The Water Cooler

Twyxz

06:48

Morning

Sourav Ghosh

@Twyxz Morning!!

avazula

Morning working people

@Twyxz so it's like 8AM in your timezone right now?

xdtTransform

07:18

Morning everyone.

Twyxz

07:35

@SouravGhosh Howdy

@avazula Sure is

2 hours till you disappear in my time :)

avazula

Wow, you're so in the past pal

that may be a bit different today, I'm working remotely

Twyxz

a full hour in the past? :P

avazula

yeah

I'm so into the future badass face

Twyxz

IN 48 hours time you're going to be 6 hours behind me :)

Then i'll be in the future badass face

Kepotx

morning

@Twyxz where are you going?

avazula

07:54

@Twyxz oh no! :(

Kepotx

Did @Twyxz disappear?

avazula

@Kepotx That man truly is magic

Sourav Ghosh

@Twyxz Doing good, how about you?

Kepotx

what would be really supernatural is that he won't answer because he actually works

motosubatsu

guten morgen meine arbeit freunden

Sourav Ghosh

08:07

BTW @Twyxz, I had to disagree with your answer Approach to Performance Reviews to get accurate grades there

avazula

@motosubatsu Guten Morgen! Wie geht's?

Twyxz

Hong Kong :0

@SouravGhosh neither answer is wrong. Yours can be considered a waste of time and mine can be seen as counter productive

depends on the way of working in an organisation

@avazula I am indeed truly magic

motosubatsu

@avazula Ich bin gut, danke, müde, aber der Kaffee macht seine Arbeit. Du?

avazula

@motosubatsu Ach, Ich auch brauche einen Kaffee

motosubatsu

@avazula Kaffee ist das Leben!

avazula

08:17

@motosubatsu So wahr!

I think I have a new question for TWP

Nofel

morning folks

avazula

morning folk

Nofel

how r u @avazula

avazula

fine thanks. You?

Twyxz

@Kepotx I do occasionally work despite the rumours :)

Nofel

08:21

@avazula great. with a inner me trying to make me feel bad about not having a job yet

but I tell him, we r working on it..

avazula

@Nofel my partner just went through 3 months of unemployment. Stay strong. It'll come :)

Twyxz

If I lose my consecutive logins I think I will actually cry. I think I actually will as well

Nofel

@avazula yep, I see the void in my CV whereas that void is a big in IT web right now

avazula

@Twyxz are you a DB admin?

Twyxz

@avazula Noooope, why?

motosubatsu

08:27

@Twyxz stay strong my Ford-driving friend. You can do this!

Nofel

I m doing something aboiut it, if I can do it which I would. I m optimistic I will have endless possibilities given my cv.like we have a saying "Elephant has crossed the door but the tail is stuck"

Twyxz

@motosubatsu Why are you the most annoying person to grace this earth

avazula

@Twyxz idk, you talk about logins

Twyxz

I say grace I mean to exist.

@avazula I'm trying to get the fanatic badge :)

motosubatsu

@Twyxz Years and years of practice

Twyxz

08:28

I'm sure it's a birth condition @motosubatsu

I'm over half way oh my. I can't lose it now

avazula

@Twyxz oh..

Twyxz

Guys if I disappear and never return it's because I've been a) killed by triads b) caught a disease that I refuse to get my blood taken for

Peace out

motosubatsu

@Twyxz are those the only two possibilities?

avazula

I'd add "death by overnapping"

Sourav Ghosh

or, oversnacking?

:)

motosubatsu

08:36

bear attack?

Twyxz

@motosubatsu Probably

avazula

I'm preparing a bomb question for TWP

motosubatsu

darn bears.. coming over here.. eating out dev apprentices

avazula

bomb in the sense that I'm not sure someone coul help

motosubatsu

@avazula a literal bomb?

avazula

08:40

no

please don't call the mine-clearers services

motosubatsu

@avazula damn.. I've been looking for an excuse to whip out Bomb-defusal for Dummies

3

avazula

sorry pal :p

I think I'll change my name on TWP

Twyxz

Bomb-defusal for dummies... The future is bright

Sourav Ghosh

Getting Salary Hike from other companies

avazula

If you wanna try to be TFGITW:

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Q: Indicating to non-invited people I wasn't told to invite them without accusing my coworkers

I recently began a new project with new coworkers. The project being huge, it involves 100+ people whom I have to talk to and work with on a regular basis. I don't know everyone and everyone's role yet. 95% of my coworkers are abroad and I never saw them, and 90% I didn't have to work with them y...

Sourav Ghosh

08:48

what closing category would be appropriate?

avazula

@SouravGhosh for mine ? D:

Sourav Ghosh

@avazula Nopsie nopsie no. It's for the link I posted just before you. :)

avazula

haha

Twyxz

bad timing haha

motosubatsu

@avazula answered

whoa.. you changed name and avatar... too much change... can't cope... </freaks out>

avazula

08:59

@motosubatsu haha

Twyxz

Can we get this straight

what is your name? @avazula

avazula

I asked a couple of questions here which I wouldn't like my coworkers to find - I've had terrible issues with my manager since I gave her my resignation ...

@Twyxz my IRL name?

motosubatsu

@avazula took me nine minutes to answer that.. what's wrong with me today :(

Twyxz

Yeah @avazula

avazula

@motosubatsu nothing, you're great :D

Twyxz

09:00

Hazel, Ava? The other name you used to use

avazula

@Twyxz those are the only two I ever used

Hazel being fresh new

motosubatsu

@avazula flattery will get you everywhere

avazula

None of them are my real names

Twyxz

So where do the names come from @avazula :)

avazula

But I don't really go by my IRL name. Call me Ava and you'll be fine ;)

motosubatsu

09:01

@avazula wait.. hold the damn phone.. you mean people don't use their real names as SE handles?

Twyxz

believe it or not, Twyxz is my real name!

Right @motosubatsu?

avazula

@Twyxz Well ... Ava is a first name I love and "Zula" is from a song title. I'm a music addict (can't go two days without listening to some) and that song really shook me when I discovered it so... here I am

Sourav Ghosh

and so is mine....and the gravatar also....

avazula

Hazel is a name I like too

I don't like my real name, I'm actually currently changing it

Twyxz

To Hazel or Ava?

Or neither o.o

motosubatsu

09:03

yeah.. I mean I always used my real name and my passport pic for my avatar.. I just assumed everyone else did the same

avazula

(if you wanna know everything, I was born from a terrible father and when people use his name, I just don't understand they're talking to me. I'm asking for being legally allowed to wear my foster family's name)

but it takes 3+ years to even know whether the Justice Ministry will allow me to do so and now it's ruining my life plans

@Twyxz My real name is Marie

seems like I ruined the mood :p

motosubatsu

@avazula not at all

what name are you looking to change it to? or is it just your surname you're going to change?

avazula

@motosubatsu only my surname

but honestly since I discovered SE I'm more comfortable with being called Ava haha

motosubatsu

@avazula only about 4 people on SE know my real name.. if someone called me by it on here I'd probably have no idea that they were talking to me :D

avazula

hahaha

Ugh. I need a vacation.

motosubatsu

09:14

@avazula amen to that

Twyxz

@motosubatsu IM ONE

IM SO SPECIAL

avazula

@motosubatsu Haven't had any since September, I'm starting to feel rusted

Twyxz

YES

avazula

now I feel jealous @Twyxz

Twyxz

@avazula I'm not even sure he knows I'm one

He may have miscounted

avazula

09:19

He can't forget you

motosubatsu

@avazula ouch.. December here (took a week off over Christmas), unfortunately it's probably going to be another 3-4 months before I can take anything off

Twyxz

I forget me sometimes

avazula

You're unforgettable (I won't say in which way though) :p

@motosubatsu Erh :(

motosubatsu

@Twyxz oh crap.. I mean 5 people

j/k of course I hadn't forgotten you Twizzy-Whizzy :)

Twyxz

Well if it makes you guys feel better I'm away 3 times this year :)

See I told you he forgot me :P

Oh

Baited

Always read the full transcript before typing guys cmon you should know this by now O.O

motosubatsu

09:21

@Twyxz yeah... you kinda walked into that one :)

@avazula tell me about it.. such is the life of a small business owner

Twyxz

SCALLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IT

avazula

@motosubatsu you're a boss

wow

motosubatsu

@avazula lol.. not as impressive as it sounds

and for some inexplicable reason my employee quite likes getting paid.. like every month

avazula

well I do think it's harder to be a small business owner that a corporate one

Twyxz

@motosubatsu That's madness!

Who do they think they are?!

EVERY MONTH?!

motosubatsu

09:26

@avazula being small means no real corporate BS to deal with.. but it also means taking the responsibility to heart. If I screw this up it's not just me that's going to be struggling to pay their bills!

avazula

@motosubatsu yea, I get that :/

avazula

09:46

oh no, I've been DVed :(

Sourav Ghosh

09:58

Folks, what do you think of this answer? Taking favor from the management while attending an interview

Any other angle / point of view you'd like to suggest?

Nofel

how does it sound Hi Be..., Hope you are getting my message. I am keen to know what is going on with X Health because I been awaiting you reply since 22 March. I think a short reply would do.

Either they are or they are not interested in me. I do not like linger on for a longer period of time.

this recruiter sent me 3-4 jobs, and they r silent

I been following up but no reply. I wanna reply them about my fustration with them

Twyxz

Do you ever listen to advice? @Nofel

Literally everybody told you to just leave it

You'll express frustration and you'll have even less chance of them helping you

@SouravGhosh I think your answer is good

Nofel

@Twyxz well the ruining my cv

Twyxz

How are they "ruining" your CV?

Nofel

sending it out without my consent

Twyxz

10:05

Well why on earth would you apply to a recruitment agency

If you aren't wanting your CV sent out

Nofel

I been told by a compnay, X recruiter send us ur cv why u reapplying

@Twyxz they ask for ur consent

before applying

Twyxz

Yet in your complaint you didn't mention that "you have been sending out my CV without my consent"

So which one is it? You want them to stop or you want them to do more and reply?

Nofel

@Twyxz I do not want them to represent me anymore

even for jobs they applied for me on my behalf.

I want to revoke my candidancy

as for the advice @Twyxz yes I took it and apply to another recruiter

but this one needs a sorting out.

I even did technical test (waste of my time)

no reply

Sourav Ghosh

@Twyxz Cool

Nofel

oh my days another recruiter replied me saying "do u have any example that I can put forward to the client" and when I emailed her with my cv saying, here is my cv and here is a cover letter summarizing my WordPress work.

she didn't ask me that in reply to show me my work

like have u even read?!

motosubatsu

10:37

@avazula for your Q? I wouldn't worry about it.. some curmudgeons just DV on reflex

avazula

@motosubatsu lol. people

motosubatsu

@avazula yup.. I like individuals but people suck

Twyxz

@Nofel You didn't mention revoking your agreement with the recruiter though. You were talking about them replying

@motosubatsu I'm person

How about that

motosubatsu

10:54

@Twyxz that's okay.. you aren't people

sweet.. just 'capped thanks to a shedload of UVs to an answer from last year :)

Twyxz

How does that happen

motosubatsu

another user edited their answer today - that bumps it to the stack's homepage

Twyxz

Goes to edit all his high rated answers

(bump bump bump)

avazula

11:13

@Twyxz when are you gonna change that profile pic color anyway?

Twyxz

@avazula Why? Do you not like it? :(

avazula

@Twyxz You said you'd change regularly to cover all existing colors in the RGB scope

So I'm waiting

Kepotx

good thing alpha is not supported

Twyxz

@avazula one a year, I live forever

avazula

@Twyxz Good luck with climate change

Twyxz

11:16

I'll probably need it at this rate @avazula

Kepotx

@avazula so, climate change is the only threat to Twyzx and/or the water cooler?

avazula

@Kepotx Overnapping is his biggest threat

Twyxz

It's not a nap if you don't wake up :)

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avazula

oh BTW @Twyxz I started a real diet (I gained 30kg in 6 months because of bad medication, I lost 10 since but hit a threshold). I'm doing a IIFYM diet and so far the weight drops but I'm getting obsessed with calories because I hit none of my fat/carbs/proteins daily goals while I hit the calories threshold. That made me think of you the other day haha.

Joke aside, would you by any chance have any tips for me?

Twyxz

Just to be sure, the goal here is to gain weight, right?

Or lose

avazula

11:23

@Twyxz nope, lose it lol

Twyxz

Oh lose

yeah I got it after I re-read haha

You should probably focus on changing your diet to make sure that you hit your macros within your calorie threshold. Do you do any exercise?

avazula

@Twyxz I haven't in a while but I used to lift weights thrice a week. I'm considering running again (no gym nearby)

Twyxz

Body weight exercises would be fine also (when trying to lose weight). You should try hit your protein count as a must. The carbs and fats aren't too important as long as you get a good amount of calories daily

and you don't eat too many fats/carbs

avazula

I actually started again to run

Kepotx

@Twyxz Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Twyxz R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

Twyxz

11:28

In the UK we have something called swimming world, and basically you just eat as much as you want but you can only have a certain amount of "bad" foods

Kepotx

fun thing, as you have an absurd name, it fit the rest of the phrase

motosubatsu

@avazula if you've recently reintroduced exercise or upped your exercise levels you might find that the "weight threshold" you've hit may be partly as a result of increasing muscle mass

Twyxz

@Kepotx That was so random :P

avazula

@Twyxz noted

@motosubatsu I have an inpedencemetric scale so I know it's not the reason why, but good point :)

Twyxz

The key goal of protein is to grow and repair muscles. Higher muscle mass and consistent diet/exercise mixed with protein will increase your metabolism which will aid you in losing weight massively.

motosubatsu

11:30

@avazula ahh no worries.. not that then. Carry on :)

avazula

@motosubatsu I lose a bit of every category when I lose weight haha, fat, muscle and water. The only thing that I don't lose is bones for some reason

motosubatsu

@avazula that's a good thing though.. loss of bone mass is worrying to say the least!

avazula

@motosubatsu I know, I was joking ;)

motosubatsu

@avazula sorry.. sometimes humor just sails right past me!

avazula

no worries, I'm known for my lack of irony, I understand why people would assume I couldn't say ironic things ;)

motosubatsu

11:40

@avazula what's so meta is that being known for a lack of irony results in the inherent irony that when you are ironic people miss it

:)

avazula

idk honestly :p

motosubatsu

someone just popping into TWC and looking at the star board is going to have an extremely messed up view of life in here :D

Twyxz

We all have messed up views of life in here

You say some strange things @motosubatsu

motosubatsu

@Twyxz it's all part of the service

Twyxz

Thank god it's free @motosubatsu

motosubatsu

11:51

@Twyxz who said it was free?

Twyxz

Oh

leaves immediately

Joe has that many badges, when he answers they don't even fit on one line

avazula

12:11

what's TWP policy regarding chatty / answering comments?

Sounds like y'all are so verbose haha

motosubatsu

12:29

@avazula officially? same as the rest of the network - you aren't supposed to do it. unofficially it'll generally fly under the radar unless someone flags or it gets out of hand

avazula

12:41

hah

Sourav Ghosh

13:00

folks

check the last sentence

in this answer

:)

Office and personal life politics

motosubatsu

13:13

@SouravGhosh you nailed it with that answer

Sourav Ghosh

@motosubatsu hehe, thanks :)

Richard U

13:35

Found the source of my pain....

Cubital tunnel syndrome

Richard U

13:51

@JoeStrazzere I really need to learn your approach to things.

@StjepanBakrac - your should write an Answer, expressing your contrary opinion. Clearly, you have some mental toll experience you can draw from. I understand you don't think "deal with it" is the right answer. It will be interesting to read what you do think is the right answer. — Joe Strazzere 6 mins ago

Twyxz

14:19

@SouravGhosh The story of my life

Sourav Ghosh

@Twyxz How's that?

Joe Strazzere

@RichardU my approach has always been to try to help others as much as I can. Nothing special.

Twyxz

@SouravGhosh She is right, listen to her

Regardless of whether she is or not

She is

Sourav Ghosh

@Twyxz Right, that's the essence

I practice the same

Twyxz

It makes life so much easier @SouravGhosh

Sourav Ghosh

14:25

Always, in an argument, if I'm wrong, I apologize, if she's wrong, I apologize again.

Richard U

@JoeStrazzere Well, you are a good deal better at it than most of us.

Kepotx

rule #1: she is always right. rule #2: if she is wrong, slap yourself and read again rule #1

Twyxz

Life lessons as a male in a relationship with a female

Richard U

@Twyxz I once went three days without saying a word to my GF. I hate to interrupt her.

Sourav Ghosh

15:02

@RichardU Weren't they one of the most three peaceful days of your life? :)

avazula

erhm...

Seems like I come back at the perfect time

Sourav Ghosh

@avazula in which timezone? :P

avazula

@SouravGhosh all

o/

Richard U

15:20

@SouravGhosh if my SO got paid for every word, Bill Gates would be her errand boy

@avazula G'day to you.

avazula

@RichardU GAmen

Richard U

gotta track down Nofel, to let him know I'm not having an heart attack, just messed up my elbow

Richard U

15:43

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A: Working with people that have different views in geopolitics

As you've found, Taiwan is a VERY sensitive subject for China. The situation is both political and ethnic for the Chinese mainland, and very complicated. If you want to avoid the situation entirely, refer to your office in Taiwan by the name of the location within Taiwan, and don't refer to the...

{heavy sigh] ^^^ it's already collecting close votes, because "If I don't understand the situation, it must be off topic"

motosubatsu

15:56

@RichardU while I agree with you.. I'm still going to give you an evil glare for mismatching brackets

Richard U

Ah, but nothing beats this, @motosubatsu

dang... won't upload... trying again.

Nofel

16:39

hey @RichardU

how r u

Richard U

17:21

@Nofel not too bad, but found out why my arm hurts. It's like carpal tunnel, but at the elbow, it's called "Cubital tunnel syndrome". Hurts like hell.

Richard U

19:57

Lots of rude comments to Joe's answer here.... Cleanup on aisle 5

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A: How do I deal with an unproductive colleague in a small company?

My manager realizes that my colleague isn't productive but he keeps trying to "make it work." What is the right way for me to deal with this situation, either by reconfiguring how I think about it or in how I interact with management about this? The right way for you to deal with...

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