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| Topic | I'm continually amazed how inactive most American adults are |
| Dikitain 02/18/21 2:21:52 PM #52 | Blame office jobs, I have continually argued they are worse on your health than pretty much anything else, even something like coal mining. I don't think I know anyone who worked an office job for 30 years and lived past 70. --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | has the winter affected you |
| Dikitain 02/16/21 8:43:21 AM #3 | In the sense that there is currently about 7-10 inches of snow on my driveway from last night, sure. Other than that, not really. This working from home thing means I can pretty much do snow removal whenever I feel like it. --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | My old dog (11.5 years) fell on the stairs outside |
| Dikitain 02/15/21 6:56:55 PM #20 | He is recovering well so far, no problems with his leg. Has to go back for evaluation at the end of the week to get the staples out of his leg and make sure he doesn't need the muzzle anymore. SunWuKung420 posted... I hope his recovery goes well. Yea, those same steps my dog fell down, he used to leap up them when he was younger. He never had a problem with it but it would scare the crap out of me because I thought he was going to break his leg if he missed. Thankfully he hasn't tried doing that in many many years. I also bought and installed a ramp on those stairs, but he hasn't gotten enough confidence to use it yet. Hopefully after tomorrow I can start getting him used to using it (too much snow out right now and supposed to have a storm tonight). --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | I have a plastic surgery consultation on Monday |
| Dikitain 02/12/21 10:03:52 AM #144 | TaKun782 posted... Because I always find it interesting to how people can even afford things like this. Either they put it on credit, or have a good enough paying job.Or you save for a long time. Saving up for something like this for two years would only be $30 a week. Which honestly is pretty reasonable. --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | Kingdom Hearts series coming to PC |
| Dikitain 02/11/21 3:51:10 PM #4 | Lokarin posted... Good, I haven't played them except for part of the first one...Eh, probably just a timed exclusive. Probably show up on Steam in 6-12 months (not GoG since there is no way in hell Square Enix would release a PC game without some form of DRM). --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | anyone else played a japanese game and got stuck because its japanese? |
| Dikitain 02/11/21 10:09:36 AM #9 | I remember playing the Super Famicom River City Ransom sequel (long before translations existed) and getting frustrated because I couldn't understand any of the text. --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | Do most boomers you know watch TV/YouTube for most of their non-working hours? |
| Dikitain 02/11/21 8:29:28 AM #13 | Yea, my dad is pretty much obsessed with Frontier Cooking, the Russian couple who have a cougar for a pet, competitive eating vlogs, and Alaskan Busch Pilots on Youtube. He also has Facebook, but rarely does anything on it other than post pictures of some of his flying adventures. --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | Was puberty difficult? |
| Dikitain 02/10/21 11:30:55 AM #11 | At the time? Probably one of the most stressful times of my life. Now, having dealt with numerous adult issues? Not even in the top 10. I would say the time right after puberty had finished was way worse. --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | How often do you actually play retro consoles anymore? |
| Dikitain 02/08/21 1:33:26 PM #20 | I'll dust off the old consoles and play them once in a while, but for the most part my retro gaming is done with "mini" consoles, collections, or source ports (like GZDoom). --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | Only 47% of AMERICANS will get the VACCINE as Conservatives are SCARING THEM!!! |
| Dikitain 02/08/21 1:28:29 PM #9 | I am waiting, not because I am scared but because I am probably in the least risky group. The only time I go out in public is once a week for groceries, the people I associate with are also in the same situation as me (working from home) and I won't be going back into an office until at least June. I would rather wait out the rush and get the vaccine in like May when less people are trying to get their hands on it. No need for me to get it now. --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | American sparks debate by listing 'weirdest' things about UK |
| Dikitain 02/08/21 7:15:26 AM #11 | Every culture has stuff that is weird compared to others. When I was in Italy I thought it was weird that cafe's (like good expensive ones) pre-made their sandwiches and left them out on display to order. Like, really? Even Italian cafe's here have the decency to make their sandwiches to order. Is it really that hard to spend and extra minute waiting for someone to put stuff on bread? wwinterj25 posted... https://i.imgur.com/NcmYKeP.jpgI think your dog just puked on your toast, might want to throw that out. --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | My old dog (11.5 years) fell on the stairs outside |
| Dikitain 02/06/21 7:22:25 PM #13 | He is back, was a bit loopy from the anesthesia they gave him, but I finally got him calmed down. Here he is when he just got back and I finally got him into his bed: https://i.imgur.com/MGRnobu.jpg After he kept pacing around and banging into things, I replaced his e-collar with his old racing muzzle. He likes it WAY more, as you can tell he finally started relaxing and even took a nap: https://i.imgur.com/x431Vvd.jpg I have to put some tape over the bottom before bed so he can't lick through it, but since I am watching him now I don't need to worry too much. --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | My old dog (11.5 years) fell on the stairs outside |
| Dikitain 02/06/21 10:49:34 AM #7 | Clench281 posted... Poor guy. Poor eyesight, or just a fluke accident?I think it was just too slippery for him. Those stairs are kind of steep and since it snowed last night kind of slippery. It is going to be more trouble but from now on I'll just take him out on a leash through the front door. That way he won't have to try and climb those stairs anymore. ZenMaster420 posted... I will be sending good vibes and positive thoughts for the fast and successful recovery of your dog. TongYoon posted... I hope he recovers fast and nice. Jen0125 posted... Aww poor bb give him hugs from me SunWuKung420 posted... Aww. Sorry about your dog. Thanks everyone. :) --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | My old dog (11.5 years) fell on the stairs outside |
| Dikitain 02/06/21 8:21:47 AM #1 | Thankfully he is fine, but I had to rush him to the animal hospital. Had a large gash on his hind leg that needs treatment, no stitches. Has to get some blood work, antibiotics, and possibly some pain killers. Plus will have to wear a cone while it heals. Hopefully I can take him home in a few hours. --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | Mass Effect Trilogy Legendary Edition comes out in like two months. |
| Dikitain 02/05/21 7:30:04 PM #44 | I played the trilogy a couple years ago when Origin Access was free for a month. I MIGHT get it, but not for full price. Plus, I am not looking forward to playing Mass Effect 3 again. I am still baffled how people spent so much time complaining about the ending when the rest of that game was such a horrible mess to get through. --- After 16 years, I have decided my signature will NOT be about my job! But I still don't know what to put here so...yea... |
| Topic | Is free public college doable |
| Dikitain 02/05/21 1:41:23 PM #17 | Mead posted... you dont think the study of artistry benefits society and culture?Sure, but not at the cost of $200K per person. That is the kind of studying that someone can do as self-learning or as an apprenticeship. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Is it important to day to attend college |
| Dikitain 02/05/21 9:40:05 AM #6 | Depends on the career you are looking to get into, but I think the importance of it is overstated in most cases. I would say for pretty much anything except Law, Business, and STEM, you probably don't need college. Everything else can mostly be done with an apprenticeship or on the job training. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | American plans to LIVE until he's 180 YEARS OLD!! Look at what he's Doing!!! |
| Dikitain 02/03/21 8:55:26 AM #13 | I think people spend too much time and effort worrying about extending their lives that they end up waisting it trying to eek a few extra years out. Some people who do everything right die in their early 50's of cancer like my uncle, some people eat nothing but fried foods and sugar and live to be in their 90's like my grandmother. Hell, my grandfather is 94 years old and has had heart problems for the last 50 years, still more active than most people 40 years younger than him. He even replaced the gutters on my dad's house last summer. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | There's an epidemic of Webcam girls from Columbia. America must free them |
| Dikitain 02/01/21 5:55:36 PM #8 | Really? I find the majority of them come from Russia or Eastern Europe (former Soviet Union to be exact). --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | The longest you went w/o eating Pizza? |
| Dikitain 01/29/21 3:27:44 PM #15 | Probably about 6 months when I was starting my diet. Basically had to train myself that a whole pizza was not OK to eat in one sitting, and easiest way to do that was to just not have pizza until I could mentally control myself to not eat that much at once. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Do you plan to watch the Super Bowl? |
| Dikitain 01/29/21 9:59:50 AM #16 | I was thinking about it if the Bills made it in, but since they didn't, no. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | yeah i'm ordering pizza hut |
| Dikitain 01/28/21 9:01:14 PM #2 | What are you, pulling a Trump all of a sudden President Biden??? You have White House cooks that can make you any meal you want, don't lower yourself to ordering fast food! --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Vegetarian fat people. |
| Dikitain 01/28/21 3:25:50 PM #29 | HornedLion posted... My friend sent me this meal plan and you drop weight like a motherfucker.
So basically a 1000 calorie diet? IDK, I dropped weight just fine eating twice that. Granted, it is a slow drop (1-2 lbs a week) but it is way more maintainable. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Favorite burger place? |
| Dikitain 01/28/21 3:07:46 PM #18 | There is a local restaurant called Wimpy's Burger Basket. 1/3 pound patty (the perfect size), comes on a kaiser roll, you get two sides (I usually get french fries and mac salad), and they have a table of over 100 different condiments you can put on your burger. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Tell me about you favorite cheese... |
| Dikitain 01/28/21 8:27:24 AM #19 | Provolone on subs/sandwiches. If I am just eating it on a cracker or something, then pepper jack. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | The older i get the more i like FF VIII |
| Dikitain 01/26/21 3:04:37 PM #33 | FFVIII is probably my favorite. It is the only FF game I have beaten more than twice (and only one of four I have beaten more than once). Now I fully admit the story is the drizzling shits, if Squall was on fire I wouldn't waste the urine putting him out. Besides, he would probably just say "whatever" and burn to death showing no emotion whatsoever anyways. But everything else about the game I love. Even the Junction system. ESPECIALLY the Junction system. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | It's 2021. What are you excited for this year? |
| Dikitain 01/26/21 11:48:15 AM #9 |
That is about it for now. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | I've gotten so comfortable working from home... |
| Dikitain 01/26/21 9:13:36 AM #11 | Jen0125 posted... A lot of companies are doing this. Mine is. They are downsizing more offices faster than planned and are thinking about reworking their telework policy because our SLOs are so high after working from home. They stopped letting people work from home because they were building these large central offices with 99 year leases but after only 3 years decided to sublet one of our buildings to a different company.Oddly enough, I have heard the one thing that has kept most office workers at home: Open floor plans. The CDC drafted a plan to go back to the office back in June and one of the biggest regulations was that the office had to have full cube walls between desks and people had to be seated at least 6 feet apart. Look at any modern office and that is pretty much impossible, so they have been forced to keep everyone home until they either change the entire layout of their office space, or until those regulations are lifted (which isn't going to happen any time soon). And with how productive WFH has been shown to be why would they spend the money to re-organize their office? --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | I've gotten so comfortable working from home... |
| Dikitain 01/25/21 6:45:58 PM #5 | I still miss it, but I wouldn't mind working from home 2-3 times a week. I know the company I work for is debating it so they can cut down on the amount of office space they need (they currently have at least 6 offices in my city, was 7 but they let the lease run out on one of them this month). --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | If you had won that mega millions jackpot what's the 1st thing you think you'd |
| Dikitain 01/25/21 5:57:35 PM #42 | adjl posted... We're talking about ~$500 million here, after taxes. I don't doubt that it'd be a major hassle to do that, but the idea that anything is "too much work" for that kind of money seems a little odd. I mean, when you don't even want that much money in the first place, yea it is a lot of work. I am fine having enough money so that I don't have to worry about money the rest of my life (like I said around 10 million), but anything more then that is just a hassle. I would rather not have it than have to deal with all the problems that go with trying to prevent people from knowing you have it. Or even worse, the crap you have to go through when people DO know that you have it. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | If you had won that mega millions jackpot what's the 1st thing you think you'd |
| Dikitain 01/23/21 10:34:34 PM #37 | Pay off my house, pay for any renovations on my house that it might need for the next 20 years, set aside accounts for living expenses, medical expenses, and emergency funds to last me for the next 80 years. All told, would probably need about 10 million for all that, so I might just donate the rest to charity. Of course, it will never happen because the first thing I would want is to remain anonymous and New York doesn't allow you to do that (unless you form an LLC and pull the money from that, way too much work). --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | has a game ever pissed you off so bad that you dropped it entirely |
| Dikitain 01/22/21 10:14:22 PM #19 | Not really pissed off, but I have been bored with plenty of games to the point I just stop playing it even though I am only 1/3 or 1/2 way through. I mean, there are some games I can power through once I get past a certain point even if I hate them, but some I just can't bring myself to play beyond a few hours. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | What does ParanoidObsessive actually like? |
| Dikitain 01/22/21 10:01:34 PM #18 | I have heard him mention numerous times he likes the Saints Row games (especially 3 and maybe 4). --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | What's a relatively common food you've never had? |
| Dikitain 01/21/21 11:50:44 PM #30 | I honestly don't think I have ever had liver before (from any animal). I also have never had kimchi, but I am pretty sure I would love it with the way the flavor has been described to me. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Critics SLAM the LIBERAL REBOOT of CW's WALKER starring Jared Padalecki!!! |
| Dikitain 01/21/21 5:07:42 AM #9 | The thing about the original was it had an obvious message but it wasn't really political, more morality based. That is what a lot of these reboots are missing, political shows are dated once they come out and are always going to be divisive. Morality shows are something that have a impact for generations and can attract people from all backgrounds. Why do you thing Sesame Street has been on as long as it has? It is the perfect example of a morality show, even if they do have political figures on from time to time. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | New year, new selfie topic! |
| Dikitain 01/19/21 9:47:25 PM #166 | I decided to grow a beard since I have been working from home since mid March. This was around September, just before I decided to actually trim it so it didn't look like a forest. https://imgur.com/a/KOpbQzG --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Is 64 GB of storage space enough for a cell phone? |
| Dikitain 01/19/21 6:25:08 PM #21 | I have 128GB on my phone, and it is only half full. That is with YouTube Music pretty much downloading any music I am interested in and me keeping apps on there I haven't used in almost 2 years. So if I was more careful I could probably get away with 64GB easily. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Dumb Thing You Did As A Kid? |
| Dikitain 01/19/21 8:47:36 AM #4 | My first time ever being in a pool (I was like 4 or 5 at the time) I jumped immediately into the deepest part of the pool thinking I would just float to the top automatically. I sunk like a rock and my mom had to fish me out. Never wanted to learn how to swim after that. My dad had a cup of model airplane fuel that had a red color. It looked like fruit punch, so I picked it up and took a big gulp. Pretty quickly realized it wasn't fruit punch. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Hot girl teaches how to learn programing C++ in 10 hours. |
| Dikitain 01/18/21 9:57:37 PM #33 | grimhilde00 posted... I mean yes there is a significant amount of improvement and upkeep of legacy code but I would not find that very satisfying if that's all I did. We write a ton of new code at my job... It is a startup but a large one. Let me clarify my point a little more: No one writes a project from scratch anymore, they combine pre-writen tools and write little bits of code to tie them all together. For example, say you wanted to write a RESTful service. Are you going to implement everything from scratch? No, you will probably get a tool that creates a service for you and write a few lines of code to define your inputs and outputs. At most, the "REST" part of your code is probably one file with 10-20 lines of code, most of them boilerplate that your tool made for you. It probably took you 20 minutes at most to make (and consiquently 5 hours to write unit tests for). That is what I mean. The last project I worked on took a whole year to complete. And if you break it down, it only took 4 people maybe 2 months of that at most to write all of the code for it. The rest of it was designing, tooling, testing, and creating documentation to hand it off to the team that was going to support it. Hell, organizing all the documentation we wrote up through the entire project probably took more work hours then actually coding the project did. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Hot girl teaches how to learn programing C++ in 10 hours. |
| Dikitain 01/18/21 4:26:43 PM #19 | GrabASnickers posted... Why not, I'm curious? You seem to know a fuckton more than me and a lot of actual software engineers that I know. Because Software Engineering is only about 10% coding and 90% engineering. And that 10% can pretty much be learned in a simple google search. The 90% is why you go to college for 4 years and (optionally, although some colleges actually require it like the one I went to) spend a year of internship at a company. The reason for that is no one writes code anymore, they modify existing code to work with whatever system they are making. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Lol mechanical keyboards |
| Dikitain 01/14/21 11:30:06 AM #6 | I have a mechanical keyboard at home, but there is no way I would subject my co-workers to hearing me bang away on one all day. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Got any recipe suggestions for me, PotD? |
| Dikitain 01/14/21 11:22:53 AM #47 | I am making this tonight with some leftover tenders I had after trimming up chicken breasts. I can let you know how it went after, but it looks good: https://therecipecritic.com/wprm_print/66484 --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Rate mah better dinner |
| Dikitain 01/13/21 8:22:11 AM #13 | Better then your last meal, yes. The meat looks overcooked and dry though. Plus I have no idea why you insist on cooking your onions like that, it just makes them bland with no flavor. Either leave them raw if you are looking for spicy, or saut them if you want them sweet. lihlih posted... I don't know why people have such a hard-on for potatoes with a bunch if shit stuck in there. We actually like the potato taste, so just a bit of butter and salt is good for us. You people are like the people that claim to love lobster, but drown it in butter. Eh, I am fine with the potatoes. Nothing wrong with a good baked potato. I would have traded the butter for sour cream (not loading it up like some people, just a little dab to give it some extra zing), but butter is perfecty fine too. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Do you prefer SELF CHECKOUT or a CASHIER to check you out??? |
| Dikitain 01/12/21 8:14:15 AM #18 | Most of the time self checkout, except for if I am at a place where the self check-out requires you to bag the item you just scanned before scanning the next thing. Or if I am buying alcohol, because in those cases you still need someone to confirm your ID before they will let you walk out. Or (finally) if the self-checkout has a huge line and some cashiers are just sitting at the register twiddling their thumbs. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | FF8, Disc 2: Rinoa kicks Irvine down the stairs |
| Dikitain 01/12/21 8:08:43 AM #11 | Lokarin posted... That's it, that's THE WHOLE DISC... and thanks to turbo, the first 4 went by in about 2 hours. Are you forgetting that the third disk of VII was just the final dungeon? At least VIII paced out the story more. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
| Topic | Where would you like the next GTA game to be set? |
| Dikitain 01/11/21 2:59:39 PM #13 | Anywhere City, basically the city from GTA2. It had a kind of Gotham City meets Mad Max vibe that I think would be pretty cool to see in a fully realized 3D open world. Granted, it wouldn't really look like anything seen in GTA in the last 20 years, but I think GTA could you a bit of a face lift and maybe going back to the "black sheep" of the series would be the way to do it. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. |
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