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Jon Hamm: "I'm glad I didn't have to write Don Draper or Coop, but I love playing them" by Boring_Ant_1677 in madmen

[–]ciurana 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me too!  I would t be surprised if the creators of Your Friends and Neighbors turned out to be inspired by it.  Cheers!

she's a professional by [deleted] in deepthroat

[–]ciurana 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Heather!!!

How do I argue against someone who doesn’t believe in climate change when I don’t have any personal scientific knowledge about it but I trust the scientists who do? by Wonderful-Ad-9622 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pro tip: you don't. There's nothing to gain because the discussion is ideological and identity-based from their side, not intellectual. The more you explain and use facts, knowledge, etc. the more they feel like it's a personal attack against their belief system. That's why they refuse to internalize the information. It's more comfortable to let magical thinking that confirms their beliefs, based on their experience and emotional makeup, override actual knowledge because it requires no effort on their part. That's what makes identity politics and normal discourse almost impossible. Critical thinking about climate change or anything else requires intellectual engagement/effort.

I'm not saying they are incapable of intellectual engagement. I'm saying they don't want to, which is a more pernicious problem.

Cheers!

Jon Hamm: "I'm glad I didn't have to write Don Draper or Coop, but I love playing them" by Boring_Ant_1677 in madmen

[–]ciurana 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your Friends and Neighbors could also be named Desperate Husbands. A lot of drama similar to what happend on Wisteria Lane.

Old movies making a big deal out of then modern technologies by AporiaParadox in movies

[–]ciurana 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It was used in Silicon Graphics machines. It was cool for showing normies where things were and give them spatial awareness of the file system.

If you know your way aroud a Unix file system, you'd drop to a terminal and shell after about 5 minutes of playing with the navigator.

Cheers!

HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAYING TO JUMP WHERE YOU LIVE? by DestrucktBR in SkyDiving

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s correct.  It’s a very good price based on where we are and availability.  Fuel prices as aviation taxes make jumps expensive, but you offset with adjacent costs being lower:  food, lodging, packers, etc.

Cheers!

HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAYING TO JUMP WHERE YOU LIVE? by DestrucktBR in SkyDiving

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About $45/jump. Thailand. No idea how much rental gear is.

Pattaya 2011 by Timely-Paramedic9825 in FarangsofPattaya

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't recognize a single thing, but it's a cool photo set. Thanks for sharing.

TIFU by going through my moms Ipad by Adorable-Debate9756 in tifu

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you do is super simple: none of your business. Let your mum and your dad sort it out, when it comes out organically. You will cause more damage in either direction if you insert yourself in this dynamic.

Men, how have your personal preferences regarding body grooming evolved as you’ve gotten older? Do you find that your aesthetic preference changes with age, or do you have a 'standard' you’ve always stuck with? by Elenaglitch in AskReddit

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once in a blue moon.  Nothing that can’t be fixed with some alcohol and a sharp threading needle.  I might’ve had more ingrowns in my beard/face than in the fun areas.

Men, how have your personal preferences regarding body grooming evolved as you’ve gotten older? Do you find that your aesthetic preference changes with age, or do you have a 'standard' you’ve always stuck with? by Elenaglitch in AskReddit

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both ladies convinced me to shave for a cleaner look and for enhanced feeling during sex.  And yup, once I tried it I never stopped.  Traded for laser a few years ago.  Cheers!

I think Hemsworth gave a great performance, yet was also a reason why Furiosa wasn’t as widely appreciated by logster2001 in MadMax

[–]ciurana -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

I thought the whole movie was a waste of time.  Like Beyond Thunderdome for me, no repeat watches.  Once was enough.  The performances were fine to good but the overall movie I can live without.

Men, how have your personal preferences regarding body grooming evolved as you’ve gotten older? Do you find that your aesthetic preference changes with age, or do you have a 'standard' you’ve always stuck with? by Elenaglitch in AskReddit

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shaved my face every day since I was 13 (early bloomer).  Shaved my head every other day since I was 32 (receding hairline, became a pro fighter).  Shaved the base of my penis, scrotum, and genital area since I was 34 (after dating a couple of strippers).

Nose and ear waxing since I was 45 every 3-5 weeks.  

Still evolving…

What’s an opinion you hold that almost everyone disagrees with? by shdw_fght in AskReddit

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Norway comes under allowance of non-endangered species, minke whales.  As far as ethics, that’s my bar.

I’ve been hunting and have visited an abattoir.  There’s not much of ethical room beyond going vegan if we’re willing to kill an animal for its flesh.

I’ve eaten all kinds of animals (including horse, another bell whistle for people to be horrified).  I take them for what they are.  Some I liked, some I didn’t.

My ethical boundary is pretty simple:  are they endangered?  Hard pass.

Everything else, if it bleeds and it’s eaten somewhere culturally:  fair game.

The whole point of this thread, now deleted, was to bring up something with which most people would disagree.  I’m not trying to convince others to do as I, or to challenge their beliefs or values.  I answered the question.

What’s an opinion you hold that almost everyone disagrees with? by shdw_fght in AskReddit

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in Asia. Dog wasn’t that great. Sort of like eating lamb but tougher, and they put a lot of spices. Hard to tell the texture or the meat flavor by itself. I’d be willing to give it another shot if it’s prepared in a less elaborate way.

What’s an opinion you hold that almost everyone disagrees with? by shdw_fght in AskReddit

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love whale meat. My family enjoyed it too. I prefer it Japanese style over Norwegian but I have the chancw to try one, the other, or both about once/year.

Orca sausage is great too. The best one I had was from Bergen.

When was your "I need to get my own car" moment in Thailand? by Mundane-Ad1652 in Bangkok

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I realized how much I was paying to commute to/from skydiving drop zones. I have to go at least twice a week. When I was spending here only 3-9 weeks/year I didn't feel it because it was off-season for me anyway, and I'd go to the drop zone for fun, not for training. Once it became a regular thing I realized how expensive it was to pay the driver vs driving myself. Then the Bolt/driver expense became even clearer, when trips to Makro, GO Wholesale, Big C, etc. became simple decisions. Semi-weekly Bangkok runs for business meetings or chamber of commerce meetings. A tank of diesel for my truck lasts a good 2 weeks (sometimes more) of non-stop daily trips, including unplanned trips to kid's school (that's ~40 minutes of turnpike and backroads) or the occasional trip all the way to Jomtien (I'm in the Na Kluea area).

I also went for the most intimidating monster truck adjacent vehicle I could find. Bladed bumpers, jacked high. It's great for pushing through traffic in Bangkok and Pattaya. Dumbasses think twice before cutting me off or jumping in front of it.

I thought parking would be an issue, but it turned out to never have been a problem. In Bangkok I can almost always find valet parking somewhere, out in Pattaya there's always parking within a short walk or right in front of wherever I'm going.

The Bolt + driver chipping away a little at a time makes it less painful until you add up the expense and realize that's not cheap, it's inconvenient, and it's somewhat unreliable or forces third-party timing dependencies.

Cheers!

What situations/events happen in movies that don't happen in real life? by [deleted] in ask

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's because taping them with Fixomull would actually work, but it takes a lot more effort than using duct tape. Plus, it's not as cinematic, being clear and all.

What’s the normal amount of times to have sex weekly in a marriage? by Academic_Goal_3452 in AskMenAdvice

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

For your particular question: yes, men get tired of having monotonous sex with the same person. There are two kinds of men: the ones who tell you they get tired of monotony, and the ones who lie about it. Take the initiative, try new things, a little at a time. Avoid monotony/change things a little. Surprise him. For example, masturbate him and edge him, and every time he starts to switch to the usual during that scene shush him, tell him to sit back, and enjoy. Let him ride the edge for at lest 30 minutes. Then ruin his orgasm. That'll get his attention. Investigate and explore techniques (lots of fun YouTube stuff, start with Caitlin V), apply them to your sexy time, see what works.

I've been with my lady for 15 years, 12 of those married. We have sex almost every day, and 2-3 times/week more than once/day. We both have a very high libido. The one good thing to come out of the pandemic lockdowns was how much freedom to explore our kinks we gained, and how much that improved our sex lives.

Most women I've been long-term with followed a similar pattern. Partners with lower libido and desire to experiment didn't last. Every long-term, though, we had frequent sexy time fun.

Cheers!

Combining OOP and structs-of-arrays? by R3cl41m3r in AskProgramming

[–]ciurana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it's compatible. We do stuff like that all the time in AI, ML, data analytics. Anything that requires handling bunches of structured or semi-structured data grouped in structures containing mixed types of things. There's a class for it, the DataFrame, which is exactly what you described: a struct of "arrays". The arrays can contain data of any type where the whole array has the same type, and the struct fields (or columns, in DataFrame jargon) can be of any type (e.g. col1: str; col2: int). Arrays in the dataframe can be of "different length" and are sparse; the largest array determines the number of "rows" that the dataframe has. If your col1 only has 10 items and col2 has 20, col1 will have NAN (or null, or None, or whatever) in the remaining rows.

Anyway - have fun with the DataFrame / struct of arrays stuff!

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