Useless Conversation

[Morat20]

Well, you can kind of mow the lawn in Minecraft in VR.  And squaring the edges is really easy.

I always enjoyed making a pattern with nice square edges when mowing the lawn as a kid. Until my dad got annoyed because it was very clear I mowed the lawn in the exact same pattern every time, and made me vary it so he didn't have permanent lines...

On a random note: Five guys with chain saws, a wood chipper, and a desire to be finished before the rain hits get shit done. It's like tree Armageddon out there.

[Polysorbate80]

Are they grinding the stumps too?

[Morat20]

Are they grinding the stumps too?

Yeah, all but part of one. That one decided to grow into my chainlink fence. (Getting a real fence is right after "laying sod to cover the half of my yard that's dead due to drought and excessive shade"). They ground as much of that as they could, but there's some chunks left.

Probably should think of something to prevent termites until it falls apart...

[Merusk]

Food-grade Dietemacious(sp) Earth.  Sure it'll kill all the friendly bugs that crawl on the stump, too, but nothing slays insects quite like it. Apparently it acts like razor blades in between their chitin plates and kills any hard-shelled insect dead. All I know is a few puffs around my foundation each year stop the ants from entering the house until it washes away in the fall.

[Yegolev]

https://weather.com/page-not-found

I need to reiterate that I do not work on the web site.

[Merusk]

Hah.

[HaemishM]

https://weather.com/page-not-found

I need to reiterate that I do not work on the web site.

Are they looking for people who do? Even though, yuck, Atlanta.

[Yegolev]

I don't know, not my area (can check careers link at the bottom of the page).  Although I do know the guy in charge of the operations behind it.  I also am not 100% in their remote policy, but I think it is probably on the liberal side.

Bigger "yuck" is IBM.  I know moving sucks, but I must not be aware of some immense positives in your neck of the woods.

[HaemishM]

Bigger "yuck" is IBM.  I know moving sucks, but I must not be aware of some immense positives in your neck of the woods.

Other than family, absolutely none. I'm just not a huge fan of the Atlanta area in general.

[Yegolev]

I'm not encouraging any more people to move here.  See if they allow remote work.

[Yegolev]

The singer for White Town is not a dude?

[Hawkbit]

Two weeks until our 18th wedding anniversary and I lost my ring today. I didn't take it off, it's just not on my hand anymore. Bummer, can't find it anywhere. I suspect it slipped off on the walk to work but I never felt or heard it.

[Ironwood]

Its trying to get back to its master.  It wants to be found.

[Fraeg]

At one point I weighed 310,  I held it well have the frame of a blacksmith but fuck that was too.much.

Cut way down on booze in December,  eat better,  bike everywhere,  no one major change just lots of little ones.  Hit the scale this morning at 267.  Want to get to 220-230 range, so a ways to go but fuck i am happy today.

I put on a pair of shorts today that probably hasn't fit me since somewhere between Shadowbane and WOW Beta.

[Trippy]

Good job, keep it up!

[Yegolev]

Awesome.  My general plan was to stop eating any carbs and drink more beer.  So far, so good.

[apocrypha]

I've had to switch to braces (what you Americans would call suspenders I guess? But not the lingerie ones) because belts weren't coping with my slowly increasing waistline any more. I quite like them.

[Cyrrex]

It will probably all disgust you all to mention that I have trimmed down my waistline so much now that I actually had trouble finding a belt that was small enough.

Thanks for the "braces" definition, though.  Brit guy at work keeps using "buckle my braces" or some odd saying like that, and I could never quite figure out the literal definition.

[Ironwood]

Yeah, since my liver burst, I've now shed to the last point on any belt I have and if I don't wear a belt, you could literally fit another me in the waistline.

Sure, clothes shopping is the best idea, but who has the fucking time for that

[Cyrrex]

I even had to "make" a new hole on one belt.  Happily, no organs needed bursting in my case.

I've had to buy some new clothes to be certain, but I was due for some wardrobe updates anyway.

[01101010]

I here I am trying my best to maintain 180lbs and not revert back to 155. Metabolism is a weird bird.

[Ironwood]

It's ok.  It eventually stops.  Dead.

[schild]

I could stand to lose 70lbs.

[Merusk]

Yeah, but that's life, eh.

Ever get into a conversation with a stranger and slowly begin to realize that you could see the totality of their life. That everything had gone wrong for them and it was ALWAYS someone else's fault?

Had that experience over the last day in a discussion about managers and the phrase, "bring me solutions, not problems."  It's odd.

[schild]

any manager that says "bring me solutions, not problems" should be fired on the spot

solutions should be silent, run of the mill every day horseshit

problems are why managers exist

[Merusk]

I disagree. As a professional if I go to my manager and say, "this doesn't work." or, "Team member x isn't doing things right," I'm just whining.  Give them specifics and what you need solved or how you'd like it solved. WHY it's a problem also helps build your case.

That's what they're looking for. You're the person with the problem, if you expect them to fix it how you want by reading your mind you're going to be disappointed. Especially if said manager disagrees your problem is an actual problem and not you being a slacker/ whiny bitch. Which often IS the case in my experience.

Plus, you're not the manager's only problem. They have duties of their own and more than just you, whiny guy without a total explanation of the problem, to manage.

[schild]

I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying. If everything was always peachy, managers would serve little to no purpose as the rank and file can just get everything done on their own. I wasn't commenting at all on the nuances of what a problem is, but the concept of just bringing "solutions" is absurd. If you have a solution to a real or imagined problem, solve it. There's no need to involve the manager at that point, unless managerial intervention is necessary.

Your last sentence depends entirely on the company and that company's culture.

[Merusk]

I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying. If everything was always peachy, managers would serve little to no purpose as the rank and file can just get everything done on their own. I wasn't commenting at all on the nuances of what a problem is, but the concept of just bringing "solutions" is absurd. If you have a solution to a real or imagined problem, solve it. There's no need to involve the manager at that point, unless managerial intervention is necessary.

Ah, yeah, we're talking across each other then. The individual in question felt it was management's problem to deal with ANYTHING if they brought-up a problem. A statement of, "hey, this isn't working" and their hands were clean and it's all management's problem now. The example they used was, "telling management the inventory system is buggy," and that being told, "give me a solution," kills morale.

When called out on not providing specifics in that example and the first statement being worthless, goalposts were moved to, "The point is that some problems are completely out of your experience area. You sill want people to come forward if they see critical problems. Discouraging them from doing so is not smart."  Which wasn't the thrust of the conversation up to that point, and being told, "what's the fix" STILL isn't morale-killing. Hell, if you're not the expert how do you realize it's a critical problem in the first place? Maybe you're not the one who can fix it but telling your manager, "Hey, this is broke" doesn't give them actionable information... but I digress.

The whole conversation just sort of clarified that this individual never felt ownership of or responsible for anything. That handling a problem equates to shoving it off on to other people's laps.

Your last sentence depends entirely on the company and that company's culture.

Culture and size, yes. I specifically was going off my own experiences where managers were in charge of a team of 4+ people.

[schild]

Yea, no, people shouldn't treat management like that. The particular statement you quoted is one of my pet peeves though, and in a vacuum, total horseshit.

[Fraeg]

Injured my MCL awhile back, just saw the Ortho, do not need surgery!!  PT and a shot, MCL should be fine.   Load off my mind.

Oh and just for the record if you are going to fall for someone I do not recommend falling for a woman who works full time, is a single mother, and is working on her doctorate.    that is going about as well as one would imagine...

[Signe]

Try and hang in there, Fraeg.  That woman is doing awesome things.  She sounds like someone who is worth falling for.

[Fraeg]

Try and hang in there, Fraeg.  That woman is doing awesome things.  She sounds like someone who is worth falling for.

oh yeah I am have put on my +12 to patience socks.  I have told myself I need to see how things change when she is done with her doctorate because that will be one huge thing off her plate.  Really enjoy her company, and know I will always take a backseat to parenthood, but it is a very slow process.  She has a lot of defenses/walls (ex hubby cheated and bailed), but when the walls come down she is spectacular 

[Sky]

And now Dropbox has changed the default links to the work folder and has added /personal to all the old folders. Smashing job, guys. Can't wait until someone comes along and offers the market niche you used to fill.

[schild]

And now Dropbox has changed the default links to the work folder and has added /personal to all the old folders. Smashing job, guys. Can't wait until someone comes along and offers the market niche you used to fill.

what?

[Merusk]

Yeah, what?

Though I'm logged in to my corporate paid account right now, I don't see this on my end.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wceeyk8wwwof1y2/Field%20Executive%20To-Do%20List%20%281%29.txt?dl=0
There's a link to a random BS txt file on my work site. No /work or /personal there.

Random BS image from my personal site via the web. Same deal.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g8h8ab00cxqkpmc/7I6SnAD.png?dl=0

As for alternatives, are you still looking for free image hosting? They'll all be branded/ via an interface page anymore. That niche of free is done or you'll be granting license to the host to use your image in whatever way they want.