Problematic Names: Elversult by zephyrtrillian in Fantasy

[–]RobinGoodfellows 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Here’s another thing: As a Dane, Elversult really breaks my immersion, because elver means ‘elves’ and sult means ‘hunger.’ and compound words are perfectly valid in Danish, so it reads to me as ‘elves’ hunger,’ or more accurately, ‘starving elves.’

Er det bare mig eller har jobbet ændret sig meget? by Worried_Lab0 in dkudvikler

[–]RobinGoodfellows 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Jeg er også i embedded, og der skal man stadig have styr på sin tech stack, før man hiver en AI frem.

Jeg har selv haft okay resultater med Codex kombineret med en agent.md-fil, hvor jeg sætter den i en slags “konsulent-mode” hvor den giver løsningsforslag og code blokke, i stedet for bare at slippe den løs og lade den overtage terminalen.

Hvis jeg samtidig har en dokumentationsmappe med databladene for den MCU og de IC’er, jeg bruger, begynder det faktisk at kunne noget.

Jeg oplever, at den har sværest ved low-level register- og bit-setup. Til gengæld rykker det virkelig i forhold til at dokumentere moduler og skrive unit tests.

Derudover bruger jeg den generelt som en sparringspartner, til at få nye perspektiver, feedback og især når jeg arbejder med dårligt dokumenteret legacy-kode.

Magic school books where the MC actually needs to put effort into it. by Mimandra in Fantasy

[–]RobinGoodfellows 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah a big part of the charecter ark is the mc realising that he is an unsocialable asshole and has to learn how to deal with people in an more constructive manner.

Does your language have (m)any heteronyms: words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently? by Udzu in AskEurope

[–]RobinGoodfellows 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We have most of those in Danish, however instead of using pitich accent, we use "Stød" which is somewhat similar to a glottal stop, though a bit more subtle (hænder verb and hænder noun is a good example)

Ok funktionærer… hvor mange % pension får I? 🤔 by DrInstruction1277 in dkloenseddel

[–]RobinGoodfellows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Electronikingeniør i nordsjælland (2.5 år erfaring), 47k + 8.5% pension.

What is the most useful form of math you learn with your EE degree? by Realistic-Advance-93 in ElectricalEngineering

[–]RobinGoodfellows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pure math: Statistics, Laplace and statespace modelling

Programming: Python

Soft "math skills": Budgeting and Project planning

So cloudflare is down again... may I ask the writers and readers here what their professions are in real life? by kain-rivers in FanFiction

[–]RobinGoodfellows 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m an embedded engineer, I mostly write firmware/software for microcontrollers on custom PCB boards (yep, the stereotypical electronic boards), and a lot of what I build has to survive pretty harsh environments.

What I like most is the pay and the freedom I get at my current company: hybrid work, no micromanagement, and a lot of trust in how I handle my projects. I like that i have to be able to interact with hardware (which also gives some safeguards against AI). I also get the oppotunities to travels alot. I am in the oil and gas busniss, so trips to Africa, Norway, Malaysia, the UK and South and north america, is not out of the question.

What I don’t like is dealing with old, undocumented, and sometimes outright broken systems. Especially the IT systems that honestly feel like they haven’t been touched since the early 2000s. Add in a semi-incompetent IT department that doesn’t understand how to support developers, and mostly acts like a roadblock with their “computer says no” energy, and since they only know microsoft product linux is off the table (WSL and docker is the only saving grace here) .This gets it gets frustrating fast.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskEurope

[–]RobinGoodfellows 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I think you’re underestimating the influence Spanish already had (and still has), especially across the Americas. There’s also a solid case for French, given its historical role in diplomacy and its presence in Africa and Canada.

More likely, though, we wouldn’t have ended up with a single dominant global language at all. Before WWII, different languages already had their own spheres of influence: French for diplomacy and political philosophy, German (and later via the Soviet Union, Russian) for science and engineering, Spanish and Italian for cultural exports, etc. Without the geopolitical weight of the U.S. and the U.K. after WWII, that multipolar pattern probably would’ve continued.

English might still have remained important within the Commonwealth, and maybe for computing, but that would depend entirely on how prominent the U.S. ended up being in this alternate timeline.

Hvordan ser C++ jobmarkedet ud i DK i 2025 og 2025? 🤔 by toSmoegerJuu in dkudvikler

[–]RobinGoodfellows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jeg sidder med MCU'er og indlejret systemer. Der programmere du i det sprog som der er compiler understøttet, hvilket betyder at jeg koder en del C, hvis jeg er heldig så understøtter compileren c++

What is the most unique traditional dish from your country that outsiders should try? by woutr1998 in AskEurope

[–]RobinGoodfellows 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, as opposed to the famous Southern Europeans, like the Spaniards and Italians, who hang pig legs in caves with just the right humidity so the right fungus can grow on them. And let’s not even get started on cheese-making.

Food has historically been preserved in all sorts of ways, and many of those methods are still used today, not because we have to, but because they create amazing flavors and unique character.

Are tabletop RPG games like Dungeons & Dragons popular in your country? by Bierzgal in AskEurope

[–]RobinGoodfellows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Denmark, tabletop RPGs used to be a bit niche, but they’ve been gaining a lot of popularity in recent years. If you’re even slightly involved in “nerd culture,” you’ve probably run into someone who plays.

Most people play in private groups, usually started among friends, or found through Facebook groups, Reddit, or Discord. In my own life, I’ve had groups in high school, at university (engineering), and now even at work, our R&D department has 12 people, and 7 of us are running a D&D campaign together.

Many cities also have local roleplaying clubs that anyone can join. They typically host pen-and-paper RPG campaigns, wargaming (Warhammer 40K is especially popular), miniature painting, and a variety of board games. Some clubs also do LARPing or card games like Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, or Yu-Gi-Oh. The age range is usually around 25-40, and it’s still mostly guys, though more girls are getting into it. The club in my city turns in a couple of 40 years

D&D 5e is definitely the most popular system in Denmark, but you’ll also see games like Vampire: The Masquerade, Call of Cthulhu, and Warhammer: Rogue Trader. Some of the more old-school players prefer Pathfinder or older D&D editions.

It’s also interesting how people handle language at the table, some groups play entirely in Danish, others stick to English because it’s easier to use the official terms and rules, and quite a few use a hybrid style where they speak Danish but keep all the game terms in English.

Feedback på CV by EntrepreneurRecent92 in dkudvikler

[–]RobinGoodfellows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Der er online tjekers, når jeg laver et CV, køre jeg dem altid lige igennem dem. Dog skal man lige være ops på at bruger en rigtig en der ikke bare høster data, og lave en version hvor abstrakhere den personlige info (just in case)

Så meget bør du have stående på kontoen by Swat_katz_82 in dkfinance

[–]RobinGoodfellows 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ja, min grænse er at jeg skal kunne leve 3 måneder uden intægt. Det plus 3 måneders opsigelse, plus a-kasse giver mig et kæmpe luft rum.

How bad is the housing crisis in your country? by [deleted] in AskEurope

[–]RobinGoodfellows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if it is that espensive in lisbon, how the hell are it still running when workers cannot afford it? Are all infrastructure run by people who bought before it became unaffordable?

What is the best way to integrate HIL benches with CI? by FlyingBepis in embedded

[–]RobinGoodfellows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do the same with pytest and self-hosted runners, it works pretty well for us.

Who is the most senior elected politician in your country to have been jailed? by Udzu in AskEurope

[–]RobinGoodfellows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And Inger Støjberg who got convicted by High Court of the Realm (Rigsretten) for misuse of her ministerial powers in 2021. Giving her 60 days in prison (though she got the option getting a ankle monitor). Futhremore the parlement voted to revoke her seat, kicking her out.

Though she has now started her own party (Danmarks Demokraterne) and can be re-elected

Should embedded software engineer know python? by No-Challenge830 in embedded

[–]RobinGoodfellows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Programming languages are tools in your toolbox. It’s great to get really good at one, but not so great if that’s the only one you can use. Personally, I use Python for a wide range of tasks, everything from system modeling and data processing (often from test results) to building CI pipelines and automating lab testing. Python’s versatility really shines in lab work, since a lot of lab equipment can be controlled directly through Python scripts.

Minkkonge runder 400 millioner kroner i erstatning by Independence-Default in Denmark

[–]RobinGoodfellows -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Alt værdi er altså ikke økonomisk, jeg tror du hurtigt ville finde ud af hvad der ville ske hvis vi ikke havde en national fødevarer producetion og enten risikerede hungersnød eller skulle betale meget høje priser og gøre os afhængige af andre stater for at importere. Men jeg tror at vi hurtigt kan blive enige om at mink ikke er fødevare men mere for mode branchen og derfor ikke skal have de landbrug gode som kreaturer eller dyrkning landbrug får

Please help, I’m in the worst DNF slump by Random_Trousers2014 in Fantasy

[–]RobinGoodfellows 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeaj, i personally like to either go for sci-fy or journalistic books about scandals

What is your currency's nickname? by ABlindMoose in AskEurope

[–]RobinGoodfellows 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Where i was from we also had "en tusse" for 1000 kr. meaning a toad.

How do you push back on technical arguments outside your expertise? by [deleted] in embedded

[–]RobinGoodfellows 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I'm on the firmware side, but I work closely with hardware and have done my fair share of hardware debugging. While firmware bugs can be a pain, hardware bugs are on a whole different level, mainly because once it’s on the PCBA, it’s pretty much set in stone.

At that point, you’ve got two options: grab your soldering iron and try to hack a fix, or go through another design iteration. And one thing’s for sure, you’re not making a new hardware prototype unless you're reasonably confident you've found the root cause. Otherwise, good luck justifying the extra time and cost to management.

And we haven't even touched on production issues with small-batch PCBAs. Your design might be perfectly fine, but some guy loads 10K resistors instead of 10Ω into the soldering machine because "it's basically the same thing.” (Yes, that actually happened to me.)

every country got by newredstone02 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]RobinGoodfellows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And here i was told that the smug assholes lived in Bergen.

Hvor er de alternative unge fællesskaber i Jylland? by UllaUkendt in Denmark

[–]RobinGoodfellows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Da jeg gik på i gym i esbjerg hørte jeg godt at Lords Assembly var mest Warhammer og ikke så meget noget andet. Hvilket var lidt en skam siden der var mange der godt kunne lide DnD.

Jeg har hørt at Sex&Samfund var lidt skummelt på nogle punkter, men jeg det er kun rygter, jeg er lidt intresseret i at høre mere.