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mike_c: they were briefly
the best way
to get usd
to mt gox, i don't
think
they've done anything since.
lobbes: pete_dushenski: yeah, I received an email from Dwolla
the other day about
them partnering with usg.. made me happy I never did any
transactions with
them.
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lobbes: re: meetings << Even when
they are on-topic,
they are rarely organized. I've actually overheard someone in a phone meeting: "we're having a lack of communication about x, I
think we should have a meeting on it"
nubbins`: mp ok i'm gonna pull out,
then
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nubbins`: incidentally, you could go on a meaty
tangent about public employees right about here
mircea_popescu: you can also expect
to find
the last
time someone made fart jokes publicly @
the expense of people present buried under at least a decade of history.
nubbins`: when a large, once-profitable company suddenly goes belly-up or massively scales back, you can expect
to find a high percentage of alexes on
the payroll
mircea_popescu: it's not coincidental
that all successful specialist groups are irreverent.
mircea_popescu: the problem essentially is
that specialist groups do need a variety
talk, however "politeness" combined with
that results into a lot of nooks and crannies where alex can hide.
nubbins`: usually due
to "external factors" or "changing requirements"
nubbins`: "who, alex? he's been here longer
than i have! knows
the place inside out!"
nubbins`: eventually
they learn
their way around enough
that latecomers can easily be fooled into
thinking
that
the variety speak is representative of skill, not imitation
nubbins`: which, if it didn't accompany a pay raise, would engender
the same line of questioning as a dismissal
nubbins`: so rather
than facing "yep, we've let
this dead weight collect a cheque for 15 years"
nubbins`: once an incompetent worker reaches a certain longevity,
their dismissal is
tacit admittance
that
they've been fooling everyone all along
pete_dushenski: "The U.S. Department of
the
Treasury’s Bureau of
the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service)
today announced
that Pay.gov,
the government’s secure web based collection portal for payments
to federal agencies, now offers both PayPal and Dwolla as payment options." << from a few days ago.
nubbins`: chetty plenty of amoebas floating around in
the upper levels
chetty: being clueless about
the actual
tech is what gets you
the promotion
nubbins`: "right-click and copy
that" "what?"
nubbins`: it was at
this job
that i realized just because you work as a computer programmer, doesn't mean you know even
the basics of what computers are and how
they work
nubbins`: turned on, as in i wanna hear
the angry birds smash
the pigs
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: what else
to do ? << learn
to concentrate better instead of being a fucking child?
nubbins`: "how do i get my sound
turned on?" head of IT
nubbins`: mind you,
this was
the head of IT
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller lack of focus lack of schmokus. it's because
they're impotent.
they know
they're impotent.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: people just hang around << i find
this is because people lack focus during
the meeting. You stay on
topic until someone mentions something off
topic. "Blah blah blha pink floyd" "Oh you like pink floyd?" 30 minutes later you realize you're still
talking about a 70's rock band and not about
that
thing you're supposed
to be meeting about.
mircea_popescu: so why wouldn't you answer
the phone. it's more like a boring highschool class
than a meeting.
nubbins`: guy stole 120 hours on
the company. a month's work. when an email woulda done
nubbins`: mircea_popescu i recall at one office job, my boss' boss' boss was getting a promotion, and so called all 120 programmers into a boardroom, 30 at a
time,
to explain about his new responsibilities but nothing will change for
the rest of us
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski> "because ADOPTION" is my new favourite slogan for redditards et al. << orphans seeking adoption. nothing wrong with
the picture.
nubbins`: (incidentally, why does all
the milk in
the organic section loudly proclaim "I'M MILK!" in spanish?
mircea_popescu:
This expectation is so ingrained
that people in meetings routinely answer
their mobile phones
to say << maybe what has really changed is
the expectation re meetings. just a decade or
two ago, people would have expected meetings
to serve a rational purpose and end with a result.
chetty: nubbins`, yeah got
to admit I was a little annoyed with myself, no landline here either so no phone charged was kinda dumb
nubbins`: we have no landline, so i
try not
to leave mine dead for more
than a few hours at a
time
nubbins`: until
they see em at
the bar
two weeks later
chetty: <<< power out day before yesterday, discovered I forgot
to charge my phone, for oh about 2 weeks :)
thestringpuller: nubbins`: one symptom of information addiction is "forgets
to callback". People who check
their phone compulsively will see a
text or missed call and make note in working memory
to get back with
the person.
nubbins`: y'know, just in case
the first 7 "ding!!!!"s were missed
nubbins`: "didn't you see my
texts?!?!?!?! i
texted you 8
times!!!!!"
thestringpuller: nubbins`: i find
those who get snarky are
the most addicted.
nubbins`: they adjust
their expectations
nubbins`: thestringpuller
the "down side" is
that for
the first few weeks, people get snarky with you
pete_dushenski: you can't see your brain
turning into a fat, slothful mess
nubbins`: they're secretly pleased every
time
their phone dings in
the presence of others
nubbins`: chetty most people don't *want*
to
thestringpuller: nubbins`: i do
this with
texts. No vibration no sound. Have
to put it on ring profile for
them
to make a noise. But usually you start
to check messages when you feel like it rather
than compulsively.
PeterL: but scoopbot was not looking at
the
titles, so I am kinda at a loss as
to why it doesn't like contravex
chetty: <nubbins`>
turn off
the ring and vibrate functions on your phone, and leave
them off.// most people just cant do
that, already addicted
nubbins`: nothing says "i'm an annoying piece of shit"
than an audible call/text noise
pete_dushenski: nubbins` lol i
thought you were
talking about
the
tracking device part for a sec
PeterL: I figured out
that python doesn't seem
to like some of contravex's
titles
nubbins`: turn off
the ring and vibrate functions on your phone, and leave
them off.
thestringpuller: pete_dushenski: still can't get scoopbot
to announce contravex articles?
nubbins`: there's a really, really easy solution
to
this
pete_dushenski: if only
this were still 2013, y'know we might have a shot at fleecing some kids with
that
pete_dushenski: "network effects anyone?! Early adopters are important people because ADOPTION!" <<
twitter dood derping at me about pgp adoption
lobbes: ave let a landline on
their desk go unanswered during a meeting, so different were
the expectations for reachability." << Heh, I've seen people do
this.. still strikes me as rude
lobbes: "Now more people have mobile phones
than have
toilets.
This has created an implicit expectation
that you should be able
to reach someone when it is convenient for you, regardless of whether it is convenient for
them.
This expectation is so ingrained
that people in meetings routinely answer
their mobile phones
to say, “I’m sorry, I can’t
talk now, I’m in a meeting.” Just a decade or
two ago,
those same people would h
nubbins`: for
that matter, Brother laser machines are pretty sweet
too
mats: "The combined effect of
those separation costs and
the hit from
the strong dollar will almost halve HP's free cash flow
this fiscal year
to about $3.5 billion
to $4 billion, down from
three months ago when it forecast $6.5 billion
to $7 billion."
trinque: everything works;
tomorrow I'll go over
the
thing looking for derps,
then park it in here for actual use
punkman: sqlite would be an order of magnitude more reliable
than bdb/leveldb
trinque: seems like what you want is something where you can express
the logic of bitcoin clearly, look at it, and say yup,
that is bitcoin
trinque: getting utxos, right?
that's left-join-where-null between
the outputs
table and
the inputs
table
trinque: perfect meaning
the data is *never* munged
trinque: though if
the goal is a perfect client, I
think a real database offers helpful
tools
trinque: BingoBoingo: it's worth
thinking about for a long
time, for sure
BingoBoingo thinks key/value store in "bitcoind -base" prolly fine fancier databases prolly belong in "bitcoind -bchainindexer" when
the functionality gets atomized, but
take opinion here with hefty pile of salt
trinque: this experience will have me lobbying harder for sqlite in
the foundation's client in
the future
mircea_popescu: basically,
the story
the 13 yo mutters
to herself under her breath
to replace unwelcome reality.