thomond2006 wrote: » Completed it mate. Great game, it lived up to the long wait.
Panda Killa wrote: » When restrictions are lifted...and people try to return to normal...that's when people will die. Thee are a few report's on line of pubs not opening until next year....and tbh... yeah..I'd agree with that. But it also means no GAA, rugby, football, concerts in the timeframe either (behind closed doors games is a different matter) The next 6 months are going to be very bleak indeed
Stheno wrote: » Sorry I got the reply button too quick Should have added " and look ok ng to do so indefinitely rather than being in the office?"
Stheno wrote: » Anyone else hear wfh now?
Squidgy Black wrote: » I've been half-jokingly telling my boss I'm not going back into the office until 2021, but at the same time sort of serious about it. I've no reason to be in the office as a developer, can do absolutely every element of my job remotely, so will try stretch it out as long as I can even if it's only a day or two in the office at the start to satisfy management for in person meetings etc. I think there'll be a general shift in how companies view remote work after all this. Companies who were hesitant or dismissive of remote work have been forced to go nearly 100% remote and are probably seeing the same level of productivity from their staff, as well as management seeing the benefits of it on a personal level first hand. My place used to be very reluctant when it came to WFH, the most you were allowed was a day a week that had to be agreed by management, all meetings were done in person and nobody used conference calls at all, and even then a lot of systems were locked down and couldn't be accessed over VPN etc because the security team were overzealous, but they've been forced to change it all now.
[Deleted User] wrote: » My team is based in the US and Canada. Only three of us are in Ireland. I've been used to conference calls for a long time now. My line manager in Ireland doesn't fully understand what I do and is only my manager for legal reasons. I was wfh 3/5 days per week before all this. This hasn't been much of a change at all for me. I can't say I agree with the productivity side of things... I do work in spurts but would probably stick to task for longer in the office. Also the ability to tap someone on the shoulder for help should not be minimised. Writing an email or slack message isn't the same. Although setting up ad hoc conference calls isn't that far off. People need to get over the formality of that and treat them like a tap on the shoulder.
mfceiling wrote: » Pubs, restaurants, matches etc won't really annoy me. Concerts are a bummer. I was geared up to see Fontaines DC in the iveagh gardens this summer but I'd say that's off. The one killer for me is the holidays. More than anything I look forward to that 2 weeks in france or Italy. We go all out with a nice villa with our own pool and eat out every night. I work hard and save like mad for this every year. Not having that this year is going to be a king size pain the arse.
[Deleted User] wrote: » The internet is my biggest distraction so I've gone to great lengths to stay productive. My current is I add a bunch of my favourite sites to the hosts file under 127.0.0.1. The time it takes me to undo that is enough time to stop the impulse.
vienne86 wrote: » One thing in our favour in Ireland is that we are good at connections. Meet someone abroad on holidays, for example, and more than likely you will quickly find some friend/relative in common. Now that we have several hundred deaths and several thousand infections, there is a good chance that most of us are being touched in some way by the disease - last week, I heard of one death through a friend, and discoverd it had taken place in a care home where my mother lived for eight years. This morning I heard of two deaths who are relatives/friends of good friends of mine. A friend with whom I have stayed for Heineken Cup matches in the UK is just recovering from Covid. I am bored out of my tree being stuck at home, but somehow having heard of these cases, I feel more determined to stop feeling sorry for myself and to double down with my tiny efforts to help the cause. I doubt I am alone thinking this way at this stage.
jacothelad wrote: » The mother of my best friend of 50 years will be 100 in less than 3 weeks. She has been diagnosed with Covid 19. 11 days in. It is so dispiriting to see those of that age group who have lived through so much in their lifetime. The great Depression, WW2, rationing, poverty and then the murderous vermin who pollute N.I., possibly succumb to a disease partially unleashed on them by the inept, deluded cretins in the Tory party.
Cuomo in full Mafioso mode wrote: "You want me to say 'thank you'? Thank you for doing your job. Thank you for participating in a modicum of federal responsibility in a national crisis. Thank you for having the federal government participate in a federal emergency."
Neil3030 wrote: » Anyone who may need to lighten their mood, Andrew Cuomo clearly ran out of his last f**k, and absolutely uncorked on the fruit-seller in chief. This isn't politics, it's a masterclass of irony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NelaVkZRpeY
swiwi_ wrote: » Lockdown means time to watch films. Rio Bravo with Marion Michael Morrison and Dino Paul Crocetti is a pretty decent watch.
Deleted User wrote: » I was reading earlier that there is a new Dune coming out. Now I'm watching Dune.
Dave_The_Sheep wrote: » Have re-read Dune many times over the years, but that first read was something special. The book just builds and builds and builds to this incredible crescendo. (sandworm riding vengeance is the best vengeance) .
Clegg wrote: » I've high hopes for Dune. After Blade Runner 2049 I'll watch anything Dennis Villeneuve releases. It's one of the best films I've ever seen. Complete flop at the box office, but the world needs more big budget, high concept sci fi movies.
Deleted User wrote: » The UK media has really turned on the government in the last 24 hours. Very heavy criticism. Hard to know if it will penetrate the cult mentality, calls to resign will grow now but I could envisage the Tories insisting they need to stay in the jobs until they 'get brexit done'.
swiwi_ wrote: » Thought that blade runner was terrible. A real letdown after the original.
jacothelad wrote: » The Tories set themselves up with a raft of scapegoats right at the outset of their inaction. 'We are following the science,' they say. No doubt thay planned it well if things went belly up thay had people to blame....and blame they will. They are a vindictive bunch of fools. It should also be noted that the science they choose to follow was far from Unanimous. They choose to follow the particular science that meant they had to do nothing...mainly because they are unable to understand or give two fecks about it. One leading epidemiologist stated that when he heard their 'herd immunity plan' he seriously thought it was satire. Public Health England - which seems to be run by Dumb an Dumber - have shamefully asked front line staff to re-use protective gear thus callously opening up these heroes to even more danger. Remember, these clowns were approached by the Government's own Animal Testing Agency that informed them BACK IN JANUARY -that they could do 40,000 Covid 19 test per week. PHE basically gave them the middle finger. A number of companies in the private sector approached PHE to tell them they could produce huge quanrtities of PPE,,,,,,again -basically told to go fu*k themselves while the government sent almost 300,000 items of PPE to China.THe NHS is almost out of PPE. No doubt we will see Matt Handjob appearing on t.v. spouting his usual lies and fantasies. It seems he is despised and held in comtempt by his officials. Reprtedly only Dominic Wab is even more reviled. This is hard to believe when sniggering fool, Priti 'merdeforbrains' Patel and Alok 'Wind and Urine' Sharma are also 'Ministers' .They are ministers in the same way that I am the Principal Dancer in the Royal Balle. QuasiBoJo is a vacuous fantasist who doesn't have a days work in him.
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