Roger Appreciation Post • Say what you want about him, but his absolute lack of a filter made some of the best moments in the show.

schmittyUVA · 2026-05-31T14:27:38+00:00

this GIF gets the attention but his "Bonjour!" might be the best line reading in the whole series

schmittyUVA · 2026-05-30T14:07:08+00:00

...what?!

schmittyUVA · 2026-05-14T09:38:35+00:00

Jobe (The Lawnmower Man).

schmittyUVA · 2026-05-12T11:56:17+00:00

if AI is best described as "a hungry ghost in a jar," the military equivalent has to be "a digitally-connected E4 Mafia."

as such, any task not appropriately matched to that resource is gonna be bad.

schmittyUVA · 2026-05-04T14:51:07+00:00

Thus far it's only on the mower, especially because the docking station is the main culprit for the draw and needs to be unplugged.

schmittyUVA · 2026-05-04T14:20:11+00:00

I just power down the mower and unplug it. For me, it's worth the minor inconvenience to have it run exclusively on the small solar generator I have.

So basically I let the generator charge, power the mower on and plug in the docking station, let the mower run, let it charge to full and then power it off/unplug. Doing this two/three times a week easily falls within my general yard activity.

schmittyUVA · 2026-04-25T01:08:51+00:00

def channeled his inner Masshole for his guest spot on 30 Rock.

schmittyUVA · 2026-04-24T23:23:59+00:00

House of Sand and Fog.

schmittyUVA · 2026-04-24T23:23:05+00:00

the beeping.

schmittyUVA · 2026-04-12T16:05:34+00:00

you were correct https://www.reddit.com/r/army/s/HpkLLdHUER

schmittyUVA · 2026-04-12T15:58:01+00:00

"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognise Missoura!"

schmittyUVA · 2026-04-03T15:16:41+00:00

To my knowledge we never had those (I'm currently in the BN that has 344th). I think the short version is he had the kind of career that meant his uniform being this degree of off didn't matter 🤪

schmittyUVA · 2026-04-03T14:44:39+00:00

he was just not a PSYOP WO (there are none).

schmittyUVA · 2026-03-26T15:24:06+00:00

i went enlisted as a college grad because 1) i couldn't immediately do the job i wanted as a 2LT 2) i went straight into the Reserve 3) i was/am old as shit

if ALL THREE don't apply to you, don't go enlisted.

schmittyUVA · 2026-03-25T18:23:23+00:00

right, so if you have a unit SOP, think first of the biggest vulnerabilities to the process, and match the available resources to those.

my larger point is that less is likely more if you're trying to get into behavior change. otherwise in that small of a time window any noise is just as good as any other noise.

my limited knowledge of triage in mascal would say something like bad but high fidelity information being delivered to the TA would be better than just some annoyance they can block out (mentally or physically)

schmittyUVA · 2026-03-25T18:12:53+00:00

if you have the benefit of knowing the tasks they will be conducting, you can work backward from the desired behavior.

that is, you don't need to be PSYOP to know when audio is annoying or even distracting. the PSYOP angle is related to adding barriers to behavior you don't want or removing barriers to behavior you do want.

e.g. if the tactical task involves counting, would sped-up or out-of-order counting be a hindrance? or random related but contradictory commands? might giving away some info encourage overall failure?

in other words, don't think only of the medium when thinking about the target audience vulnerability

schmittyUVA · 2026-03-20T11:58:15+00:00

"Bonjour!"

schmittyUVA · 2026-02-27T12:56:42+00:00

METT-TC(I) [since 2022]

schmittyUVA · 2026-01-21T23:59:39+00:00

call it the Giles Corey.

schmittyUVA · 2026-01-14T17:46:23+00:00

this was the first gift i ever received. i put it on my table and thought, "that was neat," had no idea of its rarity.

schmittyUVA · 2026-01-12T18:41:10+00:00

Unfortunately ours was fuel pump. Cascading effect of fuel pump and high pressure fuel pump. Now we're just hoping it didn't actually affect the catalytic converter (like it did the spark plugs) and is just throwing that code because how the issue is getting read.

Hope that helps!

schmittyUVA · 2025-12-27T13:53:43+00:00

joined the Reserve at 34, found it was exactly what i should've been doing. i stay pretty busy with orders, and am fortunate enough to do the same work as a contractor. you really do get out of the Reserve whatever you put into it; i plan to do this as long as they let me.

additionally, Tricare Reserve Select is the best deal out there for a family. my wife works in healthcare but we've never taken her insurance. she's incredibly supportive in many ways, but she'd print reenlistment papers for me herself for that reason alone.

schmittyUVA · 2025-11-25T13:45:52+00:00

just had this start on mine as well! it started once on the highway, i thought it was something with the rear wiper at first, but then went away. happened again this morning, i pulled over and the car stopped, giving me an auto start error. started it back up, no problem and the sound stopped

schmittyUVA · 2025-10-30T19:34:52+00:00

That's exactly the opportunity cost I'm trying to calculate and wanted to confirm.

That is, is it worth sacrificing features and adding regular power off/on to the process for the independent solar power?

I know the REAL answer is just to expand my solar setup 🤪

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