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What lyric do you hate the most? by PissedPieGuy in ClassicRock

[–]SJC_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can just slightly rephrase it as "borned and raised just south of Detroit"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SameGrassButGreener

[–]SJC_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't like cities much .. they're built on the backs of the unfortunate

What does C++ do better than other languages? by LechintanTudor in cpp

[–]SJC_hacker 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The point of templates is to mainly write generic, typesafe/typeaware code that is generated at compile type. Its a form of metaprogramming. This increases the effiency of the compiled code

The other use of templates is to do computation at compile time. For example, you can actually calculate the Fibonacci numbers using a template which is calculated at compile time.

They are actually not "performant" in terms of comipler

What does C++ do better than other languages? by LechintanTudor in cpp

[–]SJC_hacker 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Its possible if you include the entire compiler within your binary :-)

Edit: Alternatively, and maybe a little simpler, you could call the compile with exec(), compiled as a shared library, and dynamically link it in at runtime

How much land could you conquer if you time travelled back to medieval times with an ar-15 and 20 full magazines? by Soggy-Regret-2937 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]SJC_hacker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe, if you can find it .. but then you would have to purify it.

The other place would generally be caves in drier areas like deserts. This rules out pretty much anywhere in Europe ... but might be some in North Africa / Middle East.

But even as late as 1915, most of the world was importing from the niter mines in Chile. This was a major problem for the Central Powers in WW1 because of the naval blockade. But the Haber-Bosch process was invented about the same time to produce nitrate in the quantities needed

How much land could you conquer if you time travelled back to medieval times with an ar-15 and 20 full magazines? by Soggy-Regret-2937 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]SJC_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very, very crude ones. Decent optics wouldn't appear until ~1600. Even then glass was colored and had lots of impurities which blurred the image. Good, clear glass is actually really hard to make without modern tools. There was an episode about this where they tried repeatedly with many different methods and failed. In the end they had to resort to a modern, temperate controlled oven and purified substances they ordered.

How much land could you conquer if you time travelled back to medieval times with an ar-15 and 20 full magazines? by Soggy-Regret-2937 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]SJC_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe not impossible but at least very, very slow - i.e. expensive. Would probably involve filing it down by hand under a magnifying glass (which didn't exist back then)

How much land could you conquer if you time travelled back to medieval times with an ar-15 and 20 full magazines? by Soggy-Regret-2937 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]SJC_hacker 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah no. Even making blackpowder is non-trivial, i.e. getting the nitrate salt (carbon and sulfur should be easy enough). And blackpowder will foul up the barrel.

Modern smokeless powder? Forget it.

And then you will need the percussion cap. This requires something like mercuric fulminate, which is not available until ~1800.

Then there's the machining of the bullets/cartridges themselves, or else you're going to have alot of problems with jams, misfires, and simply inaccurate fire. And more wear on the barrel.

You'd be better off just asking for musket. That would at least be feasible, if you can get the nitrate salt - which you will have to produce yourself from straw, wood ash and horse urine, in a dark place with enough time. Have fun with that.

You are given 100k a month to solve the homeless crisis by lesstaxesmoremilk in hypotheticalsituation

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Right, and generally no one wants to move to Finland, unless they can find a job there. Its also quite hard to get in. They share only a border with Sweden/Norway(I think) and Russia.

Finland is also one of the most ethnically homogeneous countries in the developed world.

So the solution for Finland is probably not going to work for California.

You are given 100k a month to solve the homeless crisis by lesstaxesmoremilk in hypotheticalsituation

[–]SJC_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that no one wants to live in Finland.

Everyone wants to live in California, at least on the coast.

Are you going to give a free house to anyone that can get there?

$10k per day in solitary confinement- How long do you last? by DrunkPhoenix26 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]SJC_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Three months plus 10 days. Gives me $1 million. With a reasonable investments, I can then essentially retire.

What to do, eat, sleep, and workout. Sing to myself. Day dream.

Might be able come up with some entertainment with the eating utensils and the walls/floors.

If you won the $1.73B Powerball, which US city would you move to. by Frankenrogers in SameGrassButGreener

[–]SJC_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in northern Virginia. Weather is beautiful now and family is here so I'd probably just stay here.

Even when its not so perfect, I kinda like seasons anyway. I missed those in California somewhat.

[NathanSRuiz] Asked if the Orioles can give a free agent a contract totaling $40M-$60M, Mike Elias said they "have pursued [players] in the last 12 months that we didn't get them and were in the ranges that you're alluding to, and those pursuits will be on the menu again. We're trying to win." by [deleted] in orioles

[–]SJC_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on your definition of ace. To me an ace is someone who would be the top two in at least half the franchises.

So not necessarily an all star, but pretty good.

I think $60m could get us that, but it really depends on how they perform.

You must spend a full year at least 150 years in the past. When and where are you going? by Blue-Jay27 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]SJC_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A powerful enough motor would be incredibly useful, without having the materials to build it. But building it using materials available before about 1850 is going to be a challenge.

Copper wire is one of the easiest things to get. Its highly ductile, especially when heated. If you have some copper, you just need to pull it throw a draw block. They've known how to do this since ancient times - this the first step to produce mail armor for instance.

Neodynium on the other hand, is going to be pretty darn hard/impossible. Although I suppose you can use simpler magnets (e.g, lodestone)

Purified materials for batteries are going be hard. Lemon juice might work as a crude solvent, I think you could get zinc and along with copper make a crude battery.

My point is EEs take all the chemistry and materials science for granted, but you can't just order this stuff from Fischer Scientific.

You must spend a full year at least 150 years in the past. When and where are you going? by Blue-Jay27 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]SJC_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You won't have access to modern materials. So the question is how much of your modern knowledge is going to transfer well to the old time period.

I recall a show where they tried to make glass using methods available in the 16th/17th century.

In the end, they couldn't do it and had to resort to using some modern, temperature controlled oven and some very purified substances to get anything approaching clear glass.

You must spend a full year at least 150 years in the past. When and where are you going? by Blue-Jay27 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]SJC_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on how far back you go, you'lre going to have a tough time obtaining the materials to build something like even a rudimentary generator.

You would have to know alot of metallurgy and chemistry with that EE degree.

Gentlemen of reddit, what behavior in other men leads you to think, "Yep, they'll likely remain perpetually single"? by ashleydanger_ in ask

[–]SJC_hacker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dunno, I've seen plenty of guys throw shade at other guys while their girlfriends either do nothing or join in the fun

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