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You are right... 
I'm afraid I won't be able to avoid it... 
Now I have an excuse...
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Cycling to work is a good way to keep in shape, it is free exercise, often as quick as driving, and a real wake up in the morning.
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Joan M wrote: What would you recommend me to soften that ache a little?
A sit-stand desk. This[^] is what I use at work.
I also recommend a 45 minute brisk walk at lunch every day and a walk around the floor every 30 minutes. After experiencing a slipped disc a year ago, I decided I wasn't going to let my bad habits (writing code 12 hours a day) affect my health. 
/ravi
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I use one of these too. Great for back to stand 2-3 hours a day.
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Can't see the web page in MS Edge... saw it on the phone... nice things...
Let's hope I'll be OK without that, but in any case, nice to know they exist... I had seen complete desks that move up and down, but this seems much easier to find/use/move in case of need.
Thank you Ravi!
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Nope... I'm a complete danger without drugs... 
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Long term fix a regular Yoga or any daily (at least 30 min) back stretch routine  , after work.
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I feel like trying it...
Yoga looks calmed and useful... Soon we will move the office again (stressful times) depending on where we move I'll see if there is the option there...
Thank you for your comment!
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One source of back pain is weak stomach muscles - basic a continuous gentle stress to keep you a bit straighter with the wrong set of muscles.
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This can't be the reason...
You know what they say... chocolate tablet... I have it covered... I have melted chocolate... but is chocolate nevertheless...
I'm sure something will have been lost in the translation, but you get the idea... 
Seriously you are right, I have to start moving a little and do some sport...
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I had terrible lower back/hip pain, finally got some physical therapy. They gave me exercises to strengthen the core abdominal and back muscles (to better support the weight of the upper body) and some stretches to loosen up those muscles.
It's worked wonders. Strongly recommended. I've went from sometimes being barely able to move to a pretty normal existence. Just occasional discomfort when I overwork that area (or don't keep up with my exercises).
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I have called one doctor close by... Let's see if afterwards I'm a new guy...
I hope you are right and I feel better afterwards...
Thank you!
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Strengthening your upper back (think lat rows and flys) helped quite a bit for me. (There are variations using a stability ball and weights if you don't have a gym). But you're less hunched over, which straightens your thoracic spine, which relieves some pressure on your lumbar.
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I guess so... I have to start moving a little...
Thank you for your comment!
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Any reason you can't just level the table?
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In addition to all exercises previously mentioned I find this one to be particularly helpful. With one correction, you should point your head in the opposite direction to your knee. The cutie on the video keeps looking up, without moving her head.
In general, any exercise twisting your spine (carefully!) and relaxing back muscle should help.
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The question is: can we educate the nerds of open-source?
So imagine this: You are working with a 3rd party who maintain an open-source system for your common customer... You have some code that talks to the API... The 3rd party upgrades the open-source project... everything fail apart in the most disturbing way...
The reason: The open-source API got new features... The new features are added with total overlooking of the old... No default values for new parameters... No API versioning... Nothing...
The cause: A lot of (sometimes too much) people with change-rights without the minimal understanding of the consequences of their actions... Granted - they write spectacular code (most of them), but they lack the minimal education to understand what public API is... Most of the time they not even understand why it is wrong what they have done, after all - it is open-source, so change it as you like!!!
And that's what holds back Linux to take over Windows...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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There are such open source projects, I can only recommend, stay away from them for commercial projects "that matter".
Many open source systems offer support licenses (open source does NOT mean "free to use" - don't forget that!) where you:
* Pay for the right to use it commercial
* Have a direct support line (<- who you're gonna call?)
* Get assistance even on code level if required
Teluu (pjsip) is a good example for that. This is a kind of open source that should be supported. Some anonymous garage projects are nothing I'd tinker with.
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After all these years I would add MOODLE to the list, the problem that it is the choice of the 3rd party... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Usually if you agree to pay someone .. things can happen...else go for a commercial supported version if you are having a support
contract with your client.
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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It's actually not that much different than having some team in the company maintaining a proprietary closed-source API. Happens all the time where I work -- somebody else changes the API, and it breaks all the calls we're making to their service. There's no communication, no warning, no backwards compatibility, no versioning, nothing.
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Marc Clifton wrote: There's no communication
If it is in-house there is a lot of communication here - so it may happen only once... (we are small company)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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So, the cat decides to throw up on the bed at 05:30 - fortunately, I managed to get him off while he was still "making the noises" so all I had to do was break out the carpet cleaning machine.
But ... there's no point in going back to bed, right?
Last night, the WookieTab was down to 8% power, so I left it plugged into the charger overnight. Unplug it, the screen lights up, and what do I see? "Getting windows ready, do not turn off your device".
Why then, Microsoft? Did you actually wait until it was no longer on charge?
Yes, it looks like it did from the percentage it eventually came up with.
OK, updates are important - BUT GIVE US A CHANCE TO DECIDE WHEN TO INSTALL THEM! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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