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[Lagslayer]

I think. I think there are woodpeckers in this area. At first, I thought it was just some asshole banging on something. But it's been going on pretty much constantly for days. Days. Without meaningful interruption, beyond stopping when the sun goes down. Bangbangbangbangbangbangbangpause. Bangbangbangbangbangpause. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

I'd be throwing shit if I wasn't fairly sure those little red feathered bastards are endangered. Last time I threw something in the direction of a bird it was a BB, the bloody thing was a couple hundred yards away, I wasn't even aiming, and the bird died.  And fell into the pond it was over. A rock isn't fired from a BB gun, but the point kinda' still stands. Also peoples houses and windows and stuff, for the inevitable misses.

Point being there's what sounds like a cross between popping popcorn and a firecracker going off, going off basically unceasingly. Has been doing so for hours (days). And shows no signs of stopping.

It's getting annoying.

I didn't realize that hitbox problem was never addressed.

[SalmonGod]

Last time I threw something in the direction of a bird it was a BB, the bloody thing was a couple hundred yards away, I wasn't even aiming, and the bird died.  And fell into the pond it was over.

This is epic on the level of braining a bronze titan with a fluffy wambler.

[Zrk2]

I'm a bad coder, and I feel bad. Also I have no fucking clue why my code does nothing.

[Skyrunner]

There's the Programmer Help thread and the ifProgrammer thread. It seems bay12 has Proficient Programmers(or higher) in pretty much every language XD

[lemon10]

MY BLOODY CALCULUS II TEST WAS TOO LONG.

Now, it would have been one thing if I didn't know the material (I did, I could have done every single question (and be unsure over only a single answer) given enough time).
It would have been another thing if I was slow at taking tests (I am not, this teacher is literally the only teacher to ever give me a test that I couldn't complete in the given time unless A) I didn't know the material or B) give everyone like a hour extra to finish it).

Literally not a single person finished, and at the end of class he went around and collected all the tests.
To top it off, the last test was too long as well, and only two people finished that one. You would have thought that he would have taken the bloody hint and made this one significantly shorter. But nope, this one was just as long as the previous one.

[Zrk2]

MY BLOODY CALCULUS II TEST WAS TOO LONG.

Now, it would have been one thing if I didn't know the material (I did, I could have done every single question (and be unsure over only a single answer) given enough time).
It would have been another thing if I was slow at taking tests (I am not, this teacher is literally the only teacher to ever give me a test that I couldn't complete in the given time unless A) I didn't know the material or B) give everyone like a hour extra to finish it).

Literally not a single person finished, and at the end of class he went around and collected all the tests.
To top it off, the last test was too long as well, and only two people finished that one. You would have thought that he would have taken the bloody hint and made this one significantly shorter. But nope, this one was just as long as the previous one.

Sounds a bit like one of my profs. He flat out said "you don't need to do this right, just do it quickly." He doesn't write the exams.

[SalmonGod]

So I discovered the true reasoning behind the QIP policy today.  Don't know why I didn't put this together myself.  A co-worker explained it to me.

Last year, customs raised the value limit and cleaned up a bunch of nitpicky rules on "Informal" shipments.  Those are imports that can be released to the customer before a brokerage entry has been made for review by a customs officer, because they're not considered expensive enough to be important for tax revenue.  Now a much, much larger proportion of the workload is informal.

Before this, the meat of the workforce was level 10 employees, which is where I am.  Our primary job was to process "Formal" shipments, though we process informals too after the formals have been cleared out.  Level 9 employees process "Informal" shipments and get paid about 5% less.  The company now needs a lot less 10s, and a lot more 9s. 

So instead of being any combination of sensible, direct, honest, or humane, they chose to invent a policy with standards that are literally impossible to live up to, to give themselves an excuse to fire most of their main workforce without offering severances or dealing with any of the bad publicity that goes with laying people off for restructuring.  This eliminates any hopes I may have had of simply weathering this thing out.  I'm losing my job soon.  I think a month is the safest estimate of how much time I have left to find another one.

[MonkeyHead]

So, can you work out who is snowed in with an intermittant electricity supply? Thats right, me. Well done. You win a prize - a handful of snow.

[Lagslayer]

So I discovered the true reasoning behind the QIP policy today.  Don't know why I didn't put this together myself.  A co-worker explained it to me.

Last year, customs raised the value limit and cleaned up a bunch of nitpicky rules on "Informal" shipments.  Those are imports that can be released to the customer before a brokerage entry has been made for review by a customs officer, because they're not considered expensive enough to be important for tax revenue.  Now a much, much larger proportion of the workload is informal.

Before this, the meat of the workforce was level 10 employees, which is where I am.  Our primary job was to process "Formal" shipments, though we process informals too after the formals have been cleared out.  Level 9 employees process "Informal" shipments and get paid about 5% less.  The company now needs a lot less 10s, and a lot more 9s. 

So instead of being any combination of sensible, direct, honest, or humane, they chose to invent a policy with standards that are literally impossible to live up to, to give themselves an excuse to fire most of their main workforce without offering severances or dealing with any of the bad publicity that goes with laying people off for restructuring.  This eliminates any hopes I may have had of simply weathering this thing out.  I'm losing my job soon.  I think a month is the safest estimate of how much time I have left to find another one.

Can you get in trouble for releasing all the info after you lose your job? You could theoretically make them feel that bad publicity anyways, assuming it doesn't get you into trouble as well.

[da_nang]

So, can you work out who is snowed in with an intermittant electricity supply? Thats right, me. Well done. You win a prize - a handful of snow.

UK, right (Wales sigflag)? Heard there was a snowstorm there. Have they shut down everything yet?

_{I've had snow since October.}

[Nadaka]

ok i have to ask... this sigflag stuff... what the hell are yall talking about? I dont see any flags in anyones sigs?

[Flying Dice]

ok i have to ask... this sigflag stuff... what the hell are yall talking about? I dont see any flags in anyones sigs?

Have you enabled the viewing of images in sigs? It's off by default.

[anzki4]

ok i have to ask... this sigflag stuff... what the hell are yall talking about? I dont see any flags in anyones sigs?

You have enable images in signatures from forum settings.

EDIT:Ninja'd

[Loud Whispers]

ok i have to ask... this sigflag stuff... what the hell are yall talking about? I dont see any flags in anyones sigs?

Do you have... The knowledge?

[Flying Dice]

Actually, sigflags are like faeries. They're invisible unless they want to be seen.