So glad the flonase is working for me. Stupid sinuses.
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Kane Red RobeMaster of MagicArcanusRegistered Userregular
I had leftover salmon for lunch today.
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I ZimbraWorst song, played on ugliest guitarRegistered Userregular
After almost 6 years I am finally off of the goddamned front desk at work.
The downside is that now I'm in a cubicle in a different building so I have a much longer commute and I can no longer have a window out of which I can see deer and eagles and stuff. Work giveth and work taketh away.
@Drake Chambers It might be worth heading over to your hotel. Telling them that you arrived early might get you checked in earlier, or at least be able to leave your bag at the desk instead of hauling it around with you.
yeeeup. We're at about $2.30NZD/litre right now for regular/91.
if we're lucky we get a 6 cent/litre coupon from the food shop.
Luckily since we drive minimally, we're really only filling up the car every 3-4 weeks.
That seems pretty on par with prices over here. At the moment were at about 1.40€/l which seems to be right in the middle of European prices which at the moment apparently range from 1.10€/l in Poland to over 1.70€/l in the Netherlands.
2.30 USD/gallon converts to a bit over 0.60€/l. That seems ridiculously cheap.
Y'all have taxes large enough (theoretically) to actually maintain infrastructure.
I'll take the expensive gas if I could also have bridges that don't fall down all the god damn time
But how is our finance minister going to keep his "black zero" for the budget? You can't just invest money, dont you know? No new debt ever!
You know, maybe call volumes would be lower panicking executives if you didn’t follow this pattern so exactly every time
- Make sweeping change to an important customer interaction.
- Not consult frontline staff and inevitably something goes wrong anyone with two seconds experience could give you a heads up on
- Send out letters to customers apologising
- Whoops turns out the letters are so confusing as to be actually incomprensable to the average customer. (A perfect example is letters advising payments are being increased because you’re in a credit balance. Whilst both can technically be true, payments are based on an annual amount averaged out for a utility that fluctuates heavily due to seasons I.e you may have £30 credit now but it’s november and winter is coming Jon Snow. It’s clear the letter algorthim is just your payments are <insert change> because <your balance is X> because of course whoever wrote this clearly knows nothing about how the payments work)
- Promise to be better next time and consult staff and improve proofreading
- Repeat unchanged for eternity.
I had to find an example entity for the Musicians category in our taxonomy and you'd better believe I spent the time to find a bagpiper with a website
Reminds me of a thing I heard on This American Life way back, where researchers composed music containing people’s least favorite things in songs to see if they would end up with the Worst Song Ever. As I recall, it included operatic vocals, a chorus of children, and an oompah accordion backing.
The only thing that troubles me about that spicy food story was the fact the op had gotten a lawyer to threaten the employer. I'm assuming it was an American and thus they were likely in an at-will state, so my assumption would be that the attorney would have just said that there's no case because employers can fire you for no reason or any reason at all. Though I suppose it's worth it sometimes to write a threatening letter even if you know you don't stand a chance in court. Maybe that's why I wasn't a very good lawyer, but I always tried to be straight with my clients about their odds off success.
"Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
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El SkidThe frozen white northRegistered Userregular
Ok I've spent like 4 hours trying to figure out how to implement a machine learning method in python. I think it's time to take a break
As a CS grad, google is your friend. Not your "copy and paste the answer" friend, but your "figure out how someone else solved the problem, understand it, then solve it like that for yourself" friend, to be clear.
If you ever end up spending that much time bashing your head against the desk, I highly recommend it as a solution. It also prepares you for a future job as a programmer, where you'll probably use google extensively!
Ok I've spent like 4 hours trying to figure out how to implement a machine learning method in python. I think it's time to take a break
As a CS grad, google is your friend. Not your "copy and paste the answer" friend, but your "figure out how someone else solved the problem, understand it, then solve it like that for yourself" friend, to be clear.
If you ever end up spending that much time bashing your head against the desk, I highly recommend it as a solution. It also prepares you for a future job as a programmer, where you'll probably use google extensively!
True for lots of jobs. Learning how to research on in your field is extremely useful no matter what you do and Google is a great start for like 90% of all research.
"Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
Ok I've spent like 4 hours trying to figure out how to implement a machine learning method in python. I think it's time to take a break
As a CS grad, google is your friend. Not your "copy and paste the answer" friend, but your "figure out how someone else solved the problem, understand it, then solve it like that for yourself" friend, to be clear.
If you ever end up spending that much time bashing your head against the desk, I highly recommend it as a solution. It also prepares you for a future job as a programmer, where you'll probably use google extensively!
Oh I've spent 4 hours bashing my head against google looking for how other people did this and nothing exists
For anyone interested I'm trying to implement backwards subset selection in Python. One answer I found focused on the p-value for the variables in a model, but I think we're supposed to focus on the R^2 or similar value.
The only thing that troubles me about that spicy food story was the fact the op had gotten a lawyer to threaten the employer. I'm assuming it was an American and thus they were likely in an at-will state, so my assumption would be that the attorney would have just said that there's no case because employers can fire you for no reason or any reason at all. Though I suppose it's worth it sometimes to write a threatening letter even if you know you don't stand a chance in court. Maybe that's why I wasn't a very good lawyer, but I always tried to be straight with my clients about their odds off success.
I'm guessing it's because they were fired without the owners approval. Like it probably is at-will but the person that made the decision did not have the authority to do so.
"Please keep all transport receipts and submit them to us for reimbursement after your trip!"
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"What is the purpose of the Metrocard you purchased on your day of arrival??!?"
I dunno I thought it would make a good snack what do you think, buster
The only thing that troubles me about that spicy food story was the fact the op had gotten a lawyer to threaten the employer. I'm assuming it was an American and thus they were likely in an at-will state, so my assumption would be that the attorney would have just said that there's no case because employers can fire you for no reason or any reason at all. Though I suppose it's worth it sometimes to write a threatening letter even if you know you don't stand a chance in court. Maybe that's why I wasn't a very good lawyer, but I always tried to be straight with my clients about their odds off success.
Being fired for cause though can screw with unemployment and future job hunting prospects, even in right-to-fire states. Being told you're being fired for disciplinary reasons because you stole stuff or poisoned a coworker when you did not actually do those things is still going to attract a lawyer
I had to find an example entity for the Musicians category in our taxonomy and you'd better believe I spent the time to find a bagpiper with a website
Reminds me of a thing I heard on This American Life way back, where researchers composed music containing people’s least favorite things in songs to see if they would end up with the Worst Song Ever. As I recall, it included operatic vocals, a chorus of children, and an oompah accordion backing.
"Please keep all transport receipts and submit them to us for reimbursement after your trip!"
ok
"What is the purpose of the Metrocard you purchased on your day of arrival??!?"
I dunno I thought it would make a good snack what do you think, buster
Because of more training i have to next week and the odd hours the classes are i might have to take a ride share but i vaguely heard they will reimburse you for it but i will find out the first day of class
I would think that the spicy firing may constitute a case of slander or libel considering that company would doubtlessly be called for a reference check at some point.
"Please keep all transport receipts and submit them to us for reimbursement after your trip!"
ok
"What is the purpose of the Metrocard you purchased on your day of arrival??!?"
I dunno I thought it would make a good snack what do you think, buster
haha
update: I thought I was pretty civil in my response, but the dude must have realised nonetheless how ridiculous the question sounded, because he wrote back saying "thanks, the other approval office was just asking me about it."
The only thing that troubles me about that spicy food story was the fact the op had gotten a lawyer to threaten the employer. I'm assuming it was an American and thus they were likely in an at-will state, so my assumption would be that the attorney would have just said that there's no case because employers can fire you for no reason or any reason at all. Though I suppose it's worth it sometimes to write a threatening letter even if you know you don't stand a chance in court. Maybe that's why I wasn't a very good lawyer, but I always tried to be straight with my clients about their odds off success.
Being fired for cause though can screw with unemployment and future job hunting prospects, even in right-to-fire states. Being told you're being fired for disciplinary reasons because you stole stuff or poisoned a coworker when you did not actually do those things is still going to attract a lawyer
Good point! See, I told you I wasn't a very good lawyer
"Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
I called to follow up about my second interview. I'm glad I did I guess their gm is out of town for some unexpected business and they are waiting for her to get back to schedule something
I called to follow up about my second interview. I'm glad I did I guess their gm is out of town for some unexpected business and they are waiting for her to get back to schedule something
You did the exact right thing here
This happens all the time and a lot of the time the people who get the second interview are just the people who wanted it bad enough to follow up
So I got promoted to manager! But it's awkward because the 3 people now under me are my old coworkers. At least one of them expressed displeasure to our old boss about me getting the job over him (not against me, more just that he wanted it) and I think the other 2 are uneasy about the change in general. What do I do? Should I call an intro meeting? It feels wrong and awkward to just have a meeting to say "Hey I'm your boss", considering they already know that, but doing nothing is also awkward.
The only thing that troubles me about that spicy food story was the fact the op had gotten a lawyer to threaten the employer. I'm assuming it was an American and thus they were likely in an at-will state, so my assumption would be that the attorney would have just said that there's no case because employers can fire you for no reason or any reason at all. Though I suppose it's worth it sometimes to write a threatening letter even if you know you don't stand a chance in court. Maybe that's why I wasn't a very good lawyer, but I always tried to be straight with my clients about their odds off success.
I'm guessing it's because they were fired without the owners approval. Like it probably is at-will but the person that made the decision did not have the authority to do so.
Also the HR person likely had no previous actions against him and didn't fill out the paperwork right. Also threatening him with a civil suit. Likely by email because they sound incompetent.
If the fired person had the right paper trail it was a slam dunk wrongful termination case.
So I got promoted to manager! But it's awkward because the 3 people now under me are my old coworkers. At least one of them expressed displeasure to our old boss about me getting the job over him (not against me, more just that he wanted it) and I think the other 2 are uneasy about the change in general. What do I do? Should I call an intro meeting? It feels wrong and awkward to just have a meeting to say "Hey I'm your boss", considering they already know that, but doing nothing is also awkward.
Win them over. Take them to lunch or dinner, keep the conversation light, be friendly and let them know they can count on you.
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The downside is that now I'm in a cubicle in a different building so I have a much longer commute and I can no longer have a window out of which I can see deer and eagles and stuff. Work giveth and work taketh away.
But how is our finance minister going to keep his "black zero" for the budget? You can't just invest money, dont you know? No new debt ever!
- Make sweeping change to an important customer interaction.
- Not consult frontline staff and inevitably something goes wrong anyone with two seconds experience could give you a heads up on
- Send out letters to customers apologising
- Whoops turns out the letters are so confusing as to be actually incomprensable to the average customer. (A perfect example is letters advising payments are being increased because you’re in a credit balance. Whilst both can technically be true, payments are based on an annual amount averaged out for a utility that fluctuates heavily due to seasons I.e you may have £30 credit now but it’s november and winter is coming Jon Snow. It’s clear the letter algorthim is just your payments are <insert change> because <your balance is X> because of course whoever wrote this clearly knows nothing about how the payments work)
- Promise to be better next time and consult staff and improve proofreading
- Repeat unchanged for eternity.
If you know how to use the Power setting
Reminds me of a thing I heard on This American Life way back, where researchers composed music containing people’s least favorite things in songs to see if they would end up with the Worst Song Ever. As I recall, it included operatic vocals, a chorus of children, and an oompah accordion backing.
It was kind of amazing.
That salmon better have been ice fucking cold
Coworker: ....was it you?
Me: "Yes" 8-)
I'm boiling a roast.
As a CS grad, google is your friend. Not your "copy and paste the answer" friend, but your "figure out how someone else solved the problem, understand it, then solve it like that for yourself" friend, to be clear.
If you ever end up spending that much time bashing your head against the desk, I highly recommend it as a solution. It also prepares you for a future job as a programmer, where you'll probably use google extensively!
True for lots of jobs. Learning how to research on in your field is extremely useful no matter what you do and Google is a great start for like 90% of all research.
Oh I've spent 4 hours bashing my head against google looking for how other people did this and nothing exists
I'm guessing it's because they were fired without the owners approval. Like it probably is at-will but the person that made the decision did not have the authority to do so.
ok
"What is the purpose of the Metrocard you purchased on your day of arrival??!?"
I dunno I thought it would make a good snack
what do you think, buster
Being fired for cause though can screw with unemployment and future job hunting prospects, even in right-to-fire states. Being told you're being fired for disciplinary reasons because you stole stuff or poisoned a coworker when you did not actually do those things is still going to attract a lawyer
but good god.
Because of more training i have to next week and the odd hours the classes are i might have to take a ride share but i vaguely heard they will reimburse you for it but i will find out the first day of class
haha
update: I thought I was pretty civil in my response, but the dude must have realised nonetheless how ridiculous the question sounded, because he wrote back saying "thanks, the other approval office was just asking me about it."
i see your buck passing and I accept it.
Good point! See, I told you I wasn't a very good lawyer
You did the exact right thing here
This happens all the time and a lot of the time the people who get the second interview are just the people who wanted it bad enough to follow up
Good work!
and here I am still doing class work and sending emails
someone responded with "get the fuck off your email and go rest"
but i caaaaaaant
I mean, I wouldn't call it "roasted" that way.
Unless you, like, put it down the whole time it's microwaving, then maybe.
Seriously dude, go rest. You'll be back in optimal shape faster, it'll be better for everyone.
Also the HR person likely had no previous actions against him and didn't fill out the paperwork right. Also threatening him with a civil suit. Likely by email because they sound incompetent.
If the fired person had the right paper trail it was a slam dunk wrongful termination case.
I mean I have been, really. I've just been at my computer responding to a few emails and reading for class.
But I'm done with all that for today
Win them over. Take them to lunch or dinner, keep the conversation light, be friendly and let them know they can count on you.