That's a nightmare? A nightmare would suggest you were asleep and dreaming. That sounds like normal life, to me. I expect my users to have only a vague idea of what they want.
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That's a nightmare? A nightmare would suggest you were asleep and dreaming. That sounds like normal life, to me. I expect my users to have only a vague idea of what they want.
I should add that I'm not really being all that flippant, there. This may be due to my unusual situation, but I find that pinning the users down on requirements is mostly used as a way to stall progress. They don't know, and forcing them to decide results in a worse outcome that is much delayed.
That may sound a bit odd, and it may also arise from my peculiar situation. I write programs related to fish biology, but I'm also a fish biologist. As such, I'm often at least as knowledgeable about what is needed as the users are. They tell me that they want a program to capture the results from X, and I can say, "oh yeah, I've done X, I'll write what would likely have been useful to me." If I coded in a field other than Biology, I might not have that viewpoint.
Another 106 degree day. This is definitely the hottest year I can remember. Got the largest utility bill I've ever had. That was fun.
They have to pay for the fires.
Actually my electricity comes from local hydroelectric not PGE. The dams are fairly low and don't go through the mountains. Don't think they've caused any fires. I have a pretty low bill compared to most but it fills like a lot to me.
Here are a few Photoshops I did the past few days. The first two was for a theme called "that one time at the county fair": https://www.fark.com/comments/133479...ounty-fair#new
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Photoshops like this never cease to amaze me.
That second didn't need to be a photoshop. It could be a day in the life around here.
For the first one, while it is funny, those are light guns, not pellet guns, so there's not much reason to duck. I remember a place like that from when I was young. It was pretty fun...it was also free, which made it more fun. Lots of interesting things to shoot at that responded in interesting ways. I think it would get dull pretty quick, at my current age.
I was hoping they would pass for pellet guns, but after I submitted it to Fark, I noticed part of the gun's cable was petruding from the handle base on the counter. :bigyello:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Original photo:
https://www.vbforums.com/images/ieimages/2024/08/4.jpg
Not much of the cable is visible. I was actually thinking that it was just a really fine, black, cord. I didn't realize that you had removed the cable. Well done.
I could've done a better job with this image. There should've been kicked up dirt and dust from the charging Grizzly. The hardest part was the work I've done to this guy's face.
https://www.vbforums.com/images/ieimages/2024/08/5.jpg
I don't have a problem with the lack of dust. The ground looks more like lawn bordering pavement, so I wouldn't be expecting any dust.
You're right. The lawn is bordering the pavement, so there shouldn't be any dust. But with the Grizzlie's claws scrapping up the lawn, he should've kicked-up a little dirtQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
This is the second time I used Kirk vs Gorn in a shop. I had to use an AI to upscale Kirk's face. It was a late entry for this:
https://www.fark.com/comments/133283...gged-peaks#new
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Finally got a break in from the heat. Only suppose to hit 93 today. Time to break out the thermals. lol
I expect to get frost tonight, unless it is sufficiently overcast to keep the temperatures up a bit.
In August? You serious?
Yes. I'm camping in a place that has some strange localized weather properties. It's a valley at around 7,000 feet with peaks on all sides. Cold air sinks down into the valley, turning it into a little icebox. Frost can happen on any clear night throughout the year...except in the winter, when frost happens...all day every day. The coldest I've seen up here was -30. My moustache froze to my beard, and I couldn't get my mouth open until I had melted it with my tongue.
Holy smokes, that's insane.