The Official Status Thread
-
forecast is calling for rain
Aren't you in Seattle? Isn't under 20% of days don't have rain?
EDIT: looked it up, it's under 20% are clear. Only 150 days with some rain.
-
I actually work on a campus with free share umbrellas in every building, so worse comes to worst I'll umbrella my way to the car and bring it back the next day. Unless all the umbrellas are taken when I leave, which is likely, then I just get wet and cold.
-
It's always raining and horrible and miserable, especially in late-summer DO NOT MOVE HERE IT IS HORRIBLE no seriously Californians, STOP MOVING HERE goddamned.
-
I don't really buy those stats, but that could just be due to my luck. I've got relatives up there, and whenever I go visit, it's like a week of sun, and then it starts raining the day I'm leaving.
-
It's always raining and horrible and miserable
Sounds like a place I'd want to live in, actually.
I hate sunny hot weather.
-
Come to England then.
-
London has almost the exact same climate as Seattle, except more fog due to the river.
-
Hot's only a problem when it's humid. Sweating actually works in a dry climate.
-
I commuted to London for 18 months. Never again.
-
London or the City of London?
one is significantly cooler than the other.
-
I was commuting to the City of London itself, but yes, I'm aware of the difference ;)
-
i am rapidly running out of internetz to give away.
+4 internetz to you!
-
That's the great thing about the internets, there's always more to give away
I am amazed how few people - even locals - are really aware of the difference.
-
I was commuting to the City of London itself, but yes, I'm aware of the difference
Never been to either, that I know of. What's the difference?
-
The short version is that the City of London is the original city of London, as opposed to "London" or the "city of London" (small c) which is the citysprawl around it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London for more depth on the subject.
-
whenever I go visit, it's like a week of sun, and then it starts raining the day I'm leaving.
Happened to me with Scotland. Long period of sunshine, the very day I arrived it turned nasty and when I complained, I had to listen to "oh, we had weeks of sunshine before you arrived" remarks.
-
The Scots complain about everything.
There will be no living with them in a couple of weeks.
-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc
CGP Grey explains all.
-
Sounds like a place I'd want to live in, actually.
I hate sunny hot weather.
I think you might have liked Onyx's place then, this summer...But where do you live?
-
The Scots complain about everything.
There will be no living with them in a couple of weeks.
I must say, I'm in favour of an independent Scotland. Europe can be a Europe of small countries. And a split has already worked out for the Czech Republic and Slowakia (do you hear me, @Luhmann?)But I doubt it will come to it. Too many uncertainties involved for most people, I think.
-
I must say, I'm in favour of an independent Scotland.
From what I know, it sounds like a good idea for the rest of the UK.
-
While you're at it, stop moving to Oregon.
-
Wondering what this "rain" thing that @blakeyrat mentions is.
-
From what I know, it sounds like a good idea for the rest of the UK.
The problem is this mythical state they think they will have.
They want more power - fine, the tosspots in Westminster should all go, not just the ones the Scots don't like - and devolution is definitely an advantage there.
However... they want to be 'independent' but use the British pound, which means they're still dependent on Westminster not fucking about with it.
And they seem to be assuming that they will be given the North Sea oil... ain't no way Westminster is going to sign everything over to them...
-
And they seem to be assuming that they will be given the North Sea oil... ain't no way Westminster is going to sign everything over to them...
Ah, things make more sense now.
-
Status: Went to EMC's site hoping to learn some more about their products. Instead I found out that their VP's read teleprompters that are slightly top and right of center. #roboheads #muchdissapoint
-
Status:
Hmm, CouchDB is a better fit for my app, but MongoDB is a better fit for my career. Guess I'm going with MongoDB then...
-
Status: about an hour after I got home it opened up and is raining like heck.
-
it's like a week of sun, and then it starts raining the day I'm leaving.
If there is any sun to be had, it will be sunny during the workweek, then rain on the weekend. Probability of this increases if yard work or other outdoor activity is planned.
-
However... they want to be 'independent' but use the British pound, which means they're still dependent on Westminster not fucking about with it.
They won't have it for long. All new member states of the EU are legally bound to introduce the Euro as soon as they can.Anyway - since the three scottish banks all have the power to print their own banknotes, it would be easy enough for them to act as or form a central bank. The "Scottish Pound" can be an independent currency but strongly linked to the English Pound. Denmark would be the model here - their Krone is very tightly coupled to the Euro.
And they seem to be assuming that they will be given the North Sea oil... ain't no way Westminster is going to sign everything over to them...
That will more or less be a question where off-shore borders are agreed to run, and the process of defining the offshore borders will probably take quite a few years and might even involve international arbitration.
-
do you hear me, @Luhmann?
While we are going that direction ... I propose Brussels as 'real' EU capital too. It would make dividing Belgium easier. We'll just put our ugly capital in EU control. It can't get any worse ...
-
I wonder which part of post-Belgium Europe Eupen will belong to.
-
I wonder which part of post-Belgium Europe Eupen will belong to.
Germany can have it back if they like.
-
aliceif said:
I wonder which part of post-Belgium Europe Eupen will belong to.
Germany can have it back if they like.
I'm more in favour of giving away some regions of Germany as well... although I doubt the neighbours would want those ;-)
-
I wonder which part of post-Belgium Europe Eupen will belong to.
It could form a mini state like Liechtenstein, Andorra, San Marino or Monaco.
-
-
The SNP seems to be operating using politics by complete buttumption of holding cake and eating it simultaneously, coupled to the strong belief that everyone else in the world will bend over backwards to accommodate them. Any slight hint by anyone at all that this might not exactly work how they hope (really?!?) is met by huge amounts of assertions that the person saying that is wrong.
Politics is often rather unreal, but these guys have taken leave of reality rather more strongly than usual.
@Arantor said:the tosspots in Westminster should all go
I remember watching Mars Attacks years ago in the cinema, and when the aliens destroyed our Parliament there were actual cheers in the theatre.Myself, I suggest they open a frank negotiation with ISIS in person. [spoiler]Either they'll be successful, or they'll be beheaded. Win-Win![/spoiler]
-
That's pretty much the situation, yes, and several of my friends are now firmly in the pro camp and I won't even discuss it with them any more since I'm a complete tool who doesn't know anything, of course.
Yes, I remember that about Mars Attacks too.
-
I remember watching Mars Attacks years ago in the cinema, and when the aliens destroyed our Parliament there were actual cheers in the theatre.
In the eighties they had banners like "Don't put boots on seats!" posted throughout the tube's coaches. I remember one where somebody had scrawled "Put'em on Thatcher!" below the text...Edit: throught -> throughout
-
Status: FizzBuzz
-
Status: pimping my presentation with some extra graphs & numbers for the management meeting
-
Numbers?
You should heatmap the graphs.
-
You should heatmap the graphs.
Sadly my numbers already have a heatmap kind a thing e.g. I'm using excel to automatigically change the back ground color of certain cells when certain values are hit. So if they're of target they turn red. That does count as a heatmap according to Jeff doesn't it?
-
Status: Toothache. Greatly reduced productivity.
Filed under: I keep parsing that word as “toot-hache” for some reason, I need to stop putting href="#" in my fake tag links since Discourse eats it
-
reading What If? by Randall Munroe
so far it is every bit as awesome as i expected.
-
Status: Now in a meeting that is for a product for one of our clients that we developed that I don't much like working on.
-
I'm going to be at his talk on the 14th.
-
Status: Running unit tests. Rather, watching progress bars. I may get the ol' MUD code out again because I haven't touched it in a couple weeks and I'm bored.
-
Status: throwing in a basic check of (common) email address format using a reg ex and feeling dirty about it. Spec says allow valid addresses, but when I do so I get complaints about what gets accepted.
-
LUCKY!
/me is jealous
actually, could we code that to be a shortcut? would be fun! @PJH to the rescue!