Robert C
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7 hours ago, Robert S said:
I guess that's the story of software development turned up to 11. You start up with a team of what you think is a sensible size, after a couple of delays realize that there is no way that you can keep your target (date and/or content-wise) and add loads of people to that project, completely ignoring Brook's law ("Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later."). Once the project is done (one way or the other), you are left with a huge team without much to do, because of course you don't start to think about the next project while the current one is still running (and the current project is always the only thing that is really important) or even better slowly move resources out of one project and move it into the other so that you have a smooth transition when the first project hits market. Looking at my company, hardware development probably is not that much different either.
Ive never seen or heard of anybody laying off most of a hardware design team post project completion. I’ve seen it after a project cancellation, but only once. And I’ve been through an insane number of cancellations. Normally our next project is lined up long before the current one finishes.
Probably a bunch of reasons for that. Hardware designers are a pain in the ass to find and hire. So many specialties that don’t carry over to one another easily. Also, the work that occurs after something gets released frequently is as much as the pre silicon work.
What does happen frequently is shifting whole teams to work on a project that’s got behind, then moving to some other emergency once they’re done with the first. Been there plenty of times. It sucks, but it beats getting laid off.
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This one hurts. Wherever he is right now, I'd like to think Mojo is on stage singing with Glenn Frey.
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I don’t love Borderlands as a single character player franchise. Even if it is the one shooter that I’m not terrible at. I’ve had a hell of a lot of fun with coop though. There’s some nostalgia built into my love of the games too. Hearing Derek Burke in my head saying “prepare to be Trevonated bitches!” will never fail to bring a smile to my face, even if it’s a smile tinged with sadness.
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I’ve been wondering where he was for awhile. @RIPPA have you talked to him? He dropped off my Xbox friends list at some point.
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38 minutes ago, EVA said:
Just when you thought Ohio State was going to buy their way out of their Michigan problem…
Wow. New AD has barely been there a day, and things are already getting Bjorked up.
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2 hours ago, EVA said:
I am straight up not having a good time.
EVA has entered the transfer portal.
I'll admit, I mentioned Alabama players hitting the portal when Saban retired, but I didn't expect it to be this severe. They may be more depleted at DB by the portal than A&M was.
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In future turmoil news, Ross Bork is leaving A&M to take the Ohio State AD job.
So, congratulations Buckeye fans. You’re getting the guy responsible for Jimbo’s insane contract extension. And for whatever that Mark Stoops midnight deal was. Good luck with that.
And now Ryan Day gets to hear he’s on the hot seat the first time he doesn’t win by three touchdowns. And Elko hears the same when our offense looks like crap in the spring game, as is tradition.
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We’re paying Fisher $77 million to not coach for us. Unless the buyout is nine digits, nobody is gonna bat an eye at Alabama paying it if Lanning’s their guy.
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The portal might just get crazy again. Saban out at Bama. Maybe Harbaugh at Michigan too. Plus whichever top end school(s) they poach from, and so on. Get your checkbooks out CFB fans.
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10 minutes ago, EVA said:
Lane Kiffin may end it all if he doesn’t get this job. (He’s not getting this job.)
He won’t get it, but it would be hilarious if he did.
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And just like that, the offseason got interesting all over again.
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On 12/27/2023 at 9:01 PM, Robert C said:
Aggies had our starter at QB (would be third stringer but #1 is out for the year and #2 was out for the year and then transferred) for exactly one play before he broke his arm. Fourth stringer had thrown three passes before tonight.
Add in having a total of three receivers available and losing about 300 guys on defense, and this is gonna be ugly.
Said fourth string quarterback apparently finished with the fifth most passing yards since Fisher was hired. If that doesn't explain Fisher's downfall, I don't know what does.
Also fun - two guys I'd never heard of caught passes, and A&M's leading tackler was a walkon.
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Aggies had our starter at QB (would be third stringer but #1 is out for the year and #2 was out for the year and then transferred) for exactly one play before he broke his arm. Fourth stringer had thrown three passes before tonight.
Add in having a total of three receivers available and losing about 300 guys on defense, and this is gonna be ugly.
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1 hour ago, RIPPA said:
Signs are pointing to Duke settling on Manny Diaz (who is currently Penn State's OC) as Head Coach
Had to look it up. He's their defensive coordinator. You had me wondering for a minute why Diaz would be an offensive coordinator, and why anyone would hire Penn State's offensive coordinator to do anything they thought was important.
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On 12/5/2023 at 12:07 PM, Death From Above said:
I tend to prefer games where I can play a mass murdering wizard but having said that, who is to say molotov cocktails aren't just a fireball spell, perhaps I will join you all
Even I've given up on Twitter. I knew it would be bad when a drug abusing billionaire took over but I just can't condone continuing to use that platform anymore. It makes me so sad inside.
There's a non-zero chance we get to do something horrible to virtual Musk. After all, the last game ended with bundling an egotistical billionaire into the trunk of his car and sinking it in the ocean. Plus, there was the incident with virtual Steve Jobs.
3 hours ago, Technico Support said:Oh man, you're in for a treat. I just did my third playthrough (beat it originally in early 2019), found it just as amazing, and still discovered things I hadn't seen or done. Take your time and enjoy it. And HAVE A LITTLE GOD DAMN FAITH.
LENNY! So many cool little things in that game. Too bad online was just kind of there.
On 12/5/2023 at 11:42 AM, J.T. said:If there is a GTA Online II with this game, we must recruit Dakota Kai for the DVDVR Cartel.
If? GTA online 2, or an expansion of GTA online 1 to include VC (hopefully the former, online is bloated and badly needs an enema) is the surest of sure things.
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Next time we have an active shooter in the neighborhood, it would be kinda helpful if the police let us know.
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Dang, that looks purty. The amount of stuff happening on screen at one time is insane.
I waited 10 years, I can wait 2, or 3, more for the next. Then we get the band back together. We just swap two beer with the night shift for Ensure and early bedtimes.
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On 12/1/2023 at 9:22 AM, Dolfan in NYC said:
Tuesday morning can't get here soon enough.
It's hard to look at that image and not hear A Flock of Seagulls playing in my head.
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32 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said:
South Carolina QB Spencer Rattler is entering himself in the NFL Draft.
August 2021 was a hell of a long time ago for Rattler
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53 minutes ago, RIPPA said:
And Johnson announced he is going to UNC
Good for him. Did the best he could with unmotivated receivers, terrible coaching and truly awful OL play.
He was gonna be third string at A&M anyway, so nobody is surprised. And now he probably won’t get the snot beat outta him every game. Hope his little brother stays, though.
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7 hours ago, BloodyChamp said:
O man I forgot all about Petrino being at A&M. What a dumpster fire.
And Durkin. And Addazio. It's like we put all the worst possible ex HCs together in one staff. Glad to flush the whole lot of em (except Elijah Robinson, gotta keep him).
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At least Elko makes sense, if it's really him. Knows the place and half the players. Younger coach and probably won't have an insane contract. Might actually try to run modern schemes on both sides of the ball. Maybe he doesn't work out, but at least he has a shot.
Stoops made no sense at all. Why pay $75 million to fire Jimbo, then hire his clone? We'd have ended up paying both of em not to coach in a few years. And Stoops would've been at $10 million per year.
I'd love to know what really happened last night, but I doubt the truth ever comes out. My willingness to believe anything said on the subject is inversely proportional to how convinced the person saying it is that they're right. Craziest story I saw was the board of regents agreed on a target, but Bjork went rogue and tried to hire Stoops on his own. Figure I can rule that one out, as Bjork hasn't been fired.
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Keep seeing stuff different places online about Ryan Day to A&M.
Near as I can tell, the ultimate source for every one of em is a parody post on whats left of Deadspin which was just screen caps from an Aggie message board.
Sounds reliable to me.
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1 hour ago, Technico Support said:
I got into the Beastie Boys when I was 12 and had no idea that Licensed to Ill was essentially a joke record. I recently texted my brother, asking him how the hell we never realized that.
For the same reason rednecks love Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother. People don’t want to know the jokes on them.
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MARCH 2024 Wrestling Talk
in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
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Oof. Pretty sure I saw the world premier of that one. Back when the world premier of a video was something anybody even noticed.
Still remember the premier of Hot For Teacher. Everybody at CD Fulkes Middle School - home of the fighting lizards - couldn’t wait for that one.