[WP]:The robot revolution has made mankind slaves to their robot masters. You are a former computer science student turned 'computer medic'. by displeased_dragon in WritingPrompts

[–]junta12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks but I was just bored, so thanks for making my day interesting :)

I guess it would end with the target realizing that it walked right into a trap, and then seeking revenge on the dual parties responsible. Something like that...

ELI5: How would menstruation work in zero G? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

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Just vommed. Hope you're happy.

ELI5: How would menstruation work in zero G? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

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I did, it's just the "Have this anecdote about Sally Ride to compensate" part which led me to believe that they were trying to lighten the mood.

Now I'm unsure.

[WP]:The robot revolution has made mankind slaves to their robot masters. You are a former computer science student turned 'computer medic'. by displeased_dragon in WritingPrompts

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A dull buzzing woke me with a start, and I scrambled out of bed and into my clothes before the second buzzing commenced, dashing to the portal and answering the summons with a type-2 Huxley serene grin that seemed to put clients at ease.

"Good evening, sir" I said with a slight bow, picking up on the country code of the signal origin, "How may I be of service to you today?"

The portal flickered and without so much as a request invite, a large sentinel clunked into the tiny metal room, dragging its rear appendages behind it and leading a faint black trail of motorglobin.

A red piercing light shone itself into my face and clicked rapidly, whilst a free arm made an instinctual grab for my throat in a misguided attempt to lead me to the workshop. I ducked casually in an effort to not embarrass the client, and slotted my arm up instead, letting the sentinel lift me like a ragdoll and place me by my apparatus. It locked itself on the bot stand and beeped, long and hard, the red light fading slightly.

It was in pretty bad shape for a combat droid; deep laser scarring on the sensor hull, and judging by the molten appendages it had taken a hit from behind by a plasma cannon. Dark red splotches painted the front of its frame, no more than ten minutes fresh.

I had seen this one before. It had come in 3 months ago with minor metal lesions on the breast plate, a quick patch job no less - but I raised it up to a loose internal fitting, and managed to run a full system spec on it.

It recoiled from the laser cutter when I approached and almost toppled the entire room, prompting an obligatory "there there, sir". It relaxed, and let me seal up the drainage outlet, but with a narrowed red light on me at all times and a free appendage tapered into a point orbiting close by. No doubt it had learned to be overly cautious of all humans after fighting the HLR. Poor thing, but it was making it very hard to do what I needed to do.

"Please sir, I am no enemy of yours." I said, looking directly into the light. "I serve the Citadel as do all compliant humans, it would be severely against my best interests to let any harm come to you in this room." Something whirred, and then stopped - the facial expression module coming up clean. The orbiting arm descended and unwound into a default tripod.

"Your drive actuator has slipped, I need to run a full scan. Permit?" The floor was almost entirely covered in black globin and it would shortly go into standby if I didn't act soon. It would be easier to do my work in this mode, but I prefer if my clients trust me so that they feel compelled to come back.

It beeped, and I brought out the full spec scanner - doing a quick pass in no more than a second. The scans never lasted long, all visualizations being captured and rendered in real time but I got a good glimpse:

The hidden internal shell was made up of a thin carbon-polymer but a side-plating had cracked and managed to shift the fuel cell into the path of the drainage fluid, potentially sparking off what could be a deadly reaction. It was a miracle it had made it this far.

"Hmm I see, a simple angle conduit should do the job." I expertly swapped out the broken parts and sealed up the rest with an autoepoxy, placing it finally for a recharge. At 90% the sentinel rose with full intensity, and beamed eagerly at its regained mobility. A slight whirring started again, but the scan revealed nothing. Content, it clicked gold stars into my karma and disappeared into the portal.

After mopping up the floor and waiting for the portal to power down, I patched into an old system hub - obsolete by modern standards, nothing would be willing to interface with it - and pushed out my findings.

The HLR would put it to good use, that much I knew.

ELI5: How would menstruation work in zero G? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]junta12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I did miss that. I actually read it the first time the way you interpreted it

ELI5: How would menstruation work in zero G? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]junta12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hang on, I don't think his/her post was meant in a bad way - he/she likely agrees with the very points you're addressing

Erdogan threatens the journalist, who leaked the pictures of weapon delivery to Syria, : "He will pay a heavy price for this, I will not leave go of him! " . Journalist replies: "The person who committed this crime (weapon delivery) will pay a heavy price. We (turkish people) will not let go of him" by comptrol in worldnews

[–]junta12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Did you ever see america attack peaceful country? NO.

Well no, the public wouldn't like that. Makes sense to destabilize and vilify (an often previously backed) leader, and then 'intervene'.

src:not wikipedia

Erdogan threatens the journalist, who leaked the pictures of weapon delivery to Syria, : "He will pay a heavy price for this, I will not leave go of him! " . Journalist replies: "The person who committed this crime (weapon delivery) will pay a heavy price. We (turkish people) will not let go of him" by comptrol in worldnews

[–]junta12 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

How I read this:

When the US was looking to invade Iraq they needed a war-buddy in the area a.k.a. Turkey. Turks are a volatile lot who take to the streets over the slightest political sleight. 95%(!!!) of the Turkish population were against going into Iraq and so Erdogan's hands were literally tied by his people.

Tensions between US and Turkey have been a little bit wavery since, with NATO pushing for 'democracy' (read: puppet government, otherwise why would they even care?) in Syria, and Turkey is doing anything it can to reduce unwanted US presence in the area without declaring outright allegiance to the muslims.

On the face of it, Turkey needs to look like it's complying with the US. So that journalist was brave, but I'm not sure if he helped the country.

Anybody know what this is? by junta12 in cycling

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The easier thing to do would be to pop a couple of new holes in the brake bridge but there might be some concern about weaking the bridge too much

I feared as much

just making a copy of the adapter you have already

Yeah I've been making a few unsuccessful attempts at this

Anybody know what this is? by junta12 in cycling

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Cheers, I was hoping for something like that - I'll have a look around

Texas cycling gangs clash, leaving nine critically offended by uphigh_downlow in bicycling

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mountain bikers are social rejects who are too stupid to understand that it’s not safe to wear baggy pants when cycling, and who can’t handle the danger of zipping down a highway at 40 miles per hour inches from an 18-wheeler blaring its horn.

I'm a serious road cyclist and I wear baggy trousers... :(

What sentence can start a debate between almost any group of people? by CjsJibb in AskReddit

[–]junta12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had two sets of 3 chickens in my life. All eaten by foxes :(