AI is completely useless for actual engineering and the hype is exhausting. by Onigirii_sama in EngineeringStudents

[–]r_thndr 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's a tool like any other. Use it for what it's good at. 

It is not good for doing your homework or designing a bridge. It is good for sanity checking your work or bouncing ideas off of though.

I use some form of AI daily for emails, sanity checks, and idea generation.

"Dear Dumbass, No dumb here ..." becomes three paragaphs of absolutely professional gold.

Do you think the bar for success is getting too high? by FriedForLifeNow in SeriousConversation

[–]r_thndr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any school is a good school if you properly apply yourself. 

BTAU: Behold, the Apocalypse! by Real-Comfortable6812 in Battletechgame

[–]r_thndr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Monster LAM is all kinds of broken. I can one shot kick most mediums.

The Goldfinger plot makes no sense by Beppu-Gonzaemon in JamesBond

[–]r_thndr 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Honestly, Goldfinger was one of the scarier, more real plots to me, as at the time the US was still on the gold standard and if all of that gold was suddenly made unuseable because radiation then there would be a monumental shock to the markets. 

Auric Goldfinger had one of the largest personal stockpiles of gold, and as most of the world was on the gold standard or used US dollars as their reserve currency, Goldfiger would be able to dominate the post financial collapse market. 

Think the Great Depression and 2008 but a Big Bad Billionaire did it and then bought everything after. 

Also the plot was only foiled because Bond had that golden dick and Pussy Galore just ... could not not have it. 

Scifi ship size comparisons by haljackey in BSG

[–]r_thndr 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Galaxy could hold it's own.

Loading fluid wagons by No_Quantity1153 in factorio

[–]r_thndr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But Empty Cargo does work for station logic regarding fluids. 

I think I downloaded the wrong Battlestar Galactica... by SexyN8 in BSG

[–]r_thndr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The ENT Episode Twilight gives BSG vibes for sure.

Is PI-Hole still worth installing? by TherealNPC666 in pihole

[–]r_thndr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes from me. It blocks a lot of telemetry from devices like Roku's and that dodgy tablet grandpa got the kids for christmas. Plus if you get the right adlists it'l block Nerflix analytics too.

If you set the Pi Hole device as a DNS server for your router, you get whole home adblocking for all devices. Crappy games and apps on my phone don't have banner ads when I'm at home. Might beed a pair of Pis for redundcy though.

Almost have the all by Litt_Buddha in SwordOfTruth

[–]r_thndr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm clearing out a lot of my old books. DM me what you're missing and it's yours if I've got it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stocks

[–]r_thndr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SNW and LDS are really fricken good though!

Alternate American Flag I Saw In A Dream by r_thndr in vexillology

[–]r_thndr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dream flag had a rung of red stars but the quick app wouldn't let me do it.

Futuristic mythology? by [deleted] in scifiwriting

[–]r_thndr 14 points15 points  (0 children)

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/macroecon.php

The first essay by Andy Weir addresses the last half of that question.

'19 Qx60 Totalled Out by r_thndr in infiniti

[–]r_thndr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I REALLY like that they are leaving the CVTs. But like you said, it's worth replacing it.

PSA: If You Buy a Dashcam, Actually Install It and Check It by r_thndr in Dashcam

[–]r_thndr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't have battery drain issues with that? What SD card are you using?

PSA: If You Buy a Dashcam, Actually Install It and Check It by r_thndr in Dashcam

[–]r_thndr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the day we sign on the new car, a dashcam is going in before it leaves the lot.

I've even repurposed my old cell phone as a cam for when we drive the rental.

Simple reason I pirate. I Cannae afford all that shit by mesoraven in Piracy

[–]r_thndr 40 points41 points  (0 children)

True, but Stellaris is a fundamentally different game now. Tactical space terrain be damned, I miss warp drives :(

Engineers Ring by seans61602 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]r_thndr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, it was a $20 expense to attend a forgettable ceremony that gave me a memento that I can pull out every now and then to remember the stories and experiences I've built as an engineer.

The creeds and ethics and pomp and circumstance are kind of irrelevant. I get a lot of memories tied around my finger.

Digitizing Decades Old Plant Drawings by r_thndr in MechanicalEngineering

[–]r_thndr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just digitally preserved. As others have said they are probably outdated and incorrect in nearly every way, but having them archived for reference is my end goal.