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- bulletfactory7
My wife and I bought a house! Moving back to KC to be closer to family. I have mixed emotions about it, but know, at least for now, it's the right move.
I will definitely miss Brooklyn, our neighborhood, the park, and our friends – but all of our family is in Missouri.
When we first moved to Brooklyn, we were just a couple looking to see if we could make it in NYC - and I think we've been really successful at that test. Now that we have twin 3 year olds, we think the right move is to be closer to family so our kids can know them better. This move was especially underscored after some recent loss – we have no idea how much time we have with anyone, so we should take advantage while we can. New York isn't going anywhere.
Both my wife and I are keeping our NYC jobs and working remotely with regular monthly trips back, so it kind of feels like that's kind of a win-win; lower bills (reduced by over half), actually owning something instead of wasting it on rent, proximity to family (but far enough away that they can't "pop in"), plus the opportunity to stay connected to our close friends in NYC.
I think working full-time remote (at least for myself) will be unsustainable for the long term - I don't think I'll be happy and will feel more isolated, but for the short term it's really attractive. I will give it an honest try though.... But I also know I need to hedge my bets and start reaching out to local contacts/agencies. Anyone with their ear to the ground on Sr.AD and above positions (agency or in-house), hit me up!
....and KC folk - we should grab beers in Sept. My new house is 4 blocks from Bier Station.
- mazel tovGnash
- start putting your time and money into making more money, not finding more work. use that money to enjoy the family opportunity the move afforded you.imbecile
- Congrats on your decisions. Sounds great! Onward :-)Krassy
- Working remotely woll be enough for uou to find your nearby hussle. Good luck.cannonball1978
- congrats on the big choice. set yourself up right to work remote. It is the best investment to make it work.capn_ron
- your lucky.. replace New York with Berlin and Missouri with Sydney, and the commute isn't so easy..autoflavour
- Appreciate the advice and well-wishes all!
Autoflavour: that'd be a hell of a commute!bulletfactory - Make that NY money for as long as you can. And congrats, this is a good post.stoplying
- Was able to keep my NY job when moving out west. Working remote these last 7 months has been.... a change. Getting used to, and even appreciating, it though.duckseason
- Nice! Good luck on the move.bezoar
- shapesalad0
Something must have been on my MacBook Pro near the trackpad when I closed it, and it's pushed into the screen and caused a 1.5mm hole in the screen. Not sure what, a piece of grit/salt/food? No idea, wasn't eating near it. I
It's to the right side, about 4cm from the edge, perhaps could live with it....
Any ideas on the repair costs?
It seems like the whole screen + top part of the laptop would need to be replace. Good one apple.
- $300 from Apple. Cheaper anywhere else. This can and does happen to all types of laptops.monospaced
- yep, life happens.shapesalad
- pics?bulletfactory
- i_monk4
Dad's able to stand and walk a bit, so he should be home in a few days and need some physio. You know what he fell on? A gumball machine. Stumbled at the door to a pizza place, spun and fell backwards into a gumball machine. 12 fractures.
- Ouch. Must remember not to do that. Glad he's okay-ish.Fax_Benson
- docpoz-4
theoretical:
rock is not hiphop but hiphop is rock
- It's all 4/4 unless it's waltz. Bring back the waltz!shapesalad
- Waltz will come back when humanity is grossed out w each other and don't want to be breathed on againdocpoz
- i wrote that all wrong but you get my driFT, chicodocpoz
- https://www.youtube.…docpoz
- There’s a ton of rock in 3 and 5.monospaced
- (she has to avoid his breath)docpoz
- Tupac is in the rock and roll hall of fame, so yeah. Kinda.DRIFTMONKEY
- DMC as the king of rock...there is non higher. So yeah._niko
- ArmandoEstrada0
Working on this film with my director friend and were shooting on Hollywood Blvd, so we stage at this pub that he's cool with the guys there, but I am illegally parked right in front. Me and my camera assistant are chilling in front waiting, and I look and see this gorgeous young lady walking in our direction. We lock eyes for a bit and she smiles, and she walks into the pub. I see that she works there and is the front reception person.
Eventually she comes out and start talking to me, asking if I would like a drink, making small talk. When someone walks in she goes back and does her job, but comes right back out every time she has a spare moment, all smiles. This goes on for like a hour or so, and im starting to feel guilty. Im married and older, she was 23-25. But she's all smiles and has that look in her eyes, sharing shit with me, showing me her notebook where she's learning Italian, we watch movie trailer on her phone, etc.
I was a good boy. I didn't peruse it. Some years ago she would have been this weekend jump off. Ive had like 3 of these scenarios lately. Not sure how to approach shit like this anymore.
Anyways...thats it.
- Just imagine your wife sitting next to you next time this happens. That'll tell you how to react. Not worth it mate...unless your marriage is garbage.BusterBoy
- を投げますutopian
- What about the illegally parked car?!shapesalad
- haha shape, that's what i was waiting for too!detritus
- Hahaha, I was standing in front of it the whole time which was in front of the pub door.ArmandoEstrada
- pig and whistle?hotroddy
- Man I thought you were taking her home and then your car was towed or smth!mekk
- @Hotroddy you saw me?ArmandoEstrada
- but did you get a fineernexbcn
- what about the car?!?!pango
- I was waiting for more about the illegally parked car too lol.
Shite storytelling mate! lol.microkorg - Maybe she thought you were a movie directordrgs
- Not that I'm a stud or anything but if things get awkward like that, just casually drop in your wife but still continue. Might end up best matesmugwart
- https://www.qbn.com/…mekk
- my big questine - how was it working with Jonathan Glazer??inteliboy
- next time: pictures, please!SimonFFM
- Aye, next time an attractive woman approaches you - or indeed anyone here - be sure to take a few photos of her with your phone.detritus
- https://youtu.be/aSn…docpoz
- Astrada: next Weinstein?docpoz
- I hope your wife doesn't read this and makes a QBN account....and what simon saidoey
- Bro. I thought for sure she was working with the ticket police to make money on the side! Maybe she called it off because she liked you. Good job!HijoDMaite
- lol @oeyfadein11
- https://www.youtube.…jaylarson
- I was hoping for a different ending, like you getting your car towed or something. lolMaaku
- young women are attracted to older established men? when did this happen?imbecile
- The reason the illegal parked car is relevant is because I was parked in front with equipment, so I couldn't walk away, hence the reason I was standing there.ArmandoEstrada
- I don't look my age (most guess 10-12 years younger), but not in her age range. Its been happening lately. OK, pics next time...ArmandoEstrada
- Intelliboy, He was cool. I did the photos and did a color grade/look and send them to him. Then the music video has an identical grade, he stole my look :)ArmandoEstrada
- Armando, I have the same "problem", hence my sarcasm.imbecile
- nope. did not see you. I envisioned a 'pub' on hollywood blvd worthy of shoot location. but I will check out the hostess next time ;)hotroddy
- Shes a resraurant worker trying to break into “the biz”. Its not you.cannonball1978
- kingsteven0
in a meeting with boss and bosses boss
co-worker complaining about not being able to insert closing brackets in ancient CMS we occasionally still have to use
me: "ampersand hash forty one semicolon"
- Christ, that sounds like a fun meetingfadein11
- haha, you have no idea... medical academics discussing how to not kill people. me: don't use copperplate gothic for body text?kingsteven
- ... have you ever heard of a thing called colour?kingsteven
- I feel your pain.fadein11
- I feel ya!% i'm doing spellchecking for 12 hours on a multi-site project what bangala coders translated to enrish for a Chem/Pharma client...sted
- oh no not enrishmonospaced
- robotron3k-2
I've been at my job for exactly 1.5 years, it's a well funded fintech startup, it's a good company except for my pay and now I've got another possible job offer with way better pay.
Do you typically tell your current employer you have another job offer? in hopes the give you raise or match the offer... I've never done this before, how would bring this up??
- Yes, but expect them to NOT match. If they do, bonus. But be firm in knowing what your worth.DRIFTMONKEY
- Yup, they can only give me a merit raise or title promotion, but i think i need to hint I'm gonna bounce if nothing happens...robotron3k
- Yes, tell them. If they value you, they will keep you.ArmandoEstrada
- I did this in my first job, got a pay rise and stayed where I was because I preferred it, so my answer is 'go for it'. What do you have to lose, self-respect?detritus
- Did it. They gave me some gibberish but are going to check with HR and the CEO... we'll see if they bite. Else...robotron3k
- Do you even want to stay? Most say that in time they wish they took the new offer. Simply considering suggests it's time to leave.whatthefunk
- I'd love to stay, I was expecting a raise and better bonus, but wasn't that good. Tried but cant wait for 2 years for a raise...robotron3k
- robotron, do you know what it is that you want?notype
- did you try to get a raise before looking for a new job?mekk
- If they are not willing to raise your pay, maybe you can get a raise by lowering your work hrs, like have Fridays off equals 20% raise. I'd take that..mekk
- detritus1
Ah shit, and i'd just over the last year or so gotten accustomed to the idea this was ok...
- dorf2
it's been a rough week. how do i get over this sinking feeling?!?
- exercisehotroddy
- take off somewhere and clear your head._niko
- would do it but mom is having open heart surgery friday. :(dorf
- Stay strong it will be ok.robotron3k
- make change. it's easy advise to throw out there. But, breaking habits personally or professionally can be sobering in so many ways.shellie
- clean a roomDRIFTMONKEY
- ^ thanks for your words.dorf
- *not just drift, everyone.dorf
- kind of feel you on this. remember that it'll pass. i think i'm feeling this way bc of stress. if it's the same 4 u get out of town and refresh.notype
- thanks notype. it’s both relationship issues and my mom’s health that’s got me fucked up. i know it’ll pass but it seems bottomless at this point.dorf
- i missed your note that your mom is having open heart surgery today. i'm thinking of you... let us know how you and your loved ones are buddy...notype
- operation went well with no complications. she’s recovering well and will be back to old self in 6-8 weeks.dorf
- I’m glad to hear that she’s recovering.notype
- pango-1
Went to this chicks place and holy shit it's 3000sqf loft with high ceiling. Big ass window with translucent curtain. Minimal furnitures. It's fucking perfect for events party and photoshoot!
Of course she already got dj table and sound system set up.
Just out side of downtown area. Prime party location. So fucken envious right now!!! How does one get place like this?!?! AHHHHHHHH!!!!- https://youtu.be/OZz…microkorg
- Did you see her Plaster of Paris Cream Cheese Bagel Paperweight?microkorg
- trustafarianGnash
- https://www.thebeave…Gnash
- You can totally hear the echo too!!!
https://youtu.be/nBe…pango
- Fax_Benson13
that feeling you get when you're listening to a new tune so good you feel compelled to post it in 'what are you listening to' - only to realise that you're listening to it because yuekit posted it in 'what are you listening to'
- < signs your getting oldSimonFFM
- QBN rocks!Krassy
- get off my lawn!Gnash
- WAYLT is the new FMTHijoDMaite
- if it ain't it'll do til the FMT gets hereFax_Benson
- I miss NT radio, it was stellarrobotron3k
- so which track is it?HijoDMaite
- Yepthumb_screws
- haha :)yuekit
- i_monk0
Going indoor rock climbing for the first time tonight. If you don't hear from me in 24 hours I fell and died.
- They turned an old porn theatre in Koreatown into a climbing gym.i_monk
- did you get your rocks off safely?Gnash
- I went once, years ago. Acted as a belayer for a v.good friend who went high. When he came down again, I realised I had loop wrong. Could've killed him. F That.detritus
- Also I was a total weed at the time and it was too much effort, especially as surrounded by hot, fit Braziwians who made me feel like an untermensch...detritus
- Anyway, have fun :)detritus
- Going tonight, Gnashi_monk
- You still alive?detritus
- I survived!i_monk
- Maaku0
Going to the dentist during lunch time, today. It's been a couple of years but I do need some cleaning and maybe fix a cavity or two.
When is nanotechnology going to be used in this case? We need some painless microscopic robots to take care of your mouth.
- I'm sure a technology exists that can easily fix or prevent cavitiesGnash
- #dentalconspiraciesGnash
- the clue is in 'It's been a couple of years'd_gitale
- ^ lol. I'm a big baby when it comes to going to the dentist.Maaku
- they are called vegetal oil molecules...you pull them through your teeth 20 mins a day and everything is gooduan
- ^ I do coconut oil pulling every night. May that's what worked, coz after 6 years all I needed was a deep cleaning.Maaku
- maybe*Maaku
- mg33-1
Does anyone remember what make / model of car from the 70's or early 80's had a kind of curved side from front to back, and had simulated wheels (might have even contained the spare) either on the side of the front or back, on both sides?
It was like a more modern, mass-market version of this. Real richy-rich style, grotesque in it's upper-crust Phillip Drummond-meets-Silver Spoons-meets Benson sensibilities and styling.
- It might have been a Cadillac Seville, but it definitely had that curved fender style to it.mg33
- If it helps, it was absolutely hilariously hideous.mg33
- Excalibur https://en.wikipedia…)whatthefunk
- I literally saw one of these yesterday going up preston road.BonSeff
- Yup Excaliburrobotron3k
- Our neighbor growing up had one. It wasn't even that fancy of a neighborhood. He looked like Tony Orlando and died of a coke overdose in that house.fooler2
- moldero14
I'm back from 5 weeks of commercial fishing in Alaska and back to work! (lol at "work" now, this isn't work, shiiieet!)
long story short (cause I need to work now) there were some 72 hour work days and I shot at a brown bear that was charging at me from only 4 meters away while alone working at 1:am, I'll elaborate later. FYI she's good (still alive) we seen her around the cabin with her cubs for the following few days till I flew out.
- New phone who dis?Maaku
- http://www.smilingse…Maaku
- Welcome back home moldy! Will love to see some pics...OBBTKN
- yeah moldy! sounds like an experience of a lifetime. Welcome back to the desk jockey life. Move those pixels.capn_ron
- Damn. What a rush! Welcome back homey.HijoDMaite
- http://i.imgur.com/B…monospaced
- whoa, what a re-entry! welcome back, moldero.Krassy
- Damn Moldy, what a teaser.garbage
- that was quick!imbecile
- Moldero el renacido
https://i.imgur.com/…uan - https://media.giphy.…pango
- wait, by "shot a brown bear..." do you mean take a photo of it? ...Krassy
- ...like this? http://sadmoment.com…Krassy
- Hope you got some photos, sounds like an amazing experiencePhanLo
- http://i.imgur.com/F…utopian
- http://sadmoment.com…docpoz
- Shieeeetdocpoz
- kona0
An app developer just swung by and the consensus from the developers was that our montserrat fonts (chosen long before I came on board) Regular and Semibold look too much alike.
Subjective feedback, but ok.
I look into it and apparently soon after I received the font library from my boss, who's since left the company, Google updated the font, changing the weights and what not.
So now I've spent most of my day looking into it, having devs pointing fingers at me and the conclusion is to simply download the new font library, install it on whatever system the devs are using for the app, and uh, it will just change everything. I walk them through it with the caveat, "now, Google may have changed things such as character spacing, how long the characters are - their width - and text could render longer or shorter in our app. So now they're flustered as fuck, worried the new font will break shit.
If that's not bad enough, my boss is on my ass about the design system I've been tasked to put together in my spare time. Somehow, an update by Google to their font - that no one knew about - would have perpetuated automagically to our design system, and trickled down to the developers and updated the font in the app. My frustration has hit it's peak.
- maybe updating your resume/portfolio will give you a boost of anti-frustration. Then you are ready to send it out when anything comes up that looks promising.capn_ron
- keep using the old one? I mean, if it's not broken, don't break it style..
here is a 2014 version:
https://www.fontsqui…uan - at least it says uploaded 2014 (hope it's the old version)uan
- Is "looks too much alike" worth the man-hours changing it? Should be an easy answer.i_monk
- I have had major problems with that font before, weight issues as well but it wasn't an app it was a website and how Chrome renders it. May be related though.fadein11
- There are a fair few posts about it on stackoverflow etc.fadein11
- Man I feel your pain. Web design just isn't fun anymore.fate
- imho companies shouldn't rely on Google fonts. I say this as someone who just put a Google font on a website sideline... . It's a temporary measure.detritus
- shellie2
I had a dream that felt so real, I wasn't sure if it really happened until I realized it took place in my old apartment. I am SO glad that wasn't real.
- those dreams are crazy too, because sometimes the thing that anchors it in dream world isn't so obvious right away :)monospaced
- Months ago I had dreams like this during weeks... There were days that I did not know if they were real or dreams, was crazy!OBBTKN
- My wife thought I was mental... talking about things we never talked about in real life...OBBTKN
