The Whiteboard

user114359

12:05 AM

I am officially a jobless deadbeat.... until Monday.

user20683

@Snowman I get to be one tommorrow afternoon

user20683

then I will be a job hunting deadbeat until monday morning

user114359

I start my new job Monday but I took tomorrow off to give myself a three day weekend

user114359

By a happy coincidence, today was our monthly developer meeting and my company does serve beer at those

user114359

ugh... my previous company...

user15026

12:23 AM

I am a tired cyborg for a week or two!

user114359

you are alive! hooray!

user15026

@Snowman new job is a good thing, yes?

user114359

Someone stickied @WorldEngineer's post with the high-level details. Knowing that, I am grateful that all went well

user114359

My departure is bittersweet. My old employer is a good one and I was on a good promotion track... but my new employer... well, I don't want to say too much but I will say it is a positive long term move. As in, retirement age.

user15026

Yeah I am too because no more headache!

user114359

12:27 AM

I don't really know you, except I think aren't you an Arqade moderator who peeks in here from time to time? I'm not sure. Anyway, I am NOT a cyborg and I DO have compassion so I am happy to hear it went well ;-)

user114359

I just a boring, human senior software engineer

user15026

I am an Arqade mod, yep. And I pop in here periodically especially if there is talk of beer or cupcakes

user114359

I am drinking beer in celebration of being a jobless deadbeat until Monday morning. No cupcakes, but I am debating ordering pizza.

user114359

Also, my wife is at her parents' house for a bit so nobody to tell me to clean the toilet or cook dinner :-)

user114359

Arqade is one of my favorite SE sites. I wish I could rep up there but so many people who have played 1,000,000 different games, beaten them all, and know every detail... I'm a nobody there.

user20683

12:37 AM

@Snowman I know the feeling

user20683

Also I'm @AshleyNunn boyfriend. I invited her over here one day for some reason and she stayed for the cupcakes, whiskey, and chill atmosphere

user114359

That probably explains your updates pinned to the right

user114359

My SO (not stack overflow) situation involves marrying a Polish woman then telling ethnic jokes with her Italian brother-in-law at family gatherings

user114359

I am Irish, so if they make fun of me for being drunk I just shrug

user114359

Between us we have pretty much every European stereotype covered

user20683

12:41 AM

@Snowman I'm Welsh and Northumbrian by genetics and American by 400 years of ancestors living here

user15026

@Snowman as for Arqade rep I just ask a lot of stuff, it helps I play More casual stuff than most there

user114359

@WorldEngineer I had to google that, never heard of it but makes sense given its age

user114359

@AshleyNunn doesn't help that my recent games include Dragon Age: Inquisition and I picked up Diablo III again. Between the two, pretty much any on-topic question already exists.

user20683

@Snowman Yorkshire but not precisely

Duga

Incidentally, I might be missing the obvious, but I honestly don't see how this question is off-topic. This site's help center FAQ indicates that the following topics are germane to this site: "a specific programming problem, or a software algorithm, or software tools commonly used by programmers" (e.g. third-party APIs which have been discussed extensively on this site). As I clarified in my comment above, I am looking for a coding solution or referral to an API that could help with detection of fraudulent credit cards. If no such solutions are available, then I can accept that. Thanks again! — cjo30080 1 min ago

user114359

12:45 AM

Every time I think about Englishmen this pops into my head:

user114359

vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/familyguy/images/2/2f/…

user20683

mom's maiden name is Norwegian in origin from that area

user114359

Come on SE chat make the image pop in here... ugh

user114359

I have an entire clan in Ireland

user114359

I am sure if I show up drunk and act Catholic they got my back

user114359

12:51 AM

Thing about Arqade that I love more than anything is the weird questions that only make sense in context.

user114359

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Q: How to fix leaky sink in Virtual Families 2?

Out of nowhere my sink started leaking. I tried dragging my kid, mom, and dad toward the sink but nobody tried to fix it. Is there a plumber or something like that, or will it eventually go away? I tried turning the sink off but it didn't work. Is it a problem in the game or just an overall nuisa...

virtual-families-2

user20683

@Snowman it's totally tradition to have names that make you go.../headtilt

user55340

@JimmyHoffa Walker is a union busting, pro life, pro business, preacher's son who has faced down protestors from the left (see union busting) and had three elections in 4 years (2 general, 1 recall). He's also as boring as toast.

user55340

He has the ability to be rather decisive, and if you aren't trying to work in a bi-partisan way with compromise, that is seen by some as a mark on the good side.

user20683

@MichaelT I believe the phrase I've used to describe him is "Jackass".

user55340

1:02 AM

He has rather odd education priorities (himself not being a college grad). Look up budget cuts in the last budget. And then theres this that he tried to slip in.

Jimmy Hoffa

@MichaelT yeah I have a vague idea of his stances (GOP: I hate everyone, give me back my money, oh hi Business Man, you has teh moneyz? Thankyou.) But I'm curious about his results. For all I know wisconsin has been soaring with a revival to compete with the end of the middle ages... I haven't a clue. What is the wisconsinite view of the results of his actions so far?

user55340

@JimmyHoffa He promised 250,000 jobs... politifact.com/wisconsin/promises/walk-o-meter/promise/526/… -- we're not seeing them. politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/nov/28/chuck-todd/… (yes, both from politifact which probably has its biases)

user55340

user55340

Alternatively, glance at host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/…

Jimmy Hoffa

Did his union busting actually save money? What were the costs (sore egos?) I suspect I would hear yes and yes if I asked someone biased towards him, but someone frrom WI has probably heard more reports that are closer-to-the-truth

Did schools close down? Are sections of the state now bussing twice as far or have test scores decidedly dropped? Have there been costs of his teachers union busting other than political? Did it overall cost money and not save money?

user55340

1:07 AM

@JimmyHoffa It allowed a number of schools to fire some teachers and was part of the brain drain from state tech jobs (forced some cultural changes a few years later which are for the better).

user55340

2011 Wisconsin Act 10

The 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, was legislation proposed by Republican Governor Scott Walker and passed by the Wisconsin Legislature to address a projected $3.6 billion budget deficit. The legislation primarily impacted the following areas: collective bargaining, compensation, retirement, health insurance, and sick leave of public sector employees. In response, unions and other groups organized protests inside and around the state capitol. The bill was passed into law and became effective as of June 29, 2011. Public employees exempted from the changes...

Jimmy Hoffa

Done anything interesting other than union busting? Or just politicing?

user55340

@JimmyHoffa boring as toast.

user20683

half-baked wonderbread toast

user20683

there's a few vitamins in there but tastes like aluminum

user55340

1:10 AM

The only bits in local news of interest about him are his attempts to make a budget for Wisconsin that reflects his national priorities rather than state ones.

Jimmy Hoffa

Gotcha. He sure looks it. Mitt Romney strikes me as a car salesman, I guess he's more of an accountant eh...

user20683

Mitt Romney has some level of talent and flair

user55340

Mitt at least had a respect for education.

user20683

Mormons in general tend to respect education

user20683

at least in my personal experience

user55340

1:11 AM

> Walker discontinued his studies at Marquette in the spring of 1990, leaving in good standing with a 2.59/4.0 grade point average, but without obtaining a degree. During college Walker worked part-time for IBM selling warranties on mainframe computers. His IBM job led to a full-time position in marketing and fundraising at the American Red Cross from 1990 to 1994.

user55340

@JimmyHoffa Not quite a used car salesman... he's the guy from IBM trying to sell you a warranty on their aging iron.

user20683

1 Hour OF Tremendous 呼麦 Tuvan Throat Singing: Huun Huur Tu

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user15026

Woooooo it's vitals o'clock! Also painkillers!

user20683

@AshleyNunn what sorts of delightful drugs do they have you on?

Jimmy Hoffa

@AshleyNunn Yay painkillers! Next time they ask for your vitals don't forget to turn your head and cough then ask if you did it right

user15026

1:41 AM

Just codeine right now. And I will keep that in mind, @JimmyHoffa! They keep telling me that I have pretty eyes when they check my pupils. It's great.

Jimmy Hoffa

@MichaelT for what it's worth, reading that wikipedia page sounds like he did resolve a lot of budgetary concerns, at the cost of public sector workers, but it wasn't a classical political fight where someone's declared a victor but absolutely nobody wins.

@AshleyNunn next time they do this tell them "wait a moment" then stare at them hard like your concentrating and after a few seconds ask "Did they change?" and whatever they say just assure them you're still working on that skill

Codeine? Weak sauce. They must have your IV's out then eh?

I can't help but feel like I'm talking to a really highly educated professional drug dealer everytime I hear the doctors explain this "Ketamine infusion" my wife's going to get as a pain treatment in a couple weeks because all they can say in describing it is that "It's just going to make you really really high"

hearing doctors unable to describe something they'll do to you in any other way than the same way a crack dealer might describe his wares is just funny

whatsisname

i just obtained a dust collector for my basement woodshop

it's not very quiet

user15026

@JimmyHoffa iv is still in place but I am off drip for now til my next Cipro dose at 6 am as long as I promise to hydrate. Also, gotta love when doctors say stuff like that, it makes me laugh.

Jimmy Hoffa

1:57 AM

@whatsisname so what you're saying is you've acquired a dust based sound engine? Not a conversion I would have thought of, very clever of them. I wonder what you could convert the sound into? Try converting it into dust, and you might be onto something big.

user15026

@whatsisname they usually aren't but hey less dust is good

whatsisname

@JimmyHoffa: I could build a perpetual motion machine that makes everything dirty

how sweet would that be

I could sell the results to ikea to be made into furniture

user55340

@JimmyHoffa one might make mention of the property tax cuts prior which cut funding to local schools which then got them into that mess... and the continued tax cuts and vouchers for schools (which takes the money/student out of public schools)... so I contend that the budget mess was his own making.

user55340

And bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-02-18/…

user55340

2:09 AM

wkow.com/story/28017263/2015/02/03/… is also a fun read...

user55340

> The Governor had previously announced a $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System, while allowing the system more flexibility to make decisions on its future budgets.

Governor Walker also announced the state would contribute $220 million in funding for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena and $1.3 billion for transportation projects. Both of those items would be paid for with bonds that would be paid off over the next few decades.

user55340

Engineers - a video for you to watch...

user55340

Making a Full Bridge Rectifier

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Jimmy Hoffa

@MichaelT true, there is much irony in the GOP cry to cut taxes claiming "Look at the deficits these governmental entities get themselves into! Stop supporting them!"

user55340

@JimmyHoffa There's the "Lets cut funding for the university, and give that to make a stadium for a sports team" along with the "lets improve highways" (btw, do you know the name of one of the major trucking companies in Wisconsin? I mean other than Menards Distribution Center)

Jimmy Hoffa

2:21 AM

so his main position is just cut cut cut cut, union? Cut. Healthcare? Cut. X? Cut. is what I'm hearing

the other stances like immigration and abortion and family values type shit sounds like just standard political stances but none he's acted on? Mostly just, cut cut cut. Cut taxes, Cut funding, Cut government. Pro-school-choice is just a way of selling Cut school funding. Cut Cut Cut.

That sum up what wisconsinites have seen under his rule? No social or civil policy pushes, just spend less policies?

user55340

Not a lot, but he's a poster child for the uncompromising conservative/business stance.

Jimmy Hoffa

@MichaelT yeah I know that, but that's a side effect of his union busting (cut cut cut) actions having gained so much publicity etc. Doesn't seem he intends to be a poster child for any political stances other than Cut Cut Cut from what you're saying. "Uncompromising conservative" tends to include more stances than just Demolish Government (how strange, conservatism has been debased to basically Anarchism these days? at least his version of it appears to be so)

user55340

The legislature has been protecting him from things he'd have to take a stance on besides that.

Jimmy Hoffa

@MichaelT Convenient, nobody can speak with any conviction against any other stances he has then as he's never gone on paper with them in any meaningful way...

presupposing there aren't other large policies he's pushed that I'm missing... will have to peek about that a bit just as everything I'm hearing, he's the only GOP dude with any real chance

Every republican hates Bush an Christie for being too moderate, they won't make it through the primary, and any other entrants that might make it through the primary (like Paul Ryan or Rand Paul) stand zero chance in a general for being on record with too many policies a majority of americans disagree with, so don't even have to think about them...

user55340

Wait till a debate or stump speech... as I said, he's boring as toast.

Jimmy Hoffa

2:32 AM

@MichaelT boring works to their advantage, it's too much character that ruins GOP folk in the general...

user55340

The other bit is while he can dominate state politics with koch money, national is a little bit bigger.

Jimmy Hoffa

@MichaelT yeah, but someone who's shown such an avarice for cut cut cut cut can make immense amounts of money for so many business interests... he'll have plenty more folk like Koch lining his pockets if it comes to that.

@whatsisname better yet, you sell it to Hoover and they can blackmail public venues into signing exclusive contracts with them

Jimmy Hoffa

2:51 AM

This is actually an interview question I've been asked... I believe a part of the trick is in recognizing the screen as concentric rectangles where the circumference has a measurable change per rectangle, so you can easily pick apart the array into those rectangles after divining the circumference change, then fitting an array to x,y coords for a single rectangle is easier. All programming can be solved by divide and conquor: Recursively break things down into smaller and smaller problems until the only things left are obvious and easy to solve. — Jimmy Hoffa 19 secs ago

whatsisname

3:22 AM

i think the chicken is going to come home to roost on walkers policies well after he's gone, and it will be those after him that have to clean it up

Stack Exchange

4:32 AM

Active questions tagged programmers-se - Meta S…: While Calculating Sum of column in a matrix it is always calculate default value

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overexchange

6:49 AM

@RobertHarvey sorry I just saw your msg. I did not get your question.

@amon I would like to understand your comment:

Your responses here regarding objects/classes vs. ADTs are enlightening in a very ivory-tower-y type-system-theorist-y way

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