The Testingtard's Lament: Boo-Hoo-in' Revolution

[Zod]

Everything used to be computer science back in the day

Back when it education was quality and worth something

they just dumbed all the tech down so you don't need specialists as much

[starku]

No they dumbed it down for all the consumer grade roles that emerged in the late 90s and early 2000

The stuff that's generally covered in technical schools now

A my university the it standard outside pure coding is fucking laughable bullshit but ten years ago it ws intense hard work for google stuff

[Zod]

you mean like how boolean was still relevant for searching?

[starku]

I meant that as an indicator of education quality, not content

Even seven or eight ears ago the database curriculum was solid

These days it's GOOD MORNING KIDS DO YOU KNOW TRIVIA

[Oxymoron]

To be honest, i used the term"computer science", but that's a translation mistake more than anything else. Here everything is lumped under the same term : "Informatique".

But, honestly ? I have the diploma, I don't even know how to programm in fucking C. I have basis, right. But they are so frail as to be laughable.

For crying out loud, my "Big Project", which counted for a really important part of my final exams, was three or five fucking PHP pages doing a static SQL request on a (preexisting) Oracle database, putting the result in a 2-dimensional array, doing some sorts and displaying the result in HTML in the navigator ! And it took me one month and a half to put that together !

(on the other hand, I now have good basis on the working principles behind an associative database, so...)


Well, that's what I get for working in a company that has nothing to do with my field of study I guess ?

[Zod]

I meant that as an indicator of education quality, not content

Even seven or eight ears ago the database curriculum was solid

These days it's GOOD MORNING KIDS DO YOU KNOW TRIVIA

that sounds like the bullshit "intro to PCs" course i was forced to take

it was more insulting to my intelligence than informative

[starku]

Yeah when I worked in that industry I got sent to some thing

And it was like LET'S TALK ABOUT TCPIP STACK ALL SEMESTER EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FOURTH YEAR UNIT

Yay thanks guys

Ofc it was catering to international students who pay more sooooo

[Veef]

GUYS

i probably hafta pay 180 USD for a doctor's visit because the same company has different insurance networks for state healthcare XD

even though i was told i could keep my primary care provider

iluvit

[timmy]

That sounds complicated and infuriating

In other news just tried to visit good old Jeff Russell's Starship Dimensions to settle an argument the Stofsk bloke and I had earlier, and got hit with

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Interesting. It was still up about two months ago. Do you reckon he just forgot about it?

[Aaron]

The guy with the huge chart?

[starku]

The guy afraid of angry nerds

[Aaron]

Oh right, the VS guys pestered him a bunch.

[starku]

I guess the happy nerds being nice to him was more important than whatever truth he was trying to find

[Aaron]

Constant emails about a set of space testicles would get pretty annoying.

[Veef]

That sounds complicated and infuriating

insurance networks are the polite way for the rich people in charge to say "your money is no good here"

[Stofsk]

That sounds complicated and infuriating

In other news just tried to visit good old Jeff Russell's Starship Dimensions to settle an argument the Stofsk bloke and I had earlier, and got hit with

This account has been suspended

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Interesting. It was still up about two months ago. Do you reckon he just forgot about it?

Wait, I checked this site the other day.

also what was the argument you and i had because i've completely forgotten it

[Zod]

Ha ha, fatty nerd moment.

The Voyage Home was filmed in large measure in the San Francisco Bay area in California. For example, the scene where Kirk just about gets hit by a car was filmed at the corner of Kearney, Pacific Avenue, and Columbus in downtown San Francisco [34].

As it turns out that corner is right near the hotel I picked for my trip to SFC in July. Completely unintentional.

[Aaron]

Well now you can walk around saying "double dumbass on you!"

[Zod]

the buttery nipple is quite possibly the best cocktail shooter ever

[Phantasee]

Fuck

I can see exactly where all the additions and modifications were made to this constitution

They are so poorly spelled ("honourary") and formatted

I wonder if fixing improper spelling and punctuation requires separate amendments or if I can just do them and hope nobody bitches about it.

[Phantasee]

As far as I know there's a 50/50 chance of me getting dumped in the next few minutes. I don't think I'm going to take it well.

[Losonti Tokash]

i feel a really strong desire to either beat the shit out of a pillow or drink all of the tequila on top of the fridge

phant that blows dude

maybe i should say something profound

but i can't think of anything

[Questor]

As far as I know there's a 50/50 chance of me getting dumped in the next few minutes. I don't think I'm going to take it well.

That sucks.

[Aaron]

So we're starting to look at houses in case the feds don't appeal. If I buy the hobby farm I've always wanted, I think I'm going back to my Grizzly Adams beard.

No overalls though.

[timmy]

Aww c'mon sarge

Bibs and braces