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RobertoOberto ,

porn collection

Harry Potter fan fiction

These two are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

RobertoOberto ,

PS2 is retro now? Damn, getting old really does sneak up on you.

RobertoOberto ,

Oh my, what a throwback. Nicely done.

RobertoOberto ,

The ASVAB tests for aptitude, hence the name, not the ability to step into a job without training. Looks up practice questions for the Mechanical Comprehension portion to see the kinds of questions that might suggest someone could be a good mechanic.

The U.S. army absolutely does provide training to its mechanics, and does not assume people know jack shit coming in. I scored high enough on the MM portion of the ASVAB to be one and don’t don’t know a damn thing about fixing vehicles.

RobertoOberto ,

Some portions of the ASVAB have questions very similar to those you might find on an IQ test, but it is much more broad than just IQ.

RobertoOberto ,

That’s probably for the best.

I spent 4 years in the USMC and have a very complicated relationship with my time enlisted. There is a lot I’m proud of, but there’s also a lot that would be nice to forget.

RobertoOberto ,

Ah, yes. The renowned unit of elite war fighters, the Green Beets.

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/9dbb44a6-7639-4b1a-a63f-fe39ec2f4368.png

RobertoOberto ,

Your analogy is very incomplete. No one is saying that Intel’s products or technology is “moving backwards”, but rather that their market share and performance as a company are declining.

Take your person “standing still” and imagine they were previously in the lead during a marathon and suddenly stopped before the finish line. They’re not moving backwards, but their position in the race is dropping from first, to second, to third, and they will eventually be last if they don’t start moving again.

I know that naming variables is one of the biggest unsolved problems of Computer Science but how would you name a boolean flag to be self explanatory?

What I mean is: some boolean flags are perfect for the real world phenomenon they are representing e.g. is_light_on makes you understand perfectly that when it is true the light is on and when it is false the light is off....

RobertoOberto ,

I sometimes name booleans after the action that will be taken rather than the condition they represent For example, I might have booleans called “doQuickInit” or “invertResult”. I find this very useful when the value of a boolean is determined by a complex series of conditions that are not actually true or false.

RobertoOberto ,

Why hello there, Mr. 0352.

At least your MOS still exists. I was one of them SMAW guys, and now both my job and old unit have been deactivated. It makes me feel like even more of a dinosaur than I otherwise would when I talk to people about my time enlisted.

RobertoOberto ,

Command & Conquer Generals did it first.

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/d65293af-c389-4caa-84db-3b750611dc91.jpeg

RobertoOberto ,

Titty pics just hit different when they’re rendered in 16 colors on Windows 3.1.

Not 16-bit color, just 16 colors.

RobertoOberto ,

It’s all triangles.

Sure. They relate different properties of triangles or periodic phenomena.

But can you explain what a “sine” operation is actually doing? Algebra and calculus can pretty much all be explained in terms of basic operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. But I’m in the same boat as @rekabis - trig operations feel like a black box where one number goes in and a different number comes out. I am comfortable using them and understand their patterns, but don’t really get them.

RobertoOberto ,

It’s only a matter of time before it’s not an option anymore. Every shitty new behavior they put in is an easy-to-use option at first, then a registry setting or policy, then even that goes away and it gets baked in.

RobertoOberto ,

Embedded software developer here.

Oh damn, I thought I was going to be the only one here!

I don’t know how you get by with only one. Between source code, simulators/emulators, datasheets, requirement specs, log files, e-mails from senior devs with tribal knowledge not written down anywhere else, and a bunch of other bullshit, I sometimes find 3 24" monitors to be lacking.

Distractions aren’t a problem because I can easily use up all that screen real estate for a single task.

RobertoOberto ,

From the hovertext: “I wrote 20 short programs in Python yesterday. It was wonderful. Perl, I’m leaving you.”

After years of a dozen other languages, I finally tried Perl the other day.

Never again, if I can help it.

RobertoOberto ,

Depending on the beam’s weight, where it impacts, and what kind of tank it is, here are some possible effects:

  1. Absolutely nothing
  2. Cause the crew to button up, reducing their visibility
  3. Draw the crew out to assess or repair damage, expsoing them to small arms fire
  4. Remind the crew that their enemy is active in the area and slow the advance
  5. Distract the crew long enough for infantry to employ a more effective weapon, possibly including approach the tank on foot without being seen
  6. Main gun barrel impact - deform the barrel enough to disable it
  7. Turret impact - disable turret rotation, reducing aiming capability
  8. Track impact - mobility kill by damaging roadwheels and/or track, or just getting stuck there
  9. Direct side impact - probably nothing
  10. Random gear impact - even old tanks have external mounted machine guns, optics, radio antennae, and shit that could be disabled
  11. Exposed crew impact - squishy squishy

Of all these possibilities, I think just trying to get the damn thing stuck in the wheels/tracks is the most likely to actually work, even on relatively modern tanks.

RobertoOberto ,

If you read the fine print, many “lifetime” warranties are like this too. They mean the “lifetime of the product” which is usually defined in the same fine print as like, 5 years or some other bullshit timespan.

Trump’s Truth Social is now a public company. Experts warn its multibillion-dollar valuation defies logic | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)

Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of struggling social media platform Truth Social, is began its long-delayed journey as a public company at Tuesday’s opening bell under the ticker symbol “DJT.”...

RobertoOberto ,

I don’t think “con job” is the whole story here. There’s always money to be made when morons gather together and soulless hedge fund managers don’t care about the side effects. What better place could there be to sell advertising space for testosterone supplements and nuclear fallout shelters?

Not to mention all the free advertising for it from both social and mainstream media.

RobertoOberto ,

Working with small ESD-sensitive electronics and using a proper grounding strap and mat with large resistors in series to provide protection from shock? Absolutely.

Wiring up a car battery or working with mains power? Absolutely not.

RobertoOberto ,

Is “multiple desktops” different from virtual desktops? Because i’ve been using virtual desktops in Windows 10 for a while now.

RobertoOberto ,

Using multiple desktops may help you keep all those open programs more organized. :)

I use only use them at work. One desktop is for e-mail, chats, and my music player, the other has all the stuff I need for whatever I’m actually working on at the moment. If I’m switching back and forth between two unrelated tasks, I might use a third to keep everything for the two tasks separate.

RobertoOberto ,

Everyone at Mentor Graphics did before it got gobbled up by Siemens in 2017. I don’t know if they still do.

RobertoOberto ,

That image is clearly Sean Connery.

Lithuanians are at it again, raising money to outfit Ukrainian soldiers with personal anti-drone systems, laser sights and night vision monoculars, all made by Lithuanian manufacturers (sh.itjust.works)

Each set of items is supposed to cost around 7500 euros. 350000 was already raised in the first day. The fundraising campaign is supposed to last until February 24.

RobertoOberto ,

The most important part of the kit is the grip pod. The tides will turn once those get in the Ukranians’ hands.

RobertoOberto ,

This is far too reasonable of a comment for shitposting. I’m going to need someone to shit this up a bit, please.

RobertoOberto ,

But are you going to add bleach to your dishwasher when you run the toilet brush, then do dishes normally on the next cycle?

Seems like you’re opening a whole new can of health-hazardous worms with that plan.

RobertoOberto ,

That’s better, thanks.

RobertoOberto ,

True, but it’s not chlorine bleach. Which is what I want my toilet brush to go through.

What games can you not get into because they feel too outdated?

Are there games that you tried but just couldn’t get into because they feel outdated? Games that, in theory, you would enjoy, but don’t because the controls, graphics, writing, or mechanics just don’t feel good anymore. Games that, compared to today, just don’t hold up to your standards....

RobertoOberto ,

Jank was the style at the time.

RobertoOberto ,

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tulpamancer

When I looked these up, I was really expecting the first link to be Urban Dictionary. Learning that it was derived from Buddhist traditions was a surprise.

RobertoOberto ,

I think you just missed a joke.

RobertoOberto ,

…I have stolen a child for you

Aw, shucks. I thought you were about to suggest a dumpster-side quickie to make one.

RobertoOberto ,

I mean, it is a shitpost… what were you expecting?

RobertoOberto ,

Thanks for the insight - jump humping and soaking sound like the kind of bullshit my parents would believe because it was featured in some local news story.

Most “teen trends”, especially those related to sex, are just wildly blown out of proportion “stories” based on a couple of people trying something weird, someone else hearing about it, and now suddenly all the teens are doing it.

It reminds me of being in high school when my mom asked me if my girlfriend’s jelly bracelets were a sex thing because she heard about girls owing sex acts to guys who can break one.

RobertoOberto ,

Your understanding of minimum wage is incorrect - under the FLSA, if an employees tips do not bring their wages up to minimum, the employer must make up the difference. www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/…/2020

Still horseshit though. If you can’t pay employees a fair wage, you don’t deserve to be in business, and it shouldn’t be on the customer to subsidize your employees’ shitty pay rate.

RobertoOberto ,

First published in fucking 1903.

Nothing ever changes.

RobertoOberto ,

If you’re into FPS games, here are a few suggestions that have RPG elements:

  • Deus Ex
  • Borderlands
  • Bioshock
  • FarCry (#3 and after have progression elements, not so much for earlier entries)
RobertoOberto ,

I’ve heard BL described as a “looter shooter”, but found that I can mostly ignore the loot aspect. Like OP, I’m not a fan of grinding for special drops, managing a shitload of inventory items, or memorizing loot stats. I just play through the games, occasionally checking drops for something better than what I have, and moving right along. It never felt like a burden to me because I didn’t care about having the “best” gear.

RobertoOberto ,

If you don’t mind old shitty graphics and mechanics, start with the original Deus Ex. I played it when it first came out and it blew my little stupid mind. I still replay it once every couple of years. It really taught me what an art video games can be, which was totally new to me after growing up on Wolfenstein and Doom.

RobertoOberto ,

I honestly think many people don’t really know what freedom means.

I can’t find it right now, but this reminds me of a tweet that said something like, “Americans think freedom means the ability to choose from between 8 different types of salad dressing instead of like, the ability to leave your job without losing your healthcare.”

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