RobertoOberto @ RobertoOberto @sh.itjust.works

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

That's a pretty reasonable position to take. I don't agree with it, but I understand how you arrived there.

Do you still think that being a pedophile is the only reason someone would say Rittenhouse's shooting was unjustified?

Also right.

The point I was getting at is that the question of whether or a shooting is justified depends entirely on the circumstances that led to the shooting. Not someone's past criminal behavior that the shooter was not aware of.

You may certainly disagree with other peoples' reasons for viewing the shooting as unjustified. But it seems that you are either unwilling or unable to see that both people involved in an altercation can be bad. One shouldn't be considered a hero just because he's less bad than the other.

The dead pedo deserved what he got. Rittenhouse is a dumbass who was looking for a fight and luck was the only thing that saved him from killing an innocent bystander.

These can both be true at the same time, and saying that Rittenhouse's actions shouldn't be celebrated is not the same thing as defending pedophilia.

I think you missed the whole point of my comment.

There is not enough information.

Yeah, that's the point.

Quick hypothetical for you:

John shoots and kills Frank. They had never met each other and John did not know that Frank has a history of abusing children. John claims it was self-defense.

Was the shooting justified?

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.

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.

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

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

Nice work!

Without formal a formal education program, finding the right subset of a new skill or hobby is probably the best way to hook yourself in so it's easier to keep at it long enough to really start learning. It sounds like concepts are finally sticking for you because you have an immediate and fun application for them.

I hope more people continue to find unconventional paths into the field like you did, keep going with it.

The ONCD said that software and hardware developers are best positioned to implement memory-safe languages

Very insightful. I thought plumbers would be the ones handling it.

I found a picture of some topless model online in the early 90s. I used a file splitter to fit it onto floppy disks, then took them upstairs to my non-internet-connected packard bell in my room with Win 3.1.

It was far less interesting when rendered by a 20-color pallette, but it still got the job done.

I have never met anyone with this permit.

That's because it doesn't exist. There are licensing requirements for manufacturers and dealers of NFA items, but as long as you're legally allowed to own them in your state, you don't need a permit to buy a registered and transferrable machine gun.

What you need is $10k at a minimum and time to wait for the ATF to approve your Form 4 transfer application.

That image is clearly Sean Connery.

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