[01:24] Evening [01:29] party [02:50] <_stink_> yes [12:04] Good morning [12:42] yes [12:42] morning [12:43] but ugh ugh ugh [12:43] I didn't even have to use my ABS [12:45] Crap. Supposed to get 9" of snow over today and tomorrow [13:42] brousch__: yeah, we're looking for a few inches of snow [13:42] Not looking forward to shoveling [13:42] will wait until spring. [13:44] lovely, open weather.com to "Deep Freeze Sweeping Several States: Record Temperatures Expected" [13:46] * rick_h_ notes to make sure hte snow blower is fueled and working today [14:00] Yeah, no kidding [14:00] JoDee was upset that noaa.gov had the "chilly guy" for today. [14:26] I swear my son doesn't want to live another year. [14:27] heh [14:27] What did he do now? [14:29] threw a fit that led to saying things best not said which led to a timeout which led to just trying to poke the bear [14:30] Ah, so he's learning tact the hard way [14:33] Probing the boundaries [14:34] being a whiny little snot too smart for his own good who's going to end up without a single toy in his room more like it [14:34] "What would actually happen if I said x"? [14:34] the issue is he's still not learned he's got one of those stubborn "I'll do what I say" dads [14:34] They hear the threats, and occasionally must see if they are not idle [14:35] and it sucked the one time I had to go into his room and find somewhere to put every stuffed animal he owned (that was last year maybe?) [14:35] only has 50 of those dippy things [14:35] My goal is to never threaten a punishment that I am not actually willing to enforce [14:35] +1000 [14:35] it's like dog training [14:35] I swear it's so much like learning to train a dog [14:35] Yes [14:36] with a dog that is trying very hard to be smarter and more clever than you [14:36] I banned my son from the movie theater for 12 months [14:36] consistent, same correction every day, inconsistent rewards to keep them wanting more...I've got a 5yr old lab and a 49yr old lab [14:36] if only the older would teach the younger [14:37] 49y/o lab? [14:37] jordyn (doggy year translation) [14:37] * brousch__ hopes he doesn't mean his wife [14:37] Ah [14:37] lol [14:37] Was having trouble parsing that [14:40] rick_h_: But if your son is being unusually naughty it could also be because of something unrelated that he is having trouble talking about [14:40] brousch__: no, he just had a melt down because his mom said he could play the lego batman game on his tablet but it wasn't charged [14:40] It can be hard to extract the true reason for the behavior, but enlightening if you can get there [14:41] so dad had to explain it, he had meltdown, and then he had to take it 100x father than it needed to go :) [14:41] Those are fun [14:41] "This wouldn't have happened had I had an iPad. Stupid Android Household" [14:41] good old fashioned case of "here's some candy...oh you can't have this candy right in front of you" and therefor...the world has ended [14:41] no, in an apple household we'd all be taking turns on the 30pin charging cable and nothing'd be charged :P [14:41] heh [14:41] I always ask him, "Do you really think this behavior/attitude is going to fix the situation?" Then toss him in his room while he contemplates it [14:42] yea, we did the "have I ever given you something you wanted because you threw a fit?" "then do you think throwing a fit is going to help you this time?" [14:43] Eventually it will stick ;) [14:43] and then it turns into "I don't like this winter coat, please take it back and get me a new one" [14:43] or "I don't want to wear these shoes, I want to wear my nice ones today...in the snow/slush...they won't get dirty" [14:43] and so on and so on [14:43] wheeeeeeee [14:44] while daddy takes deep breaths "I will not just pick him up by the scruff of his neck with my one good arm and throw him into his bed!" [14:44] How old is he? [14:44] :) [14:44] 5 for a week [14:44] Seems like 4yrs was the biggest problem for mine [14:45] yea, he's too smart for his own good but not yet bright enough to go big picture [14:45] 5 was similar, but the fits got shorter [14:45] He needs management traning [14:45] "my leg hurts, I can't put my shoes on" "if you lie to me what happens?" "well it hurts just a little bit, |-| much" [14:46] and you can hear the "now prove to me my leg doesn't hurt just a little bit daddy" [14:46] Think of the patience he is teaching you [14:46] between him and work I should be giving seminars :P [14:47] and GSoC is coming again gah! [14:48] anyway, back to work now that he's left the house with mom. she can now swoop in and save the day [16:14] <_stink_> rick_h_: haha i love it: while daddy takes deep breaths "I will not just pick him up by the scruff of his neck with my one good arm and throw him into his bed!" [16:15] <_stink_> those are pretty much verbatim things my kid has said [16:15] <_stink_> you are not alone [16:16] No, no, you pick him up by the waist and set him in bed [16:18] Neck is more effective IMHO [16:18] (no, I'm not serious) [16:38] I see it was a "dad's vent" morning :) [16:43] it's a rick_h_ vent morning. /me needs to just go crawl back into bed [16:44] I wish [16:44] I mean, not you, me :P [16:44] lol [16:44] I think my next project is to start a manager support group [16:44] haha, I'll sign up [16:44] or maybe that's my startup, manager therapists [16:45] "life coaches" are popular, should bank on that somehow [16:45] hmm, yea we'll go for the niche manager market [16:46] we'll need an app though [16:46] leadrs.io [16:46] and a mobile plan that's VR ready [16:46] so you can use your oculus to attend support meetings [16:46] with built in hipchat backchannel communication [16:48] <_stink_> what about hugs [16:48] <_stink_> it needs support for hugs [16:48] some people don't like hugs I've recently found out [16:48] find them creepy [16:49] I find those people creepy [16:49] :) [16:50] <_stink_> robots arms for virtual hugs [16:56] hugs by proxy. You each find the nearest person to hug [16:56] Uber for hugs [16:58] <_stink_> huggr [16:59] .io [17:00] Looks like it's for sale http://hug.gr/ [17:00] Only 1000 units of some money [17:01] dogecoin [17:02] Life Coaches are so 2000s [17:02] Maybe a Life-Guide instead [17:03] Life-Conductor [17:03] Choo Choo! [17:03] OH, how about Life Guard. I'll bet that hasn't been thought of yet. [17:03] nope, totally original [17:04] I'm sure there will be a pool of money waiting for us. Perhaps even an ocean [17:07] I'm happy with a small lake, don't want to be greedy [17:08] <_stink_> yeah you only need a small lake for your first one [17:08] <_stink_> you use it to fund the ocean maker [17:09] oh right [21:35] I really hate the new floating (+) to create new whatevers on google properties (gmail phone app:new message, docs.google:new document, etc) [21:44] also, seriously, their QA sucks [21:44] I click on the little vertical 3 dots next to a document, click on "open in new tab" and nothing happens