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7:37 AM
Hit 10k!!
 
Good for you. The second 10 will be easier.
 
8:31 AM
not if I don't post ;)
I've done the most scammy sounding thing ever and it was legit... £80 free money so far haha
@Nofel So you wish everything was free...
 
8:52 AM
@Twyxz why not, nothing bad in wishing and day dreaming of perfect world
:)
morning everyone
 
9:17 AM
Well I've been getting free money the past few days so it's almost perfect ;)
 
Anyone with a few spare moments over a coffee should read this article My disabled son, the nobleman, the philanderer, the detective. I'm a cold, hard, crusty old curmudgeon and reading this tugged at what was left of the dry husk of my my heart.
 
When I become supreme leader of the universe using speakerphone at desks in open plan offices will be made a hanging offence
 
9:34 AM
I dunno. It gives plenty of scope for background noise shenanigans.
 
@motosubatsu Hopefully that never happens
 
@Twyxz I knew it.. you're one of them aren't you? Repent now and I shall show mercy!
 
I'm definitely not one of them
But seeing you as "Supreme Leader" can't ever be a good thing in any universe
 
<adds @Twyxz to The List />
 
@Twyxz share the recipe
car fans: why there isn't any review of Toyota Corolla
 
9:50 AM
@Nofel It's just a trading platform promotion. Sign up, deposit £1 and you get a free share up to £100's at random
refer friends and family you get a share each time someone uses your link too
Currently I'm at £92 in shares just for depositing £1 and passing on links
 
@Twyxz Don't tell him your username, @Twyxz
 
And yes, I've read the T&C's
@Snow Who am I telling my username too
 
sigh This makes me feel old... see youtube for explanation of this joke.
 
@Snow oh dear.. I think that reference might have gone sailing straight over his little millenial head
 
@motosubatsu It did. He'll be asking what CDs are next...
 
9:53 AM
CDs?
I was alive in the age of tapes
not the long ass ones
just the square ones
 
@Twyxz @motosubatsu and I were alive in the age of knowing the appropriate usage of apostrophes too...
 
@Snow and such a long time ago it was
 
Don't know what you mean
 
Let me guess, your new side-line is being a grocer, right?
 
not quite
 
10:14 AM
Well I'm getting more and more internally irate at the berks who put dirty crockery in the sink, right under the sign that says "please put dirty crockery in the dishwasher".
 
I can't read I'm slightly deaf in one nostril
 
 
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1:07 PM
Oh boy oh boy oh boy its election time!
I guess I am the only one excited about it.
 
lol Yeah, it's all going on here.
 
@Snow Hodor
With some of the questions asked by a particular user, I am surprised a suspension wasn't granted.
I sold my first item on eBay today.
 
Woot. profit or loss?
 
the item was free to me, so profit.
( came with our house )
 
You sold your front door?
 
1:15 PM
an un-opened vintage model car
and the front door
 
Has the door been opened or is that un-opened too?
 
the door good sir has indeed been open
speaking of open doors...the election is an open door too
 
Hi
 
@singlemom hey
 
@motosubatsu hello
 
1:19 PM
I can hear slurping, what's that sound?
 
Hi @motosubatsu how are you?
 
(sorry, could not resist)
 
Haha
 
@Snow you're a bad, bad man :D
@singlemom I'm good thanks
 
@motosubatsu you gonna throw your hat in the ring for Moderator?
 
1:23 PM
@MisterPositive don't think so tbh, I flip-flop on the idea but I'm leaning towards not
@MisterPositive how about yourself?
 
@motosubatsu I don't think my schedule will allow me the time necessary to do the job justice. Leaning towards not.
I think @motosubatsu or @DarkCygnus would do a good job.
And don't laugh, I think @IDrinkandIKnowThings would be good too.
 
@MisterPositive thanks! I think DarkCygnus is contemplating a run, and I agree that he'd be an excellent choice
 
He would have my support, which isn't worth but one vote. :-)
@Snow you scum. You have passed me in Rep. It would help my cause though if I actually participated....
 
@MisterPositive Yes, it would do, I guess. You're just a slacker, slacker.
 
@MisterPositive gotta be in it to win it!
 
1:28 PM
@motosubatsu No time for it sadly. I like poking in and seeing how things are going.
 
@singlemom please feel free to join in, or ask questions. questions here in chat normally take priority over our trash talking.
 
absolutely.
@singlemom pay me no mind I am no longer a regular here, like the other two jokers.
 
Thanks. Everyone has been very nice around here. Except those really rude comments on my question.
 
@singlemom yeah.. that was massively out of order. Hopefully it hasn't significantly soured your experience here
 
@singlemom Have you flagged those comments? Unfortunately, moderators can't get around to reading everything on the site.
 
1:34 PM
@Snow Wha wha what!? With the amount of time you spend here answering and such I thought your were like the Oracle from the Matrix here at TWP!!!
 
@Snow the comments were removed
infact the entire answer was removed
 
@Snow I think stuff got hammered - and the answer itself (which was also pretty awful) got hammered by Communityu
 
This moderator business must be easy if you miss all the happenings :P
 
I'm not too worried about them, you can't get away from rude people especially online
 
@singlemom Some pretty interesting answers to your breastfeeding question.
@singlemom Unrelated question for you, does the baby sleep in the same room as you?
 
1:37 PM
@singlemom yep, unfortunuately Greater Internet F--kwad Theory is just as true today as it was 15 years ago.
 
@motosubatsu Not sure that will ever change
 
@MisterPositive There's about 8,000 comments posted a month. Half of which appear to be Fattie saying "great answer!"
 
and the other half are fattie saying "awful answer"
 
@Snow That guy....at least in the past could come up with some brilliant and equally stupid content.
 
@Twyxz haha...beat me too it
 
1:39 PM
@Twyxz he does indeed think a lot of himself.
 
Snooze you lose old man
 
@MisterPositive Not sure that will ever change
 
more seriously 8,000 comments a month is a huge amount
a pertinent reminder of just how busy this place is in some ways
 
@MisterPositive ugh....
I woke up 2 hours earlier today
already in the office
mornin
and still I did the same time in traffic jam...
 
1:41 PM
Thank goodness for WFH days @DarkCygnus
 
my acronym translator has not booted yet
 
Work From home.
 
That moment of realisation
 
I won't mention the translations that came to mind...
 
1:43 PM
So I have a general question for you folks that are from the UK ( or not )
do most Brit's speak like Gordon Ramsay?
 
LOL
 
My daughter has me watching hells kitchen on occasion, and he is pretty damn mean/funny
 
@MisterPositive haha.. no (thankfully)
 
blooooody hellll are yooouu f**kinnn kiddin meeeii
 
In terms of accent or his speaking ways
 
1:44 PM
Mostly funny to me
Both
 
both hahah
 
accent I assume probably
I have never heard someone called a Donut until Gordon Ramsay
 
@MisterPositive You're a doughnut.
 
@Snow damn brit's cannot spell either.....tend to put a Z in all the wrong places.
 
@MisterPositive she does currency because it decreases her risk for SIDS but when she's around 6 months old I'll look at moving her out of my room.
 
1:46 PM
Donutz
 
At least our Z doesn't rhyme with "Gee".
 
gosh I need coffee
 
@singlemom You are in the most difficult phase of it. once you get past six months your plan is a good on and will help with the neediness.
 
Hi @DarkCygnus
 
1:47 PM
@DarkCygnus dammit.. now so do I
 
He uses Donkey a lot too
is that common?
 
@MisterPositive taken out of context...hmmm
 
know what, in Spanish "coffee" is "cafe" but cafe is also "brown".... so I wonder, is Coffee "cafe" because it's brown or is brown called "cafe" because of coffee
 
I love using Donkey
 
Jackass is more common in the US
@Twyxz I do too now. The looks I get...
 
1:48 PM
@MisterPositive yeah I'm looking forward to things easing up a bit. Her sleep is finally settling down. The first couple of months was really rough
 
Hahahhaha I knew someone would say something like that as soon as I pressed enter
Needed to be reworded
 
@singlemom hey there, seems you found this place of relaxation and tangential topics in less than a week in the site :)
 
Brits when imitating Americans - "Get off the road you jackass I'll call the cops"
 
@Twyxz I'm just hoping that wasn't you in the Grand Tour Columbia special
 
@singlemom Do you have her on a motion sensor / heart monitor? My wife's brother's first born died of SIDS. We were all over that.
 
1:49 PM
Every British American road rage possible
@motosubatsu I'm a little bit younger
 
British Road Rage -- that should be a sitcom
 
Brr
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Q: How to deal with coworker who abuse me a lot?

Imran AbbasI have 5 years of PHP Development experience and in our team there is game developer who has 1.5 years experience. Since I have 5 years I knows some of programming topics or in other words I more fluent then him in programming. So when team lead giving a task to us then he always try to get my at...

^ ok... not the best title I have read
 
@DarkCygnus I knew about the stack overflow chat feature so figured I'd see if this site also had one. It's nice to chat a bit for once
 
@MisterPositive American idea of British Road Rage: "I say old bean, you cut me up rather there. I shall have my seconds call upon you at dawn?"
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@motosubatsu Don't you all talk like they do on Game of Thrones?
 
1:51 PM
@MisterPositive You know nothing
 
Is British Road rage the opposite of American's? I would say so because of the way both handle their streets and ways
 
@MisterPositive I don't have one of the heartrate ones but I do have a video one which is really useful when I'm working and she's napping
 
People have so many misconceptions of how we speak. In reality you can search Corsa chavs fighting a granny in youtube and you'll learn how the majority of people speak these days
 
@MisterPositive yerr a wizard, Harreeyy
 
@DarkCygnus LOL
 
1:52 PM
@singlemom handy.. avoids the whole creeping in to check on them gauntlet
 
@motosubatsu absolutely
 
@singlemom Do you have the cradle thingy that forces her to sleep on her side? Its like a wrap if you will that won't let her sleep on her stomach.
 
@MisterPositive never heard of that. I currently swaddle her on her back and she's fine. Isn't rolling yet so the swaddle works great.
 
@singlemom That does the trick essentially.
 
Damn the chat's active right now haha
 
1:56 PM
@Twyxz This is how things were, back in the good old days.
 
But sids is nerve-wracking. I'm looking forward to her reaching 6 months and I don't have to worry as much
 
Gotta run, been fun kids....
I would suggestion you all learn the proper times to use the letter Z
Dilly Dilly!!
@IDrinkandIKnowThings Hope you are doing well!
 
@singlemom btw, thanks to your Q I woke up to a rep cap :)
and almost a gold badge for great answer
again, great first question and answers you posted :)
 
Greetings all
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A: 2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection

George MWhat have you personally done to make the Workplace less hostile to newcomers/marginalized people who aren't US white men in IT? Do you think the new code of conduct has been effective toward that goal, what else would you propose? How would you deal with another mod who'd part of the problem?

So, apparently, blatant racism and sexism is being promoted now...
NICE
Maybe all the huwhite males should leave now?
 
dafuk
instant -1
 
2:03 PM
@DarkCygnus I UV'd your answer just to prove I wasn't bitter about missing your excellent suggestion about muting out of my own.
 
@DarkCygnus I'm amazed at how many upvotes it has
and my comment saying that it was a racist question was deleted, and my counter answer was down voted into oblivion
 
@DarkCygnus what's a rep cap?
Thanks, your answer was great!
 
@DarkCygnus got a DV from me, and @Snow favorite thing, a comment!!
 
@singlemom you can only earn a maximum of 200 rep points per day...
 
have a good day all!
 
2:06 PM
@singlemom earning the maximum 200 reputation in a day
 
@MisterPositive did I chase you off?
 
@MisterPositive good day Neo
 
@singlemom there are certain exceptions, such as being awarded a bonus, or having a best answer chosen.
those can bring you over 200
 
@RichardU No I have been chatting it up for awhile. My time is up, as they say.
( for today )
 
accepted answers (the +15) can overcome that cap
bounties can also overcome it
 
2:07 PM
@MisterPositive Ich Verstehe
@DarkCygnus I need to fix that echo
 
@RichardU damn it I have to google that.
 
I something for sure
 
@RichardU :-)
I understand
ENTERING SLEEP MODE
 
@MisterPositive poke
 
loool that sleep mode thingy.... ping ping ping
 
2:09 PM
@DarkCygnus Pinging @MisterPositive when he's trying to go into sleep mode is mean
 
@RichardU It's someone with an axe to grind about the welcome wagon initiative. I strongly doubt that this will make it into the mod questionaire.
 
so I recommend that you don't ping @MisterPositive in that way
when @MisterPositive is in sleep mode that is
 
Mister Sleep mode
well, time to earn this bread
cya
 
@motosubatsu LOL, just saw your road rage comment. I wonder if anyone even still knows about seconds.
 
@Snow also (depressingly) it's not even close to being as offensive as a particularly sexist & racist answer I saw elsewhere on the network today (not on here - and I've flagged to that stack's mods)
 
2:11 PM
@Snow not so put off by that as I was by the 8 upvotes.
 
hi @RichardU
 
@motosubatsu yes, there is a definite anti male, anti white, anti US vibe going on lately.
 
@RichardU People throw rocks at things that shine.
 
@Nofel how are you.
 
greatz and u?
 
2:14 PM
@Snow Well, given some of the comments thrown about as of late, I believe it's more than that.
@Nofel can't complain. Nobody listens anyway
 
@RichardU try me
 
@Nofel ah, just a bit off today. Occasionally, my past taps me on the shoulder and insists on being heard. It always passes.
 
Too much going on
I can't follow any of the conversations
 
@Twyxz dont. blend in
 
<disappear/>
 
2:18 PM
@RichardU Remember look ahead, take lesson from past and try do not to repeat in future, way is ahead not backwards.
 
@Twyxz I can see you with my N-Ray vision
 
@MisterPositive hey pal. looong time. r u back from hibernating?
 
@Nofel Part of how I cope is to allow myself to feel bad from time to time. Sort of like having an emotional overflow valve. You let a bit out so you don't have a flood
 
good u know ur limit, i do not know my container limit so it doesnt overflow.
u shld read "Stuble way of not giving a f*"
today the para in it, resonates with me
 
My usual coping strategy is just to call the day a write-off. Yes it's a bad day. That's OK. Recognize it's bad, there will be better days. I just allow myself time off. No washing dishes, just go easy.
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And then it's just the usual: exercise, eat properly, sleep.
 
2:31 PM
@RichardU I'm not here.
 
@singlemom yup.. "daytight comparments"
 
@singlemom welcome by the way. The regulars here know my story and it's a doozy. Most of it happened 10 years ago, but I still have bad days.
 
@RichardU ur a figther.
@singlemom welcome. how u one write-off?
 
Thanks. I'm still mostly in the thick of it. 2018 was a rough year. I'm glad to move on
 
@Nofel there are days though, there are days.... I'll be okay though.
@singlemom Things get better over the course of time. But every so often, even years later, the stars align, the moon is in the right phase, and someone says something that sets you off, and you get pulled right back into the moment.
It becomes less and less frequent, but is still quite jarring when it happens.
 
2:35 PM
@RichardU yes...like they say it is not a bad life, it just a bad day
 
@Nofel You got it!
 
@RichardU yes master yoda. I am ur apprentice.
 
@singlemom when you're in the thick of it, just focus on the next step. It keeps the distractions away.
@Nofel there are days when I feel 900 years old, does that count.
 
Yeah, keeping busy definitely helps. An I have a lot to keep me busy!
 
@BradC Welcome back.
 
2:37 PM
Fattie's recent answer is nice
"Stuck in junior role" at $70K?
 
@RichardU In my life there r people who I wanna scream at but my nature being a introvert kills me. I use to burn bt than I found I was hurting myself so I said "they r arse and I cannot ruin my day coz of them"
 
Damn I would really like to know where this guy works
 
@Twyxz I think Fattie likes to throw out the occasional bits of wisdom to keep people off guard.
 
@RichardU no, age is just a number u must not let it control ur mind. feel young at heart
 
It's definitely not wisdom
 
2:39 PM
@Nofel I go through what is called a "dry rage". No cursing, no violence, no raising of the voice. I just walk away from useless people.
 
This question is 100% TWP, Gnat with the close vote, fattie with the comments and answers
 
@Twyxz I was using a very loose definition of the term "wisdom". MY goodness, you'd think my dry humour would fit in with all the Brits in the room.
 
hahah
@RichardU @Twyxz is young blood.
 
@RichardU my old boss used to be like that. When he was angry he would just say nothing. He'd listen to your excuses and then walk away.
It worked really well. Kept us in line. He was a great boss.
 
Er, if Meta is any sign of how the elections are going to be this year......
@singlemom Everyone who knows me, knows that if I'm yelling, screaming, and pitching a fit, everything is okay.

If I stop, and start to speak very quietly and deliberately....
 
2:44 PM
Does Volkswagen Passat 1.5TSI 150 GT Pan Roof. sounds like a good car?
 
@Nofel my humor tends to bounce around from silly, to slapstick to very very dry.
 
/collpase
 
2:56 PM
ah, I thought it was slack SO must have
mainly gifs make me dizzy
 
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A: Can I tell my boss to expect worse work based on his new rules?

KilisiYou haven't given a reason for the ban, at the risk of being unpopular, unlike others I'm going to assume there is a legitimate reason for it. I have seen valid reasons why this would happen ranging from theft of personal equipment to security breaches. You can ask for an exemption, stating prod...

Kilisi strikes again with dead-on, but unpopular advice.
 
4:00 PM
He can be brutally honest
 
4:16 PM
@Nofel a friend of mine once said to me. Never be afraid to kick someone when they're down if you want them to get up. Kick them a few times, and they will
 
lol good one
 
@Snow nice answer on the "legal limit on interviewers" Q
 
lol. Seemed somewhat obvious.
 
indeed.. doesn't negate it being the "right" answer though
kinda curious where on earth the notion came from for the OP though
 
I thought the legal limit was set by the fire marshal
 
4:21 PM
I think it's one of those questions where you have to address the underlying issue instead of the actual question as worded.
@RichardU I'm not sure that applies to interviews, I think that applies to the building as a whole.
Then again, I'm not American.
 
@Snow I think it's rooms, not buildings, but I could be mistaken
 
So it's a maximum per room or per square meter?
 
@Snow I believe so, along with number of exits, et cetera.
 
Having an interview on the NYSE trading floor might be interesting....
 
good thing though, or we'd be stacked on top of each other if HR had their way.
 
4:24 PM
@Snow how about in a football stadium?
 
@Snow Ah yes, the World Financial Center. I worked there once. A woman almost single handedly crashed the market
 
@RichardU Were you a woman at that time?
 
@Snow shhhh, we don't talk about that in public.
LOL
 
You walked into that one, fair and square, my friend.
 
No, what happened was a woman, wearing a long coat (fur, I think) went into the observation area, leaned up to the glass, and opened her coat, revealing her birthday suit underneath. Trading actually stopped for 30 seconds until security dragged her away
 
 
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6:08 PM
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A: 2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection

George MWhat have you personally done to make the Workplace less hostile to newcomers/marginalized people who aren't US white men in IT? Do you think the new code of conduct has been effective toward that goal, what else would you propose? How would you deal with another mod who would be part of the pr...

heh comments are disappearing on this post
 
6:27 PM
@DarkCygnus and they have been
@DarkCygnus the post itself should disappear.
 
6:39 PM
Oh, the elections THIS YEAR are going to make last year look like a picnic!
 
6:52 PM
@RichardU we have a good community here and we need more help on the mod team. I know you had a bad experience last time, but could you please not assume that this means everybody will have a bad experience this time? There's been a lot of pre-election sniping that has the potential to derail the election. Doing that will not improve moderation here.
 
@MonicaCellio I'm not leading the charge here, just observing and I have said absolutely everything I'm going to say on the subject. I'm going to probably take some time off and, then come back when it's over
 
@RichardU taking a little time off sounds like it'd help with the stress and aggravation. Why make yourself unhappy when you could be doing something that brings you joy instead?
(Gotta go to a meeting; delayed response isn't personal.)
 
@MonicaCellio Yep, was already thinking along those lines. I feel a mood coming on and it won't do any good to share it.
Take care. I have no ill will towards anyone, but I think this is it for a few weeks.
 
 
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9:20 PM
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Q: Not entirely sure how to react to a question which seems a little too out-there

MakotoThe question I'm referring to: Getting training on a job with a child on the way This might be a legitimate question, but there's enough red flags for me: Kid on the way (as in, by the time we're done pontificating this question, the kid will be here in all likelihood) Girlfriend still attend...

 

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