The Water Cooler

7:44 AM

Happy Monday all

Good morning. Were you the guy in the white ST on the M4 this morning trying to egg me into racing him?

8:27 AM

Unfortunately not :P

Haha. I was doing a constant speed of 75 and this guy overtook me, then slowed down, then sped up when I went to overtake He did that twice before I slowed down to 70 and he got bored. I could see what he was trying, so I wasn't going to bite.

Probably an ego thing, not even wanting to race just doesn't wanna be overtook

Naw. He slowed down. I was doing a constant speed.

8:47 AM

these boy racers in their porsches <shakes head />

I'm simply trying to make this tank of fuel last more than 500 miles this time. :D

@Snow I consider it reasonable going if I get half that

So my plans to watch the GP this weekend failed. I watched the first 5 laps, but was keeping an eye on the tennis scores. And then I got hooked and watched the tennis insteadl.

And from looking at the finishing intervals of the GP, I'm not sure I missed a whole lot.

9:40 AM

@Snow afraid to say it but the race was far more entertaining than the gaps suggest

good wheel-to-wheel battles throughout

a Vettel schoolboy error

and Hamilton banging in a new lap record on the last lap of the race - on 30 lap old hard tyres just to rub it in

Very nice. Unfortunately not enough hours in the day to watch it. I could have done if I hadn't gone out though.

yeah it was up there with Austria in my book

I've just used the Amazon Prime day as an excuse to buy a new telly.

@Snow noice

Well, it's last year's model. I'm not daft enough to buy a telly at new prices.

An LG OLED, so we'll see how that goes.

9:53 AM

@Snow I've been reasonably pleased with my LG - think it's only an LCD though

Yeah, a colleague of mine also has one. I saw reviews of the oled and got suckered into it. Now that I'm watching more streaming content with Amazon and Apple movies, it made sense (at least to me) to get something HDR compliant and get the best out of it.

sounds sensible

I just used the amazon prime day as an excuse to buy 2 new 4k monitors

I got my dual monitor setup to work and decided my second monitor isn't up to par so I just made it a 3 monitor setup :(

Getting a 4K monitor would imply that I'd do 4x more work. I'm not sure that suits me.

Tempting though it is.

A double width monitor would be pretty darned cool, I have to say.

10:43 AM

I saw a curved 28" 4k monitor I think? Looked so good but the price tag

Yeah. It's a lot cheaper just to get two monitors and put them next to each other.

I've always preferred dual setups to one-large

Q: How can I apply for jobs in US staying in India?

I was going to put it with another monitor

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IDrinkandIKnowThings

3:03 PM

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I am a beginner , I am about to graduate in B.E computer science. Currently I am working on my skills to be more proficient. I want to work in US for Product based tech company. How can I achieve this?

I think this is a decent question. It is answerable and not about a specific choice. Any way we can improve it and get it reopened?

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Pointy Haired Boss

4:10 PM

Q: Reasoning behind deleting a question?

This question was posted recently on the main site: https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/140379/boss-asking-for-proof-for-missing-interview It was deleted minutes within getting posted. It managed to record two answers. However, it was deleted by one of the site admins. I understand...

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Vikas

5:14 PM

*Notice of Resignation/Termination:
Your employment relationship with the Company may be terminated at any time at either party's
option, with a 14 days prior written notice in case of resignation*

Does it mean my notice period is 14 days?

@Vikas yep sounds like it

unless there's any other clauses that murky the waters that reads as a straight 14 day notice period on both sides.

Vikas

marky the waters?