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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Same. When I was on 5 week offshore rotation I usually did the night shift. It's quieter, fewer people around, and my arctic ass doesn't like the equatorial sun. Beyond my lifelong affliction of inability to fall asleep in a timely manner (fixed by audio books), I slept better then than I've ever done since.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 15 hours ago

Singapore. Spent a lot of time there on a few occasions, and I really like the place.

Alternatively, downtown Kuala Lumpur. Awesome street food.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

Personally, I do it because trumps last name is more rare/recognizable than his first. With her it's the other way around. It's less ambiguous that way.

As a tangent, I do think a presidential race between Donald Duck and Ed Harris would be less mentally taxing.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

She's his colleague. Maybe even work wife, even if they've only spoken via ~~teams~~ telefax.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Apart from the jetlag it's not too bad, actually. I've had worse jobs that didn't take me to the far corners of the world.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In 2009 there were like three people in line in front of me. Must've taken at least 30 seconds before an available election official could check my ID. It was extremely early in the early voting period, and there was only one place open that early. I was going to be abroad for the next month, so I had to vote that day.

When not voting early, I can't recall there ever being a line.

"2009 election, you say??"

Norway.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I played a lot of D&D back in the day, and while I'm normally not a superstitious person, we did have a dice jail for poorly performing dice. That light blue d20 was a repeat offender.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

Yes; pollsters and advertising platforms. They've got to be raking it in these days.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Never played the futuristic ones. What appealed to me with the anno games was the atmosphere of sails and settlers.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

BuT tHeY wErE WrOnG iN 2016!1

Yes, and no. They estimated a slightly higher chance for a Hillary win over a Donald win, but they were well within the margin of polling error, and they have been for every election. Plus people have a tendency of over-valuing a "51% chance to win".

While this is good news, it could mean nothing.

EDIT: 538 explained it better than I ever could:
"Statistically, too, there is no meaningful difference between a 50-in-100 chance and a 49-in-100 chance. Small changes in the available polling data or settings of our model could easily change a 50-in-100 edge to 51-in-100 or 49-in-100. That’s all to say that our overall characterization of the race is more important than the precise probability — or which candidate is technically ahead.”

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

2k@120

I'm not that picky in terms of resolution, but I am when it comes to FPS.

But in all honesty, 2k@60 would be fine too.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"IT Support".
Shore support specialist for this production system (server cluster) used offshore. I spend most of my time "available, on standby".

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