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I work in IT for a large Telco in Aus. I am soon going to a new Job, bigger $$$, doing the same thing for a Real Estate Company.
"Dakkanaut" not "Dakkaite" Only with Minatures, does size matter...
"Only the living collect a pension"Johannes VII
"If the ork codex and 5th were developed near the same time, any possible nerf will be pre-planned."-malfred
"I'd do it but the GW Website makes my eyes hurt. "Gwar
"That would be page 7 and a half. You find it by turning your rulebook on its side and slamming your head against it..." insaniak
MeanGreenStompa - The only chatbot I ever tried talking to insisted I take a stress pill and kept referring to me as Dave, despite my protestations.
insaniak "So, by 'serious question' you actually meant something entirely different? "
Frazzled[Mod] On Rule #1- No it literally means: be polite. If we wanted less work there would be no OT section.
Chowderhead - God no. If I said Pirates Honor, I would have had to kill him whether he won or lost.
Structural Drafter working mostly on public infrastructure; bridges, tunnels, reservoirs, seweage/water treatment plants, etc.
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Double Fine Adventure, Wasteland 2, Nekro, Shadowrun Returns, Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, Planetary Annihilation, Project Eternity, Distance, Dreamfall Chapters, Torment: Tides of Numenera, Consortium, Divinity: Original Sin, Smart Guys, Raging Heroes - The Toughest Girls of the Galaxy, Armikrog, Massive Chalice, Satellite Reign, Cthulhu Wars, Warmachine: Tactics, Game Loading: Rise Of The Indies, Indie Statik, Awesomenauts: Starstorm, Cosmic Star Heroine, THE LONG DARK, The Mandate, Stasis, Hand of Fate, Upcycled Machined Dice, Legend of Grimrock: The Series, Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians, Cyberpunk Soundtracks, Darkest Dungeon, Starcrawlers
Not nearly as glorious as what you other lot are up to but it pays the bills.
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do
I file paper work. And sit around. And move tires. And sit around. And inform contractors of various things. And sit around. Basically lots of sitting and busy work XD
Professional Layabout Student living off of student loans and aspiring to be an unemployed database techie/night worker at my local supermarket. Hey at least I'm realistic about my prospects.
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Randomly speaking, I just put in a req for a number of new hires. . .if anyone is in the California Bay area and looking for work in software development (QA and Software Engineering specifically - but we are hiring even so) let me know!
PM me and we can talk.
^^
(My previous statement that I should add WHFB/40k made me realize I should at least ask. We are really looking for to fill needed roles ASAP, and I think the folk on DakkaDakka are aces.)
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"It is not the bullet with your name on it that should worry you, it's the one labeled "To whom it may concern. . ."
kirsanth wrote: Randomly speaking, I just put in a req for a number of new hires. . .if anyone is in the California Bay area and looking for work in software development (QA and Software Engineering specifically - but we are hiring even so) let me know!
PM me and we can talk.
^^
(My previous statement that I should add WHFB/40k made me realize I should at least ask. We are really looking for to fill needed roles ASAP, and I think the folk on DakkaDakka are aces.)
Just one or two questions:
1) Will there be on-the-job training? 2) Will I actually be relied upon to thrive under pressure? 3) Is the UK in the California Bay area?
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Officially retired last month after 22 years in the US Army.
Soon to start work in five months at USCIS
Dream job was taking by Bromsy
Wal-mart could not guarantee me the permanent job of "Door Greeter"
Proud Member of the Infidels of OIF/OEF
No longer defending the US Military or US Gov't. Just going to ""**feed into your fears**"" with Duffel Blog Did not fight my way up on top the food chain to become a Vegan...
Warning: Stupid Allergy
Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend
DE 6700
Harlequin 2500
RIP Muhammad Ali.
Jihadin, Scorched Earth 791. Leader of the Pork Eating Crusader. Alpha
i work at a residential treatment facility that takes in kids from between ages 7 to 17
for a laugh, here is a copy of the "work environment" section from the job description
Spoiler:
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment for this position is a residential facility setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be exposed to students who may ask inappropriate personal questions, display socially unacceptable personal behaviors, use profanity and sexually explicit phrases, make insulting remarks or threats regarding appearance, age, sex, or race, and exhibit defiance, dishonesty, and assaultive or self-destructive behaviors. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions, and may be subject to occasional local travel as required by facility needs. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
i've been in this line of work for around 3.5 years somehow or other
Artificial Intelligence program created at DARPA to test the limits of sarcasm on the internet. They are also trying to teach me to wear a hat, which is much harder for a computer then you would think.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
I sell parts and accessories for Motorycles, Watercraft and ATVs. When I'm not selling them, I'm arguing with gangbangers who try to steal parts and accessories for Motorcycles, Watercraft and ATVs.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
loki old fart wrote: so your basically using iron particles to cut and cauterize the growth, moving it and heating it with magnetic fields. Outstanding
Not so much to cut and cauterise, since that would damage surrounding tissue too much and most systems are tuned to provide only modest temperature increase, since cancer cells are actually quite sensetive to temperature rise (both to direct cell death and making them more suceptible to radiation and other treatments), but yes. I was working looking at the effect of particle size and agglomerate size on heating in different field frequencies and strengths for maghemite and magnetite particles - both iron based materials. I also looked at what kind of heating mechanism was being used (either Brownian or Neel relaxation) by immobilising the particles in different viscosity gels.
Also looked at the effect of incubating cancer cells with the particles to allow uptake into the cells, and using "clean" cancer cells which just had MNP's in the surrounding fluid on the cell death rates when they underwent magnetic fluid hyperthermia.
sub-zero wrote: Wow, this is the most personally depressing thread that I have ever come across. I see all of these professionals, doing their professional jobs and I'm a 39 year old lawn tech for a nationwide chain. In other words I'm the guy that sprays your lawn with fertilizer once a month. Did I mention that I'm doing this in Florida...in August...for $11/hr. What really bothers me is that I have a high school diploma (graduated 1 year early with a 3.5 GPA), have 2 years of college study, and a 2 year certificate in motorcycle mechanics. Having all of that I spray lawns...in Florida...in August...for $11/hr.
It's not like I haven't tried to find a "better" job, I've looked and there really isn't any in central Florida. Kudos to all you guys out there that made it, I mean that, I just wish I was one of you...
I'm from Central Florida actually. The problem right now, is jobs are scarce in Central Florida what with the cape layoffs, and the general stalled economic conditions. I have been trying to get back for 10 years...
And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
kirsanth wrote: Randomly speaking, I just put in a req for a number of new hires. . .if anyone is in the California Bay area and looking for work in software development (QA and Software Engineering specifically - but we are hiring even so) let me know!
PM me and we can talk.
^^
(My previous statement that I should add WHFB/40k made me realize I should at least ask. We are really looking for to fill needed roles ASAP, and I think the folk on DakkaDakka are aces.)
I'm half tempted to PM you simply because a new job would be awesome, but man I hear California is expensive to live in...
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DR:80+S++G+M+B+I+Pwmhd11#++D++A++++/sWD-R++++T(S)DM+ Ask me about Brushfire or Endless: Fantasy Tactics
I make cigars. More specifically, I'm the guy who keeps the materials stocked on the machines for people who actually make cigars, and troubleshoots the machines.
feeder wrote: Frazz's mind is like a wiener dog in a rabbit warren. Dark, twisting tunnels, and full of the certainty that just around the next bend will be the quarry he seeks.
4000+
6000+ Order. Unity. Obedience.
Thousand Sons 4000+
The Black Hand
3100+
