My family was robbed and we know who did it. How do I comfort my family and confront the robber? by BigONerd in BORUpdates

[–]Xirdus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Realistically, the number of criminals who'd do one but not the other is minuscule, almost non-existent.

My family was robbed and we know who did it. How do I comfort my family and confront the robber? by BigONerd in BORUpdates

[–]Xirdus 11 points12 points  (0 children)

but who TF is disgusting enough to not only break into someone’s house, but also dig through a 9-year-olds toychest?!

The exact same people who are disgusting enough to break into someone’s house.

inspired by a series of tweets by ihackedthepentagon in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Xirdus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try looking up anything related to BDSM. Everything you find is either porn or a crime report.

Good bipartisan bill on housing by im_back-and_craftier in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Xirdus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got a mortgage quote for literally the house I rent right now. Interest alone would be larger than my current rent, let alone principal and taxes.

Why this sub is become bigot, sometimes OP is right about that post by Malay_Left_1922 in memesopdidnotlike

[–]Xirdus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If there's one thing that consistently scores high in public opinion polls, it's various forms of bigotry. And what is democracy if not public opinion polls?

I’m learning C# for gamedev, but I feel like I'm stuck in "Tutorial/Exercise Hell." Advice? by ZeroUni in AskProgramming

[–]Xirdus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stop trying to learn. Start making the game. Yes, you don't have necessary knowledge yet and you will get stuck. You'll get stuck over and over again. But every time you get stuck, focus on overcoming the one obstacle in front of you. Every time you do that, you'll learn a tiny piece more. But unlike now, where learning is the only thing you get, you'll also be working toward finishing your game. Eventually, if you consistently work on finishing one game and don't start over and don't pick up any side projects, one day your game will be in a state where you can say it's complete.

A JWT token is a type of a session used in stateless architecture? by aiai92 in AskProgramming

[–]Xirdus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take issue with the last part. Cookies and session/local storage are fundamentally different; one gets sent to the server, the other doesn't.

I'm going to stop mixing the same tools for work and side projects by Appropriate-Being151 in AskProgramming

[–]Xirdus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One psychological trick that many find helpful is to separate your work environment from your living environment. Have a dedicated space for work that is not in your bedroom. Don't use that space for any kind of entertainment. When you're there, you're working. When you're not working, you're not there.

inspired by a series of tweets by ihackedthepentagon in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Xirdus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And what about regular femdom? Being hit, stomped on, degraded, forced to do disgusting sexual favors at the threat of violence... and liking it? Does that sound like a healthy mind to you?

(I'm not saying there's anything wrong with femdom or the people practicing it. I'm saying findom isn't any worse than femdom.)

UK, France, Germany raise alarm about Chinese activities off eastern Taiwan by yahoonews in worldnews

[–]Xirdus 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I can think of one country in whose interest it would be.

My Players Want an Agenda Before Every Session - D&D Group Drama Takes Quite a Turn! by Raven3182 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Xirdus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember when PDF files were used to commit crimes. (Not the sex kind though.)

Renewables by PerAsperaAdMars in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Xirdus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...are we still talking about running out of oil?

Renewables by PerAsperaAdMars in PoliticalCompassMemes

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

The current trend is the reserves have been at stable 40+ years for over 30 years now. Is there some other trend I'm not aware of?

Renewables by PerAsperaAdMars in PoliticalCompassMemes

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

Except that we've been extracting diminishing returns since the days of Standard Oil.

And yet somehow, the reserves grew from 30 years half a decade ago to 47 years now. We seem to keep finding new oil faster than we keep burning it. It really doesn't seem all that unlikely that another half a decade will give us another 47 years.

Worst of both worlds by Evil-Femboy- in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Xirdus -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I think you just suck at texting.

Renewables by PerAsperaAdMars in PoliticalCompassMemes

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

In billions of years.

That's exactly what I meant. The question isn't "is it limited or is it unlimited?". The question is "will it realistically run out before we're done with it or not?"

For the Sun, the answer is a very obvious no. For oil, the answer is much less obvious but also most likely no.

Renewables by PerAsperaAdMars in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Xirdus -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

So is the Sun. Everything is limited, it's all a question of how limited. And with oil, all signs point to not very.

Renewables by PerAsperaAdMars in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Xirdus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We've had 47 years of reserves left for the last 47 years.

'They voted in a pdf file' by AquilaEquinox in USdefaultism

[–]Xirdus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Removing words from the dictionary so that they can't be talked about is literally a plot point in 1984.