Weirdfish

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have had my S8 galaxy since release, and now various apps won't work on the OS. I'm being forced into buying a new phone at this point.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago

I've gotten it in two flavors.

One is people who are so convinced that life has no meaning without children they feel like they are saving you by pressuring you to have kids.

The other, and far more angry, seem to have had kids because they thought they had too, or had a "happy accident", and aren't actually happy about. They see you as the life they could have had.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I have a few times in life, but I've always found a new one.

Each time I'd get deep enough into something, tech advancements always made that thing functionally obsolete.

Once again I'm watching my skill set being phased out, but am working on my big last hurrah project right now that I've dreamed of for years. Having a great time doing it, but have already started the process of replacing it over the next 18 months.

The one plus side now is that the company I'm with has already invested in my training for the next big thing. I've been through it enough times that I don't feel like I'm losing something or wasted my time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The pace of change is about every five years, and some elements are always in transition.

All in one turn key solutions are always one to two cycles behind, so may work great with the stuff I'm already replacing.

I think these are honest attempts to simplify, but by the time they have it sorted its obsolete. If I have to build modules anyway to work with new equipemnt, might as well just write all the code in my native language.

These also tend to be attempts at all in one devices, requiring you to use devices only compatible with those subsystems. I want to be able to use best tech from what ever manufacturer. New and fancy almost always means a command line interface, which again means coding.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

20 years ago at a trade show, a new module based visual coding tool was introduced in my field which claimed "You'll never need another programmer".

Oddly enough, I still have a job.

The tools have gotten better, but I still write code every day because procedural programming is still the best way to do things.

It is just now reaching the point that we can do some small to medium scale projects with plug and play systems, but only with very specific equipment and configurations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

This was my first thought, one of my favorite series.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Mass Effect and Dark Souls are my favorites when it comes to gaming.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I just don't fall that way on a skateboard, so I never wear one, though knee pads are a must.

I will never ever ride a snowboard without a helmet. I'll ride a motorcycle without a helmet before I'll ride a snowboard without one.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you don't feel it, don't do it. Some injuries don't heal right, and many of the hobbies I enjoy have a pretty damned high risk factor. Almost every single time I've had a serious injury, that little voice was telling me "This one might not end well", and I went for it anyway.

I could have walked away, called it a day, and come back another time. It wasn't a contest, I was just out filming a few tricks for my "You're turning 40 and still doing it" video. Didn't stretch, didn't warm up, and my over enthusiastic filmer was all "Try this, do that". Ended up collapsing my knee and fully tearing my MCL.

Between that and a few neck and back fractures over the years, my mobility and flexibility are pretty well shot. There are things I just can't do anymore.

Sure I still skate, and am amazed just how much I can still get away with, but now every minute on the board includes a constant "Is this safe? Is this worth it?" chant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, I will. The whole thing fascinates me but it's the technology that really gets me.

The combination of high end tech and seat of the pants old school exploration ingenuity is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

When we left earth, a multi part history of the space program.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I never used Reddit directly, only Bacon Reader, when that stopped working, I gave up.

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