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Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth
okay boomers

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Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

they already gave me a raise

grats

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

fart simpson posted:

i only ever get the auras, never anything else

busting in to brag about how i get the auras and the pain

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth
I've been at my new job for a month and it feels like a vacation compared to the last one. I switched from being a full timer to a consultant, which might explain it. I've figured out what I need to do for the client, worked to break that into tasks and now I just accomplish tasks.

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

Corla Plankun posted:

how did you get the consulting gig? that sounds like a dream

is it fully remote?

yeah, send me a PM if you want some info

pay isn't exceptional tho

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Some guy at a local diner was eating breakfast while watching a pornographic video on his phone on Thursday and when the management asked him to leave he fought the management and the cops. Hope the video was good.

it was

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

enjoy your brain damage disease

it's called "posting" and if i don't do it, i get hives

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

fart simpson posted:

software? bad? now ive seen everything

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

Jonny 290 posted:

not it lol

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

Stereotype posted:

Everything Everywhere All At Once is a very very good movie.

just go in blind

i went in masked

great first movie to see after two years away from theaters

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

It reads like a middle manager revenge fantasy, very normal poo poo to be publishing in the business world paper of record.

yes

FT is the real paper, the WSJ is too mired in ideology

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

Chris Knight posted:

ordered a big-rear end monitor for myself as it looks like we're gonna be wfh for a long while yet

good choice. the only downside is screen-sharing during presentations because not everyone has one.

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

PokeJoe posted:

im about to go vegetarian to stop spending so much loving money on meat

lmao i joined a csa that you could pre-pay for in march and it was mostly so i could get grocery prices locked in

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth
unless you're testing regularly, you can't confidently say you haven't had it because it can be asymptomatic and still cause issues down the line :stoked:

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

MononcQc posted:

I tested negative for 3-4 days including a full fever, eventually I gave up on wasting tests. Jenn already had a positive test from day one and I developed my symptoms in isolation while masking indoors with a kn95 so I just assume it’s covid because what the hell other could it be.

not responding to you specifically, hope you're doing well now though

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

fart simpson posted:

i am testing regularly. ive never had it

congrats

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

AnimeIsTrash posted:

There is a big disconnect from our management and the rest of the department. I don't really know how you measure productivity but one of the lower level managers put together a slide package about story points completed per sprint by team. It showed that there was an initial dip in the first year but then the velocities started slowly increasing, and now they've plateaued.

Overall I think there was something like a 5-6% increase in the work that was completed.

goddamn i hate story points being used for anything but the people doing the work figuring out how much work they can reasonably do in the near future.

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth
one of my coworkers had a "summer cold" that lasted for two weeks. seems like a lot of people are getting those!

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

AnimeIsTrash posted:

I have found myself unable to focus on anything for the last couple of months, and I took a vacation for a week and am back and refreshed only to find out that my department will no longer exist in like a week. Lol

Rip.

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

AnimeIsTrash posted:

It's not bad, I found other work although I may look for another job. Also found out that a manager I have known since I started working for this company died of covid. He was in his late 30s.

Rip.

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

Stereotype posted:

i've always said the only reason i would quit smoking is because of a girl and welp it's time for me to put my money where my mouth is

:yeah:

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth
Getting my booster tonight. I'm definitely double checking with the pharmacist to make sure they're administering the bivalent vaccine.

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth
yeah, there's no upside. you just gotta do the best you can to protect yourself. it sucks!

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

Stereotype posted:

no like this stuff


you gonna make a bong?

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth
the pieces you shared look nice stereotype, i really like the orange one

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth
my company's annual Vegas retreat is next week and I'm looking forward to half the company being out in two weeks

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

AnimeIsTrash posted:

i created both covid and climate change to add more options to the personality you could select when you register for the forums

[x] annoying stoner
[_] Pittsburgh resident
[x] covid truther

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

spankmeister posted:

people always talk about having the "flu" but actual influenza is an awful experience

i got my flu shot yesterday, I (almost) never get the flu but can't hurt

a major benefit of the flu shot is that it helps prevent you from passing on the flu to at risk populations, such as the elderly or young children :science:

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth
I was in a corporate meeting about 'Trust' today and the presenter's example for an event that decreased trust was 9/11.

I had to turn off my camera because I couldn't stop laughing.

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth
he talked about how we now had to go through security screenings and stuff like that

he asked for examples and I suggested "the other 9/11, Benghazi"

Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth
literally every one of my coworkers was sick or had an illness in their family by the time i peaced out for the year

:cool:

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Cloks
Feb 1, 2013

by Azathoth

PokeJoe posted:

People just...don't care about being alive lol

You call this living?

There's a big conference in Ohio soon and I'm thrilled with how many of my coworkers will be going.

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