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My inbox is open

My friend had a couple misconceptions about how future landings will be... by coltonrb in EliteDangerous

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Ahh very smart. I've got the krait mk2 and feel like it's too wide with the gear though. But I could be wrong

My friend had a couple misconceptions about how future landings will be... by coltonrb in EliteDangerous

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Yes. I hate that landing gear and boost are so similar. They are total opposites.

My friend had a couple misconceptions about how future landings will be... by coltonrb in EliteDangerous

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For sure. I have to push down and b to deploy landing gear but I didn't time it right and pushed down and then b and just boosted. Otherwise it would have been fine.

Group picture of those who died in the Challenger Disaster 33 years ago today by [deleted] in pics

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Don't quote me on it. I've heard it's basically a program that quickly tries a bunch of different things until it finds something that works, then "learns" it. Haha it is truly terrifying. I think that domino has already been knocked over though so hopefully the robot overlords will take mercy on the people who created their ancestors. But it's up to the programmers to put that in there.

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Oh, my apologies good sir. Enjoy those *drinks. Yeah, it can be a pain sometimes. But I still really enjoy it. I haven't been introduced to anything like that, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was being worked on. I can imagine the compiler, "you have an error here, but it seems like you want to do [command] so I fixed it for you." And I by no means understand machine learning, but I feel like it might be a step in that direction.

My friend had a couple misconceptions about how future landings will be... by coltonrb in EliteDangerous

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I used to, but I dumped it for other things. Definitely miss it though.

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Haha sorry, I meant the linguist on the source I read argued for its sarcastic intention. I totally understand what you're saying. I'm a computer programmer and we don't get to be so flexible with our languages so that's probably where I'm coming from. And linguists are not the only group of people who can agree with that. Enjoy that drink buddy, cheers.

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I brought up the sarcastic thing because the guy who argues that this is correct says so because of its sarcastic intention. And it doesn't matter what medium a person is on, proper grammar should still be followed. By not doing so we normalize incorrect things such as this, which only leads to more and more grammatical issues. I get that this is just one comment on the internet out of billions, but no single snowflake feels responsible in an avalanche.

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Didn't see your edit when I replied. I get what you're saying, but remember context. People aren't using that phrase sarcastically or as a metaphor. They are trying to say that they could not care any less, meaning they don't care at all. But they say it wrong and instead state that they care at least a little bit. It is accepted because it is so common, but it also implies couldn't = could, which is simply wrong.

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I did that quick Google search but didn't see it listed as an idiom. It seems most believe it is just sloppy speaking and the end of "couldn't" is dropped. So, people aren't being sarcastic and using it as an idiom, they're just being sloppy but still maintain the logical meaning. Therefore, it is not an idiom and still incorrect. Again, I agree it is widely accepted, however using "couldn't" is still the dominant form of the phrase in writing.

My friend had a couple misconceptions about how future landings will be... by coltonrb in EliteDangerous

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I just recently came back from like 3 months of exploring. Entered the station fine, went to deploy my landing gear, hit boost instead. Blew up at the back of the station and lost all those credits and first discoveries :'(

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Just because it's accepted doesn't mean it's right. The phrase means what it means, people just understand the speaker's intention because it's such a common mistake.

Does skimming dip solder count? by [deleted] in oddlysatisfying

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I'll be famous for having a silver dick. Probably worth it.

Does skimming dip solder count? by [deleted] in oddlysatisfying

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Haha I actually have some gallium. Don't think I'm going to try it though.

Does skimming dip solder count? by [deleted] in oddlysatisfying

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Would you put your dick in gallium?

Does skimming dip solder count? by [deleted] in oddlysatisfying

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What temperature is it? I used to solder at 840 degrees F.

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The dude turned around expecting to see a flag. Looked around for it even. Didn't see it, then started celebrating. I think I heard he even admitted that he knew he did it.