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skipdogg posted:I love my cars but they're a stupid as gently caress financial decision. Yeah my late 90s econobox is in great shape and can probably keep going for quite some time. But all the cars I'm interested in tend to be more towards the mid life crisis car variety. So expensive. 
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I'd honestly prefer walking, biking, mass-transit over a car. Granted, I love driving, the autonomy of the automobile is appealing but leaving the stress of driving is even better. Of course, that's only available in a handful of cities. I don't care for New York but maybe Portland/San Fran?
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Tab8715 posted:I'd honestly prefer walking, biking, mass-transit over a car. Granted, I love driving, the autonomy of the automobile is appealing but leaving the stress of driving is even better. Me too, my office is in a lovely rear end suburban location because the real estate is way cheaper so I have to drive  Luckily my Civic is about as gas efficient as you can get, I hope they build more electric car infrastructure here in the next few years so I can consider that.
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Aug 11, 2014 22:52
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Really if I got anything else right now besides my civic it would be a 2.0 tdi. My latest car is a 2013 Golf TDI and I love the hell out of the thing. My commute is all of 12 miles back and forth so I only have to hit the gas station about once a month. Plus burying my foot in the go faster pedal in 2nd or 3rd is a hoot. I think the safety ratings are really good too, side curtain airbags and the A and B pillars are massive. It's actually kind of a problem, the B pillar is so big and in just the right spot to make looking over my shoulder at my left blind spot next to useless.
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hihifellow posted:My latest car is a 2013 Golf TDI and I love the hell out of the thing. My commute is all of 12 miles back and forth so I only have to hit the gas station about once a month. Plus burying my foot in the go faster pedal in 2nd or 3rd is a hoot. I have a 2013 Jetta TDI and love it as well. For about 4 years, I was commuting about 65mi each way to/from work. Most of those were in my old Acura 3.2TL Type-S. I was able to get about 30MPG on that under the right circumstances (No heavy traffic, no A/C etc.) With the new car, I was able to get as high as 52MPG under the same circumstances. Now, I live about 8mi away and, like you, only have to fill up about once a month. 2 weekends ago, I went to visit at my old place and even though I was speeding (about 80MPH) and had the A/C on the entire time, I was still able to hit about 45.3MPG for the trip. The Fender audio system isn't half bad for a stock 'premium' system. Although the drat door panel pockets (where you would store maps) tend to rattle when I listen to loud music. Someone mentioned something about a Wagon and sacrificing either mileage or aesthetics. Jetta Sportwagen TDI. Great mileage and (IMO) looks pretty drat slick.
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Aug 11, 2014 23:48
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No matter how great my mileage is in the civic I still have to fill up often because of the commute (60+- round trip) and 10 gallon tank 
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Aug 11, 2014 23:51
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:No matter how great my mileage is in the civic I still have to fill up often because of the commute (60+- round trip) and 10 gallon tank That's an insane commute. Mine is about 15km and I would start to go insane if it was further, takes 30-40 minutes already
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Aug 11, 2014 23:56
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:No matter how great my mileage is in the civic I still have to fill up often because of the commute (60+- round trip) and 10 gallon tank 30-40 MPG is great when you get reimbursed 50+ cents per mile.
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Aug 12, 2014 00:04
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I carpool in a 1983 Volkswagen bus, which at one point was converted to some sort of camper and the rear seats aren't exactly what you would call "fastened" to the chassis.
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Aug 12, 2014 00:16
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CLAM DOWN posted:That's an insane commute. Mine is about 15km and I would start to go insane if it was further, takes 30-40 minutes already Hahaha I was commuting a good 1-1.5 hours each way to my previous job.
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You realize daf got us on this derail and it's been kept going. On topic. If you're inviting me to a meeting room to explain in detail how something works it better have a whiteboard that I can draw on. Just hooking your laptop up to a projector and throwing mspaint at me isn't gonna work.
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Aug 12, 2014 00:58
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I enjoy my commute. It gives my time to listen to my music, audio books, and podcasts in peace (kids make that near impossible at home)
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Aug 12, 2014 01:02
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To continue my on topic talk. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1591842697?pc_redir=1407453581&robot_redir=1 This is built for sales engineers but works for techs too. I find drawing out the ideas and plans I have in front of the guys with the money gets me the most results.
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Aug 12, 2014 01:18
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jaegerx posted:To continue my on topic talk. The other week we were at lunch with a bunch of enterprise architects while we explained the new framework with crayons on the tablecloth.
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Aug 12, 2014 01:28
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Tab8715 posted:I'd honestly prefer walking, biking, mass-transit over a car. Granted, I love driving, the autonomy of the automobile is appealing but leaving the stress of driving is even better. DC's got a pretty expansive bicycle infrastructure and one of the highest shares of bike commuters in the country.
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Tab8715 posted:Question, when it comes to interviews how detailed should I be when discussing other companies? I've had a lot of experiences that have had a positive outcome for myself but don't necessarily reflect well on the companies or clients I've worked with - thoughts? Don't lie, and don't trash your former employer. Your job as interviewee is to give the interviewer the warm fuzzies. You're a great person to work with, you can thrive in any environment, you rehabilitate crippled puppies in your spare time. Instead of focusing on the crap that put you in the situation, (idiot boss fired three people the week before the project deadline), talk briefly and factually about the situation and focus on how and why you were awesome. Someone else here can probably give you more specific advice, I just wanted to point out that you want the emphasis of the interview to be on your awesomeness. Not how your old boss is a dick, or the traffic is awful today, etc.
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Aug 12, 2014 06:45
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If you have anything bad to say, say it first and have a "but" in the middle that contradicts what you just said and makes you look awesome. "lovely manager fired three people before the dead line, but that allowed me to step up to the plate and really take charge with a smaller group which due to my leadership we were able to complete the task at hand"
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Aug 12, 2014 06:50
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My commute is ~4km of road, according to google maps. I've been driving a Golf GTI, but with summer coming I've just picked up a little Honda CBF250 to commute on. I'd walk, but I like sleeping in too much.
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I drive either my jeep cherokee or my subaru outback depending on what I have to move or how I feel that day. But 95% of the time I bike to work because honestly gently caress driving, I can get to work in <15min on my bike without sitting in traffic or paying for gas. It's all trail too, there's half a block of street riding from my apartment to the trail and another half block from the trail to my work's door. There's light rail too but by the time I wait for my train I could be 3/4 of the way to work on my bike.
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And I've been doing a 90 miles each way for a year 
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Inspector_666 posted:Hahaha I was commuting a good 1-1.5 hours each way to my previous job. I still do. I wouldn't mind it so much, but its 20 minutes of walking, 10 minutes on a train so crowded you can't sit down, 20 minutes of waiting at a station, 10 minutes on a train where I can sit down before another 15 minutes of walking. If it was straight "get on train, relax for an hour" I wouldn't mind the commute nearly as much.
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Just cutting out one metro exchange and going bus (wiith a seat) to metro (with a seat) instead of standing bus -> standing metro -> seated metro made me a lot less angry at the world. Didn't fully cure until I worked my way down from 1h15 on public transport to 13 minutes.
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Guys who listen to podcasts as they drive- any recommendations? Sysadmin focus?
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Comedy Bang Bang is really funny, Bill Simmons BS Report is awesome during football season, and This American Life is fantastic. I know there are some good security podcasts but I could never work on the way to work. My car is more of a mobile karaoke platform 
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Swink posted:Guys who listen to podcasts as they drive- any recommendations? Sysadmin focus? I've tried many but I always come back to the TWiT network podcasts. This Week in Tech, This Week in Enterprise Tech, and Security Now are my IT related favorites.
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meanieface posted:Don't lie, and don't trash your former employer. Your job as interviewee is to give the interviewer the warm fuzzies. You're a great person to work with, you can thrive in any environment, you rehabilitate crippled puppies in your spare time. Instead of focusing on the crap that put you in the situation, (idiot boss fired three people the week before the project deadline), talk briefly and factually about the situation and focus on how and why you were awesome. And if you do get the job, make sure to watch your mouth about talking ill about your previous job. It can fire back later down the line.
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SaltLick posted:If you have anything bad to say, say it first and have a "but" in the middle that contradicts what you just said and makes you look awesome. Ah hah, that's the choice of words I am looking for...
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I had a truly awful experience last year that lead to me being dismissed on the last day of the 'trial' period for the company. Since it was only 3 months, it was really hard explaining the situation to people because obviously it was not a good fit, and I couldn't leave before I was terminated with severance. I found that saying as little as possible and focusing on what you did is really the way to go. Sometimes they keep digging, but I would bring it back around to my strengths. It took quite a while, but I finally came to "The group didn't like 'wasting time' with documentation, and at a managed service provider, that made it very difficult to serve our clients well." This shows that I clearly do not subscribe to working without documentation, and that I cared more about providing good service than my colleagues, and that is why I was not a good 'fit' in their eyes. I could go on and on about how my boss was in over his head and we were staffed with a bunch of Geek Squad rejects that literally called QA checklists for infrastructure builds 'pointless because I am a professional', but all that that does is show anger and resentment. Focus on why you are awesome and why you think you would be great at the job. From the interviewer's perspective (been doing a LOT of help desk interviews lately) the negative comments/bitching stand out like a sore thumb, and I have really worked to avoid them in my interviews after seeing it from the other side of the table.
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Tab8715 posted:I'd honestly prefer walking, biking, mass-transit over a car. Granted, I love driving, the autonomy of the automobile is appealing but leaving the stress of driving is even better. Boston is a good walking city and has pretty good mass transit. Don't loving drive there though (I drive there). Audiobooks make the commute not-so-bad though. I burn through two a month on Audible. mayodreams posted:I found that saying as little as possible and focusing on what you did is really the way to go. This is good advice. Sometimes your old job sucked and things weren't right, but if you can sell it as how you were able to improve things, that will do a lot take the negative aspect out of it for the interviewer. Another approach is to talk about how you're looking for the opposite of what you had before: "I'm interested because it seems like you guys have a great grasp on X and Y." Chances are though your best bet is to glaze over the negatives at your previous workplace, talk about the great stuff you did, why you think you're a good fit, etc.
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jaegerx posted:It's obvious, you roll like this It's pretty shameful how much better Baldwin did that scene. Affleck doesn't have the voice for it. Close your eyes and he sounds 14. http://vimeo.com/64121060
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Swink posted:Guys who listen to podcasts as they drive- any recommendations? Sysadmin focus? I mostly work from home now thank God, but 1-2 days a week I have to drive to the office which is like 70 minutes each way in ideal conditions. So I have slowly been building up a list of sysadmin casts that aren't just the headlines from Ars Technica regurgitated. It grows and shrinks over time since most podcasts put out like 3 episodes and then fail. But these are the ones that are currently active to some extent. If anyone has more, post 'em! Pure Tech Sperg Shows Run As Radio - Entirely Microsoft focused so I end up deleting most episodes, but it's well produced and there's the odd topic that interests me so I still follow it. The Ship Show - Panel discussions about build/release engineering, config management, light software development, general career advice. DevOps Cafe - Really interesting interviews with people about, well, DevOps. Arrested DevOps - Same Ops All The Things - General sysadmin / operations topics. It's actually a good mix of Windows and *nix stuff. Packet Pushers - Serious network chat. I actually unsubscribed from this one because I don't do much networking and it can get really, really far over my head. They have a couple other casts called The Network Break (formerly Coffee Break) and Healthy Paranoia (about security) that update less often but are approachable to non-neteng types. The Class C Block - Similar to packet pushers. Very deep dives on networking that will probably bore you if you aren't in that world full-time. Non-tech Career Tools - General, non-IT specific career advice like how to interview, do resumes, ask for a raise, get promoted, etc. They also have some paid content but there's tons of free stuff. They do another podcast called Manager Tools, too. Welcome To Night Vale - Owns, and one of the creators is a goon who used to write for the SA front page. I've heard it described as "A Prairie Home Companion, if mighty Cthulu lurked beneath Lake Wobegon". Just... give it a try. Various ESPN fantasy football podcasts - self explanatory The Brewing Network Sunday Session - Beer nerds talking about beer Docjowles fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Aug 12, 2014 |
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I checked out a few of those but I think the reason I keep coming back to TWiT is for the production value. If I remember correctly, Packet Pushers was one dude with a thick accent breathing into the mix and not even trying to speak clearly.
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I can't do tech podcasts while I drive.... I use my car time to relax, last thing I want to think about is tech stuff. My go to podcasts for my long commutes (up to 3 hours a day in the car 2 or 3 times a week) Nerdist Rich Eisen Podcast (If you love the NFL) occasionally I listen to Adam Carolla or Sklarbro Country if they have someone interesting on. Bill Simmons BS Report isn't bad. I also subscribe to SiriusXM so I'll get really interesting Howard Stern interviews from time to time. I may check out Run As Radio though, as I'm a MS guy.
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skipdogg posted:I can't do tech podcasts while I drive.... I use my car time to relax, last thing I want to think about is tech stuff. My go to podcasts for my long commutes (up to 3 hours a day in the car 2 or 3 times a week) Well really then, Star Talk Radio and Nerdist.
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:I checked out a few of those but I think the reason I keep coming back to TWiT is for the production value. If I remember correctly, Packet Pushers was one dude with a thick accent breathing into the mix and not even trying to speak clearly. Yeah, I hear you on that. I'd say about half of those have production values between acceptable and good, and the others are kind of awful. The ones that put out more than a handful of episodes generally improve, though, as they figure out what the gently caress they're doing or hire someone who does to produce the show.
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quote:Podcast talk My list is: The Infinite Monkey Cage - Science / Comedy from the BBC The Skeptics Guide to the Universe - Science & Skepticism Star Talk Radio - Neil deGrasse Tyson and Space stuff. No Such Thing As A Fish - The researchers behind the TV show QI gather around a microphone and bring you the most interesting facts they've unearthed that week.
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I don't really have a commute at all, but I do like listening to the Radiolab podcast. They have their regular episodes plus a lot of shorter online-only stories.
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Sitting in the doctors office. I like how all their computers are windows xp.
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GreenNight posted:Sitting in the doctors office. I like how all their computers are windows xp. Welcome to healthcare IT. It's not just your doctor's office.  XP, WS2K3, Office 2003, these are all still a thing in a lot of healthcare facilities. Marvel at that for a bit, and then sob quietly if you have to work with any of it. Cenodoxus fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Aug 12, 2014 |
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My podcast library is Doug Stanhope, Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo talking about films, and John B's weekly DJ mix.
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