Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Mon May 28, 2018 9:31 am #413520

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.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Mon May 28, 2018 10:29 am #413526

Either that or a shooting spree, since I think he's American.

Mon May 28, 2018 10:51 am

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

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Mon May 28, 2018 10:57 am #413540

>programming
>social circle

ColonicAcid · Mon May 28, 2018 11:32 am

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.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Mon May 28, 2018 12:10 pm #413548

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.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue May 29, 2018 5:20 pm #413856

EndgamerAzari is thriving, he just has the good sense to not post in this pit anymore

Post by **Thunder11** » Tue May 29, 2018 5:41 pm #413861

He is free at last

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue May 29, 2018 6:09 pm #413865

>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"
>

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Wed May 30, 2018 3:50 pm #414084

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

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Wed May 30, 2018 6:00 pm #414122

Absolute Radio has binned off some of their AM transmitters.
RIP only station I could get that doesn't play shitty chav music.

Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:36 am

what do you want em to do, cut the depression out of your brain with a saw?

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:26 am #414488

Hypnosis works though

On some people. Nobody really knows how many

Screemonster · Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:28 pm

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

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:53 pm #414544

'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

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:32 pm #414546

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

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:28 pm #414886

Somehow I've managed to go all through life not seeing Red Dwarf season V until now

Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:44 pm

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

Screemonster · Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:03 am

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

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:17 pm #415141

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.

Mon Jun 04, 2018 12:31 pm

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

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:11 pm #415370

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%.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:45 pm #415409

Thats because those things are scams designed to exchange immediate income for a larger steady flow of income

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:01 pm #415412

Yep, that's why everyone is becoming subscription based.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:31 am #415572

It still is going to do that, the last big update was the last big update you'll get without a support sub

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:28 am #415617

Westworld Season 2 came out and I forgot.

This show is really good. Anyone else watch it?

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:21 pm #415630

Me.

I sort of remembered but forgot about colony and the expanse

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:08 pm #415647

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?

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:22 pm #415655

Is /egg/spanse dead now or is it alive again?

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:34 pm #415660

Last I knew still just rumors that Netflix was gonna snab it up

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:22 pm #415671

/egg/ says Amazon picked it up.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:03 pm #417650

WTF is with all the subtitles on this season of westworld?

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:11 pm #417654

Complete waste of time plotline tangent thing needs translators.

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:32 am #418025

I'm on a eurobeat kick

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:39 am #418054

Spotify?

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:31 am #418368

CosmicScientist wrote:I need a way of discovering new music because I'm running dry.

Any specific genre you're looking for?

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:50 am #418370

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.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:57 am #418373

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.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:00 pm #419912

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.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:16 am #419980

Yes, just never near to where you live

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:34 pm #421240

There was a strange haze this morning, must have been ash from the wild fire near Manchester

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:51 pm #421327

finally this world cup shit is over

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:17 pm #421449

DemonFiren wrote:finally this world cup shit is over

For you zee cup ist over

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:37 am #421506

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

Munchlax · Post by **Munchlax** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 3:54 am #421664

My addiction to music and cornflakes has gone too far

iksyp · Post by **iksyp** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:14 am #421752

Munchlax wrote:My addiction to music and cornflakes has gone too far

is it as bad as my addiction to popcorn?

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:22 pm #421827

I have a feeling my days are numbered lads

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:24 pm #421829

Aids is very treatable these days, you bum bandit

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:25 pm #421831

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?

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:56 pm #421850

iksyp wrote:
Munchlax wrote:My addiction to music and cornflakes has gone too far
is it as bad as my addiction to popcorn?

Spoiler:

Screemonster · Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:44 pm

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