hamstergeddon's recent activity
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Comment on The American religion of self-storage facilities in ~life
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Comment on BlizzCon discussion thread in ~games
hamstergeddon LinkClassic WoW/Warcraft fans are eating good. WoW D&D, WoW Forever, and the new WC3 campaign. All built around WC3 and vanilla WoW era lore. Man I hope they don't drop the ball.Classic WoW/Warcraft fans are eating good. WoW D&D, WoW Forever, and the new WC3 campaign. All built around WC3 and vanilla WoW era lore. Man I hope they don't drop the ball.
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Comment on If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater in ~hobbies
hamstergeddon LinkI grew up listening to a Christian radio program aimed at kids called Adventures in Odyssey and I adored it. It gave me, a kid growing up in the 90s, a deep appreciation for a type of storytelling...I grew up listening to a Christian radio program aimed at kids called Adventures in Odyssey and I adored it. It gave me, a kid growing up in the 90s, a deep appreciation for a type of storytelling (radio dramas) that had been mostly dead long before I was born.
Anyway, I just finished the first episode and I enjoyed that a lot! Thanks for sharing this :) Also, given the timeframes involved, I can't tell if this is influenced by Twilight Zone or if TZ was influenced by old radio dramas (I'd assume so). But there's definitely a Twilight Zone vibe to this!
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Comment on My son pooped in the toilet in ~life
hamstergeddon LinkPotty training my twins was a really frustrating period of my life and the only thing got me through it was being able to be over the top excited with them when celebrating the wins like this....Potty training my twins was a really frustrating period of my life and the only thing got me through it was being able to be over the top excited with them when celebrating the wins like this. This is a HUGE deal, so well done, Lapbunny family!
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Comment on “The Muppets Show” Disney+ special wins four Emmy awards in ~tv
hamstergeddon LinkI don't want to be a downer here, but I don't feel like it was really all that award-worthy. I enjoyed the special and I think it was a big step in the right direction for the muppets, but it...I don't want to be a downer here, but I don't feel like it was really all that award-worthy. I enjoyed the special and I think it was a big step in the right direction for the muppets, but it wasn't like mind-blowing or anything. Kinda feel like these awards either had hardly any competition or this was a nod to the legacy of the Muppets, rather than the quality of the special.
And again --- I enjoyed the special, and I sincerely hope we get more. It just wasn't like "award winning" TV for me.
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Comment on Little late but...anyone interested in fantasy football? in ~sports.american_football
hamstergeddon LinkI'd be interested! In losing... but still!I'd be interested! In losing... but still!
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Comment on What workplace absurdity are you forced to live with? in ~life
hamstergeddon (edited )LinkJust a few years ago, we used to have project managers, release managers, and non-fully-automated QA. It wasn't a perfect arrangement, by any means, but having a separation of concerns was nice...Just a few years ago, we used to have project managers, release managers, and non-fully-automated QA. It wasn't a perfect arrangement, by any means, but having a separation of concerns was nice because it meant devs could focus on writing code without having to get sidetracked by nonsense. And I at least felt a lot better about my code knowing it was checked by human being before release.
But all of those titles have been eliminated and all of the responsibilities have shifted to devs without any decrease in expected output or increase in compensation.
There was also this mad dash to get everyone to use AI for everything as much as possible. Very minimal training was provided, and what was provided was very much oriented toward people who spend their days in spreadsheets and word docs. So devs just kind of figured it out collectively and solo. This went on for a year or so and I got dinged on my bi-annual review for not using AI efficiently. But no standards for appropriate AI use for established. No check-ins to make sure you're following the non-existent standards. Just 3 competing AI-centric slack channels (I threw them in a folder called "slop") where people just dump random AI articles they found online.
Another one I just thought of. Our president is heavily involved in the day-to-day operations of things. On one hand it's great that leadership is at least aware of what's going on "on the ground". On the other...dude fuck off. Higher ups being involved at that level means anything they say gets treated as top priority, whether it is or isn't. It's disruptive and they're often lacking context/skills required to participate in some of these discussions they shoehorn themselves into. And it attracts brown-nosing devs who like overload themselves with good boy brownie point projects and crash out a few times a year because they chose to be that busy.
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Comment on Songs about doing chores / daily routines? in ~music
hamstergeddon LinkIf you're feeling melodramatic (I routinely am), Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford.If you're feeling melodramatic (I routinely am), Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly - Final Thread for Season 3 in ~games
hamstergeddon Link ParentI just checked and I don't even have my local copies of the world, let alone the torrents :( and I shut my seedbox down a while ago because I wasn't really using it.I just checked and I don't even have my local copies of the world, let alone the torrents :( and I shut my seedbox down a while ago because I wasn't really using it.
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Comment on What do you call a bun, bacon, some amount of cheese, and two burger patties? (Not a setup to a joke) in ~food
hamstergeddon LinkThat's a bacon burger. The cheese is implied and the number of patties is irrelevant. In my mind, anyway!That's a bacon burger. The cheese is implied and the number of patties is irrelevant. In my mind, anyway!
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
hamstergeddon Link ParentI get that. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be dismissive of how you feel at all. I guess we really don't know what the future holds for tildes. I'm happy for the time I've had here and any further...I get that. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be dismissive of how you feel at all. I guess we really don't know what the future holds for tildes. I'm happy for the time I've had here and any further time I get along with it :)
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
hamstergeddon LinkI don't really feel like anything changed or any new information was released in the post the other day. Like the site hasn't been updated in forever, which is fine, and Deimos is relatively hands...I don't really feel like anything changed or any new information was released in the post the other day. Like the site hasn't been updated in forever, which is fine, and Deimos is relatively hands off, which is fine, and we've just been riding on the fuel left in the tank for a while now, which is also fine.
I mean I love this site, but I also don't feel like anything has changed unless we let it? Or unless the lack of any future features is unbearable and at complete odds with your preference (which is also, also fine!). Not knocking you directly, @delphi, but I don't really get the doom and gloom of a few of these posts the last day or so.
Like to the point where I feel like I'm missing something? A community isn't in the features, it's in the people. And if the people decide to stick around, then there's always going to be a community...
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
hamstergeddon Link ParentTSP <3 Gotten to know you a bit through the MC server and I've appreciated your humor, outspoken nature, and general vibe. I do hope you'll reconsider, or at least keep tabs on the MC server and...TSP <3 Gotten to know you a bit through the MC server and I've appreciated your humor, outspoken nature, and general vibe. I do hope you'll reconsider, or at least keep tabs on the MC server and reappear next season, because I'll genuinely miss you.
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Comment on Is it time to include pronouns? in ~tildes
hamstergeddon Link ParentI agree, but I'll never not read it as "General Practitioner" or "Gold PIeces"I agree, but I'll never not read it as "General Practitioner" or "Gold PIeces"
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Comment on Tildos, let's be unserious for a while; show us your dankest memes and god-tier shitposts! in ~talk
hamstergeddon Link ParentIt's like the one remaining valid use of typing in all caps. I CANT JUST GIVE THAT UPIt's like the one remaining valid use of typing in all caps. I CANT JUST GIVE THAT UP
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Comment on I wanted a better Gemini web proxy, so I built a single-file PHP gateway in ~comp
hamstergeddon Link ParentMaybe I'm attaching too much snarky superiority to it, but damn that kinda pisses me off.The issue thread opened on the subject was closed by a Google developer on 12 October 2010 with the custom status "Unfortunate"
Maybe I'm attaching too much snarky superiority to it, but damn that kinda pisses me off.
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Comment on What are your memorable airport stories? in ~transport
hamstergeddon Link ParentI've heard rumblings that they're going to be phased out at Dulles soon, so hopefully Montreal doesn't do the same and you get to ride the AT-AT. Just don't forget to target the shield generator...I've heard rumblings that they're going to be phased out at Dulles soon, so hopefully Montreal doesn't do the same and you get to ride the AT-AT. Just don't forget to target the shield generator so Lord Vader can start his landing.
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Comment on What are your memorable airport stories? in ~transport
hamstergeddon LinkI don't fly very often, so every little thing feels like a big deal to me because it's all still very novel. But last year I flew home from DFW to IAD and our flight's landing was delayed. Then we...I don't fly very often, so every little thing feels like a big deal to me because it's all still very novel. But last year I flew home from DFW to IAD and our flight's landing was delayed. Then we landed and our gate was delayed. So we sat there and waited and waited. I think we spent an extra 2 hours on the plane in total? People were agitated, tired (it was after midnight), and just ready to not be in a plane.
None of this is particularly rare in air travel, but the way I departed the plane was. And anyone who flew in/out of IAD probably knows where this is going.
They never got the damn gate sorted so they had to "rescue" us off the plane via one of IAD's mobile lounges. Which are unique to only a few airports worldwide, but I very much associate them with IAD because you can always seem out and about, ferrying people between terminals. And they used to be used to take people to/from their planes directly. Well used to and still do in a pinch, apparently.
It was so late and I was exhausted...just physically and mentally exhausted from the day's travels and to my tired nerdy eyes I felt like I was boarding an AT-AT from Star Wars and that just made it all worth it for some reason? The interior of the thing isn't anything special. It's like a big bus on scissor lifts with more standing room. But it so cool because I'd never experienced it before. And they dropped us off right by the exit and I was finally freee....
to take the wrong parking lot shuttle, wander the wrong parking lot, have to ride the wrong bus back to the airport, then board the right bus back to my parking lot, then drive nearly 2 hours home, not getting back until like 4am. But still I got to ride an AT-AT!
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Comment on The Don Hertzfeldt Collection is now on Dropout in ~tv
hamstergeddon Link ParentI had not seen that one before, so I specifically sought it out last night. :D Did not disappoint!I had not seen that one before, so I specifically sought it out last night. :D Did not disappoint!
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Comment on The Don Hertzfeldt Collection is now on Dropout in ~tv
hamstergeddon Linkoh damn that's "my anus is bleeding" guy! Just kidding I know he's (clearly) done more work than "Rejected" and I'm excited to dive into it with my wife.oh damn that's "my anus is bleeding" guy!
Just kidding I know he's (clearly) done more work than "Rejected" and I'm excited to dive into it with my wife.
We share a storage unit with my in-laws. We have the left side, they have the right with a gap in the middle so we can reach everything. Honestly it's mostly stuff from two things:
Our twins outgrew baby/toddler stuff, but we weren't 100% sure if we'd have more or not. Then once we were certain we wouldn't want any more (I don't want to mean the crazy person who has twins, makes it to age 4 and decides "hell yeah, let's do this all over again"), we kept some of it with the intent of donating to friends/family in need or keeping stuff for the kids to have later (for nostalgia or passing on to their own kids some day, etc.)
When my kids were toddlers, they loved to pull things off the wall. Art, pictures, etc. Any wall decor they could reach would become floor decor ASAP. And around this same period we decided to move and began packing up decor to accomodate putting the house on market. But then those plans fell through, and everything stayed in the storage unit.
The rest is like seasonal stuff like Christmas decorations, the kids' bikes, some odds and ends, etc. Honestly almost all of it could be dumped and it wouldn't negatively impact our lives. If push came to shove I'd keep some of the more nostalgic baby stuff for my wife and I's memory and largely be ok with ditching the rest.