Ólafur Waage

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A sane programmer according to the internet.
He / Him - Icelander in Norway.

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I just heard someone say "on time is late" Is that a US thing? US are you ok? (don't answer)

Watched the first James Bond (Dr. No) for the first time yesterday and I think this movie and this genre has been parodied and copied so much over the years that it felt like a parody of itself.

McDonalds interaction I had a while ago. Me: "I'll have 9 nuggets" Cashier: "No" M: C: "We only have 6,9 or 20" M: "I'll take 9" C: "Ok"

There is no place at the Austrian airport for people that wanted to go to Australia. It was an ad at the airport by the Austrian communication's company Commend.

Coworker: "Look at this math problem, its pretty interesting." Me: "That problem? You can just brute force it." Coworker: "It's more about the general theory." Me: [writes a brute force solution] Coworker: "You're doing it the wrong way." Me: "No, I'm doing it the fun way."

Half a dozen is just 6 with extra steps.

For about the first 300 years of my life, I pronounced hyperbole as "hyper - bo - le" (like a bowl that was hyper)

Is Somebody Gonna Match My Freakazoid?

Corner store interaction I had a while ago. Clerk: "I'll be seeing you soon" Me: "Can you see into the future?" Clerk: "You live next door so its likely you'll come back" Me: "Ahh, statistics" Clerk: Me: "Ok bye then"

Coworker: "You were playing some games yesterday?" Me: "Yeah, I was playing as a Necromancer" Coworker: "What word is that?" Me: "You've never heard that?" That's how I learned that the word "Necromancer" isn't as common as I thought. Asking around the office (of non gamers) and most didn't know it

"Fun" fact. Modern Resident Evil games are made with an engine called the RE Engine. Now, it would be valid to think that the RE stands for Resident Evil, but no. It's the "Reach for the Moon Engine".

How to live to 100. Step 1. Live to 99 Step 2. Live 1 more year. How to live to 99. Step 1. Live to 98. Step 2. Live 1 more year. This post is brought to you by Reinforcement Learning.

Throwback to when I brought infinite cake to work.

"I don't wanna be that guy" But you are, you are that guy. It's a choice you are making.

FROG

I asked my professor if he could explain what took place before the big bang. But he just said that there was no time. Maybe he can explain it later.

The metaverse will change everything.

Movie trailer: [single piano note] Haunting singing: "A duck walked up to a lemonade stand..." [single piano note] "And he said to the man..." [single piano note] "Running..." [THUD THUD THUD] "...the stand..." [music builds up] [single piano note] Title screen: "GOT ANY GRAPES?"

Apparently the "my" in "My Documents" was from Microsoft's point of view and not the user. www.neowin.net/news/windows...

Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permissionwww.neowin.net Microsoft quietly changed how folder backup works in the OneDrive app on Windows 11. Now, the OS enables it by default during the initial setup without asking the user for permission.

I've been trying to sell people some slightly chewed gum, but they won't buy it. I just don't understand, it's near mint condition.

100 likes on 1 post. Most platforms: You have 100 notifications Some platforms: You have 1 notification. YouTube: [crickets] 100 comments. Most platforms: You have 100 notifications. YouTube: Someone replied to your comment from 2 years ago.

I'm collecting a list of all the breakup movies where they only made one movie. Like "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "The Break-Up" Yeah, it's a non-relational no-sequel database.

I keep seeing all these incredibly talented people have imposter syndrome. So I'm seriously doubting if I'm good enough to have it.

My favorite part about being a Senior Programmer is that if I forget anything, I can just go "Oh, I'm sorry, I had a senior moment."

Just took an IQ test and it said my IQ was 404 and that they had not found anyone this smart.

I bought an air freshener that you can control with your mind. I know it sounds strange but it makes scents when you think about it.

My depression never really goes away, but how bad it is comes in waves. I often try to find seemingly unrelated behavior that is different depending on how bad it is. One I noticed a while ago is how many books I read. If it's bad, I don't read any, otherwise I plow through them.

Many movies are not filmed in scene order, usually due to scheduling and logistical constraints. Which can make things confusing for the actors. I wonder if that helped with the filming of Memento.

In The Matrix there's a deleted scene where we see Neo's mom pregnant with him, and she's working as a math teacher. Yeah... she's great at carrying the one.

Like my dad used to say: "When one door closes, another one opens" Lovely man, lousy house builder.