Useless Conversation

[Ironwood]

You know, Epic was ok and Elena enjoyed it, but if you're going to call your film Epic, it might be an idea to make it a little more Grand, you know ?

[Morat20]

Paying for the plumbers to pick up my toilets from Home Depot has already paid off. One of the two delivered had a crack in the bowl, so they got to cart it back.

[MrHat]

Went to HEB. They had all 3 varieties of Whataburger condiments. Turned that frown upside down.

Hell ya.

[Ironwood]

Rachel Nichols has fantastic tits.

[Paelos]

Rachel Nichols has fantastic tits.

Looked her up. Yes.

[Rishathra]

I went to GIS without hesitation, seeing the comment was from Ironwood.

Edit: He is correct.

[Yegolev]

I pasted his text directly into Google.

[MrHat]

I pasted his text directly into Google.

Highlighted and used the context menu Google Search.

[Trippy]

People are only learning this now?

[schild]

I translated it to polish then looked it up.

Still got the correct results.

Man google, you good.

[WayAbvPar]

I am not sure I had heard of her before. Apparently I have been missing out.

[Salamok]

Rudy's has to go down in history as the world's greatest gas station food.  Some Rudy's takeout almost makes working late bearable.

[Hawkbit]

I'm fucking balls deep in EERDs for this database class.  Absolutely the most intriguing class I've taken in this degree, but my mind is melting.

Status report:  Now I'm fucking balls deep in dependency diagrams for normalization for this database class.  Luckily this is the last week of paper work, it's all labs in developer tools from here out.  I've figured out that my teacher is shitballs crazy in her desire for detail.  The difference between getting a 35 out of 40 pts vs 38 out of 40 pts is about three extra hours of checking to see if the PK, FK are all underlined and italicized properly. 

The core content makes a ton of sense.  The mind melting comes from the level of detail she needs for full credit.   

[Morat20]

From what I vaguely recall from the advanced db classes I took (and barely passed), is that in the real world, people get really, really pissy when you fuck around with their databases and lose stuff. :)

Judging from the few anecdotes one of the professors who actually did real world stuff dropped, especially when it comes to banks and financial institutions, that insane level of detail and paperwork is not as uncommon as you might think. Apparently while rockets and stuff can run on "Trust me, it works, I ran the test cases", money doesn't take breezy assurances and wants reams of proof and paperwork that can be checked by a third party.

[Merusk]

The world since 2008 should have illustrated to you why that is.

[Rasix]

Why do people feel the need to comment on someone's posture?

random person at work: "If you sit like that you're going to get stuck that way"

internal dialog: "Ohh, you mean worse than the fucking disease I had surgery for managed?"
me: "Oh. Yep. I have back issues." *straightens up* 

Day ruined.  Bring on Tuesday.

[Trippy]

It's just another form of proselytizing. Maybe they've changed their posture recently and reaped some benefits and now they have to spread the word.

[taolurker]

It's just another form of proselytizing. Maybe they've changed their posture recently and reaped some benefits and now they have to spread the word.

Sadly, that's probably exactly right.

Recently I was in the hospital for tests and at least three nurses commented on my positioning saying "That can't possibly be comfortable." I'm pretty sure I know what's comfortable for MY back thanks, and I'm pretty sure I would've had similar sarcasm if someone where I work said something about posture too. Don't let it bother you Rasix, and sit how it's comfortable for you.

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[Hawkbit]

From what I vaguely recall from the advanced db classes I took (and barely passed), is that in the real world, people get really, really pissy when you fuck around with their databases and lose stuff. :)

Judging from the few anecdotes one of the professors who actually did real world stuff dropped, especially when it comes to banks and financial institutions, that insane level of detail and paperwork is not as uncommon as you might think. Apparently while rockets and stuff can run on "Trust me, it works, I ran the test cases", money doesn't take breezy assurances and wants reams of proof and paperwork that can be checked by a third party.

I know, I know.  You're absolutely correct.  The assignments generally have a listing of how many hours they should take, so this one was listed at three hours total is expected.  But the level of detail she requires for full credit is well beyond a three hour job, putting it in the range of five hours.  From a cost/benefit analysis, I'll gladly exchange those three points out of 50 to have an extra few hours in my weekend.

In the real world, sure.  I'll go the extra mile.

[Ironwood]

And it's hot in Scotland for the first time in years and my video card just melted.

I am hugely fucked off.

[schild]

News reports aren't quite accurate yet, but Zynga has shut down 4 offices (AQC/Austin, Dallas, LA, New York) and more are coming.

I gave it a 3 year life span. This is the only time they've ever exceeded my expectations.

[Ironwood]

Yikes.

[schild]

Not yikes. This is a company that employed 3,000 people.

The fact it isn't 2 year old news makes it Onion worthy.

[Ironwood]

That still fairly yikes.

You used to work there, yeah ?

[Xuri]

18% of their total workforce let go, according to this update on their blog.

[Paelos]

That guy is a cockweasel and I want him to get struck by lightning for his sins.

[Sky]

Yeah, what a dick.

Because we’re making these moves proactively and from a position of financial strength, we can take care of laid off employees.  We’re offering generous severance packages that reflect our appreciation for all of their work and we hope this will provide a foundation as they pursue their next professional steps.

[Paelos]

Hopefully he's paying that out of the hundreds of millions he siphoned out of the company from insider trading.

My guess is he's not.

[schild]

ahahahahahahahaha

sky believes things he reads on that internet

what a noob

[schild]

That still fairly yikes.

You used to work there, yeah ?

Yes, I did. I gave this precise layoff a 3-year lifetime. Took them 2 years. Color me impressed they noticed in that short of time.

[Ironwood]

Yeah, most on the outside thought the explosive growth was fairly unsustainable.

Sad news.

[ghost]

So are those Facebook games the only thing that Zynga does?

[schild]

Yeah, most on the outside thought the explosive growth was fairly unsustainable.

Sad news.

If only people on the outside knew. If only.

So are those Facebook games the only thing that Zynga does?

Effectively. They've dabbled in other shit really inefficiently.

[Ironwood]

Aye, but that's the case everywhere.

[Reg]

Well hopefully this means that some of the big name developers they bribed to work there will be set free to make real games again.