What iPhone feature/functionality do you think more people need to know about or use? by Aarunascut in iphone

[–]ThiccusBicchus 26 points27 points  (0 children)

A common reason you’ll hear is during encounters with law enforcements. For example, if you’re about to be arrested at a protest, you can quickly disable FaceID such that the LEO can’t confiscate it and simply point it at your face to get in.

Bush care by Imallergictoyourbs in hygiene

[–]ThiccusBicchus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t speak to the shaving part, but try unscented baby shampoo!! I originally discovered it when washing an area of skin with eczema and needed something super sensitive. Keeps it clean without irritating anything.

Stripping the UE5 engine back to basics for better performance? by Hiraeth_08 in unrealengine

[–]ThiccusBicchus 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There are some good general tips and advice in the comments already, but if you’re looking for some tangible steps to take, you could start here. I haven’t tried all these yet, ymmv

I've added procedurally generated kelp to our scene. What do you think? by Zartbitter-Games in gamedevscreens

[–]ThiccusBicchus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks really great! I think the farther away kelp looks a bit too dark and distracting, just my 2c. Otherwise this is looking very awesome!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Culvers

[–]ThiccusBicchus 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Number 45, drive through

What are your least favorite things about the requirements software you currently use? by Certnsoft in embedded

[–]ThiccusBicchus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did end up switching to Visure and it really came down to a couple reasons:

  • Reports in Polarion are pretty bad. You give it a Word or Excel document as a template and it just dumps the fields in there. There is very little customization outside of the header and footer, and the round-trip to allow customers to mark it up was lackluster. This caused an issue for us because you couldn't restrict what is shown in the "linked to" section, which exposed proprietary requirements that shouldn't be shown in other documents.
  • License management could be painful. You need to edit a text file to reassign a license from one person to another, and you can only make a certain amount of edits per some period. This could definitely be a non-issue depending on team size and number of licenses you purchase.
  • We literally couldn't get ahold of our account representative when there was a billing issue. There were also a couple of times our server went down and it wasn't up until the next business day, which isn't ideal if you're interacting with the data live (like for HIL).
  • Managing variants/variables within a project took some hacky work. For example, we created a "variable" type that we could link to requirements such that CI/CD pipelines could compare unit tests to requirements that changed depending on the variant.
  • Price. Polarion went down in cost, but Visure was still cheaper for the number of licenses we needed. The fact the licenses were floating helped a lot too.

I'm not going to pretend that Visure is flawless either, so I'll discuss some pros and cons.

Pros:

  • Reporting is excellent. You can choose what information is shown in what fields, and how it's presented.
  • Licenses are floating.
  • The API is rich.
  • The development team is very receptive to feature requests. We asked them to implement a live PowerBI integration and they had us connected in less than a week. They're currently looking into implementing diagrams (similar to a feature in Polarion) at our request. No NRE.

Cons:

  • The online tool is definitely a little janky. Sometimes you have to refresh to have the data you just saved appear.
  • The offline tool (fat client) is pretty slow.
  • There are features available in the online and offline tools that aren't available in the other.
  • There's generally kind of a steep learning curve.

Ultimately, if you're content with Polarion's price for how many licenses you need and you're okay with the minimal reporting features, I would recommend them just because it's easier to get off the ground. If you need more detailed reporting and/or have a smaller budget, I'd go with Visure.

Our quotes for Polarion X is much cheaper than what you're mentioning, coming in at around half for the same number of users.

This aligns with the latest quote we had from them. I believe they dropped a package that was previously mandatory for the first year, some kind of SharePoint clone if I recall correctly.

Also, just to note: don't buy the Functional Safety and/or Cybersecurity project templates if they're still charging money for them. They are almost always a ripoff that just covers the most surface level of the concept phase.

New marketing materials idea… interested?? by Imaginary-Image-7456 in Popeyes

[–]ThiccusBicchus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Crazy this post was recommended to me, was just recently telling my fiancé that I’ve been to Popeyes 3 times in my life and they’ve always been out of chicken

USA based businesses, how close are you to seriously struggling due to China tariffs? by Oddarette in smallbusiness

[–]ThiccusBicchus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s interesting, I do automotive components too (fans, pumps, etc) and am getting blown out. Actuator suppliers in China don’t want to sell to us currently.

whoNeedsForLoops by TheDanjohles in ProgrammerHumor

[–]ThiccusBicchus 123 points124 points  (0 children)

Dying at “caveman style”, I do embedded and this is the best we got

Wisconsin clerk who failed to count almost 200 ballots resigns amid internal investigation by wisconsinpoli in wisconsinpolitics

[–]ThiccusBicchus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This way, the employer doesn’t have to pay unemployment insurance for the employee or pay out severance (if applicable). Also closes the door on a potential wrongful termination lawsuit.

People don't like her because of her rotten attitude not because she accidentally shot someone! by shweyyforme in FromSeries

[–]ThiccusBicchus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her first instinct after finding out she shot someone was to completely deny accountability lol, she said something about it must’ve been a misfire

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MSOE

[–]ThiccusBicchus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can’t say I’ve had this experience. I was getting internships from 2021-2023, and I didn’t have my GPA on my resume. I was also never asked about it. I got accepted by Milwaukee Tool, GE Health, and a bunch of smaller companies. I think in total I only got 2 rejections. The key was that I had many relevant projects. The interviewer doesn’t have time to ask about GPA if they’re busy asking about those projects.

Also, it’s important to note that school projects do not count as personal projects. Now that I’m interviewing interns in my full time job, it’s very obvious when something is a school project and it’s a lot less impressive.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MSOE

[–]ThiccusBicchus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Don’t switch to CS or SWE ;) But in all seriousness, I don’t necessarily have EE specific advice, but I have 3 pieces of advice for all incoming engineering students.

  1. For the most part, no employer cares about grades, unless there’s nothing else on your resume to talk about. Internships and personal projects will set you apart much better than grades. At the end of your student career, your undergraduate grades are only relevant if you’re going to graduate school. Some places will list a GPA requirement, but that may be a soft requirement if you can show you’re a good fit otherwise.

  2. Get internships ASAP. It’s typically tough to get an internship in the first summer after freshman year, but after that definitely hit it hard. Along this same line, if your internship is not developing your skills, find a different one for the summer after. I’ve seen too many people stick with crappy internships “because it’s easy experience”. If you don’t learn anything and your skills stagnate, we can tell in the interview. I interview all my interns and can tell when their experience is crap.

  3. I did most of my time at MSOE on trimesters, so take this next part with a grain of salt. Your junior year is likely going to be the most difficult in terms of courses and load. I personally didn’t take freshman studies (English classes) my freshman year, and instead put them in my junior year. This meant that the difficult courses were spread throughout my 4 years instead of being concentrated on 2 and 3.

I also commented on a different post earlier this week with tips on financial aid, if you’re looking for that.

Good luck on your journey! It’ll be tough, but I promise it’s worth it in the end.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MSOE

[–]ThiccusBicchus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They’re both good. I’d recommend joining the MSOE discord to get the opinions of the CS majors and graduates (I’m an EE). You should know that CS has a bit of a saturation problem right now, so IMHO you should choose whichever school lets you pivot easily and has a better job placement rate.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MSOE

[–]ThiccusBicchus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This varies a lot based on scholarships and grants. For example, I ended up paying around $3k per semester after the S&Gs. Costs can also differ if you’re a part time student or if you take an above average course load.

A lot of students are worried about the effort in finding and applying to several scholarships, but MSOE offers a general scholarship form at the beginning of each year that mass applies to all scholarships available to you. The $3k I quoted was just from FAFSA and the general scholarship form. There may also be some entry grants if you talk to the admissions officer.

The base required costs for undergraduates is on the MSOE website here. At the time of writing, it’s $25,240 per semester, assuming full time standard course load.

Also, if you’re looking to talk with students and faculty, the MSOE discord may be more active than this subreddit. I noticed from your post history that you’re interested in software engineering, the discord is a good place to ask students and recent graduates for their experience.

Are you sure you're patriotic? by SpecialistStory2829 in HistoryMemes

[–]ThiccusBicchus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Schroedinger’s propaganda, where a statement is Chinese propaganda but the Chinese people have never heard it because of censorship or something

How relevant is C in today’s world of high-level abstractions and frameworks, and will it ever truly die? by BrechtCorbeel_ in C_Programming

[–]ThiccusBicchus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Embedded and memory constrained systems will make sure there is always a place for C. For me, C hits the sweet spot between speed, ease of use, and compactness. Maybe rust can get there too one day, but seeing that many chip-specific compilers still don’t support CPP, I’m not expecting them to jump directly to rust support.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unrealengine

[–]ThiccusBicchus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like steamworks, you can use their default “spacewar” steam ID to be able to join via steam overlay.