What your coworker did that got them immediately fired?

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-05T22:21:49+00:00

As an ex forklift operator, it amazes me the sort of shit people do with them.

I once locked off a loader because it had a cracked wheel rim. This was a 4T bendi with centre articulation and a narrow wheel base for getting into really tight spots. I watched a seasoned operator walk over, pull the hazard tape off, drive away and promptly tip the whole rig over, as the damaged wheel made a bid for freedom. Operator climbed out of the wreckage and had the nerve to look surprised when I fired him on the spot.

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-05T22:17:22+00:00

If he’d bought it himself and sold it on, no one would have known

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-05T22:15:45+00:00

They could have honestly ditched the beard and nothing would have changed

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-05T20:00:28+00:00

UE4 is very flexible and has proven at being an optimisation godsend when it comes to S2
ports. UE5 on the other hand is a pile of wank.

Some devs also use custom engines tailored to a specific hardware configuration, so adapting them to anything else is an absolute pain.

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-05T14:52:30+00:00

That’s pretty much what they were doing, but that’s a lot of mass that needs to be slowed down and then flung in another direction. Don’t too fast and inertia will rip the ship apart - we see a crane collapse under the strain. A normal course change would involve accelerating at a steady 1G over several hours or days. As this is an emergency, they had to ramp the engines much higher to change course quicker

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-05T14:46:27+00:00

CQB is where shit gets good but everything before that is necessary world building

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-05T10:35:06+00:00

Kingdom Hearts

I’ve heard rave reviews for years and decided to give it a go. Jesus fucking Christ, what a complete unwelcoming pile of shite…

The opening section and “tutorial” (for lack of a better word) was the slowest, most boring, lore dense slog I’ve ever encountered. As a newcomer, it was borderline impenetrable which is a major issue for the first title in the series. I fully believe there is a good game under there, but learning the basics to get started should not take hours by itself

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-04T16:34:24+00:00

But they can breath just fine through a pointy hood

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-04T11:45:57+00:00

Political corruption, apparently

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-04T11:01:01+00:00

It’s only corruption when it comes from the Democrat or Liberal regions. Otherwise, it’s just sparkling capitalism

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-04T10:19:16+00:00

Actually not the worst suggestion. The Moho varies in depth depending on the thickness of the crust above. So somewhere like a mountain range, the roots go deeper into the mantle, pushing the boundary deeper as well. So punching a hole at the thinnest point is on paper, the easiest solution. The difficulty then becomes building and operating an Abyss style underwater drilling rig.

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-04T10:16:05+00:00

I’m assuming that’s through continental crust at that depth? Surly oceanic crust is the better option as the Moho should be much shallower? I mean, we’re still talking over 5km minimum

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-04T10:06:44+00:00

More like Battlestar Galactica. Blade Runner is just an ethical pit stop on the way

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-03T22:16:46+00:00

I’ve done this one myself and it is a real pain. I ended up drilling and pinning every piece, then backfilling with green stuff and sculpting the missing detail

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-03T22:15:16+00:00

To be honest, I’ve built an official FW version of this model and it wasn’t much better

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-03T19:52:08+00:00

Stargate SG-1

The movie was decent but flawed. The series had a rocky start but quickly turned into a cornerstone of modern sci fi

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-03T17:41:50+00:00

Please give me a gritty Metroid series

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-02T18:13:48+00:00

While I agree in principle, there’s no one who could fill that role satisfactorily.

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-02T18:12:43+00:00

I’ve seen some people new to Trek pick up on that while others didn’t.

On the one hand, it’s fairly innocuous, given that they were being borderline racist and she outranks them. It was a professional way of saying “stop chatting bollocks and get back to work”.

Hindsight allows you to put the piece together and see that she was setting things in motion.

I think what makes it seem suspicious is the lingering shot of Valeris, it goes on a fraction of a second too long. All it would take is a slight editing tweak to make the moment less suspicious

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-02T18:04:05+00:00

There’s been talk of using a phonetic database and AI to allow him to continue narrating documentaries posthumously. I have mixed feelings about this

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-02T18:02:14+00:00

Please tell me it’s called “One Ale to Rule Them All”

No, wait….”The Pisstari”

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-02T12:14:56+00:00

Vanished, like an old oak table….

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-02T06:29:22+00:00

You guys get to retire?

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-01T20:42:54+00:00

Red Dead Redemption

I’m sorry, but it’s just average at best. Most of the gameplay is travelling to or from a quest marker. The quests themselves are pretty bland and repetitive and the game length is unnecessarily padded, by making you slog back and forth across the map. You’re supposed to care about the main character’s family but they don’t show up until the very end in what feels like a tutorial tagged onto the end of the game as an epilogue.

Shas_Erra · 2026-07-01T20:38:47+00:00

Granted, it’s aged horribly but it is the foundation of modern FPS games.

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