stupid first world problems you're dealing with

  On 4/9/2018 at 1:40 PM, Godwin Austen said:

I've had three backup hard drives and all three broke down in a span of two months, with some weird hardware issue that will probably cost me 1k euro to recover data. 10 years of memories, work, my music and random accumulated stuff is now locked in there forever.

You should get one of these

https://www.startech.com/HDD/Docking/

For instance, if the power connector on your external hard drive breaks you tear that fucking hard drive out of its case and slam dunk it into your docking satation and boom. It's up and running again.

But of course, I don't know in what way your hard drives broke down.

Docking <3

  On 4/9/2018 at 2:49 PM, Squee said:

 

  On 4/9/2018 at 1:40 PM, Godwin Austen said:

I've had three backup hard drives and all three broke down in a span of two months, with some weird hardware issue that will probably cost me 1k euro to recover data. 10 years of memories, work, my music and random accumulated stuff is now locked in there forever.

 

You should get one of these

https://www.startech.com/HDD/Docking/

 

For instance, if the power connector on your external hard drive breaks you tear that fucking hard drive out of its case and slam dunk it into your docking satation and boom. It's up and running again.

But of course, I don't know in what way your hard drives broke down.

 

Most likely it's the logic board. I've tried everything, even detecting and mounting in Linux, but the spin motors just produce these weird click noises, one of them doesn't even start to spin, the other spins and stops continuously and even BIOS doesn't detect them. Gotta get someone with soldering skills to replace the logic boards with the identical working ones. I'm sure hackermans do this stuff all the time, I just don't know anyone. It's a dark day.

  On 4/8/2018 at 5:36 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

 

  On 4/8/2018 at 12:14 AM, cwmbrancity said:

 

  On 4/7/2018 at 11:19 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Also wtf does the weird acid man repeat twice at 1:58?  All I hear is "rise on one matey"... but that's probably not it.

 

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?source=hp&ei=ekLJWu__KcGZsAHytpGoBw&q=get+right+on+one+matey&oq=get+right+on+one+matey&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0.1292.9726.0.10268.23.18.0.3.3.0.658.1842.2-1j0j2j1.4.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..16.7.1862.0..46j0i46k1j0i131k1j0i22i30k1j0i22i10i30k1.0.izJ9cR6u-pg

 

 

I see.  The pirate lingo is an interesting choice.  In the few results I scanned I couldn't find an actual meaning for that phrase, just that it was a phrase in the rave scene. 

 

Partially pioneered by the hirsute Lord Sabre of Weatherall when writing in the original Boys Own fanzine, before being appropriated in specific tunes & then spreading out into the broader cultural milieu

Locations of use - mainly "southern" areas like Berkshire, but focused in the capital, unlikely to be heard north of the M25

Chronology: 1988-1993

Producers where use of exclamation most appropriate - Bocca Juniors & One Dove

Cause of expiration: collective societal comedown, mirrored by transition of styles of Sabres of Paradise & Two Lone Swordsmen

I answer to 6 project managers at work and have so many active projects I've lost count. I just write emails, take notes, and talk all day. I don't have time for anything else.

sounds like a living hell.

  On 4/10/2018 at 2:48 AM, usagi said:

sounds like a living hell.

The last month has been pretty garbage. Every minor win for (re)usability (really all I fucking care about at the end of the day) is rewarded with a new pile of one-off bullshit for whiny client du jour. I came in on the weekend with some index cards to dump each major TODO on each... ended up using the whole stack of like 20. Fuck me. 

I'm beginning to understand now why most developers are flaming assholes. You kind of have to be. Empathy and communication skills just make everyone want to eat up all your time they can. And the reward is more of the same.

I told myself I was staying at the org because I saw an opportunity to make things better, but every time I polish the floor and start seeing a hint of shine, another dog comes up and takes a big shit on it. The one spark of hope is resources are stretched so thin that I feel like I have some leverage to push back and tell the pointy-haireds to wait for us to get it right because they don't really have much choice... but that might be an illusion.

Asked for an extra month for a rolling rental contract and got served an eviction notice. Cheers then.

shit on the floor.

fake edit: after you've stopped living there, obv.

  On 4/9/2018 at 11:11 PM, cwmbrancity said:

 

 

 

Locations of use - mainly "southern" areas like Berkshire, but focused in the capital, unlikely to be heard north of the M25

 

Chronology: 1988-1993

 

Producers where use of exclamation most appropriate - Bocca Juniors & One Dove

 

Cause of expiration: collective societal comedown, mirrored by transition of styles of Sabres of Paradise & Two Lone Swordsmen

 

Thank you for the run down.

FWP: every time I read the word "sad" in print my brain reads it in a Trump voice.  Sad.

my roomie is going absolute nuts with some cheap deodorant spray. what is WRONG WITH HIM urrrrrkkkkkk!!

it's the same guy who listened to Burial from his laptop speakers.

it's smelling like this bad cheap deo everywhere, like when a 15 year old tries to cover up the cummmies or something.

HOW

WHY

  On 4/13/2018 at 12:24 PM, phling said:

WHY

Yes its blatantly obvious the man is cumming insanely hard and using the deodarant to cover this musky scent. Probably feels ashamed at giving in to lust. As awkward as it is, it might be worth having a word to him and lay down some ground rules, ie. If he's going to spill his seed so regularly make sure its in his own room.

  On 4/10/2018 at 8:36 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

 

 

FWP: every time I read the word "sad" in print my brain reads it in a Trump voice.  Sad.

 

Haha:)

I think you gave me what Ills you

Will I now be able to read "sad" without that voice?

Sad:(

Sad:)

  On 4/13/2018 at 12:24 PM, phling said:

my roomie is going absolute nuts with some cheap deodorant spray. what is WRONG WITH HIM urrrrrkkkkkk!!

it's the same guy who listened to Burial from his laptop speakers.

it's smelling like this bad cheap deo everywhere, like when a 15 year old tries to cover up the cummmies or something.

HOW

WHY

He probably has bad body odor. Therefore he needs to use deodorant to cover this up (thank him for this) but it is so bad that he needs to use a lot of deodorant...hence he has to purchase the cheap stuff that he can quickly and easily apply. He's just trying to be a good roommate, he can't help it that he was born as stinky trash that has naturally gravitated towards the music of such folks. ;)

ive Not noticed the smell of cummies nor other manly or musky or sweaty body odor things, he does it before going out dunno whatevs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

proper FWP: somehow ended up at some “ambient festival” and it’s the most normie thing. It’s basically cozy pop music for ppl who like to sit.

i need to brush my dog's teeth. he has some bad breath. 

there is cheese in my fkn fridge

wtf

Nice!

i'm forever pissed off when in a TV junk mode and i switch the channel to CBS and see "48 Hours" in the info section but there's no Eddie Murphy or Nick Nolte. 

  On 4/15/2018 at 7:32 AM, ignatius said:

i'm forever pissed off when in a TV junk mode and i switch the channel to CBS and see "48 Hours" in the info section but there's no Eddie Murphy or Nick Nolte.

That should be against the law.

I sprained my ankle last week and have slowly been regaining mobility, but have been pretty much stuck at home this past week, missing work (RIP money) and class. This morning I dropped my phone and the SIM card slot popped out and won't go back in. I tried putting the card in my old phone and now I have to deal with the carrier. When it rains it pours. 

  On 4/16/2018 at 9:30 PM, Lada Laika said:

I sprained my ankle last week and have slowly been regaining mobility, but have been pretty much stuck at home this past week, missing work (RIP money) and class. This morning I dropped my phone and the SIM card slot popped out and won't go back in. I tried putting the card in my old phone and now I have to deal with the carrier. When it rains it pours. 

Any time I hear that phrase I think of this. Hope things go better for you tomorrow.

SFWP: started a song but can't for the life of me figure out where it needs to go. Tried different melodies, different tempos, different drum beats, different effects, different synth sounds, just at a loss. Spent hours yesterday beating my head against the wall with it. Maybe when I revisit it tomorrow it'll all click, but fuck is that frustrating knowing you've got something good there but can't carve it out of the block of shit it's in.

  On 4/16/2018 at 9:30 PM, Lada Laika said:

 missing work (RIP money) 

Any chance of them providing modified work for you? Light duties etc.

=(

Get better soon!

  On 4/16/2018 at 9:46 PM, auxien said:

 

  On 4/16/2018 at 9:30 PM, Lada Laika said:

I sprained my ankle last week and have slowly been regaining mobility, but have been pretty much stuck at home this past week, missing work (RIP money) and class. This morning I dropped my phone and the SIM card slot popped out and won't go back in. I tried putting the card in my old phone and now I have to deal with the carrier. When it rains it pours. 

 

 

Any time I hear that phrase I think of this. Hope things go better for you tomorrow.

Thanks! That could basically be me if she had a walking boot on on of her legs, lol

  On 4/16/2018 at 9:49 PM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

  On 4/16/2018 at 9:30 PM, Lada Laika said:

 missing work (RIP money) 

Any chance of them providing modified work for you? Light duties etc.

 

=(

 

Get better soon!

 

Thanks. Unfortunately doubtful on that end, as it's a barista job. Although their website could probably use some work