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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!
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Man. That's one happy birthday.
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Newest TV addiction, British baking shows.
Every other competition begins with "Now, this is traditionally inedible, but we want you to try to make one that tastes good!"
I'm just watching this year to see how the girlfriend of my FLGS owner does.
I really dont get the issue with comic sans. It just doesnt bother me.These notes make me feel like I've had a stroke.
Things to Avoid:
Misspellings - The first thin judges will throw out are essays with simpel spelling erors.
No capitalization - i think you know why. how can i take you seriously?
Missing/excess punctuation - If, you put commas where they, don’t need to be but you leave out necessary commas your message, is hard to readThink it'll make the kids remember it?
I think it's really useful to give examples, and I think your examples are good.
People respond much better to concrete examples and reasons than they do abstract absolutes such as, "Don't do this. EVER!!!"
For example, I tell people that if I receive a resume with misspellings or poor grammar, I immediately throw it in the trash.
They ask how I can be so judgemental.
I respond, "Your resume is supposed to represent the best work you can possibly do. If you can't be bothered to run a simple spell check on your resume and then have a couple of friends read it for clarity, then what kind of job are you going to do for me?"It usually gets the point across.
It's not even the worst thing I've done to them. Their first presentation always earns a visual literacy lecture. They all immediately glaze over.
Then I pull up the No-No Slide - a neon yellow background with teal, white, and lime green text in three different fonts (one of which is Comic Sans) and random clown clipart.
It always horrifies them, and there's always at least one person who calls out "My eyes!" I usually don't have a problem with their slideshows after that.
I don't actually mind it that much, either. In this case, it's the fact that there were three different typefaces that's the problem rather than Comic Sans itself.
I've heard the issue a lot of people have with it is that it looks really slapdash and unprofessional.
Oh, gosh, that's me in a nutshell. Complicated stuff makes sense, and the 'easy' stuff stops me in my tracks. The problem is usually that folks gloss over the instructions for the easy parts because they're supposed to be easy/intuitive, but that's not how my brain works and I get stuck on something that I can't figure out how to connect from here to there. But the stuff that it seems like should need a whole book of instructions is sooooo obvious and then I get impatient because of course I understood that! :)I cannot fathom how some people think/don't think. I had to introduce a new process to someone because the previous one they were using simply didn't work. I was worried about the more difficult steps of the process, so I wanted to do a walk-through to get the user comfortable.
The difficult spots? Flew through them without asking a single question, and did it perfectly.
The easy stuff...like "pick this printer instead of that one"...completely stopped her in her tracks. Stumped. Deer in the headlights.
It's probably best that I decided not to become a high school chemistry and physics teacher.
Lynora, the mere fact that you post on this site puts you about 4 steps ahead of over half the employees in my company. I am not remotely joking.
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I know I've mentioned this one before, but my favorite-ever work moment was when a PM handed me the most appalling slide that I'd ever seen and said, "You MUST include this in your course."
So I hid Loo-Kee in the slide and posted the presentation for a review. On the last side was Loo-Kee saying, "Did you see me?"
Yes, I got to remove the slide.
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By the way, Today is my Birthday. I'm 52!
Happy birthday, John!!! :)
By the way, Today is my Birthday. I'm 52!
Wow! You've gone from younger than me to older than me in a single day! I obviously need to slow down. (Relativity joke).
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By the way, Today is my Birthday. I'm 52!
Happy Birthday John!
I'm just watching this year to see how the girlfriend of my FLGS owner does.Newest TV addiction, British baking shows.
Every other competition begins with "Now, this is traditionally inedible, but we want you to try to make one that tastes good!"
Name! We need the name so we can also root for her. :-)
It's a great show!
I don't actually mind it that much, either. In this case, it's the fact that there were three different typefaces that's the problem rather than Comic Sans itself.I've heard the issue a lot of people have with it is that it looks really slapdash and...
Comic Sans reminds me of my very young cousins' drawings that are magnetized to their parents' refrigerators.
It is pouring here! It is a religious experience.
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I was psyched when a friend told me that the beta of MTG Arena is out, but then I discovered it's Windows-only. :(
My MacBook is still worth it.
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Happy birthday John! :)
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I'm just watching this year to see how the girlfriend of my FLGS owner does.Newest TV addiction, British baking shows.
Every other competition begins with "Now, this is traditionally inedible, but we want you to try to make one that tastes good!"
Name! We need the name so we can also root for her. :-)
It's a great show!
Kim-Joy the lady with the interesting make-up. They even showed the FLGS in one episode.
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Lynora, the mere fact that you post on this site puts you about 4 steps ahead of over half the employees in my company. I am not remotely joking.Oh, gosh, that's me in a nutshell. Complicated stuff makes sense, and the 'easy' stuff stops me in my tracks. The problem is usually that folks gloss over the instructions for the easy parts because they're supposed to be easy/intuitive, but that's not how my brain works and I get stuck on something that I can't figure out how to connect from here to there. But the stuff that it seems like should need a whole book of instructions is sooooo obvious and then I get impatient because of course I understood that! :)I cannot fathom how some people think/don't think. I had to introduce a new process to someone because the previous one they were using simply didn't work. I was worried about the more difficult steps of the process, so I wanted to do a walk-through to get the user comfortable.
The difficult spots? Flew through them without asking a single question, and did it perfectly.
The easy stuff...like "pick this printer instead of that one"...completely stopped her in her tracks. Stumped. Deer in the headlights.
It's probably best that I decided not to become a high school chemistry and physics teacher.
Lol. I believe you. I’ve heard many horror stories from friends who work in IT over the years. :D
Speaking of IT, I'm having the opposite experience:
NobodysHome: I'm getting a random Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) once or twice a week. Here's a picture!
IT Support: OK, it's either a bad memory module or a bad driver. Run the hardware diagnostics for your machine first, then if that indicates your machine is OK, go ahead and update your drivers.
NH:
Obviously, Global IT doesn't think I have a job or anything, or they would have included an, "After hours today, run this..."
So I killed the test and am waiting 'til after hours.
Speaking of IT, I'm having the opposite experience:
NobodysHome: I'm getting a random Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) once or twice a week. Here's a picture!
IT Support: OK, it's either a bad memory module or a bad driver. Run the hardware diagnostics for your machine first, then if that indicates your machine is OK, go ahead and update your drivers.
NH:Obviously, Global IT doesn't think I have a job or anything, or they would have included an, "After hours today, run this..."
So I killed the test and am waiting 'til after hours.
Yeah, that's not something you just do in the middle of the day for that very reason. I'm a bit surprised they didn't just jump straight to "Ok, let's get you a new computer as soon as possible, and then we'll figure out what's wrong with your current machine on our own time, probably end up reloading it and giving it someone else."
Edit: The larger the company, the more often that becomes standard practice for many issues.
Speaking of IT, I'm having the opposite experience:
NobodysHome: I'm getting a random Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) once or twice a week. Here's a picture!
IT Support: OK, it's either a bad memory module or a bad driver. Run the hardware diagnostics for your machine first, then if that indicates your machine is OK, go ahead and update your drivers.
NH:Obviously, Global IT doesn't think I have a job or anything, or they would have included an, "After hours today, run this..."
So I killed the test and am waiting 'til after hours.
Yeah, that's not something you just do in the middle of the day for that very reason. I'm a bit surprised they didn't just jump straight to "Ok, let's get you a new computer as soon as possible, and then we'll figure out what's wrong with your current machine on our own time, probably end up reloading it and giving it someone else."
Edit: The larger the company, the more often that becomes standard practice for many issues.
Well, keep in mind data load times. Anyone around here is making well over $50/hour, so making them spend 4-5 hours re-loading data (even from backups) is a financial hit. So they try to have us self-help as often as possible to avoid the loss of man-hours.
I'd love to see a study as to whether it actually saves or costs them money. It's not like they don't have a few dozen laptops lying around, and they couldn't have the "restore from server" scripts running while I was driving in...
Oh, see, that's the beauty of Global Megacorps. They can institute draconian policies with vast impunity.
The last one I worked at simply said "You have been told not to store any data on the local machine. Period. If the machine has to be replaced, there will be NO attempt at recovering any user data whatsoever."
During mass equipment rollouts, they would run a script to upload your user data. If it succeeded, great, but if at any point it failed, they shrugged their shoulders and moved on. The project team involved said they would "Attempt to move any locally stored user data as a courtesy, but will not make any promises nor support any issues stemming from a failed attempt." And then again, point back to the policy of "You were told not to store any data on the local machine."
Oh, see, that's the beauty of Global Megacorps. They can institute draconian policies with vast impunity.
The last one I worked at simply said "You have been told not to store any data on the local machine. Period. If the machine has to be replaced, there will be NO attempt at recovering any user data whatsoever."
During mass equipment rollouts, they would run a script to upload your user data. If it succeeded, great, but if at any point it failed, they shrugged their shoulders and moved on. The project team involved said they would "Attempt to move any locally stored user data as a courtesy, but will not make any promises nor support any issues stemming from a failed attempt." And then again, point back to the policy of "You were told not to store any data on the local machine."
Gods, I *wish* we had such a policy.
Our "official" backup program stores 10 GB of data. Anything more than that and you have to work out your own backup strategy.
Now work in a department that develops PPTs, Word docs, and videos and try to store all your work and archives within the 10GB limit.
Yeah.
And don't get me started on software licensing. It's done on a department-by-department basis, NOT a global basis, so you get your machine and you have to install your own work software to be able to do your job.
Oh, see, that's the beauty of Global Megacorps. They can institute draconian policies with vast impunity.
The last one I worked at simply said "You have been told not to store any data on the local machine. Period. If the machine has to be replaced, there will be NO attempt at recovering any user data whatsoever."
During mass equipment rollouts, they would run a script to upload your user data. If it succeeded, great, but if at any point it failed, they shrugged their shoulders and moved on. The project team involved said they would "Attempt to move any locally stored user data as a courtesy, but will not make any promises nor support any issues stemming from a failed attempt." And then again, point back to the policy of "You were told not to store any data on the local machine."
Gods, I *wish* we had such a policy.
Our "official" backup program stores 10 GB of data. Anything more than that and you have to work out your own backup strategy.
Now work in a department that develops PPTs, Word docs, and videos and try to store all your work and archives within the 10GB limit.
Yeah.
And don't get me started on software licensing. It's done on a department-by-department basis, NOT a global basis, so you get your machine and you have to install your own work software to be able to do your job.
I don't understand...why do you even have an IT department? This makes me understand why people are even looking at Slack at your company.
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Or maybe I'm only 51. *counts on fingers* Oh well, whatever. I'm over 50, and it's my birthday.
WOOT
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Or maybe I'm only 51. *counts on fingers* Oh well, whatever. I'm over 50, and it's my birthday.
I honestly started losing track of my age when I was in my 20's.
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Happy Earth Day John!
Hold on a minute... Otanjōbiomedetōgozaimasu John!
Yup, that sounds right!
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Happy birthday, John!
Somebody used google!
I was going to google Klingon or Hindu, but thought Japanese would be more apropos.
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Tiny T-Rex was placed in the advanced math class and Crookshanks is getting almost all A's, which is infinitely better than mostly D's.
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Oh, see, that's the beauty of Global Megacorps. They can institute draconian policies with vast impunity.
The last one I worked at simply said "You have been told not to store any data on the local machine. Period. If the machine has to be replaced, there will be NO attempt at recovering any user data whatsoever."
During mass equipment rollouts, they would run a script to upload your user data. If it succeeded, great, but if at any point it failed, they shrugged their shoulders and moved on. The project team involved said they would "Attempt to move any locally stored user data as a courtesy, but will not make any promises nor support any issues stemming from a failed attempt." And then again, point back to the policy of "You were told not to store any data on the local machine."
Gods, I *wish* we had such a policy.
Our "official" backup program stores 10 GB of data. Anything more than that and you have to work out your own backup strategy.
Now work in a department that develops PPTs, Word docs, and videos and try to store all your work and archives within the 10GB limit.
Yeah.
And don't get me started on software licensing. It's done on a department-by-department basis, NOT a global basis, so you get your machine and you have to install your own work software to be able to do your job.
I rarely understand what you are talking about professionally, but this makes no sense whatsoever.
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Just show me where I can set up my saw and I'll get it all straightened out.
I rarely understand what you are talking about professionally, but this makes no sense whatsoever.Oh, see, that's the beauty of Global Megacorps. They can institute draconian policies with vast impunity.
The last one I worked at simply said "You have been told not to store any data on the local machine. Period. If the machine has to be replaced, there will be NO attempt at recovering any user data whatsoever."
During mass equipment rollouts, they would run a script to upload your user data. If it succeeded, great, but if at any point it failed, they shrugged their shoulders and moved on. The project team involved said they would "Attempt to move any locally stored user data as a courtesy, but will not make any promises nor support any issues stemming from a failed attempt." And then again, point back to the policy of "You were told not to store any data on the local machine."
Gods, I *wish* we had such a policy.
Our "official" backup program stores 10 GB of data. Anything more than that and you have to work out your own backup strategy.
Now work in a department that develops PPTs, Word docs, and videos and try to store all your work and archives within the 10GB limit.
Yeah.
And don't get me started on software licensing. It's done on a department-by-department basis, NOT a global basis, so you get your machine and you have to install your own work software to be able to do your job.
I, on the other hand, got the general meaning of that exchange...
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I'm sure if I saw you naked you would punch me.I was thinking of a paladin in satin pajamas.
But, a Warpriest in pajamas is also good.
Sacred fist (a warpriest archetype) can fight in their pajamas!
They can even do it nekkid!
I meant those sacred fists, not me!
*puts on clothes*
Oh yes and I would caterwaul as well.
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It is pouring here! It is a religious experience.
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I was psyched when a friend told me that the beta of MTG Arena is out, but then I discovered it's Windows-only. :(
My MacBook is still worth it.
Yeah my brother told me it's puddles everywhere and he's hoping they don't get too big. I mean 12 h of rain continuously? Yikes!
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Imagine if we all worked together? Like in the same office?
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I think I'd have been murdered with a stapler due to excessive puns months ago if that were the case.
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Imagine if we all worked together? Like in the same office?
I still get my hammers, saw, and mini bobcat, right.
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As soon as it dries out (Hahahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahaha!) I get to drive rebar through some timbers and three feet into the ground.
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Must make a character with a familiar with the figment archetype!
I am watching the British Baking show with Mrs Sunrise, and there is this thing called a stroopwafel. Which is a waffle sandwich with caramel in the middle.
I'm fairly certain I would devour the worst of these things and ask for more.
That sounds about right. How much does it rain in Singapore?
Happy Spawnday!
By the way, Today is my Birthday. I'm 52!
Happy birthday, grandpa!!!
So far we have a bull aspect Shifter that may or may not be responsible for missing crusaders. And a ninja that may or may not be an Android and may or may not multiclass as a Kineticist and monk, but is currently more concerned that he'll be able to be a blacksmith.
This is why I don't concern myself with mythic being overpowered.
If anyone can find the most suboptimal options it's us.