Whenever I WebEx, I always make sure to share only the application, not everything that appears on the monitor. This occasionally slows me down switching from application to application, but I always know precisely what other people are going to be seeing on their screens.
Funny answers are still smalltalk. To really show you aren't into it, try "How I do what, exactly?"
It's not that I'm not into it, though. With a lot of these people, I'm happy to stop for a moment and find out how they're doing, and I thought the feeling was mutual.
The next time somebody asks how you are, reply, "Just terrible, thank you." in a cheerful voice. The odds are whoever asked will respond to your tone of voice, not your words.
I'm going to try that on someone who looks distracted sometime. I'll bet it will work.
I don't think I figured out till my early '20s that most people don't actually expect an answer when they open with "How are you doing?", much less an honest one, and I grew up here. Nobody tells you these things.
Just what I was coming here to say. I'd contribute more if that 1% of editors would let me. After having one too many articles (about historical events, I might add) I'd put real time into researching get deleted for not being notable, I gave up.
I don't hate taxes as such. I hate being nickel-and-dimed all the time. For instance, Virginia has a car tax. It's extra paperwork to fill out every year, you have to get the stupid sticker onto the windshield, and if you forget the state just adds up fees instead of reminding you. I would much rather pay more in income tax. Income tax also has the added benefit of being less regressive so my previous grad student self could have paid less and my current white-collar self would pay more.
I was going to call BS, too, but only on the theory that they could change or revoke anything at any time if it's a cloud-based setting rather than something managed locally. Your theory is even more disturbing, though, so it's probably the one that's correct.
Their whole marketing department has probably come down with depression over the last few years, so it's clearly time to trot out the interns doing something fun and not particularly consequential. Maybe next year they'll do a viral video.
(For the record, I'd like to see them doing well again. The more competition at the cutting edge, the better. But they got complacent, and it looks like SpaceX is about to eat the rest of their lunch, with Blue Origin possibly stealing a bit, too.)
I know some people believe he resurfaced years later as an auteur, but I don't buy it. Everyone knows he really died fighting Sasquatch to protect a bunch of hot, shirtless young men.
My wife was at the conference where this was unveiled and she came home excited about it. When we went to install it on our phones, though, we discovered it requested a surprising array of permissions that you wouldn't think it would need, like information about your contacts list. I think I'll hold off till they scale that back to something more reasonable.
A fair point. I guess I'm used to it copying the first few paragraphs of an article about the topic, so there's at least some analysis involved. For instance, I thought these two articles from yesterday were much more helpful than a press release-type article like the one in the OP: http://tech.slashdot.org/story... http://developers.slashdot.org...
That's actually really funny, but I'm not sure anyone got it. Unless you're being serious and it really is named Theseus, in which case it's hysterical.
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Whenever I WebEx, I always make sure to share only the application, not everything that appears on the monitor. This occasionally slows me down switching from application to application, but I always know precisely what other people are going to be seeing on their screens.
This comic is a dispatch from the future of this city.
I've heard Pashtun culture is like that, too. I wonder how people learn they're supposed to ask and respond like that.
Funny answers are still smalltalk. To really show you aren't into it, try "How I do what, exactly?"
It's not that I'm not into it, though. With a lot of these people, I'm happy to stop for a moment and find out how they're doing, and I thought the feeling was mutual.
I like, "I'm present, how are you?"
I'll give it a try and see what happens. Should be fun.
The next time somebody asks how you are, reply, "Just terrible, thank you." in a cheerful voice. The odds are whoever asked will respond to your tone of voice, not your words.
I'm going to try that on someone who looks distracted sometime. I'll bet it will work.
I don't think I figured out till my early '20s that most people don't actually expect an answer when they open with "How are you doing?", much less an honest one, and I grew up here. Nobody tells you these things.
Well, they'll tell you there will be cake, but it will be a lie.
Just what I was coming here to say. I'd contribute more if that 1% of editors would let me. After having one too many articles (about historical events, I might add) I'd put real time into researching get deleted for not being notable, I gave up.
So, are the shoeshine boys handing out stock tips yet?
Same here!
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I don't hate taxes as such. I hate being nickel-and-dimed all the time. For instance, Virginia has a car tax. It's extra paperwork to fill out every year, you have to get the stupid sticker onto the windshield, and if you forget the state just adds up fees instead of reminding you. I would much rather pay more in income tax. Income tax also has the added benefit of being less regressive so my previous grad student self could have paid less and my current white-collar self would pay more.
I was going to call BS, too, but only on the theory that they could change or revoke anything at any time if it's a cloud-based setting rather than something managed locally. Your theory is even more disturbing, though, so it's probably the one that's correct.
I love that these dispatches are still running. All hail K'Breel!
Anyone know if this will integrate with Bluetooth OBD II readers? I did RTFA...well, I searched TFA, and didn't see anything one way or another.
Their whole marketing department has probably come down with depression over the last few years, so it's clearly time to trot out the interns doing something fun and not particularly consequential. Maybe next year they'll do a viral video.
(For the record, I'd like to see them doing well again. The more competition at the cutting edge, the better. But they got complacent, and it looks like SpaceX is about to eat the rest of their lunch, with Blue Origin possibly stealing a bit, too.)
I know some people believe he resurfaced years later as an auteur, but I don't buy it. Everyone knows he really died fighting Sasquatch to protect a bunch of hot, shirtless young men.
Good idea. I keep forgetting that I can get Xposed for Lollipop now.
My wife was at the conference where this was unveiled and she came home excited about it. When we went to install it on our phones, though, we discovered it requested a surprising array of permissions that you wouldn't think it would need, like information about your contacts list. I think I'll hold off till they scale that back to something more reasonable.
Well, some people are only a few seconds from a stairwell or could at least get under a sturdy desk.
Once upon a time, I thought those would have been sufficient.
A fair point. I guess I'm used to it copying the first few paragraphs of an article about the topic, so there's at least some analysis involved. For instance, I thought these two articles from yesterday were much more helpful than a press release-type article like the one in the OP:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story...
http://developers.slashdot.org...
Is the anonymous reader just quoting a press release? It doesn't seem like there's much analysis or original thought in this "story."
That's actually really funny, but I'm not sure anyone got it. Unless you're being serious and it really is named Theseus, in which case it's hysterical.