Yeah, you should’ve thought of that before you decided to be Asian with your kung-fu and dumplings…

I was in a similar but opposite situation, minus the xenophobia. I don’t remember what started it, but in 6th grade I decided to throw a punch at a 9th grader. Everyone assumed he instigated it. I clearly remember starting it, but I obviously didn’t tell anyone that.

So many things…

Racecar driver
Veterinarian
Astronaut
…with a new plan every month or so.

When I got older and my interests started taking shape, I just said “IT” because I liked computery stuff, and while I didn’t have anything specific in mind, I knew it would probably involve tech. I remember an ad for this tech university, running around this time saying something along the lines of “I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. But I know that the occupation doesn’t exist yet”, and I felt drawn to that idea.

Then I started doing software development, nothing big, but I liked it. So for a while in my early 20s that was my plan. I also did a lot of network stuff, but I saw networks mainly as a means to get other stuff up and running.

And then I stumbled into a career of offshore seismic survey. Computers stuff was a big part of it. And then I ended up in a supporting role that is mostly centered around offshore networking and storage clusters. And looking back, my current occupation didn’t really exist 25 years ago.

I’ve been resolving them since the late 90s, no worries.

0. Because I’m old, crusty, and prefer software deployments in a similar manner.

GMDSS has a system and procedure for routing phonecalls over VHF. It’s expensive as hell, and the conversation happens over open frequencies, but it works for those times when there’s an emergency. Works all over the world where there’s maritime VHF comms and the GMDSS convention is in effect.

A coworker of mine got a scare once while we were doing a seismic survey far off the coast of Brazil. A message was passed down from the bridge that he had to come up and phone home ASAP. Cases like these rarely happens unless there’s a family emergency such as death and whatnot.

Well, we were all concerned for him, but when he came out to the backdeck, he was laughing at the entire ordeal. Turned out his dad had come across a really good offer for a quad bike, and needed to know if he should order it for him.

I want to be buried with my treasure, and as a data hoarder I will have to leave instructions for writing it all to tape.

• Superheroes
• Sexy clothing
• evil for the sake of evil

• Somewhat unformulaic, in that I should not be able to predict the gist of the ending halfway through the movie, or feel that I’ve seen the same movie before only with different setting (Looking at you, Avatar)
• Believable characters with realistic motivations
• No lazy writing relying on deus ex machinae or poor communication as plot devices
• Originality

I often find myself texting onboard an intercontinental flight, and in the other end is a coworker onboard a ship, so that we can plan the days ahead.

Turns out I was originally right about the era, but severely wrong about the genre. Somehow your mention of 60s psychedelic made me think of Type O Negative (I dunno how), which lead me to the right song. I’ve edited the details into the original post.

Yes, it very well could be. I may be completely off with my leaning towards a grunge tone and groove, possibly because the motif fits very well over the Come as You Are riff.

If it is in fact something from the area you describe, the pool of possible artists is very limited as it’s not a genre I normally listen to. Clapton could be it, but the only song I’ve listened to a lot is Cocaine, and that’s definitely it.

About the tone, it could be a very high gain one with boosted mids and lows, typical of the psychedelic genre. I also want to say it’s intentionally slightly out of tune.

If it is indeed that 60s or 70s, it would most likely be Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Rolling Stones, or something influenced by those.

Not the one.

Not the one. But I’m not outruling that it could be the right band.

I do believe the sound I’m after is a bit more heavy, though.

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Six hours at Heathrow due to snow. The delay wasn’t too bad, but the airport is. I’ve been to more airports in the world than I can count (must be in the hundreds), and Heathrow is one of my least favorite.

And at that point I was a big smoker, and once you’re past the security checkpoint, you’re unable to leave.

I befriended an Irishman named Fergus (He was from Galway, IIRC), as well as a Canadian couple who were in the same situation, and we used all the food vouchers we got from the airline on alcohol. In my case it was s a coping method for my nicotine cravings, and I ended up completely sandblasted. I have a vague memory of “walking” through the boarding gate when it was finally time, and then my memory is cut off. I awoke in the right airport upon touchdown, though.

And the delay was made so much worse because the amount of snow that shut down Heathrow was next to nothing. My regional airport has several times more and it doesn’t cause any issues.

I like to replicate a working procedure as closely as possible, but It’s small and (probably) inconsequential enough that I think of it more as sub-par-stition

I’m sure brand also plays a role. The three adhesives I use the most, both at home and at work are superglue, epoxy, and threadlocker. And I always use Locktite brand for all three (well, 7 if you count the different strengths of threadlock)

It’s mostly automated exploit finders looking for low hanging fruit. fail2ban and up to date software is your friend.

Fluent enough that Americans think I’m Canadian, Canadians think I’m British, and brits think I’m Texan.

HR. I don’t like people, and I don’t care about corporate affairs.

Or daycare. I have four on my own, and they’re more than enough. Work hours are my hours of relief.