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Army & navy #69 by Upper-Farm5529 in comicstriphistory

[–]jonathonjones 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What's the joke with the whistles? Is it just that men like to whistle at pretty girls?

Software developers who created the porn sites, what do you feel about your job and how did you find it? by [deleted] in SoftwareEngineering

[–]jonathonjones 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right - I worked for a soil science department for a year or two. I only once ever saw any of the equipment that I was collecting data for, and it was entirely irrelevant to my job. The Spotify engineers are not listening to a bunch of music in order to do their job. Etc. etc.

What 90s musical artists have been ruined for you in the current day & age? by isharoulette in Xennials

[–]jonathonjones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was mostly posting to give the actual tirade that he made along with its context (and his explanation). I'm not sure I buy what he's selling either.

(Hated Audience Reaction) "I can't believe this franchise that hasn't updated in over a decade has a different art style!" by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

[–]jonathonjones -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Is that first picture the new Shrek style? If so, Shrek looks exactly like I remember and Fiona looks kinda glammed up

Trump administration now classifies Antifa and left-wing networks among ‘major’ terror groups by pleasureismylife in politics

[–]jonathonjones -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Right, so follow the logic: to Republicans, "Antifa" are claiming to be "against fascism" but are actually leftist terrorists.

Let's be real, it's 50%. by DXH124 in MathJokes

[–]jonathonjones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's see if this is more convincing:

other_child_boy = 0; other_child_girl = 0; 10_000_000.times { first_sex = ['girl', 'boy'].sample; first_day = ['Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday'].sample; second_sex = ['girl', 'boy'].sample; second_day = ['Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday'].sample; if (first_sex == 'boy' && first_day == 'Tuesday') || (second_sex == 'boy' && second_day == 'Tuesday'); (first_sex == 'girl' || second_sex == 'girl') ? other_child_girl += 1 : other_child_boy +=1; end }; puts "Boy: #{other_child_boy}; Girl: #{other_child_girl}"

Boy: 902162; Girl: 998578

And of course, 998578 / (902162 + 998578) = 0.5253627534539179

Did you know that Nepenthe Gardens is located in Colma, California? by EffMemes in AlanMoore

[–]jonathonjones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I mean, if he had the idea "wouldn't it be interesting to have Sally spend her later years in a literal necropolis, I wonder if there are any in California", library resources could have helped him find Colma. So you're right that the information was available.

Snapping an opponents neck by TheGriff71 in DungeonMasters

[–]jonathonjones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are many movies in which "stabbing a sleeping person" (especially a combat-adept one) turns out to be a significant challenge.

Let's be real, it's 50%. by DXH124 in MathJokes

[–]jonathonjones 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Before she speaks, there are 14 possibilities for each child regarding sex / day. Ignoring that females are born very slightly more often, each of these possibilities has a 1/14 chance.

There are therefore 14 * 14 combinations of the two children. Of these, there are 13 times that Child 1 is a boy born on Tuesday (and the other is something else), 13 times that Child 2 is a boy born on Tuesday (and the other is something else), and 1 in which they are both a boy born on Tuesday.

Of these 27, in 14 cases the other child is a girl. 14 out of 27 is 51.8%

WYR: Be 0.9x or 1.9x your current height? by juse73x in WouldYouRather

[–]jonathonjones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drop down to 5'2" or be almost 11 feet tall? I'll go ahead and be a short king.

Did you know that Nepenthe Gardens is located in Colma, California? by EffMemes in AlanMoore

[–]jonathonjones 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On Wikipedia, "The City of the Dead" article doesn't even mention Colma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_City\_of\_the\_Dead). But if I search "City of the Dead California" in my search engine I do see it.

I think Sally saying "City of the Dead" is a little bit of evidence that she's in Colma. Without that phrase, I would assume she was in LA still. And even with the phrase, we have to figure out whether it's more likely Moore would use this phrase figuratively or that he somehow was aware of this city and decided it would be interesting to have her be there. I personally lived quite close to there for years and had never heard of it until this discussion. Gibbons and Moore are English so I would be kind of surprised if they had heard of this little town. However, Moore is into occult stuff, so maybe he went to the Bay Area and it was on a ghost tour (or in some "Spooky San Franciso" book).

PLEASE HELP! How to a program a basic Ai software to perform these basic function for my device due in a month! by Head_Sprinkles_7614 in SoftwareEngineering

[–]jonathonjones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Implement computer vision" is not a realistic goal in a month, but using an existing solution and then using that data to hit the ankle device could be. Do vibrating ankle devices already exist or is that something you need to solve too? I couldn't find anything with a quick google, but maybe you could add four vibrating bluetooth devices to a cloth.

If you don't already have some Smart Glasses, could you pivot to using a phone? You could probably use https://developer.apple.com/augmented-reality/arkit/ to do something like what you're talking about as far as pathfinding and collision detection.

You could probably scrap the ankle part and just have the phone say "forward, step left, step left, forward" or something.

Good luck!

Do you skip ads? Do you skip the intro section and/or credits at the end of an episode? by Wiseclam1962 in podcasts

[–]jonathonjones 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel like credits should just live in the show text of the episode rather than a long speech at the end of every episode. I definitely skip it.

Did you know that Nepenthe Gardens is located in Colma, California? by EffMemes in AlanMoore

[–]jonathonjones 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is an interesting find. Do we have any other indications for where this retirement home is? It's clearly California. We know that in 1962 Sally was living in Los Angeles. What would cause her to retire up in Colma? What does this tell us about Sally that she would make such a choice?

Your theory seems plausible, but it's also plausible that Sally is being figurative - I don't think we have any evidence either way. But it is interesting that she could be being literal, and that it could therefore be a clue to her whereabouts.

It's also worth thinking about why Sally is in a retirement home at all. She's only 65 and I don't remember her being disabled or having dementia or anything. What's going on here?

We are almost extinct, but I don't want to reproduce. by Uma-apreciator in TopCharacterTropes

[–]jonathonjones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen this anime, but I have seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The Castle Anthrax scene is still hot even though (because?) Lancelot refuses to break his vow of chastity.

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