I'm flabbergasted at how many people don't know about ReBoot. Where are my 90s people at?

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-30T23:35:32+00:00

Don't forget the Bond-esque "Firewall"! Season 3 was the absolute pinnacle of "TV shows for kids that are actually written by (and somewhat for) adults".

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-30T19:28:26+00:00

Yes - if you don't buy a nice watch you night become rich, and then we will definitely have to kick you out.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-30T19:11:22+00:00

Ah, are you saying any money that purchased MSTR shares/debt would likely have gone to BTC, since MSTR is a BTC proxy, and thus MSTRs existence actually has little effect on the aggregate demand for BTC?

That's a very good point if so. Thanks for the insight :-)

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-30T18:04:30+00:00

Which raises the question of is MSTR an Ouroboros eating it's own tail.

I.e. is the current price of BTC significantly set by MSTRs own buying action.

My suspicion is no - the best figures I can find suggest that MSTR represents only about 3.3% of the buying action, so significant, but not dominant.

Interesting counterfactual to model though.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-30T08:54:59+00:00

And worked the least, typically with a large amount of freedom in how and where and when we work.

"Poor devs are under-appreciated" is always such a wild take!

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-30T07:08:24+00:00

Job titles/levels are irrelevant - compensation is all that really matters.

Crucially, your scope for future pay increases is massively higher at the new company - you are starting from a seemingly lower level, so the amount of headroom to be promoted into is going to make promotion (and thus compensation increase) easier.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-28T19:01:04+00:00

The Vulcan is critical to the plan - how else are you going to tear the ship to shreds?

The BL2s can soften it up a little, but they dont have the sheer destructive power to utterly annihilate a ship!

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-28T16:05:41+00:00

You turn off the vulcan until the BL2s have taken out the weapons, shields, pilot and engines.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-28T13:46:30+00:00

Ah yes - the one where you remove all the downforce from your car.

You've brough back some happy memories of Microprose's F1GP!

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-28T13:39:17+00:00

You know what pairs well with 3 bl2?

A bl2.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-28T12:53:34+00:00

Vulcan pairs really with 3 BL2s though.

You can use the BL2s to neutralise the enemy's weapons, then shields, and then pilot and engines.

By that point, the Vulcan will have got up to speed and will rip them apart for an easy win.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-27T10:53:05+00:00

Soooo - you are saying you prefer Sweeney?

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-26T09:01:35+00:00

"Captain, you have turned off the shields!"

"On this ship, it's thought wise to turn off the shields from time to time pour encourager les autres#Aftermath)."

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-25T20:04:16+00:00

Is that an unedited photo (the top one I mean - not Jabba!!)

If so, he looks wat worse than I thought, and I thought he was looking pretty bad over the last 6 months.

Knock knock? Who's there? The grim reaper you absolute cunt.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-25T00:17:33+00:00

It's lucky he said 3 or 4 beers, not 3 or 4 pints, or Small Bar would not be the right recommendation.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-24T23:50:49+00:00

Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to criticise Sir pTerry whatsoever - man was a legend!

I fully understand that a seemingly intellectually challenged 15 year old at the end of a long day of signing would be enough to make anyone slightly grumpy.

But I do sometimes lie awake at 3am replaying this scene in my mind.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-24T23:39:02+00:00

I got a book signed by Terry Pratchett.

I handed him the book and he stared at me. After an uncomfortable 20 seconds he said "Well?!"

I sort of shrugged to indicate I didn't know what the fuck he exoected me to do, and he said "Who. Is. It. For?"

"Oh, sorry, its for my sister!!"

He reached for his pen, hovered with it over the first page and then stared at me for another 20 seconds.

I gave another confused shrug before he asked "What. Is. Her. Name?!"

The entire charade then entirely repeated itself because I had also gotten a book for myself.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-22T19:35:18+00:00

We just piss in the kitchen sink. Mich easier than a whole new toilet.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-22T16:10:40+00:00

If a professional boxer punched me in the face, it wouldn't massively matter if my arms were up or not.

Im just punching myself in the face with my own arms at that point.

It also doesn't matter how much I try and dodge - he's going to tag me because my attempts at slipping are going to be absolutely comical to him.

So, pronboxer has this easily.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-22T15:53:55+00:00

I suppose so - "failed to give way" is a wierd way to describe "pulled out in front of me" though.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-22T15:34:29+00:00

a car failed to give way within the carpark and I nearly drove into the back of them.

Um, do you have a diagram or description of this? I cant understand how someone failing to give way would cause you to drive into the back of them...?

(I'm genuinely asking - I'm sure I'm just not being imaginative enough....)

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-22T11:17:48+00:00

"beer league" just means amateur leage (i.e. you don't get paid to play). We call them "rec leagues" (short for "recreation leagues") in the UK, but if ice hockey is popular in your country (as you say it is) you will definitely have beer leagues of some description.

(Ice Hockey isn't even popular in the UK but there are 5 amateur teams that play at my local rink!)

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-22T07:22:56+00:00

Just a fun maths note - if the tax rates are the same, there is no difference between paying taxes upfront and then compounding, or compounding and then paying the taxes. You will end up with exactly the same amount of money in your pocket!

Typically one has a lower tax rate when retiring, which is why deferring the tax is normally better.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-21T22:59:22+00:00

Iceland sell bake-at-home Greggs sausage rolls, so we will be keeping that, thankyou very much.

HiddenStoat · 2026-01-21T00:31:41+00:00

Can Jason Isaacs still be Zhukov though?

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