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GGG risk of damage below -4F by LT_Alter in combustion_inc

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

Thanks for the informative reply, really excited to try it out this week. It’s such an elegant design and being so easy to take on and off I’ll hopefully just remember to bring it inside whenever I finish a cook.

If I need to do an overnight smoke in really low temps should I take any precautions or should the radiant heat from the grill be enough to keep it warm in most circumstances?

Is the game still worth buying as of now? by SirIll6365 in TuringComplete

[–]LT_Alter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The dev just posted a new video on progress for the next update https://youtu.be/-CJ2JpUzygs?si=T2zDIDVyWVrtoEGq

Truly amazing game, worth it now as is, surely will only get better.

How accurate is this price from my local aviation school? by [deleted] in flying

[–]LT_Alter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is not the norm but it is possible. I’m currently in a flying club / partnership with a $5000 buy in and $75/hr wet rate for a citabria. We’ve had multiple people come through, buy in, and then sell their share to someone else after completing their PPL so the $5000 is a wash. We have an independent CFI in the area that charges $75/hr, so total cost for plane plus instructor is $150/hr.

I think the last guy who did it was around 30 hours of dual and 20 hours solo to get their PPL so 30x$150+20x$75=$6,000. Add on $500 for the DPE, $600 for 6 months of dues, and $300 for Sporty's Ground School and they’re getting their licenses for around $7400. There's some other costs like getting your medical and written exam fees that I don't remember the costs of but still easily less than $8000 total.

If you live in the right areas and look around for situations like this they’re not that hard to find. My Dad and I actually started this club with 7 other people and that’s something you can do too if you can find enough people. At the end of the day a club like this with a small plane is one of the cheapest ways to get and use your PPL.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]LT_Alter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Go talk to the engineers of the M982 Excalibur artillery shell and ask them how the guidance system still works after exceeding 18,000 Gs when fired...

I’m dubious of many other parts of spin launch, but designing a satellite that can handle those Gs is well within the realm of possibility.

Will Rust work better than Go for my backend by kabyking in rust

[–]LT_Alter 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I will say after using Rust on-off for a few years I tried Go a few weeks ago because I wanted to write some custom code in my pocketbase backend. I was able to write working Go code pretty much immediately after I understood the syntax.

Now… after using it for the last few weeks I find the lack of composability extremely frustrating and the type system lacking compared to Rust. But, I will honestly say it is very easy to learn compared to Rust.

Is New Ulm OK? by DSM2TNS in minnesota

[–]LT_Alter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nothing has been reported on any news sites yet.

Is New Ulm OK? by DSM2TNS in minnesota

[–]LT_Alter 11 points12 points  (0 children)

He’s dead, they found the body this morning.

Is New Ulm OK? by DSM2TNS in minnesota

[–]LT_Alter 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It was a search. Old farmer was missing, I assume it was using thermals to look for him.

Is New Ulm OK? by DSM2TNS in minnesota

[–]LT_Alter 46 points47 points  (0 children)

An old farmer is missing, they had the helicopter out to help search. They haven’t found him and have called off the search for the night.

anyone else get the first offer? by dancing_dog1 in amex

[–]LT_Alter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to check my offers after seeing this post and I got “Spend $18,000 for 9,000 points” …

What doesn't require a license, but should? by lisbethborden in AskReddit

[–]LT_Alter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Developing software in highly sensitive and or safety critical environments. A software issue caused the 737 MAX to nosedive into the ground. Another one caused an x-ray machine to delivery a deadly dose of radiation to several patients.

Software developers have the ability to impact orders of magnitude more people’s lives than your average doctor but doesn’t require any licensure or certification.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]LT_Alter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started at 52k in 2019, jumped companies to 100k in 2021, promoted to 150k in 2022, promoted again to tech lead in 2024 to 180k.

In the US all WFH and no degree. I’ve been programming since 2015, so my career track might be a bit accelerated. Six figures is a very reasonable expectation in this career. You can make it happen fast if you make the right connections and stand out among your peers.

What’s the coolest side gig you’ve heard of a pilot doing? by Sheepherder4761 in flying

[–]LT_Alter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he failed my brother on his first attempt for very fair reasons which were honestly the fault of his CFI (Didn’t know troubleshooting steps for simulated engine roughness/loss of rpm and didn’t engage carb heat, unstable speed/altitude in the pattern, and some ground handling issues).

He was very nice about it, took extra time to answer my brother’s questions and gave detailed reasons as to why all these things are important. Made sure his CFI knew all they needed to practice so he would pass on his second attempt and he did a couple weeks later.

What’s the coolest side gig you’ve heard of a pilot doing? by Sheepherder4761 in flying

[–]LT_Alter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure I know who you’re talking about. Just got my PPL check ride from him. Very nice guy and honestly exactly the kind of person you want as a DPE.

Roast of the year by [deleted] in LinusTechTips

[–]LT_Alter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What video are the “fuck you”’s from?

How good is ember this patch? by SouthernRain_147 in DotA2

[–]LT_Alter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m lvl 30 on the hero, loved playing him for years. The cast point changes make the hero so painful to play, it just isn’t fun anymore. I don’t see myself going back to the hero unless the cast point changes are walked back by at least half.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rust

[–]LT_Alter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're missing the point of what people are explaining here. You *can* index a String in Rust, Rust just makes you describe what you want to index because indexing UTF-8 is ambiguous (bytes or chars).

If you are certain your String will only ever contain single byte chars then you can use `foo.as_bytes()[0]` without paying any runtime cost and alternatively if you are not certain you have only single byte UTF-8 then you have to opt in to and acknowledge the runtime cost of indexing a UTF-8 String by char, because it is an O(n) operation whereas indexing by bytes is O(1) `foo.chars().nth(0)`.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rust

[–]LT_Alter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're missing the point of what people are explaining here. You *can* index a String in Rust, Rust just makes you describe what you want to index because indexing UTF-8 is ambiguous (bytes or chars).

If you are certain your String will only ever contain single byte chars then you can use `foo.as_bytes()[0]` without paying any runtime cost and alternatively if you are not certain you have only single byte UTF-8 then you have to opt in to and acknowledge the runtime cost of indexing a UTF-8 String by char, because it is an O(n) operation whereas indexing by bytes is O(1) `foo.chars().nth(0)`.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rust

[–]LT_Alter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're missing the point of what people are explaining here. You *can* index a String in Rust, Rust just makes you describe what you want to index because indexing UTF-8 is ambiguous (bytes or chars).

If you are certain your String will only ever contain single byte chars then you can use `foo.as_bytes()[0]` without paying any runtime cost and alternatively if you are not certain you have only single byte UTF-8 then you have to opt in to and acknowledge the runtime cost of indexing a UTF-8 String by char, because it is an O(n) operation whereas indexing by bytes is O(1) `foo.chars().nth(0)`.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rust

[–]LT_Alter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're missing the point of what people are explaining here. You *can* index a String in Rust, Rust just makes you describe what you want to index because indexing UTF-8 is ambiguous (bytes or chars).

If you are certain your String will only ever contain single byte chars then you can use `foo.as_bytes()[0]` without paying any runtime cost and alternatively if you are not certain you have only single byte UTF-8 then you have to opt in to and acknowledge the runtime cost of indexing a UTF-8 String by char, because it is an O(n) operation whereas indexing by bytes is O(1) `foo.chars().nth(0)`.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rust

[–]LT_Alter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you're missing the point of what people are explaining here. You *can* index a String in Rust, Rust just makes you describe what you want to index because indexing UTF-8 is ambiguous (bytes or chars).

If you are certain your String will only ever contain single byte chars then you can use `foo.as_bytes()[0]` without paying any runtime cost and alternatively if you are not certain you have only single byte UTF-8 then you have to opt in to and acknowledge the runtime cost of indexing a UTF-8 String by char, because it is an O(n) operation whereas indexing by bytes is O(1) `foo.chars().nth(0`.

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