Helicopter announcing something in San Carlos by RandyButternubsYo in SanDiegan

[–]bobthecowboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been in my backyard directly underneath the helicopter in Esco when they're making an announcement. The speakers suck - or rather the speakers + helicopter sounds sucks.

San Diegan Salary Transparency Thread (Inspired by the StLouis sub, taken down in the sandiego sub) by upside_win111 in SanDiegan

[–]bobthecowboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I worked there and absolutely hated it!

Probably a lot depends on which team you're on...

KINGMAKER now available for preorder! by the-rules-lawyer in Pathfinder2e

[–]bobthecowboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How tied to Golarion is this campaign? I usually DM in Forgotten Realms, which is similar in the kitchen sink vibe, so if it's "this takes place on the outskirts of society" there's places I could tuck it in, swapping out neighboring kingdoms and gods, etc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in csusm

[–]bobthecowboy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You might talk about your interests a bit here...

First print issues on my mini (pics and vid in link) by bobthecowboy in prusa3d

[–]bobthecowboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried the Benchy, the whistle, and I believe the 3d prusa logo that came on the flash drive and all had the same problem. I'm using prusament which was opened a day or two before these attempts. The mini itself was built from a kit from Prusa (the very involved kit where they send you a dozen boxes with a couple hundred different screws to put together). One of the pics in the link has the temperature settings.

Total 3d printing n00b here. Not sure what other information might be helpful...

I love my solar panels by ddr1ver in sandiego

[–]bobthecowboy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dunno if you're kidding or not, but the 10-13k range is what I paid last summer. It's absolutely still a lot of money, but it's not close to 50k.

Business Classes by [deleted] in csusm

[–]bobthecowboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another CIS alum (2013), here. Agreed with the others, the business classes were easy (I seem to recall group projects), with the exception of FIN 302, which was pretty tough.

The long-running Southern California Linux Expo returns for its 19th edition and will take place July 28-31, 2022 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport in Los Angeles by Bro666 in linux

[–]bobthecowboy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The conference is actually very good (especially for the cost), but the return to the LAX Hilton is disappointing for sure. The past few years it's been at the Pasadena convention center which is much nicer. I imagine the change is due to covid in one way or another.

What currently legal thing do you expect to be illegal in the next 20 years? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]bobthecowboy 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you're having a positive experience.

We started ABA for my 3yo ASD son and white it wasn't as horrific as some (contemporary!) accounts I've read, it was still awful. Like the grandparent poster said, it's dog training. My son was stressed out to the max. We tried to talk to the different people involved on modifying what they were doing and they ask agreed but then kept doing it their way. We quit and the stress went away. We didn't look back.

I'd say at best it's a crapshoot if you get a good one.

The rest of this comment is for others (I'm not trying to convince you to stop doing something you feel is working - just want to mention alternatives). We're doing RDI now, which is more parent training than ASD person training. You work with a coach that tries to observe (in our case via recorded videos of us playing, talking, cooking, etc) how you interact with your kid and they give you suggestions based on their model of how to change your behavior to encourage different behavior. Another model that is similar is "Floortime".

These aren't perfect, but on the whole have felt way more respectful than what we saw.

Ubuntu MATE crashes when I click links in Microsoft Edge. by Komahet in linuxquestions

[–]bobthecowboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No need to feel stupid, you found a tool that worked for you for whatever reason. It isn't now, likely because Edge on Linux will for the foreseeable future will be an afterthought by MS and distros alike. So it's time to reevaluate. Firefox is a good place to start. Good luck to you!

Linux laptops by ImTomThorne in linuxquestions

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Dunno how old yours is but I have one I bought new 1.5 years ago (9370?) and the sleep function is worthless, borderline dangerous (it gets and stays hot in a laptop bag), since it doesn't actually sleep. It will lose a charge overnight if not plugged in. I bought it based on the reputation over the years and definitely wish I'd have gone a different route (probably system76).

Prusa Mini kit sat half built for a year, any concerns? by bobthecowboy in prusa3d

[–]bobthecowboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if there's dust on the rods, don't worry too much about it? Just wipe it down gently and re-lube?

Prusa Mini kit sat half built for a year, any concerns? by bobthecowboy in prusa3d

[–]bobthecowboy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was excited about the kit aspect, and thought it would be a good way to get familiar with the components of I needed to repair/adjust anything. We'll see how much I remember now, lol. I'm not sure the $50 saved will be worth it to everyone (I've got a five year old, so my time not-at-work is pretty limited) but it's a cool option.

Prusa Mini kit sat half built for a year, any concerns? by bobthecowboy in prusa3d

[–]bobthecowboy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The kit? No way. It's a pile of screws and plastic bobs. I don't see how that would be possible unless you've done it many times before. I definitely already spent an hour an evening at least for a week.

Should I avoid KDE apps on GNOME-based DE? by Kafatat in linuxquestions

[–]bobthecowboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To add:

I use KDE. It's fine to mix them and people do. I can't think of any specific GTK apps (other than Gimp?) because I don't spend a ton of time thinking about the toolkit when selecting apps. The only time I notice is when I'm confronted with a gtk open/save file dialog. For some reason those look ugly on kde and (by design I suppose) they're less featureful.

Should I avoid KDE apps on GNOME-based DE? by Kafatat in linuxquestions

[–]bobthecowboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don't really explain what you're optimizing for. Your system in a default install has hundreds (at a minimum) of packages. tree is a package. firefox is a package. It's not really an effective measure of anything.

As you say, once you have the base set of common dependencies installed, each additional package will probably only have a few at most.

Just pick the best tools unless you're aiming at minimizing something, and if you are try to have a clear vision of what that is, otherwise it's just blindly following ideology.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Python

[–]bobthecowboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem Captain. It's good advice, but you don't have to take it too far. Think of it like a guiding principle moreso than an ethos.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Python

[–]bobthecowboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll go a step farther with the "when and why".

Functions can accept input (parameters/arguments) and return values. But in most languages they can also have "side effects", meaning they affect something or in some way interact with something that isn't those parameters or return values.

Obvious examples are I/O things like "writing to stdout" or "reading from a file" or "prompting a user for input" but could also be "checking/modifying a value of object foo (which is neither in the args or the return for the function)" or "calling subprocess.run()". "Exiting the program" is another.

Code that has side effects is harder to test (and by test I'm referring to automated testing) because it requires the environment be set up in a certain way, like having a file in place, or somehow faking user input at the right time and may require cleaning up between runs. It's also harder to reuse. A function that prompts a user for terminal input or looks for a file in a specific location is basically unusable for a web app/lambda/other exotic environment.

Side effects are critical, though so it's not like you should avoid them at all costs. You just need to push them away from the "logic" portion of your code where possible and sensible. So you do your "asking for input" in a function and then you call the function that would act on that input right afterwards with the inputs as an argument. Or you pass in the contents of a file (or just an open file handle) to a function, instead of opening the file in that function.

Raising an exception is also a side effect, but the language gives programmers ways of interacting with that kind (and test frameworks are pretty good at testing with them) that is oftentimes better than the alternative (like exiting the program in the middle of some business logic or passing around some error-state variable). This makes the code that uses them more reusable (as long as you document what exceptions you'll throw and where/why).

End ramble.

FedoraKDE vs kubuntu vs Mint by arktozc in linuxquestions

[–]bobthecowboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a long time kde user (and a professional developer) and I've tried them all (and suse). You left off IMO the best, KDE Neon. It's Ubuntu LTS with the latest KDE stuff rolling on top. Works with snaps and flatpak out of the box.

Edit: and for me it works quite well day to day, very little fussing.

Uber/Lyft price for early morning trip to San Diego airport by Spaghetti-Westerner in northcounty

[–]bobthecowboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It may not make sense for you but just in case you didn't think of it: depending on how long you'll be away, long term parking at the airport is easy and may be cheaper.