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  1. Deathwing

    Health Problems

    DVT? I have not idea really, I just like the word "thrombosis".
  2. Deathwing

    What do you do?

    Does anyone prefer a payout option for vacation? Not saying I don't want vacation or I don't have use for my free time(not nearly enough, hi2u home ownership and infant son). But after getting yearly family visits and such out of the way, I still have ~5 days of vacation left. Compared to...
  3. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    That's the culture I was referring to a few days ago. Is it really that hard to fire someone for performance? I thought "at will employment" meant for whatever reason you want(as long as it's not discriminatory).
  4. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Just curious, what's the secret sauce to hacking it as a developer? And why shouldn't that be required of your testers?
  5. Deathwing

    NAS

    Sure, why not? Even if I don't go that route, other people might be interested. 2TB drives for $50 seems nonexistent these days.
  6. Deathwing

    NAS

    Need? Kinda. I would like some backup redundancy and I don't see how a HDD plugged into a router can provide that. a_skeleton_03, are you worried about the the torrent client wearing out the WD Reds prematurely? Suave, what disks did you use? That alone would seem to eat most of...
  7. Deathwing

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    How is this an accident?
  8. Deathwing

    NAS

    Sure. But I would have doubts of its scalability as you add more simultaneous users. Also, no RAID 1. I would never buy anything Seagate. I don't know how they're still in business. Barebones mini computer is an option, are there any handy guides for such?
  9. Deathwing

    NAS

    Part of me thinks we have a thread for NAS but I couldn't find one. Please delete/merge if we do. My storage HDD on my desktop died last week, so it got me considering buying a NAS. Nothing that important was lost, but it got me thinking that if the external HDD I use for backup ever...
  10. Deathwing

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Is it only embarrassing if the person you're embarrassing knows you're doing it?
  11. Deathwing

    Smartphones

    It's more likely that capturing light well requires a certain amount of physical space that prevents the yty improvement that the rest of the phone might get. See batteries as another example of this. What was a stellar camera 3 years ago does not necessarily mean it becomes the average cost...
  12. Deathwing

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    In what sense? The only person who's power changes, without reason, is Quick Ben. And it's revealed he knows Mother Dark on some personal level, so maybe he's just been that reserved the whole time.
  13. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    There's just a weird culture against testing in programming, maybe the idea of testing itself. It rarely ever pays direct dividends, so a lot of people doesn't see it as worth the investment. Whether that be from a hiring standpoint or career development standpoint. And this is coming from...
  14. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I don't disagree with you, but that doesn't seem practical from a supply & demand standpoint. It is extremely rare to find someone who genuinely wants to work in test. Even rarer is to find a company who will treat(as in, training and pay) test engineers that way.
  15. Deathwing

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Cutting against the grain(for flank or other similar cuts) will have a far greater effect than a couple surface scores.
  16. Deathwing

    Smartphones

    What was unimpressive about the Pure compared to what you like about the Nexus P? Or did the delay on the ordering process sour you to the whole thing?
  17. Deathwing

    Smartphones

    The only thing I'd want is the fingerprint scanner. I would really like that to become standard soon.
  18. Deathwing

    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    I thought Ponies was a bit boring. I like Condemn. Neither have persisted but they're noteworthy because they were powerful at the time and fit into the Crusader class design: short, situational cooldowns. I hate cooldown mashing the last two Crusader sets have promoted, simply awful to play...
  19. Deathwing

    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    I think they're doing a great job iterating on the base design, but a class full of new concepts and gameplay, I'm not so sure. That the last two crusader sets had to actively undo the class's base concept(short cooldowns) does not bode well. Crusaders have kinda limped along as zDPS support...
  20. Deathwing

    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Not all reasons for keeping players playing have to be immediately realized. Diablo 3 can operate at a loss because it keeps players within the bnet ecosystem. Many other companies do this, but I have no idea if it actually nets them profit in the long term. Is there a website somewhere...
  21. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    There has to be. Fucking furries get together, why wouldn't animated masturbatory material enthusiasts?
  22. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    No more hentai conventions?
  23. Deathwing

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Try not to let the confusion get to you. Letting yourself be "surprised" about the how or why makes for a better story. But for Gardens of the Moon, that the Bridgeburners are a revered and elite commando force is all you need to know. That piece information is eventually given to you(next...
  24. Deathwing

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    That's exactly the quality that sets this series apart. Characters show up, you don't know who or what the fuck they are. Other people talk like they are the shit or reference events/people that you have no information about, and you don't get realization of that topic until books later. It...
  25. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    So...why not 9AM and beer?
  26. Deathwing

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Nice, didn't even know this was in the works. Why play mysterious in blurb though? It's quite easy to figure out the true identity of all the characters mentioned.
  27. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Is there data supporting this? I feel after ~8 hours, my productivity wanes, even for problems I genuinely want to continue working.
  28. Deathwing

    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Diablo 3:Paywall Seasons::Rerolled:Premium Junkies
  29. Deathwing

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    That sounds like it would be painful to eat, too much crispy bread.
  30. Deathwing

    Happy Birthday Freed

    How old is Freed today?
  31. Deathwing

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Are you sure you know what "good Christian values" are? Did you consult with a_skeleton_03 first?
  32. Deathwing

    Smartphones

    That's what you get for wanting more storage! Wife has had hers for about a week, she has had no complaints so far, which is pretty good given the type of user she is. Battery lasts her about a day and a half, maybe 2 where the Nexus 5 would need charging every day. The battery idles...
  33. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    If they don't have brain-computer interfaces by the time I'm 80, I'm going to be pissed.
  34. Deathwing

    Smartphones

    Did you order a special combination of backing and color?
  35. Deathwing

    Smartphones

    Nexus 5 is actually cheaper than that if you go for the 16GB version. But I'm willing to bet that in a lot of places where T-mobile is shit, so is Sprint.
  36. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Maybe you're being too easy on him. I definitely pick and choose who I go to for questions based on the combined criteria of who will have the answer and won't be a condescending ass while doing it. Unfortunately, where I work, the first choice for the former is the last choice for the latter...
  37. Deathwing

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Any history to that recipe? Feels like someone took a good base recipe and bolted on a couple quick additions.
  38. Deathwing

    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    If you have a legacy Lidless, it might be better than a FoD. Got a pretty sweet EJD that I rerolled to lightning damage to proc wyrdward since I don't need the slow from TF.
  39. Deathwing

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    I'd rather suffer the spam mail than the chance that clicking one of those gargantuan links is actually an attack url.
  40. Deathwing

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Definitions aside, he has a valid opinion on the food itself. Textural contrast is very important to food. I prefer a lower quality ice cream with chunks in it(usually Ben and Jerry's does this best) over a higher quality ice cream because the latter is relatively boring(still ice cream...