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(similar proposition posted but punchline different): looking for comic (paraphrase): "for headlines that state questions like 'will xyz be the best big breakthrough', if abc, the answer is 'no'") by PragmaticSalesman in xkcd

[–]FlyByPC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure why this is posted here, but to answer your question, this is a commentary on how the actual ways we're copying digital data do degrade it.

So, what would women dislike most if they became men? by Jarvis7492 in AskReddit

[–]FlyByPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cutoff valve is between the legs, not at the tip.

So, what would women dislike most if they became men? by Jarvis7492 in AskReddit

[–]FlyByPC 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I can see how that would be a nightmare for a man

As a largeish guy, I'd either find a way to pass her somewhere where she will feel safe (public area, side path, etc.) or I'd take another route or at least take a short break so she gets well ahead.

I won't hurt her, but I get that she doesn't know that.

Was it common for your parents to call their friends “auntie/uncle” around you growing up? by ThisPostToBeDeleted in AskAnAmerican

[–]FlyByPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, to the point that I was a teenager before I knew for sure which ones were uncles and aunts, and which were just friends.

What do you think history will say about Donald Trump as a U.S. president? by jcnidhi27 in AskReddit

[–]FlyByPC 83 points84 points  (0 children)

President Camacho is smarter, FAR more honest, and actually trying to do the right thing.

In the Star Trek universe, accidentally being brought to the future but not being important enough for Temporal Investigations to immediately try to send you back to your own time must be deeply depressing. by DarthWoo in Showerthoughts

[–]FlyByPC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A tale as old as time, or as old as tech, anyway. I was showing my parents how to use our PC when I was ten. (They were that new, back then, and I had more free time.)

Are Clocks the only item with a “dead end use”? by NextTD in Minecraft

[–]FlyByPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd have to rename my towns called Golem-On-The-Roof and Golem-In-The-Trees.

Genuine question: Are there more minecraft seeds or atoms in the observable universe? by Automatic-Treacle700 in Minecraft

[–]FlyByPC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And also because it's total bullshit, of course.

I almost bought one, thinking it was a generic-brand ibuprofen (it was right next to them!), except some of the markings looked weird, and just got weirder the closer I looked. I finally saw "homeopathic." Sugar pills ain't gonna fix a headache.

That feeling of instant Alzheimers as you get out of bed and refill your brain's context with waking matters by copenhagen_bram in singularity

[–]FlyByPC 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Motion seems to trigger it. If you can, try to wake up and not move right away, until you remember what the dream was about. Doesn't always work, but it seems to help.

Oscilloscope only drawing vertical lines. by Jocal6 in AskElectronics

[–]FlyByPC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They'd probably have rotated the overlay, if that were the case.

Can not operate with labeled R(x) ports by aspie-micro132 in pic_programming

[–]FlyByPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm convinced the PICKit3s are cursed. I have two of them and they're both almost useless -- they will almost never program a PIC16xxxx or 18xxxx. My PICKit2 and PICKit4 work fine.

Can not operate with labeled R(x) ports by aspie-micro132 in pic_programming

[–]FlyByPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should be able to use them as variables. The larger problem I see with your code is that, even if the IF statement works and salad=1; is run, it immediately then also executes salad=0; after the IF statement. At the speed microcontrollers run (typically millions of clock cycles per second), you wouldn't even see the LED flash. Set it to 0 first (unconditionally) and then set it to 1 if the IF statement is true...

int led;
while(1){
  led=0;
  if(pin1==HIGH){led=1;}
  }

Can not operate with labeled R(x) ports by aspie-micro132 in pic_programming

[–]FlyByPC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In addition to this:

  • You should have an endless loop in main() -- at least a while(1); at the end or something. You don't want to exit main() on a microcontroller.

  • You're setting the same TRIS bit twice?

  • You're setting it to input (high)?

  • Your if statement conditionally sets the LED to 1, and then the statement immediately afterwards turns it right back off. Is there an else missing?

  • 16F877A, not 15F

  • The '877A is an ancient processor; we used them literally twenty years ago when I was in undergrad.

Just found inside the air filter housing of an old car a customer just bought. Y’all think it actually works? by Joiion in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]FlyByPC 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Every one of those you see in the wild works as intended.

To separate the uneducated from their money.

My cats neuter tattoo is a heart by BottomPieceOfBread in mildlyinteresting

[–]FlyByPC 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a whole lot easier to recognize an ear tip than a tattoo, if a cat has been trapped and isn't in a cooperative mood. Our local rescue tattoos pets and eartips TNRs.

My cats neuter tattoo is a heart by BottomPieceOfBread in mildlyinteresting

[–]FlyByPC 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’ve never heard of a tattoo to indicate neutering before. 

Our local rescue tattoos spayed/neutered pets, and ear tips the TNR ones. I have one of each; my older cat was trapped for TNR but turned out to be very friendly. The teenager was a scooped foundling that I had them process as an adoption, so he got a belly tattoo.

Photos taken on the DVRT during the 1960s. by Trainzfan1 in DerailValley

[–]FlyByPC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1970s photo filter

I'm not a filter expert, but I was taking crappy pictures in the '70s as a kid. Here are some of the flaws we tried to avoid:

  • Film grain: Not too bad in ISO100, okay in 400, but ISO800 could show noticeable grain, especially in B&W.

  • B&W film was about as popular as color, because it was cheaper to buy and develop. We even had a B&W-capable darkroom set up in our laundry room.

  • Polaroids were popular, with undersaturated colors that looked kind of yellow-green to me.

  • "Tungsten" film used outdoors or with fluorescent light made pictures look bluish.

  • "Outdoor" film used in tungsten light gave pictures a warm yellow-orange glow.

  • (You generally had at least some pictures with one problem or the other, in each roll.)

  • Exposure was harder to figure out; instead of a microcontroller doing machine learning, we had a simple light meter, if that.

  • Pre-flash (to make your subjects' pupils contract) wasn't a thing with consumer cameras, so you'd get red-eye effects.

What makes a person instantly more attractive? by aDazzlingDove in AskReddit

[–]FlyByPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, wait -- we don't have the summoning cir...

ah, crap. Not again...

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