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teddy-dbearMorning peoples, critters and everything else09:52
ChinnoDogAnyone have a favorite site for creating online surveys?14:20
jthanwaltman: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/17/11/01/089200/perl-is-the-most-hated-programming-language-developers-say16:14
jthanwaltman: I think you're gonna need to find a new language.16:14
pleia2ChinnoDog: Google Forms ;)16:14
jthanChinnoDog: +1 ^16:14
jthanI thought I had already replied and said that16:14
pleia2don't worry, it's evening here so I'm awake16:15
jthanWe let our users vote on a new name for the cluster when we rebuilt it (yesterday and today)16:16
jthanMy name lost :-(16:16
jthanSo it's called fiji now.16:16
jthanbut I wanted islay because scotch.16:16
pleia2also fiji is boring, you should never let mortals vote16:17
jthanYeah, I know!16:18
jthanPando was way cooler than Fiji.16:18
jthanPando == largest living aspen grove on earth16:18
pleia2nice16:18
waltmanjthan: Saw that already. Sounds like a very scientific survey.16:48
* ChinnoDog plays with Google Forms17:24
ChinnoDogWhen you let people vote the pick names like Boaty McBoatface19:31
ChinnoDogs/the/they/19:31
jthanwell we had predefined options19:31
jthanbut also democracy19:32
waltmanChinnoDog: You say that like it's a bad thing.19:40
ChinnoDogimho it was fine and they should have lived with it. Obviously it wasn't really a democratic decision since they ignored the vote and picked the one they wanted.19:50
ChinnoDogfalse_democracy--19:50
waltmanWhatever you say, ChinnoDog McChinnoDoggyface :)19:51
ChinnoDogAwhile back at work they had a logo contest. After they received a bunch of submissions they decided none of them were good enough. When they ran the contest again I just rolled my eyes.19:53
waltmanlame19:57
swift110hey all21:12
ChinnoDoghi swift11021:57

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