Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20180827202615/@comment-1496755-20190424125226

The biggest isue with our databases is the lack of real-time sync between our own database and the Ministry's database in the capital. We do exports twice a year... but if some student undergoes a major change between them (e.g. quits, graduates, or is suspended) this won't be properly registered in the Ministry's database until the next export. And we've even had cases of angry parents due to this - some girl left the university and applied for some job or whatever, which was only open for non-students. But they check the Ministry's central database and it says she is still a student (because she left after the data export had been done). So the mother were pretty pissed, blamed us for not doing our job, threatened us with "consequences"... so we gave her an official document that stated she had left the university, was no longer a student here, and that this would be properly registered with the Ministry in October or November, when the next export is performed. I really wish there will be a real-time data exchange some day, it would prevent situations like this. Will also make correcting mitakes easier.

It's no wonder why we often feel like we're on the wrong planet... the other people make it feel alien to us. They have built up their own reality, one that only they can perceive and understand. Left with no other choice, we start building our own little sub-realities too.

With "secret customers" coming to evaluate our performance, we have to use every opportunity to optimize things. They will look at all sorts of stuff, including politeness (a few of my colleagues might fail in this regard) and various details, like whether we have a box or suggestions and complaints. A lot of people gave weird looks when they heard about that one.

I remember seeing some FB group about weird cravings people have. It's called "Your desires are bad, and you should feel bad!". But most of the time they don't feel bad at all. They have learned to admire each others' kinks.

I usually associate Japan with giant robots... or floppy disks that are actually super-weapons. I remember watching some show long ago, which was Japanese, but the giant robot spoke like a cowboy. "Head 'em up, move 'em out."

Even in its current state, Daggerfall isn't exactly kid-friendly. Especially if you join the Dark Borhterhood (the joining itself requires violence against innocents).

Oh yes, Rosenrot is pretty good too. Fun fact - some of the songs in it (though I don't know exactly which ones) are actually "leftover" songs that couldn't be included in Reise, Reise, which explains how they were able to complete and release Rosenrot so quickly (just 1 year after the previous album).

I am trying to tackle several things that I couldn't beat without cheating back in the day. My skills have improved over the years and now I can pull it off, giving me a sense of closure.

The only variety I might get in my life in the near future is a potential class reunion. We still look pretty much the same way as we did 15 years ago... though I do have a few white hairs in my sideburns...