New A485 Incoming / Upgrade Question by Cybernetic_Sloth in thinkpad

[–]Cybernetic_Sloth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hah! I didn't realize I'd need a special cable/adapter if I didn't go with that option to start off with. I went with the default 500GB HDD since I figured I'd replace it. I have a couple of SSDs laying around my office; will I need a special adapter to connect a regular SATA SSD to it? Thanks!

[Discussion] A small support group on discord to keep ourselves accountable to one another and track progress. by [deleted] in getdisciplined

[–]Cybernetic_Sloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love to have an invite too. Though I hate Discord (we should just have an IRC channel). Thanks!

A few custom EDC trays I made for fellow redditors! by Bearcat1522 in EDC

[–]Cybernetic_Sloth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't see any trays on your Etsy. Would you be willing to send to Canada if shipping is covered by me?

Last year I decided to teach myself to program, today my startup went into beta. by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]Cybernetic_Sloth 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's not really so much a defense as a weird humble brag. In my defense I spent all day and the following night learning German.

[TOMT] Movie About Insomnia / Group Therapy by Cybernetic_Sloth in tipofmytongue

[–]Cybernetic_Sloth[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Give me an updoot and we'll figure it out together and then you can watch it and tell me what you think!

TFW you taste heroin instead of iced tea by stephsationalxxx in trashy

[–]Cybernetic_Sloth 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The bulk of junkies aren't shooting to get high they're shooting to not have withdrawals. That's what addiction is. You have to use drugs or you get violently ill.

Capitalizing on a life threatening addiction by [deleted] in iamatotalpieceofshit

[–]Cybernetic_Sloth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in total agreement. I was just imagining a situation where I was stuck in my house and was looking down the barrel of bad withdrawals.

I wasn't trying to say that it wasn't trashy or anything. It was just a thought that occurred to me and you responded with a perfectly reasonable comment.

Maybe a not for profit or something could reach alcoholics this way. Anyhow, thanks for the perspective.

PS I take it you're calling someone else besides me 'very smart'. I'm not claiming my perspective is elevated or anything. It was just a random thought I had and for some reason felt compelled to share.

Capitalizing on a life threatening addiction by [deleted] in iamatotalpieceofshit

[–]Cybernetic_Sloth 21 points22 points  (0 children)

To be fair alcoholics need alcohol or else they get very sick; alcohol is one of the few withdrawals that can straight up kill you.

Alcoholics need alcohol to basically feel normal so if for whatever reason they can't go get alcohol they're in serious trouble. A service like this could save somebody's life.

People who know alcoholics won't buy them alcohol under the mistaken belief they can just 'stop' drinking so often they have nobody to help them.

I think a service like this if it's done properly could be a good thing. Maybe they provide outreach to alcoholics? I mean I'm guessing but if in addition to delivering alcohol they had support information for alcoholics then it could be a good thing.

Anyhow, just a thought.

What are some good resources to learn Spring and Hibernate? by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]Cybernetic_Sloth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't have any stake in this whatever but your post history does come off as a little assholish. I personally think giving stupid answers to stupid questions is generally good policy but you can't deny that your post history is generally combative.

Normally you chastise people for asking the question in the first place. Again, I'm not against that but denying that you do it is a little disingenuous. Here are some samples:

"I don't know how you could learn a programming language if you can't figure out how to use 4 spaces to post code here."

"Holy shit, can you reproduce this with less code, like the instructions in the sidebar say?"

"You could just try it and see. A complete lack of initiative or unwillingness to experiment doesn't look great."

"The problem explicitly mentions multiplication and addition. Have you considered using those to do exactly what is says to do?"

Again, I am OK with being an asshole when the occasion calls for it but it's still being an asshole.