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timothymh
timothymh
2:48 AM
Oh my goodness.
Have you Mavericks users discovered ⌃⌘Space yet??
 
 
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stuffe
stuffe
10:12 AM
Nope, what does it do?
 
 
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jaberg
jaberg
1:56 PM
⌘ - Space used to bring up a Spotlight search box. Did they change that behavior?
 
Kyle Cronin
Kyle Cronin
2:35 PM
@jaberg No, ⌘-Space still brings up spotlight
If I remember from all the reviews of Mavericks I read, ⌃⌘Space brings up an emoji panel
I'll have to try that when I'm back with my Mavericks computer
 
stuffe
stuffe
2:56 PM
Yup, notice the tiny shift icon first. I use spotlight as an app launcher, my dock has the finder in it only, I would personally drive to Cupertino and make a stern face if they changed that shortcut.
 
 
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jaberg
jaberg
3:56 PM
Ah. Missed the tiny shift icon--reading on the iPad. :)
 
stuffe
stuffe
4:37 PM
"Yo" Mike
As I believe you guys say.
 
bmike
bmike
hey everyone
🚀happy haloween
 
stuffe
stuffe
So you're all busy being scary, right?
 
bmike
bmike
Sadly, I'm on a business trip, so no festivities for me. My street is awesomely fun today so hopefully they don't wreck my house for no treats.
Personally, I'm more a fan of "Día de Muertos" than Hallow's Eve - but more fun is never a bad thing.
 
stuffe
stuffe
Do you guys have the concept of "Bonfire Night"?
@bmike never heard of that
 
bmike
bmike
@stuffe Pope Day, not so much.
 
stuffe
stuffe
4:42 PM
When I was a boy, all this halloween stuff was pretty non existent.
We started to get trick or treat, but the dressing up, the pumpkins, all that US stuff, only in the last 20 years.
We used to have Bonfire Night on the 5th November instead.
Guy Fawkes Night
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiv...
Every village would have a huge ass bonfire, and in the nights leading up to it we would all make a "guy" (referenced above) out of old clothes, and walk them around the place knocking on doors and asking "penny for the guy?". Then, on bonfire night, we'd burn all the effigies.
Sadly, Haloween seems to have killed it. Too much in the space of 5 days, and the commercialised one won :(
@bmike Just reading up, had no idea some of went the other way over the pond - Pope day indeed!
 
bmike
bmike
That would be fun - effigies and then fire and a week to get ready.
 
stuffe
stuffe
Was always a highlight of the year as a kid.
 
bmike
bmike
July 4th was the best for me growing up. Summertime, lake, long days
I do love the fall and bonfires though. I could easily switch my vote with proper experience.
 
stuffe
stuffe
We don't really have all the "event days" for want a of a better word that you all do.
Independence, thanksgiving etc. Don't exist. We get public holidays, but the only one with any historical meaning is Easter monday
All the others are just named after the time of year. August Bank Holiday, for example. And yup, they really are named after days when the banks had a day off.
But hey, I get 27 days paid leave which makes up for it :)
 
bmike
bmike
4:57 PM
Too funny - banker's hours and bank holidays
 
stuffe
stuffe
It was something to do with not being able to do business if the banks were shut, so everyone shut. If you worked in the legal profession (I did for a short while) you would automatically get the following day off also :)
 

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