The Official Status Thread
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
of course I need good water flow!
But muh drought! You're only allowed to run the water in the sink for 30 seconds. On even-numbered days.
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Status: Wiping polyethylene bags with paper towels for an hour.
I ordered a bunch of big HDPE bags to protect my clothes while I spray and clean the wardrobe. Today they arrived. I dumped the package on the
bedair matress and shortly after my gf noticed something strange.Hey, something is leaking from your pack
Shit... they're all wet. I called the supplier and he said something like this:
I'll be honest with you. I've got three Ukrainians manning the shop and I've been telling them four times already not to leave stuff on the yard when it's raining. What can I say?
He offered to send another batch, but it wouldn't arrive before spraying. We settled on a 40% refund. And since it's just rain, I wiped them with paper towels and hang them on a broomstick to dry.
Why didn't I use garbage bags? You see, in the enlightened EU they must be produced from recycled materials. This means that all big (120L) bags you can buy in a normal store stink like a pile of old tires being burned by the yellow jackets in the streets of Paris. Not possible to live with that in a room.
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Status: Told the last contractor from June 5th that he should go pound sand if he couldn't get an estimate to me by now.
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
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Disclaimer:
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Corpo reserves the right to alter this description at any time. Corpo practices the concept of equal employment opportunity with respect to hiring, promotions, transfers, pay, discipline, fringe benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. No individual will be discriminated against, and no employment decisions will be made, on the basis of an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, protected disability, marital status, familial status, veteran status, height, weight or citizenship.
Because nothing attracts a candidate like a fucking TOS at the end of the spec that implies the job spec is probably meaningless.
Applied!
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What the hell happened here?
Got a call before the interview to politely ask me to postpone it. Like an actual phone call. With someone politely asking to postpone and asking me when I'm free instead of listing off their availability or just not turning up to the interview or going around in circles ignoring each other. We went with later in the day.
Went on to the later interview and the interviewer was very nice, apologised, thanked me and then asked lots of sensible questions related to the job instead of by rote bullshit. He then laid out the plan for the rest of the process which was very sensible and we said our goodbyes.
I am completely befuddled.
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
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Disclaimer:
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Corpo reserves the right to alter this description at any time. Corpo practices the concept of equal employment opportunity with respect to hiring, promotions, transfers, pay, discipline, fringe benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. No individual will be discriminated against, and no employment decisions will be made, on the basis of an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, protected disability, marital status, familial status, veteran status, height, weight or citizenship.
Because nothing attracts a candidate like a fucking TOS at the end of the spec that implies the job spec is probably meaningless.
Applied!
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What the hell happened here?
Got a call before the interview to politely ask me to postpone it. Like an actual phone call. With someone politely asking to postpone and asking me when I'm free instead of listing off their availability or just not turning up to the interview or going around in circles ignoring each other. We went with later in the day.
Went on to the later interview and the interviewer was very nice, apologised, thanked me and then asked lots of sensible questions related to the job instead of by rote bullshit. He then laid out the plan for the rest of the process which was very sensible and we said our goodbyes.
I am completely befuddled.
Clearly, that job is way too organized and would be a waste of your talents. No WTFs in it for us.
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@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
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Disclaimer:
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Corpo reserves the right to alter this description at any time. Corpo practices the concept of equal employment opportunity with respect to hiring, promotions, transfers, pay, discipline, fringe benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. No individual will be discriminated against, and no employment decisions will be made, on the basis of an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, protected disability, marital status, familial status, veteran status, height, weight or citizenship.
Because nothing attracts a candidate like a fucking TOS at the end of the spec that implies the job spec is probably meaningless.
Applied!
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What the hell happened here?
Got a call before the interview to politely ask me to postpone it. Like an actual phone call. With someone politely asking to postpone and asking me when I'm free instead of listing off their availability or just not turning up to the interview or going around in circles ignoring each other. We went with later in the day.
Went on to the later interview and the interviewer was very nice, apologised, thanked me and then asked lots of sensible questions related to the job instead of by rote bullshit. He then laid out the plan for the rest of the process which was very sensible and we said our goodbyes.
I am completely befuddled.
Clearly, that job is way too organized and would be a waste of your talents. No WTFs in it for us.
Or they're better at hiding the WTFs from outsiders.
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@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
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Disclaimer:
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Corpo reserves the right to alter this description at any time. Corpo practices the concept of equal employment opportunity with respect to hiring, promotions, transfers, pay, discipline, fringe benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. No individual will be discriminated against, and no employment decisions will be made, on the basis of an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, protected disability, marital status, familial status, veteran status, height, weight or citizenship.
Because nothing attracts a candidate like a fucking TOS at the end of the spec that implies the job spec is probably meaningless.
Applied!
STATUS
What the hell happened here?
Got a call before the interview to politely ask me to postpone it. Like an actual phone call. With someone politely asking to postpone and asking me when I'm free instead of listing off their availability or just not turning up to the interview or going around in circles ignoring each other. We went with later in the day.
Went on to the later interview and the interviewer was very nice, apologised, thanked me and then asked lots of sensible questions related to the job instead of by rote bullshit. He then laid out the plan for the rest of the process which was very sensible and we said our goodbyes.
I am completely befuddled.
Clearly, that job is way too organized and would be a waste of your talents. No WTFs in it for us.
I have a feeling they're hidden because they've been bitten so often but I'm dubious about moving onto the next round. I don't think they need a local lunatic.
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@sebastian-galczynski said in The Official Status Thread:
it's just rain,
Do you really think so?
how can you be sure theyellow rain
was not such diluted by piwo or wódka that it turned almost colorless?
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
I don't think they need a local lunatic.
Even better, then. You could be lunatic from your own home!
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@BernieTheBernie said in The Official Status Thread:
@sebastian-galczynski said in The Official Status Thread:
it's just rain,
Do you really think so?
how can you be sure theyellow rain
was not such diluted by piwo or wódka that it turned almost colorless?You mean the sky was blue and the rain was... oh, so that's what means?
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Status: Hate my cluttered house. Bought a box of envelopes a few weeks ago, used two or three, and now I can't find the rest.
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Have you tried running SpectateSwamp House Search?
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
I don't think they need a local lunatic.
WFH. Be a remote lunatic. Edit:
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@Zerosquare said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
I don't think they need a local lunatic.
Even better, then. You could be lunatic from your own home!
He already is
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It's an old joke, but I unironically wanted to be a mad scientist when I was a kid, got officially diagnostic on the mad part but failed the scientist part
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Hint: most people don't understand the difference between computer science, software engineering, and just goofing around on a computer. Use it to your advantage.
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Just logged into my ubuntu18 machine and then into Slack so I could copy/paste some error messages. Slack opens Firefox (corporate login) "After Sept 1 we will no longer support this browser." Ok. Firefox 113.0.2 - standard u18 snap install. Get logged into Slack: "After Sept 1 we will no longer support this operating system". Oh. Well good thing I have a u22 machine too...
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@dcon why the fuck does a webpage need to “support” your OS?
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@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@dcon why the fuck does a webpage need to “support” your OS?
I'm running the standalone app
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@dcon why the fuck does a webpage need to “support” your OS?
I'm running the standalone app
Which opens Firefox? That doesn't sound "standalone".
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@dcon why the fuck does a webpage need to “support” your OS?
I'm running the standalone app
Which opens Firefox? That doesn't sound "standalone".
It does that for SSO authentication
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status: this Assembly kit comes with a soldering iron tip so you can insert the heatset insert components.
Sadly, these tips are not compatible with Weller soldering iron that I have. Hrm.
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I've managed to not hear Despacito for several years. Yet in the last two weeks I've heard it 4 times now, in places hundreds of kilometers apart.
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@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
I've managed to not hear Despacito for several years. Yet in the last two weeks I've heard it 4 times now, in places hundreds of kilometers apart.
It was just going slowly and you lapped it.
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Status: The order of shame has arrived
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@dcon why the fuck does a webpage need to “support” your OS?
I'm running the standalone app
Which opens Firefox? That doesn't sound "standalone".
It does that for SSO authentication
OK. But if it has to use -ANY- external program then it is -NOT- a "standalone" app.
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@hungrier said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: The order of shame has arrived
Did you order the right one or a knock off that doesn't work and now you have to order a proper one?
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@Gern_Blaanston said in The Official Status Thread:
But if it has to use -ANY- external program then it is -NOT- a "standalone" app.
Where does it end? Is it a "standalone" app if it uses OS services?
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@hungrier said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: The order of shame has arrived
Did you order the right one or a knock off that doesn't work and now you have to order a proper one?
A knock off one that does work, but according to reviews may have poor QA. So we'll see how long it lasts. It's actually a pair of them so twice as many chances to break!
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@dkf said in The Official Status Thread:
@Gern_Blaanston said in The Official Status Thread:
But if it has to use -ANY- external program then it is -NOT- a "standalone" app.
Where does it end? Is it a "standalone" app if it uses OS services?
It's gotta have the whole kit and kaboodle packed up staticly, no dependencies, heck, no OS needed!
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Status: I am literally the dumbest idiot in the world
It was in the storage area below the far end of my sectional couch. I had checked between the cushions on the other end of the couch, and behind the couch, but somehow didn't think to check there.
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@hungrier
You shouldhidesafely store your newly purchased stylii in those other strategic locations for next time.
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@izzion I should put them in a frame beside my front door. "In case of extreme stupidity, break glass"
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@hungrier said in The Official Status Thread:
In case of extreme stupidity, break glass
It's gonna be broken really soon
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@hungrier said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: I am literally the dumbest idiot in the world[citation needed]
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4:04 AM
Sleep not found
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I'll just leave this here and go to sleep.
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Status: Crap, I failed to opt out of spam when I placed an online order for ink at Office Depot.
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@hungrier said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: I am literally the dumbest idiot in the world
It was in the storage area below the far end of my sectional couch. I had checked between the cushions on the other end of the couch, and behind the couch, but somehow didn't think to check there.
This had a better than expected ending. Well done.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
this Assembly kit comes with
status: oh shit I seem to be missing a baggie of parts! Well, that puts a large dampener on this assembly program....
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@hungrier said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: I am literally the dumbest idiot in the world
It was in the storage area below the far end of my sectional couch. I had checked between the cushions on the other end of the couch, and behind the couch, but somehow didn't think to check there.
It's perfectly normal to find something you lost 5 minutes after you can no longer cancel the order for the replacement.
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STATUS I ran into three Swifties while out for my morning coffee. I feel this is @topspin's fault.
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
STATUS I ran into three Swifties while out for my morning coffee. I feel this is @topspin's fault.
I, for one, am not leaving the house and only recently learned what a Taylor Swift is.
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@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
STATUS I ran into three Swifties while out for my morning coffee. I feel this is @topspin's fault.
I, for one, am not leaving the house and only recently learned what a Taylor Swift is.
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
STATUS I ran into three Swifties while out for my morning coffee. I feel this is @topspin's fault.
You're either a weeb or a Swiftie.
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@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
STATUS I ran into three Swifties while out for my morning coffee. I feel this is @topspin's fault.
You're either a weeb or a Swiftie.
Quiet aran13!
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@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
STATUS I ran into three Swifties while out for my morning coffee. I feel this is @topspin's fault.
You're either a weeb or a Swiftie.
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Status: Can't make this up. NewEgg ships a $100 SSD drive in a padded envelope but puts a DP-2-DVI adapter and thumbnail-sized wireless adapter, each under $20, in separate boxes big enough to hold two old-style phone books. At this rate, the $12 thumb drives I'm still waiting on are going to arrive in wooden crates like supplies for an African safari.
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@Zenith Unfuckingbelievable. Can't use an M2 SSD with a heat sink in this thing. Case won't close. Would've been nice to know, Intel.
Edit: Fortunately I also bought a SATA SSD for the system drive so I can at least try to fight through basic setup while I wait for different M2 SSD.
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
STATUS I ran into three Swifties while out for my morning coffee.
I don't do "out" or "coffee", so I am am curious how a Swiftie is identified.