Buffista English village sounds delightful! Where do I sign up?
Slay-er? Chosen One. She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries? You're kidding. Ask around. Look it up: Slayer comma The.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Apr 06, 2016 8:25:34 am PDT #19100 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Zenkitty - Apr 06, 2016 9:02:42 am PDT #19101 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Consuela, glad to hear your dad's doing better!
I'm sitting on an unnecessary webconference and we've spent five minutes talking about how the interface isn't working. Pointless.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 06, 2016 9:18:22 am PDT #19102 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Show of hands, has anyone EVER been on a webconference that worked perfectly?
Atropa - Apr 06, 2016 9:22:15 am PDT #19103 of 30003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Consuela, I'm glad that your dad is doing better!
I am all for the Buffista English village!
Connie Neil - Apr 06, 2016 9:34:17 am PDT #19104 of 30003
brillig
Haven't had to do this is a while, I've got a guy who said "You're going to have to walk me through this, I'm 50 years old and I don't know this computer stuff." I actually resisted for a moment, then said "That's OK, I'm 55." Then I think he started mansplaining to me about how what I was telling him was wrong. I just connected in.
Calli - Apr 06, 2016 9:41:23 am PDT #19105 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Show of hands, has anyone EVER been on a webconference that worked perfectly?
Maybe 2? For context, I've run over 50. So, not great odds.
Dana - Apr 06, 2016 9:48:57 am PDT #19106 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Our weekly or bi-weekly conferences are usually good, in terms of screen-sharing and audio. If they don't work, it's usually that the entire meeting link doesn't work.
Gudanov - Apr 06, 2016 10:08:00 am PDT #19107 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
I webconference almost every day at work and it usually works well. Almost everybody turns off video unless they need to show something though.
Gudanov - Apr 06, 2016 10:15:59 am PDT #19108 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
I'm contemplating writing a book (or maybe video series) for learning to code in Java (probably for v. 9) with the angle of trying to be more real-world (without losing accessibility) than what I've seen available. My wife kinda gave me the idea and is all behind it. It sort of struck me that I'm principal software engineer at a Fortune 50 company and have been doing Java development for well over a decade. I have like professional cred. Kinda weird to think about.
Course I got to get this study software I'm working on done before anything else. I'm thinking I may also finally release Cog knowing that I can't put out a sequel soon. Maybe it'll flop anyhow and it won't be an issue.
There's so much I'd like to do and so little time for any of it. But I suppose that's a pretty common problem.
Connie Neil - Apr 06, 2016 10:18:01 am PDT #19109 of 30003
brillig
There is a political ad on heavy rotation on my favorite radio station from the Center for Individual Freedom (a name chock full of right wing wacko warning bells) being horrified that one of Utah's congressmen is *horror* standing with Barack Obama (shudder) in backing some sort of plan to apparently write off some of Puerto Rico's debt. The ad is full of warnings about threats to retirees and making it harder for Utah to borrow money and pointing out that Republican politicians are against it. There have been three iterations of this ad, and in the past two the policy in question was called something like Super Restructuring. The new ad is calling it Super Chapter 9. I just Googled Super Chapter 9. The only reference I can find to it is in reference to DragonBall Z.
Whatever it is, I hope it's voted on soon so I can stop listening to this breathlessly horrified female begging me to call my Congressman to stop him from cooperating with That Man.