[-] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

She stole 12.5 billion dollars?!

Jesus Christ. How much is enough?

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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

For me, it's Kerbal Space Program.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

Lol they're trying to sell me shares at "pre-ipo prices".

I asked if they have any puts available... So far no reply...

[-] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

You might be underestimating the supreme court's pension for changing their opinion once it suits them politically.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago

My man might be wearing the ol rose-colored glasses when it comes to the Limewire "heyday" of piracy.

I remember many times accidentally infecting my computer with a virus through that thing. That repair process was a HUGE pain in the ass.

I was stoned one night looking for concert footage and instead I got a video of a woman getting her head blown off at close range. That shit FUCKED. ME. UP. for a hot minute.

Todays situation is better in my opinion.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago

What is amazing is that people would rather live like this, and have four feet of grass between them and their neighbors, than in a place twice as big with a shared wall...

[-] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Nice! Hopefully in another five years it'll have all the features of the original game!

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What's your approach for NFL games?

[-] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've never understood the "slim" thing console makers have been doing.

"Behold! Our latest game system!"

six months later

"Behold! The system we should have made in the first place!"

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I'm working on an Arduino project that will likely rely on a 9v for its power. If I can get at least 40 hours of power, I'd be happy with that. Here's why I think it's doable:

First, rechargeable 9v lion batteries nowadays have substantially higher capacities than even a few years ago. I see one on Amazon rated for 5400mWh!

Of course, I'll want to reduce power consumption as much as possible, so I'm thinking an Arduino micro would be the best choice (though I will be attaching a shield to it, which will add to the current draw.

My understanding is that the linear regulator on the Arduino is capable of reducing the 9v down to 5v, but at great expense to efficiency through heat loss. My thinking was to bypass the linear regulator entirely, and rely on a much more efficient buck converter to adjust the voltage down to 5v.

Thinking it might be possible to reduce the core clock as well, and run the Arduino at 3.3v instead of 5.

Anything I should consider that I might have missed? I'm excited for the project, but definitely need to get the power consumption as low as possible so I can run it off a 9v and not be constantly swapping/charging.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

The left: clearly and succinctly points out another example of Republican hypocrisy.

The right: "LOLZ the left can't meme."

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I can understand why so many programmers suffer from imposter syndrome.

I know more about SSH than anyone I know, but I still read articles like this and think, "SOCKS proxy. Huh. I don't actually know what either of those words mean."

Before anyone jumps in to educate me on what SOCKS is (please do though!), my point is that through my entire career in tech, I've always read articles and had to skim over terms and acronyms that I didn't know, unless I wanted to fall into a ten-hour rabbit hole of learning, where I ultimately feel totally overwhelmed and not sure I'm actually smarter than when I woke up this morning.

Seems like an interesting article, but for me to fully grasp it, I'd need to read like six other articles, which I can't do during my morning coffee/mindless scroll time.

I've taken the approach of learning through osmosis. I'll regularly read articles that I don't fully understand, assuming that I'll eventually gain a better understanding of whatever topic I'm reading about over time.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Me: "Maybe next year's zenphone will finally check all of my boxes and I can break free from the giant phone universe."

ASUS: "Hold my beer."

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

What I'm still struggling with is if it's still ok with my mortal compass to use Reddit to find information I know will be there. Specifically, product reviews.

I'm no longer contributing content on Reddit, and I'm not passively browsing either, but how do y'all feel about tapping reddit's wealth of information?

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

My move lately has been to stand their windshield wipers up. You're not doing anything criminally damaging to their vehicle, but in my experience, anyone this self-important will be really bothered by the thought of some random person putting their dirty hands on their precious baby.

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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

My wife works in a restaurant, and the power-tripping manager has instituted a new policy where all shift changes must be approved by management. I think that is reasonable enough, but they're also asking the originally-scheduled employee why they are switching shifts, then approving or denying based on the answer.

For example, her coworker (Tom) wanted Monday afternoon off, and Harry agreed to cover the shift. The manager asked Tom why he wanted Harry to work for him, and Tom said, "I have a softball game." Manager denied the shift change because it was "unnecessary".

Is this legal? I feel like if you're able to find someone to cover your shift, you don't owe management any explanation why you need the time off. How should my wife approach this situation? Colorado, USA BTW.

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