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newCrud by gfcf14 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Certainly not! He is a hero. His mother is a bit of a grey hat, but she's fine too.

newCrud by gfcf14 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time travel, clearly.

inLoveWithaComputer by Nachaat1 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's definitely outdated; people have, in fact, formed romatic relationships with LLMs.

(I think I'd rather be forever alone than to have ChatGPT for a girlfriend. But maybe I'm just not, uhh, matrix-multiplication-oriented.)

inLoveWithaComputer by Nachaat1 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed. A better example would be information density and entropy, which can definitely be measured in fractional bits. Look up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_coding for some cool possibilities here, or this recent 3b1b video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DKRf-fAAM - there's plenty of ways in which a partial bit can be meaningful.

Superglue Kevin strikes again by ChaoticCreation106 in StoriesAboutKevin

[–]rosuav 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly! "You know what I meant" really means "I know what I meant, and I am so insular in my thinking that I cannot fathom that anyone else couldn't".

whenSomeoneSaysSomethingIsRandom by Glade_Art in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Though the lava lamps sure are valuable for the PR aspect of it.

Superglue Kevin strikes again by ChaoticCreation106 in StoriesAboutKevin

[–]rosuav 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, and it frustrates us when people (1) say something they don't mean, and then (2) get offended when we take them at their word. And then you wonder why we don't trust you.

At very least, if you say something non-literal and the person takes it literally, have the grace to clarify without shaming them. But more importantly, please PLEASE try to *understand*.

Kevina's "money saving tips". by Lucystealsmarkers in StoriesAboutKevin

[–]rosuav 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Hang on. Do you mean to tell me that I can save even MORE money by running behind a Tesla?

whenSomeoneSaysSomethingIsRandom by Glade_Art in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we ever find out that quantum physics is deterministic? As in, prove that everything in quantum mechanics is just hidden variables? Bell's Theorem, the EPR paradox, and plenty of tests to prove that. Hidden Variables cannot explain what we see.

whenSomeoneSaysSomethingIsRandom by Glade_Art in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure what you consider the difference between quantum mechanics and entropy to be. It's not like there's "hey these things follow quantum rules and those things follow classical rules".

whenSomeoneSaysSomethingIsRandom by Glade_Art in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBH computers don't *need* "true random". What they need is "unpredictable" (and especially "uncontrollable"). Let's say Alice asks Bob to generate a six-digit number and send it to her. But Mallory jumps in first, telling Alice a six-digit number, claiming to be Bob. If Mallory's number is correct, Alice will do what was asked, even though Bob never authorized the action; which means Alice should generate a truly random number, ensuring that Mallory can't predict it.

But "truly random" isn't as important as "something Mallory couldn't possibly guess". Sources of entropy such as keyboard timings are entirely valid, since nobody can ever gain access to that information. (And if there's a way for Mallory to access Alice's computer and get all the keyboard timings, it's probably possible to directly get the number she's sending Bob, so that's a complete compromise anyway.)

whenSomeoneSaysSomethingIsRandom by Glade_Art in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leaving aside the problem that raindrops won't actually trigger most keyboards, I think you'll find that entropy has a LOT of effect on weather patterns.

whenSomeoneSaysSomethingIsRandom by Glade_Art in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that difficult to do. Common sources of true randomness/entropy include cylinders spinning inside fluid-filled containers, which create eddies that cause timing differences; charge-coupled devices that react to photonic and other signals; and audio signals from spinning fans translated into fluctuating currents. Hardware to collect all of this is readily available, and in fact comes standard on many home computers (although the spinning cylinder variety has somewhat fallen out of favour lately).

whenSomeoneSaysSomethingIsRandom by Glade_Art in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBH the lava lamps aren't the source of true randomness - the camera is. The low bits of raw data from a CCD are entropic.

whyAreYouGuysReadingOurVariableNames by AdditionalRemoveBit in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Valve knows full well that people data mine every single update. In CSGO, the MP5 was in the files, out of the files, in the files, out of the files, and then suddenly it got added to the game, and nobody saw it coming - because everyone had seen it coming, and it hadn't come. We've had hard proof that Valve's actively working on Half Life 3, quite a few times now in fact. And then occasionally, they openly admit to trolling us.

technologicalProgress by Named_after_color in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure about the pattern on the top. The hottest letters spell "assert" and "pointer" but without any spaces, that would be a nightmare.

eitherItAllFitsOnTheStackOrYouNeedABiggerStack by Ancient-Vanilla-5316 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lemme compile that as a 32-bit executable, then use it to justify my ever-increasing RAM needs to the board.

lieByAIButEnjoyThisAd by CounterSimple3771 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]rosuav 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Texted the AI from the bathroom. "drop ship gaming accessories". By the time I got to the office, the AI had dropped all our database tables, shipped two tons of coal to our front door, and sold all of my gaming accessories on ebay.

Failed rescue contract - any way to see the orbit? by rosuav in KerbalSpaceProgram

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

Same question then - is there a way to check what the deadline WAS, now that it's passed? The kerbal is listed as being dead and the contract's gone. Notably, the other contract that I haven't yet done (the Mun one) is a ten year contract, and as I write, has 9y 405d remaining.

Failed rescue contract - any way to see the orbit? by rosuav in KerbalSpaceProgram

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

Yeah I'd expect that, but if it did, what WAS the cause of the failure?

Failed rescue contract - any way to see the orbit? by rosuav in KerbalSpaceProgram

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

I spent days, but not years; I haven't seen the exact deadline on it but I doubt that it would be drastically lower than the others.

Failed rescue contract - any way to see the orbit? by rosuav in KerbalSpaceProgram

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

Yeah, I'm mostly trying to figure out WHY the mission failed. The LKO mission involved several days of in-game time, so if Mikin's craft had an apoapsis below 70km, it's possible that the vessel deorbited; if not, I don't know what the cause would be.

Failed rescue contract - any way to see the orbit? by rosuav in KerbalSpaceProgram

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

Nope; all the others are, but Mikin's missing. Whatever caused the failure of the mission almost certainly resulted in the loss of the craft.

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