fun with friends

[dudeb87]

Let's be friends in Pokémon GO! My Trainer Code is 3427 1723 1305!

[dudeb87]

I love Lego's and throughly enjoying building them

[dudeb87]

I thought this was funny

[dudeb87]

Wife makeup

If you ever think its a good idea to say anything about your wife's makeup (if it's bad). DON'T!!! You will be considered a jerk and an asshole. My day has been ruined. She hates me now and will not stop complaining about what I do.

[dudeb87]

Burn the crap out of some crates

[dudeb87]

Yep. Electrics definitely grow in water. Oh WAIT!!! No they short out!!!

[eikotheblue]

oh no

[fyprogramming]

My brain hurts

[dudeb87]

Add me on Snapchat! Username: jbreal87

[dudeb87]

Who would have thought this would happen.

[dudeb87]

He is just getting into the swing of things at his new office job.

[petty-revenge-stories]

Unlucky Steam key scammer calls electronics, gets the dumbest employee in the world.

When I worked at Walmart, I went from cart pusher->cashier->electronics->security. Sometimes after I switched to security, when electronics was really swamped, I’d help out for a few minutes. One day, the phone was ringing and I was walking by and randomly answered it.

Sir Scamalot: “Hello, sir, this is Steam Support services with Valve.”

Instantly, of course, I know this is a scam. I adore valve and played so many of their games too. I can’t believe my luck! Of all the calls to answer! Surprisingly he didn’t have some weird accent.

Me: “Oh, uh… what can I do for you?”

Sir Scamalot: “We’ve had reports that game keys shipped to your location may have an error that prevents it from authenticating, specifically the game Counter Strike. We need to validate your game keys to see if yours effected.” [I forget which CS was on sale then, this was 2008].

Me: “Oh, what do I do?” As if I didn’t know.

Sir Scamalot: “Well I just need you to open any copies of the game you have and read me the CD key on the instruction manual so I can verify them with our validation software.” [or on the jewel case, I don’t remember that either]

Me: “Sure thing, can I put you on hold for a minute while I get those?”

Sir Scamalot: [obviously happy] “Sure!”

So I put Sir Scamalot on hold while I called all the other area stores electronics department and warned them about the scammer and confirmed nobody had taken a call like this earlier. About 15 minutes later, I get back to Scamalot.

Me: “Thanks for holding, but I can’t find any CD keys. I looked all through the book and the packages.”

Sir Scamalot: [annoyed] “Well sir, just open any copy of Counter Strike and on the-”

Me: “Oh, COUNTER STRIKE! I thought you said Counting Strikes, that bowling game, ok, hold on!”

Everyone in the department is listening and we all laugh. 10 minutes later, I’m back on the line.

Me: “Ok, I got what you’re looking for! What do you need?”

Now I make him walk me through how to open the box, including interrogating him for 5 minutes about how to do it without breaking the seal, then pretend I can’t find the book, etc etc.

Finally, I’m ready to read the code!

First, I read him the UPC. This upsets him. Then I read him a part number from something. Now he’s livid. Finally, I ask if he means the code on the book that says “game key” and has like groups of four digits with dashes (like he’s said probably 50 times already) and he gets excited again.

Oh, ok heres the game key…

Me: “Ok F… like frank. U… like uncle. C… like cat.”

Sir Scamalot: “Sir, I don’t think thats right, normally a code would-”

Me: “No, its. F, U, C, then K like kite. Next four is Y like yesterday. O like owl-”

And he swore at me and hung up.

Petty Revenge: Your daily dose of the best petty revenge stories. | source

[dudeb87]

This is hilarious!

[petty-revenge-stories]

Unlucky Steam key scammer calls electronics, gets the dumbest employee in the world.

When I worked at Walmart, I went from cart pusher->cashier->electronics->security. Sometimes after I switched to security, when electronics was really swamped, I’d help out for a few minutes. One day, the phone was ringing and I was walking by and randomly answered it.

Sir Scamalot: “Hello, sir, this is Steam Support services with Valve.”

Instantly, of course, I know this is a scam. I adore valve and played so many of their games too. I can’t believe my luck! Of all the calls to answer! Surprisingly he didn’t have some weird accent.

Me: “Oh, uh… what can I do for you?”

Sir Scamalot: “We’ve had reports that game keys shipped to your location may have an error that prevents it from authenticating, specifically the game Counter Strike. We need to validate your game keys to see if yours effected.” [I forget which CS was on sale then, this was 2008].

Me: “Oh, what do I do?” As if I didn’t know.

Sir Scamalot: “Well I just need you to open any copies of the game you have and read me the CD key on the instruction manual so I can verify them with our validation software.” [or on the jewel case, I don’t remember that either]

Me: “Sure thing, can I put you on hold for a minute while I get those?”

Sir Scamalot: [obviously happy] “Sure!”

So I put Sir Scamalot on hold while I called all the other area stores electronics department and warned them about the scammer and confirmed nobody had taken a call like this earlier. About 15 minutes later, I get back to Scamalot.

Me: “Thanks for holding, but I can’t find any CD keys. I looked all through the book and the packages.”

Sir Scamalot: [annoyed] “Well sir, just open any copy of Counter Strike and on the-”

Me: “Oh, COUNTER STRIKE! I thought you said Counting Strikes, that bowling game, ok, hold on!”

Everyone in the department is listening and we all laugh. 10 minutes later, I’m back on the line.

Me: “Ok, I got what you’re looking for! What do you need?”

Now I make him walk me through how to open the box, including interrogating him for 5 minutes about how to do it without breaking the seal, then pretend I can’t find the book, etc etc.

Finally, I’m ready to read the code!

First, I read him the UPC. This upsets him. Then I read him a part number from something. Now he’s livid. Finally, I ask if he means the code on the book that says “game key” and has like groups of four digits with dashes (like he’s said probably 50 times already) and he gets excited again.

Oh, ok heres the game key…

Me: “Ok F… like frank. U… like uncle. C… like cat.”

Sir Scamalot: “Sir, I don’t think thats right, normally a code would-”

Me: “No, its. F, U, C, then K like kite. Next four is Y like yesterday. O like owl-”

And he swore at me and hung up.

Petty Revenge: Your daily dose of the best petty revenge stories. | source

[dudeb87]

This is hilarious!

[dudeb87]

[dargacode]

Turns out data structures are really fun and not that scary

DAY 684

I wish I hadn’t read so many people complaining about data structures, so I wouldn’t have put off learning them for so long. 

Here you go, here’s the building block of every data structure I’ve seen so far:

It’s just an object with a piece of data and a variable that points to another similar object [or multiple objects].

They’re just chain links that you can connect together into different shapes. You can connect them into long strings, loops, nets, fringes, pyramids, or branching lightning bolts.

Then there are usually some rules about how/where/when you add new links, or remove existing links, or travel between links to search for things.

I’m sure there will still be tough things to learn, but so far everything is really fun and incredibly satisfying.

If you’re looking for a good intro, Simon Allardice has a great way of explaining things, and I liked his Data Structures class a lot.

[dudeb87]

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An unlikely trade - via http://ift.tt/2a9DaPr

[dudeb87]

Lol, yeah some web developers do that.