UKMT August 2019 - we (UK) should simply invade Ireland peacefully

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OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Ms Adequate posted:

I'm upset about Jeremy Soule because Morrowind is one of my favourite things ever that has meant an incredible amount to me.

I'm also upset about people being hosed around by the DWP but don't lose hope, the vast majority of cases that reach a Tribunal are found in the applicant's favour. Sometimes even earlier; my last PIP assessment was accepted at the mandatory reconsideration stage, miracle of miracles!

You might call it a real Almsivi Intervention :dadjoke:

# ? Aug 27, 2019 18:49

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# ? May 27, 2024 18:51

Gort: Aug 18, 2003; Good day what ho cup of tea

Wait, what about Jeremy Soule?

# ? Aug 27, 2019 18:53

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Big sex pest apparently.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 18:54

Not So Fast: Dec 27, 2007

Barry Shitpeas posted:

Centrists need to let go of the fantasy that Brexit can be stopped

Fixed this for you.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 19:05

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

OwlFancier posted:

You might call it a real Almsivi Intervention

You mother fucker :laugh:

Gort posted:

Wait, what about Jeremy Soule?

From a few pages back;

Tesseraction posted:

In JESUS CHRIST news, Jereme Soule, the composer to the Elder Scrolls and Guild Wars series, has been outed as a rapist and abuser https://twitter.com/alienmelon/status/1166106560809992192?s=19

and sparked by that revelation, Comrade Quinn has outed one of the Night in the Woods devs (Alec Holowka) as also one https://twitter.com/UnburntWitch/status/1166212005629325313?s=19

The co-creator has responded to say he believes her and is loving livid at Alec https://twitter.com/bombsfall/status/1166249701953478656

So yeah, kinda mad at video games right now.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 19:05

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

Lord Ludikrous posted:

So I�m pleased so say that while I successfully got a job recently (and had finished my second week there as of Friday), I was also successful at getting the job I really wanted, so I�ll be leaving the one I have now shortly.

If people are interested, I have some statistics about my recent search and it would be interesting to compare them to other people�s experiences.

So basically from the day I was notified I was at risk of redundancy to accepting the first job offer I got was a period of 28 days.

Over that 28 day period I submitted 213 applications - the last week I sent out very few as I was moving home, and once I received and accepted the first offer I ceased applying completely.

14 jobs out of those 213 applications got a recruiter or employer in contact regarding them.

9 of those 14 jobs reached the interview stage. Most but not all were a two stage process.

3 of those 9 jobs resulted in an offer. I accepted one, then later got a much better one, and declined the last.

So basically:

1 out of 15 applications led to positive contact.

1 out of 24 applications led to the interview stage.

1 out of 71 applications led to a job offer.

Or alternatively:

6.6% of applications led to positive contact.

64.28% of contacted applications led to an interview.

33.33% of interviews led to a job offer.

Locations covered North Kent, South Essex and East London. Salary for outside London was �25,000+ increasing substantially further into London. This was for office based roles in the fields of logistics, distribution and manufacturing.

As it happens, not one application in London went anywhere.

Congrats on finding something, especially something you want to do! That's a horrific and impressive amount of work put into finding work. From the salary and your role description I guess that the position you wanted is one that is somewhat specialised and where you also have previous experience. Did you only apply for jobs that matched that, or did you apply in areas that you wouldn't want to pursue long-term but would have been bearable as interim work? Comparatively how successful were those applications? Did you tailor applications to each job, or to broader employment areas?

I also recently finished a frustrating period of job hunting, where your success rate definitely sounds pretty familiar applying for "good" jobs. I had somewhat better success with zero-hours, short contract stuff and ended up working those while hunting for something long-term. I made a lot fewer applications than you, and over a longer period, because I at least had those crappy jobs just about paying the bills. But at the same time I definitely built up the job I ended up being offered a lot in my mind over the several-month-long application process. I know if I hadn't at least had the hope of success there to look forward to I would have felt a lot shittier about my future during that time.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 19:09

AceOfFlames: Oct 9, 2012

Ms Adequate posted:

You mother fucker

From a few pages back;

God loving drat it.

To try to drag some positivity out of this nightmare, can I just say how Zoe Quinn manages to have the best Twitter display names? I still giggle at the time she went by "LinkedIn Park"

# ? Aug 27, 2019 19:13

Miftan: Mar 31, 2012; Terry knows what he can do with his bloody chocolate orange...

Lord Ludikrous posted:

So I’m pleased so say that while I successfully got a job recently (and had finished my second week there as of Friday), I was also successful at getting the job I really wanted, so I’ll be leaving the one I have now shortly.

If people are interested, I have some statistics about my recent search and it would be interesting to compare them to other people’s experiences.

So basically from the day I was notified I was at risk of redundancy to accepting the first job offer I got was a period of 28 days.

Over that 28 day period I submitted 213 applications - the last week I sent out very few as I was moving home, and once I received and accepted the first offer I ceased applying completely.

14 jobs out of those 213 applications got a recruiter or employer in contact regarding them.

9 of those 14 jobs reached the interview stage. Most but not all were a two stage process.

3 of those 9 jobs resulted in an offer. I accepted one, then later got a much better one, and declined the last.

So basically:

1 out of 15 applications led to positive contact.

1 out of 24 applications led to the interview stage.

1 out of 71 applications led to a job offer.

Or alternatively:

6.6% of applications led to positive contact.

64.28% of contacted applications led to an interview.

33.33% of interviews led to a job offer.

Locations covered North Kent, South Essex and East London. Salary for outside London was £25,000+ increasing substantially further into London. This was for office based roles in the fields of logistics, distribution and manufacturing.

As it happens, not one application in London went anywhere.

I applied for about 20 jobs over a month in May (because I was lazy, and wasn't in a rush since I was living with my in laws and we had savings), got 3 or 4 interview offers and 2 job offers.

e I tailored each application to the job, looked basically everywhere north of Sheffield but mostly Yorkshire / Newcastle and in every job I thought I wouldn't hate. I was also very lucky to be offered the only one I really wanted.

Miftan fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Aug 27, 2019

# ? Aug 27, 2019 19:24

Doctor_Fruitbat: Jun 2, 2013

Julio Cruz posted:

legislating away No Deal hasn't come close any of the other many times it's been tried, but I'm sure this time it'll work, because reasons

Probably best they get it out the way first though, to make it clear that it's Corbyn or nothing.

Yes, it'll probably be nothing. But we all knew that anyway. Unless Johnson actually goes for an election, which would be absolutely bananas.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 19:26

sinky: Feb 22, 2011; Slippery Tilde

Doctor_Fruitbat posted:

Unless Johnson actually goes for an election, which would be absolutely bananas.

The Guardian are claiming he is with this leaked education document.

quote:

The announcements will include explicit support for headteachers who use �reasonable force� in their efforts to improve discipline.

Bringing back the cane :thumbsup:

# ? Aug 27, 2019 19:46

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Considering the eton definition of reasonable force includes child molestation I'm sure that'll go down well.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 19:51

Shyrka: Feb 10, 2005; Small Boss likes to spin!

I'm getting made redundant at the start of October and I still haven't applied for any new jobs.

My CV's about finished after updating it for the first time in like a decade so I should get a move on. Part of me's like why loving bother since the Amazon and Arctic are on fire, but society will probably manage to limp along longer than my redundancy money and savings will last.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 19:55

a pipe smoking dog: Jan 25, 2010; "haha, dogs can't smoke!"

From personal experience of trying to recruit people recently if youve worked in insurance or have any sort of legal experience you should move to the North West because trying to hire people is almost impossible at the moment

# ? Aug 27, 2019 20:49

WhatEvil: Jun 6, 2004; Can't get no luck.

Lunar Suite posted:

Tag yourself, I'm the single sentence on "The poor"

I'm the bit which essentially says:

"Good news: There will be no significant changes to the state of social care.... because it's already hosed".

E: Beaten twice. Glad I'm not the only one who picked up on this though.

WhatEvil fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Aug 27, 2019

# ? Aug 27, 2019 21:03

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

I used to apply for jobs and never got so far as a reply let alone failing an interview.

Not a problem now though because I'm very loony and not able to work!

# ? Aug 27, 2019 21:06

WhatEvil: Jun 6, 2004; Can't get no luck.

Well you guys are making me optimistic about my current job search in Ottawa.

I've applied for three jobs so far:

Water Slide designer
Biogas digester designer
Kitchen manufcaturing designer/project co-ordinator.

I figured that designing water slides would be cool, with the next best thing being designing tanks for pressurised poo poo and mouldy vegetable matter, and then designing kitchens as a last resort.

Haven't heard anything back yet, mind.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 21:11

Julio Cruz: May 19, 2006

if you get called back for the water slide designer you can cite your many years of experience in RollerCoaster Tycoon

# ? Aug 27, 2019 21:13

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

WhatEvil posted:

Well you guys are making me optimistic about my current job search in Ottawa.

I've applied for three jobs so far:

Water Slide designer
Biogas digester designer
Kitchen manufcaturing designer/project co-ordinator.

I figured that designing water slides would be cool, with the next best thing being designing tanks for pressurised poo poo and mouldy vegetable matter, and then designing kitchens as a last resort.

Haven't heard anything back yet, mind.

Let me know if you get the biogas one, I want one.

At least if it's an Indian-style home one and not an industrial sized var of poo poo.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 21:15

WhatEvil: Jun 6, 2004; Can't get no luck.

Julio Cruz posted:

if you get called back for the water slide designer you can cite your many years of experience in RollerCoaster Tycoon

I was literally going to. I legit wanted to be a ride designer (not specifically water slides but I'd take it) when I was a kid due to Theme Park and RCT. I've since then mostly accidentally learned a decent chunk of the skills I'd need to become one.

Guavanaut posted:

Let me know if you get the biogas one, I want one.

At least if it's an Indian-style home one and not an industrial sized var of poo poo.

And nah these are big industrial ones. I only applied yesterday so I may still hear back. Fairly sure I haven't got the waterslide one though

# ? Aug 27, 2019 21:27

Pesky Splinter: Feb 16, 2011; A worried pug.

Julio Cruz posted:

if you get called back for the water slide designer you can cite your many years of experience in RollerCoaster Tycoon

"It's three miles high, with a drop of the same, and has a slight tilt at the end to propel it off the tracks and into the crowds below. I call it the 'Euthenasia Log Flume'".

Alternatively, Mr Bone's Wild Ride but IRL.

Pesky Splinter fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Aug 27, 2019

# ? Aug 27, 2019 21:28

Bobstar: Feb 8, 2006; KartooshFace, you are not responding efficiently!

WhatEvil posted:

Well you guys are making me optimistic about my current job search in Ottawa.

I've applied for three jobs so far:

Water Slide designer
Biogas digester designer
Kitchen manufcaturing designer/project co-ordinator.

I figured that designing water slides would be cool, with the next best thing being designing tanks for pressurised poo poo and mouldy vegetable matter, and then designing kitchens as a last resort.

Haven't heard anything back yet, mind.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 21:31

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

Doctor_Fruitbat posted:

Probably best they get it out the way first though, to make it clear that it's Corbyn or nothing.

Yes, it'll probably be nothing. But we all knew that anyway. Unless Johnson actually goes for an election, which would be absolutely bananas.

My big concern is that he'll go for an early election under FTPA (which, of course, requires 2/3rds of the Commons to pass) as his first order of business when Parliament returns - the election would take place after October 31st with no possibility of extending which leaves Labour in the rather invidious position of saying "No we don't want a General Election" which would be all those nice sensible centrists would need to shout about how JEREMY SAID HE WANTED AN ELECTION AND NOW HE IS CHICKENING OUT, despite the very obvious flaws there (and lets face it if the political press in this country called out obvious flaws in centrist reasoning they'd never have a chance to report on anything else - which may not be too bad a thing)

# ? Aug 27, 2019 21:48

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

WhatEvil posted:

And nah these are big industrial ones. I only applied yesterday so I may still hear back.

Eh, still interested, how much are brownfield sites going for now?

goddamnedtwisto posted:

if the political press in this country called out obvious flaws in centrist reasoning

Isn't that what Comment is Free is supposed to be for?

# ? Aug 27, 2019 21:54

AceOfFlames: Oct 9, 2012

Shyrka posted:

I'm getting made redundant at the start of October and I still haven't applied for any new jobs.

My CV's about finished after updating it for the first time in like a decade so I should get a move on. Part of me's like why loving bother since the Amazon and Arctic are on fire, but society will probably manage to limp along longer than my redundancy money and savings will last.

Same except I have no idea if I will be kicked out or not. I am currently on thin ice but my boss seems to have forgotten about it. I also have no idea what I want to do and feel like I have learned nothing useful in my 6 years in software.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 21:58

Galewolf: Jan 9, 2007; The human gallbladder is indeed a puzzle!

I have moved to London 2 months ago and I'm having the best and the worst time of my life at the same time.

Job hunting turned into an endurance race against frustration (which was expected as the first month and a half went by while looking for a cupboard to live in, being straight up bedridden from the change of weather and probably the bacteria cocktail that is the Northern Line and setting up practical stuff like bank accounts etc.).

On top of trying to convince the employers I'm here legally, I have to bullshit my way around the fact that my work permit only allows me to be a contractor (probably a better thing in the long run) when applying to Permanent jobs as well.

I don't know if this is the proper place to ask but does anyone know a good recruitment agency specializing in construction (transportation/engineering) industry? (other than the big faceless ones like Randstad, Micheal Page etc.)

Well, at least I didn't get trampled during the Carnival and only spent 3 hours stranded there under the heatwave while trying to find a proper exit :unsmith:

# ? Aug 27, 2019 22:00

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goddamnedtwisto posted:

My big concern is that he'll go for an early election under FTPA (which, of course, requires 2/3rds of the Commons to pass) as his first order of business when Parliament returns - the election would take place after October 31st with no possibility of extending which leaves Labour in the rather invidious position of saying "No we don't want a General Election" which would be all those nice sensible centrists would need to shout about how JEREMY SAID HE WANTED AN ELECTION AND NOW HE IS CHICKENING OUT, despite the very obvious flaws there (and lets face it if the political press in this country called out obvious flaws in centrist reasoning they'd never have a chance to report on anything else - which may not be too bad a thing)

Bad for the country if we No Deal two weeks before an election, but probably good for Labour's chances of winning an election, and if no MPs are willing to actually help Labour stop No Deal then that's as good as we're going to get.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 22:02

WhatEvil: Jun 6, 2004; Can't get no luck.

Guavanaut posted:

Eh, still interested, how much are brownfield sites going for now?

No idea. If I get the job and become knowledgeable about any of it I'll let you know.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 22:02

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

I will be ~~king~~ General Secretary of the Central Committee of a giant tank of poo poo and piss by 2022, governing the wasteland by gas ration.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 22:08

WhatEvil: Jun 6, 2004; Can't get no luck.

Guavanaut posted:

I will be ~~king~~ General Secretary of the Central Committee of a giant tank of poo poo and piss by 2022, governing the wasteland by gas ration.

King poo poo of poo poo Mountain.

poo poo for the poo poo God.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 22:13

Darth Walrus: Feb 13, 2012

https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1166458652699648002?s=21

Atlas's shoulders seem to be getting really sore. The Saj could be a serious obstacle to Boris's 'yeah, we're going to spend everything, free unicorns for all' GE pitch.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 22:18

Darth Walrus: Feb 13, 2012

Also, lol:

https://twitter.com/markdistef/status/1166457568186785793?s=21

# ? Aug 27, 2019 22:20

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Guavanaut posted:

Eh, still interested, how much are brownfield sites going for now?

Isn't that what Comment is Free is supposed to be for?

Read these without quotes and enjoyed the suggestion that comment is free is supposed to be an industrial biosolid composter.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 22:24

WhatEvil: Jun 6, 2004; Can't get no luck.

OwlFancier posted:

Read these without quotes and enjoyed the suggestion that comment is free is supposed to be an industrial biosolid composter.

Only registered members can see post attachments!

# ? Aug 27, 2019 22:34

Junior G-man: Sep 15, 2004; Wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma

Darth Walrus posted:

Atlas's shoulders seem to be getting really sore. The Saj could be a serious obstacle to Boris's 'yeah, we're going to spend everything, free unicorns for all' GE pitch.

The plot twist is that they'll pay for largesse in Tory shires and swing constituencies by draining even more life out of the poor.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 22:55

radmonger: Jun 6, 2011

Guavanaut posted:

I will be ~~king~~ General Secretary of the Central Committee of a giant tank of poo poo and piss by 2022, governing the wasteland by gas ration.

A No Deal, No Government Brexit really does seem to have a small, but not quite zero, chance of heading to food shortages, riots, martial law and possibly US peacekeeping forces.

More 28 Weeks later than Mad Max. But either way, I wish to register the fact that, while I have little affection for the 2012 olympics, I do not consent to the risk of becoming an extra in a disaster movie.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 23:01

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

radmonger posted:

I do not consent to the risk of becoming an extra in a disaster movie.

I have bad news about the next few decades.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 23:04

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

josh04 posted:

Bad for the country if we No Deal two weeks before an election, but probably good for Labour's chances of winning an election, and if no MPs are willing to actually help Labour stop No Deal then that's as good as we're going to get.

Look into your heart - two weeks into a NDB and the shortages are going to start biting, who are the jackals going to blame?

# ? Aug 27, 2019 23:25

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

I dunno once the BBC journos have to pay more for their champagne and posh cheese or whatever they'll probably start whingeing a bit more.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 23:30

Pilchenstein: May 17, 2012; So your plan is for half of us to die?; Hot Rope Guy

Waterslide designer sounds cool but historically goons have a terrible track record at building things, so I can't wait for the inevitable meltdown thread when your magnum opus is firing test dummies into the ozone layer :v:

# ? Aug 27, 2019 23:42

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# ? May 27, 2024 18:51

WhatEvil: Jun 6, 2004; Can't get no luck.

Pilchenstein posted:

Waterslide designer sounds cool but historically goons have a terrible track record at building things, so I can't wait for the inevitable meltdown thread when your magnum opus is firing test dummies into the ozone layer

Me and Verizian already came up with combining the waterslide job and the biogas job and propelling people poo poo slides with jets of hot pressurised methane towards a waiting vat of bubbling poo poo.

# ? Aug 27, 2019 23:48

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