The Official Status Thread
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Ha! Few minutes it says!
16 Hours Later
I don't think it's gonna work guys....
Edit: GG MS! Can't even quit properly! (This is what happens when you click the Close button on that window):
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
MS
I'm assuming that the reason that this is taking ANY amount of time is that it's actually deleting all the foreign-key rows for all 60k update records that weren't needed for each of the three computers it should be deleting:
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Status:
Early access eBook I purchased from Manning got cancelled :(
So they allow me to exchange or refund, of course, and....
Nice! An additional free eBook for the trouble.
Another thing happened a little before that - my Ayreon pre-order is delayed because of customs. So the day of release they sent out a link to download it too:
(Actual link changed, obviously.)
So there's a couple of companies who seem to actually have some sense of good customer service
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@Dreikin said in The Official Status Thread:
So they allow me to exchange or refund, of course, and....
Nice! An additional free eBook for the trouble.
And now I'm having the problem of deciding what to get.
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@Lorne-Kates said in The Official Status Thread:
doing this
status done doing that.
Glinda vs. The Evil Dead
The Wizard of Oz read a new magic book The Necronomicon. It let something loose into the woods. So the Dorothy, the Hero of Oz came to save the day. And, well, you know how The Evil Dead + trees goes. So now Dorothy is in charge of two things: Toto and shit. And Toto went back to Kansas.
So Glinda put on the Ruby
SlippersCOMBAT BOOTS, and is ready to kick some undead ass. With this new tough as nails attitude, is she still a good witch?Good witch-- bad witch-- SHE'S THE ONE WITH THE WAND.
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@Lorne-Kates when I saw the last picture, I thought she was holding a shotgun.
Then I remembered you're in Canada
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@TimeBandit said in The Official Status Thread:
@Lorne-Kates when I saw the last picture, I thought she was holding a shotgun.
Then I remembered you're in Canada
She is. It's a sparkly pink wandgun.
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@Dreikin said in The Official Status Thread:
What's more, I can exchange it for a MEAP, MEAP
Not Enterprisey enough.
Dim MeapCount as Integer = 1 Dim MaxMeaps as Integer = 2 Dim MeapHeap as List(of String) = new List(of String) While MeapCount <= MaxMeaps MeapHeap.Add("Meap") MeapCount = MeapCount + 1 End While Console.Write(String.Join(", ", MeapHeap.ToArray()))
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STATUS
I think we've peaked for the week already. My tech lead was having problems with his pc not working. He was clicking on icons in the taskbar and it looked like the programs were loading but weren't showing up on screen. After about two minutes of watching this I asked him if they were showing up on the other monitor. The one he hadn't turned on.
I need a drink and its not even midday.
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Status: Wondering if Blaise Pascal is a distant relative of @Lorne-Kates:
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@Lorne-Kates Nanny Ogg in training?
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http://www.techrepublic.com/article/top-5-ways-to-create-secure-iot-devices/
Status: Reading this article and thinking "No shit, Sherlock."
To save you the effort, the five ways described are the same five ways used to secure all software and devices for the past 30 years.
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status: huuuungryyyy.... Someone.... Please.... Love me?
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
status: huuuungryyyy.... Someone.... Please.... Love me?
Go buy a dog
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@TimeBandit said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
status: huuuungryyyy.... Someone.... Please.... Love me?
Go buy a dog
My bitch left me. She thinks I'm cheating with the younger one. I'm not! I swear! Stormy is just a puppy she doesn't know any better!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Stormy is just a puppy
Excuse me, Stormy is an ice hog
https://nhl.bamcontent.com/images/photos/281632566/2608x652/cut.jpg
And because I went to that page and saw it:
Stormy's Story
Stormy the Ice Hog was born early one rainy, windy morning in 1997 into a proud family of Ice Hogs. His mother "Boss Hog" was a well known dancer, and his father "Paw Hog" was known throughout the land for his ability to do daring stunts. Being a part of this family, he knew that he was destined for greatness, but he always wondered what he would do when he grew up. He loved to dance like his mom, but also liked performing great stunts with his father. He dreamt of one day having a job that would combine both, but was always stumped on just how he would accomplish this.
Early one morning, while exploring in the Triangle Area, Stormy wandered into a huge arena where hockey practice for the Carolina Hurricanes was going on. Since the Hurricanes were practicing for a big game, they had music playing throughout the arena so that they could get the players and fans all pumped up! As Stormy quietly stood in the doorway watching the players skating, he noticed that something was happening to his foot... There was an uncontrollable tap...tap...tapping going on! Before he knew it, not only was his foot tapping, but his hips were rocking and swaying to the beat of the music! Stormy didn't know what was happening to him! It was as if the music had taken control of his mind! Suddenly he jumped up, climbed to the rafters, slid down a rope and plopped down "SPLAT" on the ice! He jumped up and started dancing right there in the middle of practice!
The players on the ice froze in their tracks and all looked on as Stormy danced for what seemed like an eternity! Some of the players even started to clap and high five each other as Stormy danced and glided across the ice performing fancy moves and stunts. The head coach, who had been watching from the sidelines, walked up to Stormy. Still in his own world, Stormy continued dancing even after the music stopped playing! Finally the coach yelled "STOP!", and Stormy froze. The coach walked up and stood face to face with Stormy. He looked him right in his gigantic blue eyes. Stormy looked back-frozen in his tracks, afraid to move. Finally the coach spoke, "Son, what's your name?" Since Stormy came from a family of Ice Hogs, all they called him (or anyone else, for that matter) was "Snort", so Stormy answered the coach, "SNORT."
Still not smiling the coach continued, "Son, I'm not sure if you know this, but I am running a hockey practice here... This team that stands before you is the newly formed Carolina Hurricanes." Stunned and a little embarrassed, all Stormy was able to do was clap and shyly wave at all the players! Coach continued, "Now I'm not sure if you knew this, but we have almost everything we need. We have players, coaches, fans, and a wonderful place to play... now all we need is a mascot." Stormy stood looking puzzled until he finally understood what the coach was asking. He pointed at himself as if to say, "Me? Why me?" Coach explained, "Son, what you did today, you did without worrying about who was watching - you just wanted to have fun. We all had fun watching you! That is the spirit that our team needs to show. So let me ask you this... Will you be our mascot?!"
Without hesitation Stormy nodded his head, and shook the coaches' hand. The team skated around on the ice, applauding and slapping Stormy on the back - they went nuts! When things died down, the coach began to speak once more. "Now I can't have my mascot going around being called 'Snort,' because where is the fun in that? From now on you will be known as 'Stormy', because you posses the spirit of all the Hurricanes, and we will take the world by storm! Now, since you have accepted this position," the coach paused and looked at his players, "and since you will represent this team, I need for you to be big and strong like all the players, so you are going to have to start eating like them! From now on you will need to eat lots of Banana Slugs, Panther Parfait, Deviled Eggs, and Thrasher Soup. Now the most important thing, with every meal you eat, you must drink lots of milk." Coach stuck his hand out, looked Stormy in the eyes once more and said, "Let me ask you once more... Will you be our mascot?" With a firm grip and a happy smile, Stormy happily shook the coach's hand in agreement!
Since that first chance encounter with the Carolina Hurricanes, Stormy's reputation around the National Hockey League has grown. He is known as one of the greatest mascots in the league! Stormy credits much of his success to living a life of fun and giving his body the proper things to stay healthy and fit, such as Candied Canadiens and milk. And if you happen to wander into PNC Arena any day, you will still find Stormy dancing and performing stunts like Boss Hog and Paw Hog. You will also find him following the coach's directions to eat healthy foods and drink lots of milk. As a matter of fact, it has been reported that Stormy enjoyed an extra tall drink of milk from the Stanley Cup! Stormy is living proof that dreams do come true!
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Status: What is this Java obsession with a bazillion
public final static String
's everywhere instead of enums? It's hideous, why not nice enums and then you get type safety too. I must be missing something.Edit: Lovely, this stringnum is an Action OR an Intent depending on exactly where in the code it gets used. Refactoring everything to enums to get rid of the madness. Commit message: "Code made me feel ill".
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@Cursorkeys You mean for keys?
The real answer is enums were only introduced in Java 5 and there are a lot of terrible developers who are content doing the same shit they first learned to do.
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@Cursorkeys said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: What is this Java obsession with a bazillion
public final static String
's everywhere instead of enums? It's hideous, why not nice enums and then you get type safety too. I must be missing something.Enums didn't exist in Java until J2SE 5.0, so it's probably legacy code hangover
Edit: Partial
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@RaceProUK said in The Official Status Thread:
code hangover
That's how it feels when you code in Java ?
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@TimeBandit Maybe? I've not done any Java since 2004, and what I did was part of my degree course (it was used as a teaching language)
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@Dreikin It's a bit late - but do you think it a good idea to publicly post a link they asked you not to share on forums? :)
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@Weng said in The Official Status Thread:
Unless your controller is a dick.
Puts new meaning in "joy"+"stick", eh?
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@JazzyJosh said in The Official Status Thread:
@Cursorkeys You mean for keys?
The real answer is enums were only introduced in Java 5 and there are a lot of terrible developers who are content doing the same shit they first learned to do.
@RaceProUK said in The Official Status Thread:
Enums didn't exist in Java until J2SE 5.0, so it's probably legacy code hangover
Edit: Partial
This was written in 2015 so I'm going with the developers option then. It's not a huge deal but everytime I see it my mind just goes gah.
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@JazzyJosh said in The Official Status Thread:
@Cursorkeys You mean for keys?
The real answer is enums were only introduced in Java 5 and there are a lot of terrible developers who are content doing the same shit they
first learned to dofound on StackOverflow.FTFY
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@Rhywden said in The Official Status Thread:
@Dreikin It's a bit late - but do you think it a good idea to publicly post a link they asked you not to share on forums? :)
IIRC he says he nerfed the link in the image. You should totally get it from that site though...
Edit: yeah, he said so:
@Dreikin said in The Official Status Thread:
(Actual link changed, obviously.)
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Status: I feel stupid now. I spent 20 minutes debugging an API call that was seemingly returning random data. I control both sides of the API, and that data wasn't an error--it was properly formatted and all, but it was just wrong. Like horribly wrong.
Turns out I uploaded the wrong testing data and it was working fine (for what I gave it) all along.
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@Cursorkeys said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: What is this Java obsession with a bazillion
public final static String
's everywhere instead of enums? It's hideous, why not nice enums and then you get type safety too. I must be missing something.I've seen it used for e.g. filling model variables when setting up JSP. IDEs won't auto-complete the string literal
"fooBarDataBackingObjectCollection"
but they should have no problem withFOO_BAR_DATA_BACKING_OBJECT_COLLECTION_KEY
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@Rhywden said in The Official Status Thread:
@Dreikin It's a bit late - but do you think it a good idea to publicly post a link they asked you not to share on forums? :)
What @Tsaukpaetra said :p
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@TimeBandit said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
status: huuuungryyyy.... Someone.... Please.... Love me?
Go buy a dog
For the hunger or the love?
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Let me tell you something, Microsoft Word. I'm writing a paper, a long paper, on application filtering. If you're going to complain this entire time that that phrase should be changed to "application-filtering" (which, by the way, is wrong), you and I are going to have problems.
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@heterodox Then maybe tell it it's a thing?
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@Magus It seems to be difficult to add grammar corrections to Word. Spelling fixes are fine, but grammar is just something where it insists on knowing better than you. (My particular bête noir was when I was using “ontology” as a simple noun, a usage that was correct in the field I was writing a paper in, but which Word utterly loathed and simply would not be corrected over.)
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Status: Well, we seem to have survived the Big Red Button. Though there are more Access DSNs floating around than I had discovered during pre-research, so that's going to be "fun"
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@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Well, we seem to have survived the Big Red Button. Though there are more Access DSNs floating around than I had discovered during pre-research, so that's going to be "fun"
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So I'm looking to buy some spinning platter hard drives for bulk storage.
Did something happen that made 5400RPM drives not fucking godawful unbearably slow? Because that seems to be all anybody sells anymore.
Because at 7200RPM, prices are frankly obscene.
In my junk pile (junk because they're like ten fucking years old) I have some Seagate 7200.11 1.5TB's. Records show I bought them for $100 like ten fucking years ago.
The EXACT SAME MODEL DOWN TO THE SKU is currently selling for $99.
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@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
Access DSNs floating around than I had discovered during pre-research
Oh boy.
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Status: Starting to feel the powa!
Now if only the rest of the PCs could feel the powa too...
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Status: An anime character this (and last) season:
Two characters in this show are named Hannah and Barbara respectively.
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What the fuck is that suggestion?! Microsoft Word, are you trying to write my paper for me?
... actually, would you please write my paper for me? Because fuck me, I am burnt out, a nightmare at work means I'm going to be pulling an all-nighter, I don't have nearly as much wiggle room on... anything as I thought, and I'd had precious little before.
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Status: Disabled Windows Defender because it was locking files in git filter-branch's temporary directory and causing the multi-hour-long process to error out and die.
Now git filter-branch is running about 20 times faster.
How does Windows Defender manage to slow down processes that much AND ALSO NOT FIND ANYTHING EVER?
Well, it does find some things, to be fair. So far it's quarantined some Go programs I wrote and compiled myself and a few Inedo installers. And it quarantined a forum backup once because someone had uploaded a test pattern.
So apart from actively sabotaging my work, making my computer slow, and providing no useful service, I see no reason why Windows Defender shouldn't be running at all times on my computer.
Antivirus software is like hiring someone to sit in your house and call you if your house gets set on fire. And most of the time, it's the antivirus that sets your house on fire in the first place.
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@ben_lubar Happy 68k!
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@ben_lubar said in The Official Status Thread:
Antivirus software is like hiring someone to sit in your house and call you if your house gets set on fire. And most of the time, it's the antivirus that sets your house on fire in the first place.
I get that you're being rhetorical, but antivirus software is like hiring someone to put the fire out if your house gets set on fire. And I don't think the false positives/performance impact have quite the same severity as the fire it's trying to prevent against.
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@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
@ben_lubar said in The Official Status Thread:
Antivirus software is like hiring someone to sit in your house and call you if your house gets set on fire. And most of the time, it's the antivirus that sets your house on fire in the first place.
I get that you're being rhetorical, but antivirus software is like hiring someone to put the fire out if your house gets set on fire. And I don't think the false positives/performance impact have quite the same severity as the fire it's trying to prevent against.
In this metaphor, I'm not even sure fire is a real thing that exists. I've never seen it myself.
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@ben_lubar said in The Official Status Thread:
In this metaphor, I'm not even sure fire is a real thing that exists. I've never seen it myself.
You're not even sure viruses exist? Okay.
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@ben_lubar said in The Official Status Thread:
I've never seen it myself
IMHO, if you uninstall Flash and Java, never use IE/Edge, Outlook, Word and Excel, and don't run random executables from the internet, your chances of getting one are pretty slim
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@TimeBandit said in The Official Status Thread:
don't run random executables from the internet
And pronz. Pronz do it too. Because maladvertising is a thing.
99% of viruses are "WTF were you pirating" or "WTF were you watching".
The other 90% are stupid users.