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We had an angry call from a client, and I got pulled into the meeting. I had some minor mistakes on some documents. Typos mostly. There were a lot of other, bigger mistakes on said project.
Anyway, the project manager on the client side was kind of pissed. And to be honest, he should have been. At the same time, he was kind of a dumbass himself, calling for things that weren't allowed per his company specs, and not giving us the information we needed (or giving us bad information).
So I don't feel too bad if that particular PM doesn't want to work with us anymore. The other PMs for that client are more than happy with the work we've done, or so I hear.
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Got a lot done for work yesterday. With the modified site layout the client wants, we were able to reduce from two P&IDs (Process and Instrumentation Diagram) to one for each site. So my designers consolidated the two drawings for each site, then I marked them up as needed.
Hopefully, the client won't insist on any more radical changes.
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After finally watching Dune Part 2 last night, I started reading the novel again. One line caught my attention, probably in a way it never did before.
It was when Reverend Mother Mohiam and Paul are discussing the Butlerian Jihad and the testing for humans conducting by the Sisterhood. Mohiam says...
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
I can't help but look at this race towards AI and think of that line. I think I trust the AI more than I trust the people trying to create it.
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Speaking of the dog.....last night she got to chase a racoon. It running along the top of the back fence when I took her out. The little trash panda ran along until it was in the neighbor's back yard, then stopped to stare at me.
This morning, the dog nearly got to do the same with a possum coming the opposite way, but it stopped before it got to our back yard. I think it realized she was there.
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The other day, while waiting for the school bus, my daughter mentioned she hopes it doesn't snow this year. I told her even if it does, it probably wouldn't stick very long.
I told her about when we lived in Philadelphia (she was born after we moved away). How we'd get the first snow, and sometimes the piles from the plows would be with us until spring. They'd just get bigger and bigger with each successive snow.
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My daughter was watching some How to Train Your Dragon TV show. She loves the movies as well. Pretty sure she's seen every episode of this series multiple times, since she was quoting parts of various episodes.
Whenever she watches stuff like this, I like to tell her about the greatest on-screen dragon of all time - Vermithrax Pejorative.
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Speaking of Godzilla Minus One, I saw a rumor article the other day that Takashi Yamazaki turned down multiple Marvel projects so he could direct a sequel to Minus One.
Smart man. Why attach yourself to a sinking ship when you have the chance to follow up on an awesome, award winning movie you made. And one that actually made money!