@shawn to my business associates, but you can call me Shawn Throop.

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A Canadian idiot dancing with Saarländisches Staatstheater. When I manage my time right, I double as a self taught iOS developer.

Anything new? ☎

Needs some work. And a Mac, because it turns out you can’t use a SceneDelegate app lifecycle in Swift Playgrounds.
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I’ve been swamped with day job responsibilities, haven’t really touched code in a few weeks. I’ve managed to implement some ideas I collected over that time now that I have a more relaxed schedule.

So, a working concept for presenting UIViewControllers
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cookie jar (i)
Anyways, how’s everyone?

Personally, I’m about to head into the craziest 2-3 weeks we’ve had at work in a while. March 2nd looks real nice…
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Corporate America (for lack of a better term) has “streamlined” everything into measurable units that there’s no room for humans to interact anymore.

You could break down crying and they would have to stick to a script because they’re being monitored.
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On multiple occasions I calmly described the Repair Status webpage as only showing “No status available” and they continued to asking me to click links not present.

Am I petty? Probably. Do I wish people would drop the script and speak like humans? Yes.
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The speed of my response probably reads as either not taking it seriously or not understanding what’s being asked, most people aren’t trying to anticipate the support person to give them/us an easy call

People not listening though, that’s not a nerd thing
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As a nerd I find those calls very difficult. I know my way around Apple devices so a lot of the “please check the Gmail webpage” kind of requests become infuriating as I flip through four already open tabs to triple confirm each.
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The entire time I’m being condescendingly spoken to in paragraphs of corporate soothing. They call me back with zero context from the previous call an hour early and mishear questions as statements and statements as questions I did not ask.

Wild.
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Apple Store suggests online replacement, I call them and they suggest I go to the store…

Then, emails just don’t work. We try 4 over the course of 2 calls. None go through except one at the end.

Payed the +1k€ hold fee, no confirmation email ðŸĪŠ
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I miss the old AppleCare days, I dropped my phone and this process is wild and not good. Apple Stores can’t hand out replacements, repairs/appointment take a week. Not near one and you’re forced into “Express Replacement Service” which costs additional 99€
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My short break is wrapping up, but it was a good one this time. I managed to visit some friends living in places I’ve previously lived. I managed to be the sightseer and the tour guide simultaneously
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@33MHz as software should lol
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I’m definitely not wandering around a city I used to live in trying not to cry
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There’s some English speaker on the train explaining to her companion that her father “is a serial entrepreneur.” However, the word entrepreneur did a lot of heavy lifting in her explanation.
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@habanero hehe I was more referring to choreography, we’re rehearsing a new piece at work. But it’s true, next week there’s also going to be a lot more moving parts as our premiere and short tour approach.
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@habanero Oooo that’s nice!
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@habanero so many terms! I’m so new to this, what’s the newest MPC?
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@habanero my schedule is wacky so I’m a little late but my weekend has commenced in a similar fashion
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cookie jar (i)
I’m very thankful for a break.

I’ll have some recovery time and then some trains leasing to some downtime in coffee shop. My head has been too full of different movements
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Biggest sigh of relief, I’ve made it to my week off without injury or insane drama. The rest of the month is pure insanity but for now my legs can recover. No injuries != no pain…

As an endorphin addict, it’s still a good time though
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You gave up too much to turn back now. ⇄