The bored at work thread

[Warren Castille]

I'm blessed with a desk job that lets me pay far too much attention to the general interwebs. During a spectacular slow period last summer, I actually built a Gundam model in here.

[FreelanceWizard]

{Crash course in programming languages}

 

I just learned so much in so few words...

Is there any love for JavaScript? XMLHttpRequest?

 

I don't like JS personally, but I tolerate it now that we have some good libraries for it (Knockout and JQuery, mostly, but Angular has its uses) and TypeScript to provide type safety. Basic JS is a nasty little language with a lot of annoyances, IMO: lack of namespaces, the idiocy that is the DOM, poor tools, etc.

 

Mostly, I don't use XMLHttpRequest directly, but instead use JQuery.ajax or MVC's Ajax.ActionLink. It's great conceptually if you have the right backend to deal with it, but your users also lose their back button, so... that's kind of a pain.

 

The guy who originally asked me to do it called it a "Test Plan" at first. I linked to him what a Test Plan actually WAS and he was all "Oh, no no. Not that." So basically I get to open Excel and then put "On this page, try to do this. Did it work? Y/N." about twenty to thirty times.

 

Oh. Oh god. :surprise: You have my condolences.

[Elysia]

I... teach. 

 

I suppose this gives a pretty good idea of what I go through most days: I live on the other side of the world (and therefore am 'bored at work' when most of you are resting), it's almost midnight right now, and I switch screens periodically between FFXIV and my Internet browser to source for 1200-word long articles to torture my students with for their mid-year examinations. 

 

I also have to contend with kids who write things like this:

 

 

For instance, you cannot expect a man with a height of 6"9 to mend a button on clothes with his huge hand, which a woman can perfectly achieve.

[Gegenji]

The guy who originally asked me to do it called it a "Test Plan" at first. I linked to him what a Test Plan actually WAS and he was all "Oh, no no. Not that." So basically I get to open Excel and then put "On this page, try to do this. Did it work? Y/N." about twenty to thirty times.

 

Oh. Oh god. :surprise: You have my condolences.

 

I'm literally putting it off until Monday under the auspices of "research." I.E., Google image searching up some ideas and letting them sit in a tab I can switch to if he wants to come see my progress.

 

It's not "due" until the end of next week anyway. So I'm in no particular rush. Especially since this is all stuff that should have been in place to begin with. Best part is that we ended up talking about presenting a genericized version of it to the higher-ups later for future testing. So I want to make it look at least decently nice...

 

"Created testing rubric used by [GOVERNMENT FACILITY]" would be a nice bullet point on my resume.

 

For instance, you cannot expect a man with a height of 6"9 to mend a button on clothes with his huge hand, which a woman can perfectly achieve.

 

HE HAS HUGE HANDS, WHICH MEANS HE HAS HUGE GUTS. (He'll) RIP AND TEAR (the fabric).

[Du'lance Fiourtune]

I... teach. 

 

I suppose this gives a pretty good idea of what I go through most days: I live on the other side of the world (and therefore am 'bored at work' when most of you are resting), it's almost midnight right now, and I switch screens periodically between FFXIV and my Internet browser to source for 1200-word long articles to torture my students with for their mid-year examinations. 

 

I also have to contend with kids who write things like this:

 

 

For instance, you cannot expect a man with a height of 6"9 to mend a button on clothes with his huge hand, which a woman can perfectly achieve.

 

You have awesome kids, I can tell.....

[Rhaq'ir]

Hell desk agent erm i meen help desk tecknical agent.

[LiveVoltage]

I am a "Network Support Engineer" which is just a fancy way of saying "Help Desk".

And you don't want to know about my day(s).

this will be me in a few months, lol.

 

Right now though, im a CIT academy trying to get my Networking certificate and its BOOOOOOOOORIIIIING.    D:>

[Du'lance Fiourtune]

HOLY RAVIOLI BATMAN!!!!

 

That moment you find $40.00 in your jeans back pocket and you have no idea where it came from!

[Aoi Fukiku]

HOLY RAVIOLI BATMAN!!!!

 

That moment you find $40.00 in your jeans back pocket and you have no idea where it came from!

Know the feeling only I was excited for $5.

[Gegenji]

HOLY RAVIOLI BATMAN!!!!

 

That moment you find $40.00 in your jeans back pocket and you have no idea where it came from!

 

Conversely, that feeling when you go out to get lunch and you're all "I'MMA GET A HOT CHOCOLATE", then you get there and they're out of hot chocolate. It's the perfect weather for it too - chilly weather calls for hot chocolate.

[C'kayah Polaali]

"VB's a stupid language."

 

FTFY.

 

As someone who came up through coding and still codes (I'm writing an OAuth2 IP right now), of the CLI languages, VB.NET is by far my most disliked (we shall not speak of Original VB ). However, at least the CLI languages are sane. For pure insanity, I recommend:

• PHP, where NULL++ = 1, but NULL-- = NULL; or "this" == true, "this" == 0, but true != 0. Also, mysql_escape_string, mysql_real_escape_string, mysql/mysqli/PDO_mysql. Those are but the least of its sins.
  
• Perl, the original "write once, read never" language
  
• Python, where whitespace is significant and evidently there's nothing wrong with that
  
• Ruby, where you get all the slowness of an interpreted language with all the insecurity of operation by convention (Rails model binder, overposting, and Active Record = 0wned)
  

All good languages start with the letter C: C, C++, C#. One could be excused for dropping C++ from that list, because template metaprogramming is The Devil, and I'd rather a language where I can blow my foot off where I can actually see the gun and where the trigger is, as opposed to C++ where I can push a green button that says "Push Me!" and, after 20-30 Rube Goldberg operations, a gun teleports in front of my foot and shoots it for me.

 

I like you!

 

The thing about C++ and templates is that it's a fantastic idea if you never want to debug your code ever. Every job I've used C++ in the past, we've deliberately excluded templates (including the STL) from our work, and this includes everything from small applications to operating systems.

 

It's much like JavaScript, where there's a lovely language in there once you cut away the crap. C++ is fantastic, so long as you don't get so caught up in using all the "features" that you lose out on the essential elegance of C.

 

Oh, and work-related: I'm a programmer for the most profitable porn company in the history of mankind.

[Melodia]

HOLY RAVIOLI BATMAN!!!!

 

That moment you find $40.00 in your jeans back pocket and you have no idea where it came from!

 

Conversely, that feeling when you go out to get lunch and you're all "I'MMA GET A HOT CHOCOLATE", then you get there and they're out of hot chocolate. It's the perfect weather for it too - chilly weather calls for hot chocolate.

*Hugs*

 

*And offers hot chocolate*

[Zhavi]

Yessss.

 

I've been housesitting the last few days. Two giant mastiffs, and a wood stove. I have never used a wood stove before. Temps are hitting -40 every night. Every day when I get back the fire has burned itself out. Getting it going again, doing homework after work, and dealing with dogs that CANNOT SEEM TO HOLD IT FOR SEVEN HOURS WHILE I AM TRYING TO SLEEP has meant that I have turned into a zombie at work.

 

My productivity is at an all time low. Someone entertain me! Keep me awake!

[Aoi Fukiku]

HOLY RAVIOLI BATMAN!!!!

 

That moment you find $40.00 in your jeans back pocket and you have no idea where it came from!

 

Conversely, that feeling when you go out to get lunch and you're all "I'MMA GET A HOT CHOCOLATE", then you get there and they're out of hot chocolate. It's the perfect weather for it too - chilly weather calls for hot chocolate.

*Hugs*

 

*And offers hot chocolate*

*intercepts*

[Gegenji]

*Hugs*

 

*And offers hot chocolate*

*intercepts*

 

THIEF!

 

*replaces Auria's name with THIEF in all text boxes. And God help her if she goes into the Shopkeeper's place*

 

[Warren Castille]

I once played through LA with my name as THIEF specifically so I could skirt the guilt.

 

Trufax.

[Melody]

Just had to re-create a jersey number because someone f***ed up the only file I had to work with, and because the guy who cut me the mat board f***ed up the shape of the numbers...

 

 

Typical problems of my day.

[Aoi Fukiku]

Just a small rant and nothing against those in call centers but seriously...our office has too many inbound simple calls that our call center can handle. These are just appointment questions, scheduling and canceling, medication refills...etc. people get angry when they have to wait 20 minutes on hold because they call in when we are checking in a new patient. 

 

[Alothia]

Blargh. I'm a teacher, and the students had a half day, and I'm stuck here for another hour and a half until I can leave because I'm supposed to be having a content team meeting...and I am my own content team. Good times.

[E'jusana]

I'm a pre-kindergarten teacher/director and in my class yesterday I had a 3 year old girl tell me that her mom put a rag in her butt. Sure enough, there was a wet rag in her underwear. Thankfully we figured out what happened and it wasn't malicious. There's always something with these kiddos

 

Florida people unite! With our powers combined we are orange flavored! 8D

[Du'lance Fiourtune]

I'm a pre-kindergarten teacher/director and in my class yesterday I had a 3 year old girl tell me that her mom put a rag in her butt. Sure enough, there was a wet rag in her underwear. Thankfully we figured out what happened and it wasn't malicious. There's always something with these kiddos

 

Florida people unite! With our powers combined we are orange flavored! 8D

This so far, is the most I've encountered other Florida dwellers in any forum

[Warren Castille]

This so far, is the most I've encountered other Florida dwellers in any forum

 

It's always weird to "meet" people from your area online. I never ran into anyone in any RP community when I lived in Philadelphia, but I know of like, half a dozen people in the DC-Baltimore area that I would love to go drinking with thanks to the RPC.

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This so far, is the most I've encountered other Florida dwellers in any forum

 

It's always weird to "meet" people from your area online. I never ran into anyone in any RP community when I lived in Philadelphia, but I know of like, half a dozen people in the DC-Baltimore area that I would love to go drinking with thanks to the RPC.

 

Same! I've met quite a few cool people in the southern california area.

[Melodia]

I live in Connecticut...would love to finally meet someone from the game IRL. Grab a drink and eat and chat about the game and stuff.

 

/friendless irl. :blush:

[Du'lance Fiourtune]

I live in Connecticut...would love to finally meet someone from the game IRL. Grab a drink and eat and chat about the game and stuff.

 

/friendless irl. :blush:

Haha same here!

 

I'd totally catch up with another player and grab some beers if given the chance!