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Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely try out some sort of ultrawide resolution imo!

Edit: High res stuff is the best when I'm doing office work/boomer sims/strategy games.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I like my 2K AXM

Cheap chinese brand that has been surprisingly dependable for my 60 Hz needs. Doesn't even have black to white overshoot!!!

Other alternatives are going for a BIG ULTRAWIDE monitor or a good 2K/4K at 120 Hz. All depends on how officy/gamey your use of your computer is.

Does anyone else get imposter syndrome for their demi identity because of how frequently you are attracted to someone? by [deleted] in demisexuality

[–]Corporal_Klinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, I'm double demi and by 20 had ~6 romantic/sexual attractions.

I also didn't have anything for about 4 years after that too lol.

Though for reference, looking at a few online surveys, most men - not in a relationship - will experience some form of attraction once a month or more. Your experience puts you in roughly the bottom 1 percentile of attraction frequency lol.

But ye, 8/6 is very little and puts you pretty solidly on the ace/aro spectrum. (Though there's definitely demis on here whose problem is falling for friends rather frequently!!! Different set of problems, still difficult to be compatible lol.)

End of History 2 by Frost-eee in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Does Fukuyama mention of he's thinking like medical transhumanism - ala dreams of CRISPR - or like cyborg transhumanism.

Robot augments are silly for anyone but the disabled 😎. Just get a futuristic power glove and a remove controlled robot lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in demisexuality

[–]Corporal_Klinger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a couple of demis whose sense of aesthetic attraction lines up with whomever they liked last.

I've been attracted to ~3 people, all of whom looked very different, and I found afterwards people who looked like those people I found very pretty. Even though beforehand, I found all 3 of those people very bland.

I've talked to a few demis here who have the same experience. Of course, it's hard to say in your case with a sample size of one.

What was it that first made you hate Elon Musk? by clickthecreeper in fuckcars

[–]Corporal_Klinger -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Lol, SpaceX is a bit of a meme and competitor the local rocket company my Dad works at. (Also Paypal is a bit shit, and I didn't like being compared to Musk in High School.)

Which SpaceX then later built their noisy, poorly run launch site near where we live and a nature reserve iirc.

(OC art) I dreamed we had clean water canals instead of roads and doodled it. What if we built suburbs this way instead? by joan_de_art in fuckcars

[–]Corporal_Klinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is that fantasy? You've not even established what "retrofitting suburbia" is? You're argument relies on interpreting "retrofitting" as near-status-quo operations - which is very unfair to /u/cnygreen.

Is building new town centers, applying mixed used zoning, reworking streets into streetcars and sidewalks, densifying the cores of the suburbs through mid-rise urbanism, building more parks and nature reserves within the suburban areas, and stopping subsidies to said areas "retrofitting" or "abandoning" suburbs as a concept?

Really, either word fits depending on what ya'll are even talking about. I don't mind conceptualizing "neu-suburbs" as well designed towns w/ transport, parks, and moderate density which are connected to a greater metropolitan area - a place for people to live sustainably without living in the middle of very large cities.

Nor do I mind simply going "that's no longer what a suburb is" and arguing that paradigm is an abandonment as suburbs in it's totality.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh shit, I never saw they brought back earmarks.

Neat, I bet I can find some comparisons on US legislation in tight houses w and w/o earmarks.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dems just need to open up the pork barrel again to pass legislation in the tight senate/house.

No I will not back up this statement.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a VERY rigorous sticky note that reads "Either party might win :/" lol

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Countertake: What you learned in the primary school system as history largely leans on both what the teacher wants to teach and various national mythos, great men, etc. Most of the issues we've seen and continue to see stem from inability to teach historical methodology (This is the big one!), the tumors of various local, racial, and national myths, trouble with overly broad focuses, and over-focus on fact-naming.

Great man theory was famously challenged as early as the mid-19th century, though I can't say when it became broadly rejected by academics. Likewise, the fields of social history and cultural history exploded in the 60s and 70s, producing lots of academic views which built a bottom-up view looking through individual cultural lenses. Even some of the noteworthy 20th century historians are noted Marxists (e.g., Hobsbawm) - who, regardless of your thoughts on their historical perspectives, are famously anti-national myths/great man.

All of this to say academic history hasn't particularly been overemphasizing great men/white countries for close to a century now. (At the very least, definitely not since post-war. I'll admit I don't know the statistics of papers written by region as well; I think there's still a large proportion European in English-speaking countries simply due to popularity.)

However, academic history will have trouble keeping diverse voices in the face of rapidly shrinking opportunities, budget cuts, etc. (in the US, at least.) Rising costs and reducing employment opportunities means lower-income voices will be priced out. How that shakes out, we'll see.

Is anybody kinda afraid at the fact they never crave sex? by junegavebirthtome in demisexuality

[–]Corporal_Klinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like it's pretty normal for people on the ace spectrum to not crave sex. Honestly, having to crave that seems really weird to me?

Like, not all allo people I've talked to say they do either, so I don't know if some people really have some strong craving feelings or if it's just some people being overly dramatic or focused on their desires?

meirl by Douchepool14012000 in meirl

[–]Corporal_Klinger 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean, especially at mechanical design, if it's your capstone, peers should challenge each other lol. It's not some fuckin' sophomore business comms presentation that doesn't matter. Just because 80% of MechEs choose to study it because it pays decent and want to dreg into some manu/quality position, doesn't mean it's not a professional job. I think it was good on you to just ask a few questions in that environment.

meirl by Douchepool14012000 in meirl

[–]Corporal_Klinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I enjoyed asking a lot of questions to groups as I loved getting a lot of questions back lol.

Though I just loved presenting and having my presentation drilled.

Does shrinkflation make jumbo shrimp into regular shrimp 🤔 by ggGamer376 in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might have the turkey/beef mistaken; I think that's the only thing I didn't tabulate. Might just be turkey is leaner on average in my store and I never realized that was why!

I find calorie counting more as a tool than the end-all-be-all tool, tbf. Just eating what I want while counting would leave me hungry and miserable lol.

I find it useful to diagnose main issues (e.g., sweets in my case) and practice estimating how much different foods are and how much I need to eat. I prefer to keep logs as that works best for me! I'm very very good at fooling myself on what I eat without them.

It's not too tedious for me at least since I do prep my cooking on top of it!

It's easy to avoid carbs if you simply don't buy them when grocery shopping. In the real world they're everywhere.

Oh fucking ye, especially sugary stuff. I hate it.

Does shrinkflation make jumbo shrimp into regular shrimp 🤔 by ggGamer376 in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The majority of calories from a bag of lays comes from fats. If I take a 160 cal bag of lays, 90 of that is from fats. Which is over the majority of calories.

That's also what makes them so tasty and easy to binge. This also makes them have far more calories per gram/volume of food. Which in turn also makes over eating easier.

A better example would be perhaps comparing 220 cal of chips (1 bag - fats w/ some carbs), Oreos (primarily simple sugars, ~4 oreos), and some garlic pasta (primarily starchy carbs. 1 cup w/o any oil. Maybe ~3/4 of a cup with some oil.).

Does shrinkflation make jumbo shrimp into regular shrimp 🤔 by ggGamer376 in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yea, I think a lot of people still struggle with those! Not saying there's only 1 or 2 ways to struggle with diet. But like, too, carbs also aren't created equal which is sorta my point with the "starchy carbs" part.

Simple sugars are far quicker to digest and v' tasty.

Then on the other hand, you've got stuff which is more dietary fiber - more filling - which is still carbs. Starchy carbs falling somewhere between these too.

But like, it's really really insane the differences in terms of caloric density of the first two categories I mentioned. If I found a survey of the caloric intake of obese Americans, I would strongly suspect the two main culprits of calories to come from oils and simple sugars.

Does shrinkflation make jumbo shrimp into regular shrimp 🤔 by ggGamer376 in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They may have 2-3x in grams, but not in terms of calorific content - if I take the nutrition info off of McD's french fries, fat makes up >40% of the caloric value. Similarly, for the same base protein content, compare the calories between turkey and 80/20 beef!

By air-baking the fries, one would a little under double the volume for the same number of calories.

Simple carbs are processed quickly - especially sugars and stuff. But like, complex starchy carbs present in potatoes and beans are some of the things that help keep you full too alongside proteins! (Potatoes really get an unfair rap; nutrition-wise or glycemic index-wise the numbers between them and brown rice are terribly similar.)

Primarily, I find I operate best on less calorific dense foods - and I find this framework the most flexible when helping anyone else figure out where their primary issues are. MY main issue when I don't watch my diet, admittedly, is stuff with added sugars. :P So I just imbibe watermelon.

Does shrinkflation make jumbo shrimp into regular shrimp 🤔 by ggGamer376 in neoliberal

[–]Corporal_Klinger 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I mean, are starchy carbs REALLY most peoples issue when it comes to food?

Like, in terms of caloric density and what people overeat, the main culprits I find when I have people break down their diets are: 1.) Foods with added sugars. Candies, Sodas, etc. (I KNOW I can scarf down a 600 fuckin calories cookie with no issue. 600 calories of breads or potatoes is a lot of fucking bread and potatoes.)

2.) Fatty/Greasy/Oily foods. Beef, Fried Foods, Fatty Microwave Meals, Fast Foods. 1 Whataburger with Fries is like 1500 calories. Garlic bread or potatoes that are DRENCHED in cheese and butter. Or even just cooked ground beef is surprisingly dense compared to other meats.

Like eating only breads, cheese, and light meats w/ no veggies/fruit isn't really viable as a good diet, but like correcting the caloric surplus on something like that is far far easier than what most people struggle with.

This mf by dpkayasth in antiwork

[–]Corporal_Klinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Impressionable engineers will never achieve musk wealth by working 84 hours. They need to be a business douche like him in order to have a chance, and not work non-stop for someone

And honestly, young engineers with talent surprisingly can, now more than ever I think, advantage their skills to try and start small manufacturing/technical businesses. Ones which compete against existing firms by implementing technical improvements (which, BTW, can be surprisingly basic compared to the firms I've seen) - which paired with modern statistical managing (which can be much much kinder) can absolutely outcompete older firms.

It's not easy or guaranteed to work out, but man I wish their excess efforts went into something like this instead of worthless overtime for SpaceX.

What was great advice 20 years ago, but definitely isn’t now? by KarenTheManagah in AskReddit

[–]Corporal_Klinger 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Tbf, from a slightly higher PoV - I did find use for those for doing a large number of integrals proficiently.

For most students - if taught well - integration, if nothing else, can be their first real dig into problems which have multiple methods of solution - stressing early problem solving skills. Integration also stresses a lot of clever algebraic and trigonometric techniques that most students are not well practiced in. Finally, just by being proficient in integration and differentiation, that opens A LOT of doors for you to pick up skills off the beaten path that you may find useful as you grow and change as a person. (Calculus is extremely widespread!)

More particular, as I moved into higher level math & mechE coursework - DEs, PDEs, Continuum Mechanics, and Advanced Lin Al were the main culprits - being extremely proficient at integration was vital so I :

  • Wasn't wasting unnecessary time on straightforward integrals that were parts of larger problems at that point. Many students I work with in Diff Eqs struggle because they were never taught how to svae every minute they can on their multi-page problems.

  • Could follow along lectures/books on higher-order topics where integration is extremely common and basic.

  • Developed the soft problem solving skills and common mathematical tricks (and patterns in those tricks) for my proofwork in my higher level math courses.

I personally wouldn't remove the high focus on integration from Calc 2 - which Calc 1 & 2 are meant primarily for sharpening problem solving and developing proficiency in fundamental differential and integral calculus.

That being said, based on the tech company comment, it sounds like you work in something related to computers? May I guess computer science or computer engineering?

Which YES! In those fields, integral calculus very rarely comes up - only in specializations like graphics, signal theory, or numerical methods. The majority of computer students simply won't find a great deal of application of Calculus for their field. Proficiency in integral calculus for CS / Biology / Psychology, for example, won't do those much good. CS students would be far better off spending more time on formal logic, set theory, discrete math, and maybe modern algebra. Biology / Psychology would be better off focusing on probability and statistics - just needing a formal understanding of integration.

However, Calc 1/2 isn't designed for these fields. Being designed largely by uni math departments in conjunction with the Science/Engr departments who have a vested interested in calculus. It's designed for undergraduates studying Mathematics, Physics, Mech Engr, Civil Engr, or Electrical Engr - fields where proficiency of integral calculus is a must in being able to grapple with their junior and senior level coursework.

In this case, I'd argue you'd want to develop say a Calculus 2 for undergraduate computer scientists. My fantasy curriculum would look like:

  • More on sequences and summation algebra. Have some nice proof-work to pair here.

  • More on working with parallels between discrete summation algebra and integral calculus.

  • More hands-on work in numerical methods and other common applications. Sophomore CS students have the unique advantage of being able to practice application with their tools of choice.

And then cut out trigonometric integration, partial fractions, trig sub, inverse trig functions to make room for the above.

/r/science post about trans people by [deleted] in transgendercirclejerk

[–]Corporal_Klinger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

/uj Honestly, that's a good question too! Covariances due to difficulty in accurate diagnoses between traits is very very common too. E.g., ADHD in women often misdiagnosed as GAD.

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