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Oh sh*t, my nightmare has come to CP!
I have one of them in the office, he no longer talks at me and will leave a meeting if I am part of it, self defence.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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It's good that you've on-boarded as a proactive change agent.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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"If I were ten years younger I'd take a flamethrower to this place!"
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The Money Pit!
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If you know that it's the kind of meeting where you could lose your cool, you have to stop treating it like it's something important to you, and instead treat it as a game.
During the meeting, instead of thinking things that might make things not go well -- in fact, instead of bothering with any emotions at all -- look at each person in the room as if they are part of a role-play game that you're playing, and analyse what they say and how they behave to work out their objectives.
Managers et al might be trained to be sneaky, manipulative ****ers, but they're rarely as smart as they make themselves out to be, so any hidden or longer-term agenda can usually be quite easily spotted.
And devs win hands down at role-play games, logical analysis, and creative execution, so move it into your field of expertise. Analyse what is being said to spot manipulation and babysit, and think of a small list of statements/replies before choosing one to say, just like in a game.
It's a puzzle, a detective game. Look for clues, and figure out what you need to figure out, and try to only speak if it's to find out more information -- i.e. answer questions with questions, but avoid "why" questions; go for questions that all "players" will have to think about (e.g. a thoughtful "How will that affect ~~?", rather than challenging with "Why should we do that?", which the "character" will be ready for).
And remember that you don't have to win, so don't even try -- you only have to get through to the end of the "level".
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Mark_Wallace wrote: they are part of a role-play game
Bring dice.
[chriselst rolls a 6 and vanquishes foe]
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And take a walk around the building, first, to level up your sword.
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First 90%: pretty good.
Last 10%: dumb.
It failed the 2001 test.
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That a good ratio.
I'd rather be phishing!
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It's a good ration if the first 10% is bad, and the remainder is good.
But the final 10% rubbish leaves you with a bad impression of the whole film.
A bit like drinking the whole beer...and then finding the dog mess at the bottom of the glass.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: ...and then finding the dog mess at the bottom of the glass.
Did that happen to you again?
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OriginalGriff wrote: A bit like drinking the whole beer...and then finding the dog mess at the bottom of the glass.
Where exactly do you drink?
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Pretty much, I don't any more.
Surprisingly, that's not the reason...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Remind not to go drinking with you!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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I was left with the same impression.
Couldn't quite decide wether I liked it or not. Decided to like it since I did enjoy the movie.
And I can always, for some reason, enjoy those vague parts...
I'm wondering what the 2001 test is though?
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Sander Rossel wrote: I'm wondering what the 2001 test is though?
Was it as good? Was it the 21st century version of 2001? Was it as expansive? It had been mooted as such by some of the critics. For me, it failed because of the ending.
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Karel Čapek wrote: For me, it failed because of the ending. TBH, so did 2001.
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Everything is better than 2001...
I've seen 2001 in approx. 2010.
I didn't have to watch it for the special effects. I'm sure they were great back then, but special effects aren't exactly timeless.
Other than that it was just some images of space stations and space ships with Strauss music playing in the background.
The ending was just weird (even weirder than that of Interstellar).
Kubrick made some pretty awesome movies. 2001 isn't one of them.
Most overrated movie EVER! Period.
So yeah, Interstellar passed the 2001 test for me
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Fair enough; it is all quite subjective.
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Yes, it is.
For me Interstellar was more of an Inception test.
Inception is one of the greatest movies ever and by the same director.
Needless to say it did fail the Inception test.
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Sander Rossel wrote: Inception is one of the greatest movies ever and by the same director.
I did not much like Inception.
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Fair enough; it is all quite subjective.
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Sander Rossel wrote: didn't have to watch it for the special effects. I'm sure they were great back then, but special effects aren't exactly timeless.
2001 was not about special effects. You saw it in 2010. That means you saw it when we'd been on the moon 40 years ago; we had a permanent space station; we had skype video conferencing and Siri and all that.
None of that had happened in 1968. Kubrick made a film that depicted a future world and future technology with a prescience that was impressive. There were no crazy costumes, no lasers, no space fighters: it was evolutionary technology mired in the practicalities of phsysics. He gave us just enough technology to explore the twin stories of finding alien intelligence and what happens when a completely logical mind is given conflicting orders. (You really should go on to read 2010 to get an idea of what actually happened to poor HAL)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Never thought of it that way.
The movie is still boring though (sorry)
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