Useless Conversation

[Samwise]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE2dgSglEWE

BAT!!!

[Numtini]

I gather there's a lot of rabies, but bats are just so damned cute.

We had critter whatever remove a squirrel in the attic.

[Lantyssa]

Awww.  Poor bat.

[Engels]

That was a fantastic screed, Haemish. I think you write better when you're recovering from terror, so maybe we could arrange a nest of tarantulas through your bedroom for next time?

[WayAbvPar]

I can probably find an appropriate Youtube clip to accompany that as well 

[HaemishM]

No, I don't think I'd be writing anything after tarantulas in my head. It's hard to write after you've shit out your heart.

Also, fuck spiders.

[Furiously]

I once received an award for writing a story about smoking a cigarette, a short story about a man fearing for his family and his sanity as a bat terrorizes them might propel you into being the next Stephen King.

[Sky]

TIL Haemmy is the Joker in the middle of his origin story.

[Yegolev]

I have commented on this board that the two commercial linuxes are coming along nicely, but today after asking for some details on an old server I'm given the console login and told "go get it".  I crack open my RHEL exam book and get nowhere in trying to list off the physical storage devices.  I quickly determine that I'm looking at RH ES 3, and I think the redhat-version file also contained the phrase "look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair".  Anyway, I'm sitting here wasting time trying to figure out how to do things on RH ES 3 this morning and it makes me appreciate how far linux has come.

[Yegolev]

I also think I hit a life event this weekend by getting my son set up with a Youtube account and rigging up a video capture system so he can upload Minecraft videos.  While I was doing this mini-project (it was super easy, Google/Youtube was the hard part) I kept thinking things like "It begins..." and "Real Demon's Souls starts now!".

[Cyrrex]

I also think I hit a life event this weekend by getting my son set up with a Youtube account and rigging up a video capture system so he can upload Minecraft videos.  While I was doing this mini-project (it was super easy, Google/Youtube was the hard part) I kept thinking things like "It begins..." and "Real Demon's Souls starts now!".

Uh, I swear to shit that sometimes you are like an alternate universe version of me.  I did exactly this same thing this weekend.  I still have to walk him through the process of compressing the video into a more usable size, but yeah.

[Yegolev]

I figure Youtube can handle that nonsense.  The next hurdle will be when he wants to edit the video.

We are using this and it works perfectly fine so far.

[Yegolev]

No, Amazon. I am not interested in this, but thanks for the email notification.

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1440334412/

Because I buy art books, but man. It's like if I buy belts and they send me a recommendation for BDSM. Which would still be better than that.

God dammit, you fucker.

[Rasix]

I'm really hoping I didn't click that at home. 

[Nevermore]

You should be able to delete things off your recently viewed items list.

[Phildo]

We used to carry one of those in my bookstore, heh.

[Yegolev]

You should be able to delete things off your recently viewed items list.

I'll try to make time to investigate this.

[Miasma]

There is a 'View or edit your browsing history' link beside the list.

[MisterNoisy]

Got offered an absurd amount of money by the dealership for my car (damn near retail value) while I was in for service, so I decided to downsize my daily driver somewhat and replaced it with a Hyundai Veloster Turbo.  So far, I'm quite enjoying being in a much smaller (though much roomier) car:

[rattran]

Not the most ridiculous car I've ever seen.

But fucking close.

[schild]

What were you driving before it?

[MisterNoisy]

'11 Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track.  I found that I wanted something smaller/cheaper and more 'fun' with more cargo space.  Fun in this case comes from driving a 'slow' car fast instead of a fast car slow.  Also, the Track suspension on the Genesis beats the crap out of you day in and day out.

I admit it looks ridiculous, but that's part of why I dig it.

[Morat20]

Car's aren't cheap. Fuck what people think, drive what you like. :)

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't drive it, simply because I'd just assume it lacked sufficient leg room for my freakishly giant legs (although, strangely, the new modern VW Beetle's have plenty, as long as no one larger than an infant sits behind me). The design of the car is pretty interesting.

How's the cargo space? My kid ended up with an Elantra (I think a 2011?) and I was surprised by how much room was back there, although I suppose owning a Prius has screwed with my sense of how much trunk room a car should have...

[MisterNoisy]

Car's aren't cheap. Fuck what people think, drive what you like. :)

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't drive it, simply because I'd just assume it lacked sufficient leg room for my freakishly giant legs (although, strangely, the new modern VW Beetle's have plenty, as long as no one larger than an infant sits behind me). The design of the car is pretty interesting.

How's the cargo space? My kid ended up with an Elantra (I think a 2011?) and I was surprised by how much room was back there, although I suppose owning a Prius has screwed with my sense of how much trunk room a car should have...

The Veloster feels bigger in pretty much every possible way from the inside than the GC did - I'm 6'2" and there's still a fair bit of rearward travel in the seat track left.  Cargo room is pretty good (and you can fold the seats down for more), though you've got to lift stuff much higher than normal to get it in the trunk.

[schild]

Genesis is a pretty sweet car. I looked at it before I got my SI.

100% sure my next car is going to be a hybrid or Tesla.

[Merusk]

Already saving for a Tesla here. I've decided it will be the only new car I ever buy and I'm getting one of the first 3's I can.

[Nebu]

Nice car.  I'm not sure if I could part with my 128i even if they offered retail.

[schild]

There is no situation where someone shouldn't part with a use card if they're offered sticker or more for it unless it's something hilariously collectible and you are being low-balled.

[Hawkbit]

I also think I hit a life event this weekend by getting my son set up with a Youtube account and rigging up a video capture system so he can upload Minecraft videos.  While I was doing this mini-project (it was super easy, Google/Youtube was the hard part) I kept thinking things like "It begins..." and "Real Demon's Souls starts now!".

Uh, I swear to shit that sometimes you are like an alternate universe version of me.  I did exactly this same thing this weekend.  I still have to walk him through the process of compressing the video into a more usable size, but yeah.

We've been going through this now for a month or so.  She about lost her shit when some kids at school started subscribing to her channel.

[Nebu]

There is no situation where someone shouldn't part with a use card if they're offered sticker or more for it unless it's something hilariously collectible and you are being low-balled.

If you're being offered sticker or more it's not a cash offer.  Especially at a dealership.  It's just a matter of working margins to give an appealing appearance to the deal. These are car salesmen, after all.

[schild]

There is no situation where someone shouldn't part with a use card if they're offered sticker or more for it unless it's something hilariously collectible and you are being low-balled.

If you're being offered sticker or more it's not a cash offer.  Especially at a dealership.  It's just a matter of working margins to give an appealing appearance to the deal. These are car salesmen, after all.

If you're interested in a newer car on the lot, it's as good as, if not better than cash because taxes.

[Cyrrex]

I also think I hit a life event this weekend by getting my son set up with a Youtube account and rigging up a video capture system so he can upload Minecraft videos.  While I was doing this mini-project (it was super easy, Google/Youtube was the hard part) I kept thinking things like "It begins..." and "Real Demon's Souls starts now!".

Uh, I swear to shit that sometimes you are like an alternate universe version of me.  I did exactly this same thing this weekend.  I still have to walk him through the process of compressing the video into a more usable size, but yeah.

We've been going through this now for a month or so.  She about lost her shit when some kids at school started subscribing to her channel.

The problem is that he sees that PewDeePie (whatever the fuck his name is) guy and is pretty much convinced that he is going to have a bajillion subscribers and make tons of money just like him.  Because we all want to sit around and watch Youtube videos of a nine year-old opening his Fifa card packs for no reason.  Shit, we'll pay him for the honor apparently.

I try to explain to him that it won't work.  Just like nobody is going to watch his older brother's stupid videos of him playing Black Ops 2 poorly and with no narration or no point whatsoever.  And then he shows me that brother's last video has more than 300 views.  Uphill battle.

That Veloster thingy looks cool.

[Rasix]

I can't see the name of that car and not think velociraptor.

One of my Skate 2 videos had a whole 618 views.

[Numtini]

I can't see the name of that car and not think velociraptor.

LOL, I had to go back and look. I saw one and just assumed it was a velocoraptor.

It has a weird freakish appeal to it. The weirdness and crassness is part of the whole package.

[Draegan]

So out of apparently 80 candidates and one with extensive industry experience, I got the job I interviewed for. Here's to moe money.