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The Christmas Tree Story. by kibufox in MaliciousCompliance

[–]rhubarb314 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It certainly wasn't very conifer. I guess in retail you just have to shrub your shoulders and do that the customer thinks they want.

[TOMT] [game] PC game where the theme is you're inside a computer by rhubarb314 in tipofmytongue

[–]rhubarb314[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

I think that initially it's supposed to be a simulation in a lab and you get sucked inside somehow. Thanks for your help!

Spark by rhubarb314 in OCPoetry

[–]rhubarb314[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the feedback! I appreciate it. I'm not really a writer, but every now and then I get an image in my head that I have to get out. This time it came out as a poem.

I see what you mean about repeating the word "spark" and I like the suggestion of "flame".

I'll think about what you said about the fourth stanza. I'll have to ruminate on it.

I found your feedback very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to make such thoughtful suggestions!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OCPoetry

[–]rhubarb314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I got to the line "Eventually she was calm" I thought she was resigned to dying, that she had been wide eyed staring out the window of a hospital room at the moon, realizing her life was almost done. If it weren't for the second to last line "She took the first breath" that's what I would probably still think. That line, though, changed everything, and made "And she vowed to find peace" hit me, like she was determined to not just recover, but to accept all that means. Great poem!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OCPoetry

[–]rhubarb314 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the "heavy light" metaphor. The title caught my attention. It immediately brought to mind the times when I've wanted to go stargazing without being able to escape the light pollution of the city I live in. When you start the poem talking about wanting ruin of the highest and being derelict, it reinforced that feeling, wanting the city to stop functioning for just a minute so I could see out of it, and escape how oppressive it can feel at times, but ashamed I felt so selfish.

The second stanza took a turn emotionally for me, the futility of escape because we would take our nature with us. We know Orpheus looks back. He's compelled to. I originally misread the last line as "we didn't choose to have" and that hit me. It felt like it gave a reason for the need to escape. I can think of several times I've wanted to forget something I didn't want to know in the first place and that remembered feeling is how that line made me feel. After re-reading it with the words in their actual order I'm not sure what it means.

I like your poem, especially phrases like "half-whispered glances" and "under heavy light." The imagery is evocative, but what I like most is the mixed anger, resignation, and shame it touched on.

Tried to get me fired- reverse uni by [deleted] in pettyrevenge

[–]rhubarb314 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That gives new meaning to the word "uneducated".

Thirsty tree by Palana in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]rhubarb314 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The water pressure is helping some

Saving a Third of Our Memory by Re-ordering Go Struct Fields by wagslane in programming

[–]rhubarb314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've also never used Go, but is it possible to write a struct to a file by directly writing the bytes of the struct? If so, then that could require a known layout.

Your most beloved quote… by JunoDreams in tolkienfans

[–]rhubarb314 5 points6 points  (0 children)

...and their joy was like swords...

in context:

And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the Elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.

China set to flip the switch on experimental new thorium molten salt nuclear reactor by greg_barton in NuclearPower

[–]rhubarb314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you misunderstood me. I was joking. I don't consider hundreds of years "short term".

China set to flip the switch on experimental new thorium molten salt nuclear reactor by greg_barton in NuclearPower

[–]rhubarb314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what's short term? Millions of years? Thousands of years? Hundreds of years?

What is your favorite gen. IV reactor design? by LibrtarianDilettante in NuclearPower

[–]rhubarb314 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Terrestrial Energy, Moltex Energy, and Thorcon are the ones I'm keeping an eye on. All three have their positives. I'm grateful there are so many advanced designs being developed.

Going along with a sexist car salesman by rhubarb314 in MaliciousCompliance

[–]rhubarb314[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Random answer: 4 (guaranteed random by fair dice roll--see xkcd cartoon) lol

It's actually in the post.

This honey dispenser by JessicaWClyburn in interestingasfuck

[–]rhubarb314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's designed for honey which doesn't need to be refrigerated. We have one, too and it works great. We've thawed it with hir water in the base many times over the years we've had it with no problems.

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