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#97776: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:46:15 AM

[up][up] I'm largely a self-taught programmer, with a pretty wide repertoire of skills, mainly focused around database design. It's a decent living.

[up] Republicans want the police to self-fund via fines and civil forfeitures, giving them incentives to corruption as long as they make sure to target mainly poor people and minorities and leave wealthy white people alone to have their drug-fueled child sex parties or whatever.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:48:09 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#97777: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:50:00 AM

When the Internet started getting popular, there was no such thing as IT courses. Though yeah, older people definitely have more trouble than the young ones when it comes to picking computer skills.

I generally scoff at the idea of getting degrees in Microsoft Word for example, but people have made a killing offering courses for it.

Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#97778: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:54:45 AM

That is because for people who are recruiting, it is easier to have an official document from Microsoft that says "This person has passed official Microsoft courses of Microsoft Word that certify this person knows Microsoft Word" than this person telling me "I know Microsoft word. I am the black mage. I cast the spells that makes the peoples fall down".

Might sound silly for Microsoft Word, but with stuff like Excell...fuck. The kind of things you can do with Excell if you really know it...

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#97779: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:57:58 AM

[up][up][up] Reminds me of Reikan High School, its a private school with a drug and sexual harassment problem the police want to bust but can't because thier boss's children go there.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:58:24 AM by Skycobra51

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probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#97780: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:59:17 AM

[up] [up] but you can easily show that you know Word and Excel just by doing whatever.

That's what I mean by don't be afraid to read the manual. It is all there.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:59:44 AM by probablyinsane

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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#97781: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:59:24 AM

As much as I'd love to talk about my MS Excel credentials right now, it's rather off-topic.

Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#97782: Aug 5th 2015 at 9:00:35 AM

@Fighteer, I think your first bullet point can be made more encompassing and more summarized as "Handing free money to their corporate sponsors".

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#97783: Aug 5th 2015 at 9:05:20 AM

but you can easily show that you know Word and Excel just by doing whatever.

Easier for you. Not for the company to set up the test for dozens, or hundreds or applicants for a job post. No. Much easier for them to have the certification done by an outside trustworthy source.

Same thing as being a doctor. I can learn to heal people by you know. Volunteering to your local red cross. Doesnt mean you will be allowed to practice medicine.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
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Lost in Space
#97784: Aug 5th 2015 at 9:09:16 AM

[up][up] Indeed, but it's hard to frame the issue in terms of a negative — don't tax these people whilst subsidizing their businesses with other people's taxes. Republicans favor redistribution upward in general terms, but it's easier to demonstrate in cheap, pithy bullet points by isolating that into specific policies.

edited 5th Aug '15 9:09:36 AM by Fighteer

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probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#97785: Aug 5th 2015 at 9:12:19 AM

[up][up] Then, I'm glad that I am old enough for them to believe that I taught myself Excel. tongue

Sides, Google spreadsheet is good enough anyway.

Anyway, if you're savvy enough with coding, even without a degree, people will rightly expect you can handle any GUI program.

edited 5th Aug '15 9:12:49 AM by probablyinsane

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Lost in Space
#97786: Aug 5th 2015 at 9:14:10 AM

There are some fantastic things you can do with Excel and other Office apps just by knowing formulas, but the supreme power is in macro writing. I'm very good at VBA. Again, though, off-topic.

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SgtRicko Since: Jul, 2009
#97788: Aug 5th 2015 at 7:55:02 PM

Another incident regarding the Jade Helm exercise: 3 guys were arrested for building and hoarding weapons in preparation to attack troops attending the exercise.

They were your typical rednecks with the anti-government, "THEY'RE GONNA DECLARE MARTIAL LAW AND TAKE OUR GUNS!" sort of attitude. Difference though is that they were going to the length of even creating pipe bombs, makeshift grenades, and other booby trap weapons to turn their houses into a kill-zone. No word on whether they were planning to ambush them in the field or wait until the exercise reach their neighborhood though.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#97789: Aug 5th 2015 at 7:57:16 PM

The political climate is this country is getting worse. The Republicans are really riling up the wrong people.

There's gonna be deaths and insurgencies soon. You watch.

Oh really when?
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#97790: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:00:22 PM

It's things like that that make me wish we could just go in and take away all the guns from those kinds of people.

BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#97791: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:03:52 PM

On another topic...

Can anyone argue the Obama presidency hasn't been a runaway success???

I mean I disagree with him a lot, but he does seem to have accomplished almost everything he set his mind to.

He might be the greatest modern president.

I mean he is supposed to be entering "lame duck" territory but instead is adopting an "I will stop giving a fuck" attitude.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:05:30 PM by BAFFU

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#97792: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:11:01 PM

I think runaway success is really stretching it. He's definitely managed to accomplish an impressive amount of stuff given all the opposition he gets.

BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#97793: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:18:00 PM

America has unprecedented levels of approval around the world.

Unemployment is at 5.5

Cuba and Iran are moving towards softer stances toward the west.

Ukraine became largely aligned with NATO.

Seems like he covered all the bases.

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#97794: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:20:11 PM

Well to give his detractors some credit, that last one really wasn't his doing.

Thanks Putin. Greatest recruiter NATO ever had.

Or not considering that Ukraine is a hell of example of how NATO won't come save you when Russia comes knocking but eh, we'll see how people go.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:20:57 PM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#97795: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:21:56 PM

On the other side, the rise of ISIS, Citizen's United (which i know wasn't his fault), TPP (which totally is), and that while headline unemployment is going good places, workforce participation is still in the toilet.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#97796: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:21:57 PM

The unemployment rate is down but that's more because people just stopped looking for work. Granted that's not really his fault. Obama could have done a lot more to create good jobs if the Republicans stopped being assholes about government funding.

edit: The thing about Obama is that a lot of the things going wrong aren't strictly his fault. They're either out his control or they're something he probably would have handled a lot better if the Republicans would stop fighting him. I'm also unsure how much of the good stuff can be attributed to him. The economy was probably going to slowly improve on its own even if he did nothing.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:24:09 PM by Kostya

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#97797: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:22:32 PM

[up][up][up][up]indeed, people understimed his soft spoke and tendecy of remain quiet for most time but his clear how cleaver he is went it need it.

In fact after see trump stament about "make América great again" is clear is campain is being the anti-obama: loud,saying whatever he can, no caring about political correctness,etc

edited 5th Aug '15 8:24:10 PM by unknowing

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Keybreak (Long Runner)
#97798: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:24:09 PM

I've just come into political awareness, but I've really liked what Obama has done, at least as far as gay rights.

I haven't noticed much else...

They say he killed Bin Laden? Or ordered somebody to.

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#97799: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:24:59 PM

I don't think that should be listed as one of his great accomplishments. Obama just got lucky enough to be the man in the chair when they actually found him.

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#97800: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:25:08 PM

[up][up]Yeah but that was kinda pointless and if anything a bit self destructive.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:25:20 PM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?

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