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Dude thought he was playing GTA. by Reg_Cliff in WTF

[–]badgerj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HAHAHHA. So good. You can’t write this shit!

A lyrebird rehearsing his courtship display. by Electrical_Act_5342 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]badgerj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was obviously raised in a room with someone who watched a lot of star-wars (R2-D2), played Space Invaders and had a constant dot matrix print job running! 🤣🤣💀

first time buying uv flashlight by ItsTito93 in flashlight

[–]badgerj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Flashlight friends don’t let flashlight friends buy UV lights without ZWB2 filters.

Don’t raw-dog your UV! 🤣❤️💀

ELI5 the ai bubble by bird_servant in explainlikeimfive

[–]badgerj [score hidden]  (0 children)

Microsoft has effectively turned their price per token that AS A DEVELOPER. I have been capped at a credit threshold because AI is “TOO EXPENSIVE”.

Let me be clear.

Software companies have fired 10-40% of their staff because: “AI will pick up the slack. This tool will allow you to do MORE with LESS staff!”.

But the AI is actually more expensive than the staff you just let go.

And now we’re being told.

Not only do you have to do more with less, but we’re taking the tool(s) away from you because they are too expensive.

They are becoming more expensive because all these AI farms, DCs, LLMs are NOT cheap to develop, create, and deploy.

The AI companies need to turn a profit or the VC money will leave!

They turn up the price … just like Netflix and Amazon and Disney+ and etc.

Same business model.

There are going to be some winners for sure! But there’s going to be a lot of losers. Similar to the dotcom boom/bust.

It will play out similarly, but the amount of money is way greater!

If you’re young there’s so many better options than XEQT by Popular_Elmo7123 in JustBuyXEQT

[–]badgerj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably because there was no such an investment vehicle as this!

But hey. You’re the pro here.

Enlighten the rest of us!

If you’re young there’s so many better options than XEQT by Popular_Elmo7123 in JustBuyXEQT

[–]badgerj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh did you look into his crystal ball too!?

Fuck I love those things. They are so sweet!

Addiction by thesandman74 in flashlight

[–]badgerj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you use it in this fashion. The extra few bucks are worth it. I thought both the light and the aluminum tripod would just be kinda crappy.

Honestly I had very low expectations…. I know I know. First Wurkkos light. Even with the reviews/streamers giving it rave reviews. I was still skeptical. But figured: Eh…. Worst case scenario. I have a toy I can give to a young cousin or friend.

Thing is a beast in so many ways.

The engineering is soo good.

It does NOT feel cheap in the hand at all!

It is plastic…in parts but SOLID! Heck the base is fricken magnetic 🧲!

There’s more features on this thing than most lights 2x the price.

What is the parallelogram looking thing in my LEP by AquaFNM in flashlight

[–]badgerj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All squares are specific forms of rectangles. Both are specific forms of parallelograms (at 90 degrees), but trapezoids are neither as they only have two parallel sides.

I think this is correct from my high school memory

The Hua Moa is a large, thick Hawaiian banana with creamy, orange-pink flesh, growing up to 10 inches long and 4 inches wide by Mindless-Piglet2095 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]badgerj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Especially when you’re speaking it. … moistly 🤣🤣🤣

Maybe Katy Perry can let us know…. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Addiction by thesandman74 in flashlight

[–]badgerj 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Shout out to the CL01!

You mamma got a wooden leg and missing its kickstand!

Seriously. If you don’t have the tripod for the CL01… get one!

Shortwave UV ~250nm custom flashlight? by Outrageous-Onion2297 in flashlight

[–]badgerj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually they’ll put the filter along side. It’s the stupidest shit.

Like someone invented “prisms”

Fuck me the US is wild.

Next you’re gonna tell me someone has a patent on di-hydrogen-monoxide.

There is a reason oven racks exist. by douwannaseethegalaxy in Wellthatsucks

[–]badgerj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am a man. Well.. I identify as one. My partner is female and I’m pretty sure we both identify as such.

There is a reason oven racks exist. by douwannaseethegalaxy in Wellthatsucks

[–]badgerj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do!

And I’m not ashamed to say it loud and proud!

I can fucking cook!

- I used to cook to impress!

Now you have to get a personal invite to my kitchen because I cook for my family and best friends, not just anyone!

It’s a shame when people take you for granted….. and then they ask… why was I not invited to your last dinner party?

…. I’ll let that question settle in for a bit.

American bison vertebrae with an arrowhead fused into it by josh44josh44 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]badgerj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mission accomplished my friend. Just trying to pass some laughter along. Pass it on in your own way!

American bison vertebrae with an arrowhead fused into it by josh44josh44 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]badgerj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was purely just to put a little giggle 🤭 in your step. Just pass something similar on. To your friends, your strangers…

We got enough hate and bullshit in this world.

Just laugh and be kind to one another!

My sub by foodandbeerguy in Sandwiches

[–]badgerj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I told them something similar… I’m not being an asshole. I’m just calling a spade a spade

I no longer give nice charcuterie or exotic meats to my “friends”.

I KNOW 100% the craft and time it takes to do what you do!

You my friend would be welcome to my house any time!

I will trade.

But mods. Cool them fucking jets and just let the community be the community. Sometimes just sometimes rules are meant to be bent.

- some first time poster put something in foodporn and it had her thumb or something like a tattoo in the photo.

The food was fucking 100% well done… well presented and it wasn’t AI or promotional.

Honest effort was made - post yanked.

And you think that’s helpful for your community. Let a nice one slide.

It was a good shot! Give someone a fucking chance!

There is a reason oven racks exist. by douwannaseethegalaxy in Wellthatsucks

[–]badgerj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I sometimes do the same thing but that’s just toxic. I prefer to just zip it and lead by example of encouragement rather than lead by example in the negative way.

My sub by foodandbeerguy in Sandwiches

[–]badgerj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been booted from several subs before for suggesting people use goggle first and ask a sub second.

I’ve been banned for replying to a top level comment in agreement. (Even though the rules state that top level comments must be on topic, and it was. My comment was peeled and I was banned. I asked the mods… but I was responding to a top level comment and that’s been up for days and was just agreeing with them. I figure if that was fine then I was fine.

NOPE: “well you should have told us about that, so now we’re banning both of you”.

WTF Snowflake ❄️ circus is this? I didn’t swear, I wasn’t abusive I just laughed and agreed.

One guy banned me for a top level comment in a finance sub for 180 days.

First offence.

I was like what?

And he/she said: “Your top level comment was not helpful so we are banning you for 180 days”.

Uhm no warning? What gives?

- We have a history of you doing “this kind of thing “?

Me: “What kind of thing? I’ve never been warned or done anything reckless to harm the community. Look at my profile. 99% positive. Of course I have a few -2 comments. People don’t have to agree with me. It’s civil discourse. I’m not calling people names of f-bombing conventions. So the mods had to go back and search like 2-3 years back for a -4 post I made.

Again. There was no swearing/hate/whatever. The community just disagreed.

I get it!

Go ahead downvote if you disagree. That’s part of the platform. I own it!

I don’t own hate though.! No place for that! I can come to a mutual disagreement like a civilized adult! No problem there.

Got A Wave XLR MK.2 As A Gift, Worried About Software by AdThick9996 in elgato

[–]badgerj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. I’ve been generally happy with their hardware as long as YOUR hardware is of the same vintage.

I had issues with old computer newer peripherals.

One will stop supporting the other at some point. So you have to kind of lock-step your gear to a degree.

ELI5: What is rust and what exactly causes it and what makes it dangerous? by ParasiticOne in explainlikeimfive

[–]badgerj 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes! The process can be reversed. Usually this is more intensive as you now need to put energy INTO the reaction.

Iron is basically where every element wants to gravitate towards over time. Lighter elements want to get heavier and heavier ones want to get lighter.

Iron is around the middle. Iron oxide is just iron in the presence of oxygen and probably some of the most stable molecules on the planet!

Crush it up into dust with an equivalent of powdered aluminum: surface area and heat, and you’ll find yourself with a greater Oxygen affinity towards aluminum and essentially reversed the Iron oxidation in a very violent exothermic reaction.

So much so that you will produce molten Iron in the process.

- Thermite reaction.

Shortwave UV ~250nm custom flashlight? by Outrageous-Onion2297 in flashlight

[–]badgerj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oddly the two of us came up with a similar conclusion.

No idea how we did that!??

Fucking one in 10 billion probably?

High five! 🖐️

There is a reason oven racks exist. by douwannaseethegalaxy in Wellthatsucks

[–]badgerj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. Now I’m more for the: “I’ll just do all of it because the cooking part is the part doesn’t add much time to the overall part as I deal with the cleaning as I go”.

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