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Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 9:31 am
by Malkevin

Bottom post of the previous page:

Coder job at a small company.... that means he probably got lumped doing tech support as well.
He's probably jumped off a bridge, RIP.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 10:29 am
by DemonFiren
Either that or a shooting spree, since I think he's American.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 10:51 am
by PKPenguin321
maybe it went so well that he decided he doesn't need this place anymore and he's now thriving with a healthy social circle and a steady income

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 10:57 am
by DemonFiren
>programming
>social circle

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 11:32 am
by ColonicAcid
CosmicScientist wrote:Which parts? Do they not have self serve at supermarkets elsewhere?

Tell me man who knows many lands!
They do but none as anal and temperamental as the uk ones.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 12:10 pm
by Malkevin
Does anyone else hate the new UI on the Tesco ones?

It's just a boring blue monochrome and instead of the scan history being in the big box on the left hand side (like every other self serve interface) its down some tiny box on the right side.
So not only does its super minimalist design fail to highlight the important information it functions different to every other system.

First time I used one I scanned my apples twice and had... uhg... interact with a store person.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 5:20 pm
by Wyzack
EndgamerAzari is thriving, he just has the good sense to not post in this pit anymore

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 5:41 pm
by Thunder11
He is free at last

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 6:09 pm
by Malkevin
>I was a programmer on an online game for a few years
>I've been doing online courses to learn some mainstream languages
>I've been doing software design and development in VBA and SQL as a large part of my job for the past year
>I want to apply for your Junior Developer role

"Do you have a degree?"
>No
"Have you done any work in C#"
>No
"Fuck off then"
> :(

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 3:50 pm
by ColonicAcid
i heard some really sad news today that SZA (aka one of the best artists right now dont @ me fuckos) has permanently damaged her vocal chords and she's cancelling all her shit.

I was going to watch her live on my bday :(

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 6:00 pm
by Malkevin
Absolute Radio has binned off some of their AM transmitters.
RIP only station I could get that doesn't play shitty chav music.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:36 am
by PKPenguin321
what do you want em to do, cut the depression out of your brain with a saw?

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:26 am
by XSI
Hypnosis works though

On some people. Nobody really knows how many

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:28 pm
by Screemonster
I honestly don't know if hypnosis would work on me, I've never tried it beyond the occasional audio meditation thing that did jack shit

physical stimuli can shut me the fuck down though, like if you get one of those gardening glove things with the plastic claws and just gently brush it over the top of my head it completely fucking disables me for as long as you keep it up and I don't know why or how

it works on the cat too

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:53 pm
by Anonmare
've tried to use the ping pong ball and flashing lights trick to induce hallucinations in myself but it didn't seem to work, or I didn't do it right

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:32 pm
by XSI
Doesn't work on me, even though I tried a whole lot to get it to work

And I've seen people who had to work to what would be a scary degree

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:28 pm
by Malkevin
Somehow I've managed to go all through life not seeing Red Dwarf season V until now

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:44 pm
by Sometinyprick
Malkevin wrote:Somehow I've managed to go all through life not seeing Red Dwarf season V until now
just avoid anything past season 8

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:03 am
by Screemonster
5 was where it really peaked for me, 6 was okay although switching to starbug was a bit of a toneshift (also no holly, boo) where it started turning less sitcom-in-space and more scifi-adventure-with-jokes and it went further that way with 7, then with 8 they kinda flipped way too hard in the other direction and just went wacky-zany.

edit: also boy oh boy has the CGI in 7 onwards not aged well compared to the model shots of the earlier seasons

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:17 pm
by Malkevin
Well...

(£75pm * 12 = £900pa) * 3 = £2700

Compare that to a Sim Only deal, lets say a £20pm sim only deal:
£1000 + ((£20pm * 12 = £240pa) * 3 = £720) = £1720

>How much will my cousin regret his purchase by that point?
Oh... about a grand.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 12:31 pm
by Sometinyprick
CosmicScientist wrote:Here's a maths question for you.

There is a phone called the iPhone X
It costs £1,000
You can get it on contract for £75 a month
This contract is 3 years long
How much will my cousin regret his purchase by that point?
You can literally get a phone with better specs for around 450 pound, hell you can get a brand name phone with the same specs for around 750 pound. So nearly three grand well spent I would say who needs money when you have an IPHONE X

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:11 pm
by ColonicAcid
people need to start thinking about phone contracts like they do about car financing.

as soon as you use that phone the value has depreciated by like 60%.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:45 pm
by XSI
Thats because those things are scams designed to exchange immediate income for a larger steady flow of income

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:01 pm
by Malkevin
Yep, that's why everyone is becoming subscription based.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:31 am
by Malkevin
It still is going to do that, the last big update was the last big update you'll get without a support sub

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:28 am
by Timbrewolf
Westworld Season 2 came out and I forgot.

This show is really good. Anyone else watch it?

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:21 pm
by Malkevin
Me.

I sort of remembered but forgot about colony and the expanse

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:08 pm
by Timbrewolf
I can't remember if I mentioned it here but Godless is another good Western program if you like that stuff. I also need to catch up on the rest of S2 Expanse.

What's Colony? Good?

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:22 pm
by DemonFiren
Is /egg/spanse dead now or is it alive again?

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:34 pm
by Timbrewolf
Last I knew still just rumors that Netflix was gonna snab it up

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:22 pm
by DemonFiren
/egg/ says Amazon picked it up.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:03 pm
by Malkevin
WTF is with all the subtitles on this season of westworld?

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:11 pm
by Timbrewolf
Complete waste of time plotline tangent thing needs translators.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:32 am
by Anonmare
I'm on a eurobeat kick

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:39 am
by Malkevin
Spotify?

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:31 am
by XSI
CosmicScientist wrote:I need a way of discovering new music because I'm running dry.
Any specific genre you're looking for?

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:50 am
by ThanatosRa
God I'm in a weird place right now.
Restless drowsy and uncomfortable. Thanks new medication for bipolar disorder.
Its new to me. I was untreated for years and now I've finally done something about it.
I feel weird.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:57 am
by Timbrewolf
Malkevin wrote:Spotify?
This. You list a couple bands you like and create a channel then just let it introduce new music to you.
Helps if you create a bunch of little channels by genre rather than just load every single band you can think of into one big one.
ThanatosRa wrote:God I'm in a weird place right now.
Restless drowsy and uncomfortable. Thanks new medication for bipolar disorder.
Its new to me. I was untreated for years and now I've finally done something about it.
I feel weird.
Yeah medication is a rollercoaster. It's not an exact science either since mood is subjective and it's not like anesthetic where you can just look at a person's weight and physiology to determine how much of something they need. I would offer to listen if you need anyone to talk to but I think history shows I'm no good at helping anyone and I try to stay out of things like this from now on.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:00 pm
by Malkevin
I've suddenly remembered why I've avoided getting on a training course or going back to uni.

Saw some advert from one of the job sites I'm subscribed to for a Full Stack Python Web Developer course, apparently could be completed in 12 weeks. No mention of price so I'm already dubious, but I've been planning on going for Plan B anyway (because 'Plan A: do free stuff and try to get into a junior position' isn't working) so signed up for the 'get more information' hoping I'd just get a brochure.

Nope, phone call. Anyway, 500 hours (so to do it in that 12 weeks I'd have to commit 42 hrs per week, so I'd have to quit my job (not necessarily a bad thing)) and the price is £5,000.

Bloodee 'ell.

I suppose it is worth doing though, because even entry level coding roles pay five grand more than my seven year vet tech support job (because apparently the person responsible for keeping critical business functions running is only worth as much as a stock boy).
Still, big commitment though and I don't even know if I'd enjoy commercial coding.

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:16 am
by Malkevin
Yes, just never near to where you live

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:34 pm
by Malkevin
There was a strange haze this morning, must have been ash from the wild fire near Manchester

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:51 pm
by DemonFiren
finally this world cup shit is over

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:17 pm
by Malkevin
DemonFiren wrote:finally this world cup shit is over
For you zee cup ist over

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:37 am
by DemonFiren
Malkevin wrote:
DemonFiren wrote:finally this world cup shit is over
For you zee cup ist over
for me it never started
but for everyone else, well

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 3:54 am
by Munchlax
My addiction to music and cornflakes has gone too far

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:14 am
by iksyp
Munchlax wrote:My addiction to music and cornflakes has gone too far
is it as bad as my addiction to popcorn?

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:22 pm
by Anonmare
I have a feeling my days are numbered lads

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:24 pm
by Malkevin
Aids is very treatable these days, you bum bandit

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:25 pm
by Anonmare
Malkevin wrote:Aids is very treatable these days, you bum bandit
A shame there's no such treatment for a wrecked ass though, how do you live Malk?

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:56 pm
by DemonFiren
iksyp wrote:
Munchlax wrote:My addiction to music and cornflakes has gone too far
is it as bad as my addiction to popcorn?
Spoiler:
[youtube]NjxNnqTcHhg[/youtube]

Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:44 pm
by Screemonster
DemonFiren wrote:
iksyp wrote:
Munchlax wrote:My addiction to music and cornflakes has gone too far
is it as bad as my addiction to popcorn?
Spoiler:
[youtube]NjxNnqTcHhg[/youtube]
why the fuck is watching a vinyl record so satisfying