Best Posts in Thread: The good thing that happened to you today

  1. my mum after seeing me play super fast shit on osu:

    "oh god you've gone into japanese mode again, don't forget they hurl themselves on their swords sometimes"
     
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  2. Just accepted a permanent job at Jagex as a graphics programmer :D
     
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  3. Well that was quick

    Got a call this morning to tell me I've got the job!!
     
  4. Gaw discord is my friend now

    I'M BACK

    Now that I am no longer living in FUCKING RURAL IRELAND my internet is considerably better:

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    Now excuse me while I catch up on a week of porn internet! :dance:

    Also tyvm @Sim for your G400! Your scottish scent tingles my nostrils upon every mouse click :feelsgood:
     
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  6. HellJack A message was delivered, and received.

    Our Man @Savage sent me a nice Care Package from the good, old UK.

    Many thanks, Luke. It made coming back to work a bit easier.

     
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  7. HellJack A message was delivered, and received.

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  8. HellJack A message was delivered, and received.

    So, I have a good friend named Bruce. And he has two sons.

    One of his boys won a bag of alphabet beads at some School function. He and his brother were trying to figure out what to make with them.

    So Bruce convinced them to make me a necklace.

     
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  9. Rioter Mad man box wearing lunatic for President

    Accepted a new job as a radio broadcast systems engineer!

    For people who know me well, I've been involved with my student station for years, and I've always wanted to work in the industry. This job I was not expecting to get, I originally applied in September. But then out of the blue Friday I got a call inviting me down and got offered the job yesterday!

    Also I get an Audi A3 as a company car. Not bad at all.
     
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  10. HellJack A message was delivered, and received.

    Did what I said I was going to do in Vegas.

    Walked up to a roulette table and got a single $100 chip.

    Bet it on red. Won. $200
    Let it ride on red. Won. $400
    Took out $100 and bet $300 on black. Won. $600
    Took out $200 and bet $400 on red. Won. $800

    Total winnings in less than 5 minutes from $100 - $1000.

    ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: BET IT ALL

    Table limit is $500. Bet $500 on Green 00.

    Didn't win. Walked away from table with an extra $500. I know when to stop.

    Is good day.

    On my way to do some shopping, I made a random street performers day by dropping a $100 bill into his open guitar case.

    Bought a SHIT TONNE of souvenirs for my friends back home, and some odds and ends for me.

    Booked a Gentlemen Deep Tissue Mint-Infused Pedicure and Foot Massage at the spa here in the hotel.

    Drank a bit more.

    Going to go get lunch now.

    Later today, might take a bus tour of the city again.

    So, that was my morning.
     
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  11. Got 96% in my procedural city coursework :D

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    (here's some pretty pictures)
     
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    103 out of 100 :aaaaa:
     
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  13. Had my interview at Jagex, went incredibly well, apparently I'm in the final 5 after several thousand applicants, will hear in a week if I got it!

    Also holy shit the place is incredible. Literally gamer heaven. They even have a filming studio that wouldn't look out of place in LCS, just amazing facilities overall, looks just like the photos of places like Valve
     
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  14. Geit Coding wizard!

    So last week was my 21st, and I had to do a last minute job interview and cancel my plans. I got a call yesterday and they've extended me a Job offer. So come July, providing all goes well, I'll be an Associcate Software Engineer at Sky. :D
     
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  15. Boss sent a rough overview of my occlusion culling idea to the editor of GPU Pro

    He likes it and wants us to submit a full proposal (basically draft article) for inclusion in GPU Pro 8

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  16. Came up with a crazy technique for full scene occlusion culling that doesn't require any special geometry or artist input



    Today, 2 weeks later, I managed to get it implemented and working, and not only that it runs on fucking anything - pre-HD Intel GPUs, phone GPUs, webgl, etc.

    Literally cannot fucking believe it works, holy grail of computer graphics right here. Boss wants to co-author a paper about it with me :dance:
     
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  17. HellJack A message was delivered, and received.

    Fantastic!

    I finished buying/booking/making restaurant reservations for my Birthday Holiday to Vegas today.

    I've got tours lined up and paid for, shows and diners all set away, and I splurged on a new camera and fancy as fuck suit for my trip.

    Seeing world famous shows and entertainers, eating at gourmet celebrity restaurants, and seeing the grandeur Hoover Dam and Lake Mead.

    This is going to be grand, people.
     
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  18. Queenie Don't tell me what to do!!!

    Yesterday I told my boss and manager that I was ready for something new. Tbh my job sucks ass. It use to be fun but our new mayor is such an a hole.
    Anways... I told them and I said it doesn't have to be a secret and if anybody had any ideas about other positions it would be more than welcome. So one of my former bosses was standing here this morning and I told him that I was going to look for something else and he said he might know something. For ENTP (European New Towns and Pilot Cities Platform) they are still looking for people. I would have to travel to England every month orso and a few times to Brussel.
     
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    Holy shit 2 months of no response (assumed they'd rejected me) then suddenly this
     
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    microsoft game studios playing hard to get
     
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