Yegolev
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No commute and more money? Where do I sign up?
I saw a posting today for an expert in KVM and OpenStack which I expect would pay alright. Not sure about the teleworking part, but HP doesn't have any strict policies on that other than you need to drive in most of the time if you live near an office. |
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Rasix
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I could realistically work from home 100% of the time. My team lead and officemate would likely be willing to handle any hardware issues I encounter. Some of the managers here are really biased against remote employees, however. Our previous second line was particularly bad about this. He'd get really annoyed if you called into any of his meetings. Then he injured his back and was remote for an entire quarter.  |
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Hawkbit
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Salamok
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No commute and more money? Where do I sign up?
I saw a posting today for an expert in KVM and OpenStack which I expect would pay alright. Not sure about the teleworking part, but HP doesn't have any strict policies on that other than you need to drive in most of the time if you live near an office. I went to high school with a guy that worked for HP, when he got homesick and decided to quit so he could relocate to our little home town in the middle of BFE, HP gave him a raise and had a T1 + a crapload of equipment installed in his house, this was long before telecommuting was even in most techies vocabularies. Working for a tech company and still maintaining the rep as "the guy who can do stuff" is pretty potent stuff. |
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schild
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I have never, in my life, produced as good a body of work as I have for what I'm doing now from the comfort of my home office.
Not being around middle-management means I'm happy to work 12 hours and most of the time don't notice. And I don't mean work 4 of those 12 hours. I mean I will put in 12 solid hours.
Bosses fucking blow.
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Signe
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What is a Tim Horton's? I've never had a Tim Horton's. Should I have one before it all tastes like Burger King? Canadians, please comment.  |
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Miasma
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National coffee shop chain. Unofficial cult-religion. Nicer than chains like Dunkin Donuts but not high end like Starbucks. They are everywhere and always have lines, the ones with drive throughs can screw up local traffic.
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Numtini
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What is a Tim Horton's? I've never had a Tim Horton's. Should I have one before it all tastes like Burger King? Canadians, please comment. The Canadians are going to lose their shit over this, but it's pretty much identical to Dunkin. Same style donuts, same style coffee. (Both great IMHO.) Same fanatical devotion within their home region. |
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Ironwood
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What is a Tim Horton's? I've never had a Tim Horton's. Should I have one before it all tastes like Burger King? Canadians, please comment. It's rather awesome. |
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Rasix
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Wait a second.. Dunkin is good? I had some Boston and thought it tasted a bit like muddy water. Ever since, I've avoided the stuff.
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Numtini
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Dunkin coffee is generally excellent. It's a strong mellow brew. (Granted, that's exactly what I prefer to drink.) The only time I ever got a bad cup at Dunkin was the one in Wheaton Maryland which had clearly been on the burner for Way Too Long and had a nasty burned taste like McDeath's coffee before they got sued for keeping it too hot.
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Ironwood
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Wait a second.. Dunkin is good? I had some Boston and thought it tasted a bit like muddy water. Ever since, I've avoided the stuff.
No, it's not. I've had both and Hortons is really rather nice and dunkin is... as you described really. |
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Miasma
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Dunken donuts coffee tastes like watered down tea and their donuts are just huge ultra dense pieces of cake.
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Numtini
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Dunken donuts coffee tastes like watered down tea and their donuts are just huge ultra dense pieces of cake.
Totally disagree on the coffee, but that's a fair if hostile description of the style of donut that both Timmy's and Dunkin make. You either like the style or not. I think Krispy Kreme taste like you're eating vegetable shortening with a spoon, but lots of people love them. |
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Yegolev
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Skipping the Donut Wars today to bring a fact I just heard: Google is the second-largest manufacturer of servers, and their only customer is themselves.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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Skipping the Donut Wars today to bring a fact I just heard: Google is the second-largest manufacturer of servers, and their only customer is themselves.
Technically untrue. Their customers are the population of earth. They just don't get the physical portion of the product they sign up for and in the case of businesses, pay for. As for Donuts. There is only Round Rock Donuts. Round Rock is love. Round Rock is life. |
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Yegolev
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However you want to phrase it, that's a lot of servers. Also not out of character for Google.
Still avoiding Donut Wars.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Top Pot 4 Lyfe.
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Draegan
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Dunkin Donuts coffee is pretty damn good. It's equivalent to Hortons though I don't have any around me, but get it often when I travel.
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Paelos
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I don't like donuts.
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Polysorbate80
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I don't like donuts deserve nice things.
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HaemishM
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I don't like donuts.
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Yegolev
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I don't like donuts.
I think Strazos has accidentally logged in as Paelos. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Signe
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I also do not deserve nice things although there's a place in Borough Market named Comptoir Gourmand that makes a Bakewell Tart to die for. But coffee... I simply can't live without it. My Aunt uses Dunkin Donut coffee and it's not awful. I get coffee from a local coffee shop that roasts there own and I very much prefer their darker medium roast better than anything I've had outside of some European coffees. I like coffee really strong and it's almost never strong enough in most cafes. I even like strong French cafe coffee although they sometimes can go a bit overboard even for me. I'll attempt to find Tim Horton and have some of his coffee.
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Merusk
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Dunkin coffee is passable enough for me but I'm not gourmand. I only started drinking in the last 2 years when I decided I needed the caffeine in the morning, but not the calories from soda. It always tastes burnt to me if I have it black, so it needs 2 creams.
It's worlds better than that bitter swill from Starbucks, though. That shit legit tastes like dirt and they'll proudly tell you, "Oh, yes, coffee's supposed to taste 'earthy'" when you talk to corporate folks. (Fun fact, all Starbucks meetings start with a coffee tasting.)
No thanks. It may be blasphemy but I still find Folgers and Maxwell House better-tasting coffees as a 'layman' to the world of coffees.
The donuts from Dunkin, though, remain among my favorite. The best ever are typically from a local bakery, but those are dying faster than the octogenarians running them.
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For those of you lucky enough to be in NJ, these guys are just getting started. They do mail order stuff too. I have had several of their roasts so far and haven't been disappointed yet. I prefer super dark/roasted coffee in general, but Royal Mile does it a bit lighter and it is still amazing. They do very small batches and experiment a lot, so their stock is always changing. Check them out if you are so inclined. |
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Signe
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Do they roast their coffee in Edinburgh? Never mind. Probably only Ironwood will get that and it's not even funny. I might try their peaberry. I love peaberry coffee but the good ones are usually so pricey.
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Paelos
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I don't like donuts.
DEAD TO ME! Oh sure, the Mississippi guy likes the fried dough.  I will have a donut if it's like a conference or something, but I've never craved them, nor would I buy them on my own. They are just passable sweet bagels to me. Nothing more. |
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schild
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You've never had a good bagel or donut then.
Which means you live in hell. Not Haemish's brand of hell, but your own.
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Nebu
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You've never had a good bagel or donut then.
Which means you live in hell. Not Haemish's brand of hell, but your own.
A good bagel is a sacred and precious thing. Rare like the yeti. As for Haemish... I have nothing but sympathy for the man. It's a noble cause being the only free thinker in his neighborhood region state. |
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Paelos
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You've never had a good bagel or donut then.
Which means you live in hell. Not Haemish's brand of hell, but your own.
It's Atlanta, there's nothing notable about the food culture here. It's basically a mishmash of everything else some other culture has done well. |
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Strazos
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Hawkbit
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No, but you do have boiled peanuts, which pretty much taste like wet peanut dirt.
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Signe
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Paelos
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I saw Round Rock donuts on the food network. That was the first time I thought, yeah that's probably the donut that would make me like donuts.
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