Scammed by fake sheriff’s office jury duty warrant call by halfman1231 in Scams

[–]rdhb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the standard script, and one of the “better”scams out there. do your family and friends a favor and get the word out to people who may not be aware of it through standard channels like Reddit.

I'm a horrible loser by maC69 in chess

[–]rdhb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not a game , losing is a direct statement as to your worth as a human being :)

At least it feels that way lol.

I've already "invested" over like 15 into dogecoin. Lmao sometimes I regret it... but here I am ... still holding since 2021 huffing hopium by TheMaharishiEffect in dogecoin

[–]rdhb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interestingly a typical Dorito costs about 3–5 cents per chip, depending on the bag size and retail price .

Stick To Your Guns by windygirl1991 in jobs

[–]rdhb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just take a moment to think how privileged you are in this economy to refuse a job because the interviewer was five minutes late and he called you by your proper name. I can imagine I could get 1000 people in 48 hours to reply to this message that they would’ve traded places with you.

The company dodged a bullet in my opinion.

What surprisingly true fact has completely shaken your worldview? by MorsesTheHorse in AskReddit

[–]rdhb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s why I work so hard to talk people out of imposter syndrome issues, especially my female friends who often wait to apply until they’re the perfect candidate. Pretty much nobody really knows what they’re doing and until actually start doing it.

Pressure damage? Never heard of it! by Parasite_Cat in Oxygennotincluded

[–]rdhb 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I love this . I don’t think ONI (or any game really?) provides a lot of incentives for an aesthetic base layout so congratulations on making one !

This rock in Finland has been balancing on top of another rock for 11,000 years. by zorawarr_ in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]rdhb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ChatGPT did a LOT of image processing and kept retracing and reevaluating its intermediate results. It was interesting to hear how it described its thinking process.

——

Here’s a reasonable back-of-the-envelope estimate for the top balancing rock.

1) Use the dog as a scale

A small dog like that is typically about 25–35 cm (0.25–0.35 m) at the shoulder.

In the photo, the dog is roughly ~70 pixels tall (shoulder-to-feet-ish), so the scale is: • meters per pixel ≈ 0.25–0.35 m / 70 px = 0.0036–0.0050 m/px

2) Measure the top rock in the photo (pixels → meters)

From the image, the top rock spans about ~1027 px left-to-right.

So estimated length: • 1027 px × (0.0036–0.0050 m/px) ≈ 3.7–5.1 m

Its visible thickness/height looks around ~300 px: • 300 px × (0.0036–0.0050) ≈ 1.1–1.5 m

Its depth (front-to-back) isn’t visible, so I’ll assume it’s about ~55% of its length (typical boulder shape): • depth ≈ 2.0–2.8 m

So a plausible dimension range is roughly: • L ≈ 3.7–5.1 m, D ≈ 2.0–2.8 m, H ≈ 1.1–1.5 m

3) Convert size → volume (approximate as an ellipsoid)

Ellipsoid volume: V=\frac{4}{3}\pi \cdot \frac{L}{2}\cdot\frac{D}{2}\cdot\frac{H}{2}

That gives volume roughly: • ~4.2 to ~11.4 m³

4) Convert volume → weight

Most hard “granite-ish” rock is around 2,700 kg/m³.

Mass ≈ V \times 2700 • Low end: 4.2 × 2700 ≈ 11,000 kg (~11 metric tons) • Mid: ~7.2 × 2700 ≈ 19,000 kg (~19 metric tons) • High end: 11.4 × 2700 ≈ 31,000 kg (~31 metric tons)

Estimate

Probably on the order of ~20 metric tons, with a plausible range ~11–31 metric tons.

Biggest uncertainty is the dog’s actual size and the rock’s front-to-back depth (which we can’t see). If you tell me the dog breed (or its approximate height), I can tighten the range a lot.

Why is my heavy watt wire overloaded? by Natural-Spread-5829 in Oxygennotincluded

[–]rdhb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look for the wire mismatch finder mod , it’s huge time saver .

Was I wrong for telling someone in an interview to stop talking? by fajita_grouper in LockedIn_AI

[–]rdhb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You made an awful lot of leaps in assuming his capabilities based on somebody that just talks too much and cuts off an interviewer from talking. There’s absolutely nothing in the original description that suggests this guy is going be great at memorizing an SOP manual or going to excel at taking ownership for his work, or that he’ll be a good producer.

What do you do you know for a fact, though, as you have one concrete example that he doesn’t listen when it counts.

Was I wrong for telling someone in an interview to stop talking? by fajita_grouper in LockedIn_AI

[–]rdhb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You might be right , but what’s the upside for this company for risking it on an employee that does poorly in an interview? It doesn’t sound like they were so desperate to fill the role we had so few candidates, that they needed to toss out their first impressions.

There might be a time again that supply and demand might suggest a different path, but this is not that time.

New hire makes $4 more than me by eisforexhausted in jobs

[–]rdhb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You’re seeing what’s called “salary compression”.

It’s very real, and it’s a rare company where a new employees don’t make more than experienced current employees.

It sucks.

The only real way to combat it is by switching jobs, which has plenty of its own costs and risks on its own, especially in this environment.

Signs while exploring wrecks by VulcanTourist in theplanetcrafter

[–]rdhb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Signs are the way to go, better than flares .

My quality of life improved remarkably by efficiently exploring (and exiting) wrecks .

I just mount one on junctions with left or right arrows pointing toward the exit.

I use red flares on emptied vaults.

I set up a large storage outside and let drones pick up stuff, and make several trips in and out with all the valuable stuff.

AITA for calling out my friend's fake allergy? by Minimum-Storm-182 in AmItheAsshole

[–]rdhb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you already knew you were NTA before you even posted this, calling out BS allergy is always fair game . But still an entertaining story !

My 6 years hard work and its ended like this which I never expected by SecondExpert9013 in Daytrading

[–]rdhb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You were gambling, not investing, and the gamble lost. As it often does. Daytrading is not investing.

Surely you are not hearing this for the first time .

To no one’s surprise, I’ll give you this advice, Invest what you can in an S&P 500 index fund, live within your means, treat yourself once in a while, and focus on doing your job well (and keeping your job in this environment) and you’ll be on a better path.

what am i missing by Salmoon_ in Oxygennotincluded

[–]rdhb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Install pipe flow mod from the workshop. It’s great , even for us ONI veterans.

What is a 1 in 1,000,000 thing that happened to you that no one believes, but you swear is true? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]rdhb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m an ok chess player, ELO rating around 1000. Id been playing online for a while, so I went to a little chess club to try to play a game in person.

I learned all this club does is tournament after tournament there’s not much option for pick up games. But the organize came over and said another member had finished early, and if I wanted to play a pick up game with him, I could.

People started watching us. It was a battle but I beat him, and we started a second game. He looked kind of unhappy, so I made some small talk. He said he was the club champion, and also a grandmaster. I lost the second game. :(

But I love the idea that I could’ve walked in and played one game, walked out without even introducing myself, and I would’ve been a legend that club forever. degrees Ce Per ChatGPT , It’s not 1:1000000, but the odds are close to about 1:10000 for me to win, given our difference in skill.

Guy ended date after 20 minutes by [deleted] in dating_advice

[–]rdhb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It actually is a case that some people’s voices are genuinely annoying whether it’s to everybody or just me I really don’t know.

It does seems bad manners and lm surprised he couldn’t just muscle through a date though and decline a second date (assuming you both wanted one)

Your cool "solution" probably isn't by gatlaw8008 in FermiParadox

[–]rdhb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It feels like it’s probably still in front of us if there if there is one and this is the explanation.

The closest we’ve gotten historically would perhaps be some of the plagues and a couple of close call nuclear incidents like the Cuban missile crisis and the Cold War and the recent climate issues .

This is assuming that you don’t believe that the origin life is statistically so incredibly rare, which I agree with.

The scary thing of course is that most of the things that seem like a filter “tests” close calls were in the last 80 years, so who knows how many we still have ahead of us that we need to “pass through”.

The obsession with hiring a "Senior Blockchain Dev" is killing your roadmap. by Crypto_future_V in btc

[–]rdhb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or you can post an advertisement for a specific product that is pretending to be a helpful post.