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[breadbocks]

Try watching Task manager while that's going on, and see if it's running out of memory or something.

[nenjin]

I think it's just a quick and dirty way Sketchup manages terrain deformation. You select the grid, and it looks at all the points and planes present, and pre-calculates everything before it lets you act (rather than calculating as you are making changes, which would result in lag while you're trying to do something. For example when you select what you've made and go back to run a smoothing algorithm between the points to get rid of hard edges, it tells you how many objects you've got selected. I'm dealing with 7,000+ objects at a time.

Considering it's kind of a side feature of Sketchup, I shouldn't be surprised it runs inefficiently in large scale.

What I don't get is why it keeps reverting my grids once I've done my thing. I do the same process everytime, and 50% of the time the changes I made to the grid (exploding out all its component triangles so the Smoove Tool has more things to work with) are reverted, and 50% of the time they're not.

[ein]

The Dev Team Thinks of Everything.
If you want to code worth a damn, you better fucking follow it.
Fuck.

[Angel Of Death]

People who argue on the internet, yet wouldn't have the balls to argue in real life are making me rather pissed off.

[Ochita]

Oh, AoD, I know what you mean...

Also, having someone take things personally, even when its blatantly obvious that your not making it personal, and then having that person personally retaliate..


I feel as if I've just been served 10 cups of pure RAAAAAAAAAAAGEEEEE.

[Solifuge]

Spoiler: I know jobs are hard to get right now, but this is ridiculous (click to show/hide)

So, I've been exceedingly poor and unemployed for a bit now. I hate having to borrow money from friends and family, so when I'd gotten a second interview, and confirmation of being hired a month ago, I was more relieved than I have been in some time; it meant a paycheck would be in before the end of the month! They said they'd call me with my hours and location, and that I'd be starting within the week. This was mid-May, mind you.

After not hearing anything from them for a week, followed by another week of silence despite 2 follow-up phone messages and an email, I tried calling again. I got ahold of the HR director I'd interviewed with, and she told me I'd be starting on the 6th, and she would email me the directions to the site, and the time to come in for my orientation. At this point, my savings have been reduced to a few rolls of quarters, and $50 in my savings account... I had to borrow for the end of May, with the reassurance that I'd have 2 paychecks in by the end of June, which was enough to start paying folks back.

Again, I received no emails or calls after that, despite following up on my follow-up yet again. The 6th came and went. Then I called again, and caught the HR director in her office. She said she would be emailing my starting information right away, and that my orientation was re-scheduled for the 13th. Nice. At least I'd get 1 paycheck in before the end of the month, so I could pay some bills. I'd do my best to help folks understand.

I woke up for my orientation at 5am. I show up, and the site director meets with me (after having me stand outside her office for some 30 minutes), and says that the HR director had scheduled too many people for orientation today, and told me she'd have to re-re-reschedule my start date, pushing it back to this Wednesday. Almost a month and a half since I was told I'd be working, and half a month later than my confirmed hire-on date and time. This means no June paychecks, and borrowing yet again.

TL;DR: This is, without a doubt, the least professional company I've ever tried to work for. Half a month passed between my "confirmed" hire-in date and my actual hire-in date, and when I show up at our scheduled appointment, they postpone it AGAIN. What the crap, guys.

[freeformschooler]

Spoiler: I know jobs are hard to get right now, but this is ridiculous (click to show/hide)

So, I've been exceedingly poor and unemployed for a bit now. I hate having to borrow money from friends and family, so when I'd gotten a second interview, and confirmation of being hired a month ago, I was more relieved than I have been in some time; it meant a paycheck would be in before the end of the month! They said they'd call me with my hours and location, and that I'd be starting within the week. This was mid-May, mind you.

After not hearing anything from them for a week, followed by another week of silence despite 2 follow-up phone messages and an email, I tried calling again. I got ahold of the HR director I'd interviewed with, and she told me I'd be starting on the 6th, and she would email me the directions to the site, and the time to come in for my orientation. At this point, my savings have been reduced to a few rolls of quarters, and $50 in my savings account... I had to borrow for the end of May, with the reassurance that I'd have 2 paychecks in by the end of June, which was enough to start paying folks back.

Again, I received no emails or calls after that, despite following up on my follow-up yet again. The 6th came and went. Then I called again, and caught the HR director in her office. She said she would be emailing my starting information right away, and that my orientation was re-scheduled for the 13th. Nice. At least I'd get 1 paycheck in before the end of the month, so I could pay some bills. I'd do my best to help folks understand.

I woke up for my orientation at 5am. I show up, and the site director meets with me (after having me stand outside her office for some 30 minutes), and says that the HR director had scheduled too many people for orientation today, and told me she'd have to re-re-reschedule my start date, pushing it back to this Wednesday. Almost a month and a half since I was told I'd be working, and half a month later than my confirmed hire-on date and time. This means no June paychecks, and borrowing yet again.

TL;DR: This is, without a doubt, the least professional company I've ever tried to work for. Half a month passed between my "confirmed" hire-in date and my actual hire-in date, and when I show up at our scheduled appointment, they postpone it AGAIN. What the crap, guys.

This sums up my experience with getting jobs so far. All I can say is, even when somebody's stringing you along, don't stop filling out applications and stuff.

[Aqizzar]

Yeah, I'm on my way to a "job fair" in just a bit myself, with my incredibly sparse resume in hand, so I can at least show that I'm trying to not be an under-employed mooch the rest of my life.  Which I certainly don't want to be, but damned if the world ain't making it easy on recent college grads with no vocational skills or professional experience.

Some days, I wonder why I went to college at all.

[RedKing]

Spoiler: I know jobs are hard to get right now, but this is ridiculous (click to show/hide)

So, I've been exceedingly poor and unemployed for a bit now. I hate having to borrow money from friends and family, so when I'd gotten a second interview, and confirmation of being hired a month ago, I was more relieved than I have been in some time; it meant a paycheck would be in before the end of the month! They said they'd call me with my hours and location, and that I'd be starting within the week. This was mid-May, mind you.

After not hearing anything from them for a week, followed by another week of silence despite 2 follow-up phone messages and an email, I tried calling again. I got ahold of the HR director I'd interviewed with, and she told me I'd be starting on the 6th, and she would email me the directions to the site, and the time to come in for my orientation. At this point, my savings have been reduced to a few rolls of quarters, and $50 in my savings account... I had to borrow for the end of May, with the reassurance that I'd have 2 paychecks in by the end of June, which was enough to start paying folks back.

Again, I received no emails or calls after that, despite following up on my follow-up yet again. The 6th came and went. Then I called again, and caught the HR director in her office. She said she would be emailing my starting information right away, and that my orientation was re-scheduled for the 13th. Nice. At least I'd get 1 paycheck in before the end of the month, so I could pay some bills. I'd do my best to help folks understand.

I woke up for my orientation at 5am. I show up, and the site director meets with me (after having me stand outside her office for some 30 minutes), and says that the HR director had scheduled too many people for orientation today, and told me she'd have to re-re-reschedule my start date, pushing it back to this Wednesday. Almost a month and a half since I was told I'd be working, and half a month later than my confirmed hire-on date and time. This means no June paychecks, and borrowing yet again.

TL;DR: This is, without a doubt, the least professional company I've ever tried to work for. Half a month passed between my "confirmed" hire-in date and my actual hire-in date, and when I show up at our scheduled appointment, they postpone it AGAIN. What the crap, guys.

Dude...what kind of company is this? That's just pants-on-head retarded.

And believe me...it's not much easier for people WITH skills and/or experience. I've been trying for the last three years since I got out of grad school. Thank God I landed this gig to pay the bills.

[Solifuge]

It's not much better for undergraduates with all sorts of job experience either. I've worked for the state, in offices, restaurants, and supermarkets, helped run a Mom and Pop store, and spent a few years as a freelance musician... and this is the first solid prospect I've gotten in almost 2 months.

Anyway, good luck Aqizzar. Put some fancy borders on the resume, and if you lack job experience, talk about learned skills and life experiences that make you sound more qualified or memorable. Talking about playing music and chasing an injured goose on a pontoon boat for waterfowl rehabilitation helped make me memorable enough to get a position I was WAY underqualified for, so it can work.

[Nadaka]

Yeah, I'm on my way to a "job fair" in just a bit myself, with my incredibly sparse resume in hand, so I can at least show that I'm trying to not be an under-employed mooch the rest of my life.  Which I certainly don't want to be, but damned if the world ain't making it easy on recent college grads with no vocational skills or professional experience.

Some days, I wonder why I went to college at all.

My little sister who graduated at the top of her class and had a paid internship during college has been unemployed for over 2 years since she graduated. She got her Architectural Engineering degree just in time for the housing crash and is competing against people with 30 years of experience for entry level positions.

[Aqizzar]

Yeah, I'm on my way to a "job fair" in just a bit myself, with my incredibly sparse resume in hand, so I can at least show that I'm trying to not be an under-employed mooch the rest of my life.

Well, that was a lot of fun.  I don't have two to four years experience in outside sales, so apparently the professional world will have nothing to do with me.

The "resume workshop" promised on the invitation turned out to be a lie.  The two representatives that seemed close enough to my areas of ability took my resume with a smile and looked at it like guro-porn.  There is exactly one "style" of resume that everyone is supposed to use, but no one will ever tell you what this style is.  You're just supposed to know it, because you're an adult now and that's one of the things adults know.  You'd think recruiters, having looked for a job at least once themselves and seen likely hundreds of applications, would be somewhat receptive to the idea that not everyone gains the Universal Resume Template by osmosis upon graduating highschool, especially since it's a template specifically designed to humiliate entry-level applicants.

Does no one realize what a daunting prospect it is write down everything that you're good at, in such a way that employers are looking to see, without knowing what that is?  I can't even think of "career objectives" or "personal qualities" besides "ME NEED JOB HIRE ME NAO", let alone write them down.  And if I was a recruiter for a company, I would specifically throw out any resume that included objectives or qualities, because I and the company don't give a shit about your hopes and dreams; my honest assessment of myself is to not describe such things unsolicited.

[RedKing]

Does no one realize what a daunting prospect it is write down everything that you're good at, in such a way that HR minions can scan your resume in 15 seconds or less and determine your worth?

Fixed. This doubly a problem now that the economy sucks and there are three times as many applicants for every given job. My wife was recently involved in hiring for an associate director for her department. That's a glorified term for "one step up from secretary". Pay is meh. Benefits are meh.

They had over 300 applicants in the first week. That's a hell of a lot of resumes to go through.

When I've applied for even flunky-level DIA jobs where I'd have to move to Northwest Bumfuckistan, there are STILL 300-400 applicants I'm competing against (DIA is odd that way...you can actually see how many other people applied for the same position).

As a result, HR departments resort to draconian, mechanical ways to seperate the wheat from the chaff. In some cases, simply having a phrasing different that what they're looking for can make the difference between getting past the 1st cutdown and ending up in the trashcan. They might be looking for "project management" and your resume might say "Managed projects". Too bad, try again.

[bremarv]

Almost a month and a half since I was told I'd be working, and half a month later than my confirmed hire-on date and time. This means no June paychecks, and borrowing yet again.

This is one of the things I really hate, when they constantly postpone, never call you back or answer your calls, even when it's agreed. Went through a similar situation just after graduating, though I was not completely broke at that time. When I called to check no the status and they where busy, the secretary always said they would call me back, but they never did. I learned that the only way to get into contact with them was calling before 9am. About a month and a half after the interview, I finally got a no, but they had known about it for atleast two weeks at that time, they just had not bothered to inform me.

Makes me really happy with the company I work with now, where in the few cases my contact is too busy they call me back as soon as they got time, rarely more than 30 min later.


a rage of my own: begun playing the withcer again for the 3rd time (never finished it) and after, again, using over an hour trying to keep Abigail alive through the fight with the Beast and the mob alive I find out friendly npcs don't die, the just falls unconscious
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FUUUUU!!!

[olemars]

As a result, HR departments resort to draconian, mechanical ways to seperate the wheat from the chaff. In some cases, simply having a phrasing different that what they're looking for can make the difference between getting past the 1st cutdown and ending up in the trashcan. They might be looking for "project management" and your resume might say "Managed projects". Too bad, try again.

I know of several places that automatically discard resumes longer than a single A4 page. Handwritten or "fancy" resumes also go in the shredder.