Author: Rauf Aliev

Colleagues sent a link to a beautiful SAP t-shirt (should I order one?).

If I were them, I would do things differently. Here’s how:

– not 22 euros, but 1999.

– not a one-time price, but a one-time + annual maintenance. The buyer would need to pay an additional piece per month to the vendor, and another piece – to a certified atelier

– the price includes darning, washing, and ironing at a certified atelier.

– sleeves are separate, and must only be attached at a certified atelier

– the print is separate, it needs ironing, and yes, also in a certified atelier

– after some time, the t-shirt may start to smell. But… if used together with a jacket from the same manufacturer and sneakers, not so soon. In other cases, the help of a certified atelier is required.

– if it starts to stink and washing doesn’t help, then you need the help of a certified atelier

– if you need to add a pocket for bars (not any bars, but from the same vendor, of course), then you need the help of a certified atelier

– overall, at some point, it may seem that the t-shirt has worn out, and it needs to be thrown away because it suddenly smells, washing no longer helps, and the atelier gives up. There is always polo for that! Priced at 4200. Clean and fresh. You can save by not buying sleeves from the polo (minus 600), because the sleeves from the t-shirt will fit – if the atelier confirms they don’t smell.

– it is not recommended to take off the t-shirt. Wear it as it was put on in the atelier. Private removals and installations might cause the seams to come apart. But if done by a certified atelier, the likelihood of this happening is lower…

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Came back from skating. Some have snow, but we have ice. “Dad, these are old skates, don’t worry.” I hope Masha didn’t make it into all the local newspapers (but I wouldn’t be surprised, considering that nothing ever happens here, she might even make the cover).

Sitting at work in college, and on the neighboring monitor, there’s a NASA broadcast showing the president landing on Mars. I missed everything! Which of the three?

Cover of the computer magazine Computer Programmiert zur Unterhaltung, 1983, West Germany

pair programming, what it’s like

Here is the full content (68 pages): https://archive.org/details/CPU-magazine-1983-11/

Masha’s assignment in the online k12 school for French – match pictures with words.

— Dad, I’m trying to think here, of course, but this is already the fortieth task, and all forty have colors in the exact same order. Look, we’ll open a new unit now… the pictures and words are different, but the colors are the same in the same places!

Not to mention, there’s this girl with a computer representing the internet.

It seems like those who make up the French tasks there need to take some kind of IQ test.

Dmitry Anatolyevich is sending some signals. Suddenly posted a photo of lanterns on Instagram.

A very good lecture on how immunity works.

Invite me to Clubhouse, why don’t you… whoever has invites. Otherwise, I’ll be the last one to get there

I will share a couple of findings from yesterday’s English lesson here. It was quite non-obvious to me that the English word ridiculous cannot be translated into Russian at all, and that go off (to leave) when used with an alarm means exactly the opposite idea (to turn on). Ridiculous is a mix of funny and stupid, and translates closest to “funnily absurd,” but is used in a much wider range of situations than the Russian “funnily absurd.” As for a fire alarm/smoke detector goes off, it translates to “the alarm went off,” not “shut up,” as I would have translated it until yesterday.

#English #pronunciation #notes

I wonder why no marketplace tries to create a convenient survey for typical products – literally a table with two columns, where the first column is the product group, and the second one has three buttons: HAPPY, NOT HAPPY, SKIP. Categories like “television,” “refrigerator,” “washing machine,” “iron,” etc. The online store promises to use this for special offers, tailored specifically for that user. Such questions can be integrated directly into the website, dropping them one by one (but accumulating answers in one place). For completing the survey fully, offer a small discount on the order or a gift in the form of a coupon or a lottery ticket with discounts ranging from small to large.