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OK. I've been critical of many Indian cultural things when dealing with developers and customer support, but some of their cultural things just plain rock, and I wish the rest of the world would pay heed.
Yesterday and today I've had two calls with Indian teams. And, as you always absolutely, positively, MUST do when you start a call with an Indian team, we spent the first minute or two exchanging pleasantries. How are you? How's your family? How are you doing during the lockdown? What's it like for you in the U.S.?
And it is absolutely essential for all meetings, and they are very courteous, and listen, and are actually interested and remember everything you tell them.
And it makes you feel special. It's just a delightful custom I've gotten used to, and I find myself doing it with all the Indian teams I work with, and after I just got off a call with my doctor's office where I spoke with an Indian intern and naturally flowed into the standard, "We are going to be very nice to each other for at least 60 seconds before we discuss any business whatsoever," I was thinking, "Why doesn't everyone do this?!?!?"
Yeah, you lose 1-2 minutes of every call to niceties.
But man, does it make you feel better about the person you're speaking with, and it really does help build relationships from 10,000 miles away.
Pretty neat.
Yes! Its always a breath of fresh air when Rakesh and Chander call me. Such lovely gentlemen who genuinely mean it when they ask how my day has been.
EDIT not THAT FRESH!
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It snowed in Wisconsin today, just saying.
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That was an epic 'Call of Cthulhu' death. Jumping up on top of the slab to seal a tomb full of howling horrors then managing to roll under 5 on a d100 to succeed in a Sanity roll, only to get siezed by a pseudopod, dragged inside and consumed as the lid slammed down and the tomb was sealed...
That is an absolutely great way to go!
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OK. I've been critical of many Indian cultural things when dealing with developers and customer support, but some of their cultural things just plain rock, and I wish the rest of the world would pay heed.
Yesterday and today I've had two calls with Indian teams. And, as you always absolutely, positively, MUST do when you start a call with an Indian team, we spent the first minute or two exchanging pleasantries. How are you? How's your family? How are you doing during the lockdown? What's it like for you in the U.S.?
And it is absolutely essential for all meetings, and they are very courteous, and listen, and are actually interested and remember everything you tell them.
And it makes you feel special. It's just a delightful custom I've gotten used to, and I find myself doing it with all the Indian teams I work with, and after I just got off a call with my doctor's office where I spoke with an Indian intern and naturally flowed into the standard, "We are going to be very nice to each other for at least 60 seconds before we discuss any business whatsoever," I was thinking, "Why doesn't everyone do this?!?!?"
Yeah, you lose 1-2 minutes of every call to niceties.
But man, does it make you feel better about the person you're speaking with, and it really does help build relationships from 10,000 miles away.
Pretty neat.
Generally I agree on that one, but sometimes I can't afford that 1-2 minutes per call. Honestly.
Unfortunately, the guys I end up talking to throughout the day are trying to call me as I'm running from one perceived disaster to the next actual disaster, and they don't always have ways of knowing that. They go into the customary pleasantries and I usually end up going, "Hey man, what's the issue?" One of the guys I work with has been dealing with US-based IT guys for 10 years, so he gets it and can switch back and forth pretty quickly. He can tell from my voice and tone exactly what the situation on my end is. The rest of that team...doesn't...and they continue on with the pleasantries as if I hadn't tried to prompt them to move on to the actual conversation.
My CIO is Indian. He's been in the US long enough that he's just as likely to call and start with pleasantries as he is to call and immediately hang you from a flagpole as a warning to others.
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I debuted when I was young and beautifulAs a resident sports entertainment fan, I can say that it has been a novel twist to the format, but it is definitely not a long term strategy. While I would like to see them take an off season during all this, I understand that the wrestlers themselves would rather be working in some capacity as well. I'd count it akin to a lot of manual labor jobs, if you stop doing it too long, you lose a conditioning that takes time to get back and puts you at higher risk for injury while you do so.Why don't they just Zoom themselves awkwardly dodging a looped gif of their opponent body-slamming?Oh, Florida! You never cease to make me giggle!
Opens mouth
The new live shows will be held without a studio audience, the WWE said in a statement.... well now I'm just confused.
AGH MY INTERNEEEEEET
Scint, Scint, Scint. Scint. You just don't get it, Scint.
You need to think like a Floridian.
Your idea is just too low budgetthat's not classy or refined enough for our delicate sensibilities. (Also it's too low budget.)
You can definitely see the difference without a crowd.
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That was an epic 'Call of Cthulhu' death. Jumping up on top of the slab to seal a tomb full of howling horrors then managing to roll under 5 on a d100 to succeed in a Sanity roll, only to get siezed by a pseudopod, dragged inside and consumed as the lid slammed down and the tomb was sealed...
And THAT is how Call of Cthulu is played!
It's not about living and staying sane -- that option isn't on the table.
It's about dying or going insane in such a spectacular fashion that you take the bad guys with you. (Our one "win" was burning down Monterey. Yes. All of it.)
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My mother is sitting in Oklahoma, where is snowed (lightly) last night.
I am in Southern Lousy-Anna, Using my baby's First Electric Chainsaw to chop down the @#$% spiky-leafed bushes that are a pain in my rump, because it is cool enough to (and I have time) to finally do so.
2020 is officially broken. O_o
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OK. I've been critical of many Indian cultural things when dealing with developers and customer support, but some of their cultural things just plain rock, and I wish the rest of the world would pay heed.
Yesterday and today I've had two calls with Indian teams. And, as you always absolutely, positively, MUST do when you start a call with an Indian team, we spent the first minute or two exchanging pleasantries. How are you? How's your family? How are you doing during the lockdown? What's it like for you in the U.S.?
And it is absolutely essential for all meetings, and they are very courteous, and listen, and are actually interested and remember everything you tell them.
And it makes you feel special. It's just a delightful custom I've gotten used to, and I find myself doing it with all the Indian teams I work with, and after I just got off a call with my doctor's office where I spoke with an Indian intern and naturally flowed into the standard, "We are going to be very nice to each other for at least 60 seconds before we discuss any business whatsoever," I was thinking, "Why doesn't everyone do this?!?!?"
Yeah, you lose 1-2 minutes of every call to niceties.
But man, does it make you feel better about the person you're speaking with, and it really does help build relationships from 10,000 miles away.
Pretty neat.
Yes! Its always a breath of fresh air when Rakesh and Chander call me. Such lovely gentlemen who genuinely mean it when they ask how my day has been.
EDIT not THAT FRESH!
I like these guys!
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That was an epic 'Call of Cthulhu' death. Jumping up on top of the slab to seal a tomb full of howling horrors then managing to roll under 5 on a d100 to succeed in a Sanity roll, only to get siezed by a pseudopod, dragged inside and consumed as the lid slammed down and the tomb was sealed...And THAT is how Call of Cthulu is played!
It's not about living and staying sane -- that option isn't on the table.
It's about dying or going insane in such a spectacular fashion that you take the bad guys with you. (Our one "win" was burning down Monterey. Yes. All of it.)
I guess the game's just not for me.
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OK. I am tickled pink.
One of the pieces of software on my work laptop just notified me that it needed to update.
I got a big splash warning, "The new version of this software's license agreement limits it to personal, non-commercial use."
It just so happens that this is Global Megacorporation software.
So... the big question: Is Global Megacorporation going to sue itself for installing personal use software on my work laptop?
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I guess the game's just not for me.That was an epic 'Call of Cthulhu' death. Jumping up on top of the slab to seal a tomb full of howling horrors then managing to roll under 5 on a d100 to succeed in a Sanity roll, only to get siezed by a pseudopod, dragged inside and consumed as the lid slammed down and the tomb was sealed...And THAT is how Call of Cthulu is played!
It's not about living and staying sane -- that option isn't on the table.
It's about dying or going insane in such a spectacular fashion that you take the bad guys with you. (Our one "win" was burning down Monterey. Yes. All of it.)
It's not for me either.
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You want to tell that to Mab?Yes, very much. Winter can hold her unicorns and frostmares and wait her turn just like the rest of us.Winter can f&$* off until November.
Sorry, Freehold.
I mean, I am court herald. Delivering unpleasant news to other courts is my duty.
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"We are going to be very nice to each other for at least 60 seconds before we discuss any business whatsoever," I was thinking, "Why doesn't everyone do this?!?!?"
Yeah, you lose 1-2 minutes of every call to niceties.
But man, does it make you feel better about the person you're speaking with, and it really does help build relationships from 10,000 miles away.
Pretty neat.
This is the difference between you and me. Were I in the same situation, I'd be struggling not to scream "can we GET TO THE POINT??".
I'm not particularly interested in "building a relationship" with someone I'm contacting halfway across the world for work purposes. I just want to get whatever I'm making the call to get done done and get on with my day.
Admittedly some of that is likely influenced heavily by my hatred of phone conversations and my never-fading desire to end them as swiftly as possible.
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Eh, I wouldn't know how to start a phone conversation without small talk.
That said, because of my mom, I almost never ask someone how their day is going.
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Working in snow squalls all the damn day gave me a hankering for pumpkin pie, which can only be made by hand.
So now I wait for the pies to bake.
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Today's Peeve: Apocalypse Walkers
I might have complained about this before, but today was yet another, "There's a pandemic so I have every right to walk down the dead center of the street," pedestrian who simply refused to yield to me as a car, so I had to wait until there was clearance on one side of him and go around.
It should be legal to run over such people.
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Today's Peeve: Apocalypse Walkers
I might have complained about this before, but today was yet another, "There's a pandemic so I have every right to walk down the dead center of the street," pedestrian who simply refused to yield to me as a car, so I had to wait until there was clearance on one side of him and go around.
It should be legal to run over such people.
Just do it.
If anyone asks what happened, just shrug your shoulders and say "they must've been hit by the covid".
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I spent most of today writing, tweaking, and recording history notes. I have brief overviews scheduled to post of the Vietnam War/Counterculture, Space Race, OPEC embargo, and Watergate scandal. Working on notes now for the War on Drugs.
I really, really hate the sound of my voice.
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I remember fans complaining about one of the 4e promotion videos that WotC put out, so I went and watched it -- the one about grappling. It was definitely a bit of an exaggeration of the wordiness and detail of 3.x grapple rules, but it was very tongue-in-cheek and goofy. (And whaddya expect from a company selling a new product.)for them to not actively insult the people using their previous product.
Seriously, the 80s are over. You can sell something new without actively insulting anyone who goes to the other guy, especially when the other guy is...yourself.
*rewatches the vid after 12 years*
Yeah I still don't see it, but hey, repeat a myth often enough and it becomes the truth!
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I am going to be part of a documentary about life in the age of corona -- not sure what to expect.
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Today's Peeve: Apocalypse Walkers
I might have complained about this before, but today was yet another, "There's a pandemic so I have every right to walk down the dead center of the street," pedestrian who simply refused to yield to me as a car, so I had to wait until there was clearance on one side of him and go around.
It should be legal to run over such people.
Pretty sure it's legal to get within a foot and lean into your horn.
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Eh, I wouldn't know how to start a phone conversation without small talk.
That said, because of my mom, I almost never ask someone how their day is going.
Yeah my parents do that too, and I simply don't understand. My ideal phone call goes "hello, its X, I need this, it'll be there Yday, thanks bye" or whatever the appropriate equivalent is. I don't get the point of tying myself up on the phone going on about things irrelevant to the reason I called. Heck, I barely make small talk talking in casual conversation, why would I do it on a business call?
If I'm on the phone longer than 60 seconds, something is wrong.
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I hate talking on the phone, I prefer person to person contact, or texting, but I still gotta ask how the weather is, I can't help myself.
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I once worked for a guy who did not use conventional conversational closing statements. When he was finished with the conversation, he hung up the phone. "Bye" was not in his vocabulary.
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I remember fans complaining about one of the 4e promotion videos that WotC put out, so I went and watched it -- the one about grappling. It was definitely a bit of an exaggeration of the wordiness and detail of 3.x grapple rules, but it was very tongue-in-cheek and goofy. (And whaddya expect from a company selling a new product.)for them to not actively insult the people using their previous product.
Seriously, the 80s are over. You can sell something new without actively insulting anyone who goes to the other guy, especially when the other guy is...yourself.
*rewatches the vid after 12 years*
Yeah I still don't see it, but hey, repeat a myth often enough and it becomes the truth!
As an expert on the subject, not everyone likes being called internet trolls or having dragon turds dropped on them metaphorically.
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Night John.
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I once worked for a guy who did not use conventional conversational closing statements. When he was finished with the conversation, he hung up the phone. "Bye" was not in his vocabulary.
That sounds obnoxious.
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"We are going to be very nice to each other for at least 60 seconds before we discuss any business whatsoever," I was thinking, "Why doesn't everyone do this?!?!?"
Yeah, you lose 1-2 minutes of every call to niceties.
But man, does it make you feel better about the person you're speaking with, and it really does help build relationships from 10,000 miles away.
Pretty neat.
This is the difference between you and me. Were I in the same situation, I'd be struggling not to scream "can we GET TO THE POINT??".
I'm not particularly interested in "building a relationship" with someone I'm contacting halfway across the world for work purposes. I just want to get whatever I'm making the call to get done done and get on with my day.
Admittedly some of that is likely influenced heavily by my hatred of phone conversations and my never-fading desire to end them as swiftly as possible.
so.
I shouldn't call you and ask what's up?
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Why do ghosts get so many DUIs? Because they're full of BOOs.
I feel so ashamed for laughing at that.
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What Egyptian ruler was buried with chocolate and hazelnuts? Pharaoh Rocher.
I remember him the nummiest of pharaohs.
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Why couldn't the angle get a loan? His parents wouldn't cosine.
you save that one just for freehold?
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Pretty sure it's legal to get within a foot and lean into your horn.Today's Peeve: Apocalypse Walkers
I might have complained about this before, but today was yet another, "There's a pandemic so I have every right to walk down the dead center of the street," pedestrian who simply refused to yield to me as a car, so I had to wait until there was clearance on one side of him and go around.
It should be legal to run over such people.
can confirm, am cyclist.
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Knock knock.
Who's there?
Cargo.
Cargo who?
No, owl go hoo. Car go vroom.
It's like a variation of a theme with that one.
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Knock knock.
Who's there?
I eep.
I eep who?
Eew, you eat poo!
If I was 6 I would of loved that one.
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The proper way to catch salmon.
That was grizzly.
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What Egyptian ruler was buried with chocolate and hazelnuts? Pharaoh Rocher.
Pharaoh Rocher would be a good name for a rapper.
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Crap. It seems that my kettle died. Couldn't it do that yesterday, before I went to shop?
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Percussive maintenance protocol worked. I have tea!
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WAIT?!
There is a new X-Com game coming?!