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Rhyno posted:We filed a complaint about the baby, nothing happened for 5 weeks.This kid seriously cries day and night. So we had loud sex in the bathroom and a cop knocked on our door 20 minutes later. A friend of mine and his wife were told by their neighbors (who were moving out) was due to their loud sex. Their kid was on the other side of the wall hearing all of it 
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leica posted:Babies cry dude, some more than others, not much anyone can do about it especially the cops. I was concerned the kid was being neglected. meatpimp posted:Rhyno must live in the shittiest part of the most ghetto Fort Wayne. I lived there for my high school years and it was nothing buy upper-middle-class+ suburbia. There's not much in Fort Wayne other than the GM plant and some insurance companies' headquarters, so its demographic is more monied than most parts of the central midwest. Dude how long ago was that? The entire south side of the city sank into poverty. Downtown may be all gussied up but three blocks away from the main intersections you have crack houses. We live just on the cusp of the "rich" part of the southwest side of town out near Aboite. The vandalism was before I lived over here. Edit: Did you see the number of homicides in this town last year? Hell there was a shooting inside the bar I used to work at just a few months ago. FW is turning into Gary. It's okay though, there's a possibility that if the lady's career soars we'll end up in NC in a few more years.
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leica posted:I would love to hear some examples of trying to explain engineering to dumb people. Most of the recent ones have been telecom product related. I took several tries to explain how a proposed VoIP app could not possibly know where a user was by turning on a nonexistent GPS ("but my phone can do that!" "But the ones this is designed for can't." "Why don't we just program the feature in?" "A GPS has a hardware component. We can't upload physical things to people's phones over the internet." "What about that contract programming fir we used last year" "No, I'm pretty sure they don't know how to install hardware over the internet either.") Things get even stupider when we have to start talking about reporting and databases and what data exists and what doesn't even though "it really seem like we have that." Oh, it SEEMS like it? From your view as a salesperson it seems like it? I'm LOOKING AT THE loving TABLES. It is NOT THERE and there is no way to capture it for transactions that occurred in the past.
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Jun 13, 2014 17:02
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Mounting a anti static gun on my automated production machine because I am SICK OF GETTING HIT WITH SHOCKS SO BAD MY ARMS GET PULLED AGAINST MY CHEST INVOLUNTATILY.
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Jun 13, 2014 17:06
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Liquid Communism posted:If you're feeling like BBQ, I suggest a lunch stop when you pass Des Moines. Smokey D's BBQ off the 2nd Street exit from I35 North is pretty great. A man that knows good place to eat right here ^^^^ We may need to do an Iowa/Midwest AI meet up one of these days. There's 4 or 5 of us.... With in 5 hours apart of each other.
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Motronic posted:Things get even stupider when we have to start talking about reporting and databases and what data exists and what doesn't even though "it really seem like we have that." Oh, it SEEMS like it? From your view as a salesperson it seems like it? I'm LOOKING AT THE loving TABLES. It is NOT THERE and there is no way to capture it for transactions that occurred in the past. "Why can't we display that field on the screen?" "Because it's not in the file, so we can't load it into the database, so we didn't create a column for it in the table, so we can't load that column into the entity to display it on the screen." "Why don't you just add the field to the screen and have it do nothing, because adding a field takes a long time and I don't want to do this again next release?" "Adding a field takes a long time because of the stuff I just mentioned, not because of adding a field to the screen..." (repeat until meeting ends)
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While I've been in that meeting, I feel its 100 times worse when the other folks are engineers that really should know better. I can usually shut down the non-engineers pretty easily, but other engineers will try to argue until the heat death of the universe. Case in point, someone thought it would be a good idea to turn off the hardware watchdog 80% of the time because it saves power. Ok, that works until some hardware design glitch results in a race condition which locks up part of the device. While the hardware watchdog could have fixed the issue, the problem occurs when its off, and we can't turn it back on because it'll burn a bit of power. Guess what folks, our poo poo had to work first before we can start optimizing power. Also, no, we can't optimize the power for the software solution we are designing (massive pile of poo poo and the wrong solution because politics) because over optimizing the power usage is what got us into this problem in the first place.
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Jun 13, 2014 17:48
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Holy gently caress I hate summer tourists. I never knew basic things like signalling and the ability to safely change lanes were so loving rare until today. Goddamn.
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Jun 13, 2014 18:06
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Ozmiander posted:Mounting a anti static gun on my automated production machine because I am SICK OF GETTING HIT WITH SHOCKS SO BAD MY ARMS GET PULLED AGAINST MY CHEST INVOLUNTATILY. I need to do this on my sandblast cabinet. My moobs get shocked every 20 seconds while Im leaning over look through the window.
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Jun 13, 2014 18:16
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thegasman2000 posted:Sorry bit I am on this like white on rice. I also don't know what that means... ONE OF US ONE OF US
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Jesus, or at least spring for nonconductive boots, you guys.
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I have been in that meeting many times. Fortunately not at this company. Even the management team here mostly has engineering degrees as well as business/management experience.
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Jun 13, 2014 18:37
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Haha, GM is recalling half a million Camaros because they can mysteriously shut off while driving.
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Devyl posted:Haha, GM is recalling half a million Camaros because they can mysteriously shut off while driving. ..and here I thought date rape and GM vehicles had only a loose correlation.
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Rhyno posted:I was concerned the kid was being neglected. Some babies cry non stop and it's not because of neglect, it could be a case of colic. Don't assume someone is neglecting their child just because it's crying, if you actually SEE something going on or hear the child getting beaten for instance it's a different story. Babies cry. A lot. Motronic posted:"No, I'm pretty sure they don't know how to install hardware over the internet either." That's pretty loving funny. I can only imagine your frustration when after you explain it to them, they still think you're full of poo poo and are just being lazy or something.
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That's pretty much the reason why I quit IT work when I was done with college. The stupid to money ratio wasn't worth it.
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InitialDave posted:Sign at the My favorite dump story is when I got pooped on by a pigeon while throwing out toilets, and then did a clutch-pop one-wheel-peel burnout in a pile of damp trash to bury it and its friends. I might even get to buy the Ranger I did it in soon.
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Jun 13, 2014 20:53
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InitialDave posted:Sign at the Well that's certainly better than what David McCallum came up with. Bet he feels a bit of a twat now.
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T1g4h posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYgzxKepsjM Oh my god, I forgot they were gonna do it Gasser style. 
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Jun 13, 2014 21:07
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leica posted:they still think you're full of poo poo and are just being lazy or something. That's the part that eats away at your sanity.
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Knobjockey posted:Well that's certainly better than what David McCallum came up with. Bet he feels a bit of a twat now. Motronic posted:That's the part that eats away at your sanity. 
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Jun 13, 2014 21:36
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One of our directors started out in my job and thus cannot be bullshitted, but on the plus side I've been in meetings where he takes someone apart to the molecular level for asking us for something stupid 
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Cakefool posted:One of our directors started out in my job and thus cannot be bullshitted, but on the plus side I've been in meetings where he takes someone apart to the molecular level for asking us for something stupid
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Motronic posted:That's the part that eats away at your sanity. I thought the part that eats at you is when they can imply you're stupid, but you can't tell them that they are. Because god forbid you hurt someone's feelings.
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A manager of a department in my organization asked for a solution to a problem. I wrote a brief with not 1, not 2, but 6 solutions. These are all of the possible and actionable solutions to the problem. She rejected all of them l. I'm trying to think of a diplomatic and professional way to tell her that I hope she enjoys living with the problem. My wife has also been complaining to me the past few days because her mother in law has been overbearing in emails about a memorial service we're putting together. I said "OK, let me talk to her and I'll fix it." She said "No, I'm just venting, don't talk to her." I finally got tired of the venting reruns and didn't think my mother should get away with it anyways, so I sent her an email telling her to cut it out. She realized the error of her ways and sent a nice and sincere apology to my wife; who is now flaming pissed at me for fixing the problem because now I've "damaged the relationship" by making everything better. My wife also slammed the door on the Miata in anger and now there's a new and very troubling rattle whose source I can't quite determine. gently caress everyone who is attached to their problems and just wants to bitch about them instead of solving them.
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blk posted:gently caress everyone who is attached to their problems and just wants to bitch about them instead of solving them. There's a strong correlation between that behavior and having two X chromosomes. Understanding there is nothing I can do to change that I've learned to deal with it without getting all balled up.
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Motronic posted:There's a strong correlation between that behavior and having two X chromosomes. Understanding there is nothing I can do to change that I've learned to deal with it without getting all balled up. Earplugs?
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:ONE OF US ONE OF US I actually have a car buying and tinkering problem.... The Lancia nearly killed me and I made money in it going only as far as unseizing the motor. Camper van one was an ambulance with a 3 liter petrol v6. Sold it the week before the hg went  Camper 2 was a Vw t25. Ended up loosing some money after local housing agency threatened to evict me. Cunts. Have owned a mk1 golf convertible. Left hand drive obviously! Owned a couple of volvo, land rover and a jeep grand Cherokee. Now I have a 306 estate. Hdi version. A long wheelbase transit that simon camper conversion. Runs sweet! And now a mini.... One of us indeed. I am 28 with a mrs and one child with another on the way. My problem is not hampered by my responsibilities.
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goatse guy posted:Why are you going to International Falls? I've been there before to visit family and can't see why anyone would visit. My son goes to summer camp outside International Falls. He'll be there for a month. After that month, I'll be driving back up and we'll go out on a canoe trip for a week.
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trouser chili posted:My son goes to summer camp outside International Falls. He'll be there for a month. After that month, I'll be driving back up and we'll go out on a canoe trip for a week. I wish my dad had done that with me when I was a kid. Our interests were always divergent; I tried to follow along on stuff he liked to do but he usually didn't reciprocate. I try to talk cars with him since he bought a Corvette a few years ago, but he's only interested in Vettes. Anyways, that sounds fun, good on you. Maybe I can get my dad into a canoe.
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blk posted:Earplugs? Women like to vent, you just nod your head and say yes dear, sorry to hear that.
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I was feeling pretty good about getting the right hand CV joint, pads and rotors, shock, and the persistent exhaust leak fixed on my 2000 Passat wagon, I noticed the front brake flex lines had the outer sheath cracked, so I made a mental note to order those. I was cruising down the highway at ~45 (40 limit), reveling in the quietness and bump-absorbingness of my car, when the light ~300 feet in front of me turned yellow, so I applied the brakes, juduciously, and I began to stop, all was right in the world . Then the pedal went to the floor, the rear brakes locked up, and I slid to a screaming halt, in middle of the intersection. I looked at the truck to my right, shifted into first, and slowly accelerated away. loving front brake line blew the gently caress up, as in 75% of the circumfrance had ruptured, I guess moving the caliper around had been the last straw for the old, brittle rubber. Fortunately it was a standard, so I could get like 40% braking performance by modulating the clutch and E-brake, not a fun 30 minutes while I ran around and collected parts to fix the old bitch though.
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leica posted:Women like to vent, you just nod your head and say yes dear, sorry to hear that. I've learned over the years just to tune it out, listen for key points (in case that dreaded "what have I been talking about?") And just let the rant be over with. Pick and chose which battles you fight. Unless there's physical harm, I just let it be.
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thegasman2000 posted:I actually have a car buying and tinkering problem.... Oooooooh I remember that Lunchbox. That was a deathtrap if I recall, yes?
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leica posted:Women like to vent, you just nod your head and say yes dear, sorry to hear that. That's the one. By all means do NOT make suggestions to fix poo poo during this venting. That is NOT what they want and will turn from venting about someone/something else to being pissed at you.
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I remember reading an article about how venting helps women release stress, yet venting causes men to stress, especially if work related. I don't know how factual it was but my anecdotal evidence supports it.
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mafoose posted:I remember reading an article about how venting helps women release stress, yet venting causes men to stress, especially if work related. Similarly, I don't know if it was a study or just someone saying it, but I remember reading that when venting, women tend to be looking for emotional support and sympathy, whereas men are inclined to want and/or offer logical solutions. Mismatched signals and desires, leads to misunderstandings and hurt feelings. Disclaimer that not all people fit their gender stereotype, etc.
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Girlfriend and I found an apartment in the city I've been working in. All set to move in August.  Won't say I will miss the hour commute (although it's fairly easy since it's all interstate) but work has been more than accommodating essentially paying me to commute. In a company car. I went all of May without putting any gas in the Miata.  Sure beats the ~1500 miles/week I was doing previously.
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