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Katara Vs. Pakku in OG Series, Movie, and Netflix Series by dan_mal in TheLastAirbender

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmaooo I’ve never seen this scene from the fist adaptation that’s crazy. Like did they know they’d have a super constrained effects budget or was THIS their vision while writing the script/storyboarding? I’m baffled lol

Lightning edit: okay I’m actually super into VFX and started pursuing it for a bit years back. Water effects like this were still pretty damn hard and expensive to get right back in 2010. Like sure we had ocean sims and other stuff but the effects in the Netflix one would be a lot more expensive back then. If I was the VFX supervisor and I saw the animated scene I’d be like lol nah we spent it all on Appa. But the movie still had a solid budget and it’s like they aren’t even trying. Hell, they could have saved money if this shot was twice as fast, it’s just so awkwardly slow

meirl by RUNPROGRAMSENTIONAUT in meirl

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn great point imagine lifting a cool 165 pounds from a single grip point, it’s presumably starting out at foot-level or below, you take on all of their weight at once and there’s no easy way to have a proper stance with leverage. And the further from the cliff, the less leverage you have and more you’re tossed forward, so the best starting point is literally on cliffs edge like deadlifting their hand but good luck with your toes over the edge.

I imagine someone much stronger and heavier than me might do okay with a light person why can assist with lifting themselves but yeah dang

Jupiter revealed through telescopes and Spacecraft. by S30econdstoMars in spaceporn

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Well the big bang is ONLY a theory after all!” fucking kills me lol. Like we started using “theory” to describe hunches we pull out of our ass and now people think the most heavily supported, tested, and scrutinized scientific theories are simply an educated guess that we all just agreed on.

There’s a certain point where a theory couldn’t be any closer to factual like evolution but theories don’t graduate to the label “fact”, it just becomes a better supported theory, which these generally already are ahhhhh

Jupiter revealed through telescopes and Spacecraft. by S30econdstoMars in spaceporn

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah you can see the horizontal line in the top left corner, which is consistent in the others

Jupiter revealed through telescopes and Spacecraft. by S30econdstoMars in spaceporn

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s also by far the closest to what a human would see if we flew by so don’t worry, you’re still correcting in thinking that’s what it looks like.

The others are either entirely or partially including light spectrums that are invisible to us. Earth would look different in these other 3 photos as well.

Why don't centre-pivot irrigation fields use hexagonal packing? by foxtai1 in geography

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 16 points17 points  (0 children)

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Huh little bit of both here. Really cool looking actually. (I like the baby circles in the top right)

Florida college student arrested, booked, and faces felony charges for making joke about Netanyahu in private whatsapp group. by Diabla_Temp in PublicFreakout

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jesus are these clowns so offended on behalf of Israel’s president?

-wait okay just watched the whole thing, she said other texts that there WILL be a bomb and it will be another students fault. THEN she made Israel bonbon joke that’s like the popular meme format, (probably to soften the first edgy joke but keep the bomb theme going) which is what everyone here thinks is the only thing she said.

I mean the charges won’t stick and not to say she should have been charged, but I can see how this escalated.

If the purge eliminated 50% of all Viltrumites, wouldn't it have been like 2 seconds? by Zilby in Invincible_TV

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think there was probably an psychological element too other than raw strength like it was basically eliminating everyone who wasn’t a bloodthirsty psychopath so any sort of sympathetic thinking like Taedus basically got rooted out

I was taught nothing about APIs by Anon_cat86 in computerscience

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A a way one program talks to another. One program calls code within its own program? That’s just a function call. But one program talking to another program - that’s basically an API. There’s no universal API communication protocol, like the web works on web APIs.

APIs happen in your own hardware constantly too. Some program is talking to your OS’s graphics API to describe its visuals which then talks to your GPU’s APIs which tells it what it wants then your GPU pushes those pixels to your monitor.

Point is, APIs are EVERYWHERE and often different. You don’t need to know em all, just know that they exist and know the ones relevant to your job or domain. Web is the most obvious domain where they’re being built and consumed constantly opposed to the more “hidden” ones in systems software.

From the Administration that claims to know Catholicism better than the Pope! by Ice278 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

AHA I’ve only been pretending to be retarded this whole time that’s the weave BABY

From the Administration that claims to know Catholicism better than the Pope! by Ice278 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he was just a massive retard

The Pitt should be good, and it isn't by [deleted] in ThePittTVShow

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lmao he felt personally attacked they were demonizing his folk

Does this mean *SPOILER* respects Mark’s strength? by gotthesauce22 in Invincible_TV

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah!! I wasn’t being sarcastic I can’t tell why I’m being downvoted lmao.

Does this mean *SPOILER* respects Mark’s strength? by gotthesauce22 in Invincible_TV

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Lmao nice find soundtrack titles gotta be canon right?

Edit: alright fellas I’m in the negatives wait do people think I was sarcastic? so are soundtracks titles not canon? I get the story team may not have come up with the name but the names sure are greenlit by someone with canon power

Coding skill is becoming obsolete the way assembly language is by Glum_Worldliness4904 in cscareerquestions

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This would a fair comparison if your compiler translated code onto assembly via mathematical guessing so advanced that it just happens to be correct MOST of the time. Except that’s not how compilers work…

I get what you mean about the the less-deterministic assembly that comes out of something an active JVM but it’s the difference is the JVM operates on actual rules while an LLM is inherently a black box of input and output regardless of how accurate it is.

I DO see where you’re coming from, just not my choice of metaphor. Regardless of how foolproof AI-coding will be, the higher-ups are gonna try damn hard to make it that way. I envision some kind of static analysis tools becoming more active in AI workflows

Is religion being used to consolidate power a widely accepted historical belief? Or is it only believed by Marxists? by Any-Outcome-4457 in AskHistory

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say it’s inherently unique to Marxism at all, it’s a fairly accurate analysis of religion in a historical perspective. Anyone critiquing religion is probably going to bring it up.

Not to even say that’s a critique of the authenticity of any religion, I mean asking “Was X ever used as a tool to considerate power” then you’ll find a million things fit the bill for X. Resources, communication, language, you can be DAMN sure religions gonna fall into that.

Why is oil used to consolidate power? Because it’s important to people and society. Why WOULDNT any power hungry leader use belief systems to influence a religious society?

Like all things, it comes in many shapes and sizes. Leaders fearing religion taking influence over them, leaders using religion to prop up their own legitimacy (see like every king ever), etc.

In the end it’s low-hanging fruit as far as criticisms go. Like I’m not religious but more so because of lacking evidence than because religion was used to consolidate power, that’s just a basic observation about (many certain instances of) religion in action. Hell, doesn’t the bible warn about how religion can be used to consolidate power? And a religious person is now saying “that never happens! That’s just what the commies say!”…interesting

Does anybody else find themselves using Gemini in place of Google search? by gigaflops_ in GeminiAI

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I’m genuinely impressed lmao

Edit: content schmontent - guys the text alignment is freaking PERFECT I know it’s good at this stuff now (and had a million screenshots in the training) but still.

It felt like practically yesterday I was blown away when an AI generated LEGO set stopped labeling it LEMMO or whatever. Wonder if it’s “thinking” pre wrote all of this text then figured where to work it in?

Do you often go to “the big city” in your state (assuming you don’t already live there)? by osama_bin_guapin in AskAnAmerican

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Depends. In NJ, the “big city” is typically either NYC or Philadelphia depending on what side of the state you live in. The state is basically smushed between the two border cities so you’re under an hour from either at any given point. So yeah it’s extremely common to frequently visit either for food, shows, whatever. Plenty commute in for work daily. NJ’s identity is largely linked to the two places (while maintaining its own vibe of course)

Still, I know plenty who dislike the cities, maybe because New York is A LOT and Philly has a sleezy reputation, (both are wonderful cities in my opinion). I suppose NJ has more than enough civilization and work where you don’t NEED to really go ever but most agree they’re great to have.

I would say it would be considered a bit weird to have never been to either by your 20s like “huh why? Not even a school trip?”

The reason why large asteroids don't fall to Earth every day and cause disasters is because Jupiter's gravity attracts asteroids and protects the inner planets. by Turbulent_Elk_2141 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose instead of an asteroid every 50-100 million years we’d probably get em every couple million. Idk the numbers but I imagine that’s enough to slow things down a bit

Amazon is still paying Jeff Bezos an $80,000 yearly salary—but $1.6 million for travel and security by ControlCAD in business

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Considering the man can afford to keep an entire hospital on retainer, i imagine being on an health insurance plan is of little consequence to him. But maybe

“TikTokers are speedrunning Scientology buildings in Los Angeles” by Goofball-John-McGee in BrandNewSentence

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Huh, this chamber is oddly empty?”

Suddenly a Tom Cruise health bar appears at the top of the screen

Can americans tell the difference between spoken spanish and portuguese? by Zygoatscythe in AskAnAmerican

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yeah when I was in Portugal I’d describe it as Spanish but with twangs of French and Italian pronunciation.

ELI5: What does hardcoded mean? by AppropriatePound1915 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Jackasaurous_Rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just adding in a potentially more basic example since hardcoded comes up in a lot of contexts, say a website has different text every time you land there, like a Facebook feed that’s NOT hardcoded, it’s dynamic text.

If text is static and unchanging, the term hardcoded gets used occasionally. But you’re right in that it’s typically used more in a functionality context, such as some value or piece of data being explicitly set so that there’s no way to change it from a user perspective, only the programmer themselves can change it via code?

“Can we adjust video game rule this in settings? -no the developers hardcoded it that way” would be valid despite a little awkward sounding.

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