The Cellar / Today I Learned....

**Posted by monster** 3/20/2021 3:06 pm

I always say "Bud -aka sex on a beach"

**Posted by monster** 3/24/2021 5:38 pm

Nefandous.

I would tell you what it means, but it's unspeakable.

**Posted by fargon** 3/24/2021 7:04 pm

Sex on the Beach.
https://budmanoc.com/product/sex-on-the-beach-32-8-thc-premium/

**Posted by Gravdigr** 3/25/2021 5:57 am

monster wrote:
Nefandous.

I would tell you what it means, but it's unspeakable.

Hah!

Now stop that.

**Posted by Peoploid** 3/26/2021 7:48 pm

That the software developers for the Boeing 737 Max were from Asia and paid $9 per hour.

**Posted by griff** 3/27/2021 6:27 am

346 dead, company reputation shot, but we saved a few bucks. Is this what they mean by late stage capitalism?

**Posted by glatt** 3/27/2021 7:15 am

I don't know anything about it, but I am skeptical that outsourcing parts of the programming was the problem. One thing we have learned during this pandemic is that for many information based jobs, your physical location doesn't matter. If you can work remotely from across town, you can also work remotely from Mumbai at the going wages for Mumbai. The key for a big organization with tons of people on a team is to have good management to coordinate things.

You look at a company like Tesla, and it sounds like they are getting the programming right. They somehow manage their teams well in a way that Boeing doesn't.

**Posted by Peoploid** 3/27/2021 6:27 pm

griff wrote:
346 dead, company reputation shot, but we saved a few bucks. Is this what they mean by late stage capitalism?

Sounds about right.

**Posted by Peoploid** 3/27/2021 6:31 pm

glatt wrote:
I don't know anything about it, but I am skeptical that outsourcing parts of the programming was the problem. One thing we have learned during this pandemic is that for many information based jobs, your physical location doesn't matter. If you can work remotely from across town, you can also work remotely from Mumbai at the going wages for Mumbai. The key for a big organization with tons of people on a team is to have good management to coordinate things.

You look at a company like Tesla, and it sounds like they are getting the programming right. They somehow manage their teams well in a way that Boeing doesn't.

As I understand it, the planes fell out of the sky due to faulty software. If Boeing had had a professional well-paid and motivated in-house team where they could properly monitor quality control and liaise with the aeronautical engineers maybe those tragedies wouldn't have happened.

**Posted by monster** 4/03/2021 9:58 am

Sid Meier was raised in Michigan and graduated from U of M.

Yes I only just got round to starting Clodfobble's book. Yes it's due back at the library on Monday and I can't renew it because someone else wants it......

**Posted by Clodfobble** 4/03/2021 5:59 pm

His son did, too! Sid has also gone back a few times post-fame and participated in game jams for students in the computer science department.

**Posted by monster** 4/03/2021 6:07 pm

sweet!

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 4/06/2021 12:42 am

U of M? Is that Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, or Montana... asking for a friend.

**Posted by griff** 4/06/2021 5:53 am

Michigan

**Posted by monster** 4/06/2021 5:39 pm

Sorry I thought that followed because the state had already been mentioned.

**Posted by footfootfoot** 4/06/2021 8:57 pm

U Mama followed...

**Posted by monster** 4/06/2021 10:06 pm

...through?

**Posted by monster** 4/12/2021 10:25 pm

TIL about the Open Arse Fruit. And what "Bletting" is

**Posted by griff** 4/13/2021 6:03 am

TIL that. Neat.

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 4/13/2021 10:56 am

Nearly lost, newly found. Cool!

**Posted by BigV** 4/14/2021 8:04 pm

Not sure that's the peg matching the hole in my under ... standing. Or sitting.

**Posted by monster** 5/21/2021 8:36 pm

TIL learned about the Camp Zachary Taylor Neighborhood in Louisville, KY. I drove through it/got lost in it on a beer run from my hotel and was intrigued by the unusual name, the entrance under a railway rack, the odd street layout, and the tiny houses that are so clearly a matter of pride, well maintained and loved. It seems a lovely little neighborhood strangely tucked into a little corner by a massive interstate interchange and the airport

Turns out it's built on the site of an old military training camp.

**Posted by griff** 5/22/2021 5:40 am

TIL that

**Posted by Limey** 5/22/2021 8:30 am

There are still a couple of villages based on the pre-fabricated temporary accommodation of military camps in the UK somewhere I believe. Paging Carruthers!! He'll know!

**Posted by monster** 5/22/2021 12:13 pm

Limey wrote:
There are still a couple of villages based on the pre-fabricated temporary accommodation of military camps in the UK somewhere I believe. Paging Carruthers!! He'll know!

I think there are only a few original buildings, but the snaking main street abd the side roads named for states and generals are from the camp days