The Official Status Thread
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
@Benjamin-Hall said in The Official Status Thread:
people who chose not to take vacation time in the week after Christmas
I'm not going anywhere, so why needlessly burn vacation time I want to save for when I go somewhere... (Now, if those days did not count against my accrued time off, then, yeah, I would be on vacation too)
I don't go anywhere anyway, but I really need some time not working so I can do a lot of other useful things. AKA "sitting around listlessly doing D&D planning and playing video games." Ok, I do need to go get my eyes checked. Among other things.
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
I'm not going anywhere, so why needlessly burn vacation time I want to save for when I go somewhere
A few days off while most of the company is also off means less shit to come back to.
There's fewer orders being taken so fewer problems being reported, there's an almost complete blanket stop on projects and Production change, and generally fewer people in work causing problems.
Plus a lot of friends and family working for other companies who also have the same time off means it's easier to spend time with them.
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@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
A few days off while most of the company is also off means less shit to come back to.
Ah, but I'd rather save my days off so I can have more extended weekends to go compete in agility with my dog!
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@dcon I get over 30 days paid leave a year and because I didn't use them all this year for reasons, next year will have nearly 40.
This year combined with public holidays (26th,27th, and 2nd Jan) I only need to use 4 days leave (23rd,28th,29th and 30th) to get 11 days off in a row.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in The Official Status Thread:
sitting around listlessly doing D&D planning
There's your problem. You should make a list of the things to plan.
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@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
I get over 30 days paid leave a year
I miss the company I last worked for because they had unlimited time off. Don't miss the work, just then benefits. Now I only get 21 days.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@Benjamin-Hall said in The Official Status Thread:
sitting around listlessly doing D&D planning
There's your problem. You should make a list of the things to plan.
That runs the risk of becoming recursive, and my stack depth is...extremely limited. Possibly even imaginary.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: 1.5 hours left in the working calendar year. And ~45 minutes of that will be a one-on-one with my manager (happens weekly). And no, I'm not going to pick up another ticket right now.
Secondary status: I feel somewhat bad for the 3 people who chose not to take vacation time in the week after Christmas. They could have, but didn't. But certainly not bad enough to work that time.
I'd usually used up all my vacation time at other points in the year, so I was one of the folks holding down the fort as my coworkers slowly disappeared over the month of December.
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@Tsaukpaetra Uhhh...okay....
backs away slowly
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@Parody said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra Uhhh...okay....
backs away slowly
The character's name is pertinent.
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status I can be wet or I can be under caffeinated will be my rallying cry!
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@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
@dcon I get over 30 days paid leave a year and because I didn't use them all this year for reasons, next year will have nearly 40.
I actually used up most of my leave days this year instead of just staying in bed, so I'm only carrying over 5 to next year.
This year combined with public holidays (26th,27th, and 2nd Jan) I only need to use 4 days leave (23rd,28th,29th and 30th) to get 11 days off in a row.
We don't get replacement holidays when a public holiday falls on a weekend. With both Christmas and New Year's on a weekend, this year sucks.
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@Tsaukpaetra That image bothers me. Where are the arms?
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
compete in agility with my dog
Which one of you two is the better at it?
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@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
We don't get replacement holidays when a public holiday falls on a weekend. With both Christmas and New Year's on a weekend, this year sucks.
That sucks. We're getting 26th, 27th, and 1/2 off, so I'm with @loopback0 in only needing 4 leave days.
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@Benjamin-Hall to be fair, 26th is a regular holiday here, so I got that one too.
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I planned to stay the last days of my holidays to Thailand at Pak Meng Resort in the far south
But fuck my health, I stay at home.
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You people and your bank holidays. You know what I call bank holidays? The government preventing me from earning a living.
status what have I done to my ankle? Its black and blue! Much excitement. Much pain. No sympathy from family.
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@dkf said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra That image bothers me. Where are the arms?
She is completely armless, with disembodied hands: the palms are white, while her fingers are blue. In her left hand she holds a blue whip that ends in a ball with four yellow spikes sticking out of it.
It's a digital entity.
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
sympathy from family.
Someone failed their dice throws...
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
You people and your bank holidays. You know what I call bank holidays? The government preventing me from earning a living.
I'd have some sympathy if it wasn't because you were a contractor.
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@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
You people and your bank holidays. You know what I call bank holidays? The government preventing me from earning a living.
I'd have some sympathy if it wasn't because you were a contractor.
Maybe he's the mythical LPC that's living day to day despite being a rock star coder.
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Status Slept in until 9:30 AM. For some value of "slept". Thought about doing my weekly shopping today so I didn't have to do it on Christmas Eve, but there's a 1/4" layer of ice over everything, including the roads. And my car. I do have a scraper, but yeah...no shopping right now.
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@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
You people and your bank holidays. You know what I call bank holidays? The government preventing me from earning a living.
I'd have some sympathy if it wasn't because you were a contractor.
Maybe he's the mythical LPC that's living day to day despite being a rock star coder.
If I ever claim to be better than okayish when sober then activate the dead man's switch and have @Applied-Mediocrity seize my assets.
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Status: I still have the ability to get a thread nuked.
There's a mook on LinkedIn trying to sell a freelancing course. He starts off by asking if you build websites as a side hustle and why or why not. I said no, because clients either want a Facebook clone in a week, the sort of website I personally hate to use, or both. Then he goes on to shame me with laughing/curious "likes" for not listening to the course he's peddling. So I said "look, I've heard it all before and I don't particularly care to be insulted by a salesman." Poof, entire thread disappears.
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
Ah, but I'd rather save my days off so I can have more extended weekends to go compete in agility with my dog!
Do you have daily stand ups, reviews and retrospectives, etc.?
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status: warning: general bacteria infection detected!
What terrible timing to get a cold...
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Status: these speed limits are getting rather ridiculous. Below is an artistic recreation of one encountered earlier today
Maybe itâs meant to be 9 in octal
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
status: warning: general bacteria infection detected!
What terrible timing to get a cold...
*runs an anti-virus check on @Tsaukpaetra*
(: bacterias aren't viruses, I know, )
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@Zerosquare said in The Official Status Thread:
bacterias
I donât know what @hungrier thinks of this, but itâs probably nothing positive
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@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
have @Applied-Mediocrity seize my ass
takes note
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
have @Applied-Mediocrity seize my ass
takes note
Just have a few more whiskeys and it'll look like a grade-10 ass.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in The Official Status Thread:
Status Slept in until 9:30 AM. For some value of "slept". Thought about doing my weekly shopping today so I didn't have to do it on Christmas Eve, but there's a 1/4" layer of ice over everything, including the roads. And my car. I do have a scraper, but yeah...no shopping right now.
That's good. Because sliding into another car in order to remove the ice from yours is not an efficient use of resources.
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@kazitor said in The Official Status Thread:
Below is an artistic recreation of one encountered earlier today
For better realism, you should have extended the pole above the sign too.
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@kazitor said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zerosquare said in The Official Status Thread:
bacterias
I donât know what @hungrier thinks of this, but itâs probably nothing positive
I think it's "bacteese"
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@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
@Applied-Mediocrity said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
have @Applied-Mediocrity seize my ass
takes note
Just have a few more whiskeys and it'll look like a grade-10 ass.
I was expecting a âmanyâ so I shall take âfewâ as a compliment.
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Status: Mom updated grandma's laptop to Windows 11 and somehow it's my problem.
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Status: Interest rates are ridiculous.
2008:
- inflation 3%
- prime rate 5%
- actual CC rate 12%
- 5yr auto rate 4%
- savings rate 1%
- money mkt rate 5%
- I bonds 5% (0.7 fixed)
Today:
- inflation 7%
- prime rate 6%
- actual CC rate 25%
- 5yr auto rate 6%
- savings rate 0.4%
- money mkt rate 2%
- I bonds 7% (0.4 fixed)
What a screw job. There is clearly no connection between borrowing rates and saving rates.
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@Zenith said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Interest rates are ridiculous.
2008:
- inflation 3%
- prime rate 5%
- actual CC rate 12%
- 5yr auto rate 4%
- savings rate 1%
- I bonds 5% (0.7 fixed)
Today:
- inflation 7%
- prime rate 6%
- actual CC rate 25%
- 5yr auto rate 6%
- savings rate 0.4%
- I bonds 7% (0.4 fixed)
What a screw job. There is clearly no connection between borrowing rates and saving rates.
I recommend finding a better bank. Even offline banks around here are in the 1% range, and online banks are 3%+ (my online bank is 3.3% for straight savings).
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@izzion Long story. Point is, we keep getting told savings interest rates went down because fed borrowing rates were at historic lows. Well, now theyâre back up, so why arenât savings rates going back up with them? This is the same bullshit as gas surcharges that never go away when gas prices go back down and it sucks.
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@Zenith said in The Official Status Thread:
- inflation 7%
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Status: Survived Christmas with my three little nieces. The only casualty was one chair which may have been broken and repaired before.
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Status: father's pride is so sensitive he'd rather send me to my room than accept help unfucking his account after he rushed setup earlier today to try getting an Oculus Quest set up.
He'd rather invoke the wife who has no idea what's going on than ask for my assistance.
Live with your consequences then. đ
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@Tsaukpaetra based on what I know about you, I approve of your father's decision.
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@Gustav said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra based on what I know about you, I approve of your father's decision.
He's spent three hours so far trying to create a new account for the underage user. Approve all you want or not.
It's going to be really fun when he discovers he won't be able to transfer the Beatsaber license from his account.
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Status: orders received! Must fuck!
Use the bed for sleep and sex only. Avoid spending excessive time in bed, which leads to shallow fragmented sleep
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: orders received! Must fuck!
As if you needed orders for that...