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What's also weird to me is that the joke itself was so innocuous... He went with GI Jane, a strong female character, rather than say, George Costanza or some other negative character. Maybe it's giving him too much credit, but it's Chris Rock... if he were really trying to burn her for her baldness, don't you think he would have done better? I think Smith and some others are confusing the subject with the target of the joke. Frankly, I don't think violence should ever be the answer to a joke. Smith looks like a bloody idiot, IMO, especially when he then makes a speech about being called to be a vessel for peace.

From Reddit: What does Chris Rock have on his face?

Assaulting people on live television. Very cool, very normal.

@Biggie, assuming you aren't just trolling, you're making the classic mistake of extrapolating from a small sample size. Even if every single person on this board had a mild case that just felt like a cold, this is an infinitesimally tiny percentage of total COVID cases (e.g. 1000 users [olol] / 476 million cases worldwide [according to the WHO] = 0.0000021%) and wouldn't prove a damn thing about its severity to the world population at large. I'm legitimately happy for you that your case was mild, but acting like the vaccines are unnecessary because you had a mild case is to completely misunderstand the point when literally millions and millions of people worldwide did not have your experience.

I 🙋🏻‍♂️ think 🤔 it helps 💪🏻 to clarify 🔍 the context for idiots . Yeah it's annoying. Do not want.

So long, and thanks for all the nukes?

Damn it. Been a fan of Foo Fighters for 20 years; poor Dave, Nate, Chris, and Pat. Glad I got to see them in concert a couple times... they do indeed put on a hell of a show. RIP, Taylor.

Anecdotally, even here around Portland, OR I'm seeing a steadily declining number of masks. In the past, going even 20 minutes outside of Portland was always like entering another world in this regard, but it seems everyone is giving up here too.

You're right, of course. I'm not guaranteed the direct hire sysadmin job, and in the meantime my current employer clearly does not have my best interests at heart.

Since I'm sure everyone is very invested in my saga : Asked for the raise yesterday, was told by the HR guy it was not possible but that the position might be getting made into a direct hire position and that if it goes that way, he would strongly encourage me to apply, because then it's on them if they want to pull me out of the lab. This weekend marks the beginning of my intense job search phase as a plan B.

Hey, it worked for 45!

Her elbows were pretty pointy, too.

Congrats on the new card! If it makes you feel any better, I also paid about that but for a 3070 Ti, so you got the better deal. What are you upgrading from, and what's going to be your first game you try?

Godspeed, you maverick renegade! But seriously, feel better soon, and keep us updated!

Thanks for the response. Sounds like our potential paths are very similar. Which certs did you do? A few days ago I had told our HR guy that I wanted to throw my hat in the ring for a sysadmin position that of course would have still been in IT but it would have paid a lot better ($34/hour) and would have gotten me more programming/scripting experience. Today they sat me down and basically told me that I was too valuable in my current position so they couldn't afford to move me since it would create a big vacuum. They've been having such terrible turnover that there's nobody to replace me, and the lab I run is too valuable to the overall operation. The best part is that they're also asking me to help conduct the interviews for the position I want. Tomorrow I'm asking for a raise.

FWIW, I pay about $1350/month for a 550 sq. ft. studio apartment close to downtown Portland. Several friends who have houses have seen their house go up from around $200k to $350k or more in the last few years. A couple I know was looking to move to a house closer in to town (currently out near Gresham) and they were struggling to find anything remotely central for less than $600k.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Probably both.

Has anyone here ever made the transition from IT to programmer? How did you do it? I have a master's in CS but since I didn't do any internships , I got my first post-school job working IT, doing tech support for a contracting company at Intel. I've been there for nearly two years now and though I enjoy the work itself, management is OK, etc., the pay is not great (about $55k/year, too low when living in Portland, OR) and basically I feel stuck. There isn't really anywhere else to go within the company (I'm the technical team lead) unless I want to continue my current path into management, so I'm thinking it's time to put my degrees to use and make the jump to programming, since I always enjoyed it and it seems to generally pay a lot better. Other than some light scripting in my current job, all of my programming experience is academic, however. To beef up my resume to land that first programming gig, I'm thinking it's maybe best to just start making some apps in my free time and maybe get something like an Oracle Certified Associate certification for Java 8. I think getting this cert shouldn't be hard given all of my academic training. I've also been reading through Cracking the Coding Interview, which seems to be one of the generally most highly recommended books for interview prep. For those who have made the leap, what was your route? Any tips or suggestions?

Dickhead doesn't deserve my outrage, so I'm not going to give it to him.

If this becomes law, Biden will go down as the President who made the largest contribution to the nation's collective mental health.

Alright, yup, fuck everything about this.

Is this the kind of thing that would be found with a home inspection? I'm a complete n00b with these kinds of things but I'm hoping to be buying a place in the not-too-distant future, and you've got me nervous.

When I adopted my Aussie, one of the questions they asked me was: What would you do with your dog if your life circumstances changed? For example, a new partner was allergic or you had to move? My answer: they wouldn't be my partner for long, and the dog would get to go on a road trip to our new place. Easy question. These people take it to another level. 🇺🇦

Dipshits gonna dipshit, I guess.