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[#] Tue Sep 16 2014 21:06:39 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

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was to fire the see-carpet brats that Iggy likes so much...

Unfortunately the firing was not done with a flamethrower.

It would have been appropriate if they'd been kept aboard, though, so we could call Mono a legacy technology.,

[#] Wed Sep 17 2014 11:03:49 UTC from dothebart

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Tue Sep 16 2014 17:06:39 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored
was to fire the see-carpet brats that Iggy likes so much...

Unfortunately the firing was not done with a flamethrower.

It would have been appropriate if they'd been kept aboard, though, so we could call Mono a legacy technology.,

hm, mono is to young to be called legacy. I guess its simply "obsolete" since except for some silly cornerstone proof of concept apps it never really gained traction afaik.



[#] Thu Sep 18 2014 00:32:57 UTC from Sig

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Phone interview went really well. Considering I haven't had any kind of civilian interview experience since 2003 or so, this pleases me. Still not sure I want the job, but I'm willing to go farther and learn more if they call me back.

[#] Thu Sep 18 2014 08:54:41 UTC from fleeb

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Ugh.

Phone interviews....

They feel almost impossible for someone like me, because I can misinterpret questions with great ease without being able to see someone's face.

[#] Thu Sep 18 2014 13:38:19 UTC from fleeb

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"O! To return to those halcyon days, before we had a sub-conscious."

The kinds of things you might hear if you work near me.

[#] Thu Sep 18 2014 21:11:21 UTC from Ladyhawke

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That's great, Sig!  Good luck!



[#] Fri Sep 19 2014 14:31:41 UTC from fleeb

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I find myself annoyed (for no good reason, really) at the effort required by my coworker to drink water from his bottle.

*Every* *single* *time* he drinks from this, which isn't rare, he exhales as if he has accomplished some major effort, like running up a flight of stairs, or lifting a great weight.

It shouldn't annoy me, but it does. And I'm too polite to say anything to him about it.

[#] Fri Sep 19 2014 16:50:49 UTC from fleeb

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Aaaand, he just did it again.

I don't know if I've ever hear anyone swallow water this loudly, either.

I've taken to trying to drown out the sound of it by humming, or talking aloud, or whatever so I distract myself.

Soo stupid that this annoys me.

[#] Fri Sep 19 2014 20:16:04 UTC from Ladyhawke

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Gives new meaning to Chinese Water Torture....



[#] Fri Sep 19 2014 20:17:30 UTC from fleeb

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In this case, it's an Indian water torture.

[#] Sat Sep 20 2014 00:31:31 UTC from anonymous

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Just imitate him when you drink water, he will catch on.

[#] Sat Sep 20 2014 14:38:41 UTC from fleeb

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Heh... immitate, and amplify. Maybe act like I'm having an orgasm with every drink.

[#] Sat Sep 20 2014 18:33:22 UTC from the_mgt

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Join in, start cheering, play some stadium class winning music, throw confetti, etc.

Or simply leave an anonymous note, "Sorry that I am annoyed by your exhaling after drinking from your waterbottle". I bet it is something he doesn't do consciously, he simply formed an annoying habit.



[#] Sun Sep 21 2014 10:28:18 UTC from triLcat

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play classical music at all times. If it doesn't drown out the sound, it will at least help you remain zen about it.

 



[#] Mon Sep 22 2014 05:29:07 UTC from ax25

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Sun Sep 21 2014 06:28:18 AM EDT from triLcat @ Uncensored

play classical music at all times. If it doesn't drown out the sound, it will at least help you remain zen about it.

 



This!  I just listen to bad 80's music (sub whatever suits your taste) and my annoying office wall loud talker fades in to the distance.  If you need to do some heavy reading / comprehension work, I would consider the classical music a better alternative.



[#] Mon Sep 22 2014 12:33:02 UTC from fleeb

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Heh... I'd love to have a nice classical background going on all the time on general principle, however, another general principle says I should avoid generating sounds in a cubicle farm.

[#] Tue Sep 23 2014 20:01:06 UTC from fleeb

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Ah, that's interesting.

It's true that there are a number of noises like this that really annoy me, but I acknowledge that it's me, and try to simply deal with it.

Most of the time, my annoyance is mild, but this guy's efforts are more annoying to me than usual.

[#] Wed Sep 24 2014 11:42:12 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

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The guy closest to me is probably the single most distracting person in the company (and I suspect I was placed next to him deliberately as an act of marginalization/demoralization). Yesterday he went all Steve Ballmer and started throwing chairs around.

[#] Wed Sep 24 2014 14:11:11 UTC from fleeb

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Linux dev: "Oh... FORWARD slash, not back..."

me: "Are you *sure* you're a Linux developer?"

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