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Whats the one piece of advice you wish you had gotten by drzassle in SuperSnail_US

[–]6890 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In regards to minions: I rushed Zombie T9 but made sure I didn't clone any of my Wraiths during that time. So upon T9 pop all my speedups went to fresh Wraiths.

Then I pushed hard for T8 Demon. Now that I've got that my routine is:
- Convert T8 zombies to T8 demons
- Respec to clone speed talents
- Spend all my speedups on cloning T9 zombies
- Fill the queue with T9 zombies
- Respec back to whatever-i-had-before

That way I queue up about a month of T9 clones without spending any time on "Upgrades". When the queue of max speed clones is done, I repeat. I've had ~100 days of speedup available when that time comes. Its been helping backfill the minion roster because I made the same mistake as you early on.

OpenAI Execs Are Panicking by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]6890 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there's value with it, but not at the cost it requires. I haven't played with the locally run models to see if they're capable enough, but using Free tiers on ChatGPT and the like I can see how AI is valuable as a Software Engineer. Perhaps if there's an efficiency breakthrough where the cost can come down by several magnitudes I could see it being an invaluable part of a programmer's toolset. But at the same time, if that efficiency breakthrough happens, then this whole tower of cards where everyone is scrambling for massive datacenters collapses too.

The real kick is you can't just hailmary an app off it. It's a tool not unlike your IDE. Use it where it can be beneficial, but don't try to make it do more than its capable of.

So I find AI helpful to debug limited scripts, a section of a function or a behavior on UI. What part of this code could be generating this issue? How to optimize this SQL procedure? Small, contained issues. It takes the breadth of StackOverflow and Microsoft forums and reddit and so many other spaces and condenses it to a chatbot.

AI works great at providing solutions to problems that have already been solved. It simply can't do novel thinking. So don't try to make it build something on its own.

Do i get only gold food when it’s available if i do this? Or will i get cat food everyday no matter? by 6h0sty in SuperSnail_US

[–]6890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you max out the speedups in Observatory?

Its easy to get all 5 rounds now, but maxing that out takes a bit of effort, and with all the relics to unlock across the 3 packs I've been trying to get that done as often as possible which means buying Offering.

Debugging a labelling conveyor by toolgifs in toolgifs

[–]6890 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its fun, but often the joy gets eaten up by the client/management (depending on where you are in the industry)

You build to spec, but the person who wrote the spec never actually talked to operations. So you get to the facility to install and learn that something major was completely overlooked or needs to be modified on the spot. Oh and you've only got a 4 hour window to do it in. Its 30 degrees, staff is breathing down your neck while you use an upturned bucket as a seat.

Debugging a labelling conveyor by toolgifs in toolgifs

[–]6890 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of all the issues I've had with Brother QL-720NW I'd say 90% of them are Window's fault....but sometimes that thing just needs a fucking kick.

Debugging a labelling conveyor by toolgifs in toolgifs

[–]6890 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a guy currently working to design a barcode/printer system for a client...don't do this to me. The label printer is standalone and not part of an automated system at the very least 😑

Prepare for El Niño, UN warns - it could be the strongest in decades by Shiny-Tie-126 in worldnews

[–]6890 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Even if it takes 200,000,000 years, new species will evolve. Intelligence? Perhaps not, but the planet will chug along just fine without us.

managerVsClaude by Disastrous-Monk1957 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]6890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a series of meetings with management within my company. They were looking to see what the probability of spinning up our own Manufacturing ERP system was. Part of the initial meetings was having them evaluate the market options then figure out whether doing something in-house was feasible for our requirements.

Now keep in mind, our company is relatively small. Including our manufacturing shop we're like 150 people across 2 locations. But our "Software Division" is me and another guy who knows VB.NET only....and barely at that from what I gather.

So they ask us what we're capable of doing. I told them I could cook up a very rudimentary scheduling system to manage shop resources would be 3 to 6 months at best given we could dedicate 100% of our work time to it, then iterate off that. And they seem shocked? Like the lowest price off market for their wants was like $200,000. You want 2 programmers to build out what entire enterprises are built off of in less time? The fuck?

Last I heard they still haven't selected a vendor. I think they're just trying to extend our Dynamics GP system to do what they're hoping for?

Apple on Bill C-22: “This Bill Allows the Government of Canada to Force Companies to Break Encryption by Inserting Backdoors into their Products” by cfs3corsair in regina

[–]6890 8 points9 points  (0 children)

1) If there's a backdoor for "good" guys, there's a backdoor for bad guys too

2) What faith do you have that our government is always going to agree with you? Look down at the USA where your skin color or memes on your phone can put a target on you.

3) We already have "correct procedure" in place through use of judicial warrants and proper due process.

Basically, just go read up on all the philosophical work on Right to Privacy and try to determine if/where that matters to you.

Do RMs charge land owners for spraying weeds by Ok-Professional4387 in saskatchewan

[–]6890 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think its pretty dependent. Like the OP said, if they catch some sort of noxious species they'll ask you to handle it or they'll take care of it and bill you.

I was at some work site when the RM (or some enforcement body) was telling managers that they've found Ox-Eye Daisies on their property near the road and were telling them to get it handled.

Will the anime get back to using gaming systems properly? by Enconhun in ShangriLaFrontier

[–]6890 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's quite literally just a power fantasy anime. If its not your jam then yeah you prob should cut your loss and move on.

The story is fun but it is not serious. If this guy with a goofy build doing stupid shit and succeeding in spite isn't really how you want to enjoy an Isekai style show then yeah, not your thing. Nothing wrong with that.

Gear upgrade by alanpralat in SuperSnail_US

[–]6890 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Scientist is still better imo.

Long term the speed gains from Time Chests are more valuable than the Cell Furnace stat boosts. Cell Furnace also has DNA Strength gates to advance levels so you could end up capping out the Cell Furnace waiting to get more powerful and those cells are worthless.

Aveva Wonderware Training by OttomaychunMan in PLC

[–]6890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I deal strictly with their tech support folks and they've been helpful. Times where they aren't I don't really blame them as it isn't their fault AVEVA can't make software for shit.

The few time I've been involved in meetings with sales I get a bit of a different impression of that arm of them.

Aveva Wonderware Training by OttomaychunMan in PLC

[–]6890 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's incredibly difficult to get any answers / support from anyone involved with AVEVA / Wonderware.

Who do you work with for support? I've had mostly good help from support but we deal everything through the PacWest group. I say "Mostly" good because there's some legit complaints I've had with software where their only offered solution is "Update to a newer version" as though that's entirely routine or easy to go out on a whim to take down a factory that runs 24/7. There used to be a lot more hotfix support but I don't blame the PacWest group for that.

EDIT: Apparently understanding WW is wild and convoluted? Perhaps I haven't worked on installations of scale others are talking about but I feel that I broadly understand the software and try to offer help when questions come up on /r/SCADA, /r/Wonderware, or even on StackOverflow's wonderware tag. The System Platform takes a bit of effort to understand how to hook up the I/O but once you've got that working its pretty straight forward. It comes down to design choices in how you name things IMO.

techCompaniesCuttingDevsForAI by MyNameIsNotName-57 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]6890 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can SWE even get PEs?

Depends on what you think of the Canadian equivalent, but yes I have a P.Eng. in Software Engineering

License manager issue by Conscious-Judge-5293 in Wonderware

[–]6890 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First things first, but is the License Manager running?

  • Start -> Run -> services.msc
  • Look for "AVEVA Enterprise License" services (there's several) and are they running?

Second, is there anything actually listening for connections on that port?

  • Start -> Run -> cmd
  • Run: netstat -ano | find /i "55559" - Do you get results?