Staring at this Excel file

"Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow" (chriskf) 08/04/2016 at 16:58 • Filed to: None

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for 8 hours a day for the last 3 days has me like:

Here’s an XK120 for my own ocular relief, and your pleasure as well.

E90M3 > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 08/04/2016 at 17:02

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Being a frac engineer might sound cool, but that’s about all I did for 12 hours.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 08/04/2016 at 17:02

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Someone say...

Excel?

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/04/2016 at 17:04

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I’d rather stare at the Hyundai for 24 hours. lol

Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa > E90M3 08/04/2016 at 17:06

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Uhmmm, doing a job like that and only one monitor?! It doesn’t look that you don’t have the real estate for second screen.

I think at this point there are literally no businesses that don’t need at least 2 monitors to work adequately.

Ash78, voting early and often > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 08/04/2016 at 17:06

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Nobody should ever have to look at Excel for that long. Anything I (or we) can help with?

MrDakka > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 08/04/2016 at 17:11

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If you keep it up, you’ll either be able to see the Matrix or go batsuit crazy

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Ash78, voting early and often 08/04/2016 at 17:11

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You can finish the other 1,900 lines of part number interchanges... lol

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > MrDakka 08/04/2016 at 17:12

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Already edging into the crazy territory.

Ash78, voting early and often > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 08/04/2016 at 17:15

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So nothing you can streamline, automate, formulize, etc?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 08/04/2016 at 17:17

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Excel desprately needs a dark theme. Much better on the eyes and the laptop batteries.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Ash78, voting early and often 08/04/2016 at 17:17

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Unfortunately not. I could vlookup the matches off of a file that we already have, but the issue is that we aren’t 100% sure of the accuracy. So I have to go line-by-line, part number by part number, and cross check between two catalogs, double check measurements, and sometime result to web research to confirm whether or not the interchange we have is correct or if we’re missing one in the file.

E90M3 > Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa 08/04/2016 at 17:18

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Better than just using a laptop screen, which is what I was going until we found that in a frac van they sent out to us. Plus we didn’t always get the same frac van, some crews had the two monitor set up, mine didn’t. I got used to it, so it didn’t really bother me. One monitor ended up being fine. Watch the job on one half, car shop on the other half.

Ash78, voting early and often > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 08/04/2016 at 17:19

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I always love projects that involve using cutting-edge computer technology and expertise to log what we've been doing by hand for thousands of years. You need an intern or something! Unpaid, of course.

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 08/04/2016 at 17:21

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The last part is only true if you’ve got an OLED screen though. LCDs still need to power pixels to show black.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Ash78, voting early and often 08/04/2016 at 17:22

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We had a ton of interns all summer, but a bunch had their last day this past Friday; including the one for my department.

Also, I tend to have a much higher attention to detail and pride in ensuring the utmost accuracy in my work than a lot of other people (particularly interns), and my boss, unfortunately, knows that. haha

Ash78, voting early and often > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 08/04/2016 at 17:32

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They had this once upon a time, it was called Lotus 123. Unfortunately, everything has been white backgrounds for about 30 years. Thanks, Obama...er, Gates!

iaintafraidofnoghost > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 08/04/2016 at 19:13

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Welcome to my life, but make it 12 hours every 5 days because I hate myself.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > iaintafraidofnoghost 08/04/2016 at 19:35

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I’m generally working in Excel every day, this file has just required more intense scrutiny and analysis than usual.