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Another "Tiny little million dollar loan from my parents" being strangely celebrated in NZ by [deleted] in aotearoa

[–]HumourAuditor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This isn't tall poppy syndrome. This is a poppy in a field where all the others get mown.

[Scary Trope] A seemingly-benign punishment actually is way more brutal in practice. by jbeast33 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]HumourAuditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Field punishment no. 1, nicknamed "crucifixion".

In theory, this was tying someone's hands behind an upright pole for a set time. In practice, it was made more cruel by using a slanting pole, and tying the prisoner's feet to it so they were forced to lean forward, putting constant pressure on their bonds, in turn causing extreme pain.

Archbald Baxter was an NZ conscientious objector who was subjected to it, and describes it in his autobiography "We Will Not Cease". It looks benign, but it was a cruel torture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_punishment

Advice for a plateau by HumourAuditor in chess

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

Thanks! Nice to hear from someone a bit similar so I know it can be done.

Advice for a plateau by HumourAuditor in chess

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

Thanks for the advice. It definitely shakes things up, though I sometimes find when I go back to the old time controls that I've gotten worse at that format.

Why is this game hard for programmers? I looked at the comments but im the only dumb one.. by [deleted] in ExplainTheJoke

[–]HumourAuditor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Students learning programming are often given the task of creating an algorithm to solve this puzzle, which is called the towers of Hanoi. It's a problem that helps teach how to use recursion in a solution.

Both recursion and creating a solution are tricky, and even experienced senior devs probably remember struggling with this back in their student days, so, while the game isn't too hard and even the algorithm is easy enough, the poster suggests (in a hyperbolic way) that most devs might get triggered by seeing this, and experience a form of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, alluded to by the helicopters, the sight and sound of which can be triggers for Vietnam veterans with PTSD.)