unwashed dishes and toilet paper tubes

[jobriath]

Hmm. I read 10 pages before figuring out why people in this thread sometimes started a post with "Screech:". I kept wondering, "who's this Screech guy, and why do people keep saying random stuff to him?"

[Noc]

[roband]

If people are understanding it, doesn't that mean it's time for a change?

[AngrySquirrel]

If people are understanding it, doesn't that mean it's time for a change?

I think it means we need to replace this thread with a similar thread, only move everything slightly more to the left.

[roband]

If people are understanding it, doesn't that mean it's time for a change?

I think it means we need to replace this thread with a similar thread, only move everything slightly more to the left.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tilt

[Plasma Man]

Sounds like a job for mod madness.

[roband]

Sounds like a job for mod madness.

When does that... festivity occur, remind me?

[Plasma Man]

SOON

[SecondTalon]

if we're honest with ourselves, reddit is just the party down the street, in the area with larger houses.

Man, after reading through a ton.. and I mean a ton of reddit...

4Chan is your friend who says sexist, racist, homophobic shit all the time but you aren't sure how much is serious and how much is just bullshit for the sake of shock value, as more than half of the shit said doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

Reddit is your friend who doesn't seem to be racist or homophobic or anything at all... until their car gets broken into and you get a sudden earful of an extremely racist tirade about Mexicans or Blacks or something, only in not as polite terms, making you wonder just what the fuck kind of racist scumfuck you're hanging with in the first place.

Yeah 4Chan's a piece of shit, but at least it knows it.

[emceng]

Why the crap does IE auto sort my favorites? I put them in the order I want, freaking leave it like that!

[roband]

Why the crap do you use IE?

I feel bad for asking actually, I haven't used IE for at least 3 years (apart from testing one specific page), so I have no idea what the benefits of it might be.

[Magnanimous]

The same reason anyone uses IE, Pinky. Because it's on a crappy work computer.

[The Scyphozoa]

I live in San Jose, CA, and there is someone in my English class with a Confederate flag on his backpack.

What's possibly weirder is that he's not even white.

[userxp]

Here's a random thought to reflect on: the best thing that could happen (usability-wise) to computers would be hardware advancement stopping.

Think about it. Who's going to care about fixing this program when the new 10% slower version is coming out this next month? Why bother make a new standard memory-efficient when we'll just have 100GB of RAM in 10 years? Why improve the design of a keyboard when we can use a touchscreen instead? Etc etc.

[RollingHead]

How do you explain to a twenty-four year old how to boil a pot of water without sounding condescending?

[eSOANEM]

How do you explain to a twenty-four year old how to boil a pot of water without sounding condescending?

I'm pretty sure that's not something you do. Besides, if they can't boil a pot of water, I think they probably deserve some condescention.

[The Cat]

[quote]I live in San Jose, CA, and there is someone in my English class with a Confederate flag on his backpack.

What's possibly weirder is that he's not even white.[quote]

Clayton Bigsby!

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NSFW language

[torontoraptor]

Here's a random thought to reflect on: the best thing that could happen (usability-wise) to computers would be hardware advancement stopping.

Think about it. Who's going to care about fixing this program when the new 10% slower version is coming out this next month? Why bother make a new standard memory-efficient when we'll just have 100GB of RAM in 10 years? Why improve the design of a keyboard when we can use a touchscreen instead? Etc etc.

Completely agree. Software developers can afford to be lazy because hardware ability keeps on expanding. Imagine how much better our computers could run, and how much more stuff we could do, if we worked as hard on optimizing our code as we did on improving our hardware.

[Deva]

How do you explain to a twenty-four year old how to boil a pot of water without sounding condescending?

Speak concisely and seriously. Try to sound like an instruction guide or a recipe. Limits the chance for a condescending remark or tone. Consider asking what is problematic for them too (note: potential backfire).

[pseudoidiot]

Here's a random thought to reflect on: the best thing that could happen (usability-wise) to computers would be hardware advancement stopping.

Think about it. Who's going to care about fixing this program when the new 10% slower version is coming out this next month? Why bother make a new standard memory-efficient when we'll just have 100GB of RAM in 10 years? Why improve the design of a keyboard when we can use a touchscreen instead? Etc etc.

Completely agree. Software developers can afford to be lazy because hardware ability keeps on expanding. Imagine how much better our computers could run, and how much more stuff we could do, if we worked as hard on optimizing our code as we did on improving our hardware.

Yeah, look at the quality of graphics/performance on release games of consoles and compare them to the newest titles. For the most part the architecture of the consoles don't change (or change very little) and programmers learn to squeeze every bit of performance out of it they can.

Would certainly be interesting to start seeing the same thing with computers.

[Obby]

How do you explain to a twenty-four year old how to boil a pot of water without sounding condescending?

There is no hope.

[Frenetic Pony]

It really does feel insulting to have music you like be generically enjoyable enough to be popular. They're playing Fleet Foxes at Starbucks *sob*

[Panonadin]

Why exactly is it insulting for other people to enjoy the music you like?

Does the general population liking the music you like take away from the enjoyment?

[Adam H]

If it makes you feel any better, Fleet Foxes sucks.

How do you explain to a twenty-four year old how to boil a pot of water without sounding condescending?

"Listen carefully, ya sack of bricks.First, put the water in the pot, stupidhead. Then put the pot on the stove, moron. After that you turn the stove on, idiot. Then you just wait. Dang you're dumb."

How'd I do?!

[ShootTheChicken]

Why exactly is it insulting for other people to enjoy the music you like?

Does the general population liking the music you like take away from the enjoyment?

Erm, yeah. There's that feeling that you're not part of a little club anymore, and being part of a little club is fun.

[Mighty Jalapeno]

Wow, hipster larva.

[SecondTalon]

*Trigger warning.

Oh, what with whazisface Brown winning a Grammy, I'd like to point out that Fox News is actually useful sometimes. Sometimes. They of course, manage to fuck it up at the same time as you have some laughing idiots ruining the tone of the piece.

[ShootTheChicken]

Wow, hipster larva.

[roband]

Good on him for keeping a straight face throughout that - best part of the whole thing.

Also, the "spelling, syntax and grammar" bit is fantastic.

[Giant Speck]

Me: Good morning!
Coworker: Good morning!
Me: How are you?
Coworker: I'm fine. How are you?
Me: I'm fine. How are you? (pause) Wait, shit.

[Mighty Jalapeno]

You too!

[UniqueScreenname]

Good on him for keeping a straight face throughout that - best part of the whole thing.

Also, the "spelling, syntax and grammar" bit is fantastic.

I loved the straight face too. I loved the maturity part too. Gosh, I loved the whole thing.

[SurgicalSteel]

It really does feel insulting to have music you like be generically enjoyable enough to be popular. They're playing Fleet Foxes at Starbucks *sob*

I was actually really happy to hear Fleet Foxes on the radio. Almost as happy as I was to hear The Black Keys on local radio. But also, if it was in Starbucks, it may have been an employee's CD.

[Frenetic Pony]

If it makes you feel any better, Fleet Foxes sucks.

How do you explain to a twenty-four year old how to boil a pot of water without sounding condescending?

"Listen carefully, ya sack of bricks.First, put the water in the pot, stupidhead. Then put the pot on the stove, moron. After that you turn the stove on, idiot. Then you just wait. Dang you're dumb."

How'd I do?!

Yay, now I feel better!

[Xeio]

Here's a random thought to reflect on: the best thing that could happen (usability-wise) to computers would be hardware advancement stopping.

Think about it. Who's going to care about fixing this program when the new 10% slower version is coming out this next month? Why bother make a new standard memory-efficient when we'll just have 100GB of RAM in 10 years? Why improve the design of a keyboard when we can use a touchscreen instead? Etc etc.

Completely agree. Software developers can afford to be lazy because hardware ability keeps on expanding. Imagine how much better our computers could run, and how much more stuff we could do, if we worked as hard on optimizing our code as we did on improving our hardware.

Yeah, look at the quality of graphics/performance on release games of consoles and compare them to the newest titles. For the most part the architecture of the consoles don't change (or change very little) and programmers learn to squeeze every bit of performance out of it they can.

Would certainly be interesting to start seeing the same thing with computers.

That's really a bad premise. It's not that PC games aren't optimized, it's that they can't have rediculous requirements because any extra work put into PC graphical features is a lot of extra work that will have no effect on at least one version of the game (or two, if it's on PS3 and 360). There are games that really push a high-end PC graphically, but the majority are built multiplatform. Not to mention, that optimizing for a console is much easier since you don't have to go through an API, let alone account for different hardware.

Also, programs wouldn't just magically speed up even if more time was spent optimizing in general. Any good developer is going to put in the time to optimize the time critical parts of the application, they don't just go "oh, well, it'll be faster on newer hardware, who cares?". It's a good adage for a novice, because they'll spend way too much time optimizing inconsequential things, but you're not really going to ever hear something like that in a real situation. The closest you'd probably get is something like "We don't have the people to dedicate to optimizing this, as it's already 'fast enough' and there are more important things to worry about".

[Black Dynamite]

How do you explain to a twenty-four year old how to boil a pot of water without sounding condescending?

I'm pretty sure that's not something you do. Besides, if they can't boil a pot of water, I think they probably deserve some condensation.

This is how I read that.

[PhoenixEnigma]

That's really a bad premise. It's not that PC games aren't optimized, it's that they can't have rediculous requirements because any extra work put into PC graphical features is a lot of extra work that will have no effect on at least one version of the game (or two, if it's on PS3 and 360). There are games that really push a high-end PC graphically, but the majority are built multiplatform. Not to mention, that optimizing for a console is much easier since you don't have to go through an API, let alone account for different hardware.

*cough* Skyrim *cough*


Or, for that matter, the difference in Oblivion and Skyrim minimum specs for PC, even though both run on the same console hardware. Which I think is closer to the point - with a fixed hardware target for development, we'd get a hell of a lot more out of it than we are today. There's a pile of performance being left on the table that will likely never be realized, which is both a shame and a waste.

Yes, yes, they did eventually fix it, but it's about as bad as "not optimizing" gets.

[userxp]

Also, programs wouldn't just magically speed up even if more time was spent optimizing in general. Any good developer is going to put in the time to optimize the time critical parts of the application, they don't just go "oh, well, it'll be faster on newer hardware, who cares?". It's a good adage for a novice, because they'll spend way too much time optimizing inconsequential things, but you're not really going to ever hear something like that in a real situation. The closest you'd probably get is something like "We don't have the people to dedicate to optimizing this, as it's already 'fast enough' and there are more important things to worry about".

It's not only about programmer laziness (which exists), it's also about stability. A game is built on DirectX, hardware drivers, and millions of APIs, abstraction layers and other tiny pieces. These are always in constant change, breaking old stuff and getting quite messy.

And each abstraction layer causes a bit of overhead too. With enough time you could make Skyrim run directly on the computer (without Windows). Or, why not, Skyrim hard-coded in the processor .

It's a bit like a Zelda game: first you get through all the temples and bosses, and then, once you have unlocked all the items, you go back to the beginning and run through the whole map again getting all the things you missed first .

[e^iπ+1=0]

I was tired and had a couple hours inbetween classes, so I decided to take a nap. I had a dream about being late for the lab and how terrible that would be. I woke up and was 20 minutes late for it. Fucking ran for it, and... Turns out the guy running them is having short talks with the individual groups, mine hasn't happened yet, and in the mean time the only thing we're meant to do is read two pages of mostly obvious information and then twiddle our thumbs. everythingwentbetterthanexpected.jpg

[blue_eyedspacemonkey]

So, I'm sick. I mean, I'm getting better, reduced to only stuffed up and a bit of a temperature. I've had today and Wednesday off work as I was pretty awful Tuesday.

I feel really bad taking time off work, but I also don't want to go and infect people (especially as I work in a pharmacy - I don't want to make sick people even sicker).

If I keep feeling like this I could go back into work tomorrow and not be terrible, but I'm not 100% yet, so am kindof tempted to take Friday off and get properly well. But I feel like I'm 'cheating' or something because I'm not bed-ridden, and I know how busy it gets when people are off at work. So I'm feeling really really guilty. But I really shouldn't.

Rawr. Feelings are stupid, guys.