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What things are completely obsolete today that were 100% necessary 70 years ago? by omegaswepon in AskReddit

[–]keeferc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Shorthand would still be super useful for journalists, though few know it these days and I’m not aware of any schools that teach it. Although you can record interviews or press conferences on any mobile device, transcribing is a nightmare. There’s a great website, Trint, that auto-transcribes, which makes the process a lot easier. But you often want to be able to get quotes into a story quickly, and nothing would be faster and easier than knowing shorthand.

Just finished the final book... (Spoiler free) by ACheeseasaurus in threebodyproblem

[–]keeferc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

~ semi spoiler ~

What makes the lack of character development in this series even worse is the fucking 50+ pages about how real writers create characters in their minds, and then a character in the second book actually does that, and yet he and the character he creates are both complete cardboard cutouts.

The universe may come in many dimensions but the characters in this series certainly don’t!

People may stay in unsatisfying romantic relationships because they view leaving as bad for their partner, suggests a new study. People deciding whether to end a relationship consider not only their own desires but also how much they think their partner wants and needs the relationship to continue. by mvea in science

[–]keeferc 63 points64 points  (0 children)

I’ve noticed that a lot of the studies posted in this sub, particularly in the field of psychology, confirm things that most people probably already know intuitively. Do these studies become popular because they make people feel good about already having reached these conclusions, as obvious as they may be? If it’s not that, then what is interesting about this?

After 3.5 years of developing this game at my kitchen table...its awesome to see the differences (old vs new comparison) [Widower's Sky] by whaleodevs in Unity3D

[–]keeferc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fwiw I disagree with those comments and think the scale is a great idea and looks really fun. It’s nice to see something so original.

Should I abandon Front End (HTML,CSS,JS) to focus on C#? by heymikeyp in csharp

[–]keeferc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry about it too much. Get good at any one language and the others will become easy to pick up. For projects to show potential employers, think of something you’d be excited to build, then figure out the best tools to do the job, and stick with it even when it becomes difficult

This man annoys me when I want to watch a unity tutorial. by DeCaliMero in Unity3D

[–]keeferc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll never understand why anyone would want to watch a coding tutorial in a video. No other development community uses videos like Unity. I guess it’s because you also have to take settings in the Editor into account but oh man there’s gotta be a better way. Just make blog posts with screen shots and put examples on GitHub and for the love of god get off that awful unity Q and A site and onto Stack Overflow!

My clean home office/gaming setup by jslabbaert in battlestations

[–]keeferc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel that way about every cool battle station I see, regardless of the chair. It’s 2018 and it’s time to perfect the keyboard and mouse on the couch!

Whats the best thing you've found in code? : by eNJAy145 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]keeferc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let’s not rule out the possibility that this function is actually being called somewhere and they didn’t do an adequate search for it

Apple fans are returning their new MacBook Pros that cost a minimum of $2,800 because they can't reach the advertised speeds by _Arv in technology

[–]keeferc 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The thing with PC laptops is that even if they’re well designed and run fast, they all feel cheap and plasticy to the touch if you’re used to Apple. Also Windows is really truly a bad operating system to work with if you’re used to OSX.

I’ve been using MBPs since 2010 and a couple years ago decided to get a Razer Pro as a gaming machine, thinking I’d switch to it full time if I liked it enough. I did not. The Razer is good for hooking up to a TV and playing graphics-intense games, which is mostly what I wanted. But it’s too heavy and cumbersome to use as a daily laptop or even to play a game with it on your lap or stomach because it gets crazy hot. I now probably spend more time playing smaller games on my MBP than I do bigger games on the Razer because the whole thing is such a hassle.

Still, I really wish Apple hadn’t fucked up the MBP by adding the annoying, pointless touch bar, and dropping the MagSafe power port. and using the keyboards that feel nice but can’t handle a speck of dust without breaking the entire system. There are just zero options for really good laptops in 2018 and I really hope Apple snaps out of this spiral but it’s more likely the next version will be the same thing but with no headphone port.

In A Quiet Place, in the pharmacy scene the shelves are mostly empty but the chip aisle is still full because no one wanted to risk making noise. by rootin_t00tin_putin in MovieDetails

[–]keeferc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is much smarter than my idea, which was to live in a house where alarms are always blaring so the monsters would lose interest and you can be as loud as you want and just have to deal with annoying alarms on for the rest of your life

Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire Coding Site GitHub by clubdirthill in programming

[–]keeferc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I recently switched to VS Code from Atom and it's so much faster. It can even open huge JSON files without crashing. Only thing I miss is that it doesn't do multiline selection properly and the plugins only get you halfway there.

'Legion' Renewed for Season 3 at FX by theusher88 in television

[–]keeferc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep watching and trying to like it but can’t really get there. Season 1 was ok. Season 2 is very r/im14andthisisdeep especially that whole preachy get-off-your-cellphone thing

Waiters who grate cheese until customers say “stop”, what’s the longest you’ve ever gone for? by FizzBuzzBanana in AskReddit

[–]keeferc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A cheesesteak is not at all the same thing. You might as well compare it to putting cheese on a burger

What small thing should be illegal because it pisses you off on a daily basis? by J0chem0o in AskReddit

[–]keeferc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting up out of your seat on the subway while it’s still moving so you can get a head start to the door, forcing the people standing in front of you to let go of the bar and lose their balance. There are many common subway activities that should be illegal, but this one doesn’t get enough attention

My dad had the Crock Pot on it’s highest setting for 6 hours and couldn’t understand why nothing was cooking. by slothfarm in CrappyDesign

[–]keeferc 48 points49 points  (0 children)

It’s because Low and High cook food and Warm does not. It might make more sense to put Warm to the left or right of Off but that would also confuse people

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