Flo Disaster!

[Mike Parrish]

1 minute ago, D3 for LU said:

Well... I'm a Dapper Dan Man myself!

D3

And Christian Pyles is a fop.

The circle is complete.

[bnwtwg]

35 minutes ago, Mike Parrish said:

Don't worry, it gets easier as you get older...

Thats why I run marathons now. My 100% all-out is slower than smoke off wet shit but I’m consistently not as slow as everyone else!

[MPhillips]

2 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

I’m consistently not as slow as everyone else!

"The future ain’t what it used to be."

[BerniePragle]

59 minutes ago, Mike Parrish said:

Any decent engineering manager could hire a contract team in India and completely rewrite their entire stack in a year.

The biggest challenge would likely be trying to find engineers who could understand and translate Flo's codebase from the native COBOL.

I know almost zero about the software biz (thank God), but in my playpen projects were led by a Project Manager.  He/She was responsible for the design, analysis, and *TESTING* of the product or component per the documented, agreed upon, and signed off on requirements.  That's how the varsity squad used to do it.  No personnel management per se.
Of course this was before everything was outsourced to every corner of the planet, resulting in total lack of control.  I once worked for a large, super-precision machine tool builder who somehow decided that it made sense to outsource component manufacturing and assembly to another country.  I said... Great, yesterday they were generating their electricity with an ox walking in a circle and today they're building precision machines.  I left very shortly after that.

[TexRef]

1 hour ago, bnwtwg said:

I can’t get it to load on Brave, Chrome, or Firefox on windows desktop (tried my personal and work laptops). I noticed this has happened since at least the Farrell, but florarena does function as expected on iPhone Chrome mobile for me.

Did FLO customer service ask you to delete cookies? 

[Mike Parrish]

10 minutes ago, TexRef said:

Did FLO customer service ask you to delete cookies? 

'FLO customer service' is a prank phrase.

Even if such a thing actually existed, like a mythical cross between a unicorn and a platypus, they would have no idea what a 'cookie' is.

[Mike Parrish]

Flo has so many employees but cannot make the basics of their product work reliably.

 

 

[MadMardigain]

19 hours ago, Mike Parrish said:

Flo has so many employees but cannot make the basics of their product work reliably.

Gotta have peiple to provide some type of semi reliable content for FloRodeo, FloBowling, FloMarch, FloVoice, FloDance, etc….    They just love their laterals.  

[Mike Parrish]

25 minutes ago, MadMardigain said:

Gotta have peiple to provide some type of semi reliable content for FloRodeo, FloBowling, FloMarch, FloVoice, FloDance, etc….    They just love their laterals.  

Why don't we hear more about FloBassFishing?

[MPhillips]

34 minutes ago, Mike Parrish said:

Why don't we hear more about FloBassFishing?

They did that the year Jordan won the Ohio HS Bass Fishing Tourney for Graham.

[Mike Parrish]

2 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

They did that the year Jordan won the Ohio HS Bass Fishing Tourney for Graham.

Against a strong Dake showing, as I recall.

[Wrestleknownothing]

On 12/4/2022 at 3:35 PM, bnwtwg said:

Thats why I run marathons now. My 100% all-out is slower than smoke off wet shit but I’m consistently not as slow as everyone else!

It is on my bucket list to never run a marathon...in aggregate. So far, so good.

[ionel]

14 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

It is on my bucket list to never run a marathon...in aggregate. So far, so good.

So what about a Half Ironman Triathlon, you are a swimmer, no?

[Wrestleknownothing]

6 minutes ago, ionel said:

So what about a Half Ironman Triathlon, you are a swimmer, no?

I did triathlon relays. I would do the swim and pass the timer anklet to the cyclists and then meet the cyclist and runner at the finish line.

The worst part of the Chicago Triathlon is that is it is about a quarter mile run from the swim exit to the bike racks. One year I had a shoulder injury, so most of my training was with a kick board. I leaned heavily on my kick during the swim that year to the point that my ass cramped up on the run to the bike racks.

[MPhillips]

1 hour ago, Mike Parrish said:

Against a strong Dake showing, as I recall.

https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/sports/jordans-win-high-school-bass-fishing-contest/G5ZvTeGnHoTe3FLC3uBDRP/

[ionel]

1 hour ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

I did triathlon relays. I would do the swim and pass the timer anklet to the cyclists and then meet the cyclist and runner at the finish line.

The worst part of the Chicago Triathlon is that is it is about a quarter mile run from the swim exit to the bike racks. One year I had a shoulder injury, so most of my training was with a kick board. I leaned heavily on my kick during the swim that year to the point that my ass cramped up on the run to the bike racks.

Maybe you just needed to run/go further.  Couple friends of mine that weren't as fast marathon found more success in ultras.  One that I bike with every week competed in Deca Ultratriathlon World Championship in Switzerland last August:  24, 1,120, 262 mi swim, bike, run, finished 1st age group 5th overall, 9 days 23 hours.  Sound fun?  

[Wrestleknownothing]

11 minutes ago, ionel said:

Maybe you just needed to run/go further.  Couple friends of mine that weren't as fast marathon found more success in ultras.  One that I bike with every week competed in Deca Ultratriathlon World Championship in Switzerland last August:  24, 1,120, 262 mi swim, bike, run, finished 1st age group 5th overall, 9 days 23 hours.  Sound fun?  

You misspelled miserable.

[PortaJohn]

Heard through the grapevine a lot of the employees down there in Austin are now identifying as FloGender

[ionel]

5 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

Heard through the grapevine a lot of the employees down there in Austin are now identifying as FloGender

When will FloPickleball launch or did I miss it?

[PortaJohn]

7 minutes ago, ionel said:

When will FloPickleball launch or did I miss it?

Kinda.  It's now FloCukeball 

[MPhillips]

37 minutes ago, ionel said:

When will FloPickleball launch or did I miss it?

Calling it FloPickle.  Looking for those crossover views.

[Peeling Garlic]

FloTrack has great content

[bnwtwg]

I put my Yiannis on the table last race when things went haywire and required digging deep into the well and I’ll be sure to send a couple pics from Boston on April 17 as a direct result of wrestling motivation. FloSports won’t be there because it will be covered by a legit media company covering a niche sport so if you miss the broadcast you will be stuck with me being “that guy” (again)

[GreatWhiteNorth]

1 hour ago, bnwtwg said:

I put my Yiannis on the table last race when things went haywire and required digging deep into the well and I’ll be sure to send a couple pics from Boston on April 17 as a direct result of wrestling motivation. FloSports won’t be there because it will be covered by a legit media company covering a niche sport so if you miss the broadcast you will be stuck with me being “that guy” (again)

As I had been told many times, the key to Boston is to enjoy it. It's not a race as much as it's an awesome event. Superbowl level event. Can't just sign up for it - it's one that you have to earn to be a part of. 

The fast runners (world caliber) will be situated in corrals well ahead of the middle and slower runners' corrals. Makes for a smooth marathon for everyone.

Nice job bnwtwg, sounds like you qualified.

[bnwtwg]

7 hours ago, GreatWhiteNorth said:

As I had been told many times, the key to Boston is to enjoy it. It's not a race as much as it's an awesome event. Superbowl level event. Can't just sign up for it - it's one that you have to earn to be a part of. 

The fast runners (world caliber) will be situated in corrals well ahead of the middle and slower runners' corrals. Makes for a smooth marathon for everyone.

Nice job bnwtwg, sounds like you qualified.

Can confirm that Boston sucks. It's brutally technical and every first-timer blows up from the downhill start unless they are treating it as a long-run victory lap. I'm just aiming to finish under 2:50. FWIW every race I have run with Kipchoge, he has set a world record... maybe he goes for the course record in Hopkinton?!