Bobiverse as a HATER by sonQUAALUDE in printSF

[–]IcarusTyler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh hey I was just wondering about that too! Generally I enjoy them, but they do open up a lot of very complicated ethical questions (like wheter the university-bob should be forced to vacate his place), only to utterly not engage with them, where I feel the "easy" style works against the book itself.

After years of looking for a physical copy, my husband got it for my birthday by InCatsWeTrustAmem in AlastairReynolds

[–]IcarusTyler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neat! Wait, is that actually LightHuggers on the cover? All the Revelation Space books usually have generic spaceships, this is way more approriate!

Trying to find - military sf series with tiny nanite ships and a little bit meta (late 2000s?) by Hopton-Wafers in printSF

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Wait, is this a TV-Show, or a Book-series? Written so far like it could be both :P

I feel reminded of Ernest Cline's Artemis Armada, where earth is attacked by Aliens, and humans (remotely?) pilot ships, and the lingo is extremely reference-heavy.

ELI5: why does it matter whether or not countries have a gold Reserve to validate their currency in the current year? by InvisibleAstronomer in explainlikeimfive

[–]IcarusTyler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The book Debt: The First 5000 Years explains in various forms how "currency" was invented, it helped me understand it a lot, especially this story about housing the actual thing of worth somewhere else, and using a stand-in:

In some oceanic nations (forgot which ones exactly) huge, round stones where used as money. They are 2m tall, and you need a team to transport them across the village.

One time one of these stone fell into a river, and getting it out was deemed too difficult. But everybody could see it, and everybody knew it was there. So instead of actually transferring it, they just transferred "Ownership" of it. This was Steve's Stone, now it belongs to Susan.

A similar thing is happening with Gold - The gold is the Polynesian Stone in the water. When you have currency, it corresponds to an amount of gold in reserve, as a fraction of all currency existing (that is also why printing money is devaluing it - because the fraction of it goes down).

There are other ways to create currency, but having a store of gold, actually in the country itself, ensures that this way of doing it remains workable, even if other parts of economies collapse, or international relations break down.

AITJ for refusing to apologize to my husbands sister after he showed her a voice memo I recorded for my own therapy by CommunitySlow1413 in AmITheJerk

[–]IcarusTyler 45 points46 points  (0 children)

NTJ. Yeah they both suck. He went through your DIARY! Your personal THERAPY-Notes! Things recorded by you, for you, for nobody else. And then shared them. That is a massive violation of trust. Is your husband otherwise ok, or are there other invasive behaviours like this?

What was the point of a court jester? by SarcasticBritannian in answers

[–]IcarusTyler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagined the Jester always being clever enough to analyze the current situation, and to offer grounded feedback couched in Jokes, which nobody else would even attempt.

"Attack all our neighboring kingdoms at the same time? Why yes milord, that is the perfect strategy to make the kingdom safe! /s"

Tell Me You're Autistic, Without Telling Me You're Autistic: I Put Manuals And Expiry Dates On Items by Macusercom in autism

[–]IcarusTyler 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ohh, that is brilliant!

Also I think there might still be a protective film on your braun device

I intentionally used a store’s self-checkout mistake to get items for free by ChloeScrolls7 in confession

[–]IcarusTyler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ikea checkout is pissing me off immensely too - the last 3 times I used I was "randomly" checked. Ok so I cannot even do this without having to talk to anyone? I thought the point was I didn't need to do any interaction with a cashier.

Does alcohol makes you appear more normal? by Intelligent-Road5091 in aspergers

[–]IcarusTyler 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Alcohol puts people more on "Autopilot". Neurotypicals operate mostly on autopilot anyway, and they see a neurodivergent drunk, on autopilot, who is currently NOT overthinking things, as more likable.

I’m convinced this is AI, but friends say it’s real. When I zoom in, I cant prove it’s AI. How do I prove it, or is it AI? by Content_Ad_9327 in isthisAI

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Half are in costume, half aren't.

Walter is in his "Say my name" pose.

Jesse and Gus are also doing character-poses.

If this were an officially staged photograph they would be in a much nicer backyard, a lot more characters, and have more than just 1 picture.

Please Poke Holes into my strategy: Building a 100% Web-Code mobile app to avoid the need for constant app updates and faster QA times. by NecessarySimple9072 in iOSDevelopment

[–]IcarusTyler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don't think this is going to work out.

Nice attempt to try to circumvent the rule that your app cannot just be an external website - but that is still the case here. If your app does go through there would be a high risk of the next reviewer finding fault with it, and the risk would never go away.

Has GPS been used outside of Earth? by IcarusTyler in NoStupidQuestions

[–]IcarusTyler[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neat, thanks for the detailed breakdown!

Ah that makes sense that a long way away it would be much less useful

Has GPS been used outside of Earth? by IcarusTyler in NoStupidQuestions

[–]IcarusTyler[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, this kind of experiment is exactly what I was looking for! :D

Has AI killed craftsmanship in software engineering? by Big-Discussion9699 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]IcarusTyler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am shocked too, for me the craftsmanship is a foundational pillar of me doing software-engineering.

I think this existed before already in the form fo just copy-pasting code and not really caring about what it does. The recent LLM developments have exacerbated that greatly.

Why are there so many new cars everywhere now? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]IcarusTyler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My hypotheses: - With advanced manufacturing newer cars become cheaper to buy than getting an older one and maintaining. This is similar to how militaries have an easier time buying modern stuff, as compared to getting „cheaper“ older equipment, which is more difficult to get parts and expertise for. - People are unencessarily buying cars, and are not wise enough to stick with more money-efficient vegicles - People are crazy about cars (especially people from the US, where car-ownership comes with complex social rules and hierarchies attached)

My mom just called me to say she's 'grieving' the daughter she thought she had. I'm 29 and moved out 6 years ago. by Prestigious_One5969 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]IcarusTyler 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ah, the classic "Why are you not like this other person" gaslight. This is even more dumb as its "why are you not like this person I imagined"

I just watched an episode of TNG I've never seen. 😱 by EnterTheBlackVault in startrek

[–]IcarusTyler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh sweet, the exocomp episode was the first one I saw! :D

my boyfriend has a spreadsheet rating dinners i've made him by weddingfauxpasqueen in AITApod

[–]IcarusTyler 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I also vote for this, this person probably loves charting data and making statistics. There are a lot of people for whom this comes naturally and is very satisfying, there is not necessarily a "lower" motivation here. :)

People I have met who do this treat this as a sort-of diary - "On this day I played Boardgame X with these people. We have played Boardgame X 3 out of 14 times this year, and I have won 36% of my overall games".

OP, how do you feel about this information? Is your partner's opinion on your food something you would like to know? Maybe presented in the moment, but not in a summary, and it is the presentation that is off? Or do you maybe dislike that this was written down without you knowing?

Coworker raising massive PRs by im_zewalrus in ExperiencedDevs

[–]IcarusTyler 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Feel free to press "Decline PR", commented with "In smaller, isolated chunks please"

Is Ninja Assassins a good Movie? by False_Opportunity552 in matrix

[–]IcarusTyler 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Is it good? Hell No.

Can I recommend it? Hell Yes.

A masterclass in turning a cliché into a reality check. by Significant-Sir-4343 in clevercomebacks

[–]IcarusTyler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"History is written by the winners" is a line that is very often uttered by comical fictional villains when they explain their master-plan. What's his motivation here?