For the government IT project that I work on as a contractor, contractors have gotten let go within two weeks of starting work. Why? Because they thought they could get hire, not show up and still get paid. Others have been dismissed for just simply not being a team player and/or expressing a negative ("Not my job! That's someone else's job."). One guy got dismissed because he lied on his background check about not being a murderer.
Silicon Valley has mixed developments with the ground floor being concrete and steel for stores and parking, and four floors of wood for apartments and condos. Wood buildings above four floor require iron reinforcement. If you're iron for reinforcement, it's cheaper to use concrete instead for taller buildings.
The Apple Park Visitor Center Store behind the spaceship is no better. Several of the glass panels can swing outward to form entry ways. Very easy to walk into a glass pane.
When I worked at Accolade, it got bought out by Infogrames in the pre-dot com bust era. Infogrames would later buy Hasbro Interactive, which owned the Atari intellectual property. A few months after the QA team moved to Sunnyvale, home of the original Atari, Infogrames became Atari to no one's surprise. When the Hollywood convergence, publishing every game on every platform failed and funding dried up from the dot com bust, the studios that Infogrames bought at two to four times actual value were sold for pennies on the dollar. What's left is a shell company getting into cryptocurrency.
Same company, different owners, multiple personality disorders. Go figure.
The only reason I take the express bus than drive is because I don't have a car, I don't need to have a car and it's hell on earth when the daily fender benders pile up into lane blocking accidents. The express bus is faster most of the time because of the commute lane.
Yes, because busses are warm and the outside is cold.
Silicon Valley has Hotel 22 (bus line 22) that runs 24/7, takes four hours to cross the valley from East San Jose to Palo Alto, and provides shelter for a roving band of homeless people that can afford a $7 day pass.
My first introduction to Facebook was sitting in a movie theater to watch "Julia & Julia" in 2009, where a group of grandmothers sat behind me. One of them shared the newest baby photos of their grandson and the rest were cooing over their cellphones. That was weird. The movie was much better.
Another week starts, another cringe-inducing creepy comment from our resident autistic virgin pederast!!!
I read the replies to my Friday comments this morning. Very cringe worthy indeed.
How's the Comic Con affiliate spam working out for you?
The SVCC 2018 affiliate program doesn't end until 3/25. I should find out shortly thereafter if I qualify for t-shirt (25 points) or a signed Apple 1 schematic by Steve Wozniak (500 points). The latter would enhance my geek cred.
Last year I ordered a t-shirt from Teespring for Christmas: "I work out so I can eat all the holiday cookies." The website had a new algorithm for determining best size. I put in my height, weight and body shape. The answer was 5XL. Uh, no. I was able to specify 2XL instead. That shirt when I got it fit comfortably. If I had ordered the 5XL, it would have fit me like a circus tent.
Old silver coins are only 10% of my silver stack. These days I'm buying 5-oz ATB coins on preorder and generic silver to reduce the average cost per ounce. However, if the market goes down, I'll be buying more stock than silver.
Smart money recognizes that the Trump run up in the markets is coming to an end. The party is over and the booze tab is coming due. Time to buckle down for the slump and start buying stocks on the way down.
As an IT contractor for 20+ years, I'm always a "flight risk" since I'm thinking about the next assignment on the first day of the current assignment. One manager found it annoying that I was talking to recruiters during my 15 minute and lunch breaks. I pointed out that the contract was only for six weeks, the entire team (20 contractors) would get laid off at the same time, and it wasn't any of his business that I was talking to recruiters to line up my next assignment.
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For the government IT project that I work on as a contractor, contractors have gotten let go within two weeks of starting work. Why? Because they thought they could get hire, not show up and still get paid. Others have been dismissed for just simply not being a team player and/or expressing a negative ("Not my job! That's someone else's job."). One guy got dismissed because he lied on his background check about not being a murderer.
Silicon Valley has mixed developments with the ground floor being concrete and steel for stores and parking, and four floors of wood for apartments and condos. Wood buildings above four floor require iron reinforcement. If you're iron for reinforcement, it's cheaper to use concrete instead for taller buildings.
The Apple Park Visitor Center Store behind the spaceship is no better. Several of the glass panels can swing outward to form entry ways. Very easy to walk into a glass pane.
I don't think Atari has given up their original purpose of going into bankruptcy every so often.
Most people associate the original Atari with the Atari 2600 and most Atari 2600 owners had Pac-Man and Space Invaders.
When I worked at Accolade, it got bought out by Infogrames in the pre-dot com bust era. Infogrames would later buy Hasbro Interactive, which owned the Atari intellectual property. A few months after the QA team moved to Sunnyvale, home of the original Atari, Infogrames became Atari to no one's surprise. When the Hollywood convergence, publishing every game on every platform failed and funding dried up from the dot com bust, the studios that Infogrames bought at two to four times actual value were sold for pennies on the dollar. What's left is a shell company getting into cryptocurrency.
Same company, different owners, multiple personality disorders. Go figure.
If you want a slow Windows PC, download Stardock and make Windows look like a Mac.
Please, bitches. Diablo III.
The only reason I take the express bus than drive is because I don't have a car, I don't need to have a car and it's hell on earth when the daily fender benders pile up into lane blocking accidents. The express bus is faster most of the time because of the commute lane.
Yes, because busses are warm and the outside is cold.
Silicon Valley has Hotel 22 (bus line 22) that runs 24/7, takes four hours to cross the valley from East San Jose to Palo Alto, and provides shelter for a roving band of homeless people that can afford a $7 day pass.
At Night, This Bus Doubles As a Homeless Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn-CLjbq0bg
After users spent years reposting YouTube videos on Facebook, they now want to be a legit video platform.
My first introduction to Facebook was sitting in a movie theater to watch "Julia & Julia" in 2009, where a group of grandmothers sat behind me. One of them shared the newest baby photos of their grandson and the rest were cooing over their cellphones. That was weird. The movie was much better.
Another week starts, another cringe-inducing creepy comment from our resident autistic virgin pederast!!!
I read the replies to my Friday comments this morning. Very cringe worthy indeed.
How's the Comic Con affiliate spam working out for you?
The SVCC 2018 affiliate program doesn't end until 3/25. I should find out shortly thereafter if I qualify for t-shirt (25 points) or a signed Apple 1 schematic by Steve Wozniak (500 points). The latter would enhance my geek cred.
Google is going after Apple's snatch?
From an episode of Castle: "Do space cowboys exist?"
Packard Bell?! Meh... I got a Compaq with a 5.25" Quantum Bigfoot drive for my legacy applications.
When I was a kid in the 1970's, the Bay Area was a great place for a kid to build pipe bombs and prepare for the revolution.
Go to the farmer's market, buy a coconut, and cut a hole in the coconut. Pound on your chest. "Me Tarzan." Point at coconut. "You Jane."
When I worked at Cisco, I let Ali pay for my lunch on several occasions.
Great... just what my TARDIS needed... another time traveling video game console from the 21st century.
The guy who got fired for the false ballistic missile alert in Hawaii got a new job on the East Coast.
Last year I ordered a t-shirt from Teespring for Christmas: "I work out so I can eat all the holiday cookies." The website had a new algorithm for determining best size. I put in my height, weight and body shape. The answer was 5XL. Uh, no. I was able to specify 2XL instead. That shirt when I got it fit comfortably. If I had ordered the 5XL, it would have fit me like a circus tent.
Old silver coins are only 10% of my silver stack. These days I'm buying 5-oz ATB coins on preorder and generic silver to reduce the average cost per ounce. However, if the market goes down, I'll be buying more stock than silver.
Smart money recognizes that the Trump run up in the markets is coming to an end. The party is over and the booze tab is coming due. Time to buckle down for the slump and start buying stocks on the way down.
As an IT contractor for 20+ years, I'm always a "flight risk" since I'm thinking about the next assignment on the first day of the current assignment. One manager found it annoying that I was talking to recruiters during my 15 minute and lunch breaks. I pointed out that the contract was only for six weeks, the entire team (20 contractors) would get laid off at the same time, and it wasn't any of his business that I was talking to recruiters to line up my next assignment.