Newsteinleo

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[–] Newsteinleo 2 points 5 days ago

I am pretty sure the guy had some ment illness going on. I watched some videos after he died and he sounded like the guys at the group home I used to work at.

[–] Newsteinleo 36 points 5 days ago (3 children)

It took me a moment to get it. At first I thought this was a reference to captain Kirk saying Sora died like a red shirt. The I was like oh yeah there was that forgettable man named Kirk that die.

[–] Newsteinleo 2 points 1 week ago

Janeway is the best captain because Kate Mulgrew told Shatner off for making fun of fans.

[–] Newsteinleo 1 points 1 week ago

I will argue that the glass being half empty can be an optimistic view. The empty space is an opportunity to fill the glass with something of my choice. For example I could fill the remaining half with orange juice concentrate to now have a full glass of orange juice.

[–] Newsteinleo -2 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Yet I only need an integer when using the imperial system, and I don't have to repeat 3 into infinity.

[–] Newsteinleo 29 points 1 week ago

There is a third problem. It assumes talented people are will return to jobs where they can be fired at the whim of a presidents.

[–] Newsteinleo 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I find people who try to stand out and play up their work insufferable. What I find more insufferable is that this works for getting ahead

[–] Newsteinleo 10 points 1 week ago

These are my grandfather's words not mine: no matter how much of an idiot your boss is, he is still your boss

[–] Newsteinleo 3 points 1 week ago

I watched a Director level employee get let go during a round of layoffs because he caused to much trouble by fighting for his employees.

[–] Newsteinleo 6 points 1 week ago (6 children)

A corollary to your first one: if you take on extra work people will forget it is extra work when it's not delivered on time or has issues. It does not matter how much the first three people fucked it up, you touched it last.

[–] Newsteinleo 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think the low budget was part of its magic.

 

I am attending a webinar in a few days, and to get credit for attending I need to participate in the pulling questions. The application is Zoom, and I do not know when or how many pulling questions there will be. Does anyone know of a way to auto respond to the pulling questions? I have time, and am totally willing to slap something together in python, so if you have an idea of where to start that would be amazing

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