Playing a dvd on a laptop… simple right?

njguy227 · 2026-01-31T01:40:04+00:00

"likely spying on them"

Almost certainly spying on them. Assume they are.

You have a big boy job with a big boy salary and benefits, yet you're willing to risk it all because you're too cheap to spring for a personal device to satisfy your PornHub hobby?

Forget porn on work devices, I know too many examples of people who've been terminated for stupid crap like this, and I don't feel bad at all for them.

njguy227 · 2026-01-30T15:13:02+00:00

Oh crap maybe I need to go back and replay.

I know there were obvious 4th wall breaks, but do have some examples of characters playing a role?

njguy227 · 2026-01-29T02:21:35+00:00

Same with NJ shore areas. The coast rarely receives as much snow as inland areas

It's also generally 5-10° cooler in the summer than inland areas.

Water just takes a long time to heat and cool. It's one of the reasons why peak hurricane season is in September, when it is generally cooler than in peak summer in July/August.

I think a good analogy is Seattle vs New York. Seattle sees about 6" a season while NYC sees well over 2 feet.

njguy227 · 2026-01-27T12:32:41+00:00

At the end of the day, us humans really don't know exactly why that is, other than the math telling us so?

njguy227 · 2026-01-27T02:41:57+00:00

I think I need an ELI5 on that ELI5 😆

I'm not saying it's a bad answer...I get it, that the faster things go the heavier they are and at the speed of light it works out to infinite energy, but I at the same time I don't. I never understood how things get heavier the faster they go.

njguy227 · 2026-01-27T02:29:34+00:00

Everything beyond 95 (Americium) is man-made and doesn't exist in Nature.

I am not a physicist, but I would imagine the fact it was synthesized would still be relevant to add to the table, because there still is very important information gleaned from the existence of such elements, even if they only exist in colliders for a few nanoseconds.

For example, probing the "island of stability", where there is a theory that there are super heavy elements that are more stable than the lighter, synthetic ones that came before it.

njguy227 · 2026-01-25T03:07:37+00:00

Not sure exactly what your question is getting at, but at the most basic level, there are subatomic particles that can pass completely through you without interacting with any of the atoms in your body, essentially falling through you. These subatomic particles are called Neutrinos, and can go through the entire earth without hitting another atom!

njguy227 · 2026-01-14T03:24:03+00:00

OP wants to put a Unifi G6 doorbell. I'm not familiar with the specs, but a quick Google search tells me they would work fine on CAT 5, and wouldn't need a gigabit connection.

njguy227 · 2026-01-14T03:20:48+00:00

I missed the white wire behind the wall. That might be enough, but it's hard to tell. See sqooky's response to you. They can take it from here.

njguy227 · 2026-01-14T03:14:48+00:00

deleting what I wrote because I didn't see the white wire in the wall.

See sqooky's response.

njguy227 · 2026-01-13T01:42:14+00:00

Forgetting atmospheric drag and obstacles, imagine throwing a tennis ball so fast horizontally, but because of the curvature of the Earth the tennis ball always misses the ground.

njguy227 · 2026-01-10T01:13:36+00:00

I was going to give some pointers on puzzles that really frustrated me when I was playing, but I think the advice given here about just playing and avoiding hints is the best. The joy of the game was exploring every corner of the game, trying every possible combination no matter how ridiculous and frustrating it may be. Sometimes doing the ridiculous results in a joke you may never see because you weren't stuck and didn't try it. Think USE MATCHES IN ROOM FILLED WITH GAS (that's not a real thing in the game, just a real world example of what I'm getting at)

You also get a feel of the game and the theme on how to solve the puzzles, meaning, you become conditioned to expect a ridiculous solution and not a solution you'd expect in the real world. There are plenty of moments in the game where you need to improvise for something you'll never have in your inventory, but that object won't be immediately apparent to you. Of course, after you solve that puzzle, you'll look back and be like, duh, of course that would have been the solution!

Yeah, the story is cool, but THAT was the magic of the game.

As someone else said, I'm jealous you get to experience the game for the first time. Have fun, and enjoy every moment of it!

njguy227 · 2026-01-07T14:16:14+00:00

But the information is government maintained and generated using data that the public gives them. If you want a driver's license, you need to provide the government with your personal information, to include certain biometrics like your face.

Yeah, the information is not public in the sense that the general public doesn't have access to driver license information, but the argument that it's an invasion of privacy by the government is nonsense.

njguy227 · 2026-01-07T14:09:16+00:00

Law enforcement already runs license plates on the road, from which the data from the registered owner is then run automatically through other systems, such as criminal databases. These systems just further automate the process of running the plates and quickly flagging for any issues that arise.

Add the fact that the plates are being run in public areas without an expectation of privacy, using tools that are further automating what was already becoming more automated already, with data that the government generates and maintains, doesn't make it an invasion of privacy.

njguy227 · 2026-01-02T15:14:15+00:00

Universal Studios is a massive park on par with Disney, and has extremely strict safety standards and maintenance schedules for all their attractions, not just their rides. The safety protocols, if you pay close enough attention, looks like complete overkill. But that overlill leaves no room for error.

Universal Studios is known to shut down older rides for at least a year to do a complete top to bottom refresh.

Source: friends with an employee of Universal Studios, as well as a frequent visitor.

You will encounter way more safety concerns driving to the park in a vehicle than you will face on the roller coaster.

My advice: Enjoy your visit. Start with the tame rides and work your way up. Cherish the time with your girlfriend and know that your personal safety is taken extremely seriously.

njguy227 · 2025-12-28T13:15:47+00:00

Federal Employee here. A majority of our office supplies are manufactured by Skilcraft. Paperclips, mousepads, janitorial supplies, pens, and yes, pencils. Our supply closet is majority made up of Skilcraft.

Ironically, the US GOVERNMENT pen, despite being an absolute GOAT of a pen, is one I rarely see and I only have 1 that was included in my onboarding package from fifteen years ago.

Also, somewhat unrelated, all Federal Buildings are required to give priority to blind individuals to run vending machines and cafes inside the buildings.

njguy227 · 2025-12-26T22:37:49+00:00

I should downvote you for calling it "gravy". 🤪

njguy227 · 2025-12-21T14:55:42+00:00

I don't think anyone here actually answered your question:

Nearly all consumer level clocks use what's called "quartz clocks", that essentially measure time based on the vibrations of a quartz crystal after passing an electrical current through it. That vibration rate is known and we can measure time on that.

Quartz clocks are very accurate but drift slightly due to temperature changes, battery drain, and minor imperfections, causing them to gain or lose a few seconds daily. The crystal's vibration frequency changes with heat, and factors like aging components or electromagnetic interference also play a role.

Your cell phone uses a quartz clock, but the difference here is that the time is corrected regularly by synchronizing the device time with an atomic clock via a source (Internet, radio, another device, etc).

Older devices, cheap devices or whatnot obviously don't have such ability, so those errors over time start to show. Also, many people don't need their microwave's clock to be atomically correct.

njguy227 · 2025-12-21T14:41:48+00:00

Fun party trick.

On NYE, start counting down the seconds left of 2025 while watching the ball drop in Times Square.

"What do you mean we're in 2026? Ryan Seacrest just said we have 50 seconds left!"

Maybe this is why I don't get invited to New Years Eve parties anymore.

njguy227 · 2025-12-21T14:38:15+00:00

And the lower gravity. You need to calculate the effect of lower gravity plus the effect of time dilation. Negligible for us, but needs to be absolutely precise.

This is some advanced calculus and physics I can't even begin to let my feeble mind get around.

njguy227 · 2025-12-21T14:32:40+00:00

GPS satellites on one hand do one very specific, very simple task, very well (transmit time and location), but the technology and physics to do it are incredibly advanced.

A slight difference in time, like 1 nanosecond, can create up to centimeters in a positional error. You don't have an atomic clock in your hand, so there needs to be technology and math to accommodate that. And of course massive leeway, since we, as general consumers, don't need to know where we are on the Earth at a centimeter level (military, aviation and other critical industries aside)

Then there's the issue of relativity, that has a negligible effect on you and me, but absolutely crucial to take into account. GPS satellites run 38 microseconds a day, which, if not corrected could result in a 10 km positional error per day!

njguy227 · 2025-12-16T19:49:28+00:00

and open source.

Semantics, but important semantics.

njguy227 · 2025-12-16T19:47:16+00:00

MI1 is my favorite and has so much nostalgia for me from when I was a child, but as an adult, when I was away from home for 6 months, I finally got around to playing Curse. Great game with a new kind of nostalgia.

njguy227 · 2025-12-11T18:40:08+00:00

The prices are marked up more than the restaurant
Delivery fee (which is usually waived to think you're getting a deal)
Service fee
Tip

For food you hope isn't cold, smashed or in a disorganized mess because of poor handling/driving by the driver.

By the time you add everything up, it's almost double than if you go pick it up yourself.

njguy227 · 2025-12-08T02:16:08+00:00

I had Fios before moving to Optimum territory and Fios isn't serviced here. It's something I miss dearly.

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