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Comment · 7 years ago
Something funny:

  alias crontab='fuck you, <insert name of colleague here>'
Background:

Everyone knows that in a [in]sane workplace, you ALWAYS have to lock your machine. So this particular new hire forgot to lock her machine and one of the seniors (senior prankster, I would say) jumped into her terminal and set a crontab to run EVERY MINUTE.

So she comes back (we pair program so they were actually pairing that day) and goes on with programming for a few seconds. Then she tells us to be quiet. We're all like "WTF?" She asks, "Do you hear some robotic voice saying something?"

At this point we're all trying to listen but to no avail. She thinks it's her machine (which was connected to a 27" monitor) and proceeds to max the volume. A few seconds later, the whole office hears a thundering robotic voice say "ASSHOLE".

Everyone laughs. From that point onwards, we all had shortcuts to lock our screens, and as an added "security" feature, we aliased our crontab to actually say "fuck you" to our senior prankster.

Comment · 13 years ago
Thanks. No worries there :) I am not into bashing other people's hard work, but sometimes you just know it's not fit for you (case in point, mine).

I got confused the first tie with those jumping bubbles after the import as well. So I just went straight and clicked "Get Started". Anyway, I'm just saying it's not for me, but everyone, please try it first to see for yourself :) It has a neat UI and all.

Comment · 13 years ago
I'm sorry, I tried this and thought it imported my google reader stuff but it didn't. Instead, it suggested articles for me to read etc and eventually I decided this is not my GR replacement. (Don't get me wrong, I'd totally use this IF I wasn't on GR. This is good for first time, but for migrating from GR, I don't think so)

I wanted to delete my account since I don't plan on using it....but then there's no delete account! Shouldn't that be one of the first features? (Although I do understand people make it hard for users to delete to give their apps a chance)

Comment · 13 years ago
Comment · 14 years ago
Binding is available in steam and is available for Mac as well.
Comment · 14 years ago
It would be helpful if you also post in what engines you have tried as well. Last.fm? Grooveshark? Indieshuffle?
Comment · 14 years ago
I'm still getting the 500 error as of now
Comment · 14 years ago
LIke a few other people here, I also didn't get any recommendations even after liking(and disliking) beers. I'll follow up tomorrow and shoot you an email or tweet if I still don't see any recommendations. Good job! You even got the Philippine beers :)

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