Author Topic: Please share your triumph of the day (Read 789366 times)

BisMarckie · « **Reply #5580 on:** August 24, 2019, 04:17:59 PM »

I just pretend that Axl died after Use your Illusion.

RIP

BisMarckie · « **Reply #5581 on:** August 24, 2019, 06:16:49 PM »

Rocket Queen is the best GnR song

Oblivion · « **Reply #5582 on:** August 24, 2019, 07:59:39 PM »

Welp, a bit anti-climactic after all this time, but I just paid off the last of my student loans.

Raist · « **Reply #5583 on:** August 25, 2019, 07:44:30 AM »

Quote from: Dantizzinel on August 24, 2019, 04:25:40 PM

I don't mind Chinese Democracy

Newsfeed.

EchoRin · « **Reply #5584 on:** August 25, 2019, 03:41:37 PM »

UYI 2> UYI1

Izzy is missed.

This I Love is amazing and really the only track off of CD that I play from time to time. Perhaps unsurprisingly that song dates back to the mid 90s apparently.

My actual triumph of the day came earlier in the week. Got a job interview set up for tuesday. Fingers crossed it goes well.

EDIT:

Nintex · « **Reply #5585 on:** August 28, 2019, 02:14:37 PM »

Made it to the second round of a bid for a big government project.

BIONIC · « **Reply #5586 on:** August 28, 2019, 02:17:05 PM »

Nintex writing fan fic on the government’s dime

Don Rumata · « **Reply #5587 on:** August 28, 2019, 03:33:57 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on August 24, 2019, 06:16:49 PM

Rocket Queen is the best GnR song

Estranged (live) >.
But good choice nonetheless.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5588 on:** August 28, 2019, 04:15:20 PM »

Cuz I'm a Rocket Queen, burning up my fuse out there alone! Great song.

EchoRin · « **Reply #5589 on:** August 28, 2019, 05:00:53 PM »

Hey take that, take that! Somebody get that guy and take that!

...

I'll get it myself god dammit!

*jumps off stage. Takes care of business*

...

Well, thanks to the lame ass security, I'm going home!

*slams mic*

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5590 on:** September 06, 2019, 06:28:00 PM »

Felt a jolt on the highway during lunch but couldn't tell what happened. I exited and drove a mile and right when I got to Taco Bell, I heard the rumbling sound of a flat tire. My car made sure to get me to my destination before complaining, bless him. ♥

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5591 on:** September 13, 2019, 10:30:38 PM »

Breh...Esch...I made some lentils a couple days ago. Simmered them with my spices plus some lemon slices and this shit is crazy. It's even better as leftovers. The lemon really elevated it.

Oblivion · « **Reply #5592 on:** September 13, 2019, 10:59:14 PM »

so....i just got hired for a job with more generous benefits, a much better shift, and a SUBSTANTIALLY higher pay bump (moreso than i've ever gotten), literally delivered to me

...yay?

Oblivion · « **Reply #5593 on:** September 13, 2019, 11:18:23 PM »

Well done, Esch!

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #5594 on:** September 15, 2019, 02:52:03 AM »

hiring a junior to be based in our saudi office, meaning i won't have to go there much anymore

Potato · « **Reply #5595 on:** September 15, 2019, 03:59:27 AM »

Made a Sunday roast beef today with vegetables. Had some family and friends over and ate together. Turned out fantastic. Now for a lazy Sunday night.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #5596 on:** September 19, 2019, 02:46:51 PM »

Got the second half of today and all of tomorrow off paid since I have to travel Sunday. Home early for puffs and vids

Tell me cool shit to see in Atlanta. I’m staying near the airport but I’ll have a car.

team filler · « **Reply #5597 on:** September 19, 2019, 03:21:23 PM »

http://www.sublimedoughnuts.com/doughnuts/

get a dozen of the fresh strawberry cream's

Brehvolution · « **Reply #5598 on:** September 25, 2019, 09:49:08 AM »

I landed a top comment on an imgur post with 4,000 upvotes.

nachobro · « **Reply #5599 on:** September 25, 2019, 02:15:44 PM »

Ghoul · « **Reply #5600 on:** September 25, 2019, 02:17:42 PM »

Moved whole office off Skype onto a better and cheaper phone system with minimal issues after weeks of planning.

Boss said good job

Brehvolution · « **Reply #5601 on:** September 25, 2019, 03:55:50 PM »

What were you paying for skype? Is it another VOIP provider?

Tripon · « **Reply #5602 on:** September 25, 2019, 10:03:18 PM »

Didn't get into a crash despite sitting in 2 and a half hours of traffic. Still at least 3 different cars or crashes driving on the 405 today.

Ghoul · « **Reply #5603 on:** September 26, 2019, 06:21:16 AM »

Quote from: Brehvolution on September 25, 2019, 03:55:50 PM

What were you paying for skype? Is it another VOIP provider?

A crazy amount. Before I started they had most IT support outsourced so the "support + Licencing + Voip DDI shit" was around 56k a year or something crazy, vs new system which is like 25k and does the same shit.

Bonuses come in soon so will be putting that in my case for getting one.

Nintex · « **Reply #5604 on:** October 05, 2019, 01:30:24 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on August 28, 2019, 02:14:37 PM

Made it to the second round of a bid for a big government project.

Didn't get the job.

Our government awards contracts using a point system. There were a few categories, including the quality of the plan.
My plan had a 100% score. All 30 points I could get for the plan. Boom.
Especially because we didn't just hit all the boxes but also questioned their shitty prototype as it did not meet their project goals.

My offer was 90k, which was below the maximum allowed budget of 100k.

So why would the government reject a plan with a 100% score?
Well, someone scored 51% on their plan but offered the web application for a grand total of 20k. Less than 1/3 of our asking price.
No wonder all government IT projects fail with dumb points systems like these that force them to choose the worst plan.

The government could've had something great. Now they get garbage.
I hope it crashes and burns.

BIONIC · « **Reply #5605 on:** October 05, 2019, 01:34:03 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on October 05, 2019, 01:30:24 PM

The government could've had something great. Now they get garbage.
I hope it crashes and burns.

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Nintex · « **Reply #5606 on:** October 05, 2019, 02:43:13 PM »

I contemplated sending the ministry an email with a gif of Trump saying: "Sounds good, doesn't work" and a Space X missile exploding.
Titled: "GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PROJECT"

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #5607 on:** October 05, 2019, 02:51:09 PM »

"This Nintex guy's application looks good - a perfect score"
"Let's just check out his online activity ..."
"Well, this other guy says he can do it in 20k. Let's just let him fail and then pay someone to fix it."

Nintex · « **Reply #5608 on:** October 05, 2019, 02:58:00 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on October 05, 2019, 02:51:09 PM

"This Nintex guy's application looks good - a perfect score"
"Let's just check out his online activity ..."
"Well, this other guy says he can do it in 20k. Let's just let him fail and then pay someone to fix it."

I wrote it for our agency and the panel that had to decide received everything anonymous.

The entire process involved a broke ass tender management system, which could not handle projects with more than one expense.
So you had to fill in a Word template with listed prices and put a (and I quote) 'fictional price of 1' in the box for price as it was a required field.

Looking at the UI it seems like at some point it was to be renewed (some screens had entirely different designs) and they never bothered to finished it.
I've never seen something so poorly designed in my life and I've seen m0dus creations.

daemon · « **Reply #5609 on:** October 07, 2019, 06:32:01 PM »

Finished the first gamejam I participated in:

https://blitzcloud.itch.io/cocoball

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/cocoball (throw me a vote if you got an account

)

game is meant for local Versus, but with applications like Parsec, I played it online with friends and it was pretty fun lol

Oblivion · « **Reply #5610 on:** October 24, 2019, 06:12:27 AM »

crossposting from the relationship thread, but i just officially confirmed a date with this smoking hot geek babe

Potato · « **Reply #5611 on:** October 24, 2019, 08:05:25 AM »

Quote from: Nintex on October 05, 2019, 01:30:24 PM

Quote from: Nintex on August 28, 2019, 02:14:37 PM
Made it to the second round of a bid for a big government project.
Didn't get the job.

Our government awards contracts using a point system. There were a few categories, including the quality of the plan.
My plan had a 100% score. All 30 points I could get for the plan. Boom.
Especially because we didn't just hit all the boxes but also questioned their shitty prototype as it did not meet their project goals.

My offer was 90k, which was below the maximum allowed budget of 100k.

So why would the government reject a plan with a 100% score?
Well, someone scored 51% on their plan but offered the web application for a grand total of 20k. Less than 1/3 of our asking price.
No wonder all government IT projects fail with dumb points systems like these that force them to choose the worst plan.

The government could've had something great. Now they get garbage.
I hope it crashes and burns.

It's likely to cost them $200,000 in they long run...

chronovore · « **Reply #5612 on:** November 02, 2019, 11:13:30 PM »

Had my first day at the new job on Friday. Good company, good vibe, some great people. Everyone seems supportive. I think some of them are the teeniest bit skeptical of what I can do. I can't wait to show them.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #5613 on:** November 04, 2019, 02:48:33 PM »

Second daughter was born today

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5614 on:** November 04, 2019, 02:58:28 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on October 05, 2019, 01:30:24 PM

Quote from: Nintex on August 28, 2019, 02:14:37 PM
Made it to the second round of a bid for a big government project.
Didn't get the job.

Our government awards contracts using a point system. There were a few categories, including the quality of the plan.
My plan had a 100% score. All 30 points I could get for the plan. Boom.
Especially because we didn't just hit all the boxes but also questioned their shitty prototype as it did not meet their project goals.

My offer was 90k, which was below the maximum allowed budget of 100k.

So why would the government reject a plan with a 100% score?
Well, someone scored 51% on their plan but offered the web application for a grand total of 20k. Less than 1/3 of our asking price.
No wonder all government IT projects fail with dumb points systems like these that force them to choose the worst plan.

The government could've had something great. Now they get garbage.
I hope it crashes and burns.

For a government IT project, $100k (and especially $20k) seems cheap as hell.

What was tye scope of the project if you can say? Like a new database system, website redesign, or something else?

Tasty · « **Reply #5615 on:** November 05, 2019, 12:42:47 PM »

October was a really good month.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #5616 on:** November 05, 2019, 03:45:04 PM »

Tasty being back is a triumph in itself

Tasty · « **Reply #5617 on:** November 05, 2019, 04:53:57 PM »

Quote from: CatsCatsCats on November 05, 2019, 03:45:04 PM

Tasty being back is a triumph in itself

So is all the love.

toku · « **Reply #5618 on:** November 05, 2019, 05:06:07 PM »

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #5619 on:** November 05, 2019, 05:16:36 PM »

Treated myself to a half day and I’m just getting high in my cozy lil Ford Escape listening to dope ass Spanish music on community radio in the forest vibin conmigo y contigo

Clockwork5 · « **Reply #5620 on:** November 06, 2019, 09:00:19 PM »

Just signed up for open mic stand up. It’s only the second time doing this and the wait becomes a game of drinking to calm the nerves and not drinking so much I forget my bit. Its a trip being on a stage making people laugh.

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #5621 on:** November 07, 2019, 01:04:59 AM »

finally got the balls to put in request for leave at work

update: request approved, flying back to london for 2 weeks tomorrow night, will finally be able to watch porn

BIONIC · « **Reply #5622 on:** November 07, 2019, 04:37:39 AM »

Quote from: Crash Dummy on November 07, 2019, 01:04:59 AM

finally got the balls to put in request for leave at work

update: request approved, flying back to london for 2 weeks tomorrow night, will finally be able to watch porn

Bruh, just torrent your porn. You can still find whatever that way. Unless you’re using a company provided connection, nobody is gonna come knocking on your door.

Or just load up a flash drive while you’re in London

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #5623 on:** November 07, 2019, 07:36:49 AM »

I’ve bought an external hard drive already in preparation

Ghoul · « **Reply #5624 on:** November 07, 2019, 11:23:44 AM »

Airport security will be fun for you

Today's triumph merely survived the day, after getting engaged on Halloween being back at work and just doing normal shit is kinda dull.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #5625 on:** November 07, 2019, 11:25:56 AM »

I got Rah to post hog (that I didn't even care to see, nor did I) to try to "own the TIMU" but in-the-end I finally got him and his Inceldom to fuck off the board.

(Scandal is sure to follow with me posting this now)

Ghoul · « **Reply #5626 on:** November 07, 2019, 11:30:32 AM »

you're baiting that guy so hard

Rufus · « **Reply #5627 on:** November 07, 2019, 11:34:08 AM »

JC Username, settle the fuck down.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5628 on:** November 07, 2019, 11:51:19 AM »

Quote from: Esch on November 07, 2019, 11:36:18 AM

What's the point of internet beef on a forum with 20 active posters.

You're the kind of person that probably thinks it's a waste of time to vote in local elelctions, smh

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #5629 on:** November 14, 2019, 03:35:27 AM »

On holiday - not thought about work at all, enjoying time with family and friends I haven’t seen in ages, getting a lot of reading done, eating and sleeping properly. Not even bothered by the weather!

chronovore · « **Reply #5630 on:** November 16, 2019, 03:29:40 AM »

Finished two weeks at my new job. Still miss my old crew, but the new group seems to be largely happy that I'm there, and appreciative of my efforts. One person in particular seemed defensive and skeptical, now seems to be trusting that I'm actually there to help instead of taking over. Anyway, it's super busy, but things are going well and I feel like I'm coming up to speed, fast.

Raist · « **Reply #5631 on:** November 16, 2019, 07:32:29 AM »

Why havent you taken over yet.

chronovore · « **Reply #5632 on:** November 16, 2019, 07:39:03 AM »

Quote from: Raist on November 16, 2019, 07:32:29 AM

Why havent you taken over yet.

Because I've run my own company and it was no fun.

Tasty · « **Reply #5633 on:** November 19, 2019, 11:20:22 PM »

Life's been pretty shitty lately but I've been working on a personal project for a few weeks and it's finally bearing fruit.

Expect screens and vids soon. 👀

EightBitNate · « **Reply #5634 on:** November 19, 2019, 11:37:57 PM »

STD test came back positive

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #5635 on:** November 20, 2019, 12:11:32 AM »

Quote from: EightBitNate on November 19, 2019, 11:37:57 PM

STD test came back positive

Sorry to hear that

Tasty · « **Reply #5636 on:** November 20, 2019, 12:18:58 AM »

Quote from: Esch on November 19, 2019, 11:34:53 PM

Andy finally got desperate enough to make a cool young dude OnlyFans huh?

Sorry to disappoint

But I do have a video

Tasty · « **Reply #5637 on:** November 24, 2019, 11:27:57 AM »

Hey who wants to help beta test this tonight 👀

Kara · « **Reply #5638 on:** November 24, 2019, 01:43:03 PM »

I don't really get what it is when you share stuff from it.

Tasty · « **Reply #5639 on:** November 24, 2019, 02:18:08 PM »

Quote from: Kara on November 24, 2019, 01:43:03 PM

I don't really get what it is when you share stuff from it.

No worries! When it's available it's easy to get when you start using it.

Basically, in 2017 I noticed there were 8000+ chiptunes on chipmusic.org but no way to listen to them consecutively or randomly. Which led to this:

It shuffled through those 8000 songs on autoplay, and since the chiptune scene is awesome they're all some variation of Creative Commons so it's totally cool.

I started work on a 2.0 about a year ago, but it got stuck in development hell... 2.0 Mark II started up about three weeks ago and is so much more awesome. The big change is it pairs a random gif (of the tag "pixel art") from Giphy to each random chiptune being played.

Screeeeeeens

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