I'm sorry, man. That's a rough feeling. If you want interview tips, let me know. I've been through and given a lot of them.Just tanked a job interview
Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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Yeah, I could definitely use some tips. But a lot of my issues were lack of knowledge which upsets me more. Also it was a phone interview and I hate talking on the phone for extended periods of time.
figmentPez
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A fact for which I was very thankful as a child. I love coconut, but I didn't like almonds back then. In fact, I learned to like dark chocolate because I'd trade with my sisters, getting Mounds in return.
I wonder how much of my taste in sweets was shaped by trading with my sisters. I learned to like licorice almost the same way, only I'd trade them at two (or more) licorice for one of another color.
Why does it seem the only time the ice-cream guy comes by my house is when its rainy? That is the opposite of when anyone want soft-serve!
GasBandit
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My stubby, sausage-like fingers are not the best for the fine dexterity needed to arrange the colors in order before inserting them into the connector. Longer fingernails (relatively speaking that is) help me more easily keep the wires in order and "unbend" them so they play nice.
Orange and white orange, green and white blue, blue and white green, brown and white brown. Whee.
I wanted to watch a DVD this morning before work. My Blu-Ray Player's battery is dead. There are no other working AAA batteries in the house!
What the hell is it with making a remote control with only one bloody battery? No wonder it only held up to a week's heavy use.
Now I have to go to a store to buy a single AAA battery.
What the hell is it with making a remote control with only one bloody battery? No wonder it only held up to a week's heavy use.
Now I have to go to a store to buy a single AAA battery.
For a temporary fix, roll the battery rapidly back and forth while it is still seated in the slot. You can give it a tiny charge from your mechanical action.
Most remotes are thin where you press/hold it, but have a thicker portion up front where the IR emitter is located, presumably so that if it is set on a flat surface, it will be angled slightly upwards for the convenience of the user (and to have more room to put the emitter board. So why can't that front portion be where the battery is located? And why can't that battery be a C cell or something with a little longer lifespan??
--Patrick
--Patrick
Really only useful for remotes. You won't give much to your RC car that way.
It at best gives it a little static charge.
The friction occurs at the contacts, not the outside of the battery.
Well, it's certainly testable, that's true.
I'm going to go with increased current flow due to lowered resistance at contact points after mechanical removal of tarnish, myself.
For instance, I doubt you could increase the pulling capacity of a train by swapping the pull and push engines.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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Yeah, it really only works with electronics with a short duration low power draw, like pushing a button on a remote to fire a microsecond of IR data. Anything that does actual mechanical work is no-go.[DOUBLEPOST=1382559645,1382559564][/DOUBLEPOST]
Buddy, Gold is $1350 an ounce right now. I'm content to leave this in the realm of apocrypha for now.
Sure. Honestly I am not an electrical engineer and don't have to tools to theorize, let alone challenge you on the whys involved. What I do have is: 1.) Remote won't operate due to drained battery (tested in repetition to frustration). 2.) Spin the battery in the remote. 2.) Remote works (for a little while). If I am mistaken on the reasons for it, then so be it. My advice still stands as a practical course of action (given my non-laboratory testing).
Exactly. I have trouble with my starter right now. Have had trouble for going on 2 years now. If I rock the steering wheel back and forth vigorously, the car will eventually start. "Experts" have told me that I am probably loosening up the bendix, or reseating the contacts, or rotating the flywheel slightly, or flexing the starter housing, or some other thing.
I care about none of this. I can't afford to buy a starter right now, and all I know is that if I mildly shake the front half of my car with the steering wheel, then I avoid being late for work.
--Patrick
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figmentPez
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I've tested a pair of batteries that had been used together in a device, and one read as having more current than the other. I don't know how it works, but batteries in a remote don't drain at the same rate, and they will work inserted in one order and not in another, no matter how much they're wiggled and twisted in place.
GasBandit
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It's not the same to me without Layne Staley.
It's still good stuff, but yeah, not the same for sure. Though Jerry Cantrell is no slouch.
If someone were to have me listen to this and tell me it was from 2013, I'd probably call them a liar.
So, I think this video proves that writing this song was just pulling a 'usual suspects' while bar hopping down mainstreet.
Ok, for those who didn't get it, apparently if you don't have the Flash plug-in installed, the embedded YouTube links show up as a block of garbage text, which is what I saw on another computer instead of the Alice in Chains video waiting to be clicked.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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Oh. I thought it was saying the neon lyrics looked like wordart or something.
Holidays are coming...]Note to self: It's OK to tell potential clients "no."
--Patrick
Part of me wishes I'd learned a more realistic career path and maybe have kids, part of me doesn't want to give up on the chance of doing stuff I like for a living.
Also, every time I go listen to Tristania, I know I should listen to Widow's Weed, but instead I just listen to Crushed Dreams. Not even the CD it's on, just that one song, because it's their best one. I should lead up to it, but I don't. Because I'm a loser.
Also, every time I go listen to Tristania, I know I should listen to Widow's Weed, but instead I just listen to Crushed Dreams. Not even the CD it's on, just that one song, because it's their best one. I should lead up to it, but I don't. Because I'm a loser.
the girl I dated that everything went so well...yeah...no....asked about another date and got complete silence. I hate people and wish she would have just told me to screw off instead of saying she wanted to meet again. I am only mad because I wasted time and effort on something that was pointless.
hooray another whine. I got in a shouting match with a client yesterday over something incredibly stupid. I was on the phone with one client when the one in question came into my office for a meeting and he had to wait for me to finish my phone call. The dude flips out on me about him being there he comes first, I say I am sorry but its company policy to complete all phone calls before starting any other business, he starts shouting "I CANT GET IT THROUGH MY FAT SKULL DO I!?", I start shouting "I SAID IM SORRY I DONT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER MY BUSINESS RUNNING LONG!", and I end up with security escorting him out. I am frackin moron who should have more self control, I lost my temper when he started calling me a fuckhead loser.
EDIT: its not been my week in hindsight, I went to my boss as soon as it happened and he seems to be supportive of shit happening and he is going to try to mend the bridge I just burned. My lack of restraint is an ever splendid beast.
EDIT: its not been my week in hindsight, I went to my boss as soon as it happened and he seems to be supportive of shit happening and he is going to try to mend the bridge I just burned. My lack of restraint is an ever splendid beast.
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