The Official Status Thread
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Status: after the "stuff" last week and more stuff this morning, I am feeling down in the shitter morale-wise.
Man, if only you didn't have gamification, you could like three posts (or whatever) and talk about it in the lounge. But I feel your pain, since morale here is pretty low too.
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To make things worse, one of the shitheaps I got assigned to work on today is an idiot asshole's testing framework he built in Node.js to do API tests on our API, for some reason.
Despite everybody in back-end dev saying this is stupid and useless, well, he did it anyway and now I have to fix his broken-ass test.
The fix consists of adding a single boolean to the "Employee" object send to the back end, but the source code of the test is such a shitpile of crap I can't even find where to add the property.
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The fix consists of adding a single boolean to the "Employee" object send to the back end, but the source code of the test is such a shitpile of crap I can't even find where to add the property.
Yay.
When the other programmers quit in July, I wound up inheriting, among the rest of the codebase, a couple of hundred thousand lines of code that does payroll, that I have never touched before. I can hardly wait til the first time I have to dive into that.
ETA: That wasn't supposed to sound like oneupmanship, in case it did. That was another "I feel your pain."
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Status: Wrote a JavaScript app that displays Guild Wars 2 maps.
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thanks @wood!
You're welcome. See, Discourse is good. I knew you all would eventually thank me later.
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Statuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus: got a new keyboard ... seems the uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu key get's stuuck from time to time ...
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I have two on my desk and both work!
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I have two on my desk and both work!
show off!
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uit seems to become less stuck after some typing ...
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Ugh, it's one of those flat ones. I count those as "Not working, by design".
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"E_BY_DESIGN"
FTFY
I'll give it a day and see if a COMPLAIN is in order, worst case I bring my own
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I have two on my desk
I used to do that, but I gave one away. Having two keyboards confuses me too much.
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Status: Working on importing some CSVs into a database and figuring out the table structure. While poking around, I found this:
18268880;66761;34587;"36";134;100;;52;692100;534568467,00 18268880;66761;34587;"36";134;100;;52;692100;1225088680,00
That's two identical rows, except for the last column. The column is called
rnd
. Yes, it does seem to be what you would think it is from that name....
WAT?
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Status: Title didn't have enough words beginning with
S
Title change sponsored by Handy Dandy Super Villain Appliance Distributors Limited
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Status:New software installed by a vendor's technicians on our server yesterday, this just happened:
Event 15006, MSExchangeTransport The Microsoft Exchange Transport service is rejecting message submissions because the available disk space has dropped below the configured threshold Back pressure caused the following components to be disabled: Inbound mail submission from the Internet Mail submission from the Pickup directory Mail submission from the Replay directory
RDP keeps timing out but I bet it's a rampaging logfile, GG crappy vendor.
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Filed under: Suffering Socrates!
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Who's the moron who thinks this shit is funny? Christ.
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... uh wouldn't best practice be "never under ANY circumstances write a desktop application in fucking Java, you fat idiot!"
Because I think it should be.
But what if the management decides to take up jogging and loses weight? Or a skinny person is promoted into management position? Or they hire a manager who isn't an idiot? (I know, as unlikely as a colliding GUID, but you still check anyways because of malicious input).
Your policy isn't enterprisy enough. Can we abstract it into a more generic IPolicyFactory?
the administration
There's your problem right there.
Not, but seriously, there's almost the entire problem with the education system these days. Administrators have become this branch of the education system that have nothing to do with education, aren't involved with the students, don't contribute to the overall culture of education, and are rewarded for being actively antagonistic towards staff. Their primary purpose is to climb the Administrator ladder. And since somehow they've managed to weasel their way into being in charge of budget and policy, they're a self-sustaining branch who can corrupt everything around them to support themselves. Like cancer.
You can usually find a defining moment when the administrators ruined everything for everyone. In Ontario, somehow a few years ago, the Administrators role was subtly changed. A principal used to be the head of the school, representing the teachers and students to the school board. She was their advocate and communication liason. That changed, somehow, to the principal being the liason and mouthpiece of the BOARD, dictating terms and policies to the staff. Rather than taking concerns up to the board, she's in charge of quashing dissent and getting the teachers "in line". And of course, all her decisions are made to look good in the Board's eyes-- useless policies to "show improvement", mindless activities that echo whatever the latest snakeoil someone is peddling as "education". And of course of course, you can't criticize her for any of this, because she can always deflect blame back up to the Board ("Oh, it's just a policy we all have to follow"), and the staff has lost their ability to communicate WITH the Board.
Seriously. Go ask any teacher you know when the last time they had a USEFUL and PRODUCTIVE PA day (or whatever it may be called... Professional Activity day. Professional Development day. The days the students all have off, and the staff gathers to do work). Did they get to catch up on photocopying and lesson planning? Nope. Did they get to work amongst their department to discuss students, go over how to tackle tricky parts of the curriculum, or share teaching strategies? Nope. Did they an all-hands-on-deck discussion of what tools and techniques teachers are finding real, actual success with and share amongst the staff? Nope.
Did they get to do some sort of dumb-ass "mandatory training", that involves watching a 30 year old video on ladder safety? Yup. Did they get to fill in a webpage afterwards to "prove" they watched it, because teachers are little children, and not professional adults, and should be treated as such? Yup. Did that webpage crash, because it was designed by an idiot who never thought that, since everyone in the entire board will be doing this training all at once, it should maybe scale up to more than 5 people using it? Yup.
Did they then get to waste a bunch of time in the auditorium doing camp games to "learn about each other", lead by the administrator? Yup. Did the principal then give an hour long Power Point reading, filled with typos, incorrect information, YouTube links that don't work, and 4 point font-- all because giving presentations on some buzzword excites those in the Board who are in charge of hiring? Yup. Did they bring in a highly paid guest speaker to present "a revolutionary new education concept" that is a) scientifically proven to not work and b) is a proprietary, commercial product they're trying to sell? Yup. Is that person either a) a friend of a Board member or b) someone who flew a bunch of Board members out to a fancy resort to give them a spa weekend and a presentation? Yup.
Fucking administrators.
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@Lorne_Kates said:
Fucking administrators.
Oh right. The Nazi-like teacher's unions are like gentle angels in comparison, right?
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Oh right. The Nazi-like teacher's unions are like gentle angels in comparison, right?
Newsflash: there can be more than one bad actor in a story.
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Could someone make this fucking title shorter, so it doesn't fuck up the notifications menu? Goddamned, people. We're stuck with this shitty software, COULD YOU STOP TRYING TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE WORSE!? What the fuck is wrong with you?!
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Could someone make this fucking title shorter, so it doesn't fuck up the notifications menu?
Done!
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Status: Just missed being in an unpleasant-looking accident. Was stopped behind one other car at 4-way intersection. Our light goes green, the SUV in front of my now well-tire-clad Kia pulls into the intersection as an 18-wheeler enters from opposite. Just as I'm about to take my foot off the brake, I look to the right a hair, and see a car come breezing on through the intersection a bit fast--I have just enough time to NOT take my foot off the brake when he blitzes on through, T-bones the SUV, which throws the second car right into the back end of the 18-wheeler. Shit, better call 911. I hope SUV guy is OK. I also hope he didn't have anyone in the passenger seat.
Also, my phone put itself into "Emergency callback mode" where it disables the data connection for 5 minutes. I guess that's in case you decide to play Game of War right after reporting a nasty car accident or whatever. I think someone here mentioned having that happen recently--in my case, pulling down the notification bar gave me a dialog to turn it off early.
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Thank you.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could go like a whole month without me having to nag idiots to not make the Discourse experience even shittier.
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Shit, better call 911.
That sort of thing is where giving a witness statement to the cops can help a lot too, confirming what they'll suspect (that an idiot was running red lights, and going far too fast, at least on the basis of the statement you've told us).
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Wondering if there's some way to make this a meme.
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That sort of thing is where giving a witness statement to the cops can help a lot too, confirming what they'll suspect (that an idiot was running red lights, and going far too fast, at least on the basis of the statement you've told us).
Yeah, I told them the first car ran the light. I don't think he was speeding, though, or at least not by much. He must've just blanked and not registered the light because his side of the road was two lanes, and the other lane had like 3 stopped cars, plus, an 18-wheeler in the middle of the intersection. If he hadn't hit the SUV he'd've gone head-first into the trailer's rear wheels.
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You making a meme of Jeff... how do you say casually.. not getting it?
No, I don't think that has meme-potential, sorry. Nobody would ever write or abbreviate that.
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Is that a self-admitted JDGI?
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Status: This morning's meeting was a monster. I'm having problems concentrating. I've missed my afternoon meeting in a bit of a daze. The AC is behaving strangely. I'm staring at my code but not actually writing anything.
Ugh.
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I haven't even left my house yet and I already feel like that.
Well except the AC part. AFAIK the AC in our building works fine.
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Fucking christ this place is a shitshow.
Management shat on my inbox asking for comments on a proposal to India offshore parts of our group. Which is a complete nonstarter because of regulations, security requirements and the need to closely collaborate with people in this side of the planet.
When they get around to asking for comments it usually means they've already made the decision and are trying to make you think it was your idea.
Fuck @nagesh and fuck these idiots who are stuck trying every discredited pre-2010 IT management trope.
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Status:
FUCK DISCOURSE
THIS DIFF IS A LIE!
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But but all the magical promises and exciting new projects!!!
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Oh right. The Nazi-like teacher's unions are like gentle angels in comparison, right?
This has nothing to do with my point.
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I'm not here for the promises (though they have been made). I'm here to watch the complete trainwreck and entirely voluntary self inflicted collapse of an otherwise promising Fortune 500 company. Maybe I'll write a bestselling book out of it.
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asking for comments on a proposal to India offshore parts of our group
Well, you can always say something like:
βThat's going to be amusing. For me.β
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Oh great, some dickwad made the thread title really long again. That problem was solved for almost an entire half-hour, good job morons Jeff Atwood inexplicably thinks should have the ability to change thread titles.
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My email to my direct boss had the headdesk glyph in it.
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Oh great, some dickwad made the thread title really long again. That problem was solved for almost an entire half-hour, good job morons Jeff Atwood inexplicably thinks should have the ability to change thread titles.
We should limit the notification area to only the first 10 characters of a thread title, and the last 5. Because people only read the first 10% and last 5% of a thread. If there are duplicates, then you're doing it wrong for not enforcing a strict-ban policy on thread titles not being duplicated by end users!!!!
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Someone drop Sam a line, I'm sure he can set it up to just delete anything longer than 40% of some Discolimit.
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I'm sure [Sam] can set it up to just delete anything longer than 40% of some Discolimit
While he's in there, can he delete the phantom new topics I keep seeing?
Status: This is a pretty bad week so far. Mass stupidity from one client that has taken up practically all my time so far, and by the looks of it, will continue to.
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While he's in there, can he delete the phantom new topics I keep seeing?
That seems too much like fixing actual bugs.
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Status: Thundering and raining very hard. Thank goodness I'm at home now.
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Status: Pissed off at HR who can't seem to understand that bank holidays are a part of your statutory annual leave allowance, and that YES they are annual leave that you accrue, and that YES they do have to pay you for them if you leave before taking them. This is despite showing them government sites which clearly state that this has got to be the case.
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Status: Getting rewarded for my heroic efforts and accomplishments on a project with a $50 gift card. To the company store.
Filed under: Maybe I'll buy a nice cup with the company logo on it?
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and that YES they do have to pay you for them if you leave before taking them.
Which country is this?