Snark Will Tear Us Apart

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daizee said:
A friend sent a few bottles of this from his neighborhood bewery in Queens. Fortunately, I only poured a small glass for a taste at 8%:

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SingleCut Full-Stack IIPA: This is an IPA to end the war. The Thermonuclear Hop Bomb that may bring peace to the industry. This beer is SO hopped that it is as bitter as grapefruit juice, with a nose to match. It may in fact be a grapefruit screwdriver in a beer bottle. I'm not sure there's any barley in there at all, and is probably brewed with 95% pure hipster extract instead. Indeed, it is served with a side of irony in the form of a beautiful (truly) embossed label that reads: "SingleCut Beersmiths is proud to maintain the American tradition of beer locally made from craft by zealots/lunatics who believe hard work, truth, pride and passion always should come before profit." And with recipes like this, such results ought to be guaranteed.

GSOM, you must try this. I wish there was a way to send you one of the remaining bottles, because at 138 IBU, frankly I have enough bitterness in my life. However, that won't be necessary, because you can probably taste it from two states away.
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oOoh....I drooled a little bit when I read that. That is pretty "hops forward" sort of number. I would be interested in tasting that, if only for the sheer novelty of it. Like Ghost peppers only far less dangerous....but still adventuresome.
daizee said:
I just spend $10k on fileservers, assuming the PO is approved. Last one of 2014. I need a cigarette.
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You have to wait until after they come. ;).
 
spikebot587 said:
Pardon my ignorance, but what's a go ruck challenge?


Also, there are a couple brutes on the bay if anyone's interested
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Thanks for the heads up. I'll check them out. GoRuck is what tough mudder/warrior dash/etc. want to be when they grow up. YouTube them. Whatever people know or think about their gear aside, the challenges they do are impressive. I'm signed up for the Heavy.

gmoneyluv said:
Good luck with the challenge. How did you feel this morning.
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Thank you sir! I felt excellent. I couldn't find my Merrells so I used my Doc Marten work boots. No blisters. Just over 5 miles in about an hour and 20 or 30 min.
 
tradewater said:
Got this very generous gift for Christmas, today was the first time I've felt like getting outside to even take a picture. Anybody recognize it? Just curious.


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I'm quoting because I heat treated it. Along with 30 others in that batch.
 
What kind of terrain are you dealing with down there?

There are parts of that challenge that I think I could handle, but there are the majority of the parts that are just nope.
 
Chameleonbear said:
What kind of terrain are you dealing with down there?

There are parts of that challenge that I think I could handle, but there are the majority of the parts that are just nope.
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Not sure exactly, it'll be in Chicago. We've done gravel roads, hardball and dirt trails so far. Mostly flat terrain so far.
 
granitestateofmind said:
You have to wait until after they come. ;).
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*groan*
(can I have it now?)

gmoneyluv said:
Only one cigarette? So what did you get?
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a couple 2RU SAS servers and one SATA/SAS JBOD array (24 drive slots??). All SuperMirco. I'll get the second array on the 2015 budget. The idea is to make 'em hot spare hosts by duplicated interfaces and configuration, but with different arrays - just plug and serve. Need a ton of storage for the video production team, and less for scientific data. All that stuff will be used on the LAN as file servers and configured read-only to the application servers for external services. I've already got unified authentication on the LAN with VPN, workstations and virtual servers sharing storage (this will be the upgrade). This is the first actual hardware I've bought for intranet services... the rest has all been re-tasked from other stuff. And there was zero when I started. So it's pretty cheap and time to invest in hardware if you ask me! Next: external partner authentication, development environment for shipboard services &vehicle computers, and some sort of authorization tie-in for the data/video external services. That's the fantasy for the shore side, anyway.
 
daizee said:
a couple 2RU SAS servers and one SATA/SAS JBOD array (24 drive slots??). All SuperMirco. I'll get the second array on the 2015 budget. The idea is to make 'em hot spare hosts by duplicated interfaces and configuration, but with different arrays - just plug and serve. Need a ton of storage for the video production team, and less for scientific data. All that stuff will be used on the LAN as file servers and configured read-only to the application servers for external services. I've already got unified authentication on the LAN with VPN, workstations and virtual servers sharing storage (this will be the upgrade). This is the first actual hardware I've bought for intranet services... the rest has all been re-tasked from other stuff. And there was zero when I started. So it's pretty cheap and time to invest in hardware if you ask me! Next: external partner authentication, development environment for shipboard services &vehicle computers, and some sort of authorization tie-in for the data/video external services. That's the fantasy for the shore side, anyway.
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Damn you and your sexy talk. Foreign languages are so hawt!
You had me at "hot swap"....
 
Both are off to the quote thread. A matched set. :p
 
Your spare should always be hot.
You know, if you can swing it.
 
so...I got the knives I sent to Peters back from HT on Saturday, and since mom was still at home till today I got busy and finished my first kitchen knife, made out of AEB-L for her, my Christmas present. There was a mix-up and I got sent a knife I didn't make but I straightened it out with Brad today, he located my missing knife and after he gets both and sends back my knife he said I will get a good deal on my next batch, so I need to order more steel!

Anyway, mom used her knife to prepare yesterday's stew (puertorrican sancocho, a favorite) and declared the knife as competent...but said my small Calphalon Katana was sharper. I explained to her that the Katana, being half the thickness of the one I made would always slice better, but I decided to raise the secondary a couple millimeters. After carefully sharpening with diamond pads and finishing with the strop I kept fiddling with it for a while, but mom was done cooking so no more real testing for the day. I was lying in bed talking to a friend on the phone and took my attention off the lil bugger...and it slipped from my thumb/forefinger grip while still being held by the pinky. The tip swung down like a pendulum and made contact with my right cheek. I didn't feel any pain, but when I put my hand to the cheek it felt warm. By the time I reached the bathroom I had drops of blood on my chest from a trickle running down my cheek.

On the positive side, I don't think it will leave a mark, it was a very clean slice and not deep, about half inch long...and it's sharpness has been proved :D I told mom not to baby it and use as often as she can. Here's the culprit, before the re-profiling and Iñigo Montoya-style retribution:

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