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Cakefool posted:Could you by a powered version of each tool separately for less? Part of the Flex's appeal is that it is one motor to maintain. Flip side is, if that one motor goes out, your attachments won't work. And you just know they'll come up with a version 2 that won't be compatible with version 1 attachments. Tide fucked around with this message at 17:19 on May 11, 2016 |
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Pham Nuwen posted:I hate that loving song. Dude, everybody hates that loving song.
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May 11, 2016 17:16
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The bullying continues! Took two days (Mon and Tues) to visit my mother (haven't seen her since Jan, and sunday was her bday and mother's day) and take my licensing test. Now the principal suspects I'm abusing my sick time and wants a doctor's note for those two days. rear end in a top hat. So I am getting my doctor to fax one over. Two can play this game.
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May 11, 2016 17:17
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Dude, everybody hates that loving song. And now it's implanted in my head thanks jerk 
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May 11, 2016 17:18
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leica posted:And now it's implanted in my head thanks jerk
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May 11, 2016 17:19
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Tide posted:The perspective I'm looking at is this...
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May 11, 2016 17:22
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scuz posted:Here, this'll get your mind on something else. I'll betcha you only need to read the title. You son of a bitch.
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May 11, 2016 17:23
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InitialDave posted:Or look at it the other way, for only a little more, you could have an actual old tractor. If I had the land (and storage), hell yeah I'd love a tractor. Sadly, I don't.
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QuarkMartial posted:The bullying continues! So you took sick time to do not-being-sick things, and the principal suspects you're doing so, and he's the rear end in a top hat? But at least you're getting a doctor to lie for you, that's good.
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scuz posted:Bulking is something that would likely bankrupt me because I'm not particularly affluent and my metabolism is on the high side of "circus freaky." 6' 7", 200#, and I wanna put on 50# of muscle by my 32nd birthday on October 20th. I have a plan and I'm tracking my lifts, but I loathe overeating v If you need a healthy food high in protein and are worried about how much all that chicken is going to cost you, remember that most chinese buffets charge like five or ten bucks a meal (it's cheaper if you do lunch!) and have chicken broccoli on the menu.  e: and I feel you on the rest, 6'5", barely over 200, and still eating whatever I want... just less of it than previously. I need to actually do some exercising this summer, fortunately I have a lot of house and vehicle repair work coming up. kastein fucked around with this message at 18:17 on May 11, 2016 |
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May 11, 2016 17:50
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Dude, everybody hates that loving song. The original version (Bruce Springsteen) is approximately 8000x better.
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May 11, 2016 18:29
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New AAA study showing more people in fatal WA crashes had marijuana in their systems: http://www.edmunds.com/car-news/fatal-crashes-involving-marijuana-in-washington-double-after-legalization-study-says.html AAA itself is being pretty reasonable with not jumping to conclusions, but on its face, doesn't sound good for legalization. I wonder if marijuana consumption broadly went up after legalization, and whether that had a significant effect?
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May 11, 2016 18:32
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Eh, not going to do much. Pot's in your system in detectable amounts long after the intoxicating effects fade. Unless they've got causative proof to go with it, that study doesn't say much other than consumption may be more common.
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May 11, 2016 18:36
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SCA Enthusiast posted:The original version (Bruce Springsteen) is approximately 8000x better. Agreed. I think I've heard that on the radio a grand total of once. Most people don't even know it's his song. Same with 'For You'.
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May 11, 2016 18:37
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InitialDave posted:Or look at it the other way, for only a little more, you could have an actual old tractor. I have about 200sqm of lawn and when my wife was complaining about having difficulty manhandling and pull starting the lawnmower I found I could buy an old sit on mower for the price of a decent electric. They have electric start. Couldn't convince her it was justified.
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May 11, 2016 18:38
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kimbo305 posted:New AAA study showing more people in fatal WA crashes had marijuana in their systems: http://www.edmunds.com/car-news/fatal-crashes-involving-marijuana-in-washington-double-after-legalization-study-says.html Note that this study does not give any figures on the actual fatal crash counts, so there is no way to know if fatal accidents increased, or even decreased in the study period, only the proportion of drivers involved in those accidents with THC in their system (which also has no bearing on actually being impaired because of how THC is measured and stays in the system for so long). It's like doing a study of fatal accidents in prohibition vs. after prohibition was over, and stating that the number of fatal collisions involving people who drank alcohol sometime during the prior 30 days had doubled after prohibition ended. No poo poo more people are going to partake when it's legal than when it isn't. Shocking news.
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May 11, 2016 18:41
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kimbo305 posted:New AAA study showing more people in fatal WA crashes had marijuana in their systems: http://www.edmunds.com/car-news/fatal-crashes-involving-marijuana-in-washington-double-after-legalization-study-says.html So we treat it like we do DUIs. I thought WA and CO basically said driving high would get you a DUI?
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Fine but they're not measuring "high", just "had THC in their system", which could be days after.
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Months if you're SAC
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loving months.
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NitroSpazzz posted:'healthy is a lifestyle' Alternately: eat whatever, exercise never, maaaybe break into 'normal' BMI if you get lazy/fat enough. Works for me. Pham Nuwen posted:So you took sick time to do not-being-sick things, and the principal suspects you're doing so, and he's the rear end in a top hat? He might as well use it before it goes away. I doubt they buy out unused vacation/sick time at the end. What are they going to do, fire him? 
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May 11, 2016 19:58
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Figure out how often you're going to be aerating your lawn. What's this? Only once a year? Rent the fucker.
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i just did one of those online technical skills thing for a company i applied to and now i feel like a terrible programmer at least i feel like i did well on the technical skills quiz, but the code reading/writing one 
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There was a skills assessment test for an IT company that I bombed to hell and back and they still hired me.  Turns out that everyone that passed the test with flying colors merely googled every answer and wound up being useless on the job whereas I was able to get poo poo done.
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Tusen Takk posted:i just did one of those online technical skills thing for a company i applied to and now i feel like a terrible programmer Yeah, it happens but at least you have an idea of what kind of questions companies could ask you. Go study up and write some more code. Only way to get better is to write more code. If development doesn't work out, there's always qa or automated testing. I don't know if I'd recommend it but it worked out for me.
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mariooncrack posted:If development doesn't work out, there's always qa or automated testing. I don't know if I'd recommend it but it worked out for me. I found out in college that I didn't enjoy coding at all, so my life went an entirely different direction. A bit over 5 years ago when I was unemployed because the construction industry was in the dumps completely, I stumbled into a job in QA (thanks to networking from years ago) and it's easily the best job I've ever had, and a perfect fit for me (they pay me to find fault with others, instead of getting upset at me for that!). It doesn't hurt that after only 5 years I'm also making far more money than I ever have in my life.
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I would really like to get into mobile development, but it seems that all the jobs around here are for embedded systems thanks to the auto industry. I'm okay with C/C++ and I would have considered myself really good at Java, but then I took that quiz and i know jack poo poo about hashtables and mutexes so i guess this is what i get for applying to a job that was looking for someone with 3 years of experience
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Tusen Takk posted:i just did one of those online technical skills thing for a company i applied to and now i feel like a terrible programmer We love to ask candidates to explain some random coding challenge in front of a group of 5 of us and I always feel so drat bad for these poor bastards because that's hard poo poo right there. Most of the time in reality the answer is "Uh, let me research it for an hour and I'll then fix it without explaining it" and they've got to do the direct opposite in front of a bunch of critical and smug engineers and systems architects who all have their own preferred method for doing something that could satisfactorily be done 4 different ways. If you don't feel like a terrible coder after every interview, you're not trying for challenging enough positions.
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It's "taken" me a few hours to write this dumb cobol program to insert a poo poo load of rows into a table because I forgot how batch works. If you pay attention, measure twice, and cut once, you'll be above 99% of the field. Don't worry about it.
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Ether Frenzy posted:We love to ask candidates to explain some random coding challenge in front of a group of 5 of us and I always feel so drat bad for these poor bastards because that's hard poo poo right there. Most of the time in reality the answer is "Uh, let me research it for an hour and I'll then fix it without explaining it" and they've got to do the direct opposite in front of a bunch of critical and smug engineers and systems architects who all have their own preferred method for doing something that could satisfactorily be done 4 different ways. If you don't feel like a terrible coder after every interview, you're not trying for challenging enough positions. Hmm, that's a really good way to look at it, especially considering i put in my CV quote:The number one thing that I would like to get out of a position as a Software Engineer with your company is a learning environment where I can be challenged and grow to meet my potential. I strongly believe that college can only take you so far in learning, and that the primary source of learning is from on the job experience. I very much hope that I can take these first steps with a company as amazing as yours.
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Tusen Takk posted:Hmm, that's a really good way to look at it, especially considering i put in my CV "as amazing as yours" is pandering. That'd turn me off if I saw it.
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meatpimp posted:"as amazing as yours" is pandering. That'd turn me off if I saw it. Sort of agree, I think I would change that to "I very much hope that I can take these first steps with <name of company>." So personalize it to each application.
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May 11, 2016 22:11
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meatpimp posted:"as amazing as yours" is pandering. That'd turn me off if I saw it. Agreed, that section is just fine without the final little bit. "I very much hope I can take these first steps with Spacely Sprockets" would also help, that way it doesn't feel like a completely generic resume.
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Good point, I'll change that right now
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Tusen Takk posted:Good point, I'll change that right now I don't teach technical and business writing for nothin', motherfucker.
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I saw a resume last week that said "I would love to get a job with Boeing". They weren't applying for a job at Boeing.
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The Locator posted:I found out in college that I didn't enjoy coding at all, so my life went an entirely different direction. A bit over 5 years ago when I was unemployed because the construction industry was in the dumps completely, I stumbled into a job in QA (thanks to networking from years ago) and it's easily the best job I've ever had, and a perfect fit for me (they pay me to find fault with others, instead of getting upset at me for that!). It doesn't hurt that after only 5 years I'm also making far more money than I ever have in my life. I had a similar experience or should I have. I've realized that I'm not very good at coding and haven't really put everything I need into to it to get better. I got an automated testing job on a whim and used my experience to get to another company. I've made some moves to get towards development but I'm kind of coming to the realization that I'm good at QA and maybe I should stay here. More E/N: Girlfriend got a job in another town a few hours away. I think she's going to take it. I don't know what that means for us.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Dude, everybody hates that loving song. I *LOVE* that song  Bite me if you have a problem with my awful musical taste :p
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I *LOVE* that song Jesus christ. Australians...
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kimbo305 posted:New AAA study showing more people in fatal WA crashes had marijuana in their systems: http://www.edmunds.com/car-news/fatal-crashes-involving-marijuana-in-washington-double-after-legalization-study-says.html As others have said, this means literally nothing as THC metabolite levels (which are what is actually tested for in blood) can remain high enough to be detectable for Super Aggro Crag posted:loving months. And the study itself specifically says they only found 'traces' that's the biggest issue with drug blood testing tbh, that the tests we have for THC don't actually indicate whether you're high or not. Boaz MacPhereson posted:Jesus christ. Australians... i will not apologize for art
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