Personal computing discussed
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derFunkenstein wrote:yes, but what about home invasions from moose and squirrel?
superjawes wrote:Foe some reason, my brain simply cannot remember what has just come out of the oven. Had the skillet out for about two minutes before grabbing it, and now I'll be nursing pain in my fingers for the rest of the night.
just brew it! wrote:A former co-worker who recently departed to take a job in another state discovered Monday of last week that the guy who hired him had abruptly quit. They're telling him that his job is safe, but he's understandably a little nervous. He hasn't actually sold his house and moved yet (has been working remotely for the time being), and now he is trying to convince them that they should open a satellite office here in IL so he doesn't have to move. There's actually a pretty good case for it; they claim they're planning to expand, and his network is here so he'd be able to more easily poach people he's worked with before.
The company is apparently interested enough in the idea that they've asked him to look into office space they could potentially lease here. (Now that's not something you expect to be doing when you hire on as a software engineer... )
Sounds like he's had an interesting week and a half.
The Egg wrote:I hate plastic mousepads. Moving a mouse across a dirty hard-plastic surface with grit is like nails on a chalkboard to me. Not only that, but they cause the mouse feet to become scratched and accumulate compacted gunk. I'll take a basic $2.99 cloth pad any day.
Captain Ned wrote:A silly edu-vid about the electromagnetic spectrum from NASA. I'm not posting this for the content, but the players. Gamers will remember the female voice, while older sci-fi buffs will have a visceral reaction to the guy in this vid.
https://youtu.be/OYK7G6r0Pec
Heiwashin wrote:Dashcam update. It's been a while and in the past few weeks i saw a few noteworthy things so i just threw them together in one video.
Notice that the most aggressive cutoff in the second one happens right under the chicago sign. It's always a free for all there.
just brew it! wrote:TFW code uses asserts and exception handlers as part of the normal control flow... and logs the exceptions.
Looking for Knowledge wrote:When drunk.....
I want to have sex, but find I am more likely to be shot down than when I am sober.
derFunkenstein wrote:just brew it! wrote:TFW code uses asserts and exception handlers as part of the normal control flow... and logs the exceptions.
hahaha an app I use fairly frequently does this. There are two logs - one with all exceptions and one with just "important" exceptions. The file with all exceptions is full of NullReferenceException throws because every field is apparently validated with try/catch blocks and blank values cause the app to throw it.
I periodically delete the logs in that app because it's just appended rather than being a new file every session.
Looking for Knowledge wrote:When drunk.....
I want to have sex, but find I am more likely to be shot down than when I am sober.
just brew it! wrote:Changing the subject, I'm making chicken curry for dinner tonight.
Looking for Knowledge wrote:When drunk.....
I want to have sex, but find I am more likely to be shot down than when I am sober.
paulWTAMU wrote:why the hell are T&P relief valves so stubborn and why isn't there more clearance between the body of the water heater and the pipe that connects to the valve. Ugh.