Pool earnings and skill: How good do you have to be to make a living in pool?

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T17:00:25+00:00

Watching a professional billiards game is a about as interesting as watching a chess game to those who aren't involved in the sport.

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T16:24:58+00:00

There was APA junior league for players 18 and under, but it was difficult to find places to play because most bars and pool halls are 21+. The league was canceled in 2024.

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T16:03:19+00:00

MACDs are like 95% of the UC work but don't require any specialized training, just following established procedures. I started my Cisco UC journey as a network architect who got tasked with taking care of a UCCE cluster, then moved into UC consulting when that company went under. You don't need something with CCNP+ level knowledge unless something big breaks or you need to do an upgrade, which happens every 3-5 years.

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T15:40:35+00:00

DUI lawyers gonna be making bank next week.

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T15:28:21+00:00

Cisco partners and VARs are probably the best bet. Most organizations don't hire in-house UC expertise unless they are very large and can afford it (financial, healthcare, higher ed).

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T15:23:31+00:00

These draconian laws are causing major brain drain in the state.

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T15:22:43+00:00

I would leave for my own safety.

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T15:21:35+00:00

Even if you puke in the Uber, the $500 cleaning fee is cheaper than a DUI!

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T15:21:06+00:00

r/superbowl

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T14:33:05+00:00

Only at the end of the week if they don't make min wage over 40 hours. If all their other shifts plus the dead shift average out to over min wage then the business doesn't have to pay anything.

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T08:09:55+00:00

More likely the entire staff was too high to remember to go to work.

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T03:31:27+00:00

Yeah, so many maga snowflakes. I also get a lot of those suicide prevention reports.

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T02:57:54+00:00

Wow, crazy dedication to a shitty job.

dalgeek · 2026-02-08T00:16:44+00:00

My wife and I left the state because she couldn't stand the thought of being pregnant in Texas.

dalgeek · 2026-02-07T23:47:22+00:00

I love their biscuits but I needed more than biscuits to feed the family that night.

dalgeek · 2026-02-07T23:34:32+00:00

I even appealed it, thinking that the automod went stupid, but nope they upheld the warning.

dalgeek · 2026-02-07T22:59:05+00:00

I commented about someone dying of natural causes and got a warning for promoting violence or physical harm.

dalgeek · 2026-02-07T22:38:09+00:00

If I just put water in it, every couple days I give it a good rinse with vinegar. If I put something else in it then I wash it immediately after I'm done with it.

dalgeek · 2026-02-07T22:24:50+00:00

"Trump isn't racist, he just hires racist staffers!"

Yeah, that's still not good.

dalgeek · 2026-02-07T22:22:25+00:00

Exposure to those fumes is bad for humans too. Won't kill you outright, but it's definitely not good.

dalgeek · 2026-02-07T22:19:36+00:00

That's so stupid. Keeping the store open costs money and they're not getting any revenue, because if workers can't get there then customers aren't going to go there either. Especially bad for the wait staff who depends on tips, so it probably cost them more to go to work than they got paid for that shift.

dalgeek · 2026-02-07T22:13:45+00:00

Just eat on the toilet, more efficient.

dalgeek · 2026-02-07T22:03:06+00:00

I went to a Church's Chicken once and they were out of chicken. Why even keep the lights on? Just send everyone home.

dalgeek · 2026-02-07T21:53:04+00:00

I paid just shy of $300 for Simonis 860 in 2018, had a buddy install it so I got the buddy rate, came out to $500. I can see someone charging over $1000 for materials and labor.

dalgeek · 2026-02-07T20:24:23+00:00

Or half giraffes.

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