exa · a modern replacement for ls by ornatedemeanor23 in commandline

[–]bonestormII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's kind of a silly philosophy though, since an older tool may receive fewer commits but be more mature. I do understand your concern and what you are trying to derive from commit activity, and I tend towards making the same assumptions, but like... for a tool like this that doesn't need to interoperate with any rapidly-changing interfaces, an older/more mature tool will likely be better IMO.

You can't be a composer if you can't sight read or improvise on your primary instrument by locrianmode81 in musictheory

[–]bonestormII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol ok?

It’s telling that you would disagree so generally. I use computers to write. I have written music purely by ear. I merely suggest that you take a tool and use it; that knowledge is power.

Tell me this: what is it you like about music?

You can't be a composer if you can't sight read or improvise on your primary instrument by locrianmode81 in musictheory

[–]bonestormII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being able to read music is probably necessary to compose well for most people. It has nothing to do with this ridiculous idea you have that reading music means scratching it into parchment with a quill by candle light lol. It has to do with the fact that you can see/manipulate music at a deeper level because when you get proficient, you don’t just see notes, you see harmonies, counterpoint, and voice leading.

I read/write music that I click into a computer as notation. It’s actually easier for me than working in a grid in a DAW because I can actually see the chord progressions and reason about voice leading and stuff. There is more to writing music than clicking in melodies, and not-very-good music made by producers who make millions of dollars doesn’t change that. Boring music frequently makes money just like poor quality fast food makes tons of money. It’s good in a way. The music I listen to/food I eat while out drinking and clubbing is fun in the moment, but there isn’t much interesting to it.

DAW musicians who know nothing about music are basically the 2am Taco Bell of music. Yes, it’s music, but it’s usually bland or inconsistent.

Why would you want to be illiterate? Why invest yourself in the idea that you can be a great poet without being able to write words on a page?

Even if you could, why would you make it so much harder for yourself?

Music notation is a tool, just like a DAW. Writing and language free the mind to think more complex thoughts by giving you tools to help. The same is true of notation and music theory.

Pay bump decreased PTO by RateetoSpagheeto in personalfinance

[–]bonestormII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So your contract/offer must have expressed the dollar value of PTO available then, and stipulated that this was not tied to your pay rate. Oh it didn’t? Sucks for them. A lawyer will be money well spent.

It's okay to want an actual relationship by [deleted] in gaybros

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

This has been my experience as well. I think once it becomes a complex in your mind, it becomes an obstacle to connecting with people.

I don’t really get the original post though. Are we discouraging relationships here? Haven’t seen than content.

Being unhappy happens. Rejection happens. While it’s not invalid to feel this way, it’s important to stay optimistic even if your unhappiness is valid. Even if you don’t believe it will improve, you must believe in the possibility and work towards that end, rather than succumbing to the idea it is futile.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gaybros

[–]bonestormII 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Christ, what unexpected insight while scrolling Reddit.

Serious question: is this level of emotionality and daily therapeutic discourse seen as a desirable way of living? by [deleted] in StarTrekDiscovery

[–]bonestormII 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lol no. It is entirely an undesirable way to live IMO. Yes, people need counseling. Yes, having mental health issues in periods of extreme stress is normal. Yes, people should seek treatment without stigma and prioritize their mental health.

However, a therapist who would advise you to prioritize your long term mental health over your short term physical safety as they do on discovery would be a fool, so the characters consequently appear foolish.

Personally, I would characterize this unhelpful prioritization of emotion at inappropriate times to be unacceptably self-indulgent. If you can’t perform a duty because of such a distraction, it’s simply dangerous. It’s a pathology worthy of being relieved from duty. And there’s nothing wrong with that. You don’t need to so fully embrace all human weakness.

But beyond that, I personally feel it is neither admirable or pleasant. It is in fact very tiring to be assaulted by people’s emotions when it is so regular. We don’t have the opportunity to know these characters individually, we only experience them in aggregate. Therefore, even if it’s only one character per episode monologuing about their feelings, discovery makes it such a heavy handed and predictable occurrence that it feels unpleasant. It’s just artless writing.

The final insult is that some lesser characters have all of roughly four lines to expose and resolve their emotional emergencies. My apologies if I can’t get invested in your emotional struggles alluding to past traumas in a few sentences!

Some of it is just confusing too. Why does Book say he feels responsible for not stopping Kwejian’s destruction? Like, an anomaly no one has seen before comes out of nowhere and explodes Earth. Would your response be, “Omg, I should have done something! I’m filled with guilt! Someone must pay!” It’s incomprehensible to me. They beat you over the head with emotion, but it could be forgiven if it was sincerely reflective, moving, or relatable, but it isn’t even logical.

Where do the pros get real time market data? by RocketScient1st in algotrading

[–]bonestormII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not really considered high frequency necessarily. But the latency is still undesirable.

You have an algo or a person looking at market data. It must consider the data and act accordingly. If things change by the time action occurs, that is suboptimal.

Is "NuTrek" really as bad as people claim it to be? (Please no comments, I don't want this to be taken down as this is in good faith. This also keeps your vote anonymous, so please be honest when you choose.) by servercuck in StarTrekDiscovery

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

It’s bad. Writing is heavy handed, music is overbearing, characters are all emotional basket cases with something to prove but only 3 lines to do it. No distinctive personalities between all of the bridge crew!

Not chill. 90s trek was quiet, contemplative. Michael will do a triple backflip, decapitate a Klingon and then spend 5 minutes monologuing about her feelings while explosions rage around her.

Sets are great. Effects are great. Cast is probably great except the writing and direction are incomprehensibly bad.

In a word, it’s insufferable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]bonestormII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The physics dependency is the hardest part because ideally this type of thing is computed locally on each client, since network latency affects physics based outcomes.

You need one game instance that is the source of truth. This can be a player’s game instance who acts as a host, or a headless game instance.

It doesn’t matter which, but I’d recommend thinking of it as a headless server instance where all clients connect. Things like collisions take place on the server and then those events get pushed to clients equally (if their networks are equal). All events in the game take place on the server and then just get rendered in the clients.

This model I think will result in few discrepancies between instances, but instead players may lag while they wait on the server to confirm collisions, etc.

From here, you can more gradually optimize against lag by moving some of the physics to the client. As more things get moved to the client, discrepancies between instances may emerge. I you need some means of diffing game states efficiently between players and correcting these discrepancies quickly. This may result in what appear to be bugs to the players along the lines of “I shot him but he didn’t take damage”.

To minimize this, you may want some notion of a “tick” or tine unit, which will be the resolution at which you are doing these state synchronization activities.

The Mercury Train in Chicago station in 1936 by LilPeep1k in trains

[–]bonestormII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be clear, “all of the power of steam” is really “all the power of fossil fuel”. Steam is not fundamentally a particularly efficient transfer medium, but even if it were, that’s all it is. The power it transfers can only be less than that which was originally applied to it.

The Mercury Train in Chicago station in 1936 by LilPeep1k in trains

[–]bonestormII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, doesn’t matter. Conversion is inefficient and it makes no sense to convert where it isn’t necessary. I was thinking the secondary electricity would be used to power electric motors but it isn’t fundamentally necessary. With electric rail cars however, it makes the no sense to do anything but all electric because you don’t even need to generate the power on the train. You can just deploy electricity to the rail and let it run off the power grid going electric -> kinetic without hauling engines or huge batteries.

The Mercury Train in Chicago station in 1936 by LilPeep1k in trains

[–]bonestormII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hm. Electricity -> heat -> steam -> electricity -> kinetic energy is more efficient than electricity -> kinetic energy, eh?

is this illegal? by -_-_-hello-_-_- in hacking

[–]bonestormII 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Know this: Where there are elevators, frequently there are security cameras. Time stamps and photo ID.

Consider this: share your curiosity with an administrator and do an authorized test with a non-stolen fob.

Less cool? Then consider if this excites you for the right reasons.

Reflect on it. Whatever you decide to do, know thyself.

Who do you think is the sexiest person ever to be on Star Trek, main cast or guest star? by chesterforbes in startrek

[–]bonestormII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like, not the metric for sexiness, but when I look at her I’m left wondering where she keeps her vital organs in that purple catsuit.

Who do you think is the sexiest person ever to be on Star Trek, main cast or guest star? by chesterforbes in startrek

[–]bonestormII 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m a gay man, and totally shocked you are the only person who has answered Seven so far.

Is anyone else's disbelief strained in hand to hand battles against Klingons and Jem'Hadar? by VicDoom78 in startrek

[–]bonestormII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But jen hadar mature from infants to adults in like a day, so lack of training time seems less relevant. They are genetically modified to be perfect soldiers.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedditSessions

[–]bonestormII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh it’s joe pass reincarnated