The Official Status Thread
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I'll do it for you.
You'll go in there, order a meal, receive your food and then have it immediately taken away despite promises that "If you like your food, you can eat your food", and then the waiters will steal your wallet and use all your money to buy food for their friends and supporters. Not just any food, but expensive lobster dishes. And if you complain, you'll be dismissed and called a bigoted racist.
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Status: just discovered there's a restaurant called "Obama" near me.
I feel like I could make some kind of joke about this here, but I don't really know enough about USA politics to pull it off.
Most of the bill is tax.
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Oh wait, no they may not switch to checking for word breaks.
https://meta.discourse.org/t/word-censor-butt-vs-button/20968/5
So it looks like they fully intended for the clbuttic mistake.
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I could see Jeff agreeing with you and only doing a basic English dictionary so I had to put in a few cents on yours.
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Funny story: I've been trying a lot of those "build your own town" money-sucking games for Android and iOS recently (don't judge me). Most of them ask you for a nickname since they have a chat and other multiplayer things. I always enter "anon" since it's short and simple.
I have already found TWO that wouldn't let me use the name. Because "ano" means "anus" in Spanish, I assume. Talk about oversensitive filters!
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OK, it looks like they were convinced by "ass" being broken as shit in their implementation.
https://meta.discourse.org/t/word-censor-butt-vs-button/20968/18
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TDWTF wins again.
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Less than 5 hours of sleep potentially possible tonight.
Fun.
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You know, I think that Java having a
ClbuttLoader
would make one heck of a lot more sense than what actually happens…
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Less than 5 hours of sleep potentially possible tonight.
Fun.Probably less for me, but I'm about to start a 3 day weekend.
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So I have a list where I often take quick notes of things to do so I won't forget them, and apparently a few hours ago I wrote "buy hat at supermarket" and now I can't figure out why the fuck I would EVER write something like that so I'm starting to literally question my own sanity :-|
But on the plus side, I have donuts. I like donuts (in moderation).
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Status: finally figured out why my Skyrim mod has been broken recently.
Turns out, a material interaction list can only be modified once. Ever. Last mod loaded "wins." There's about 47,000 different data types Creation Engine can automatically merge, but... I guess they didn't fucking bother with this one for no reason. And natch, material interaction lists aren't scriptable in Papyrus, nor can you apply them to a single actor. (Unless you make a 1-actor race, which is an even dumber workaround than the below workaround.)
So if you want to apply a skin interaction to two races (say, replace red blood with green or whatever), only the mod last in the load order will actually work.
The "fix" (there isn't a fix, but the "shitty workaround") is to convert the custom race mod into a master file so you can then mod it in your own mod. Which means modifying the other person's mod, which means if they ever update it-- welcome to manually-merging-patch-ville! EDIT: oh and of course editing masters means I need to start a new save game. Almost certainly. EDIT EDIT: it also means that it's impossible to share this mod on Nexus or Steam Workshop, because I can't redist the mod I had to modify to make it.
But hopefully that won't come up as long as I actually care.
MINI-FAQ
Q: "Hey Blakeyrat, why are you still writing Skyrim mods?"
A: "Shut up."Q: "Bethesda should pay you big fucking bucks to work on Elder Scrolls VI, assuming they're still using Creation Engine."
A: "I put in enough time learning all this shit, they totally fucking should. Then they should pay Arthmoor like $500,000 because that guy rocks."
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I see that unemployment is treating you well.
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Feh. Yeah if nobody pays me to work with shitty horrible tools, I do it voluntarily. Because I am fucking stupid.
Also two GREAT phone interviews this week, and zero in-person interviews scheduled. So the job hunt is going really fucking great and also shoot me in the fucking face.
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Everyone has their own crap.
I'm a .NET developer, I was just assigned 5 small projects.
4 are database only, one is a JavaScript issue.
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I suggest urinating on them. The projects.
You can for example install the projects onto a laptop and then number one on the laptop. Or you could use a laser printer to print out the code, then whiz all over the stack of papers. Then deliver whatever you pissed on directly to your boss' desk and, after he fires you, give him my business card.
There is, however, one minor flaw with this otherwise-perfect plan: I don't have any up-to-date business cards printed.
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also shoot me in the fucking face.
That's one way to end your worries about your job hunt.
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I don't have any up-to-date business cards printed.
I made you one. Imagine that I used crayon instead of MS Paint.
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So it looks like they fully intended for the clbuttic mistake.
Actually, Jeff intended to have word boundaries, but apparently that didn't make it through the intra-discodev communication boundary. "Do it!"
Unfortunately, their issue tracker has no real way to define acceptance criteria.
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Status: had a job offer at the salary I requested, and in my area so no relocation required.
Not quitting my current job until I have it in writing of course
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Also two GREAT phone interviews this week, and zero in-person interviews scheduled. So the job hunt is going really fucking great and also shoot me in the fucking face.
It could be worse. You could have a job you have to go to.
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Came home from work, skype off, viber off. Time for some quality cartman-alone time.
Yes, it means napping.
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Status: Feeling like a flipping moron. Woke up late today so rushed to work grabbing a late breakfast on the way in (so can skip lunch and still leave at a reasonable time). Then I realize I left my insulin pump on the counter at home.
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Status: slightly annoyed that the custom made picture frame I ordered last week and was supposed to be picked up today was not going to happen... despite ordering a gold frame, it arrived in the shop with a white one.
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Status: Feeling like a flipping moron. Woke up late today so rushed to work grabbing a late breakfast on the way in (so can skip lunch and still leave at a reasonable time). Then I realize I left my insulin pump on the counter at home.
not good!
Status: waiting for a meeting that someone scheduled at 1230 when i wanted to sneak out of the office at 1200 today (we're closing early anyway) but noooooo. i'm a required participant in the meeting. and there's not even going to be lunch provided...
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not good!
Just meant that I did have to take a lunch break (and a little earlier than normal).
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Just meant that I did have to take a lunch break (and a little earlier than normal).
ah. well at least it was not an emergency...
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Then I realize I left my insulin pump on the counter at home.
Ugh. Hopefully you'll be able to work that out in a suitable manner.
ETA: ah, good.
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Status: Yes, finally! Got an email to my job hunt email account and it's a interview with-- oh.
It's a fucking satisfaction survey.
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Status: Yes, finally! Got an email to my job hunt email account and it's a interview with-- oh.
It's a fucking satisfaction survey.
Wha? Like "How satisfied were you that we didn't call you in for an interview"?
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Hello from XXX!
We would love for you to tell us about your recent experience with us! We are always looking for ways to improve our company and the service that we provide to our consultants. Your feedback is highly valued and important to our growth. The survey should only take a few minutes of your time and is accessible by any device.
EDIT: Even worse, they use SurveyMonkey to do it. Ugh. I used to compete with those idiots back when I worked at a digital agency, their survey product is fucking awful.
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Oh, the previous contracting agency? That makes more sense then.
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Oh yeah sorry. I blanked out their name but forgot to mention what (type of) company it actually was.
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Status: fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
How is it possible I hang up on a phone interview thinking it's the best phone interview I've ever done in my life, and then the guy calls the contracting agency and tells them I was fucking terrible. Goddamned.
Well it's 10:22 AM, not too early to hit the whiskey.
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Status: 10am meeting lasted 2½ hours and required full power concentration the whole time. Train home was absolutely packed with idiots. Focus? What focus?
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You also take the train?
Cool~
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Status: Out of likes!
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I refuse to apologize!
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You also take the train?
Cool~
It's either that or drive, and there's exactly one sane way to drive and that's one of the busiest motorways in the country. (There are some small roads too, but they go through a lot of littletraffic jamstowns.)So yes, I take the train.
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I just used Windows Movie Maker to make a youtube video of my song of the day (they didn't have a playable version anywhere). I never used it before or did any kind of video at all. It was amazingly easy, no learning required at all. An excellent product by MS, I had no idea.
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Status: trying, and failing, to explain to a know-it-all project engineer why he only needs a /20 (4096 addresses) at best for his 1000 devices and caving in to his insistance on wanting a /19.
The word 'cock' in part of his name appears ta be some form of nominative determinism...
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Status: starting to look into buying a new car.
So what do you think is my most important criteria? Make? Model? Financing? Personal preference?
No no no, don't be silly. These are concerns in normal countries.
My main parameter: yearly registration tax that is based almost entirely on the engine's capacity (in cc)- from 0 to 2000 cc, a pretty linear progression, ranging from $10 to $90.
- 2001 - 2500 cc : $480
- 2501 - 3000 cc : $960
- 3001+ cc : $2000
Oh but don't despair, there's a discount.... for people who buy really old cars, going up to 80% for cars over 20 years old.
Why?
WHO KNOWS! JUST PAY AND SHUT UP!
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Buy a car so small you'll find it less unpleasant to use public transportation, peasant!
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i have a 1.8L engine in my car and i outperform most of the muscle cars around, in city at least.
Those two electric motors really give me a boost in the low end torque. I'd lose over the 1/4 mile, but then it's city you don't have that long before the next red ligh! :-D
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My Ford Fusion Hybrid has a 2000cc engine. Which only runs about 1/3rd of the time or so. (And I guarantee it gets better gas mileage than 66% of the cars in the 0-2000 range.)
How does that work with their idiotic registration laws?
To give an idea, here in Washington State, it costs about $60/year for registration. (By the old pre-Tim Eyman rules, it'd probably be closer to $190-$200, though.)
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Assuming we're talking about the UK (I'm guessing, since that's kind of how our car tax is worked out, I believe... I don't drive myself, public transport does everything I need)... hybrids get a partial or complete exemption on tax depending on model etc.
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My Ford Fusion Hybrid has a 2000cc engine. Which only runs about 1/3rd of the time or so. (And I guarantee it gets better gas mileage than 66% of the cars in the 0-2000 range.)
How does that work with their idiotic registration laws?
Sounds like that comes just inside "approved for the ordinary citizen" range. By the time they realize electrics and hybrids exists, you guys will be probably flying around in hovercrafts.