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Fecalfeast
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada11355 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-18 15:06:07
September 18 2015 15:05 GMT
#4161
On September 18 2015 23:19 Days wrote:
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So I am working as an application developer alongside a senior developer who has been working here for 3 years. Today since we had some downtime while upgrading our servers, I asked him if he had heard about NoSQL databases. Mind you this guy is 45-50 year old developer, so he only knows SQL and standard relational-database structures, so it wasn't a surprise that he had never heard of NoSQL.

Since we are going to start working on a big-data application soon, I told him we should consider using NoSQL since it deals and engages with large sets of data a lot more efficiently than normal SQL back-ends. He didn't even bother reading or looking into it, he simply responded right off the bat "Nope I don't believe it, I don't believe NoSQL is more efficient".
And that was the end of the conversation. I didn't want to push the subject since this is my 2nd week working here, but goddamn why are some people like this? At the very least he can read about it and THEN make an educated decision.

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Some punk kid telling me what to do? He's obviously wrong as I am much older than him!

I've been there before, you can either prove it to him somehow or get an older person to talk about it. Some people are stubborn like that
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Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
September 20 2015 00:17 GMT
#4162
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As a middle class guy from a social democratic country, I think it's amazing how well the american elites have managed to demonize socialism to the point where people systematically vote against their interests because they've been scarred by the cold war era and its anti-communist propaganda, and this transcends generations. I guess you can't fault the republicans for fear mongering, it works.

Bernie, if you don't win, maybe you'll have been right in that maybe it's too late.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
killa_robot
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada1884 Posts
September 20 2015 03:13 GMT
#4163
On September 18 2015 23:19 Days wrote:
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So I am working as an application developer alongside a senior developer who has been working here for 3 years. Today since we had some downtime while upgrading our servers, I asked him if he had heard about NoSQL databases. Mind you this guy is 45-50 year old developer, so he only knows SQL and standard relational-database structures, so it wasn't a surprise that he had never heard of NoSQL.

Since we are going to start working on a big-data application soon, I told him we should consider using NoSQL since it deals and engages with large sets of data a lot more efficiently than normal SQL back-ends. He didn't even bother reading or looking into it, he simply responded right off the bat "Nope I don't believe it, I don't believe NoSQL is more efficient".
And that was the end of the conversation. I didn't want to push the subject since this is my 2nd week working here, but goddamn why are some people like this? At the very least he can read about it and THEN make an educated decision.


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Literally what? Let me get this straight: you arrogantly told a senior developer he should consider using a technology he has never used before in his life, instead of one he's likely been using for many years. You then think HE is unreasonable, for not wanting to learn an entirely new technology, because you think it will be better? And all of this after only being there for two weeks?

How the fuck can you be so conceited?
ticklishmusic
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States15977 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-20 06:57:54
September 20 2015 06:57 GMT
#4164
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I am bummed out. Girls are hard. Life is hard. My insomnia is back.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
September 21 2015 14:43 GMT
#4165
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Been driving for 10 years and I just got my first speeding ticket. Sucks.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44205 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-21 18:25:50
September 21 2015 18:01 GMT
#4166
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I was teaching AP Statistics today to my high school class, and we were talking about the placebo effect and how many fake drugs (homeopathy, alternative medicines, other scams, etc.) are examples of these and that some celebrities like Dr. Oz sell or advocate these products on their shows, even though it's misleading and inappropriate.

Suddenly, one of my students looks really uncomfortable, and she says, "Mr. Mango, I'm not sure if I agree with what you're saying." So I asked her which part she disagreed with, so we could discuss it further.

"My father is a doctor and years ago he worked with Dr. Oz... He's a family friend."

EDIT: I guess this is just more of a FML/ Embarrassing/ Are you kidding me/ Venting moment, but this was the closest thread I could think of to post it in.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Epishade
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2267 Posts
September 23 2015 03:04 GMT
#4167
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AAAAAGHHHHHH, INGROWN TOENAIL!!!!
Pinhead Larry in the streets, Dirty Dan in the sheets.
jeeeeohn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States1343 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-23 03:14:26
September 23 2015 03:12 GMT
#4168
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I will gladly go back to sharing a room after this lease is up. At least then I wasn't constantly stressed out about money. I'm basically paying double the rent I was at my old place. Either that or I need to find something for 400 + utilities max. At this point, I'll take the fucking closet under the stairs. I like having my own space, obviously, but watching money slowly bleed out of my bank account is not fun and is really fucking with me. I think things will stabilize once school is paid off, but still, I'm almost below a grand in my savings account for the first time in two years, back when I was homeless and literally had 100 dollars to my name.

Ugggggggghhhhh

Edit: On top of that, the girl I thought was going to be my girlfriend ended up going back home to have surgery and isn't coming back till spring, so all this personal space is a complete waste.
If you can't jam with the best, then you have to slam with the rest.
raNazUra
Profile Joined December 2012
United States10 Posts
September 23 2015 03:44 GMT
#4169
On September 22 2015 03:01 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
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I was teaching AP Statistics today to my high school class, and we were talking about the placebo effect and how many fake drugs (homeopathy, alternative medicines, other scams, etc.) are examples of these and that some celebrities like Dr. Oz sell or advocate these products on their shows, even though it's misleading and inappropriate.

Suddenly, one of my students looks really uncomfortable, and she says, "Mr. Mango, I'm not sure if I agree with what you're saying." So I asked her which part she disagreed with, so we could discuss it further.

"My father is a doctor and years ago he worked with Dr. Oz... He's a family friend."

EDIT: I guess this is just more of a FML/ Embarrassing/ Are you kidding me/ Venting moment, but this was the closest thread I could think of to post it in.


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Also not a rant, but I have this slight moral dilemma any time I hear that a friend uses homeopathic medicine. On the one hand, I want to educate them, but on the other hand, the placebo effect is a real thing. If I only halfway convince them, such that their belief in it is weakened but not enough to stop, I'm reducing the effectiveness of their medicine. It's frustrating.

Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes
jeeeeohn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States1343 Posts
September 24 2015 05:46 GMT
#4170
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Huzzah for drunken love / we-can't-be-friends-anymore letters.
If you can't jam with the best, then you have to slam with the rest.
Aocowns
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Norway6070 Posts
September 24 2015 16:47 GMT
#4171
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I want to see some of these protosses on ladder raped to death by 10x mandingos
I'm a salt-lord and hater of mech and ForGG, don't take me seriously, it's just my salt-humour speaking i swear. |KadaverBB best TL gaoler| |~IdrA's #1 fan~| SetGuitarsToKill and Duckk are my martyr heroes |
waffelz
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Germany711 Posts
September 24 2015 17:19 GMT
#4172
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Good lord, one of my younger sisters is so infuriating... seriously, you just can't have a proper discussion with her about stuff that affects her or addresses her behaviour. She will scream at you for no reason, just walk away while throwing a tantrum or even start to cry because everyone is just picking on her yadayadayada... For crying out loud women, you are 18! Start to act at least a bit like it, show some respect and proper behaviour as well as some self-awareness. She is like that to pretty much everyone who is close family and while on vacation it even took our grandfather less then 3 days to call her a brawly hag. Almost every goddamn time I visit, I either witness or receive one of her "moments" and feel thankful for having moved out so long ago... I have no idea how her boyfriend could stand her for almost a year and I feel pity for the poor soul that ends up being her husband if she doesn't change.
RIP "The big travis CS degree thread", taken from us too soon | Honourable forum princess, defended by Rebs-approved white knights
jeeeeohn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States1343 Posts
September 25 2015 17:01 GMT
#4173
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Right now, my disposition can be summed up by Interpol's entire discography.
If you can't jam with the best, then you have to slam with the rest.
Aocowns
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Norway6070 Posts
September 25 2015 20:17 GMT
#4174
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Another ZvP, another game where I didnt win with a hydra ling timing and had to watch ultra broodlord queen with some hydras lose to mass blink stalker immortal HT :: go fuck yourself david kim
I'm a salt-lord and hater of mech and ForGG, don't take me seriously, it's just my salt-humour speaking i swear. |KadaverBB best TL gaoler| |~IdrA's #1 fan~| SetGuitarsToKill and Duckk are my martyr heroes |
jeeeeohn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States1343 Posts
September 26 2015 05:00 GMT
#4175
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I ask girl out, girl says no, says we can be friends, I say we can't be friends, girl keeps asking to be my friend, finally we become friends, I become emotional stop-gap for girl for every single one of her fucking problems, she's physical with some people, I ask her to cuddle, she says no, I say we can't be friends anymore.

I fucking hate this shit. I hate caring about someone who doesn't really give a shit and keeps me at arm's length while expecting me to sacrifice sleep and emotional energy to listen to and comfort her every time something comes up.

And even now that I've broken it off, I feel sick to my stomach. I knew this was going to happen, I fucking knew it, and I couldn't just keep telling her no, we're never going to be friends. Instead, I allow this shit to happen, and I'm the only one who's really hurt.

Fucking fuck fuck shit this is the shit that makes me want to take a baseball bat to a garbage can at 1 AM.
If you can't jam with the best, then you have to slam with the rest.
Ben...
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada3485 Posts
September 26 2015 06:16 GMT
#4176
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So I've been hunting for a new car for a few months because my poor beloved Jetta is about to bite the bullet (the last owner treated it like crap and I was lucky to get 3 years out of it after actually taking care of it. The last owner never changed the transmission fluid ever and never got a recall for the transmission control system done so the transmission is now slipping a lot and grinding when I start the car. My mechanic told me I have basically a month left before it stops working altogether and to replace the transmission is more money than the car is worth). My dad works at a car dealership so I've been watching their used lot a fair amount, but also have had the used car manager keeping an eye out for a VW Golf for me (I loved my VW, and definitely wanted another). A few weeks back he said that an older couple was probably going to trade in their 2011 Golf on a new car so if I wanted it, I had first dibs if they went through with the trade. The car is really low mileage (under 50K Kms. Well below market average), and the manager says it is in perfect condition and has a full maintenance history included. So naturally, I was ecstatic because this was exactly what I was looking for.

Here's the issue. He forgot to mention to me that it's a diesel (yes, THAT diesel engine. The one in the news right now). A few days ago the couple accepted and swap out the car tomorrow for their new car. I was given a price for it if I still wanted it (I get it at cost plus tax, so basically what he gave the couple for it. Well below the price of a typical used VW TDI used to be/still is as of right now), and the price is very, very good, but I'm left with this weird dilemma. Two weeks ago, had this been for sale, I would have bought it without blinking. I've wanted a newer Golf for years, not to mention a fully loaded TDI would have been a dream for me. Now with this potential massive recall, and TDI prices potentially in flux, I have no idea what to do. Part of me still really wants to get the car (my intent is to buy it and keep it for many years so resale value isn't that big of a deal. I drove my Jetta into the ground, I intend to do that with my next car too), and just get whatever fix they do to repair the emissions on it when that happens (which won't be for probably a year or so), but partly I'm worried I'm going to be left with a car that is basically damaged goods and will be a massive headache if the fix for the emissions thing is bad (my dad being my dad said to just skip the recall if it ruins the performance of the car but I'm not a fan of being a big polluter, though given I get about 12-14l/100kms in my VR6 Jetta, and thus burn through a lot of gas, going to a car that has more than double the fuel efficiency probably will even that out somewhat, not to mention the same tests that showed the NOx levels were out of whack also showed they were well under regulation on most other kinds of emission, much lower than my VR6 would output.).

"Cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide" -Tastosis
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-28 01:34:08
September 28 2015 00:08 GMT
#4177
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Looks like "atheist and anti-radical-feminist" Jaclyn Glenn from youtube got caugh plagiarizing again literally having taken Scott "Theoretical Bullshit" Clifton's video on Kim Davis and having said exactly what he said with the same kind of mannerisms, except without his talent.

I never liked her because her videos were always very elementary and childish but you'd think a "famous" youtuber would know better than to outright plagiarize the content of a lesser yet still popular youtuber. Someone literally made a kind of "side by side" video and it's clear that she follows the exact same logical footsteps and she uses the same examples and the same words he does. What the fuck.

Also I would urge everyone not to take fucking photos of the lunar eclipse with their shit cameras
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
September 28 2015 00:44 GMT
#4178
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The obsessive wanking over Method acting in acting advice (which these so-called experts can't even agree upon in terms of a systematized discipline) is driving me nuts, especially when said sources credit what I consider cheesy/overwrought performances. I definitely feel for Tom Hardy on this issue. :/
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
September 28 2015 04:19 GMT
#4179
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So this is our brand new hospital in Montreal [image loading]

2.3 billion and counting and they were like blue, red and yellow yeah that's timeless and gives off a very eastern european poverty vibe to your buildings
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Coppermantis
Profile Joined June 2012
United States845 Posts
September 30 2015 21:09 GMT
#4180
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"We don't need feminism in the US because women in the Mideast and Africa have it so much worse!"
Oh, fuck off.

And these people are the same ones spouting about how even if women have a lot of problems, men have some too so we need to get just as much attention. Damn hypocrites.

Or this special kind of stupid: Guy says that his wife never feels threatened when he doesn't feel threatened, and if she's scared then it's something that also scares him, ergo no other women ever have any reason to feel afraid.

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