Makes sense
There was a time in colonial baboon land if we said "Indian" the default would be to envision a native American. As people from the other side of the world became more prevalent over here, if someone said "indian" and we needed to differentiate, we would say "dot indian". That then morphed into "dothead". |
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Either that or ...
Casino indian or Slurpee indian Is that a stereotype in other countries, that all the 7-11s are run by South Asians? -- Drew |
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There was a band that took their name from it
Cornershop. My local corner shop has a big sign outside it proclaiming "Sri Lankan Owners". Not joking. Will get a pic next time I'm walking past. |
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What's their point?
Does Sri Lanka have some great reputation, or is the point, "We're not those *other* dark people"? -- Drew |
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Dunno, tbh.
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Re: Does Sri Lanka have some great reputation?
Not as much as the Ceylonese! :) Perhaps it's just that they want you to know they're not those evil Muslim Pakistanis. Sri Lankans are mostly Buddhists and less than 10% are Muslims. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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I've heard this one, too.
"Tech Support" or "Tomahawk"? |
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It is nowadays, and his name is Apu.
You can see he's a foreigner because he's almost the only person whose skin isn't bright yellow. -- Christian R. Conrad Same old username (as above), but now on iki.fi (Yeah, yeah, it redirects to the same old GMail... But just in case I ever want to change.) |
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What a strange thread to reappear in...
Howdy, stranger! Cheers, Scott. |
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It has its own logic.
It was the forum with the smallest number of unread posts. In the mean time, I've also finished the "Rand's Bitching about BDS" (formerly known as "Stupid PHB Tricks") forum. -- Christian R. Conrad Same old username (as above), but now on iki.fi (Yeah, yeah, it redirects to the same old GMail... But just in case I ever want to change.) |
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A quite Jungian synchronicity, too
Was recently gifted with The Apu Trilogy; then too, what if you're returning as The Harbinger of Doom? given our "maybe one year" to rid the dis-USA of its current malignant brain-cancer. (cf. current Politics entry.) [How's Finland for USian emigrés.. do we have to bring along a few hundred $grand?] |
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Re: Howdy, stranger!
Hey, that would have been my line! :) Good to see CRC pop up! Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
Just got bitched at by a dothead recruiter
- (lincoln)
- (53)
- Nov. 3, 2015, 04:56:07 PM EST
got a camera on my laptop, it is covered and taped up
-NT
- (boxley)
- Nov. 3, 2015, 05:09:28 PM EST
Pick your battles.
- (Another Scott)
- (12)
- Nov. 3, 2015, 09:46:10 PM EST
this was for a telephone interview
- (lincoln)
- (11)
- Nov. 4, 2015, 10:34:42 AM EST
You're causing unnecessary problems for yourself.
- (Another Scott)
- (10)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 08:56:31 PM EST
Re: You're causing unnecessary problems for yourself.
- (lincoln)
- (9)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 10:33:03 AM EST
You're picking a tiny hill to die on. Your choice, but think about it some more.
- (Another Scott)
- (4)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 10:39:22 AM EST
So translating your attitude
- (lincoln)
- (3)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 10:49:06 AM EST
If you're trying to interview
- (malraux)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 10:57:23 AM EST
You want another machine?
- (Another Scott)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 11:02:13 AM EST
I use the cheapest laptop available from walmart $239 or less usually an hp
- (boxley)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 12:00:24 PM EST
Re: You're causing unnecessary problems for yourself.
- (pwhysall)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 10:52:36 AM EST
You're not helping yourself getting your back up about this.
- (hnick)
- (1)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 06:56:59 PM EST
Well said. Hang in there.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 09:59:55 PM EST
I use Skype.
- (static)
- Nov. 9, 2015, 03:39:22 AM EST
Get both.
- (pwhysall)
- (38)
- Nov. 4, 2015, 01:42:57 AM EST
Really? How?
- (lincoln)
- (37)
- Nov. 4, 2015, 10:36:16 AM EST
You're thinking as a "programmer", not a "developer"
- (pwhysall)
- (36)
- Nov. 4, 2015, 11:30:55 AM EST
If you are doing Agile (or abortions thereoff)
- (boxley)
- (35)
- Nov. 4, 2015, 12:14:46 PM EST
And releasing tons of buggy code, iteratively.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Nov. 4, 2015, 03:11:59 PM EST
I was doing all that years before
- (lincoln)
- (33)
- Nov. 4, 2015, 04:59:47 PM EST
Re: I was doing all that years before
- (pwhysall)
- (32)
- Nov. 4, 2015, 09:17:09 PM EST
Re: I was doing all that years before
- (lincoln)
- (13)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 09:37:28 AM EST
Re: I was doing all that years before
- (malraux)
- (5)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 09:52:08 AM EST
Re: I was doing all that years before
- (lincoln)
- (4)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 04:19:09 PM EST
Development is more than just the code
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 07:05:39 PM EST
How often do you attend these meetings
- (lincoln)
- (1)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 10:36:31 AM EST
Stop right there.
- (pwhysall)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 10:46:33 AM EST
Because being a developer requires communication.
- (malraux)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 10:39:10 PM EST
Oh, I'm pretty sure
- (pwhysall)
- (5)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 10:01:11 AM EST
I would never hire you
- (lincoln)
- (4)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 04:16:51 PM EST
Re: I would never hire you
- (pwhysall)
- (3)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 06:57:39 PM EST
Amen to that.
- (malraux)
- (2)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 11:37:17 PM EST
same in my current shop, I can train anyone to do this
- (boxley)
- (1)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 10:50:16 PM EST
Yep.
-NT
- (malraux)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 09:17:13 AM EST
several places I have worked at required me to supply my laptop
- (boxley)
- Nov. 5, 2015, 11:51:40 AM EST
I am amazed it took this long into the thread
- (crazy)
- (17)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 08:52:36 PM EST
It went over my head.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 09:59:00 PM EST
Nope, it's pretty offensive.
-NT
- (malraux)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 10:58:51 PM EST
Christ! Me, too. Completely missed it. Thought it was a reference to "dot Net"
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Nov. 7, 2015, 03:37:13 PM EST
"This long into the thread"
- (malraux)
- Nov. 6, 2015, 11:00:48 PM EST
The "dothead" escaped me
- (pwhysall)
- (12)
- Nov. 7, 2015, 03:01:17 AM EST
Makes sense
- (crazy)
- (11)
- Nov. 7, 2015, 09:08:25 AM EST
Either that or ...
- (drook)
- (10)
- Nov. 7, 2015, 09:32:57 AM EST
There was a band that took their name from it
- (pwhysall)
- (3)
- Nov. 7, 2015, 10:52:40 AM EST
What's their point?
- (drook)
- (2)
- Nov. 7, 2015, 01:41:36 PM EST
Dunno, tbh.
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- Nov. 7, 2015, 02:21:27 PM EST
Re: Does Sri Lanka have some great reputation?
- (a6l6e6x)
- Nov. 7, 2015, 04:18:49 PM EST
I've heard this one, too.
- (mmoffitt)
- Nov. 7, 2015, 03:38:16 PM EST
It is nowadays, and his name is Apu.
- (CRConrad)
- (4)
- May 1, 2017, 06:14:53 PM EDT
What a strange thread to reappear in...
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- May 2, 2017, 12:53:41 AM EDT
It has its own logic.
- (CRConrad)
- (1)
- May 2, 2017, 01:39:39 AM EDT
A quite Jungian synchronicity, too
- (Ashton)
- May 2, 2017, 11:37:40 PM EDT
Re: Howdy, stranger!
- (a6l6e6x)
- May 2, 2017, 01:13:23 PM EDT
