Whatever about anything else, how did Marjorie Taylor Greene get reelected. I know the answer. But its just mind boggling.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostIt's 3/1 both Trump and de Santis for 2024. The former lengthening, the latter shortening.
I'd be happy to take my De S vs anyone else's Trump to be the GOP nominee.
I wouldn't want to back either for 2024 outright at this stage. I think Trump will flame out as the GOP digests the results of this race, and who knows what skeletons de Santis has in his closet."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostWent on a food tour first day in Vietnam (I don't expect to ever be able to manage the correct intonation to say Phò)
Guide was very political. It's not Ho Chi Minh, it's Saigon.
"And the Russians are our friends. They protected us from the Chinese. And give us cheap oil. "
Explains the % of travelers here who are Russian. Probably one of the few options they have left at this point.
We accidently went into a Russian bar in Nha Trang. And were intimidated out after the first round of drinks by some very intense and very drunk Russians.
Ironically it was a South Park themed bar, and they were singing along to Green Day and Limp Bizkit (reason enough to leave)​
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I'm sure I mentioned this before but Nha Trang was the only place in SE Asia that I didn't feel comfortable - weird, edgy vibe off the place and I felt like I always had to keep my wits about me. Apart from the time that I had a fairly heated drunken argument with Tim Roth in the Sailing Club because he was slagging off Ireland - Cunt!
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I'm not sure that the whole red wave thing was based in reality, or whether it was a smart anchor for Republicans to push so they can now keep up with the bs stolen elections nonsense.
Drove by a polling place yesterday here in AZ and sure lads standing around outside with their semi autos. "The Gravy Seals" as they are being called
America is fucked, its broken, we may pack up the tents and go home.
On the other hand though, America is class, always open for business, everyone legit super friendly, lots going on.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
I'm sure I mentioned this before but Nha Trang was the only place in SE Asia that I didn't feel comfortable - weird, edgy vibe off the place and I felt like I always had to keep my wits about me. Apart from the time that I had a fairly heated drunken argument with Tim Roth in the Sailing Club because he was slagging off Ireland - Cunt!
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Originally posted by Theresa View PostI'm not sure that the whole red wave thing was based in reality, or whether it was a smart anchor for Republicans to push so they can now keep up with the bs stolen elections nonsense.
Drove by a polling place yesterday here in AZ and sure lads standing around outside with their semi autos. "The Gravy Seals" as they are being called
America is fucked, its broken, we may pack up the tents and go home.
On the other hand though, America is class, always open for business, everyone legit super friendly, lots going on."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
I'm sure I mentioned this before but Nha Trang was the only place in SE Asia that I didn't feel comfortable - weird, edgy vibe off the place and I felt like I always had to keep my wits about me. Apart from the time that I had a fairly heated drunken argument with Tim Roth in the Sailing Club because he was slagging off Ireland - Cunt!
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Originally posted by 6starpool View PostOn that topic, I saw the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson (Red mars, Green mars, Blue Mars) recommended. Are they worth reading?"I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View Post
All non-Expanse modern sci-fi is rubbish especially this one. Read The Expanse is what I'm saying.
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Crypto is in freefall again after one of the biggest exchanges announced it is insolvent. It looked yesterday like Binance was going to bail them out by buying the whole shop which would have saved users but the news is leaking today that they are having second thoughts which has made the market plunge.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s $16 Billion Fortune Is Eviscerated in Days
Cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance is highly unlikely to go through with its proposed acquisition of struggling rival FTX after less than a day of reviewing the company, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Edit - Just reading back now and I see Denny already commented on it. Surprised the market is holding up as well as it is currently as would expect this to wipe half the value in a very short time.Last edited by Opr; 09-11-22, 20:07.
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Think I mentioned it before but the course that I always recommend to people looking to learn programming is the MOOC course. They are free and take you from complete beginner stuff to quite complex. It explains a topic and then gives you actual programs to write, The programs have a number of tests built in so you get graded on the assignments straight away and can't move on until you complete them. It used to be done through Java but they have just started doing it through Python this year. It is quite a time commitment but the practical elements along with the inbuilt grader make it such a great way to learn.
Instructions on how to set up the development environment for the course.
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Python Mooc CourseLast edited by Opr; 09-11-22, 20:39.
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Originally posted by Opr View PostThink I mentioned it before but the course that I always recommend to people looking to learn programming is the MOOC course. They are free and take you from complete beginner stuff to quite complex. It explains a topic and then gives you actual programs to write, The programs have a number of tests built in so you get graded on the assignments straight away and can't move on until you complete them. It used to be done through Java but they have just started doing it through Python this year. It is quite a time commitment but the practical elements along with the inbuilt grader make it such a great way to learn.
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I started the Data Scientist stream via DataCamp a little while ago but it also takes a bit of commitment and it’s hard to motivate yourself if there isn’t an immediate use case in your job- assuming you’re not intending to move.
I’m going to do one of the 6-8 week professional development courses via Smurfit in the new year if I get accepted.
I have my eye on an MSt in the UK further down the road but it’s expensive and I’m not sure how it would be perceived.
Outside of the online practical stuff, when you look around, Ireland represents such good value in accredited courses.
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If you want to learn to code, try and figure out a problem / thing that you want to build / automate and just drag yourself through it.
If you don't have a pet project with some personal involvement / interest, you'll fall of the trail imo.
One thing that I found great when starting (other than AndyFB's randomly useful answers to my whinging on here) was coding up a sweepstakes game (the Alan Crookes' golf format) to get a live scoreboard all of the time. There's a thousand ways to do it, and I just decided to try and get set up and get something working. Have subsequently found a ridiculously simple way to do it instead of how I had previously done (this is coding101 - every time you look at your code subsequently you find a simpler way than how you did it originally).
I've a guy in my team who wanted to build a simple twitter listener that would send him a notification on his phone anyone mentioned his DJ name on twitter. Again probably a thousand ways to get started and finished, but the actual pulling yourself through the problem - no matter the route you take to get to your solution, is the key journey.
Start and continue - seems an obvious truism, but that's how you get there.
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Originally posted by Emmet View PostAlso for any data anaylsis stuff - no java. python or R or potentially Julia.
I definitely need some type of project to upskill in either though.
The Java piece for me is because I was looking into an MSc which required reasonable Java knowledge for a couple of modules.
Just need to commit to something
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Don't think Adam really wants to learn to code, more wants to understand the components of software development and what it takes to build things. Just assuming this could be way off, you know what they say about assumptions.
I think the genesis of this journey for him is wanting to understand more of the product/dev convos, and potentially have an ear in the room, a seat at the table, and likely from a Sales perspective so when one of his many many customer requests make sense he can talk to what it could/would take to build to the customer at a high level and understand what product/dev are telling him it may take.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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It's like the difference between construction and engineering. Having been a bricklayer in the past probably makes you a better engineer but it's not at all required."I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally posted by Emmet View PostIf you want to learn to code, try and figure out a problem / thing that you want to build / automate and just drag yourself through it.
If you don't have a pet project with some personal involvement / interest, you'll fall of the trail imo.
One thing that I found great when starting (other than AndyFB's randomly useful answers to my whinging on here) was coding up a sweepstakes game (the Alan Crookes' golf format) to get a live scoreboard all of the time. There's a thousand ways to do it, and I just decided to try and get set up and get something working. Have subsequently found a ridiculously simple way to do it instead of how I had previously done (this is coding101 - every time you look at your code subsequently you find a simpler way than how you did it originally).
I've a guy in my team who wanted to build a simple twitter listener that would send him a notification on his phone anyone mentioned his DJ name on twitter. Again probably a thousand ways to get started and finished, but the actual pulling yourself through the problem - no matter the route you take to get to your solution, is the key journey.
Start and continue - seems an obvious truism, but that's how you get there.
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I’ve been trying to decide what to do next so always looking at different courses. I might look at the Java one there.
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Originally posted by Theresa View PostDon't think Adam really wants to learn to code, more wants to understand the components of software development and what it takes to build things. Just assuming this could be way off, you know what they say about assumptions.
I think the genesis of this journey for him is wanting to understand more of the product/dev convos, and potentially have an ear in the room, a seat at the table, and likely from a Sales perspective so when one of his many many customer requests make sense he can talk to what it could/would take to build to the customer at a high level and understand what product/dev are telling him it may take.
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Emmet View PostIf you want to learn to code, try and figure out a problem / thing that you want to build / automate and just drag yourself through it.
If you don't have a pet project with some personal involvement / interest, you'll fall of the trail imo.
One thing that I found great when starting (other than AndyFB's randomly useful answers to my whinging on here) was coding up a sweepstakes game (the Alan Crookes' golf format) to get a live scoreboard all of the time. There's a thousand ways to do it, and I just decided to try and get set up and get something working. Have subsequently found a ridiculously simple way to do it instead of how I had previously done (this is coding101 - every time you look at your code subsequently you find a simpler way than how you did it originally).
I've a guy in my team who wanted to build a simple twitter listener that would send him a notification on his phone anyone mentioned his DJ name on twitter. Again probably a thousand ways to get started and finished, but the actual pulling yourself through the problem - no matter the route you take to get to your solution, is the key journey.
Start and continue - seems an obvious truism, but that's how you get there.
Good to add to GitHub too. I interviewed a guy that claimed python as a skill, but his GitHub had been dormant for two years.
It's just a general useful skill to have, if you're doing any sort of analysis or work that can be automated.Last edited by Denny Crane; 09-11-22, 23:55.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post
Its more that the assets were always worthless just people didn't want to believe it?
Houses have value.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
That sounds right and makes me doubt that any of the suggested programming courses are fitting the bill but unfortunately I'm not sure what would.
But seriously I think the CS50 course is high enough level, I had never seen it and I crammed all the videos in last night and this morning, particularly the Web Dev piece and PARTICULARLY the Technology Stacks lecture.
I think thats an incredible start for my assumptive Adam requirements.
Its only 6 ish hours of video, and tbh, its delivered so well it is very enjoyable, and very compelling in parts, so I'd back that recommendation.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
Java, hmmm I'd struggle to see how it would be relevant to the kind of stuff I imagine you do in finance
It was for an MSc in Computer Science with an AI skew, I think Denny may have done something similar.
You’re right though, on a day to day basis, outside of maybe having a better idea of what the SDE’s are doing on projects, it would have no practical use.
I’m just at a little bit of a crossroads on what to get after next.
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Originally posted by Theresa View Post
He'd need to learn to code lol
But seriously I think the CS50 course is high enough level, I had never seen it and I crammed all the videos in last night and this morning, particularly the Web Dev piece and PARTICULARLY the Technology Stacks lecture.
I think thats an incredible start for my assumptive Adam requirements.
Its only 6 ish hours of video, and tbh, its delivered so well it is very enjoyable, and very compelling in parts, so I'd back that recommendation.
The graduates of this programme are not expected to be ‘technical’ graduates but rather will be equipped to understand the needs of the organisation and how they can be met through technological solutions. Furthermore, they will be capable of articulating their knowledge, incorporating it into their company, and planning and measuring progress in adopting new technologies. Graduates will be able to liaise with internal or external ICT professionals using a shared body of knowledge and framework of understanding. They will be able to discuss knowledgeably matters such as different options for data organisation and compliance, business intelligence, data analysis and the use of data to support strategy and decision making.
The programme will give students a solid foundation in emerging digital technologies such as how business intelligence works, how to visualise data, how to store and how to analyse data. By the end of the course, students will know how to summarise and interpret the data they have accumulated so that they can make more effective predictions and decisions. Students will also begin to look at how this data can be applied to the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how AI may be able to benefit their organisation.
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Would something along these lines not be more what you're looking to specialise in? https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgr...on=2023&id=916
Or if not as stat-heavy - https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgr...n=2023&id=1081 ?
Honestly, as someone who works with java and python every day, there is little to no gain from anyone coming from an analyst / analysis background learning java. It's good to know foundations of CS but you will learn that via python, and you will also learn all of the relevant tooling / pythonic ways of solving problems etc. We have a team of java developers, and a team of python analysts. We work very closely with each other, but I wouldn't ever expect my analysts to be writing the production java code - let the dedicated coders do that.
Happy to have the conversation in the open but PM me if you want any sounding off of any of your plans / ideas.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post
Yeah if you're getting more into the nitty gritty side of things. You're 100x more motivated and you internalise it much better when you build it from scratch, end to end yourself.
Good to add to GitHub too. I interviewed a guy that claimed python as a skill, but his GitHub had been dormant for two years.
It's just a general useful skill to have, if you're doing any sort of analysis or work that can be automated.
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Originally posted by Theresa View PostDon't think Adam really wants to learn to code, more wants to understand the components of software development and what it takes to build things. Just assuming this could be way off, you know what they say about assumptions.
I think the genesis of this journey for him is wanting to understand more of the product/dev convos, and potentially have an ear in the room, a seat at the table, and likely from a Sales perspective so when one of his many many customer requests make sense he can talk to what it could/would take to build to the customer at a high level and understand what product/dev are telling him it may take.
Second paragraph, my interest is less about my current role (Enterprise sales at Salesforce, I get by just fine without this) and more thinking ahead to a possible future move to a much smaller company where, as you phrased it, I’d like to have a seat at the table or be able to row in on Product conversations etc.
I started the Harvard CS50 course yesterday and finding it super interesting so far. Thanks for the steer on that Emmett and others. Seems like an ideal foundation for what I’m after.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostRuSSia retreating from Kherson, 'the eternally RuSSian city'. Not a good look for Mad Vlad.
This is an even bigger defeat than Kharkiv in September. Probably take the media a couple of days to pick up on it. Imagine being the mother or wife of one of the thousands of Russian soldiers killed there. All for nothing except the whims of a mad dictator."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Theresa View Post
Is he wrong about the transparency though?
Its more that the assets were always worthless just people didn't want to believe it?
Houses have value.
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Originally posted by thechamp87 View Post
First paragraph is spot on. No desire to ever write a line of code.
Second paragraph, my interest is less about my current role (Enterprise sales at Salesforce, I get by just fine without this) and more thinking ahead to a possible future move to a much smaller company where, as you phrased it, I’d like to have a seat at the table or be able to row in on Product conversations etc.
I started the Harvard CS50 course yesterday and finding it super interesting so far. Thanks for the steer on that Emmett and others. Seems like an ideal foundation for what I’m after.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
I've been a 'business person working in Tech' for years. Couldn't write a line of code to save my life, apart from some SQL.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostLooking like 50-49 GOP in the Senate with Georgia (again!) going to a runoff
Time for Solks to break out the Trump is Toast meme. He's now lost the GOP three national elections in a row.
Also: Old Man Biden says he's likely gonna go again...."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Ed View Post
My job title is under discussion to be changed to 'EMEA Lead, Risk Analytics", never done anything more than a basic introduction to SQL. Constantly having to tell people i'm not a 'data guy' (after I present a load of data)
Very underrated skillset by the way - the ability to break down and synthezize big datasets in business terms.
I was doing a presentation last week to ~40 people, all of whom are involved in building out a super-duper new data platform. I talked a lot about content and metadata, then I asked how many of you would describe yourselves as data people. All 40 put up their Zoom hands.
'How many of you actually looked at <name of platform> data today?'
2 people put up their hands.
Everyone tends to focus on the data product but they all lose sight of the actual data, and what it means. Very common theme."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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If anyone is in the market for a new show, Andor is pretty fucking class. I'm a bit biased as a Star Wars fan but I think it holds up better than The Mandalorian. Andor seems more original/authentic as a story than fan-servicey if that makes sense.
For me, alongside Rogue One (the story overlaps) they are the best live-action productions since the original trilogy. There are no lightsabers or Jedi/Sith force-based characters. It's a spectacle of espionage, the everyman struggle and the broader political environment at play. All credit to the creators for brilliant casting and writing. Three Irish actresses feature prominently and they all have excellent performances - Fiona Shaw, Genevieve O'Reilly and Denise Gough.
Just be careful with spoilers if you start googling. The last episode of season one just dropped so it's all over Twitter, review sites etc. Most of the original reviews from big publications or critics are only of the first 4 episodes so I wouldn't pay too much attention (still positive overall). It's a series that needs to be digested whole.
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Originally posted by thechamp87 View Post
First paragraph is spot on. No desire to ever write a line of code.
Second paragraph, my interest is less about my current role (Enterprise sales at Salesforce, I get by just fine without this) and more thinking ahead to a possible future move to a much smaller company where, as you phrased it, I’d like to have a seat at the table or be able to row in on Product conversations etc.
I started the Harvard CS50 course yesterday and finding it super interesting so far. Thanks for the steer on that Emmett and others. Seems like an ideal foundation for what I’m after."I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostI'm in the middle of it now, don't mind about spoilers, I've seen Rogue One I really like it, do like The Mandalorian way more though.
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
Hoi An is a town in Vietnam, really cool little spot or it used to be at least. North of Nha Trang before you get to Hue.
Which it might be.
I agree with Lao Lao, Hoi An is everything Nha Trang is not.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by Theresa View Post
Denny defo thought "fit" was a place "in Hoi An".
Which it might be.
I agree with Lao Lao, Hoi An is everything Nha Trang is not.
Hoi An is on the list.
Nha Trang was deserted when we were there, so was just drinking cocktails on an empty beach and going out on a boat viewing great scenery, was very pleasant.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post
Yeah thought Lao Lao was trying to send me to the gym. I get it now.
Hoi An is on the list.
Nha Trang was deserted when we were there, so was just drinking cocktails on an empty beach and going out on a boat viewing great scenery, was very pleasant.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by Ed View PostRandom point of interest from the FTX stuff - their head of regulatory/compliance was one of the attorneys involved in trying to cover up the UltimateBet/Absolute Poker scandal
"Where were the signs, how did we not see it coming, where did it all go wrong" etc etc.
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I think that these House results might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for' for the GOP.
They will probably end up with a small majority, which means they will constantly be trying to contain their loonier members (think Marjorie Taylor Greene here) into a united front. It'll be a mess.
Although at least that enormous geebag Lauren Boebert seems like she is going to lose her seat. Would have been a fun one to be against as I think she was a 1/20 shot!"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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