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Quora Thirsting

When someone yearns for something in the form of a question on Quora, without any qualification or perceived purpose that they will take action in pursuing it.

This is when people ask questions about how they can get hired from a company, accepted into a University, get in contact with someone famous, or ask how do something that probably already know the answer to.

James: i postd a good questyen on hoaw to get in2 Standfurd.

Lewis: You were Quora thirsting so bad in that post that I am now embarrassed to be seen in public with you.

James: I'm nao posting a ?n on how it's lyke to go to Standfurd cuz I wannnt to kno

https://www.quora.com/Ive-been-a-really-bad-student-Can-I-still-go-to-Stanford
https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-attend-Stanford-University

Added by yungsnuggie yungsnuggie almost 9 years ago

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    Augmented Reality

    If you've never seen an augmented reality app before augmented reality is sort of like having helpful pop ups follow you in real life that are marketed to have a stronger use case than simply looking something up on your phone. They are normally seen through a headset or camera lens.

    Google glass has made me incredibly disenchanted with augmented reality apps after having used the device for a long period of time. Every strong social use case out there seems to be a gross violation of privacy.

    Added by GoogleEngineer GoogleEngineer over 8 years ago

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      Oracle

      Software with the fugliest UI of all time.

      Matt: Want to give my roomie a a real scare this Halloween, any ideas?
      Dom: Just change his desktop wallpaper to a screenshot from an Oracle system, brah!

      Added by That_Guy That_Guy almost 9 years ago

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        Unicorn Valuation

        Bullshit valuation

        Uber has a Unicorn valuation.

        Added by gabefat gabefat almost 9 years ago

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          Company Info Session

          When a company pays a university to have an hour to talk to students about why they should work and apply to their company. If the company is well known they normally collect alot of resumes during one of these sessions.

          Jack: I went to the Google company info session for the free food, but was so enticed about what they had to say that I decided to give the recruiter my resume.

          Emma: You're full of shit. You went there like a shameless animal, sweet talking that recruiter like your life depended on it. I could smell the desperation from the other building.

          Added by GoogleEngineer GoogleEngineer almost 9 years ago

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            Free Pizza Lure

            Luring college engineer and business dev candidates to one's job info session with free food, most commonly pizza.

            Chad: Did you go to the Twitter Info Session.

            Laura: Yeah, I just went for the pizza though. I don't know why everyone here wants to work so badly at Twitter and Google.

            Added by HalfLife3 HalfLife3 almost 9 years ago

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              Do the Needful

              Usually coined by Tech workers of East Indian descent, in context means I have to do what I have to do to get the job done or to keep my Boss from firing me.

              "Yes, we have to do the Needful to beta test this new code by Friday"

              Added by Hammer Hammer almost 9 years ago

              • charlesjo charlesjo

                Only applies to esteemed organizations though ;)

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                almost 9 years ago
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              Shopping Season

              The time of the semester in which career fairs are held on campuses to recruit engineer or business dev new hires. This is when many students (mostly engineers), go around with a career fair bag and pocket free tshirts, regardless of their interest in said company.

              Jay: I scored 14 shirts this year.
              Zeeshan: Sick, that's 2 more than last semester's shopping season.
              Jay: Yeah man, I didn't even print my resumes. I asked them for their cards and told them I'd email them it.

              Added by covfefelord covfefelord almost 9 years ago

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                I/O

                A techie way of saying Input/Output.

                All you really need to know is that it communicates between an information processing system, such as a computer, and the real world, possibly a human.

                This is not to be confused with .IO, which is a tld people use to name their sites with because they are too lazy to negotiate for the .com.

                A computer that uses memory-mapped I/O accesses hardware by reading and writing to specific memory locations. This basically means your computer will help you initiate commands with your Macbook's hardware.

                Added by yungsnuggie yungsnuggie almost 9 years ago

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                  Weiner Tweeting

                  Tweeting pictures of one's genetillia and messaging it to someone over Twitter. Coined after former U.S. House Representative Anthony Weiner, who famously tweeted a picture of his privates to a woman he was trying to impress.

                  Brad: I've been getting so many follows on my twitter account ever since I wrote that Medium article on quitting my job, that I now want to start Weiner Tweeting some of the hot new ladies I've inspired.

                  Charlie: I don't know how you could be capable of writing something so popular but also think something like that would work.

                  Added by HalfLife3 HalfLife3 almost 9 years ago

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                    Google Doc Stealth Corresponsdence

                    Using Google Docs to relay private information between individuals.

                    I was so afraid that Lucy's boyfriend would find out about me and her meeting up at night, that I started setting up times to meet up using Google Docs, deleting every new message we received from one another.

                    Added by GoogleEngineer GoogleEngineer almost 9 years ago

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                      VR Legs

                      A metaphor describing one's comfort when using a VR headset.

                      Ron: I don't know how you're able to use Oculus for longer than an hour without wanting to throw up.

                      Cindy: You just haven't gotten your VR legs yet. I've modded Skyrim and only play on my Oculus now.

                      Added by covfefelord covfefelord almost 9 years ago

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                        Yahoo

                        Company that unnecessarily places yahoo login in every one of their apps even though it results in bad onboarding experience.

                        Ryan: Dude, why do I have to create a yahoo account to test out livetext? This is stupid. Fuck yahoo.

                        Added by svhunt svhunt almost 9 years ago

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                          Investor Crushing

                          Learning everything possible about your ideal investors fantasizing about the scenario in which the both of you talk about things you just happen to be interested in.

                          I've been investor crushing on Marc Andreessen for months now. Whenever I see an egg I get so wet.

                          Added by HalfLife3 HalfLife3 almost 9 years ago

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                            Standup desk

                            Desk for posers.

                            Jack: Dude I got a standup desk because I want to look cool and all. You know it's a thing these days.

                            Added by svhunt svhunt almost 9 years ago

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                              Bubble

                              A thin viscous or greasy film surrounding a void of hot air that must inevitably and unexpectedly burst.

                              Proverb: Build house on bubble, end up with pile of sticks.
                              Believe in the bubble; believe in the emptiness that appears substantial.

                              Added by freemium freemium almost 9 years ago

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                                Compiler

                                Basically converts your source code ("think of these as your commands") into an executable program that you use.

                                My compiler ran my python code and now allows me to see the amount of time between whatever 2 dates that I input. I call it Day Span.

                                Added by yungsnuggie yungsnuggie almost 9 years ago

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                                  Marketecture

                                  A set of powerpoint slides that visually represent a product or software architecture in such a beautiful way but it really hasn't been built or tested just yet.

                                  Wow what a great presentation and a real great idea, here is $20M. We hope the product they just presented isn't just Marketecture....ie. Marketing+Architecture

                                  Added by svchris svchris almost 9 years ago

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                                  Follow Marketing

                                  When an individual using their own account or their business account follows customers on Twitter with the intention of getting them to view their profile and see their sales pitch.

                                  In an attempt to kick start the awareness of his new protein powder made from peanuts and edible soap, Jack decided to do follow marketing, following every bodybuilder he could in hopes that they would check his Twitter profile to see his buy 1 get 2 free special.

                                  Added by yungsnuggie yungsnuggie almost 9 years ago

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                                    Bear Goggles

                                    Similar to beer goggles, bear goggles refer to a the influence of studying at UC Berkeley on one's visual perception, whereby one slowly finds someone attractive who would not have been attractive before studying at UC Berkeley.

                                    James: What do you think about her? She's pretty hot, right?
                                    Dave: What are you on? You said she was hideous last semester. Did your optometrist prescribe you bear goggles?

                                    Added by xmangoslushie xmangoslushie almost 9 years ago