"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
03/16/2017 at 00:08 • Filed to: None
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"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
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The professor I am assisting is making me search 800 different companies to see which/how many patents they have. which has me on the U.S Patent office website ctrl+c ctrl+V the hell out of it. Got about 300 done in 30 minutes.
Looks like we are in for the long haul. My fingers are tired. Fuck this noise, I want a real job already.
I am also considering saving for a 4runner instead of a challenger gt. What say you oppo?
facw
> My bird IS the word
03/16/2017 at 00:17 |
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This sounds like a job for scripting! Though admittedly if you got 300 done in a half hour that doesn’t actually sound too bad, regardless of how tedious it no doubt is.
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My bird IS the word
> facw
03/16/2017 at 00:20 |
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Unfortunately between business school and cars there hasn’t been any time for computer wizardry classes.
Chariotoflove
> facw
03/16/2017 at 00:21 |
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What I thought, too. I wonder how many hours of my life I might have saved by now if I had ever bothered to write scripts for stuff like this.
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Chariotoflove
> My bird IS the word
03/16/2017 at 00:23 |
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I say set as your goal whatever car makes you say, “oh yeah, baby!” when you see it in the morning.
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My bird IS the word
> Chariotoflove
03/16/2017 at 00:27 |
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I’m thinking long term, mostly about towing car trailers. Purely hypothetical at this point, but this masters better pay for all the stress it is putting me through.
I reeeeaaly want the challenger though. Just not making financial sense, especially since I got the t/a as a fun car.
coqui70
> My bird IS the word
03/16/2017 at 00:42 |
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No dude, use their data products site:
https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/open-data-and-mobility
You can download reports that can be then manipulated using Excel.
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My bird IS the word
> coqui70
03/16/2017 at 00:46 |
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The amount of time it will take to figure that shit out is more than it will take me to brute force it. Fortunately I only need to do this task once.
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coqui70
> My bird IS the word
03/16/2017 at 00:49 |
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Unless the Prof. in question figures out he just got a new data-flunkie. Your other option is to befriend a Comp Sci major and pay him/her with beer and pizza to go to the site and generate a report for you.
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My bird IS the word
> coqui70
03/16/2017 at 00:52 |
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Data flunkie is in the job description. I don’t have much actual work to do anyways so I guess I can’t really complain.
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Chariotoflove
> My bird IS the word
03/16/2017 at 13:42 |
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I hear ya. I reeeeeeealy want that green F-type, but I”m doing mental gymnastics to justify it. If I can’t, it will be another 10 years before I have another crack at something like it.
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My bird IS the word
> Chariotoflove
03/16/2017 at 14:36 |
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10 years is a long time, which makes that a much harder decision. For me, I am single, currently living at home, and would much rather dump cash into cars than real estate. If I get the 4runner (which wouldn’t be bad, it isn’t a CUV after all, pretty mean looking), after I get settled in a starter house I can either fix the T/A or get cracking on saving for something stupid fast (I have some winners at every price level so salary isn’t super important), but most of those are DIY projects that require a certain level of utility to support them. If these things actually depreciated like normal it would be a much easier decision.
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Chariotoflove
> My bird IS the word
03/16/2017 at 15:42 |
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Yeah, you have flexibility. I’ll just leave you with one thought, although it will make me sound old: time flies faster than you would think.