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    Bitcoin

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    16 hours ago, Nebraska said:

    when i filed my taxes this year, there was a part where i had to declare how much money  i had in cryptocurrency. curious how many other people had this question when filing their taxes. i thought the whole point of cryptocurrency is to remain anon and thus, no declare it to any government body

    https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-congressman-introduces-crypto-currency-act-of-2020

    If you don't declare it, can they actually trace it to you anyway?

    SPILL THE BEANS ON YOUR JOB.

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    2 hours ago, Zephyr_Nova said:

    I'm impressed that more than half of watmm actually enjoys their work.  I thought that percentage would be much lower.

     

    The ones that "enjoy" their jobs (and have posted such in this thread) will most likely be posting in work time anyway ?

     

    Coronavirus COVID-19

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    I can't see what closing schools for 2 weeks will do though... if the virus is still coming into the country after that time then it will just spread at a later date rather than now....

    Air travel and borders needs to be closed to stop new infected patients travelling into Italy, THEN you can close schools.

    Coronavirus COVID-19

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    All schools in Italy closing for 2 weeks.

    *hoards toilet rolls and rice*

     

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    The Italian government is to close all schools and universities around the country until mid March because of the coronavirus outbreak, Ansa news agency reports.

    Earlier officials reported a jump in cases and deaths from the virus.

     

    SPILL THE BEANS ON YOUR JOB.

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    Used to be 8-6 Mon-Fri and 8-1 Saturday

    But i've crashed and burned over the past few years, with 2 young kids and everything else going on.....

    Since the start of this year i've been taking a day off a week to be with my 2 year old son and my wife goes to work.  I also work less Saturdays than I used too. 

    Currently reassessing, applying elsewhere, house is up for sale (pretty close to accepting an offer actually) and I am going to re-train and do something completely different, probably down in Devon.

    TWIN PEAKS

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    I'm not sold on this Z-A boxed set.  I had the original S1/S2 gold box (sold it) and Ive got the blu rays of S1/S2/Return, so there is no need realllllllllly

     

    Re: The 4.5 hour mega-explanation on youtube, im about halfway through, and everything he says so far makes sense (in his annoying accentual way)

    Not sure if I could sit and watch it all in one hit though. 

    TWIN PEAKS

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    Yep, use mine almost daily too.  Don't play games very often, but it has the Youtube app and my mate lets me use his Sky login as well ?   Sometimes I play CDs through it too, as it runs some nice screensavers.

    Also plenty of games can be downloaded from the Playstation store - Ive got Mega Bomberman

     

    TWIN PEAKS

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    52 minutes ago, Tim_J said:

    is it region free? now i'm confused if it's the player or the disc itself that need to be region free...

     

    Yes, PS3's are region free players, they play everything.

    DVDs are a bit trickier and can be regional only - but blu rays should be absolutely fine.  You can buy a 2nd hand Ps3 with a whole load of games for about £60

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    in Your Latest Creations

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    First recording of my work with the Volca Drum, which is a pretty damn awesome machine.  I have already learned a lot since I recorded this last week, so plenty more to come.

    Paired with the Behringer Neutron and the Fabrikat pedal, all clocked together off the Drum.  A touch of reverb from Audacity plus fade/in fade/out only.

    I know all these recordings are pretty long (so under 10 minutes is good for me this time) but they are straight from hardware jams and I just crop the bits out that I like the best.  Not trying to impress anyone other than myself really ?

     

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    TWIN PEAKS

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    Just started watching "The Return" again, binged episodes 1-4 the other night and I REALLY loved it.  The awkward bits felt even more awkward, the funny bits made me LOL IRL and the freaky bits still made me feel uneasy.  The call back to the first 2 series also hit home in a harder way.  Great tv.  Cannot wait to carry on watching it. 

    Oscar for Michael Cera

     

    Coronavirus COVID-19

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    So the secondary school a few miles from us was shut down today with a suspected CV case. Deep clean and re-open Monday is current plan. A kid came back from family skiing trip in Italy at the weekend....

     I used to go to that school when I was a young un.

    Its here! 

    Coronavirus COVID-19

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    Kinda related but;

    A friend of mine flew from UK to Seattle earlier this month for a Microsoft conference.  He basically sat in on a bunch of powerpoint presentations and nailed loads of food / drinks on company expenses.  I said to him, "couldn't it just be done via webinars, like most other people?" and his reply was yes of course, but Microsoft paid for it. 

    Pretty sure conferences like this will become a thing of the past if Coronavirus takes hold globally.  "Essential travel only" should help curb disease spread, and also really make a difference on CO2 emissions, as pointed out above.  Didn't Microsoft declare they would become Carbon Neutral / Negative? Cancelling stuff like this will go a long way to helping.

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