the CS nerds in the next office over (and you know things are bad when a pack of roboticists are calling you nerds) are having a loud argument about why LaTeX distros for Windows chiefly suck balls
and one of them says "Well nobody who uses a Mac uses LaTeX anyway -"
and so from an entire room away I shouted "Lies and slander!" and they all paused for a horrified moment then bust a gut laughing
that's right, I'm pretty popular amongst computer science phds. Gentlemen.
Knowing some phds myself - are you sure you want to admit that in public?
dude, I'm already so far inside this oubliette I'm never seeing the sun again.
the CS nerds in the next office over (and you know things are bad when a pack of roboticists are calling you nerds) are having a loud argument about why LaTeX distros for Windows chiefly suck balls
and one of them says "Well nobody who uses a Mac uses LaTeX anyway -"
and so from an entire room away I shouted "Lies and slander!" and they all paused for a horrified moment then bust a gut laughing
that's right, I'm pretty popular amongst computer science phds. Gentlemen.
Knowing some phds myself - are you sure you want to admit that in public?
dude, I'm already so far inside this oubliette I'm never seeing the sun again.
I need to know how to pronounce this word.
oob - lee - ette
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
the CS nerds in the next office over (and you know things are bad when a pack of roboticists are calling you nerds) are having a loud argument about why LaTeX distros for Windows chiefly suck balls
and one of them says "Well nobody who uses a Mac uses LaTeX anyway -"
and so from an entire room away I shouted "Lies and slander!" and they all paused for a horrified moment then bust a gut laughing
that's right, I'm pretty popular amongst computer science phds. Gentlemen.
Knowing some phds myself - are you sure you want to admit that in public?
dude, I'm already so far inside this oubliette I'm never seeing the sun again.
the CS nerds in the next office over (and you know things are bad when a pack of roboticists are calling you nerds) are having a loud argument about why LaTeX distros for Windows chiefly suck balls
and one of them says "Well nobody who uses a Mac uses LaTeX anyway -"
and so from an entire room away I shouted "Lies and slander!" and they all paused for a horrified moment then bust a gut laughing
that's right, I'm pretty popular amongst computer science phds. Gentlemen.
Knowing some phds myself - are you sure you want to admit that in public?
dude, I'm already so far inside this oubliette I'm never seeing the sun again.
I need to know how to pronounce this word.
oob - lee - ette
I am now going to see how often I can insert a secret dungeon accessible only through a trapdoor into conversations.
KakodaimonosCode fondlerHelping the 1% get richerRegistered Userregular
It is the best time of the year. No not the holidays. It's ... production freeze time. Any and all changes to the system are now in the queue until mid January. So when the salesman comes up to me with an "urgent" request I can just say, "Production freeze sucka" and put it on the queue.
Two pretty high-ranking people praised my work and thanked me for filling in for the temporary position over the past 1.5 months. So that feels pretty damn good. Also had someone basically ask me to do all the training of the new person and to try to shoo away the other one.
Potluck was interesting. There was someone there asked random Presidential facts and it turned into a discussion about conspiracy theorists. Then this abbreviated conversation occurs.
Me: Yeah, unfortunately you can't convince conspiracy theorists with logic because they don't subscribe to logic, only their own interpretations.
Him: True. Kind of like how Democrats keep saying there's nothing going on with that Uranium One deal.
Me: I'm not sure whether to call this ironic or you a hypocrite but I have a feeling this is just going to get worse.
***
Him: Yeah the Steele Dossier was funded by Hillary Clinton, so there's nothing wrong with Trump. Whom I don't actually like all that much, but he's not a politician so I find that refreshing.
Me: *angry mental screeching noises*
Second day at New Job training and it's still one of those dreamlike situations where all of the new and shiny equipment puts me in a daze.
Having said that, always being visible to my sous chef trainer, always saying 'yes' to any work-related request, always being focused on the task at hand rather than chumming it up with everyone has helped me quite a bit.
In addition, every other new hire is doing their best to put on a good show, so much so that we've knocked out so much prep in two days that tomorrow looks like we'll have finished five days of prep in just three days; the head chefs and sous chefs are pretty much blown away by how hard we're all working.
We open for dinner service on the 29th of November; if anyone is in DFW and interested in a swanky dining experience, let me know via PM and I'll give you the location. It's breathtaking right now, but the outdoor amphitheater as well as the other establishments being built next to us (all the same company!) will turn a small city block into a gigantic fucking party-town.
had a visit today from a guy who identified himself as homeland security. I didn't get a chance to speak to him directly, though. So I dunno if he had credentials.
Apparently looking for information on someone who worked here years ago. I'm not sure even the most senior employee was here during the period of interest.
(said senior employee is the dude I was complaining about; haven't had any issues since bringing it to my RGM's attention)
Even AP calc is easy compared to college calc. Like Jesus shit.
College calc was tied for worst academic experience of my life. It shares that honor with the software design and development class which consisted entirely of working on one project the whole semester as a group. Also the only other student in the class was very recently ex girlfriend.
Ah no ctrl P wasn't working! I showed him other means. A fiver is a lot to a student right now, but he has set a precedent of handing out cash the foolish man.
Ah no ctrl P wasn't working! I showed him other means. A fiver is a lot to a student right now, but he has set a precedent of handing out cash the foolish man.
Use that £5 responsibly.
Buy as much special brew as possible and get Wednesday drunk
Y'know....maybe there was a reason I only got a 2:2
Got an alert that I've been been signed up for an "enclosed laser safety training course"
Can't wait to find out why
This is probably just laser tag but they wanted the university to pay for it.
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KetarCome on upstairswe're having a partyRegistered Userregular
Last night towards the end of hosting trivia someone who wasn't playing walked up and slapped $5 down on my table in front of me and asked me to play a pretty terrible Jason Aldean song. Most nights I would have given him the money back since country music isn't very popular at that bar, but that was my last night hosting there so he got his song.
Then when I was getting ready to leave he kept hounding me for when he could use the jukebox, despite my telling him that it would be no more than 5 minutes. So when the jukebox was back on and he and his buddy had paid for a pile of other country songs I used his $5 to fastpass What Is Love? by Haddaway, Barbie Girl by Aqua and Bye Bye Bye - which means they jump the line and play next, and cannot be jumped in retaliation - waved to my regulars, and took off.
Does anyone hear have tinnitus? Especially the buzzing kind rather than ringing? I can hear buzzing most of the day now, but it sounds like it's coming from outside of my ear so I'm not sure if it's actually tinnitus or not.
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Just like it sounds.
oob - lee - ette
Gesundheit
I am now going to see how often I can insert a secret dungeon accessible only through a trapdoor into conversations.
oubliette was the last queen of france
No, those are aglets. It's a ballet move.
No that's an Antoinette.
An oubliette is a very very French web comic artist.
An oubliette is a landshark.
Oh, this shit is a weird feeling.
Potluck was interesting. There was someone there asked random Presidential facts and it turned into a discussion about conspiracy theorists. Then this abbreviated conversation occurs.
Me: Yeah, unfortunately you can't convince conspiracy theorists with logic because they don't subscribe to logic, only their own interpretations.
Him: True. Kind of like how Democrats keep saying there's nothing going on with that Uranium One deal.
Me: I'm not sure whether to call this ironic or you a hypocrite but I have a feeling this is just going to get worse.
***
Him: Yeah the Steele Dossier was funded by Hillary Clinton, so there's nothing wrong with Trump. Whom I don't actually like all that much, but he's not a politician so I find that refreshing.
Me: *angry mental screeching noises*
Having said that, always being visible to my sous chef trainer, always saying 'yes' to any work-related request, always being focused on the task at hand rather than chumming it up with everyone has helped me quite a bit.
In addition, every other new hire is doing their best to put on a good show, so much so that we've knocked out so much prep in two days that tomorrow looks like we'll have finished five days of prep in just three days; the head chefs and sous chefs are pretty much blown away by how hard we're all working.
We open for dinner service on the 29th of November; if anyone is in DFW and interested in a swanky dining experience, let me know via PM and I'll give you the location. It's breathtaking right now, but the outdoor amphitheater as well as the other establishments being built next to us (all the same company!) will turn a small city block into a gigantic fucking party-town.
had a visit today from a guy who identified himself as homeland security. I didn't get a chance to speak to him directly, though. So I dunno if he had credentials.
Apparently looking for information on someone who worked here years ago. I'm not sure even the most senior employee was here during the period of interest.
(said senior employee is the dude I was complaining about; haven't had any issues since bringing it to my RGM's attention)
Diff. Eq.
Taught by a mumbling Russian septuagenarian.
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Burn that place to the ground. It's the only way to make the smell go away
2) money!
I like the this get rich quick scheme
Use that £5 responsibly.
Buy as much special brew as possible and get Wednesday drunk
Y'know....maybe there was a reason I only got a 2:2
Can't wait to find out why
Because unenclosed lasers are extremely dangerous?
This is probably just laser tag but they wanted the university to pay for it.
Then when I was getting ready to leave he kept hounding me for when he could use the jukebox, despite my telling him that it would be no more than 5 minutes. So when the jukebox was back on and he and his buddy had paid for a pile of other country songs I used his $5 to fastpass What Is Love? by Haddaway, Barbie Girl by Aqua and Bye Bye Bye - which means they jump the line and play next, and cannot be jumped in retaliation - waved to my regulars, and took off.
An enclosed laser training course doesn't sound any better!
I just looked at them and went "nah"