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  1. Kaymyth
    I just made half an effort to take a peek at Google+ Holy crap. It's...it's like Windows 8 barfed all over Facebook while Pinterest snuck in and stole any features I might actually want to use.
  2. Kaymyth
    Yeah. Let's see if I can explain this whilst still keeping the mysteriousness of Redacted, Inc intact. So, we have lots of clients. They send us information every day. In the wee hours of the morning, we have to process that information in one big burst - so this daily processing is basically the primary reason for our existence. It kicks off automatically, but if certain things happen in the code, it can completely break the processing. Heck, sometimes our clients sending us corrupted data can cause the whole thing to break down, which is always fun. So there's definitely nothing there that anybody would be killing on purpose because it was running too long. It's a big job that usually takes several hours to run, so they're used to that. It's just that there are a lot of moving parts and a huge amount of data, and that means that little changes can cause things to break. Especially fun is when they break things without believing us at first. We'll say, "Hey! This thing is broken!" And they'll say, "What? We didn't do anything that could affect that!" And then it will turn out that the thing they did indeed affected it. And they'll go, "Oh. Oops."
  3. Kaymyth
    I'm not afraid to admit that by the time I finished Alloy of Law, I had a hopeless crush on Wayne. If he weren't fictional, and I weren't married... Yeah, it's a bit painful, but I get why they have to do it that way. Every year's WorldCon is its own corporate entity, so budget things get pretty wibbly-wobbly. Admittedly, I'm springing for a hotel room, but I'm also going to be cosplaying the hell out things and driving in a corset is such a pain.
  4. Kaymyth
    I believe that when their code pushes actually break daily processing over the weekend and we come into work to find a huge freakin' mess on our hands, I can safely say that I had nothing to do with any of that nonsense.
  5. Kaymyth
    It theoretically will, but they have to make sure that they bring in enough money to offset the reimbursement first. I think they always do, but they won't guarantee it because you never know when something really bad might happen. So you have to pony up first and wait until after con for a refund. Heeee. I may have actually inserted an anagram into the fanfic novel I'm putting the finishing touches on. I figured hey, if Brandon can get away with all of those puns and Wayne's (deliberate?) linguistic misunderstandings, I can get away with a gorram anagram.
  6. Kaymyth
    Heh. Yeeeah. I'm just glad that I'm not one of the software developers and thus can honestly say that none of this is my doing.
  7. Kaymyth
    Hee. Done correctly. Oh, you're so cute. Seriously, every major software release breaks SOMETHING that nobody expected. I sometimes wonder if our Dev team is secretly Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition. (When the test environment runs about 3 times as slow as the live one, you know that there's something different going on there.)
  8. Kaymyth
    They're definitely pushing for volunteers right now. I'm in on the docket and have been unofficially "claimed" by the head of Member Services. Though beware, the membership prices for WorldCon (this year's being called MidAmericaCon II) are a lot higher than regular cons. But I'm pretty stoked about getting to vote in the Hugo Awards. Linguistic Relativity? Absolutely! Morzathoth, make it so!
  9. Kaymyth
    Software Developers: "The test environment acts exactly like the live version!" Everyone Else: "...when it feels like it."
  10. Kaymyth

    Embracing my inner wrongness today. (Hey, it doesn't happen very often.)

  11. Kaymyth
    Oh, and since you're a writerly type... psssst - Kansas City is getting WorldCon this year!
  12. Kaymyth
    Exciting times! St. Joseph isn't that far from KC, and we have a pretty large set of geek subcultures around here. We get a few good cons down this way.
  13. Kaymyth
    I don't see why not! *peers at profile* Say...if you don't mind my asking, what part of Missouri are you in? I'm in the KC metro.
  14. Kaymyth
    For being both entertaining and creepy, all rolled up into a Swedish candy shell.
  15. Kaymyth
    Maybeso, maybeno; you'll want to check Arizona tax laws. You're moving early enough in the year they might count you as a non-resident and throw a refund at you.
  16. Kaymyth
    It...it could be worse. You could have to be paying into two different states. (This is the first year we DIDN'T have to do that. IT IS SO NICE.)
  17. Kaymyth
    I'm really not sure. That'd be a good question to search for/ask on the GitP forums.
  18. Kaymyth

    Huh. Well, that's possibly not good. Beware the Ides of March, indeed.

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    2. Zathoth

      Zathoth

      Ides of March only makes me think of the song by Iron Maiden.

      #LettingKaymythbevagueandcryptic #Shewouldhavedonethesametome #Probably

    3. Blaze1616

      Blaze1616

      http://i.imgur.com/fsxKasn.jpg
    4. Kaymyth

      Kaymyth

      Hee. Stab the Caesar.

      It's probably nothing. And if it is a thing, there's then at least a 20% chance it will turn into nothing. But if it doesn't, it will derail a lot of things. But it probably isn't. So I will not work myself up into a tizzy yet.

  19. Kaymyth
    This Gen X'er says that person must be either trolling or an idiot. Probably both.
  20. Kaymyth
    Well...it's looking like the final revision draft of Swift as Steel is clocking in at a slightly higher wordcount than Alloy of Law. So. Take that as you will.
  21. Kaymyth
    YAY! New home fun!
  22. Kaymyth
    By writing fanfic. An entire novel's worth. I might be a crazy person.
  23. Kaymyth
    {{{vibes!}}} The brain weasels shall be conquered! (Seriously, though, mine do pop back up from time to time. You never truly eradicate them, you just learn how to stomp them into submission.) I approve of this apartment. If it's enough space for you, definitely mark that into the Probable column.
  24. Kaymyth
    An American one. We don't do tea like UKers and Aussies. ...which is just as well for me, really. I can't taste tea. No matter what kind is presented to me, no matter what flavors they say I should be able to taste, all I get is slightly bitter hot water.
  25. Kaymyth
    Or otherwise adultlike.
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