The Official Status Thread
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Status: I choose to take this badly-written sentence in this news article literally, because it's hilarious that way:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-quake-idUSKCN0XE009
"Reconstruction will cost billions of dollars," said Correa, as survivors begged him for water.
"Please, President Correa, we need some water!" "Reconstruction will cost billions of dollars." "My daughter's lips are parched, she lost a lot of blood from that cut." "Reconstruction will cost billions of dollars."
EDIT: this image at the bottom of the article is also pretty hilarious:
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@Polygeekery said in The Official Status Thread:
I won the genetic lottery on allergies though. I am not even allergic to poison ivy or poison oak.
My genetic lottery got me a high resistance to anesthetics, dopamines, and other neurotransmitters. It makes surgeries and stuff ultra fun!
Luckily I don't require too much medical attention, though if I went in for a standard exam they'd probably tell me to lower my cholesterol, lose weight, eat healthier, exercise, and take some anti-depression medication, because why wouldn't they?
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@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
I'm toying with the idea of renting a domain with the intention of setting up an email server behind it.
My domain is parked on Yahoo (well, Yahoo sold off business, but the branding is still there). In my email control panel, I can create NNN (forget the number) users as aliases to real account. I use Thunderbird/pop3 to download the email at home and have filters in there. (Yeah, I don't leave the email on the server - get off my lawn!) The nice thing is I don't have to maintain an actual email server.
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Status: I can hear the HVAC over my headphones. Which are cranked up to max.
"Quiet development space" my arse.
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Status: OKAY PANDORA THAT'S ENOUGH LINDSAY STERLING. FOR REALSIES NOW.
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@Weng said in The Official Status Thread:
THAT'S ENOUGH LINDSAY STERLING
impossibru! there's no such thing as enough lindsey sterling
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Status: One boss (secondments are weird sometimes) thinks that everything has already been done. Another thinks that he's under attack by the other boss and is trying to batten down the hatches. The reality? Neither is right. There's been some terrible proof-of-concept stuff done that's just about demoware, but all the bits and pieces do not work together and will require an ass-load of work to change, yet all the worker bees involved are actually keen to get on and sort it out as it will enable rolling a bunch of stuff out much more widely if our “extended demonstrator” works. Bosses? Get off our backs and let us deliver what you know you need so that you can proclaim great success and be hailed as saviours of the universe.
Building a model of the metadata of a research project is just a bit difficult…
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@blakeyrat said in The Official Status Thread:
4 bathroom breaks in an 8-hour period?
I take way more than that... Sucking on a water bottle all day will do that.
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@fbmac said in The Official Status Thread:
I may need to work this saturday morning to help them.
Boss: Why didn't you respond to my texts/calls???
You: Sorry, phone ran out of power, the cord was at work, and I was 200 miles away.
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Came in through a notification.
Clicked on the "page 2142"
http://i.imgur.com/qXiZA2T.png
I've only ever seen it with this one thread. I guess NodeBB has problems with page turnover?
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Been staring at screen for most of day, interspersed with short bursts of support. Have my billing half done for the period. Something about today + my brain. Work. Just can't even.
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@Lorne-Kates said in The Official Status Thread:
Work. Just can't even.
Have a meeting! It's the modern alternative to work! If you arrange for someone else to give a presentation, there'll even be no need to pretend to be awake.
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@fbmac said in The Official Status Thread:
Just found out that all large internet providers in Brazil introduced caps for new customers at the same time. I hate these cartels. With the largest tiers between 80GB and 130GB/mo. This is fucking ridiculous.
God help you if you have multiple computers and need to update Windows and download Visual Studio...
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
update Windows
Well in theory computers in your local network will "talk to one another" magically so updates get shared around like some kind of flu virus, right? That's going to solve all the problems!
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Status:
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@JazzyJosh said in The Official Status Thread:
@Weng said in The Official Status Thread:
$1000 refund from the feds.
Waow
I got that too. Had to pay the state 300.
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@Weng said in The Official Status Thread:
@boomzilla said in The Official Status Thread:
H&R Block got their shit together and gave me a discount for my trouble. Taxes are done...actually a lot better than I had feared.
TO THE LIQUOR CABINET
$1000
refund frominterest-free loan to the feds.FTFY
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@dkf said in The Official Status Thread:
@Lorne-Kates said in The Official Status Thread:
Work. Just can't even.
Have a meeting! It's the modern alternative to work! If you arrange for someone else to give a presentation, there'll even be no need to pretend to be awake.
I have my trump card for today at least. Billing. Go through all the timesheets for the period, determine what is and isn't billable, write up notes. It technically takes about 8 hours, but I can usually rush it and do it in less. Which I will do. Tomorrow. For today, my door is closed and I'm "working on billing".
(In all fairness, I did do a run through, tallied the time and prepped some notes, so I've done somebolded text**** work)
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@Lorne-Kates It's like a meeting I can have by myself while watching youtube.
So a lot like masturbating.
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@izzion Yeah. I know. But given the vagaries of how much I can claim off in any given year (seriously, it's plus or minus like 3k), its either overwithold and get the balance back or have to maintain a budget for tax purposes.
The accounting is vastly easier this way.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Mine was around $3.8k when combined with State. NFK why I'm loaning the government money apparently, but I'm a good little sheep and don't question it.
Because if they didn't do withholding and people had to write quarterly checks, they'd probably revolt. Also, the default rules are tuned so you give them an interest-free loan. If you spend a little time a couple times a year working out a rough estimate of what you make and what you'll owe, you can tune your withholding to the point where you are gonna get or owe a small amount of money.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Well in theory computers in your local network will "talk to one another" magically so updates get shared around like some kind of flu virus, right? That's going to solve all the problems!
That's actually one reason I leave that one at home. NFC if it actually works...
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@blakeyrat said in The Official Status Thread:
the things are virtually impossible to wear-out or damage
Unless someone's a dumbass. My office bought a used one a couple of years ago as part of a server modernization (going from tower servers to 2Us) and it's a fairly large dent in one side--looks like someone kicked it or something.
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@Polygeekery said in The Official Status Thread:
I want to go back to my early 20's when I did not get hangovers.
You could try not drinking so many of them.
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@FrostCat said in The Official Status Thread:
You could try not drinking so many of them.
I try. I fail.
Also, my recipe is 2/3 liquor. The line between "enough to be happy drunk" and "holy fuck, you are going to have a wicked headache tomorrow" is precariously thin.
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@FrostCat Yeah. Fuck that. I ain't got time to do that shit once a year, nevermind 4. My CPA would certainly like it, though.
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@Lorne-Kates said in The Official Status Thread:
Been staring at screen for most of day, interspersed with short bursts of support. Have my billing half done for the period. Something about today + my brain. Work. Just can't even.
Did you make margaritas yesterday also?
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Look what I found on StackOverflow:
In the comments to the answer:
How people naturally talk? The showrunners must be hanging around some very strange people; most people I know understand that profanity is the hallmark of a tragically limited vocabulary, and tend to keep things clean just because it sounds better that way. – Mason Wheeler 4 hours ago
@MasonWheeler how droll and judgmental the people you know must be. – cde 4 hours ago
Not at all. They're just ordinary professionals who refrain from being unprofessional. – Mason Wheeler 4 hours ago
It's like a dumb DailyWTF thread, but on a totally different dumb site!
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@dcon Shit, I've taken 3 dumps in the 6 hours I've been at work.
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@Polygeekery said in The Official Status Thread:
The line between "enough to be happy drunk" and "holy fuck, you are going to have a wicked headache tomorrow" is precariously thin.
You'd best get busy practicing on divining the line on the weekends, then.
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@Weng said in The Official Status Thread:
Yeah. Fuck that. I ain't got time to do that shit once a year, nevermind 4. My CPA would certainly like it, though.
If you aren't sure what you'll be getting paid, it's not worth doing. If you have one regular paycheck it's less work.
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@blakeyrat said in The Official Status Thread:
It's like a dumb DailyWTF thread, but on a totally different dumb site!
But we don't fucking consider ourselves superior just because of the words we use ... right?
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@FrostCat It's not the paycheck that's the variable part: It's the deductions, credits and writeoffs.
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@Polygeekery said in The Official Status Thread:
@Lorne-Kates said in The Official Status Thread:
Been staring at screen for most of day, interspersed with short bursts of support. Have my billing half done for the period. Something about today + my brain. Work. Just can't even.
Did you make margaritas yesterday also?
No, but I did figure out how to change the shock absorbers on my car. And I also swapped the winter tires with summer tires. On rims. Stored on shelves.
:|
Good news: learning more about car repair:
bad news: I don't think the new shock absorbers are doing anything, so I guess it's a different part of the suspension. BUMP.
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@Lorne-Kates What are the automotive symptoms?
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@blakeyrat said in The Official Status Thread:
It's like a dumb DailyWTF thread, but on a totally different dumb site!
Mason Wheeler is a dumb fucking tit-shitter.
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@Weng said in The Official Status Thread:
@FrostCat It's not the paycheck that's the variable part: It's the deductions, credits and writeoffs.
Well, I was thinking holistically. I know someone who has very little variability in his taxes from year to year other than raises, and every 6 months or so he spends a little time adjusting his withholding so that he owes as close to a buck as possible. Considering he's been in the payroll software business for like 30 years, he's probably already got a program where all he does is enter his pay info and it tells him exactly how much to withhold.
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@Weng said in The Official Status Thread:
@Lorne-Kates What are the automotive symptoms?
I go over a bump and the car is very bumpy. Hmm, possibly more helpful:
Hit a bump and it's HARD. It doesn't absorb well. You really FEEL those bumps. The symptom is NOT where you hit a bump and the car bounces for a while like a play swing.
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@Lorne-Kates Sounds to me like the shocks are too hard
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@RaceProUK Springs, actually. But that's not a thing that just happens, because they get softer as they wear out.
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@RaceProUK said in The Official Status Thread:
@Lorne-Kates Sounds to me like the shocks are too hard
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The shocks are the giant fucking metal springs attached to the tire, right? When I was under the car, they seemed hard-- like they were made of half-inch-thick solid steel. Is that normal?
I've also been told not to replace my own shocks, because you have to compress them and more likely than not that'll fail and knock my head off.
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@Lorne-Kates said in The Official Status Thread:
The shocks are the giant fucking metal springs attached to the tire, right?
No, the springs would be the springs.
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@Lorne-Kates said in The Official Status Thread:
I've also been told not to replace my own shocks, because you have to compress them and more likely than not that'll fail and knock my head off.
Yes, without proper spring compressors it's a bit dangerous.
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@Lorne-Kates One of several possibilities:
- Someone lowered your car when you weren't looking.
- One or more springs has collapsed and the suspension is sitting on its stops
- The potholes you hit have gotten bigger.
- Did this coincide with a change of tires?
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@loopback0 said in The Official Status Thread:
@Lorne-Kates said in The Official Status Thread:
The shocks are the giant fucking metal springs attached to the tire, right?
No, the springs would be the springs.
That makes sense.
I replaced the shock absorbers-- the piston things, like this:
(Except it didn't have the top cylinder, just a piston than bolted to the car's frame via a coupler)
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@Lorne-Kates said in The Official Status Thread:
The shocks are the giant fucking metal springs attached to the tire, right?
Nope; those are, funnily enough, the springs. The shocks are the piston-like devices that dampen suspension oscillations, hence 'shock absorbers' or 'dampers'.
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@Weng said in The Official Status Thread:
@Lorne-Kates One of several possibilities:
- Someone lowered your car when you weren't looking.
That would be quite the feat.
- One or more springs has collapsed and the suspension is sitting on its stops
I can check that.
- The potholes you hit have gotten bigger.
Nope, it's pretty much everywhere. Even speedbumps at low speed.
- Did this coincide with a change of tires?
Not that I'm aware of. And the tires have been changed several times since. It's been like that for a good I want to say 40k or so. I've just gotten used to it.
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@Lorne-Kates shocks are the tube looking bit (usually) inside the spring, and on most cars you have to compress and remove the springs to access them. Springs, especially full length stock ones, are fucking terrifying. I have the tools and expertise to deal with them, and they're still fucking scary.
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@Lorne-Kates said in The Official Status Thread:
I can check that.
By that I mean I'll be changing the tires on my wife's car in the next couple days. While I have the jack and everything out, I'll jack up my car, take off the tire, and take some photos.