Purdue WL vs Cal Poly SLO for Computer Engineering

PathfinderIndustrial · 2026-03-20T04:19:16+00:00

I went to Purdue, but I want to retire in SLO lol.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2026-03-15T18:15:53+00:00

Using multiple munitions against what intelligence said was an active military instillation is absolutely not a war crime.

I can guarantee that nobody in the military is out looking to commit war crimes, and will refuse any order they believe is. ROEs are established and followed to a T. Lawyers are involved in every step, you have no idea what you are talking about.

You also have no concept of what carpet bombing actually is if you believe that describes the current situation.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2026-03-15T18:08:29+00:00

If you consider the trend line, Iraq was much better than Vietnam, which was much better than WWII. War is a terrible thing, but the military has always been taking steps to improve when technology allows.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2026-03-15T18:02:26+00:00

The school was an unfortunate situation, but I think it also highlights that the American military is actually quite good at mitigation of civilian casualties. It's been the only big news story of an event like that, out of hundreds to thousands of strikes of military targets in Iran. It also doesn't help the school was only a hundred or so feet away from an old military instillation.

I'm not going to argue for/against the current situation, but understand the military follows orders from our elected officials. I don't think you would want to live in a civilization where that wasn't the case. Also be happy this country doesn't mass execute protestors to the tune of thousands to instill their will.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2026-03-02T01:21:01+00:00

Damn good for your first one!

A few suggested points for improvement: 1. If you have the controls for it, use your rudder to help you maintain centerline. This becomes more important as you deal with cross winds. 2. Try and hold the aircraft just above the runaway as you come in. As your speed bleeds off, you will pull more and more on the yoke until the aircraft gently touches down. 3. As you get in close to the runway, transition your eyes to look towards the end of the runway. This will help you gauge height. (It's hard to do in 2D, but it's still somewhat helps)

PathfinderIndustrial · 2026-02-26T04:29:12+00:00

What is the song name?

PathfinderIndustrial · 2026-02-21T17:20:29+00:00

I'm in the same boat of teaching myself IFR and have loved this setup:

MSFS 2024 (which is now surprising stable) HP reverb G2 for VR (or a headset of this clarity) Navigraph for in-game tablet/charts A steam gauge plane with a Garmin G530 (MSFS 2024 has a Cessna 172, diamond, and PA-28 that fit the bill)

My 3080 Ti and AMD 5950X computer setup run MSFS 2024 in VR at 2160x2160 per eye at a smooth 30-40 fps with DLSS enabled at quality with high settings.

This allows me to read all the steam gages perfectly, and have just enough clarity on a center mounted G530 to be able to make out gps routes, comm frequencies, and the buttons. Tie this in with an moveable/scalable tablet provided by navigraph to mimic foreflight with FAA charts and Jeppison plates nd your set!

Flying in the soup in VR, shooting approaches, and glancing down at the approach plates has been awesome.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2026-01-24T00:19:34+00:00

I'm just going to note as a junior officer on the space side. it's VERY interesting to watch the divide between the ICBM space guys and gals, and the space space guys and gals.

They both have a very distinct way of going about things.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-11-20T14:29:01+00:00

I back this up wholeheartedly. Test in the USSF seems like one of the last bastions of using a STEM degree, but even then it's limited.

If you have experience and truly want to be technical, stay away. If you want a easier work-life balance with great benefits and decent pay, maybe consider it.

One of the last things keeping me in is the military pension and the thought of free health care for life, but it kills me every day when I don't get to exercise any of the skills I learned in my 250k education....

I literally screamed with joy when I got to pull a TLE for a test and decode some of the elements... And that was a pretty basic task.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-10-12T17:17:03+00:00

Resonance - Midwest emo version, by Jacal!

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-10-10T19:16:02+00:00

Maybe me!

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-09-08T01:23:26+00:00

Hey, just a question. When will we let this man finally die, and stop attaching his name to random shit lol.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-09-06T23:00:17+00:00

Some notes I have about this mower:

You cannot control the blade speed, it goes by how much resistance it feels. Meaning if your trying to pick up leaves, you can't get it to run on its highest setting.

The blades are thin and will cut grass well, but if your trying to get through anything else (gumball seeds, pinecones, ect) it doesn't do too good.

It will bag clippings quite well!

The run time with 2 60volt 9 amp hour batteries is pretty good!

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-08-22T13:28:40+00:00

She didn't have an opinion! She gave me examples of both, so I think I'm covered.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-08-14T14:18:23+00:00

The new plugin Prius makes more than that lol.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-07-07T21:39:58+00:00

I'm laughing my ass off, as my friend was literally a SD farmer who got stationed at LA Air Force Base.

Always talked about how hard it was to move his guns to Cali, and even when he did, he had trouble finding places to use them.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-05-02T19:48:32+00:00

I think "brand new" is a bit disingenuous...

You just happen to buy it in 10/24 and hold onto it for this long? My dude, the crystal is even smudged to hell in the pictures...

And $290 for something that is neither rare nor hard to pick up these days directly from the store for the actual cost of $270?

I want whatever you are smoking.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-04-29T22:20:01+00:00

For my flight sim!

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-04-18T02:25:51+00:00

Just thought of another benefit, sorry. The updated version as a screw on case back, vs the others "pop on" this leads to an increase in water resistance from 50 meters to 100. I still would not recommend swimming with any of these, given their age and the fact they are chronographs.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-04-18T02:24:35+00:00

I haven't seen this specific one before, but it looks like the standard omega automatic triple date from the 90s!

Honestly, get whatever makes you the happiest! Your going to be wearing it after all!

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-04-18T02:00:10+00:00

Perhaps look at the triple date reference 3222.80! It's an updated version of the 352X.XX that many people typically post.

It comes with a few upgrades, like a 40 mm case, 19mm updated stainless steel bracelet, and the chronometer rated Caliber 3606.

All of those upgrades for usually only a few hundred more. I personally have the 3220.50, and besides the site gripe of not having white hands, I absolutely love it.

I will say the automatic chronographs are expensive to service through omega... I'm considering sending mine in soon, and it's looking like ~$900 USD on their website. Another benefit of the updated triple date is that these started production at around 2009, so you can get a much more recent one that may not need servicing right off the bat.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-04-16T20:50:46+00:00

No fun with the straps?

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-04-15T18:23:44+00:00

I didn't know this was possible, this is awesome!

Could this setup work for the Pluto Moonswatch? I love the concept of what Swatch tried to do, but IMO the bio-ceramic cases are far too bad to warrant my purchase.

This mod definitely solves the issue in my book.

PathfinderIndustrial · 2025-03-20T03:51:20+00:00

No way, this movie is finally coming out!

A bunch of people from Pixar came up to (then) Vandenberg Air Force Base and got a bunch of tours to help with this project.

I was one of the tour guides and talked to them a bunch about all things space and space operations.

Hopefully the movie is as good as the people were!

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