I need to buy a new multitool, any recommendations WAP thread?
Hard to say without knowing what tools you need, but my go-to these days is the Leatherman Free P2. It’s got a neat magnetic detent system, so it’s easy to open and use one handed, and the handles are much more comfortable than most older style Leatherman, especially for extended use. It’s really just a fantastic tool.
If you don’t need pliers, my recommendation is the Victorinox Super Tinker. It’s basically the best tool load out on a SAK. Two blades, scissors(!!), can opener, bottle opener, flathead, real 3D Phillips driver, awl, toothpick, tweezers.
Pliers are pretty handy for me. If there's one thing I can get away without it'd be the scissors.
Hard to beat the Free P2, then! My only other suggestion is if you need something super tiny, the Leatherman Squirt PS4 is great. Not as robust as the Free P2, but it’s almost small enough to hang on a keychain, and it’s super cheap (under $40).
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
Sorry guys. I had to weed the remaining animorph books. They hadn’t been checked out in six years.
Some of them can fetch a decent price on the second - hand market. I couldn't get them easily here, and had to go through thrift books to get most of the series. #51 I even had to get through eBay, after searching for a while.
Good news is there's free copies online. Trying to limit my daughter's online time, though, do she got the physical copies
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Plus, some of them have flip book morphs in the bottom corners, and there's no way an ereader is going to be able to handle that.
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DaimarA Million Feet Tall of AwesomeRegistered Userregular
Sorry guys. I had to weed the remaining animorph books. They hadn’t been checked out in six years.
Traitor.
I mean, let's be honest, while Animorphs is an absolute trip for what it did it's also not very good. Because of all the ghost writers quality could vary exponentially.
It was an email from my department director saying like "how would you feel taking on production coordinator responsibilities"
Implying that the person currently in that role has been seriously dropping the ball recently (she's been at the company 12 years or something and I'd noticed she seems like she's stopped giving a shit, like she arrives 90 minutes late every day) and when she makes mistakes it costs the company thousands of dollars and that I'm his choice to take on her responsibilities and that "this would be a leadership role"
He said we should meet about it if I'm interested. I said I was absolutely interested and would need that meeting to figure out how these new responsibilities would replace or add to my current role...
Anyway I've never been offered a promotion in my life and I was basically shaking with anxiety/excitement. I've only been at this company a year.
I'm meeting with my department director first thing on Monday morning about this. I'm still anxious!
And also like... really curious about the person currently in the role? Did she get fired? Is she being demoted? Did she resign? Are they doing that awful thing where they just quietly encourage her to resign? I don't know! She was in the office yesterday and nobody said anything...
Of course it's not necessarily a bad thing that I don't know, all this stuff should be confidential after all, it was unethical for my boss to mention her poor performance in the first place, but I'm CURIOUS. If they're firing her I would hope that it comes after an extended period of conversation with her about her performance and trying to find ways to improve it or change her role or help her do better since she's been with the company so long. I really really like my director and think he's a straight shooter, but the owner of the company is... kind of just a stereotype shady small business owner. 2021 was far and away the company's most successful year and he still acts as if all his suppliers are screwing him and all his buyers are cheap demanding monsters and all his employees are secretly wasting half of their day. During the pandemic he refused to let people work from home and the office was closed from March 2020 until June, when everyone either came back full time or were replaced. He has refused to wear a mask in the office the entire time, even while all the employees were reminded constantly they were required by law to wear one when out of their personal offices. I've definitely worked for worse company owners, but it's just disappointing when stereotypes like that are proven accurate.
Just throw out the statement, “I thought this was task was handled by XXX, how do they fit into the picture? Will I report to them?”
#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
Oh I mean I've been told in no uncertain terms that this work is being taken off of her and given to me. And I'm sure it'll all be made clear early in tomorrow's meeting and if not I'll ask about it, I'm just curious about the details.
There are approximately 10000 cozy mysteries published a year and they are all about bakeries, button shops, grilled cheese cafes, Chinese restaurants and used book stores in sea side towns.
My wife has a bunch of the related sub-genre: spice shop mysteries. With titles like Assault and Pepper and Killing Thyme. I think she just picked up a coffee shop themed one called Fresh Brewed Murder.
Bonus points for most of them having a bunch of recipes in the back. No idea if any of them are good but it's a fun touch
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minor incidentexpert in a dying fieldnjRegistered Userregular
A friend of mine’s father in law is a prolific author of cozy mystery books about dogs. I feel like the dude drops like 3 a year.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Oh, buddy. There's a cozy mystery subgenre for everything.
Like at the S tier you've got all-time classics like baking, coffee shops, magic cats, quilting and librarians.
Way down at the skinny end of the bell curve you've got nomadic chili cook off competitors, anthropomorphic chickens, shark gods, clowns, and the dice game Bunco.
Cozy mystery writers have discovered that nobody can tell them what to do and they are cramming kegs of dynamite into the genre and blasting open whole new ragged niches for themselves.
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lonelyahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
I fell hard into a Knitting cozy mystery series set in Colorado. Main heroine is Kelly Flynn. Each book has at least 1 knitting pattern and 1 recipe in the back of the book.
There was another one I read set somewhere in I think New England, but I can't find the record of reading it.
Also a pretty good trilogy that I read set in an Amish village/community/tourist trap in Indiana.
Oh, buddy. There's a cozy mystery subgenre for everything.
Like at the S tier you've got all-time classics like baking, coffee shops, magic cats, quilting and librarians.
Way down at the skinny end of the bell curve you've got nomadic chili cook off competitors, anthropomorphic chickens, shark gods, clowns, and the dice game Bunco.
Cozy mystery writers have discovered that nobody can tell them what to do and they are cramming kegs of dynamite into the genre and blasting open whole new ragged niches for themselves.
Like I'm backing a kickstarter where the party is pretty much a grandmothers knitting/mystery club who solves eldritch mysteries and its setup is its very cozy.
I fell hard into a Knitting cozy mystery series set in Colorado. Main heroine is Kelly Flynn. Each book has at least 1 knitting pattern and 1 recipe in the back of the book.
There was another one I read set somewhere in I think New England, but I can't find the record of reading it.
Also a pretty good trilogy that I read set in an Amish village/community/tourist trap in Indiana.
If you know a handful of people who read and cook, I cannot recommend a Cozy Mystery Dinner Party highly enough. Everyone reads a cozy mystery with recipes in the back, then cooks one of the recipes and brings it to a potluck where you all talk about the books you read.
It was one of the best book club meetings we've had in about a decade, and my Chili Con Carnage was a rousing success.
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lonelyahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
Oh, buddy. There's a cozy mystery subgenre for everything.
Like at the S tier you've got all-time classics like baking, coffee shops, magic cats, quilting and librarians.
Way down at the skinny end of the bell curve you've got nomadic chili cook off competitors, anthropomorphic chickens, shark gods, clowns, and the dice game Bunco.
Cozy mystery writers have discovered that nobody can tell them what to do and they are cramming kegs of dynamite into the genre and blasting open whole new ragged niches for themselves.
Like I'm backing a kickstarter where the party is pretty much a grandmothers knitting/mystery club who solves eldritch mysteries and its setup is its very cozy.
JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
I did talk a bunch of old shit about three-day weekends a while ago, but nearing bedtime the night before Memorial Day I think I owe three-day weekends an apology, this rules.
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webguy20I spend too much time on the InternetRegistered Userregular
Oh, buddy. There's a cozy mystery subgenre for everything.
Like at the S tier you've got all-time classics like baking, coffee shops, magic cats, quilting and librarians.
Way down at the skinny end of the bell curve you've got nomadic chili cook off competitors, anthropomorphic chickens, shark gods, clowns, and the dice game Bunco.
Cozy mystery writers have discovered that nobody can tell them what to do and they are cramming kegs of dynamite into the genre and blasting open whole new ragged niches for themselves.
Like I'm backing a kickstarter where the party is pretty much a grandmothers knitting/mystery club who solves eldritch mysteries and its setup is its very cozy.
Omg that sounds perfect.
Yea check out Brindlewood Bay: Cozy Murder Mystery RPG. Its got 26 hours to go.
minor incidentexpert in a dying fieldnjRegistered Userregular
edited May 2022
3 day weekends are dope as fuck. Sundays are the actual best when work isn’t looming the next day. Who knew? All that potential and so rarely realized!
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Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
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AthenorBattle Hardened OptimistThe Skies of HiigaraRegistered Userregular
Oh, buddy. There's a cozy mystery subgenre for everything.
Like at the S tier you've got all-time classics like baking, coffee shops, magic cats, quilting and librarians.
Way down at the skinny end of the bell curve you've got nomadic chili cook off competitors, anthropomorphic chickens, shark gods, clowns, and the dice game Bunco.
Cozy mystery writers have discovered that nobody can tell them what to do and they are cramming kegs of dynamite into the genre and blasting open whole new ragged niches for themselves.
Like I'm backing a kickstarter where the party is pretty much a grandmothers knitting/mystery club who solves eldritch mysteries and its setup is its very cozy.
Omg that sounds perfect.
Yea check out Brindlewood Bay: Cozy Murder Mystery RPG. Its got 26 hours to go.
Thanks for the reminder! I asked my store to look into it, but I suspect it is too specialized so I need to do my own.
Bleh, someone recommended the SANS Reading Room to me as a place to read academic cybersecurity papers and the first essay I pick is riddled with typos, grammatical errors, and is written in the style I would have ripped apart when I taught English 101 to freshmen.
Yes once again I worked myself to death
I left work after 12+ hours and somehow got home. I slept hard. I know if I stay after today I will have nearly 7 hours of OT. I just have no idea why they have no idea how to create a team with what they have
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Just_Bri_ThanksSeething with ragefrom a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPAregular
Yes once again I worked myself to death
I left work after 12+ hours and somehow got home. I slept hard. I know if I stay after today I will have nearly 7 hours of OT. I just have no idea why they have no idea how to create a team with what they have
They don't need to because they have you to do all the work for them.
...and when you are done with that; take a folding
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
Yes once again I worked myself to death
I left work after 12+ hours and somehow got home. I slept hard. I know if I stay after today I will have nearly 7 hours of OT. I just have no idea why they have no idea how to create a team with what they have
They don't need to because they have you to do all the work for them.
I know I cover up for the fact they are idiots
and I suffer for it
I need to buy a new multitool, any recommendations WAP thread?
Hard to say without knowing what tools you need, but my go-to these days is the Leatherman Free P2. It’s got a neat magnetic detent system, so it’s easy to open and use one handed, and the handles are much more comfortable than most older style Leatherman, especially for extended use. It’s really just a fantastic tool.
If you don’t need pliers, my recommendation is the Victorinox Super Tinker. It’s basically the best tool load out on a SAK. Two blades, scissors(!!), can opener, bottle opener, flathead, real 3D Phillips driver, awl, toothpick, tweezers.
Pliers are pretty handy for me. If there's one thing I can get away without it'd be the scissors.
iF tHeRe'S oNe ThInG I cAn'T dO wItHOuT iT's My CaPsLoCk MaCrO.
I need to buy a new multitool, any recommendations WAP thread?
I've got a Gerber multitool that I replaced my pocketknife with on campouts, etc. Two blades (small and long w/ sawblade serrations), screwdrivers, pliers ... Love it.
Yes once again I worked myself to death
I left work after 12+ hours and somehow got home. I slept hard. I know if I stay after today I will have nearly 7 hours of OT. I just have no idea why they have no idea how to create a team with what they have
They don't need to because they have you to do all the work for them.
I know I cover up for the fact they are idiots
and I suffer for it
How many times do we have to tell you, these people aren't idiots. They are certainly lazy and cruel and lacking in compassion, but they aren't stupid, at least when it comes to what they're doing with you and your team. They know that they can shit all over you and you'll take it, so what motive do they have to do things differently?
Yes once again I worked myself to death
I left work after 12+ hours and somehow got home. I slept hard. I know if I stay after today I will have nearly 7 hours of OT. I just have no idea why they have no idea how to create a team with what they have
They don't need to because they have you to do all the work for them.
I know I cover up for the fact they are idiots
and I suffer for it
How many times do we have to tell you, these people aren't idiots. They are certainly lazy and cruel and lacking in compassion, but they aren't stupid, at least when it comes to what they're doing with you and your team. They know that they can shit all over you and you'll take it, so what motive do they have to do things differently?
The easiest way to explain it
You come here a lot, talking about the problems they don't fix. Staffing issues, department responsibilities. Demands of your time. But to them?
There is no problem.
Product comes in, product goes out, sales keep happening. Nothing beyond that is worth a thought to them, including your physical and mental decline.
As far as management is concerned, this is working as intended.
Bleh, someone recommended the SANS Reading Room to me as a place to read academic cybersecurity papers and the first essay I pick is riddled with typos, grammatical errors, and is written in the style I would have ripped apart when I taught English 101 to freshmen.
Oof.
Technology professionals are good at many things. Writing isn't typically one of them.
Technology professionals are good at many things. Writing isn't typically one of them.
If I have any superpower, then I think proofreading would be one of them. Typos just jump right off the page into my eyeballs. It was a bit of a running joke that we did our tech demos to update people on things going on, and I'd be sitting there submitting bug reports with typos before they were done talking.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Oh, buddy. There's a cozy mystery subgenre for everything.
Like at the S tier you've got all-time classics like baking, coffee shops, magic cats, quilting and librarians.
Way down at the skinny end of the bell curve you've got nomadic chili cook off competitors, anthropomorphic chickens, shark gods, clowns, and the dice game Bunco.
Cozy mystery writers have discovered that nobody can tell them what to do and they are cramming kegs of dynamite into the genre and blasting open whole new ragged niches for themselves.
I'm intrigued by what a 'cozy' mystery is. Are they still solving murders or is it like who ate the last biscuits
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Hard to beat the Free P2, then! My only other suggestion is if you need something super tiny, the Leatherman Squirt PS4 is great. Not as robust as the Free P2, but it’s almost small enough to hang on a keychain, and it’s super cheap (under $40).
Some of them can fetch a decent price on the second - hand market. I couldn't get them easily here, and had to go through thrift books to get most of the series. #51 I even had to get through eBay, after searching for a while.
Good news is there's free copies online. Trying to limit my daughter's online time, though, do she got the physical copies
Even this one?
I mean, let's be honest, while Animorphs is an absolute trip for what it did it's also not very good. Because of all the ghost writers quality could vary exponentially.
Just throw out the statement, “I thought this was task was handled by XXX, how do they fit into the picture? Will I report to them?”
Satans..... hints.....
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
And the dick.
So, strong maybe.
The back end is where all the action happens
because
yes please.
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It turns out the answer to this is yes?
Which leads me to new questions, such as: how did I not know this sub-genre existed?
Bonus points for most of them having a bunch of recipes in the back. No idea if any of them are good but it's a fun touch
Like at the S tier you've got all-time classics like baking, coffee shops, magic cats, quilting and librarians.
Way down at the skinny end of the bell curve you've got nomadic chili cook off competitors, anthropomorphic chickens, shark gods, clowns, and the dice game Bunco.
Cozy mystery writers have discovered that nobody can tell them what to do and they are cramming kegs of dynamite into the genre and blasting open whole new ragged niches for themselves.
There was another one I read set somewhere in I think New England, but I can't find the record of reading it.
Also a pretty good trilogy that I read set in an Amish village/community/tourist trap in Indiana.
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Like I'm backing a kickstarter where the party is pretty much a grandmothers knitting/mystery club who solves eldritch mysteries and its setup is its very cozy.
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If you know a handful of people who read and cook, I cannot recommend a Cozy Mystery Dinner Party highly enough. Everyone reads a cozy mystery with recipes in the back, then cooks one of the recipes and brings it to a potluck where you all talk about the books you read.
It was one of the best book club meetings we've had in about a decade, and my Chili Con Carnage was a rousing success.
Omg that sounds perfect.
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Yea check out Brindlewood Bay: Cozy Murder Mystery RPG. Its got 26 hours to go.
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Thanks for the reminder! I asked my store to look into it, but I suspect it is too specialized so I need to do my own.
Oof.
I left work after 12+ hours and somehow got home. I slept hard. I know if I stay after today I will have nearly 7 hours of OT. I just have no idea why they have no idea how to create a team with what they have
They don't need to because they have you to do all the work for them.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
I know I cover up for the fact they are idiots
and I suffer for it
iF tHeRe'S oNe ThInG I cAn'T dO wItHOuT iT's My CaPsLoCk MaCrO.
I've got a Gerber multitool that I replaced my pocketknife with on campouts, etc. Two blades (small and long w/ sawblade serrations), screwdrivers, pliers ... Love it.
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How many times do we have to tell you, these people aren't idiots. They are certainly lazy and cruel and lacking in compassion, but they aren't stupid, at least when it comes to what they're doing with you and your team. They know that they can shit all over you and you'll take it, so what motive do they have to do things differently?
The easiest way to explain it
You come here a lot, talking about the problems they don't fix. Staffing issues, department responsibilities. Demands of your time. But to them?
There is no problem.
Product comes in, product goes out, sales keep happening. Nothing beyond that is worth a thought to them, including your physical and mental decline.
As far as management is concerned, this is working as intended.
Technology professionals are good at many things. Writing isn't typically one of them.
If I have any superpower, then I think proofreading would be one of them. Typos just jump right off the page into my eyeballs. It was a bit of a running joke that we did our tech demos to update people on things going on, and I'd be sitting there submitting bug reports with typos before they were done talking.
I'm intrigued by what a 'cozy' mystery is. Are they still solving murders or is it like who ate the last biscuits