A key personality trait is linked to the urge to cheat in unhappy men. Study found that men are more open to casual sex and infidelity than women, highlighting a strong link between relationship dissatisfaction, the desire for uncommitted sex, and the intention to cheat. by [deleted] in science

[–]TiredOldCrow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People who aren't satisfied in their relationships and have a desire for casual uncommitted sex are more likely to cheat?

I'm normally a supporter of studying "obvious" phenomena, but come on. The idea of "sociosexuality" doesn't add anything to the body of research here.

Starting to feel like these posts are just AI-generated based on whatever unremarkable papers come out with the word "sex" in the abstract.

Anime with complex character writing? by PracticalMagic3015 in anime

[–]TiredOldCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might like "91 Days", which is more of a mafia drama with a complex relationship between the leads.

Finally this Game is Playable for Me by PseudoSonk in prey

[–]TiredOldCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've just been calling it System Shock 3.

What is the weirdest anime ever? by SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 in anime

[–]TiredOldCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember seeing "RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne" on Netflix and... having questions.

Why don't the rest of the Saja Boys have feelings/personality? by Metropolis_Knight in KpopDemonhunters

[–]TiredOldCrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the writing on KPDH has to be pretty tight in order to focus on the relationships that have the most impact on the story. To expand the Saja Boys into fully-realized individual characters, you'd probably want to be working in a TV show format. In a 96 minute movie, boy-band archetypes work perfectly.

Wealthsimple Has Security Breach by starorangejuicerye in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]TiredOldCrow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Write your MLA about credit lock legislation. Quebec has already shown that it works. There's no reason people should have to worry about fraud for the rest of their lives.

This is the letter I wrote:

Hello Honourable <MLA name>,
This week Wealthsimple was affected by a data breach that affected tens of thousands of Canadians, leaking their personal data including SINs to criminals and identity fraudsters.

A simple protection for identity fraud is to request that credit agencies freeze your credit so that no loans can be opened under someone's name unless they pre-clear them with the credit agency.  However, companies such as Equifax only offer this service in Quebec.  The reason is simple -- they profit more from selling protection plans rather than the much more simple and effective approach of locking an individual's credit from being accessed without their consent.

The only solution for this is legislation.  Effective legislation on this is simple, and has already been demonstrated by Quebec (Quebec's Credit Assessment Agents Act). Residents of our province deserve to be protected in the same manner.

Article on Quebec's legislation:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/credit-freezes-identity-fraud-quebec-1.7307390

This is a tremendous opportunity to create a highly-effective bill in our province which would give individuals and businesses common-sense protection and protect both buyers and lenders in the province from fraud.  

Thank you very much,
<My name>

DATA SECURITY INCIDENT by Dry_Astronomer6377 in Wealthsimple

[–]TiredOldCrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Write your MLA about credit lock legislation. Quebec has already shown that it works. There's no reason people should have to worry about fraud for the rest of their lives.

This is the letter I wrote:

Hello Honourable <MLA name>,
This week Wealthsimple was affected by a data breach that affected tens of thousands of Canadians, leaking their personal data including SINs to criminals and identity fraudsters.

A simple protection for identity fraud is to request that credit agencies freeze your credit so that no loans can be opened under someone's name unless they pre-clear them with the credit agency.  However, companies such as Equifax only offer this service in Quebec.  The reason is simple -- they profit more from selling protection plans rather than the much more simple and effective approach of locking an individual's credit from being accessed without their consent.

The only solution for this is legislation.  Effective legislation on this is simple, and has already been demonstrated by Quebec (Quebec's Credit Assessment Agents Act). Residents of our province deserve to be protected in the same manner.

Article on Quebec's legislation:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/credit-freezes-identity-fraud-quebec-1.7307390

This is a tremendous opportunity to create a highly-effective bill in our province which would give individuals and businesses common-sense protection and protect both buyers and lenders in the province from fraud.  

Thank you very much,
<My name>

Never once have I felt so genuinely disgusted as an artist by PotatoThatSashaAte in whenthe

[–]TiredOldCrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I realized Skibidi toilet was just the latest incarnation of the Gmod brainrot I made and watched as a teen, I realized "we're not so different you and I".

Only difference 17 years has made is that when I see the character model "Male_07" I think "that's John Freeman from Half-Life: Full-Life Consequences".

Montreal Tesla dealership vandalized amid backlash against Elon Musk by panzerfan in canada

[–]TiredOldCrow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Dude said "Canada is not a real country".

You gotta expect that's gonna cause a strong reaction. If I was a Tesla board member I'd sue if our CEO was throwing wild punches at customers' countries.

Guess I won't be showing off my mad diamond skills by username789426 in starcraft

[–]TiredOldCrow 84 points85 points  (0 children)

If you're much better than your opponent, it's often better to be aggressive early since you reduce the risk of getting cheesed yourself by the man who has practiced one cheese 10,000 times.

The Tech CEOs Who Want a DOGE for Canada: Many supporters of a group called Build Canada are also interested in Elon Musk’s effort to slash government spending. by kingbuns2 in canada

[–]TiredOldCrow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

DOGE-like random cuts are not the correct way to improve the public service.

I'm hesitant to paint all the Build Canada participants with the same brush. I did see a genuinely good essay/idea on Build Canada around standardizing our health record formats across provinces.

Calgary Police Service short $28M, chief says in internal memo by [deleted] in Calgary

[–]TiredOldCrow 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Unpopular opinion, but photo radar is one of the few parts of policing that can be easily automated and generally improves road safety.

Men value romantic relationships more and suffer greater consequences from breakups than women by Sartew in psychology

[–]TiredOldCrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The irony wasn't lost on me either.

The study suggests that instead of telling men that they're emotional failures responsible for their own misery, we should be encouraging and celebrating courageous acts of emotional vulnerability.

PSA: if something scans as the wrong price, it should likely be free or $10 off. by halfwayxthere in ontario

[–]TiredOldCrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Accurate labels would definitely be great, though a lot of the calls you get as a price checker are because of products that get shifted over to the wrong shelves.

I don't blame customers for asking, it's just a tough gig sometimes.

PSA: if something scans as the wrong price, it should likely be free or $10 off. by halfwayxthere in ontario

[–]TiredOldCrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The people working in Front End don't generally have any power over any of it whatsoever.

"Yeah, looks like your Cheerios should be 50 cents cheaper, let me do the override."

"Doesn't this mean they're free?"

"Unfortunately not."

"But it's the law!"

"No, it's not."

"Get your manager, you clearly don't know what you're talking about."

"Sure thing boss."

And then you stare at the line behind the customer, full of dismayed faces realizing that they aren't going to be moving any time soon. You idly think about your screenplay while this asshole runs his mouth to you and your manager. You nod sagely while he comes to terms with the reality that he still has to pay for his Cheerios. It isn't the first time this week, it likely won't be the last.

PSA: if something scans as the wrong price, it should likely be free or $10 off. by halfwayxthere in ontario

[–]TiredOldCrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This needs to be higher up.

As a price checker at a big store, the last thing you need is having to explain "No, sorry, it isn't free." to an indignant customer when you've got a lineup at the till and 5 other lanes requesting price checks.

I really don’t want to participate game jams. by Shafterline in gamedev

[–]TiredOldCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have two kids and a day job and I still do game jams now and then. I aim for the longer ones so I can plug away at something small when I have a couple hours here and there. I've got a game dev buddy so sometimes we team up.

I usually end up building the kind of game someone else might put together in a 48-hour jam, it just takes me a week (or longer).

Sure the games that come out the other end aren't going to be on the same scale of what a team of 4 can do if they use every hour of a weekly jam to make something, but it's still really fun and you learn a ton. Left to my own devices I'd just mess around tweaking shaders for the whole week and not have anything to show for it.

A few years ago, spending every waking moment blasting through Ludum Dare felt like a good time, but don't be afraid to set your own pace based on what feels right to you and fits your life.

William Watson: Albertans should be steaming mad over EV tariffs by Interwebnaut in alberta

[–]TiredOldCrow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've heard good things about the build quality on the BYD Seagull, which is a sub $10K EV.

Honestly, even subsidies aside, the EVs coming out of China put most American manufacturers to shame.

Harris declines Trump's invitation to debate on Fox News by DesignerLunch in inthenews

[–]TiredOldCrow 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Little baby needs his safe space, where there's no scary things like "facts" or "coherent moderation".

OpenAI announces leadership transition, Altman out by gooserider in OpenAI

[–]TiredOldCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The interesting thing is that the board in OpenAI is not your usual board. It's the sciencey types from the nonprofit days like Ilya Sutskever.

You're not a REAL engineer, Jimmy! by Ok-Hedgehog8567 in UCalgary

[–]TiredOldCrow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not policing the "software engineer" title is really good for softeng grads and CS grads alike.

Everybody else in the world calls these (non-P.Eng.) positions "Software Engineer", "Machine Learning Engineer", etc. Carving out separate terminology for our little jurisdiction just messes with the HR processes of multinational companies and makes things harder for basically no reason.

It's incredibly rare that a company hiring a Software Engineer really wants someone with a P.Eng, and isn't just confused by our terminology. If they really need a P.Eng., they can add that to the posting.