Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

[TheWiznard]

I did it guys

Spoiler:

called a girl
asked to hang out
picked her up
drove around talking/laughing
ate taco bell at the park
drove to to the movies
saw that alice movie: it was funnier than I thought it would be, plus on a sunday night at like 10pm we were the only people in the theater
drove back to hometown and hung out a bit longer
drove her home
said she'd let me know when she's back in town

I don't think I was a sperglord about it either, we were both talking to each other the whole time + she was laughing/having a good time

[ColonicAcid]

good shit my man.

the best thing is to always be proactive. reactivity only works in the movies.

[EndgamerAzari]

[Wyzack]

>Talking to girls

Nice dude, shame she lives out of town

[TheWiznard]

well tbh the out of town thing isn't really that bad because we're both from bumblefuck indiana and the town she lives in is only like 20-30 minutes away

[EndgamerAzari]

ALL of Indiana is Bumblefuck Indiana.

Including Indianapolis.

[Wyzack]

Some times it bums me out that we all live so far apart. Like wouldn't it be cool to hang out, have a couple beers and play video games? At the same time as far as i know you could all be horrid date rapist lizard people in human skin suits. Making friends on the internet is kinda weird that way.

[Remie Richards]

Got an Award at my College's (UK College, not American College (Which would be Uni)) awards and showcase ceremony.

And like the best person ever showed up, my old Secondary School Maths Teacher! literally the best teacher in existence (His son was in one of the other classes) and he shook my hand (twice) and said it was great to see me again which is nice.

[THE MIGHTY GALVATRON]

At the same time as far as I know you could all be horrid date rapist lizard people in human skin suits.

Hey now only one of those things is true about me! But yeah hanging out and being cool guys with the added thrill of figuring out which one of us is going to snap and kill us all would be fun.

[Timbrewolf]

Some times it bums me out that we all live so far apart. Like wouldn't it be cool to hang out, have a couple beers and play video games? At the same time as far as i know you could all be horrid date rapist lizard people in human skin suits. Making friends on the internet is kinda weird that way.

It's funny you mention that.

I'm on the board of directors for a boardgaming convention that's coming up. It's invite-only. Three days of nonstop boardgaming. We've got the convention space booked at a local hotel, and they've given us special rates on rooms for the whole event. If you guys are interested (and can impress upon me that you aren't shitters IRL) I can hook you up with invites.

Convention happens early August, here in central NY. Con admission is like $30-45 for the entire three day event (cheaper if you pre-reg, obvs) and I think the rooms are like $80 something a night?

I don't want to drop names or boast but chances are pretty good some important people from the boardgaming industry will be making appearances. Not to make speeches or have panels or anything like that...this event is strictly to just hang out as a group, have fun, and play a ton of games.

Really must emphasize how exclusive this is, and how we expect everyone to be on their most-excellent behavior. We've organized things this way to make sure THAT GUY doesn't show up. Nobody getting super upset if they lose a game. Nobody who doesn't understand the concept of basic hygiene. No thieves. Etc.

[ColonicAcid]

>three whole days of board games

by the end of this marathon i will have become Quanoth the halfling thief and nobody can stop me. lock ur doors new york cuz ur going to get bungled.

[Wyzack]

Shit man that sounds fucking amazing but i just do not know if i can make it all the way down to New York. I mean i think my passport is still good. Shit well i will have to let you know if i am even able

[Malkevin]

If you guys are interested (and can impress upon me that you aren't shitters IRL) I can hook you up with invites.

Really must emphasize how exclusive this is, and how we expect everyone to be on their most-excellent behavior. We've organized things this way to make sure THAT GUY doesn't show up. Nobody getting super upset if they lose a game. Nobody who doesn't understand the concept of basic hygiene. No thieves. Etc.

You sure you're on the right forum?

[Timbrewolf]

There's a lot of people in this community I wouldn't have any qualms about inviting over to my house for a huge backyard bbq summer party.

Most people just act like garbage because it's funny. The number of people I actually worry about or have an issue with is actually pretty low. Maybe 3-4 people out of the somewhere-north-of-sixty people I've interacted with enough to know them by username or better.

[Timbrewolf]

Goddamn.

I've sold $2350 worth of gear in the last two weeks alone.
My profit margin on that is $800.

Once upon a time I'd treat myself to some really good gin and maybe a cigar or two to celebrate but I guess I'm beyond that now. Not really sure what's appropriate now.

[EndgamerAzari]

C O C A I N E

[DemonFiren]

C O C A I N E

[Timbrewolf]

Years and years ago, for a few months, I was snorting a ton of cocaine with a friend on a semi-regular basis.

Never really did anything for me, I only hung out with the guy cause he needed the company really badly.
That's how good a friend I am

I will hang out and do hardcore drugs with you because I am concerned about you.

[Malkevin]

It was probably so cut down with god knows what that there wasn't much actual coke in it.

[EndgamerAzari]

Oh God there's free wine and champagne at the office

GLUGGITY GLUG BITCHES

[DemonFiren]

Downloading Unity as I type. I'm not sure what else I could have started with to make some 2D piddle of a game but I might as well fail fast.

Downloaded Unreal a few months ago after both a friend of mine and /agdg/ suggested I do that instead of Unity.

Still haven't touched it. Procrastination is a deadly disease.

[Zilenan91]

Finally getting around to finishing season 2 of Rick and Morty. I don't know why I put it off for so long, I forgot why I love this show.

[Malkevin]

Downloading Unity as I type. I'm not sure what else I could have started with to make some 2D piddle of a game but I might as well fail fast.

Game maker you tit

[Zilenan91]

Good lord the ending of season 2

[Remie Richards]

Unreal has some 2D Stuff
and Unity recently doubled down into some huge experimental 2D beta feature ~thing~
But Unity is Unity so avoid.

I got my last assignment from college (UK, not Uni) marked today, grades aren't finalised but I'm looking at DDM which is equivalent to an AAB at A Level.
Very happy with that.

[TheWiznard]

You should use Byond : ^ )

[ColonicAcid]

happy bday maccus as ur present i will now name you nigel.

god bless and thank u!!!

[oranges]

ss13/byond conf when

keynotes from lummox, mos, cheri, headswe, ginganinja, pomf and goon people

[Timbrewolf]

Invite everyone

I booked the convention space

[DemonFiren]

ss13/byond conf when

keynotes from lummox, mos, cheri, headswe, ginganinja, pomf and goon people

Keynote from HG.
He couldn't be bothered to show up.

[Timbrewolf]

Also

>keynotes
>multiple

That is not how a keynote works

[Maccus]

[Timbrewolf]

[Maccus]

happy bday maccus as ur present i will now name you nigel.

god bless and thank u!!!

:')

[EndgamerAzari]

Man, HTML is so simple compared to JavaScript I'm actually getting bored instead of frustrated or confused by these lessons. Not that I learned half the shit the JavaScript ones were trying to teach me, but I finished them, and that's what counts, right?

[Remie Richards]

Man, HTML is so simple compared to JavaScript I'm actually getting bored instead of frustrated or confused by these lessons. Not that I learned half the shit the JavaScript ones were trying to teach me, but I finished them, and that's what counts, right?

That's because one is a Markup language (Hypertext Markup Language) and the other is a fully fledged programming language.
Of course there's a void of complexity between the two.

JS isn't hard, what is is knowing which of the 70 billion languages the thing you're working with requires you to write the javascript in before it gets turned into JS by a machine
(Coffee script and such)

[EndgamerAzari]

Yeah, I know that, but they're the two things I was told to get familiar with prior to the coursework coming out next month, so I can't help but compare them in terms of complexity (even though they're nothing alike).

[Remie Richards]

do PHP while you're at it.

You've got your HTML for markup of a page.
You've got your JS for client side features.
PHP for your server side.

Then you realise Webdev is never just these 3.
it's these 3 and 90 billion things that make you write them differently
(CSS preprocessors like LESS or SASS, templating languages like {{moustache}} and Blade and things that build code for the 3 languages above but aren't themselves those languages like Coffeescript)

Webdev is ass.

[Malkevin]

Scripting language

[EndgamerAzari]

Webdev is ass.

Better than doing this damn job.

Here's what the program curriculum entails:

Spoiler:

Object Oriented Programming
Debugging Techniques
Test Driven Development
Common Architecture Patterns
Data / Class Modeling
HTML / CSS / Javascript
Bootstrap Framework
Version Control (Git)

ASP.NET MVC
REST Using Web API
SQL Server 2014
SQL Reporting Services
ADO.Net / Entity Framework
Visual Studio 2015/ NUnit
Dapper

[Remie Richards]

Yeah that looks fine.

[EndgamerAzari]

What I'm most excited about is that I'm not used to using the technical part of my brain. Even with the little practice I've done I can already feel myself thinking in different ways, and I'm pumped to figure out what I can do once I build my mental muscles up a bit.

[Remie Richards]

Programming is fun ya.

[ColonicAcid]

fuck this gay nerd shit just go do a real science

like biochem


/flex

[DemonFiren]

Go do psychology.

[EndgamerAzari]

Motherfuckers I already have three degrees

This is my almost-midlife crisis here

[ColonicAcid]

In sciences you can never be too qualified.

[EndgamerAzari]

Well most of my degrees are in what you'd call the Humanities: English (B.A.), Law (JD), and Library Science (Master's). But my brother and father are both engineers and I think this kinda stuff is in my blood. I've always wanted to make things work, and when I was younger I always envisioned myself working with computers. I can't go back to school for a full degree, so a three-month crash course suits my needs pretty well.

[bandit]

hi I guess I am getting a second degree in math

my first calculus test was today

rip

[Remie Richards]

hi I guess I am getting a second degree in math

my first calculus test was today

rip

a second degree, in maths
or a second degree in maths?