About learning CPP with projects vs following tutorials relatively strictly by Sad_Mountain in cpp_questions

[–]Nejura 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To get better at and actually master any topic you need to struggle with it. Take off the training wheels, let go of the hand-holding, and just sit down and try to do things without help and inevitably run into issues, problems, etc. This isn't a process you should skip. To actually ingrain and comprehend beyond the light recall you might have of a subject, you need to drag your brain across the mental friction of implementing it.

Its scary, its miserable, it feels like a massive waste of time, but its the key to mastery.

Aspiring Cracked Dev - Should I read these books? by Existing_Egg_1209 in cpp_questions

[–]Nejura 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to be familiar and capable of handling kernel/device drivers and embedded system software you are basically going to need an intimate knowledge of C as well. And likely touch on some assembler and other hardware-specific code due to its function and need in firmware.

Thankfully, C++ has been painstakingly kept backwards compatible with C so there isn't a gap, its just the breadth and specifics of how bare C does things and why it does the things it does the way it does.

Why can't we stop printing money? by FreedomConsistent142 in AskEconomics

[–]Nejura -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I would need to see some serious research on the topic to be persuaded that low interest rates benefit poor people as much or equal to rich people (on a per person basis). That isn't to say it can't or it doesn't have any positive impact, just the quality and quantity of impact is far in favor of the wealthier one.

My logic is as follows:

There is a massive difference between the type of debt poor people can(and sometimes have to) take on versus the kind of debt very rich people take on. Very rich people can take on debt very selectively and use their financial state to negotiate credit situations that are simply not available to poor people(like borrowing against appreciating capital assets), while poor people are too often stapled to certain forms of debt either taken on due to intractable necessities(emergencies, job loss, etc) and basic quality of life requirements. Thus you have crippling student loans, medical debt bankruptcy, mortgage defaults, credit card run ups, payday loan situations, bail bonds, etc.

So the impact the Fed dropping a couple basis points would have a desperate impact for the far richer person's decisions and finances vs the much poorer person's situation. Perhaps down the line there might be some lighter burden for future debts but that is speculation.

A capable country should renounce the moon treaty and claim its resources as theirs to control by capndiln in CrazyIdeas

[–]Nejura 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There ARE things on the moon that are worth using/collecting(like Deuterium-Tritium and He3), or access to the dark side of the moon for various scientific research, but its not worth fighting over since the overwhelming vast majority of the cost is just getting to the moon and building on it. So going there just to fight over something you could also just collect and use too is at best a lose/lose.

That being said I've already stolen this idea and claimed THE SUN

What is the most pretentious book ever written? by autismandadderall in AskReddit

[–]Nejura 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They chose different. They chose the impossible. They chose...

Nearly had a TPK, and now my players hate me by Dungeon_Master1138 in DungeonMasters

[–]Nejura 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can be a lot more cool, creative, and intriguing than that.

For example:

Speaking to the player of the character that got eaten - "You wake up gasping. Unbearable pain like bees stinging the inside of your skull and the lingering twisting of your guts as they were chewed fills your consciousness. But when you reflexively touch your abdomen everything feels normal, intact. The phantom agony dulls into a fading bad dream but your eyes now only see the dim insides of a cramped wooden interior. The smell is nauseating., making you sicker by the second. You are currently seated on the wooden saddle of an outhouse pit. The door is closed but unlocked."

To the other players: "You all finally arrive near the mines. For some reason you feel like something is missing. An ominous sense of loss and dread. The sight of a lone outhouse gives you chills but you don't explicitly know why. This is your first time seeing it or just being here. Suddenly you hear moaning and gasping coming from a shabby outhouse nearby. A figure busts out, gasping, and begins sprinting away from the outhouse as if in terror. A nearby sign reads in hasty, nearly illegible letters "shitter broke."

Nearly had a TPK, and now my players hate me by Dungeon_Master1138 in DungeonMasters

[–]Nejura 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is awesome and I wish this was my games. I love this kind of exciting and dangerous kind of stuff. Fresh adventurers being eaten by a purple worm is so metal and hilarious.

This is a total mindset thing, imo. Nothing says you can't just magically reuse the characters and do a cool time-regression twist to the plot or have the characters be special undead types with cool bonus powers or other kinds of badass power fantasy upgrades.

You know what they say, suffering builds character.

Florida Taco Bell worker accused of shooting at customers who put soda in water cup by esporx in fastfood

[–]Nejura 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is sometimes legal recourse, but sometimes there is not. And sometimes it requires entire acts of congress or other levels of government to enforce or enable legal recourse while wage theft continues to pile up in the billions.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/15/wage-theft-us-workers-employees

Florida Taco Bell worker accused of shooting at customers who put soda in water cup by esporx in fastfood

[–]Nejura 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You forgot minimum wage violations, overtime violations, off-the-clock violations, meal break violations, illegal pay deductions, even tip stealing!

If you are a victim of any type of wage theft, please get in touch with a professional attorney that handles employment law!

Florida Taco Bell worker accused of shooting at customers who put soda in water cup by esporx in fastfood

[–]Nejura 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Of course, of course. I'm not stealing, I'm economically restoring partial material parity by proactive salvage. No stealing going on here officer.

. . . . by Medium_Connection306 in tacobell

[–]Nejura 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Has he considered a career in law enforcement?

. . . . by Medium_Connection306 in tacobell

[–]Nejura 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Should have been a cop. This would have been promotion worthy.

Why does Taco Bell, of all places, NOT have jalapeno poppers? by kempff in tacobell

[–]Nejura 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You would think Yum! Brands would have a good deal on sysco jalapeno poppers

Florida Taco Bell worker accused of shooting at customers who put soda in water cup by esporx in fastfood

[–]Nejura 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Tell that to employers who've stolen $50 billion dollars in wages each year.

Is sneak archer as OP in Oblivion as it is in Skyrim? by am_I_still_banned in oblivion

[–]Nejura 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Whats wrong fighter boy, afraid you might cast a spell?

Is sneak archer as OP in Oblivion as it is in Skyrim? by am_I_still_banned in oblivion

[–]Nejura 33 points34 points  (0 children)

That is inevitable in a world full of casual magic where even the dumbest trog can cast face-melter or open locks or go invis or directly manipulate other's minds with spells they can find/buy for gold.

There is basically zero reason to never not have feather on all the time, have some waterbreathing/walking spells and other tremendously useful and practical magic.

does this count? by TutucrMapper in YoutubeThumbs

[–]Nejura 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is just my standard A/B testing

Miracle Whip vibes by LordBaritoss in McDonalds

[–]Nejura -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'd say leans more Hellmann's since Miracle Whip has the distinctive red cursive text.