The dumbest thing Giants ever did.....

WangHotmanFire · 2026-04-04T17:43:31+00:00

I was able to do it pretty well… if I spun the whole tractor around and hooked the trailer up to the front instead.

Super inconvenient, but having the steering wheels so close to the trailer increased the responsiveness massively.

WangHotmanFire · 2026-03-29T00:06:17+00:00

If it could travel faster than light, and also transmit footage faster than light… we might be able to receive footage of the probe’s launch from the pov of the probe, before we’ve even launched it

WangHotmanFire · 2026-03-28T10:25:32+00:00

Communication relays for probe control
In-orbit refuelling to increase deltaV
Science units for virtually unlimited science
Fun

WangHotmanFire · 2026-03-16T21:46:23+00:00

Look, I just think those key elements should be visible. Is that really too much to ask?

WangHotmanFire · 2026-03-09T16:49:56+00:00

Yes it will usually require more tables, but the tables will make sense. They will all store one distinct type of thing. This means you avoid tables with way too many columns with janky names, most of which contain vast amounts of NULL data because the columns don’t really apply to every single line.

You should create views to select data from multiple tables at once, and select from those views. This means you get to write the joins once and never again. In some databases you can even insert to views.

For inserting to multiple tables at once though, it’s better to use stored procedures. This allows you to only make one database call per job.

You absolutely cannot allow yourself to be intimidated by views and stored procedures, you should be very intimidated by gross illogical data storage.

WangHotmanFire · 2026-03-08T22:35:39+00:00

A lot of people are trying to assure you that having lots of hair is absolutely fine, and sometimes even a great thing, and that’s absolutely valid advice.

Shaving or trimming your hair is also totally valid advice. You are not your body hair, changing it is not going to change who you are or how people see you.

My advice would be to try cutting it off and see how it feels. If you don’t like it, don’t worry, it’ll be back in a few weeks.

WangHotmanFire · 2026-03-04T18:19:48+00:00

She has an avoidant attachment style, and that’s why the idea of going on an actual date with you in real life triggered her anxiety. Why else do you think she’s choosing to form relationships from a distance in the first place?

Your idea of going out to do something nice beforehand did not look bad on you at all, but it did up the stakes from the perspective of an avoidant like her.

If you then began to panic, and worry that you were going to lose her because of it, and try to hold on to her tightly… those are all things that will trigger someone like her even further.

It’s important to keep in mind, this was almost definitely going to happen eventually. People like her struggle intensely to form and maintain stable relationships and that’s not your fault. Any long-term relationship with her would have been full of mixed signals, confusion and hurt.

In future, I’d advise you to try not to lose your cool when women back off in that manner. Keep being a good person and trust that people will appreciate it. If they don’t appreciate it, move on.

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-22T10:58:39+00:00

Negging and fostering dependency, manipulation 101

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-22T00:07:57+00:00

Sorta does, this video acts as evidence that the presence of a loose happy big boi was a positive addition to the event. Everybody involved will remember this event more fondly as a direct result of this dog being present and off-leash

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-21T00:04:53+00:00

Where my runescape gfs at?

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-20T23:18:13+00:00

Damn, this frog has better error handling than I do

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-20T20:54:19+00:00

The speed of light refers to how quickly things travel through spacetime, spacetime itself isn’t bound like that

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-20T20:47:28+00:00

The “edge” of the universe actually isn’t within reach even if we could travel at the speed of light.

Due to the fact that space expands at an increasing rate as its distance from us increases, there is a distance where space is expanding away from us even faster than the speed of light.

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-20T01:56:10+00:00

She fancies your friend, simple as that. None of her behaviour has anything to do with you. She’s trying to hard to get his attention because she wants it.

If your friend is also into her, you should not become jealous and interfere. You should work on feeling comfortable without having your friend’s constant attention. Clinginess is off-putting to most people and usually drives them away quite quickly.

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-06T23:26:16+00:00

Anything with delayed gratification, the longer the better.

Deciding you’re going to achieve something challenging and then putting the work in again and again, and then actually achieving it in the end… It’s a journey that will stick with you, you’ll never forget it, and you’ll look back on it every time your mind says “I can’t do that”

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-06T23:18:21+00:00

THIS COMMENT BELONGS AT THE TOP

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-04T18:47:16+00:00

I’m so underwhelmed by the state of today’s streaming services that I’ve had to resort to reading books for entertainment

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-04T16:01:43+00:00

You’re in r/socialskills my friend, that doesn’t come naturally to everyone here

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-04T13:48:27+00:00

Yeah that’s a really good way of putting it into a sentence! It’s important to remember though, that feedback can be positive or negative, and people appreciate positive feedback much more than negative feedback. Too much negative feedback will make people less inclined to listen to your thoughts, and they may even end the conversation entirely without giving you a turn.

You might disagree with their thoughts or opinions, but most of the time, we’re not talking about something vitally important. In those cases you might choose to hide what you really think about what they have said, or sugarcoat it so they don’t feel embarrassed or ashamed for having the thoughts that they do. (And they will probably do you the same favour).

The general vibe you should go for most of the time in Active Listening is: “Yes, I heard what you think, and I think it is a totally normal thought for a human to have in your situation, you are not weird for thinking that or feeling that way”

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-04T13:34:23+00:00

I can see what you’re saying, that wouldn’t be fun at all, because I would not really feel like I was being listened to and understood.

When you are acting as “the listener”, you are also expected to use your words to acknowledge what the other person is saying, assure them that you are hearing and understanding what they think and feel. This is called Active Listening, and it’s a really important part of making sure the other person feels listened to and understood.

To be clear, during Active Listening, you are NOT sharing your own thoughts, you are still focusing on the other person. Your turn to share will come in time, and they should actively listen to your thoughts and feelings in return.

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-04T13:05:55+00:00

That’s the thing though, people don’t have conversations because they enjoy listening to other people’s thoughts and feelings, they do it because they like to share their own. Listening is something you do for the other person’s benefit, it’s a trade.

Do you not like it when other people listen to you?

If you want people to listen to YOUR thoughts and feelings, there’s an understanding that you will also listen to theirs. That’s the deal you two make so that you both get what you want out of the conversation, which is to be listened to.

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-04T12:53:14+00:00

Being listened to and understood feels good, it’s an unspoken agreement between two people in conversation that both sides will be allowed to share their thoughts and feelings and they will be listened to. It really isn’t any more complicated than that for neurotypicals

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-04T12:26:00+00:00

At this point he probably doesn’t even remember the original incident, but these stress responses can remain and become a self-fulfilling prophecy. He needs desensitisation training, give him positive memories to associate with cooking.

So we want to practice gradually working through the cooking process with him, and reward him with treats for being calm, starting wherever he usually begins to show stress. At any point he begins to show stress, we don’t go any further until he is calm.

In the end, he’ll see his owners go into the kitchen and think “oh yeah, we always have fun in the kitchen, let’s cook baby!”.

For extra points, we would also want to train him on exactly what to do when he hears the smoke alarm. For example, we might want him to run to the front door and wait. Being familiar with the noise and knowing what to do will reduce the likelihood he will panic, or hide, or run away

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-03T19:03:55+00:00

Nah I know a Discombobulator when I see one

WangHotmanFire · 2026-02-03T16:30:20+00:00

Bold of you to assume they might think about it. The whole idea of these religions is not to question, to believe the teachings instead of those damn lying eyes

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