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Austin is in Texas, but it's not really part of texas. you have to remember that.
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Feb 18, 2015 23:00
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think of it more like a city out in continental california where the yuppies and hippies are fighting with the wasps and olds for dominance e: and there's millions of mexicans but no one cares about them
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Feb 18, 2015 23:02
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qirex posted:when you work for a big boring company some vp reads a fast company article on the can and talks their boss into giving a couple mil in budget for a "bold ideas" team unencumbered by traditional bureaucracy, typically they get about 40% into designing an actual product when the plug is pulled or it's folded into the typical development hell of the larger org and comes out the same as a normal project but with way more churn and expense intentional shadow IT got it
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Feb 18, 2015 23:03
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Jonny 290 posted:SXSW is 100% irrelevant yep
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Feb 18, 2015 23:10
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Wulfolme posted:Austin is in Texas, but it's not really part of texas. you have to remember that. this is a big dumb line of poo poo that Austin residents tell themselves to feel better.
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Feb 18, 2015 23:10
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austin is the pittsburgh of texas
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Feb 18, 2015 23:11
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austin is where middle aged californians go to feel cool again
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Feb 18, 2015 23:14
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qirex posted:austin is the pittsburgh of texas
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Feb 18, 2015 23:14
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i bought my car in austin and it was horrible sprawl and full of ladies in cowboy hats and 3-olives tier gays and it was also 102F in the shade, do not recommend
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Feb 18, 2015 23:16
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austin is still texas, it's just not a texan's preferred version of texas
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Feb 18, 2015 23:17
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the problem with trying to fight the man is that he has all of the soldiers
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Feb 18, 2015 23:17
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There's this left turn you have to make if you're approaching austin from the north and if the sun is up you will spend half an hour waiting in the clog before you can even see the loving traffic light
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Feb 18, 2015 23:19
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born on a buy you posted:austin is where middle aged californians go to feel cool again and they keep buying houses sight unseen for cash as "investments" then whining about property taxes being an actual thing. Citizen Tayne posted:this is a big dumb line of poo poo that Austin residents tell themselves to feel better. yup.
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Feb 18, 2015 23:29
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Tito's though is a decent vodka.
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Feb 19, 2015 00:06
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rrrrrrrrrrrt posted:getting rid of the penny is literally the only positive thing our current government has done. if you mean Harper, then mega-agreed
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Feb 19, 2015 00:18
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qirex posted:when you work for a big boring company some vp reads a fast company article on the can and talks their boss into giving a couple mil in budget for a "bold ideas" team unencumbered by traditional bureaucracy, typically they get about 40% into designing an actual product when the plug is pulled or it's folded into the typical development hell of the larger org and comes out the same as a normal project but with way more churn and expense the first 12 months owns if youre on one of these projects though because "unencumbered by traditional bureaucracy" usually translates into loose expense and capital purchase policy so you get cool toys and nice dinners until the budget runs out
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Feb 19, 2015 00:52
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rrrrrrrrrrrt posted:getting rid of the penny is literally the only positive thing our current government has done. yup gently caress harper
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Feb 19, 2015 00:52
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mishaq posted:the first 12 months owns if youre on one of these projects though because "unencumbered by traditional bureaucracy" usually translates into loose expense and capital purchase policy so you get cool toys and nice dinners until the budget runs out "internal startup tourist" is a good gig
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Feb 19, 2015 00:54
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Jonny 290 posted:i bought my car in austin and it was horrible sprawl and full of ladies in cowboy hats and 3-olives tier gays and it was also 102F in the shade, do not recommend i used to live in dallas and it was this except no good bars/music/culture texas sucks
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Feb 19, 2015 00:55
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Subjunctive posted:"internal startup tourist" is a good gig looking back on my (short) career, i think my last 3 gigs had elements of it  current one definitely does not though 
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Feb 19, 2015 00:57
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mishaq posted:i used to live in dallas and it was this except no good bars/music/culture hey man let's go to addison, you can still smoke in bars there
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Feb 19, 2015 00:58
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mishaq posted:i used to live in dallas and it was this except no good bars/music/culture The DFW metroplex is one of the most populous in America and somehow manages to have nothing interesting in it at all.
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Feb 19, 2015 01:00
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Beast of Bourbon posted:hey man let's go to addison, you can still smoke in bars there yeah lets drunk drive or take a $70 taxi ride to addison because of how loving sprawled out that shithole is
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Feb 19, 2015 01:00
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Citizen Tayne posted:The DFW metroplex is one of the most populous in America and somehow manages to have nothing interesting in it at all. still better than phoenix
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Feb 19, 2015 02:10
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Nagato posted:still better than phoenix bristol stool scale
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Feb 19, 2015 02:14
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mishaq posted:yeah lets drunk drive or take a $70 taxi ride to addison because of how loving sprawled out that shithole is oh man, my girl is in fair park, let's go pick her up and then my friend is playing a show in mckinney, let's go see that after. then my friend is having a loft party in bishop arts, it'll be dope as gently caress. *drives for 5 hours total*
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Feb 19, 2015 02:18
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Beast of Bourbon posted:oh man, my girl is in fair park, let's go pick her up and then my friend is playing a show in mckinney, let's go see that after. then my friend is having a loft party in bishop arts, it'll be dope as gently caress. this is my experience going out in los angeles
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Feb 19, 2015 02:21
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Jonny 290 posted:i bought my car in austin and it was horrible sprawl and full of ladies in cowboy hats and 3-olives tier gays and it was also 102F in the shade, do not recommend sounds better than florida was
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Feb 19, 2015 02:27
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Wild EEPROM posted:technological michael buble
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Feb 19, 2015 02:30
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is there a place on this earth that doesn't suck
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Feb 19, 2015 02:30
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Mariana trench.
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Feb 19, 2015 02:32
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qirex posted:this is my experience going out in los angeles
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Feb 19, 2015 02:36
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transportation in los angeles is so bad that i hate the whole city because of it
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Feb 19, 2015 02:37
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fart simpson posted:transportation in los angeles is so bad that i hate the whole city because of it but if you live there you can post all over social media how youre *~in LA~*
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Feb 19, 2015 02:45
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hey dude my friend just texted me he's at this awesome new bar *drives from santa monica to silverlake* man this place is dead let's get some food *drives to westwood*
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Feb 19, 2015 02:46
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it's too bad though because there's some really nice things about la if you can get over having to spend hours traveling through la
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Feb 19, 2015 02:48
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fart simpson posted:transportation in los angeles is so bad that i hate the whole city because of it same also atlanta
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Feb 19, 2015 02:52
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Beast of Bourbon posted:oh man, my girl is in fair park, let's go pick her up and then my friend is playing a show in mckinney, let's go see that after. then my friend is having a loft party in bishop arts, it'll be dope as gently caress. The Californians skit on SNL is real. My spouse didn't find it that funny until she met my LA family and then it clicked.
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Feb 19, 2015 02:54
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ugh why did the californians get a longass chunk of time on the snl special and every other sketch got a minute tops?
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sonatinas posted:Tito's though is a decent vodka. for sure
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