3 days in a row, we exceeded the highest temp ever in June.
Look at the graph here, from NASA.
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Look, the "trust me bro" approach to critical thinking doesn't work. Here you go: some real evidence (source: NASA).
Feel free to rebut if you know what that means.
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We. Left. The. EU.
That was literally all we voted on.
You can fantasise all you like about what Brexit means to you, but...
You won. Now get over it.
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This quote is from an article in @computing_news (computing.co.uk/news-analysi…).
How can anyone look at that and see any sense in it?
AI bubble? What AI bubble?
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Having studied Physics at University, I am genuinely impressed that @Flighty believe we can taxi back in time.
More details are required.
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If you understood English, you'd understand we invoked Article 50 and left the EU.
That was the ONLY question on the ballot.
Where does this mention the ECHR, which is separate from the EU.
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Ah, yes, the usual performative rage-baiting nonsense from James Melville.
Adjusting for the same sizes as in his post, I can get essentially the same things for £13.56 (or half the price)
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Perhaps someone should remind you that the deal was initiated by the Conservatives in the last government (Sunak).
Perhaps someone should also remind you that the Americans (Trump specifically) approved the deal.
Don't let facts get in the way of a good rage-baiting post.
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Since you've posted the same meaningless graph 5 times in response to comments, here's one that puts yours into context.
Hope this helps.
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Hey @Budget, I booked an intermediate car from you, which said Toyota Corolla (or similar).
What I got was a Hyundai Venue, which is classified as a sub-compact SUV. When I queried this, I was told this was a 2-level upgrade. Seriously?!
You don't even hide this on the receipt!!
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It's a poll, not an election. That means it *tries* to be a representative sample.
Different polls give different results.
For example, a recent @YouGov one...
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It would seem that this is just your embarrassingly inaccurate opinion.
@YouGov (run by an ex-Tory minister) reports that the majority in this country beg to differ...
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The view from my hotel this morning in Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
About the closest thing you’ll get to waking up in the morning and thinking you’re on a different planet. 😀
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I’m in La Paz, Bolivia, and this is the first hotel I’ve ever stayed in that’s offered bottled oxygen as a service 🤔
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@British_Airways replied to my support request regarding the issue with logging in (or not) using their app. They suggested changing my password to only include letters and numbers.
Ok. No obvious link, so I tried help.
This dispensed this useless pearl of wisdom.
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That's just one poll, on which you're placing far too much weight.
The latest @YouGov poll gives a different picture.
It's all irrelevant, since there won't be an election for another 4 years.
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Oh look, some random AI-generated explanation.
Read the highway code, rules 184 and 185.
"Use the appropriate lane", which is not clarified, so it's up to you.
Also, there's a big f'ing triangle on the road, indicating the car should give way. It didn't even slow down.
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I genuinely didn't believe this was possible.
But it is.
@Iberia has worse IT systems than BA.
Here's the message I got when I tried to use the online check-in this morning.
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I honestly thought @British_Airways IT systems could not be beaten for how bad they are.
Obviously, I hadn't tried @Iberia.
I guess they are both part of the same group...
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There is something that says total, but that does not appear to be a shopping basket (nor does it give me an option to pay)
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Hey, @Iberia_en @Iberia.
You tell me I have items pending payment, but you provide no way to make a payment.
How am I supposed to pay???
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What the?
Hey @Brother_UK, how can the status monitor for my printer require over 200GB of memory???
Truly, the mother of all memory leaks!
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Actually, it is you that don't know what you're talking about. 🤡
If only you could use a simple search engine, you'd be able to find, you know, facts rather than what you imagine to be true.
This is from the gov.uk website.
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Did you not read the article you linked to?
I mean, it's pretty evident that the VAT on school fees is *not* why this school is closing.
Historic debt in 2019 (that's SIX years ago), unable to reverse decline in demand, serious financial difficulty, etc.
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WTAF?
According to the @British_Airways chatbot on X, which seems to be stuck four years ago, you need to provide proof of vaccination.
This requirement was dropped two years ago.
The usual problem with AI: GIGO.
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It's ridiculous to include school fees when measuring inflation.
Less than 6% of children in the UK attend a private school; of those, 33.8% receive assistance (bursary, scholarship, etc.).
If you want to be selective, let's see what inflation looked like under the Tories...
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Exceptthat would be too simple for @British_Airways, wouldn't it? Despite being told my information is complete, I return to try to check in and...
It tells me I need to provide more information.
Genuinely Kafkaesque IT systems...
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And when I click on the link to provide more information? This is what I see.
Unbe-flipping-leivable!
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It's difficult to express my apoplexy at how bad @British_Airways IT systems are. I gave my passport information for the outbound flight and, look, you want me to enter it (yet again) for the return.
I've flown 40 times on BA this year, alone.
How can you not record this data?
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