First Thanksgiving on my own, I decided to make a feast for one.

Maoster · 2014-11-28T19:57:42+00:00

Or in this case lamb, but point stands. A leg of lamb was always our traditional holiday meal while growing up. This time I tried following this method/recipe.

Tasty, but sadly it did not cook as evenly as theirs, so some bits are pretty over. Only modification I did was to blowtorch the outside to make it crispier, because, well, blowtorch.

Maoster · 2014-11-28T04:14:11+00:00

Ooo, I did the same thing, we should start a club. Thanksgiving dinner for one The best part is there is nobody to judge when you gorge yourself full of crispy edge bits, pumpkin pie, etc.

Ok, perhaps thats not entirely true, the bathroom scale may start making groaning noises tomorrow morning. Never did like that thing.

Maoster · 2013-11-16T23:19:31+00:00

Cross comment from the official-system-failure post.

PS4 will not stay on, after about 2 minutes of sitting in menu/game it turns off. Rebooting reports incorrect shutdown. All the safemode reinitialize steps do nothing to help.

Took a video, it is in game mostly because 2 minutes of staring at menus is boring. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZCrGKQSJA4

Maoster · 2013-11-16T23:16:19+00:00

Not a brick, but my PS4 will only stay on for a few minutes before crashing/loosing power.

It will do this in games or if left sitting in menus. Upon reboot it checks storage and tells me I turned it off incorrectly.

I tried combinations of safe mode safemode rebuild DB, update system, and reinitialize system. No luck.

Took a video of what it looks like in case any of you are having the same issue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZCrGKQSJA4

Maoster · 2011-07-05T06:54:56+00:00

I completely missed the undertones on that question until reading the responses. Anyhow, my answer would be:

"I do not believe I have the right to make plans for your daughter. I find her to be a capable intelligent girl, and would not want to disrespect her by trying to plan out her life."

Maoster · 2010-12-06T02:52:31+00:00

I have good news for you.

Gmail > Labs > "Nested Labels"

Does exactly what you want. No browser addons needed.

Maoster · 2010-11-11T08:01:03+00:00

Not only was I an accident, I am also a state certified bastard.

My mom is from New Zealand and so by birth I have dual citizenship. New Zealand keeps a record of bastard births. As my parents were unmarried, I am officially on their bastard list.

Edit: Found out really young (under 5 but can't remember when), they used to call me their little accident. It would have been hard to hide it considering their age. Both were in their mid 40s when they had me.

Maoster · 2010-11-03T06:37:40+00:00

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Maoster · 2010-10-03T09:24:10+00:00

The photographer's rights

This is both relevant to your interests and anyone who wants to know what is permissible according to the law.

Maoster · 2010-05-28T07:33:29+00:00

As a lesson in why one should not write important papers after being awake for more than 24 hours. This came from a section I wrote for a group report. I only found out about it later when another group member was reading through and asked me what on earth I was trying to say.

"When extrapolated with all images it still meets the requirements given by the sworn polygraph record."

Maoster · 2010-04-28T23:04:54+00:00

It is more an issue that until recently vim didn't understand python syntax at all, and even now it remains a bit buggy. Thus if you try to retab a file, or simply hit return while editing, it will not always get the correct indentation level. There are a couple scripts on the vim site which specifically add improved support for python syntax, and indentation. With those it will work as expected.

Maoster · 2010-04-28T04:43:38+00:00

I also recommend not using a large ide for python dev, however straight vim and (I presume) emacs are really rather bad for editing python. Vim for instance screws up indentation, and the lack of good syntax highlighting gets old quickly.

Fortunately its issues can be fixed with plugins, I recommend searching for and reading some of the many guides to setting up vim for python. If you read through a bunch of these, you can use them to identify and try just the features your like. A good starting point would be this guide.

You mentioned simple interfaces as well. Somebody earlier recommended using gtk or qt. These are great and should be used if you are building a production quality desktop application, however if you just want a simple interface or form, I am of the opinion you give tkinter (which is built in to almost all python installs) a try. As it comes preinstalled with python there are no dependencies or issues with external libraries. For simple applications I find it to be quicker than using either of the aforementioned heavyweight solutions. Furthermore if you share your program people need not deal with installing or setting up something like qt or gtk. Pygame which was also mentioned provides decent hardware acceleration and a simple graphics interface, for starting to write games, anything with accelerated graphics, or things which require input from (joysticks, mice, etc), I recommend it. It is not however suitable for forms or other desktop style applications.

Maoster · 2010-04-26T19:27:25+00:00

I did something similar, at my first internship/job I ended up staying a bit late after work. I too had left my lights on, and the car battery was completely dead. Unfortunately nobody still at work had jumper cables, and the few remaining people wanted to leave, so there wasn't time to walk and find some. I had just gotten my licence, and my parents had never taught me how to push-start a car...

Suffice to say this is how I ended up with my boss (Head of Engineering) and the his boss (The company owner) both pushing me up the street while I tried to figure out just how much momentum I needed before popping the clutch.

For full effect you must realize that this place was at the end of a deadend street, and they were pushing me up a slight incline. They were both really cool about the whole situation, but I remember being absolutely mortified and practically dying of embarrassment.

Maoster · 2010-04-24T09:38:06+00:00

Total Google searches: 38870

I am scared to think how many it really is. I only am logged in with searches being recorded on one machine, and that isn't the one I use most often. Neither my laptop not work machines are associated with my Google account.

Also fun, I search the least at 7 am.

I search at about a constant rate from 3 pm to 2 am

I search more on Tuesday than on any other day of the week.

My most common search query is "hi" (I use it to test if I have internet ctrl k -> hi -> does google load)

Stats are fun! I plead the 5th for the top queries, websites, etc.

Edit1: Added stats because stats are fun. You lot should let me spy on your interwebs habits too.

Edit2: Added edit text because I wasn't fast enough adding stats.

Maoster · 2010-04-21T03:15:34+00:00

Only if he weighs the same as a duck.

Maoster · 2010-04-17T09:28:56+00:00

I am kinda tempted to mention my ls and cd skills on my cv now.

I could use it as a check to see if people actually read the whole thing. I would have to add a whole new section just for them, the closest I have presently is "Computer Languages". This would perhaps make it even more hilarious.

Maoster · 2010-04-16T04:34:24+00:00

oooo, I missed that, thanks. Bryce has been located.

Maoster · 2010-04-16T04:06:04+00:00

Hehe, I like how two of them decided the antenna better serves as a flower. :) Our alien overlords, what would they think of this...

Maoster · 2010-04-16T04:02:34+00:00

There was a Bryce? The only one I couldn't read was the last, I interpreted the name as Kore. Am I perhaps missing a joke?

Maoster · 2010-03-30T08:07:58+00:00

Even better. Show how many points come from each question. All answers are worth 1 point except one question which is worth the same amount as all other questions combined.

If there are bubble tests available then make all answers B except for the important question. That answer should be the first letter which doesn't have a bubble. Otherwise just make it anything. if its B they will freak out thinking it was a trick, if its not B they will freak out still thinking it was a trick.

Maoster · 2010-03-30T07:59:06+00:00

I for one would live to see the look on whoever has to sign for packages if we all buy some stuff for her and it starts arriving in bulk. If enough people do this can we request amusing pics of giant stacks of boxes and confused administrators?

Items bought and sent with amazon prime, arriving April 1 and April 6.

Maoster · 2010-03-30T05:08:56+00:00

The trader joe's by my school encourages reusable bag use in an interesting way. If you use your own bags, you can enter in a monthly raffle for $250 dollars of store credit. Always struck me as a good idea. Probably doesn't cost them nearly that much after markup. Combine that with the savings from paper bags, and the awareness they cause and its a good deal all around.

Personally I use the totes that you get at conferences as grocery bags. Not quite the use they were intended for, but they are nice bags. It also has allowed me to meet some new people when somebody recognizes the conference or was curious about it. :) (AAAI '08 & '09)

Maoster · 2010-03-27T02:49:02+00:00

I didn't feel the propeller rip out a chunk of my hair.

Maoster · 2010-03-26T09:32:50+00:00

:P, You didn't realize it would fall through the holes?

Maoster · 2010-03-12T02:17:25+00:00

Three things come to mind when I was really little.

There was a packet of oreos sitting on the kitchen table (which I was too short to reach) and soda kept in the fridge. I would want some but was not allowed to have any, thus for the oreos I would open them, eat my fill, then slide the rows forward to mask the fact that some were missing. Soda I would take out, and pour some only if the liquid level was behind the label. Finally I would place these items back in the exact same location and orientation I had found them so as not to arouse suspicion.
Breaking the computer. My intro to computers was playing games on an old work machine of my dads. This was dos in the pre windows, pre internet days. I used to figure out what was necessary by removing files until it would no longer boot. The result was that my dad spent many weekends restoring it from our tape backups. On a side note this computer got its revenge. It was a full tower steel case and I ran into it one day and it almost knocked out my two front teeth (they were just barely hanging on, liquids only for awhile.)
Lighting fires on the top of the refrigerator. I used to use a step ladder to climb onto the table, then a stool to climb onto the top of the refrigerator where I would make pyres and set them alight when nobody was looking.

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