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I'm a goddamn data entry god

redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfixRegistered User regular
edited January 2009 in Social Entropy++
I just figured out a way to automate inserting urls into like >700 lines at once, which took a couple of hours to set up, instead of spending a couple days doing it by hand

I'm proud of myself.

It only took juggling dreamweaver, excel, and the proprietary in-browser web authoring tool and bending them to my iron will

this is about the millionth time that I've found a wildly more efficient way of doing something that my bosses expect will take days to do. I really should screw around for like three days now, but it's just an assistantship, and i really need a full time gig when I'm done w/ my Master's.



so SE, what utterly insignificant self-satisfying thing have you done lately?

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I got a good seat on the bus.

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited January 2009
    I got an e-mail telling me that I will briefly be internet famous again and $500 richer. And it wasn't spam!

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I slept alot yesterday

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    I got a good seat on the bus.

    you lead a helluva life

    Fandyien on
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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i've been watching season 3 of supernatural on my commute and it is spectacular

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I been watching dr who.

    it's good

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  • tallgeezetallgeeze Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I'm finished all my tasks and now just watching my co-workers work. I feel I should be doing something.

    I need to finish learning access, so I can attempt to do the december reports. However, I can't dig up enough will power to do so.

    This internet browsing is not helping much.

    tallgeeze on
  • WeretacoWeretaco Cubicle Gangster Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    50% of my job involves writing programs to replace data entry needs.

    I replace workers with computers for a living.

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  • CristovalCristoval Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Did you sell another batch of t-shirts to Threadless Larlar?

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  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weretaco wrote: »
    50% of my job involves writing programs to replace data entry needs.

    I replace workers with computers for a living.

    you do realize that eventually they are going to ask you to create a program that can do your job for you

    Burden of Proof on
  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    im gonna get a tax return largely based on phony earnings supposedly paid by my mothers company

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  • WeretacoWeretaco Cubicle Gangster Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weretaco wrote: »
    50% of my job involves writing programs to replace data entry needs.

    I replace workers with computers for a living.

    you do realize that eventually they are going to ask you to create a program that can do your job for you

    But then I make it so it needs me to support it.

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  • THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weretaco wrote: »
    50% of my job involves writing programs to replace data entry needs.

    I replace workers with computers for a living.

    50% of my job is posting here.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I've send in some writing examples to a company and expect some good news later!

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  • BlitzerBlitzer Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I just saved money by switching to geico.

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  • GRMikeGRMike The Last Best Hope for Humanity The God Pod Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I've been leaving some boxes in one of the offices that I support only because the people in there are total douches and I like it that they have to call me 3 times a day to come remove the boxes. This is making me very happy.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    back at my old job when I was designing yearbooks, the people used to name the image files with the name of the kid, like john_smith.jpg

    and the people at my work had always just typed the names ion by hand or copy-pasted them, but I was like fuck that, I'm not doing that for 1400 student photos, and in about half an hour I figured out how to use text edit to extract the file names in the format I wanted, ordered and distributed exactly how I wanted them in a separate text file ready to be dumped into linked text boxes and flowed through the entire book.

    I made a two day job someone had to do about a dozen times a year into a ten minute job.

    then they fired me.

    #pipe on
  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I'm hungry for something but I don't know what

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  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    I got a good seat on the bus.

    And you have a chosen. It's a win win.

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I got my mom to make me an appointment with a psych

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    apparently i edited an old list
    so i have to start over

    just kidding, this thread is about screwing things up

    to be fair, the one i edited shouldn't have still been on the server, and is nearly the same as what i have to do now

    just not the same enough

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    I got a good seat on the bus.

    And you have a chosen. It's a win win.

    Which I hope to be playing tonight.

    Weaver on
  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weretaco wrote: »
    Weretaco wrote: »
    50% of my job involves writing programs to replace data entry needs.

    I replace workers with computers for a living.

    you do realize that eventually they are going to ask you to create a program that can do your job for you

    But then I make it so it needs me to support it.

    Until it gains sentience and decides you are a threat to be eliminated.

    But yeah, I'm sure you know what you're doing.

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    one time i got the university of miami to switch to sending out one book of financial aid information instead of ten

    and emails instead of endless streams of letters

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weretaco wrote: »
    Weretaco wrote: »
    50% of my job involves writing programs to replace data entry needs.

    I replace workers with computers for a living.

    you do realize that eventually they are going to ask you to create a program that can do your job for you

    But then I make it so it needs me to support it.

    Until it gains sentience and decides you are a threat to be eliminated.

    But yeah, I'm sure you know what you're doing.

    So your saying that Weretaco works for Cyberdyne Systems?

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weretaco's program is going to take down MCP.

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I made a fucking incredible save at my volleyball game today

    holy fuck it was AWESOME and I felt so good about it

    one armed with a dive and mid-air twist

    sah-weeeeeeeeeet

    Vixx on
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  • tallgeezetallgeeze Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    Weretaco wrote: »
    Weretaco wrote: »
    50% of my job involves writing programs to replace data entry needs.

    I replace workers with computers for a living.

    you do realize that eventually they are going to ask you to create a program that can do your job for you

    But then I make it so it needs me to support it.

    Until it gains sentience and decides you are a threat to be eliminated.

    But yeah, I'm sure you know what you're doing.

    So your saying that Weretaco works for Cyberdyne Systems?

    Nope, he works for the pentegon on the Eagle Eye program.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I made a fucking incredible save at my volleyball game today

    holy fuck it was AWESOME and I felt so good about it

    one armed with a dive and mid-air twist

    sah-weeeeeeeeeet

    Did your hair go all "swooooooosh" in slow-mo because I bet it did.

    Weaver on
  • RabidDeathMooseRabidDeathMoose Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I made a fucking incredible save at my volleyball game today

    holy fuck it was AWESOME and I felt so good about it

    one armed with a dive and mid-air twist

    sah-weeeeeeeeeet

    Those are badass!

    I made one like that in highschool during playoffs one year, I made the save and crashed into a few folding chairs beside the court, turned around and saw that my perfect save that had gone in a nice easy arc right into the middle of the court where anyone could've stepped under it kept going and fell to the floor because 2 people couldn't decide who was going to take it.

    I was annoyed but my coach... WHOOO boy my coach was LIVID.

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  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I made a fucking incredible save at my volleyball game today

    holy fuck it was AWESOME and I felt so good about it

    one armed with a dive and mid-air twist

    sah-weeeeeeeeeet

    Did your hair go all "swooooooosh" in slow-mo because I bet it did.

    I'm sure the five people in the stands went wild.

    Burden of Proof on
  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I made a fucking incredible save at my volleyball game today

    holy fuck it was AWESOME and I felt so good about it

    one armed with a dive and mid-air twist

    sah-weeeeeeeeeet

    Did your hair go all "swooooooosh" in slow-mo because I bet it did.

    I cut my hair, bro! today it was clipped up and held back with a headband

    so it was more of a SWISH then a SWOOSH

    Vixx on
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  • WeretacoWeretaco Cubicle Gangster Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    tallgeeze wrote: »
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    Weretaco wrote: »
    Weretaco wrote: »
    50% of my job involves writing programs to replace data entry needs.

    I replace workers with computers for a living.

    you do realize that eventually they are going to ask you to create a program that can do your job for you

    But then I make it so it needs me to support it.

    Until it gains sentience and decides you are a threat to be eliminated.

    But yeah, I'm sure you know what you're doing.

    So your saying that Weretaco works for Cyberdyne Systems?

    Nope, he works for the pentegon on the Eagle Eye program.

    Pfft I live in Canada. Worst it's going to do is try and force the metric system on you.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I made a fucking incredible save at my volleyball game today

    holy fuck it was AWESOME and I felt so good about it

    one armed with a dive and mid-air twist

    sah-weeeeeeeeeet

    Did your hair go all "swooooooosh" in slow-mo because I bet it did.

    I'm sure the five people in the stands went wild.

    you underestimate the draw of volleyball butts

    TheySlashThem on
  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I made a fucking incredible save at my volleyball game today

    holy fuck it was AWESOME and I felt so good about it

    one armed with a dive and mid-air twist

    sah-weeeeeeeeeet

    Did your hair go all "swooooooosh" in slow-mo because I bet it did.

    I'm sure the five people in the stands went wild.

    you underestimate the draw of volleyball butts

    an excellent point

    Burden of Proof on
  • GRMikeGRMike The Last Best Hope for Humanity The God Pod Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Volleyball is a great sport.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    We're were doing urban assault training at Ft. Campbell, using the whole neato military laser-tag system that straps on to your real weapons and you just fire blanks; my fire team was storming up a stairwell, I was the second man in the stack, my team leader in front of me and the other two troops behind me.

    Right when my team leader got to the top stair, one of the opfor guys threw open a hatch in the ceiling and sprayed down at us, and my team leader's kill alarm went off, so he falls down per the rules, I take a few shots up at the hatch and guy ducks back in, I stop firing, and as he ducks back out to shoot again I leap up over my team leader and twist over to land on my back and fire straight up into the hatch hitting the opfor guys sensor, and somehow I managed to slide when I landed and slide halfway through a doorway into another room off the top of the stairs, so the other two team members ran in behind me and we took that room too.

    Was fucking amazing

    Weaver on
  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I made a fucking incredible save at my volleyball game today

    holy fuck it was AWESOME and I felt so good about it

    one armed with a dive and mid-air twist

    sah-weeeeeeeeeet

    Did your hair go all "swooooooosh" in slow-mo because I bet it did.

    I cut my hair, bro! today it was clipped up and held back with a headband

    so it was more of a SWISH then a SWOOSH


    guess I should check my facebook more often

    Weaver on
  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I made a fucking incredible save at my volleyball game today

    holy fuck it was AWESOME and I felt so good about it

    one armed with a dive and mid-air twist

    sah-weeeeeeeeeet

    Did your hair go all "swooooooosh" in slow-mo because I bet it did.

    I'm sure the five people in the stands went wild.

    you underestimate the draw of volleyball butts

    an excellent point

    also if the game was in china, there were probably 20000 people there

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