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  • DaemonSadiDaemonSadi Registered User regular
    Da fak is a helicopter parent?
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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    First trailer for The World's End is out!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF-4c8U-mUI

    Hmmmmmm. I shall reserve judgement for the time being.

    Aww, this isn't about that Pub in Sandman at all! :(
  • LudiousLudious Registered User regular
    DaemonSadi wrote: »
    Da fak is a helicopter parent?

    you know the kids that had to wear helmets when you rode bikes with them
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  • GooeyGooey Registered User regular
    DaemonSadi wrote: »
    Da fak is a helicopter parent?

    overprotective parents that do everything for their kids
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  • ThomamelasThomamelas Registered User regular
    DaemonSadi wrote: »
    Da fak is a helicopter parent?

    Parents who are constantly hovering over their kids.
    There's no living with a killing. There's no goin' back from one. Right or wrong, it's a brand... a brand sticks. There's no goin' back. Now you run on home to your mother and tell her... tell her everything's alright. And there aren't any more guns in the valley.
  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    First trailer for The World's End is out!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF-4c8U-mUI

    Hmmmmmm. I shall reserve judgement for the time being.

    Meh.

    Mind you, I didn't really care for Shawn of the Dead either, so maybe I'm not their target audience.
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  • DeebaserDeebaser Way out in the water See it swimmin'?Registered User regular
    Gooey wrote: »
    switchblades bought

    16 year old's helicopter parents can fucking deal with it

    Gooby's first dance to be a fully choreographed "Beat It"
    #FreeThan
    #FreeScheck
    #FreeSKFM
  • Irond WillIrond Will Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    So there is a guy in Cleveland making bourbon by putting the distillate in a stainless steel pressure device with a bunch of burnt oak barrel staves and using the pressure to force the liquid in and out

    He is selling bourbon aged this way for a mere 24 hours and says it is comparable to, say, knob creek.

    I'm skeptical as hell but I'd love to try it.

    Edit: actually it's several weeks of aging; he claims each pulse of the machine is equivalent to 24 hours of normal barrel aging

    copper fox, out of virginia, does something similar with its rye. they use apple or cherrywood chips iirc.

    it's completely delicious, though rye has a broader profile than bourbon.

    i went to a distillery presentation a few weeks ago and the head distiller - an MIT biochem phd - talked a little about pressure chipping. he said that in terms of "extracting wood flavors" it works just as well barrel aging and is faster.

    on the other hand, he said that distillates with volatile compounds (read: white dog and eau de vie) have a lot of other important reactions in a barrel - including enzymatic reactions, reactions catalyzed by the presence of burnt wood, and some simple decays - take a lot longer and are neglected by these pressure-chipping methods.

    so i guess there are tradeoffs. if you get a chance to try copper fox rye, though, i definitely recommend it. founding farmers in dc uses it as their house whiskey.
  • Dread Pirate ArbuthnotDread Pirate Arbuthnot Registered User regular
    my company is hiring programmers and i have seen 3/4 interviews fail tremendously, including one where it was almost a hostage situation where the interviewee refused to sit and just shouted about the job requirements at my boss
  • Solomaxwell6Solomaxwell6 Registered User regular
    DaemonSadi wrote: »
    Da fak is a helicopter parent?

    Parents that throw their kids out of helicopters when they get tired of them.
  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    DaemonSadi wrote: »
    Da fak is a helicopter parent?

    A plague in the university world.
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  • DeebaserDeebaser Way out in the water See it swimmin'?Registered User regular
    I wonder if the people that did Gangnam Style for their first dance feel stupid yet.
    #FreeThan
    #FreeScheck
    #FreeSKFM
  • kaleeditykaleedity bad biscuits make the baker broke bro Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    DaemonSadi wrote: »
    Da fak is a helicopter parent?

    you know the kids that had to wear helmets when you rode bikes with them

    pfft, wear helmets?

    more like not permitted to leave LoS of the house without a parental
  • GooeyGooey Registered User regular
    eddy the quote was a nice idea but there wasn't enough room (their engraving service limited it to like, 15 characters. what the fuck is that) so i just had their initials done instead
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  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Their ideas are old and their ideas are bad. Risk is our business.Registered User regular
    DaemonSadi wrote: »
    Da fak is a helicopter parent?

    The worst.

    I worked orientation for my undergrad a few summers. These people would swoop around after their kids and check things off the schedule and their list of "ask this pointless question that my kid doesn't care about".

    It's like.

    Ok, you love your kid and as a middle class white you have never let them experience difficulty. That's great.

    But they're in college now. They're gonna get drunk, they're gonna have STD scares, they're gonna almost fail a class and there's nothing you can do from Wayne, NJ to stop that so go along with the rest of the parents in the cafeteria and enjoy the wine and cheese that the alumni are preparing while I tell your kid the best times to score free coffee out of the library.
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  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    my company is hiring programmers and i have seen 3/4 interviews fail tremendously, including one where it was almost a hostage situation where the interviewee refused to sit and just shouted about the job requirements at my boss

    "A FOR LOOP? A FOR LOOP? YOU CAN'T HANDLE A FOR LOOP!"
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  • Solomaxwell6Solomaxwell6 Registered User regular
    my company is hiring programmers and i have seen 3/4 interviews fail tremendously, including one where it was almost a hostage situation where the interviewee refused to sit and just shouted about the job requirements at my boss

    Three of them are stooges to help the fourth.
  • LudiousLudious Registered User regular
    kaleedity wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    DaemonSadi wrote: »
    Da fak is a helicopter parent?

    you know the kids that had to wear helmets when you rode bikes with them

    pfft, wear helmets?

    more like not permitted to leave LoS of the house without a parental

    yeah I know. I was going for a balance of sort of explaining a helicopter parent and also hoping to get a wall of text about how important helmets are.
    Google Talk: ludious83 My Blog: The Caustic Geek
  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    So the reviews say this Cleveland bourbon is drinkable but not great

    The technique seems to have some promise though

    And a bunch of comments say things like "even if it tastes the same there's value in knowing it was cared for in KY"

    like what? How?

    State loyalty for its own sake is bizarre.
  • Irond WillIrond Will Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    First trailer for The World's End is out!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF-4c8U-mUI

    Hmmmmmm. I shall reserve judgement for the time being.

    simon pegg kind of rocking a robert carlyle/ begbie look three
  • Sir LandsharkSir Landshark Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    kaleedity wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    DaemonSadi wrote: »
    Da fak is a helicopter parent?

    you know the kids that had to wear helmets when you rode bikes with them

    pfft, wear helmets?

    more like not permitted to leave LoS of the house without a parental

    yeah I know. I was going for a balance of sort of explaining a helicopter parent and also hoping to get a wall of text about how important helmets are.

    anyone but you and i might have been baited into responding
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  • GooeyGooey Registered User regular
    my company is hiring programmers and i have seen 3/4 interviews fail tremendously, including one where it was almost a hostage situation where the interviewee refused to sit and just shouted about the job requirements at my boss

    where were you with your phone

    why is this not on youtube
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  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Their ideas are old and their ideas are bad. Risk is our business.Registered User regular
    Irond Will wrote: »
    First trailer for The World's End is out!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF-4c8U-mUI

    Hmmmmmm. I shall reserve judgement for the time being.

    simon pegg kind of rocking a robert carlyle/ begbie look three

    That's no teaser, that's a trailer!
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  • y2jake215y2jake215 oh ok yeah that's cool RAP GAME KiNG TUTRegistered User regular
    my company is hiring programmers and i have seen 3/4 interviews fail tremendously, including one where it was almost a hostage situation where the interviewee refused to sit and just shouted about the job requirements at my boss

    That was the successful one right
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  • LudiousLudious Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    kaleedity wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    DaemonSadi wrote: »
    Da fak is a helicopter parent?

    you know the kids that had to wear helmets when you rode bikes with them

    pfft, wear helmets?

    more like not permitted to leave LoS of the house without a parental

    yeah I know. I was going for a balance of sort of explaining a helicopter parent and also hoping to get a wall of text about how important helmets are.

    anyone but you and i might have been baited into responding

    this is the downside of being me. I might need to fake my own death.
    Google Talk: ludious83 My Blog: The Caustic Geek
  • kaleeditykaleedity bad biscuits make the baker broke bro Registered User regular
    I admit I was considering linking that story about the helmet law protestor that died on his motorcycle
  • AntinumericAntinumeric Registered User regular
    my company is hiring programmers and i have seen 3/4 interviews fail tremendously, including one where it was almost a hostage situation where the interviewee refused to sit and just shouted about the job requirements at my boss
    A bold strategy, how did it work out for them?

    In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phoney God's blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.
  • Dread Pirate ArbuthnotDread Pirate Arbuthnot Registered User regular
    Gooey wrote: »
    my company is hiring programmers and i have seen 3/4 interviews fail tremendously, including one where it was almost a hostage situation where the interviewee refused to sit and just shouted about the job requirements at my boss

    where were you with your phone

    why is this not on youtube

    I NEED TUESDAYS OFF, BECAUSE I LIKE TO HAVE A DAY OFF, AND ON TUESDAYS THE DINER NEAR MY PLACE HAS A GOOD DEAL, SO THAT'S MY DAY OFF. I NEED A CHAIR THAT HELPS MY BACK, I HAVE A BAD BACK, AND I CODE BETTER IF I HAVE A HEATED PILLOW ON MY BACK, ESPECIALLY PHP
  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    Irond Will wrote: »
    So there is a guy in Cleveland making bourbon by putting the distillate in a stainless steel pressure device with a bunch of burnt oak barrel staves and using the pressure to force the liquid in and out

    He is selling bourbon aged this way for a mere 24 hours and says it is comparable to, say, knob creek.

    I'm skeptical as hell but I'd love to try it.

    Edit: actually it's several weeks of aging; he claims each pulse of the machine is equivalent to 24 hours of normal barrel aging

    copper fox, out of virginia, does something similar with its rye. they use apple or cherrywood chips iirc.

    it's completely delicious, though rye has a broader profile than bourbon.

    i went to a distillery presentation a few weeks ago and the head distiller - an MIT biochem phd - talked a little about pressure chipping. he said that in terms of "extracting wood flavors" it works just as well barrel aging and is faster.

    on the other hand, he said that distillates with volatile compounds (read: white dog and eau de vie) have a lot of other important reactions in a barrel - including enzymatic reactions, reactions catalyzed by the presence of burnt wood, and some simple decays - take a lot longer and are neglected by these pressure-chipping methods.

    so i guess there are tradeoffs. if you get a chance to try copper fox rye, though, i definitely recommend it. founding farmers in dc uses it as their house whiskey.
    the pressure thing kind of makes sense

    you can use the pressure from whipped cream makers to quickly infuse alcohol with things, instead of letting them sit for a long time - it works, we tried it once


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  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    kaleedity wrote: »
    I admit I was considering linking that story about the helmet law protestor that died on his motorcycle
    He makes me happy. Like that seatbelt law protester who died in a car accident.
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  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    Gooey wrote: »
    my company is hiring programmers and i have seen 3/4 interviews fail tremendously, including one where it was almost a hostage situation where the interviewee refused to sit and just shouted about the job requirements at my boss

    where were you with your phone

    why is this not on youtube

    I NEED TUESDAYS OFF, BECAUSE I LIKE TO HAVE A DAY OFF, AND ON TUESDAYS THE DINER NEAR MY PLACE HAS A GOOD DEAL, SO THAT'S MY DAY OFF. I NEED A CHAIR THAT HELPS MY BACK, I HAVE A BAD BACK, AND I CODE BETTER IF I HAVE A HEATED PILLOW ON MY BACK, ESPECIALLY PHP

    wat

    gooby is right why is this not recorded
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  • bowenbowen Registered User regular
    my company is hiring programmers and i have seen 3/4 interviews fail tremendously, including one where it was almost a hostage situation where the interviewee refused to sit and just shouted about the job requirements at my boss

    lolwut

    Well.

    Us programmers are a special bunch sometimes. Autistic spectrum people are REALLY good at this kind of work.

    @echo I think is familiar with this?
  • Ravenhpltc24Ravenhpltc24 Registered User regular
    Also there's a new Lonely Island song attached to a Between Two Ferns interview. I approve.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q9rLdxS7CE&feature=youtu.be
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  • AntinumericAntinumeric Registered User regular
    Gooey wrote: »
    my company is hiring programmers and i have seen 3/4 interviews fail tremendously, including one where it was almost a hostage situation where the interviewee refused to sit and just shouted about the job requirements at my boss

    where were you with your phone

    why is this not on youtube

    I NEED TUESDAYS OFF, BECAUSE I LIKE TO HAVE A DAY OFF, AND ON TUESDAYS THE DINER NEAR MY PLACE HAS A GOOD DEAL, SO THAT'S MY DAY OFF. I NEED A CHAIR THAT HELPS MY BACK, I HAVE A BAD BACK, AND I CODE BETTER IF I HAVE A HEATED PILLOW ON MY BACK, ESPECIALLY PHP
    I sympathise.

    Vodka for PHP
    Rum for C
    Absinthe for Perl.
    In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phoney God's blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.
  • bowenbowen Registered User regular
    I WANT 80,000 A YEAR AND 3 WEEKS OF VACATION AND HOT BABES IN MY CUBICLE THANKS AND I'LL START WORK IN AN HOUR GOOD DAY SIR
  • LudiousLudious Registered User regular
    Lonely Island teaming up with a fake interview show?

    Sellouts.
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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Heard about this on conservative radio:Registered User regular
    "I don't know how to use a computer beyond sending e-mail but I'm applying to this programming job anyways, hoping I can learn on the way."
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  • bowenbowen Registered User regular
    He's totally autistic.
  • bowenbowen Registered User regular
    I say that with 0 medical training but lol that's bad.
  • LudiousLudious Registered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    I say that with 0 medical training but lol that's bad.

    you don't need a medical degree to see a man that has no legs.
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