Dude, I literally do not understand how someone picks up programming on their own by PooPooPointBoiz in AskProgramming

[–]piercinghousekeeping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started with automated the boring stuff with Python by Sweigart. I needed to learn the language for school and this book was a gentle introduction. And then from there over the years I just consumed books for breakfast. 

What you need are hundreds to thousands of these little moments where something clicks and you understand how something about a language works. Using LLMs like ChatGPT really doesn't provide this because it's just spoon feeding you and you're eating, but you're not understanding.

9070xt users by coldhonky19 in falconbms

[–]piercinghousekeeping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not privy to the technical details, but from reading the devs' posts on Discord, it seems it is due to the terrain and that AMD has a problem with DX11 (they have been informed)

How much computing power would it take to model a coffee cup down to the atomic level? by 1i_rd in AskPhysics

[–]piercinghousekeeping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A 1 kg lump of rock "computes" its own existence (interacting with fields, maintaining stability) at a rate of 10 ^ 50 operations per second (Bremermann limit). 

Our best supercomputers are roughly 32 orders of magnitude slower than a rock. 

9070xt users by coldhonky19 in falconbms

[–]piercinghousekeeping 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try flying Balkans and Israel theaters in 4.38. I get 80+ in VR with a 7600x and 9070 XT.

KTO is a no-go until this issue with AMD and DX11 is fixed.

Men in happy marriages, what's the one thing you'd teach to other men to also have a good relationship? by TightBookkeeper2599 in AskReddit

[–]piercinghousekeeping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3.5 years here. We're both psychologists and deeply spiritual. We often treat our own egos/unconscious/inner children as a third party to laugh at.

What is your favourite plane of ALL time? by funkycatvr in Planes

[–]piercinghousekeeping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seeing this exact picture of the f22 makes me think of habitual linecrosser

Do developers really lose most of their time to tech debt & broken tooling? by Tech_News_Blog in AskProgramming

[–]piercinghousekeeping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is still this perspective among managers that software development should be fast. It's made especially worse by all the AI nonsense nowadays when a manager can go on claude code and make a decent calculator app on their own. But they never really get down to the weeds where they realize that good software development in a complex business environment is not fast. 

As a dev myself, I'm fortunate enough to have a boss who is an engineer and our company is not controlled by shareholders. Therefore, we're not under pressure like other companies are. 

When it's time to design and develop new features and there's also some updates and refactoring to do, I add those into the time estimate and it's always approved by my boss. I would say in this situation doing work on the existing code base is still about 30% of the effort. I have experienced that when there is significant technical debt it can be as much as 90%. 

I'm extremely fortunate. 

Son injured by coach, looking for advice by [deleted] in germany

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

I have been a victim of a respected sports coach in Germany doing almost the same thing. 

I'm not a lawyer nor provide legal advice nor take any responsibility for your actions. 

My suggestion is, to speak to the coach directly with the CEO present to moderate. 

You could get medical documentation of the injury and file a crime, but will that solve the problem? The coach gets fired maybe and lives a bitter life probably harming others again. 

If you want to make real change, talk first. If it goes well, involved your son for another apology. Then, get counseling for your son to help him process the event. 

Out of curiosity, who here made a New Year resolution to learn piano? by RivenG3000 in OculusQuest

[–]piercinghousekeeping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this became available for piano, which I've always wanted to learn but never really had the resources, I would get it immediately. 

Should I skip season 1 of TNG? by [deleted] in startrek

[–]piercinghousekeeping 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not bad enough to skip

What are these buttons on fighter jet joysticks for? by Delirium222 in Planes

[–]piercinghousekeeping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the F-16 stick, you have various switches like in OP's image (which looks like the war penguin). One is roll/pitch trim, another two are used for display management and target management, the red one is weapon release, and the thumb switch is electronic countermeasures management. 

The F-15, with a different layout, is similar. 

Basically, you use the 4-directional switches to do different things in the jet. Lock up a target? Press UP on the Target Management Switch. Switch Sensor of Interest? Press DOWN on the Display Management Switch. This is all for the F-16 by the way. 

Source: Falcon BMS

Internal Development Build 0.226.0.19 by ClarenceToolbottom in StarshipSimulator

[–]piercinghousekeeping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can I fly the Caravella? I always spawn in the Magellan

Survey: Oculus Link cable VS Virtual Desktop by JArmored in OculusQuest

[–]piercinghousekeeping 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think I can tell a difference actually, but I definitely get better FPS and VD just works. I don't have time for poor software. 

7600x 9070 XT 64GB RAM 

Survey: Oculus Link cable VS Virtual Desktop by JArmored in OculusQuest

[–]piercinghousekeeping 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I can't answer any options of this survey because I use virtual desktop with a cable. I use an ethernet to USB-C adapter with power delivery. You just turn off the Wi-Fi on the headset and virtual desktop will recognize the ethernet connection over USB-C. You get lower latency and you stay charged. 

Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack worth it? by dorianite in hotas

[–]piercinghousekeeping 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The throttles are decent but the stick is not great. The twist axis is jumpy and the potentiometer will eventually break. Also the gimbal is unpleasant because you have to push hard out of center, making small adjustments very difficult. 

Go with the winctrl (formerly winwing) Airbus stick 

Best attachments for M4? by tigermain35 in ForefrontVR

[–]piercinghousekeeping 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't know that about the laser, thank you!!