QuantumYeti

I was also there. I don't really know what to say other than it wasn't mostly about Monty Python and Barney.

Edit: That last "What are you talking about?" part was pretty rude. Sorry about that.

I think this is the ledge being referred to:

https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.188%2C$multiply_1.3545%...

Only slightly related, but she also helped develop shark repellent for the US government:

https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/...

I'm just starting to dip my toes back into the freelance web development world, after deciding indie game development wasn't for me.

My main problem with clients has always been 1) They don't really know what they want, beyond "a website", and 2) The reading comprehension of pretty much everyone I interact with is surprisingly low. I've mostly dealt with small-business owners, whose personalities seem to veer towards the eccentric.

With my current client, I'll send out emails requesting clarification for certain features that need to be implemented on the site. If I'm lucky, I'll get an email back with at least one of the issues having been addressed. There's been emails where the response was in no way relevant. At one point I even got a photo of someone's backyard sent to me as a response.

I've learned to only send him a single line of text if it requires a response, to increase my chances of getting something I can act on.

I really like making web sites, and programming in general... It's just the frustration of poor communication that makes the job so frustrating. I think if I were more of a salesman/people-person, I would probably be better about figuring out what they really need, and offering solutions to them... rather then just getting upset that they don't what they want.

Why would they have "unambiguously" fallen into those categories? There's just this assumption that people who "look like that" don't listen to punk or metal, and it's just not true. People who listen to punk or metal can be young, white (I hate to harp on the white thing, it's just the way Wikipedia describes it), live in gentrified urban areas, buy clothes from the thrift store, buy vintage jackets. Lots of punks are vegan and live alternative lifestyles. All of those things are characteristics that supposedly identify someone as a hipster. If it seems like I'm cherry-picking, I'd ask how many of the characteristics need to be met for the categorization to be true. So I don't agree that they unambiguously fall into their own "punk" or "metalhead" categories. Maybe they self-identify as punk or metalhead, but that doesn't change the fact that the definition of hipster is so broad that their subcultures are a subset of it.

That's a good point, most subcultures aren't going to perfectly describe everyone in them. I think my problem with the Wikipedia definition is that it's so overly broad that it's virtually unfalsifiable if you're young and white. That wouldn't be bad by itself (it would just be a large category of people). I guess the reason it bugs me is because it is so broad and so commonly -- exclusively, in my personal experience -- used as a pejorative.

There are so many different characteristics listed under that definition that virtually all young white people could be called a hipster to some degree.

I still disagree with the judgemental definition of hipster. You could call anyone wearing clothes that aren't totally unique "pastiche". Assuming they're wearing the clothes out of a sense of "irony" is projecting.

The word "hipster" has always rubbed me the wrong way, mainly because people have very strong opinions about hipsters, and I'm still not entirely sure that word means anything.

Google's definition is "a person who follows the latest trends and fashions, especially those regarded as being outside the cultural mainstream." We used to call people who followed the latest trends and fashions "trendy". The only difference between "trendy" and "hipster" seems to be the qualifier at the end of the hipster definition: "...especially those regarded as being outside the cultural mainstream." But that feels weasle-wordy to me. It's like saying, "a hipster is someone who follows the latest trends and fashions, except when they don't".

People have been wearing flannel and hats for a long time (check your parents' photo albums). Whether or not the person wearing those clothes considers themselves to be making a new fashion statement seems to be an assumption made on behalf of the person calling the other a hipster. Because of that, hearing someone call another person a hipster has always come across as that person projecting their emotions onto another person, not as a description of anything that's actually real.

There are secular AA programs. I attend a couple in my area, have found them to be extremely helpful as a support group, and would not label them as a "church group".

Physicians aren't a cure-all, because there's no guarantee they've been trained in addiction medicine. After a few doctor visits and them hearing the word "anxiety", you might just leave with a new prescription to Xanax or some other benzo, which could be a virtual death-sentence for someone with a dual-diagnosis.

Another interesting thing about the Warcraft movie is how well it did in China compared to the US ($24m opening weekend in the US vs. $156m first five days in China).

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/02/warcraft-fi...

I had the same problem in chrome. Clearing cookies fixed it :/

Are you being sarcastic? Of course all the jobs in Topeka, KS aren't minimum wage. He probably plans on getting one of those. Just like everybody else who lives in a decent sized (not huge) house in Topeka, KS.

Tarn Adams has a pretty interesting talk about procedural myth generation (starts at about 9:00): http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023372/Practices-in-Procedural

Nope, there's a whole two of us!

I don't fine the usage of the word "white" in that sentence to be racist. The phrase "sausage party" is derogatory slang for a group of men. If he said "white group of men", that wouldn't be racist or sexist, so "white sausage party" could only possibly be considered sexist.

And I agree, asymmetry is part of the problem. As a white male, there's not a lot of derogatory terms regarding my skin color/sex that I'll get upset about. But there are tons of derogatory terms for minorities and historically oppressed groups of people where those words will carry a weight that I've never experienced.

He might be referring to vDOS using Cloudflare: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kaymYsb...