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  • edited February 2014
    I don't get why that would be funny.

    Post edited by Victor Frost on
  • I don't get why that would be funny.

    The entire thing is directed at phone geeks / fanboys.
  • I managed to pull off a same day installation of my new 75/35 internet connection speed.
  • There is a position open for my job in Seattle. I'm deeply considering applying. I've always wanted to live in the PNW but I've been here in SoCal my whole life and everything and almost everyone I know is here.

    I've got a lot to consider but I'm deeply considering it. Thoughts from anyone who's gone through/considered a similar move?
  • Dromaro said:

    There is a position open for my job in Seattle. I'm deeply considering applying. I've always wanted to live in the PNW but I've been here in SoCal my whole life and everything and almost everyone I know is here.

    I've got a lot to consider but I'm deeply considering it. Thoughts from anyone who's gone through/considered a similar move?

    I moved from Rhode Island to SoCal. I made better friends here. Anyways, you should move because PAX.

  • Anyways, you should move because PAX.

    Sound life advice. When in doubt, do what brings you closer to PAX.
  • I love PAX as much as the next geek but my family means a lot to me, even though we don't have the best relationships.

    I'm going to have a chat with the parents in the next few days about it. They'll likely think I should stay but I could be wrong.
  • I would move, especially because you haven't lived anywhere else.

    Living out of driving range and fending for yourself is the best plus you can always go back for any major events. Plus you are more than likely going to have a healthier relationship with a family that is not so close by.

    This is the reason that I moved to the UK straight after finishing my degree followed by living in different cities around Australia for 6+ years before moving back to the same state as my family and even then I was over 1000km away from them. I eventually moved back to the same city due to profession and job issues.

    It is one of the snap judgements I don't regret as I made friends in all the different cities I've lived in, met a huge number of personalities, how people live in different places, their ideas how each city has its own social fingerprint.

    It is also a huge crash course in maturity.
  • I became a lot closer with my parents after I left the house.
  • MATATAT said:

    I became a lot closer with my parents after I left the house.

  • I mean, I doubt he lives with his parents but what I mean is moving from south east Idaho to eastern then western Washington and getting that bit of distance makes you appreciate your family a lot more, or at least it did for me.
  • I live in Portland, which is slightly less inclement than Seattle, but is still very wet and cloudy for large portions of the year. I thrive in such an environment, but if you don't this is definitely something you want to consider heavily. It supposedly has a significant negative effect on some people.
  • I live in Portland, which is slightly less inclement than Seattle, but is still very wet and cloudy for large portions of the year. I thrive in such an environment, but if you don't this is definitely something you want to consider heavily. It supposedly has a significant negative effect on some people.

    That's true, one of my friends actively avoided PNW coast because he gets really depressed without a lot of sunlight. It can get a little depressing sometimes but I've dealt with similar weather for almost my entire life so I just know how to deal with it well.
  • MATATAT said:

    I live in Portland, which is slightly less inclement than Seattle, but is still very wet and cloudy for large portions of the year. I thrive in such an environment, but if you don't this is definitely something you want to consider heavily. It supposedly has a significant negative effect on some people.

    That's true, one of my friends actively avoided PNW coast because he gets really depressed without a lot of sunlight. It can get a little depressing sometimes but I've dealt with similar weather for almost my entire life so I just know how to deal with it well.
    It is, however, pretty much the best place ever during Summer and late Spring. Everything is green and healthy looking. The temperatures are usually reasonable. It doesn't get too dry. And, at least in Portland, you can go to work in shorts, sandals, and a t-shirt and no one will give a single fuck.
    I'm surely biased though, heh.
  • MATATAT said:

    I became a lot closer with my parents after I left the house.

    My parent went on a whole Big Brother tirade for the first year or so after I left home, they were so used to living in a family that basically stuck with its previous generation that it was inconceivable that I would even attempt to move. Granted things are a lot better now, but I still text them every day just to keep them at peace.
  • And, at least in Portland, you can go to work in shorts, sandals, and a t-shirt and no one will give a single fuck.

    Don't forget the tattoos and piercings.
  • Banta said:

    And, at least in Portland, you can go to work in shorts, sandals, and a t-shirt and no one will give a single fuck.

    Don't forget the tattoos and piercings.
    And more mustache wax than you can shake a fedora at!
  • Thank you for the input, guys. It's made me feel a bit better about the whole process. Now to finish replacing this hard drive so I can do research on the PC. iPad, nota soa Gouda for this kind of thing.
  • Dromaro said:

    Thank you for the input, guys. It's made me feel a bit better about the whole process. Now to finish replacing this hard drive so I can do research on the PC. iPad, nota soa Gouda for this kind of thing.

    Cheese has never proven to be a reliable research tool, I'm afraid.
  • At the same time, depending on what you are doing there are great economic advantages to being near your parents, if you are raising a family "EASIER BABYSITTER" or got a handy father "INSTANT HOME REPAIR" I've easily saved myself upwards of 50k due to living near my parents. (mind you about 20 minutes away).
  • I currently rent my parents second home from them. My portion of rent is $500/month. I could afford more so if I were to move the increased rent should offset the lower COL generally. I still need to do research, run some numbers, etc, but I don't see why it shouldn't work.

    There is also no assurance of the move if I apply. They could always give the job to someone else but I would have a leg up having done the job the last 6 months at the nations busiest plant.
  • In the process of getting 75 Mbps down and 35 Mbps Up, aw yis.
  • This may have been posted before

    http://www.quickmeme.com/p/3vsga6

  • edited February 2014
    In watching this, there are so many times where I wanted to punch Ken Ham in the face. He is an excellent debater, but his use of rhetoric in the place of actual argumentation, his constant conflating of issues, and his his willful omittance basic scientific knowledge of natural processes (such as the layering of rock strata) make me want to scream. He's an excellent debater, but he cheats.
    Post edited by Victor Frost on
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