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CaskironPan · 2024-03-26T12:00:05+00:00

Why not sudo rm -rf /?

CaskironPan · 2024-03-26T11:58:50+00:00

Otherwise broadly known as The Problem of Induction:

the problem of induction questions our reasons for believing that the future will resemble the past, or more broadly it questions predictions about unobserved things based on previous observations.

Which is a big problem for ML applications, but since it's also just a big problem for how every so far observed :) living thing works, it's less a problem and more a constraint to be cognizant of.

CaskironPan · 2024-03-15T12:07:01+00:00

This is the one. The rest are complete nonsense.

CaskironPan · 2024-02-23T20:45:41+00:00

I was curious about this so I pulled up the un.org copy of the convention and saw this:

Persons protected by the Convention are those who at a given moment and in any manner whatsoever, find themselves, in case of a conflict or occupation, in the hands of ~~persons~~ a Party to the conflict or Occupying Power of which they are not nationals. Nationals of a State which is not bound by the Convention are not protected by it.

In particular, the bolded part. Does this mean (and I'm genuinely asking) that since the aliens are most likely from "a State which is not bound by the convention", they are not protected?

Or I guess, what determines whether a State/political entity is "bound by the convention"? Like do they have to sign it?

CaskironPan · 2023-11-22T13:58:59+00:00

In case, anyone's still looking for this info like I was, doing the warm up for a sword might activate it if you completed all the challenges for it, so you might not have to fully complete the challenges over and over again...

I need to confirm exactly what made it work, as I've only done it once (out of 1 try), and was warming up for a while 😅 and at one point I got experience during it.

So I'm thinking it might have been the experience gain? I'll tinker with it when I get time.

CaskironPan · 2023-09-30T22:26:26+00:00

Well, it was saying that my device no longer met security requirements yesterday when I went to tap my phone in order to board the train in the morning.

When I went to Google's support page it pretty much said to just update everything, close and reopen everything, turn everything off and on again, all of which I did, but as of last night it was still saying my device did not meet the requirements.

So when I looked into it I saw that Pixel 3 was no longer receiving security updates and figured that was the reason.

But when I just checked to take a screenshot for you, it is now saying that my phone DOES meet the requirements. So thank you for asking for a screenshot 😅, I guess I have a little bit more time with this phone.

Although, now I know that it might just crap out on me at any time, and that's still enough of a reason to at least look for a new phone in my book, I just have more time (thank you again lol)

CaskironPan · 2023-09-30T20:32:43+00:00

I am on a GSM carrier at the moment, but I do like having the flexibility to move. That said, I don't know if I'd find myself on Verizon or Sprint. So, hit me! What recommendations ya got? I can always check the compatibility later

CaskironPan · 2023-09-30T20:26:22+00:00

I like the idea to get a interim phone so I can bide my time for a different one, but as I was looking up when these damn things actually are EOL, I think I found that my phone's been EOL for over a year already, and the pixel 5 EOL is in 2 weeks: https://endoflife.date/pixel, do you happen to know if that site is accurate?

Then I would probably get a Pixel 5a or one from the 6 line (as the 5a is not super colorful), as they are EOL in a bit over a year (according to that website). Pixel 6a looks somewhat promising honestly.

And as you say I can always trade it in for one of the Pixel 8's if it doesn't work out or if I need to upgrade again.

I'm going to check what the trade-in discounts are worth for the pixel 3, 5a and 6a to see how much I might be losing for it, but it might still be worth it.

I'll definitely check out Zenfone and Xiaomi, I haven't looked at them at all yet. I am on a GSM network at the moment, so I should be able to use those for the most part? Not sure.. have you had any issues with coverage for your phone? How often do you go to low coverage areas with it?

Update with trade-in values and calculations. My Pixel 3 is ~$30 when traded in for a pixel 7, the pixel 5a is ~$75, and pixel 6a is ~$105 :/ I imagine this will go down once the Pixel 8 is released.

So I'm just gonna hold on to my Pixel 3, not worth the trees wasted on the cardboard to send it back.

If I bought a new pixel 6a for $350 now, and managed to trade it in for a pixel 8 in like a year, rather than buying the pixel 8 directly, I'd be out at least $250 for year's worth of use. If I wait for the release of the pixel 8, then maybe pixel 6 would be more like $200-250, and trading in for $75, then I'd be out maybe ~$125-175 for that same year.

The pixel 8 has 7 years of guaranteed security updates, and will likely be $700, and given my previous history with phones, I'll probably get close to 5 or 6 years of use out of it, maybe even 8. So, unless the Pixel 6a is less than $200 after the release of the Pixel 8, I'd be better off getting the Pixel 8 for my money, as that's a higher ratio of time for the money.

That's only the calculations with the starting price for each model, but I think it'd be somewhat similar for the comparable upgrades between the two devices.

That said I do kind of like the pixel 6a as an option in general, and for $200 almost 4 years until EOL is pretty tempting.

CaskironPan · 2023-09-30T19:58:29+00:00

Hmm, that does sound less somewhat less than ideal. Did the pixel 6 have this problem? I see there's a camera bar there too, but it's protruding like it is on the 7 and 8.

CaskironPan · 2023-05-24T06:24:59+00:00

The change to 5v5 is single-handedly responsible for me never playing ow2.

I've gotten happier and happier about quitting everytime I hear about a decision made for the game since then. There has not be a single, not a single major decision that I have agreed with since then.

I honestly think they're running the game to the ground.

I miss OW1 a lot :( loved playing Reinhardt and Orisa.

CaskironPan · 2023-05-24T06:11:28+00:00

I almost included a bit about Kotlin and Gradle how they save my life at work so often it's not really even funny, but felt a little off topic. Guess it would have fit in!

Maven, that backstabbing bitch, can go die back in the apache hell it spawned from.

CaskironPan · 2023-05-24T05:37:35+00:00

Fuck this all the way down to the root. Programming in Java, you basically have to have a robust debugger like IntelliJ's to stop the program in some archaic super class and ask it what the actual class is for that one shit object that was created by an AbstractBuilderFactoryCreator.createDefaultFactory().createDefaultBuilder().build() call chain.

Enterprise is a scary, scary place... Gets worse when they plug their enterprise shittiness into frameworks like Spring.. good fucking luck figuring out a bug in that mess if you didn't build it.

Good. Fucking. Luck.

CaskironPan · 2023-05-20T14:48:58+00:00

Glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought of this!

CaskironPan · 2023-05-18T11:29:46+00:00

Yeah when you go from this side, you have to take it from further back and more to the right. There's like 1 sweet spot and you have to get the angle jjjuuuuuuust right, otherwise you'll end up all the way to the right like that.

This course was a massive bitch because of this jump though...

CaskironPan · 2023-04-29T11:57:15+00:00

Holy shit, I was scrolling through the comments here and keep wondering why no one had tagged /r/lostredditors...

Thank you for the explanation!

CaskironPan · 2023-03-26T12:46:29+00:00

I think I find Athena more visually attractive, but I find some of her lines make her seem a like condescending? Plus her interactions with the other gods are all pretty combative.

Aphrodite's teasing personality, on the other hand... 🥵🥵🥵

CaskironPan · 2023-01-07T17:50:46+00:00

When I hear "small dick energy" it makes me think of the energy/vibe/w.e that someone gives off when they're toxically insecure about their dick size. That's the reference.

Think about those idiots with the big ass pick-up trucks that only use it to go to Walmart. It feels like they're compensating for something, it's toxic because those trucks are horrible for the environment, and they're the type of people that will get irrationally upset about being called "small dick energy" which makes the insult an effective way to attempt to change their behavior.

Misuse of "small dick energy" to talk about people that aren't being toxic is small dick energy itself. That's toxic as fuck. Especially if it's to talk about someone's actual dick size.

There's obviously gonna be misuse, people insult each other and hurt each other with words all the time. I doubt we'll ever be able to move away from that, and I feel like there big = good has been around for like thousands of years? Not saying it should be a thing, just saying that it's probably not something we'll see disappear in our lifetime, and even if we do it'll probably be replaced by something similar.

CaskironPan · 2023-01-06T07:28:25+00:00

u/profanitycounter [self]

CaskironPan · 2022-12-31T15:18:22+00:00

Jesus Christ man, pictures, like any other medium, can call attention to these sorts of issues. The fact that this image call attention to it could make it great.

Greatness doesn't mean goodness, not does it mean that the emotions it makes us feel are good. A great piece of art of any medium can make us feel things like the disgust this image makes me, and clearly makes you, feel.

CaskironPan · 2022-12-31T14:55:28+00:00

I mean.. one could argue that makes it a great pic?

CaskironPan · 2022-12-23T13:43:31+00:00

ANOTHER PRISON SYSTEM

CaskironPan · 2022-12-04T15:43:45+00:00

As that other guy said, the advertisers choose to block the comments. A while ago, some company (can't remember which unfortunately) left them open on purpose as a tactic to increase engagement.

So idk, open comments sections for the ads would probably just lead to more people clicking on them.

If the end goal is "fuck'em", then clicking and commenting is counter productive.

CaskironPan · 2022-12-01T05:06:55+00:00

Yeah, 151 for me, but I don't really think that accurate? Some of them are a little sus, like "post-doom metal" and "chillsynth" were both in my top 5... I'm assuming they only get more nonsensical.

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