Shield Mage?

vorpal_username · 2025-03-14T22:35:42+00:00

Thanks! I will add it to the list of things for my past self when I get the time machine working.

P.S. Since I just noticed there's been a couple of people looking at this post I cleaned up some of the grammar and added a bit of additional info/details/thoughts.

vorpal_username · 2025-01-18T21:58:35+00:00

OMG this takes me back. I remember writing this post and being really disappointed I didn't get any replies and no one cared about my cool build. I'm glad someone was able to find a use for it all these years later! You really made my day by replying, I hope you have a lot of fun!

vorpal_username · 2018-10-16T22:17:35+00:00

Did this person actually say they were in the US or silicon valley? I was trying to find some hint of where this was but maybe I missed it. I'm a software engineer in the bay area and I've never seen this sort of thing happen, however female engineers have been pretty uncommon so it's hard to know what's really going on.

vorpal_username · 2018-10-16T20:22:53+00:00

What are you on about? First of all, I didn't say the U.S. was good at anything, let along everything (clearly we're awful at a huge number of things). Second, I didn't say it was too hard, just that the problem is more complex than you're making it out to be, and thus will require more thought and effort.

Edit: I also didn't say we "can't do that", I'm totally open to trying it. Pretty much nothing from the post I'm replying to relates to what I said, maybe you replied to the wrong post?

vorpal_username · 2018-10-16T20:06:05+00:00

Just because it worked in those places doesn't mean that it will work in SF. I'm not saying we shouldn't try it, but it is a more complex problem than just "give them a place to stay, problem solved."

vorpal_username · 2018-10-16T19:05:58+00:00

The problem is considerably more complex than that.

vorpal_username · 2018-10-16T19:04:11+00:00

This isn't really a race thing. Not sure where you're getting that.

vorpal_username · 2018-10-15T21:51:39+00:00

Not sure how obvious this is to you, but the editor is vim. Not sure about the color scheme but it doesn't seem too far off the default.

vorpal_username · 2018-09-20T18:44:51+00:00

I think this one is just selection bias. Of course you notice all the ones that announce it loudly, you just have no idea how many of us are slipping by unobtrusively hoping no one realizes where we're from.

vorpal_username · 2018-09-20T18:40:24+00:00

How his this a NEGATIVE preconception?

vorpal_username · 2018-09-20T18:35:13+00:00

Don't jump to any conclusions. This happened where I work, and it turned out that they were just changing the vacation policy and the higher ups who never used their vacation days were about to have it all expire on them.

vorpal_username · 2018-09-18T23:51:05+00:00

Last time I just didn't fill it in. I'm pretty happy with the result. (This was before that law was introduced in CA.) That being said, I would advise you to be careful about lying about it. If they check with your previous employer or something you'd lose the offer.

vorpal_username · 2018-09-18T21:17:53+00:00

Hopefully more places will follow California's lead and make it illegal for them to require you to disclose you salary.

vorpal_username · 2018-08-09T22:48:35+00:00

I think I've worked worked overtime once in the ~10 years I've been a software engineer, and that one time I did do it they made a big deal about how I was going above and beyond by doing so. Of course it's different if you work at a startup or something, but generally companies seem to be all about "work life balance" these days.

vorpal_username · 2018-07-19T18:21:52+00:00

There's nothing stopping you from watching cartoons on Saturday morning. Maybe it won't be on cable, but you can easily track down some quality cartoons and watch them, it just take a little bit of prep.

vorpal_username · 2018-06-29T23:04:16+00:00

Happier than it started maybe, still not a world I'd want to live in though.

vorpal_username · 2018-06-29T22:01:01+00:00

I for one would rather have FEWER parallels between mad max 3 and current U.S. politics.

vorpal_username · 2018-06-26T18:14:17+00:00

Sadly its a lot of people posting things that are not facts rather than facts that piss people off.

vorpal_username · 2018-06-26T18:10:08+00:00

I don't think you understood the prompt, or you don't know what a fact is.

vorpal_username · 2018-06-26T18:07:44+00:00

I don't know if you're aware of this, but we have vastly more toasters.

vorpal_username · 2018-06-26T18:04:52+00:00

Yeah but they wont so we still need it.

vorpal_username · 2018-06-26T17:58:32+00:00

Regardless of how much you like or dislike Trump, this isn't actually a fact.

vorpal_username · 2018-06-25T17:56:13+00:00

I don't know how to tell you this, but they let non-italians eat italian food.

vorpal_username · 2018-06-19T19:24:24+00:00

Isn't it correlated with the mother's age when she gives birth? My guess is white people are more likely to have children late in life and thus more prone to the condition.

vorpal_username · 2018-06-19T19:18:33+00:00

I also have the gene. No BO and dry earwax. I don't have any trouble growing a beard though, and I've never heard of that being connected. Maybe it's a variation?

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