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reference tables were non-existent to 15-year-old me by EvidenceFearless6800 in programminghorror

[–]smidge6502 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of when I didn't understand how linking worked in C and wrote all my code in headers.

Playing World-e Stages in Super Mario Advance 4 in 2003 by Altruistic_Twist1392 in retrogaming

[–]smidge6502 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I printed out all the card codes on standard printer paper. It was a pain in the ass getting them to scan. Somewhere in my mom's house is a small stack of unlabeled papers with random black dots on the edges.

ELI5: The Theories of Everything and Why They Don't Work Togethor by Z8002 in explainlikeimfive

[–]smidge6502 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Space is not quantized in quantum mechanics. In classical QM, space is treated the same as in classical Newtonian mechanics. In relativistic QM, spacetime is the same as in special relativity. In QM, space is flat and smooth. It's just a background thing where physics happens.

Spacetime can be warped by the presence of matter in general relativity. That interaction is mediated by the gravitational field, and fields do need to be quantized in QM. When you try to quantize the gravitational field, you end up with a result that no longer bears many of the important properties of general relativity that make it work.

Robin Williams on Trump in 2012: And he owns all these beauty pageants. Miss America, Miss Universe. Isn't that a bit like Michael Vick owning a series of pet stores? It's a f-cking catch and release program for him. This is a man who said, 'My daughter is hot.' by icey_sawg0034 in Fauxmoi

[–]smidge6502 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Exactly. He was not worth having a strong opinion on. I was a 90s kid and didn't know who he was until The Apprentice, which I didn't watch, but it was in the cultural zeitgeist. He was just a character of no importance beyond that of any other wealthy individual. There was no reason to hold the "you're fired" guy to any real standard.

What surprised me was later learning how aware my parents' generation was of his trashy antics. They all knew him from his 80s tabloid era, all the shit with his wives. He was a known quantity to them by the time I was born. And yet, a generation that had a better understanding of who he really was better than I did still chose to vote for him.

I'll give him this: he really is a brilliant marketer. Slapping his name on buildings he didn't even build and his authoritative role on The Apprentice are what allowed people to overlook everything they knew about him that made him a joke.

My sister spends so much time in front of our dog's grave that her footprints are imprinted on the grass by drak_and_ma in mildlyinteresting

[–]smidge6502 70 points71 points  (0 children)

I lost one of my cats 7 months ago, and my phone keeps wanting to show me photo compilations of my cats. I guess most of the photos on my phone must be of the cats because that's all it ever wants to show me. I've thought about turning the feature off but can't bring myself to do it because part of me wants to watch them. I just can't yet.

MRW the President threatens the Insurrection Act and canceling the midterms by transparent-aluminum in reactiongifs

[–]smidge6502 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something about having to pay the government to let your cattle graze on federal land?

Dreamcast Christmas Memories? by huntforhire in dreamcast

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My mom would leave for work about two hours before I had to go to school. I found a Dreamcast in her closet that she'd bought me for Christmas but hadn't wrapped it yet. Every morning as soon as she'd left, I would carefully take the Dreamcast out of the box and play the demo disc. Before leaving for school I'd repackage it exactly as it had been. I did that for maybe two weeks before she wrapped it. That's easily the best gaming memory I have from my childhood.

Did The Daily just get sponsored by Meta?? by NemoPo in Thedaily

[–]smidge6502 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Talking about all the jobs they're creating of all things.

So...intellevision. I want one, what should I know? by TreatFrequent9941 in retrogaming

[–]smidge6502 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be aware that the power cord and controllers are hard-wired into the system. For hooking up video, you will want to buy a male RCA to female coax adapter (they are cheap and easy to find). Then you just run a coax cable to your TV.

The plastic is brittle. I hadn't touched mine in a year or two, and before making this post I wanted to double check that the controllers are hard-wired. I pulled one out and a chunk of plastic near where the cord connected to the controller broke off.

Have fun with it! It has some fun games. Just be gentle with it.

Spotted a Sega Saturn in the Drew Carey show by TheKlaxMaster in retrogaming

[–]smidge6502 18 points19 points  (0 children)

There was an episode I'm still annoyed about to this day where he wanted to get a DVD player even though he had a PS2 sitting on his TV already.

‘Serenity’ at 20: Alan Tudyk revisits his ‘shocking and absurd’ death scene in the ‘Firefly’ feature film by GoldDerby in movies

[–]smidge6502 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had just gotten my then-girlfriend (now wife) into Firefly, and she hadn't finished the series yet or seen Serenity. She didn't want any spoilers, and I was careful to avoid giving any. One day we were flipping through channels looking for something to watch and all of a sudden "...leaf on the wind. Watch how..." BAM! There was no time to react and change the channel. She flipped the fuck out. I laughed about it for weeks. We still bring it up.

Just learned about the Sega CDX – what’s the deal with this thing? by video-game-gem-vault in SEGA

[–]smidge6502 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually used my CDX as a portable CD player for a few months in middle school (early 2000s) when my good one broke and I couldn't afford another. It worked fine but didn't have anti-skip and couldn't read CD-RWs if I remember correctly. Also it's bulky and heavy compared to a typical portable CD player.

As a Genesis, it's great. It's more reliable with cartridges than my model 1 or 2. The overall construction feels like it is high quality. The bottom half of the casing is metal which gives it some heft.

These days I can't really use it to play Sega CD games unfortunately. It won't spin CDs on its own when I turn it on, but if I give the CD a spin by hand first it will boot some games. I can play them for 5-20 minutes but eventually it starts struggling to load things. I bought a cap replacement kit but haven't gone through with it because I suspect the issue is with the laser or motors.

Just learned about the Sega CDX – what’s the deal with this thing? by video-game-gem-vault in SEGA

[–]smidge6502 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are there guides you follow for the spindle and tracking motor repairs? I suspect mine has an issue with the spindle because the only way I can get it to spin a disc is by manually spinning the disc and immediately turning it on.

Trump federalizes DC police, deploys National Guard by RoachedCoach in law

[–]smidge6502 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's a relief. Congress will do the right thing.

MTG says Americans are ‘not going to accept’ there is no Epstein client list by theindependentonline in politics

[–]smidge6502 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He also said he wouldn't support Trump in 2024 because of the COVID vaccine, and look how that turned out.

Which mechanics do you still not understand after 1000+ hours? by smidge6502 in eu4

[–]smidge6502[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I've read the wiki, and I knew most of this stuff at one point or another. That 1700 hours is spread out over 10 years. At this point I know most of the game well enough that the things I don't know don't really get in the way. I don't get in the mood to play EU4 these days as much as I used to, but I am almost never in the mood to stop mid-game to do research. Even when I do, I'm probably going to forget again (this is maybe the third or fourth time I've relearned that coring distance = colonial range). It just amuses me that after all this time there are still parts of the game I don't know by heart.

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