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- kona3
Our interns started today.
Mine - that I hired - is ready to take on the world, all set up with a nice clean desk and a new laptop filled with software.
The 3 mobile iOS developers that the dev team was tasked with hiring show up, have no where to sit, and are given PCs.
This accurately sums up the state of things here.
- I noticed you used the words 'intern' and 'hired' in the same sentence... are they paid interns?PonyBoy
- They are. I don't believe it's much but it's a nice incentive.kona
- nice... and lol @ giving iOS developers PCs :DPonyBoy
- I know... SMHkona
- Our interns are hired, but get tasked with the most mundane shit. Makes me fucking rage. My former colleague was employed to learn arch-viz work...face_melter
- ...she helped me with projects, 3D, post - the whole bit, v. talented. An architect told her to go to the post office to collect her mail! Fucking bitch.face_melter
- giving iOs devs PC -> if you are smart enough to solve this problem we will give you everything what you pick at an apple storested
- lol stedkona
- i_monk0
A member of the condo board wants me to work on rebranding the building into something more "boutique-y" but I get the impression it's going to be an uphill battle convincing the % of owners needed to support the change.
- Re-branding by comity in the place you live, sound like nothing can go wrong.eryx
- I got 99 problems...but a HOA ain't oneutopian
- This is your chance to give it a stupid name!
Sodo Sopa?pango - lol i_monk. absolutely. I showed up to the design meeting for our subdivision re-brand and it was the shit show I imagined it to be.kona
- I tried offering suggestions and help but they ended up spending a shit ton budget on a stock logo. lolkona
- scarabin1
a guy facing me on the train home today had a hand in his pants, stroking his dick while making eye contact. dude just could not leave it alone.
i need to get a driver's license.
- lolmoldero
- Wait... thought you bought a car... was the car just for storage?pango
- i can't pass the vision test, got eye damage from migraines. my girl dos the driving. i bought the car and buy gasscarabin
- how's that z holding up?moldero
- purrs like a kitten :)scarabin
- currently working on tapping into the rear-view camera line to install a retropiescarabin
- You got eye damage from migraines?! Shit, I never knew that was a thing. Thanks, another thing to worry about...detritus
- the eye damage was likely from stabbing yourself in the eye to try and stop the pain. I get migraines, as well.Gnash
- Me too, thankfully mine don't hurt, they just trip me out and make me feel nauseous.detritus
- the pressure was so intense it pushed blood into my eyes. the liquids reabsorbed but left solids that causes spots. i see okay with both eyesscarabin
- but the eye tests require you to use one eye, then the other. that's where i fail. my headaches were an extreme case thoughscarabin
- prob not something you have to worry about :)scarabin
- I worked with an AD once that had a shunt in the back of his neck that was connected to his spinal column...Gnash
- ... his migraines were so bad, and constant, that the shunt was there to inject pain-killer directly into his spinal columnGnash
- was it a cluser headache?
that was the worst pain i ever randomly feltmoldero - not sure what kind, but he was in contact pain. not sure how he was able to workGnash
- Scarb. get prescription glasses?pango
- glasses make up for lens shape. i have protein deposits :/scarabin
- protein deposits. that like a pearl necklace?Gnash
- (sucks, about the vision - sorry to hear)Gnash
- wait wait wait, why's all the chat about scarabins eyes and driving here. The point here is some dude was making eye contact and playing with himself ...microkorg
- ...you guys not pick up on that or is it a normal thing to experience?microkorg
- Can people with one eye get licence?pango
- damn scar. sorry to hear about the migraines though.bklyndroobeki
- @scara close one eye next time a bus wanker is staring you down. Problem solved.garbage
- (But for real, sorry about your eyes and migraines. That is awful.)garbage
- bklyndroobeki2
Bought a down pillow last year from bed bath beyond. Most comfy pillow I've ever had. Can't believe I've spent 30+ years sleeping on that synthetic shite.
- It's a bit late in the year (today's actually warm here in LDN) but I put the feather duvet on a week or so ... so damn snug. Worth every penny, that thing.detritus
- welcome to the quality clubmonospaced
- I have a duck down duvet that's about 8 inches thick fluffed. Made by Nuns in Poland. Beat that!microkorg
- Fuck you dude we hate youyovkov
- since19797
I've decided to turn down a job interview for a plastic surgery marketing company.
I do not want to spread the influence of that industry throughout the world.
Self-righteous? Probably.
Fuck it.
- +scarabin
- not self righteous, its called self respect..autoflavour
- Plenty of money to be made elsewherebezoar
- like weapons manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.eryx
- It must have been difficult to guage their reaction...MrT
- not even the surgeons - just a marketing co? Yeah, good call. also, haha Mr.TFax_Benson
- MrT0
For fuck's sake Australia. High tea is NOT a fancier way of saying afternoon tea. I'll have a scone though.
- 'ken oath it is cunt.BusterBoy
- what about high treason?autoflavour
- clearly not a concern for you ladiesMrT
- california does high tea...sarahfailin
- Sorry, I was ratted. Trivia night at the pub and this wound me up. Although the Jian Yangs at the next table were really wound up by the physics questine...MrT
- GeorgesII0
I missed you guys,
They locked me in a cage made of Arduinos and raspberry pi :(please send hel
- https://media3.giphy…scarabin
- that made me guffaw quite heartily, scarabindetritus
- sorry about your loss with marine le pen :(
better luck next time!moldero
- chukkaphob-2
Is Twitter usefull for anything other than checking if Instagram, WhatsApp, and other such apps are down?
- yescapn_ron
- You're supposed to use it to keep up with the sites you already check daily.i_monk
- lolchukkaphob
- i use it to check if QBN is downchukkaphob
- depends how you use it. I find it's quite like this place but with famous people arguing about politics rather than just you nomarksFax_Benson
- so no, not really useful, but quite addictive.Fax_Benson
- i use it to check coupons...pango
- coupons? really? teach uschukkaphob
- coupons? really? I wanna know how to do this toocapn_ron
- I follow retail stores, groupons, grocery stores. sometime they twit out coupons or discount codes.pango
- I use it for following bands, they publish their tour dates and releases. Some infosec accounts. And Moomins.face_melter
- pango1
Man down....
a colleague of mine got a minor stroke 2 weeks ago... doesn't seem like he will be back for several months....
I better start exercising... and cut out junk food......
....- dude's got a mini fridge under his desk filled with soda drinks...pango
- how old was he?moldero
- 40-45pango
- fuck me! 40 here and this worries me. Don't drink sodas, but still worries me.capn_ron
- he doesn't exercise... as far as i know... drives everywhere. huge mod car dude.pango
- see him eating frozen lasagna, MacNCheese every time i work over time with him...pango
- ya... stay away from processed food... better yet... hunt your own food... although we only have raccoons available here...pango
- http://www.thugkitch…
http://www.meetonmai… ;-) Miss that placemugwart - Ohhhh you were in van?
I didn't even know those place.pango - Only for a few days at the end of last year. If I go out again love to meet up.mugwart
- mekk0
Coworker tried to kill himself in the office a few days ago. Most disturbing experience of my life so far.
- you win...pango
- Shit dude. I was working late one night and the guy in the office below hung himself. Was fucked upmugwart
- @pango what weird contest did I subscribe to?mekk
- One of our neighbours hung himself a few years back - in the kitchen as a nice surprise for his housemates returning from work. Weird thing was: at the time ...detritus
- ... he did it, I was literally idly looping together nooses from bits of string as we sat next door. Now, I'm not in the habit of doing that normally, at all.detritus
- checked his browser history, this dude is living a goddamn nightmare of a lifemekk
- stop teasing,what was wrong with himdrgs
- Aspergers, depression, several metabolic diseases one of which made him smell like rotten fish, small, fat. Hair loss. In his early 20s. An unpleasant dude.mekk
- I'm afraid to ask, but ... what was your disturbing experience exactly?monospaced
- I mean ... what was his attempt? Is he getting help now?monospaced
- his office is right next to mine and I've seen how someone tried to get in. It was 5m away from me. Door won't open because he was lying there with hismekk
- belt tied to his neck and closed tightly. We could open the belt before something happened. I called the cops and they put him into psychiatry, no news yet.mekk
- disturbing part was to look someone in the eye who just got caught at the attempt.mekk
- Sure it wasn't just an extreme wank?detritus
- Shit...everyday around 1pm I smell fish in the office..I am going to start searching for bodiesfuturefood
- Sounds disturbing. How are you handling it? Drink some bitter tea, that helps for the shock your system had to go through.sea_sea
- @mekk you just up me one on sad horrible story at work...pango
- lol detritusernexbcn
- What kind of job was he doing? Did his work show he was going through some hard path? Just curious...Maaku
- Enough of him. Everyone here feels bad because everyone hated him.mekk
- hahaha, sorry, THAT is funny.detritus
- do you guys have an HR department, surely there must of been some writing on the wall, did he reach out in the past or did the company offer any?_niko
- I feel bad for people who suffer some stink beyond their control - must be one of the worst afflictions for the average office worker...detritus
- or just, human.detritus
- What's his job?bainbridge
- HR...pango
- Brian Peppers comes to mind reading all of this.dopepope
- What. The. Feck.garbage
- since19790
Have you ever given a dying man a modern album? What if that album is the last piece of new music they will hear?
Would you be ready for that responsibility?
- David bowie's?
I think its a nice gift.mugwart - https://youtu.be/_Y2…pango
- haha yasssince1979
- David bowie's?
- face_melter0
I feel like the phrase, to call someone a 'crab ass' is used nowhere near as much as it used to be in today's modern society.
eg. standing in line at the post office collection and some crabass motherfucker is complaining to the guy behind the counter that their dragon dildo broke through its packaging and everyone in the supermarket saw it as its rubbery girth flopped onto the floor next to the gourmet cheeses.
- sureshot0
Sometimes I miss that 90's show "911" with William Shatner..
- bainbridge-3
Any USA freelancers collect unemployment in between gigs?
- Unless you're incorporated and paid into unemployment or there has been a 'major disaster' that affected you... else no... freelancer's are ineligible.PonyBoy
- since19790
The role of a director in interactive media is similar to that of stage in that the director has to cede control of the performance. In theatre it is ceding it to the actors and in interactive it is allowing the player to choose his path. In cinema the director has the most control if wanted because he/she picks the edits as well. This is all fascinating to analyze....
- pango0
Would you rather be deaf or blind?
- Deaf. Not being able to see boobies but to hear them might not work for me.ArmandoEstrada
- blind! i want to still be able to converse with people and play and listen to music.sarahfailin
- deaf. my vision is more important to me.capn_ron
- deaf. im already kinda deafsince1979
- I got into an argument with the missus over this the other day. Fuck it. I have both and I'm keeping both. Both, Final Answer!"garbage
- thats not an acceptable answer!!since1979
- you guys fight over this?....
.......
o_Opango - I'd take deaf. I'd miss music so so much tho. You can be active in society deaf, but blind is another game... you cant go anywhere.Bennn
- Benn, I see some people cruising around blind living life. It's not a death sentence.capn_ron
- but i agree with you about missing music cause i'd choose deaf.capn_ron
- we know some famous blind people... do know know any famous deaf people?pango
- http://i0.kym-cdn.co…pango
- deaf for sure! silence is goldenSteveJobs
- I'd go deaf over blind as well.pango
- Deaf, so I don't have to hear you bitches complain all the time.utopian
- ....
i think you meant blind. qbn content is mostly text or imagery. lolpango - Another 'what would you rather...' scenario. I'd rather be deaf but if I listen to the voices in my head long enough I'd lose my shit and poke my eyes outIanbolton
- Becoming blind at 3X years old could be a Hell of a challenge. I think its easier to become deaf at our age.Bennn
- When you're a kid its different, you can adapt to your situation but 30-something lazy dudes like us would have a hard time learning how to be blindBennn
- I'm deaf in one ear, so maybe blind in one eyeplash
- deaf fo shomoldero
- wow i'm the only one who picked blind. bunch of graphic designers in here.sarahfailin
- Cuz we can still work if we go deafpango
- bklyndroobeki1
Completed Startrek TNG series finally.
The final ep was excellent!- This is gonna piss of some trekies. I tried but couldn't get into star trek...pango
- Nice! I am getting there, mid way through season 6.BabySnakes
- Nice. I can pinpoint when my GF was able to get into TNG. Season 3 "the best of both worlds". When Riker says fire! That was it, she was hooked.eryx
- When I saw that episode I had to wait a year to see "the best of both worlds II" and find out what happened. Longest year of my life.eryx
- agreed.. All good things, was excellent.Al_dizzle
- rarely do you come x a show that alters the way you perceive the world :)bklyndroobeki
- bainbridge0
What size suit sport coat do you wear?