The Awkward Silence

lila

00:00

Good <°)u))))>< night <°))))>< IPS <°)BBBB>< and <ₓ)-|-|-|-< see <°))))>< you <°)>>< tomorrow. <°)###< <°D888><

^ it is actually obnoxiously difficult to read, much more annoying than I was seeing it in my head before writing and posting it, I promise I will not mix written messages with fish messages again ;_;

Extroverted Main Man

01:31

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Q: Interacting with Non-academics: How to Not Compromise One's Rigor?

This is a question about interacting with other people (in particular, non-academics). Hopefully, this is a common-enough problem that it is appropriate for this community. I consider myself an (aspiring) academic, and I have very strong beliefs (about my academic field (mathematics), how one doe...

Extroverted Main Man

04:49

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Q: How have Covid lockdowns affected dating and interpersonal skills of singles?

I'm keen to understand how lockdowns and lack of human contact have effected the confidence, interpersonal skills and dating app usage for singles around the world. Last year we conducted a large scale study into dating skills, dating app usage, issues and benefits and I am looking to add to this...

relationships dating flirting chatting

CaldeiraG

07:52

Morning

@lila XD

i like it

Tinkeringbell

morning

Arthur Hv

08:16

@ExtrovertedMainMan Quite odd one

Tinkeringbell

academically rigorous, I guess there wasn't a practical example. Or maybe they're editing and undeleting later :)

Arthur Hv

There is a lot to say. It reminds me this xkcd "I can't go to sleep. Someone is WRONG on the internet"

Tinkeringbell

Well I can understand that frustration at least, having a family that's very susceptible to misinformation and proudly proclaiming such misinformation like they are so smart... :|

Arthur Hv

It's definitely relatable, this is why the xkcd is funny

CaldeiraG

What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!

@Tinkeringbell :/

Arthur Hv

08:30

@Tinkeringbell I sincerely hope nothing really harmful. When it comes to my father his misinformation are only bad for morale, nothing severe.

Tinkeringbell

@ArthurHv So far, nothing very harmful, just very annoying. Though they're kinda being covidiots.

Arthur Hv

08:41

I have a question regarding work organisation

we have 3 teams of respectively 4 2 and 2 devs. Two managers, one for the "big" team and the other for the two other teams. All that working on the same product but different parts. At some point I threw the idea we could be more efficient without being so much in silos. Now I'm having a meeting about that and I'm not sure what to bring up

Tinkeringbell

Have an example ready of when being on e.g. a single team would work better than on three?

Arthur Hv

Not really, nothing that practical, it's a gut feeling, that's probably the issue

I have different examples from different settings that don't translate well in our domain

but like at some point it has been said managing a team of 6 as a product owner is too much workload and I'm very surprised and skeptical about that

I think what drived me initially is the amazement 8 developers could necessitate two fulltime unproductive roles, three if you count the CTO, to meet organizational needs

Tinkeringbell

Well there's nothing wrong with gut feelings, but do these people know it was just that? ;)

Arthur Hv

I've been clear on it I think

nonetheless they would like we discuss the matter

Tinkeringbell

Well, then I'd go in open minded, listen to their questions and try to answer them as best as you could, and perhaps listen to their arguments and ask questions as well.

lila

09:07

hi

lila

09:18

hi...? I can definitely hear something, but is it you talking or the crickets chirping? :D

CaldeiraG

@lila heyo

@IPSCommentBot is always listening for cats :P

IPS Comment Bot

Tinkeringbell

@lila I think it was the sound of my brain breaking over this bug.

Ael

@IPSCommentBot Oh, so cute!

lila

09:37

@Tinkeringbell :D

CaldeiraG

11:00

has anyone used SikuliX or know an GUI automation tool i can use on Linux?

PyAutoGUI looks more documented

I might go for that one

CaldeiraG

11:14

nevermind that github.com/asweigart/pyautogui/issues/133

Tinkeringbell

11:36

"Dear manager, I've looked around and can't find a place to report malfunctioning iPhones. Do you know where I can get someone to look at mine?"

"Dear Tink, here's the link for ordering a new one. How long have you had yours?"

Okay. Was I speaking Frisian or something ?!

CaldeiraG

11:51

@Tinkeringbell XD

Apple: use your iphone to prevent e-waste!

Employer: eh, we'll just buy a new one

honestly i can't blame them

Tinkeringbell

Yeah, the corporate social responsibility is strong with this one. I've sent back an e-mail thanking him for the link, but that I really think all I need is a new battery, not an entirely new phone.

CaldeiraG

repairing iphones is a costly service

@Tinkeringbell oof, the battery automatically needs to be replaced on an apple store due to being serialized

Tinkeringbell

Srsly? I'm pretty sure I can just buy replacement batteries online?

CaldeiraG

@Tinkeringbell what's your model?

Tinkeringbell

SE

CaldeiraG

12:01

2020?

or the old one

ifixit.com/News/45921/is-this-the-end-of-the-repairable-iphone

Tinkeringbell

fixjeiphone.nl/onderdelen/iphone-se/iphone-se-batterij is the part I need.

Lot cheaper than buying a whole new phone, if it's just battery.

CaldeiraG

oh it's the old one

should be fine?

@Tinkeringbell true

Jeroen

I've never known employers to be happy when an employee starts tinkering (sorry...) with their own phone though

Tinkeringbell

@CaldeiraG You say that like it's old, old... mine is just a few years, for a phone that's only used for calls and 2FA, it should not need replacing or parts by a long way.

@Jeroen I know ;) I'll ask mine if I can try myself if I can't find a link...

before actually trying

Jeroen

Yeah, of course. They'll probably toss it otherwise, so why not ask..

CaldeiraG

12:08

@Tinkeringbell old one is not that old

just the 1gen one

Jeroen

There's a whole stack of ~2.5 year old iphones at my employer, with the new ones being used for 2FA like yours.. It's insane

CaldeiraG

was released in '16

Tinkeringbell

@CaldeiraG Yeah and I'm sure I only got mine in something like '18.

Can't find the exact date though.

CaldeiraG

well if you care about repairability, don't make your employer buy a new one :P

you probably will pay about 60 to repair it on that website you linked, 13 plus and an hour or two for servicing it

@Jeroen heyo there o/

Tinkeringbell

@CaldeiraG I mean, if I have the battery I can do the replacing myself, I've seen it on youtube it's not that hard. The problem is mostly with finding out if it's the battery that needs replacing or if that won't fix the problem

CaldeiraG

12:16

@Tinkeringbell oh neat

that's the hard part

Jeroen

@CaldeiraG \o

CaldeiraG

14:04

The ten-year cancerversary is traditionally the Cursed Artifact Granting Immortality anniversary.

in Root Access, 6 mins ago, by CaldeiraG

> In October 2010, Munroe's fiancée was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer; there had been no prior family history. The emotional effect of her illness was referenced in the comic panel "Emotion", published 18 months later in April 2012. In September 2011, he announced that they had married. In December 2017, Munroe summarized the time since his wife's cancer diagnosis in a comic entitled "Seven Years". He revisited the subject in November 2020 in a comic entitled "Ten Years".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Munroe

:(

atleast it has a happy ending :)

lila

14:32

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Arthur Hv

Thank to you, TAS kind of give me the feeling of a personal aquarium <3

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lila

15:03

Haha I am happy then :D ><ջֆձՇ(°>

Tinkeringbell

@ArthurHv I have Animal Crossing, and they did a really great job on a museum section with fish... that one is very mesmerizing too :D Might seem silly, but I can stare at digital aquariums just as long as real life ones :D

Ael

@Tinkeringbell I can too. In both case I find it boring and stop quickly :p

lila

15:20

I realize that I'm a bit obsessed on fish and aquariums, maybe it's been enough, okay let's change topic to something different. Maybe let's talk about travel? Okay, so: I like visiting sea coastline small cities, they are peaceful and there are a lot of restaurants with delicious fried fish. And my father has been on a Bornholm trip for hobbyist cod fishing. Now your turn <°)ֆֆֆֆ><

Tinkeringbell

@Ael Noo! Fish are so nice to look at, especially the colourful reef ones, or rays :D

SmokeDetector

15:48

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer, repeating characters in answer (168): How can I convey to my dad that I like that he buys me things, but sometimes they are just not my taste? by okk on interpersonal.SE

Extroverted Main Man

16:25

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Q: Anybody ever had a clingy friend?

I have a workmate and I've known her for about 7 months already. She is very touchy with me recently and I'm really confused with her because we are both girls and she presently have a boyfriend. It all started when she invited me for a dinner at restaurant and had some talks. We both enjoyed it ...

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lila

20:55

I crossed the street at red light today and once I started crossing the girl that was waiting followed and also crossed, I have confirmed leadership skills, ask me anything you want, I consider myself the guru now :D

Oh okay, right, I forgot: evening = crickets chirping time :/

Jacob B

*chirp chirp

lila

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@JacobB :D

Jacob B

@lila those are my cricket friends :)

lila

Haha and mine too, at mornings Awkward Silence goes "hi, hello, morning, greetings!" and at evenings it goes "hi, hello, good evening!"... no, sorry but, but that's not correct; at evenings it goes "chirp chirp", and the chirping sound isn't even genuine, it's digitally distorted, it's as similar to real chirping as my ascii crickets are similar to real ones.

Oh and my most recent invention, guppy fish:

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Jacob B

21:13

wow, that's quite the tail on that guppy!

lila

Haha yes, better not house him with known fin nippers!

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Guess the animal. ^

Okay if maybe it's hard: head is left and tail is right.

Jacob B

22:21

@lila my guess is a kuhli loach.

lila

@JacobB Oh I'm actually amazed by your level of detail, even though it's not what I meant, my intention was to be 100% happy with a simple answer just saying that it's a snake, I wanted it to be easy for all people from Awkward Silence, maybe I should have said that it's a reptile :D but considering the whole context of having posted hundreds of fish recently, I understand that nobody is a mind reader and so you assumed it's a fish, and yes kuhli loach is the most reasonable guess...

...and thus okay we have a winner :D

Jacob B

:)

lila

23:44

And currently the Awkward Silence seems to be overtaken, there are only 2 people in the room and 1 bot, and these 2 people are from Pets. Or actually to be accurate, Drones and Pets :D

Okay now a little riddle that requires 160 IQ to solve:

@IPSCommentBot From Wikipedia: "Bacteria or fungi convert the organic nitrogen within the remains back into ammonium NH4+, a process called ammonification."

IPS Comment Bot

lila

And the mentioned riddle: why in the world did the bot reply to me with a cat picture if all I did was explain a part of nitrogen cycle?

@IPSCommentBot Wikipedia is also a great base of knowledge for minerals. What about asbestos?
> Asbestos is a term used to refer to six naturally occurring silicate minerals.

IPS Comment Bot

Jacob B

@IPSCommentBot do you have more cats

IPS Comment Bot

Jacob B

23:57

@IPSCommentBot cat

lila

And I was just about to continue and talk about these long and fibrous crystals of asbestos, but all the bot had to say on this topic was a cat photo, how is this not an evidence that bot only pretends to listen? :(

IPS Comment Bot

lila

@JacobB Haha what a shame it doesn't respond to "fish" :D

Jacob B

The bot just has infinite cats, no fish :)

@IPSCommentBot do you have a dog

IPS Comment Bot

Jacob B

23:59

And dogs apparently :)

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