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  1. alavaz

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

    Make really only makes sense for low level compiled code. The main purpose for it was to compare sources to decide what all it needed to compile and link. I.e. you change a .c file, you can probably just recompile that file and link where as you change a .h file, you likely have to recompile...
  2. alavaz

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

    I do not have ADHD and messed around with Adderall and the anti-narcolepsy drug many years back. I can say that it did not make boring things interesting. So anything that I did not want to do, I still had to force my way through it. I personally found the anti-narcolepsy one better (I'm...
  3. alavaz

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

    I've been doing cloud work for coming up on 10 years now - which is crazy to think it's actually been that long... From a conceptual standpoint, there's sort of three major archetypes you can find yourself in and those are dependent on the type of business your employer does to some degree...
  4. alavaz

    The Warriors (1979)

    If you were into rap in the 90s this was often sampled / quoted film. Warriors, come out and playyyy
  5. alavaz

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

    I'm sure it's directly related to the amount of spend an org does on MS, but I've always had good luck. Their architects have been pretty great and our TAM (or whatever they are calling them these days) is always on top of quotes - even looking for ways to "save" money. Some of their more...
  6. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    tl;dr - Gear is tertiary to strategy and leadership. It wasn't your fault when you were a bad healer. Big brain stuff, thank you for these gems.
  7. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    The mental picture that I have is a doughy middle aged white guy trying to show off his dunks on a driveway hoop at his parents house that's been lowered all the way down. He's trying to get the attention of all the kids walking by and everyone is just calling him a retard - but in his mind he's...
  8. alavaz

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

    I mostly use the LinkedIn skills and have taken a few test to get the green check boxes on them. I don't really put much in the actual resume part aside from job titles and dates. I've targeted all my connections so they're all past/ present coworkers along with some recruitment for actual...
  9. alavaz

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

    I have a friend who's a director / c-suite type who's been out of work for like 15 months now. Some of it is undoubtedly him being picky, but still I worry about being in that box and not being able to jump into IC work whenever I want.
  10. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    Maybe they want to make future expansions more open world driven? Only thing I can think of for FTE. Because I doubt they give any fucks about 1-5 races on TLPs and FTE wouldn't have a worthwhile effect on the instance heavy eras.
  11. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    They've added a way to grief open world raiders... Fun?
  12. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    I see them holding strong to "trying it" on Yeli first so probably won't get it on TLP 2023 launch. My guess is that this round will have the OoW unlock like Yeli and TLP 2024 will get it from day 1.
  13. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    I don't think relaxed box will go in ahead of it being tested on Yelinak. I'd say the 2024 servers will include relaxed box though
  14. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    I think a Mischief clone will happen for sure. The other one is hard to say, it seems like the smart thing to do would be another "event" server that gives you account wide cosmetics. But since that is the smart thing, it seems like DPG would not do that, and instead deploy an Aradune clone or...
  15. alavaz

    Routers & Other Networking Stuff

    That would be my guess. You can check to see if speed negotiation is hard set to 100m full or something, but if the hardware is only capable of 10/100 then you'll want to replace the router.
  16. alavaz

    Linux OS stuff Thread

    you can do "snap refresh" to force the snap packages to update. I quit using Ubuntu though because the snap package system frankly sucks and having to use two package managers to keep up to date is pretty crappy as well. The Linux workstations are a lot closer to Windows these days. I use...
  17. alavaz

    Dating

    I'd ask her though. Get it in her words what drew her to him to begin with. It is what it is now, I'm just saying if it were me, I'd want to make sure guy number one wasn't just basically another me. Cause we already know how that guy fares with her lol.
  18. alavaz

    Dating

    There's a lot of women out there that like to "fix" people. The cruel irony there is that they either choose unfixable mates, or sabotage when said mate is actually "fixed." How much have you asked about the husband? Do you know what he was like when she was in love with him?
  19. alavaz

    Dating

    What's your role in the relationship long term? Are you cool with being a stay at home dad to kids that aren't yours while your wife is gone relatively often? It sounds like I'm asking that derisively - I'm not trying to, I just want to give you something to think about. At least you'll know...
  20. alavaz

    A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)

    It wasn't that bad. It is worth a watch if you like the original.
  21. alavaz

    Rate Movies You've Recently Watched.

    Pompeii (2014) Jon Snow and Adebisi forge an unlikely friendship as gladiators/prisoners and (as would be expected) Mt. Vesivius blows up pretty epically at the end. I give it a solid 6. It's not the worst ancient rome / gladiator flick that I've seen. Ironically, the film is supposed to be a...
  22. alavaz

    The Paranormal, UFO's, and Mysteries of the Unknown

    All of these guys have the actual practice of compartmentalization and security clearances all wrong. They all act as if it goes down exactly how it's written on paper and as anyone who's ever worked in a cleared facility knows, what's written and what's actually practiced are pretty different...
  23. alavaz

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

    Since when did title mean anything in this industry?
  24. alavaz

    How much real money have MMOs made you?

    Jesus, are you 4 lol? Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
  25. alavaz

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

    Sub contracting. It's not all that crazy. It is worth considering if and when they could lose that contract though and what other options you would have when that happens. I'm sure telecom is just as inbred as defense is and you can always jump in with whatever vendor wins that contract the...
  26. alavaz

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

    If there is a manager you are tight with there and are genuinely interested in leaving behind useful feedback, I'd bend his ear about it. Otherwise the feedback from the guy leaving doesn't really ever get listened too. If this is a gov contract, it's probably not all the companies fault. The...
  27. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Yelinak (True-Box Timelocked Progression)

    Oh I know for a fact like everyone had it. I just didn't see the necessity of it when half of the time a poopsock was already forming 4-8 hours prior to spawn anyway. Not sure how SEQ was inching anyone across the finish line there. edit: I too remember in the old days just staring through...
  28. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Yelinak (True-Box Timelocked Progression)

    I guess when I played in batphone guilds most stuff was contested enough that people would be constantly watching when it was in window anyway, so it always seemed unnecessary to risk it in my opinion.
  29. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Yelinak (True-Box Timelocked Progression)

    Serious question, I've never put much thought into the MQ/SEQ map stuff. It's always seemed to me that, while it's a cool toy, I know this game well enough that I haven't ever felt handicapped by not having it. The only scenario I could see it being worthwhile in is if you are doing drive-bys of...
  30. alavaz

    Company Raises It's Minimum Wage to $70,000 and All Hell Breaks Loose

    His first assault was in 2013 before he was famous and when he was making big CEO bucks. They dropped the charge because they got paid. This guy seems like a man child to me. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he was giving chicks the Cosby treatment.
  31. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Yelinak (True-Box Timelocked Progression)

    Everyone banned for 3rd party software was/has used myseq or MQ. The only people who truly have not used one of those two programs bought their character off someone who did. We all know this through powers of logic and reasoning. We don't have to pretend fellas.
  32. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Yelinak (True-Box Timelocked Progression)

    I never mentioned a single time, ever, what would make me happy lol. I'm also not the log parser guy, that's someone else. I was also speaking to the colloquial you and not directly to you with the latter half of my response. I mean, c'mon there are dudes going full on Karen about this...
  33. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Yelinak (True-Box Timelocked Progression)

    There's no way it could be the MySEQ...
  34. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Yelinak (True-Box Timelocked Progression)

    I don't have a black and white view of things. I'm on the side of don't be a dick and use your best judgment when it comes to using 3rd party programs. You can be banned for any reason, not just programs. I'll be honest, I don't think that even if you guys had a list of programs you'd be happy...
  35. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Yelinak (True-Box Timelocked Progression)

    We've walked this dog many times here before. They don't need a reason to ban you - no game company does. Nor does any restaurant, store, job, etc. It's the right to refuse service. No one can truly protect themselves from any organization "finding a reason." It's sounds to me like you guys...
  36. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Yelinak (True-Box Timelocked Progression)

    Oooh, I got a good meme for this! And Cinge says I don't try hard enough:
  37. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Yelinak (True-Box Timelocked Progression)

    Doesn't that meme usually require contradictory buttons? It's obvious to me what is cheating and it's obvious to ol' breakdown. Neither of us will get banned.... So I don't get it?
  38. alavaz

    EQ TLP - Yelinak (True-Box Timelocked Progression)

    Yes. I see why you need a cut sheet of the rules spelled out in absolute terms. Don't apply judgment. If DPG doesn't stipulate it exactly and other people have done it before, we can't know for sure!