you know you are a geek when...

[airlangga07]

when you write a program just to say "hello world"... in esoteric language,
when you buy some textbooks about programming yet you wear the same cloth eveytime you go to work,
when you have several dozens of rubiks cube and other different puzzles, and you solved them in under 30s,
when you prefer doing some riddles instead of doing body exercise,
and you do all of them, you know, just for fun.

is this geek enough?

[Frenir]

when you write a program just to say "hello world"... in esoteric language,
when you buy some textbooks about programming yet you wear the same cloth eveytime you go to work,
when you have several dozens of rubiks cube and other different puzzles, and you solved them in under 30s,
when you prefer doing some riddles instead of doing body exercise,
and you do all of them, you know, just for fun.

is this geek enough?

Pretty stereotypical, but yes - dang geeky.

[davkol]

Someone asks something like... How did you sleep last night? You show them a graph of your activity during night, with highlighted sleep phases.

[tp4tissue]

Someone asks something like... How did you sleep last night? You show them a graph of your activity during night, with highlighted sleep phases.

how did you take down the sleep phase info if you were sleeping?

did you go to a sleep lab and have that done?

[davkol]

You can do it with proprietary (and often discontinued) wearables or a smartphone (but it kills the battery).

My goal is a cheap sensor network in my bed. Soon™

[CPTBadAss]

At work I always always always make my models pink or purple. I was in a meeting and someone pulled up one of my models. I recognized the shape first then confirmed the shade of purple as being mine.

[Melvang]

When you are considering talking to your old orthodontist to ask him about tools for forming spring tempered wire.

[Smasher816]

When you have 3 pages of PM's about keyboards, and DIY stuff.

[PointyFox]

When people are willing to pay you a ton of money to sit around, eat, drink, and occasionally figure things out for them.

[Smasher816]

When people are willing to pay you a ton of money to sit around, eat, drink, and occasionally figure things out for them.

So, IT?

[Quardah]

When people are willing to pay you a ton of money to sit around, eat, drink, and occasionally figure things out for them.

So, IT?

Yea obviously lol

Best Job in the whole world, "make it work" whatever the issue is.

How awesome is it for us to sit arround and do nothing all day while still being an integrated part of the team!

>"Is my computer ready?"
>"I have to install office dude, it's pretty heavy work. It should be ready by next month"

lol

[Melvang]

You use a macro for passwords.

[Sagii]

When your gf says no to a diamond shape silver necklace with a small diamond on it, and you end up buying dark souls 2 for her instead. That's how I know she's a geek at least I'm a lucky man ^.^

[Melvang]

When your gf says no to a diamond shape silver necklace with a small diamond on it, and you end up buying dark souls 2 for her instead. That's how I know she's a geek at least I'm a lucky man ^.^

You realize that was just a test, right?  Buy her some jewelry.  Trust me, I have been married since Oct, 06.  Remember this, real jewelers are not in the mall.

[Sagii]

When your gf says no to a diamond shape silver necklace with a small diamond on it, and you end up buying dark souls 2 for her instead. That's how I know she's a geek at least I'm a lucky man ^.^

You realize that was just a test, right?  Buy her some jewelry.  Trust me, I have been married since Oct, 06.  Remember this, real jewelers are not in the mall.

It was not a test ) I might add that she thought I was talking about some cheap jewelry!
If she'd actually known the price of that thing, and how it looked, she'd probably say yes. She loves Dark Souls 2 though )

[Melvang]

When your gf says no to a diamond shape silver necklace with a small diamond on it, and you end up buying dark souls 2 for her instead. That's how I know she's a geek at least I'm a lucky man ^.^

You realize that was just a test, right?  Buy her some jewelry.  Trust me, I have been married since Oct, 06.  Remember this, real jewelers are not in the mall.

It was not a test ) I might add that she thought I was talking about some cheap jewelry!

I wouldn't be so sure about that?

[Sagii]

When your gf says no to a diamond shape silver necklace with a small diamond on it, and you end up buying dark souls 2 for her instead. That's how I know she's a geek at least I'm a lucky man ^.^

You realize that was just a test, right?  Buy her some jewelry.  Trust me, I have been married since Oct, 06.  Remember this, real jewelers are not in the mall.

It was not a test ) I might add that she thought I was talking about some cheap jewelry!

I wouldn't be so sure about that?

Well, I'd be sure. It was not a "test". And c'mon, a girl shouldn't need to test you in the first place. Call me naive, but that's my opinion.

[CPTBadAss]

Pro tip: Get nerdy/geeky about handbags so you can get right with the ladies.

[Sagii]

Pro tip: Get nerdy/geeky about handbags so you can get right with the ladies.

Haha, the plan has been made. Time to execute.

[rowdy]

When people are willing to pay you a ton of money to sit around, eat, drink, and occasionally figure things out for them.

So, IT?

Yea obviously lol

Best Job in the whole world, "make it work" whatever the issue is.

How awesome is it for us to sit arround and do nothing all day while still being an integrated part of the team!

>"Is my computer ready?"
>"I have to install office dude, it's pretty heavy work. It should be ready by next month"

lol

Until you find some combination of third party software that just will not work together, whatever you try.

Or one package that doesn't quite do what your boss wants, and there is no way to make it do so.

[noisyturtle]

You know you're a geek when: you get PO about net neutrality and the ISPs screwing with us.

The problem with net-neutrality is that  there does exist information that "certain" people are not-ready-for..


Given that.. censorship is a requisite to preserve social harmony..  Will this be abused.. sure ... it will..

but...  total-net-neutrality is no less an Ideal that can not possibly exist.. 

Welcome to the world of Net Neutrality
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