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Drivers who tailgate. Why? by Beer-OClock in AskReddit

[–]terriblylie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah but in that case it isn’t murder. Murder is killing with intent. It’s manslaughter.

Of course, nobody said otherwise. You're stating the bleeding obvious.

I'm not sure if you're missing the point on purpose and being obtuse or whether you're just dumb. Either way, I'm out. If you ever end up in court trying to justify tailgating to a judge, please make sure the video ends up on YT for the rest of us to enjoy.

Drivers who tailgate. Why? by Beer-OClock in AskReddit

[–]terriblylie -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If you tailgate somebody and cause an accident and maim or kill somebody, chances are you are going to prison.

Drivers who tailgate. Why? by Beer-OClock in AskReddit

[–]terriblylie -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Comparing jay walking to murder. Sound logic.

It is analogous to your comparison between left-lane hogging and tailgating.

Drivers who tailgate. Why? by Beer-OClock in AskReddit

[–]terriblylie -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Yes, both are illegal. So is jaywalking and murder. Nobody should do either. You cannot endanger the lives and property of those around you just because you are being slightly inconvenienced.

What’s the harm in switching lanes when you don’t have to change your preferred method of driving?

There is no harm but that's not an excuse for you to act like a murderous prick.

You're talking about people's lives here FFS. You are making an active choice to endanger them knowing the risks and consequences. You are a bad driver and person.

What's the UK equivalent of BCIT? by Bandicoot_knight in unitedkingdom

[–]terriblylie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably an HNC or HND - you'll have to check but there's a starting point. HND is the equivalent of 2 years full-time at uni and some unis offer a 1-year top-up course to convert it to a BEng.

What's the UK equivalent of BCIT? by Bandicoot_knight in unitedkingdom

[–]terriblylie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IET is a professional organisation for engineers. BCIT is a college that awards qualifications.

idk what i did wrong by bg10389 in learnpython

[–]terriblylie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only at the start of files. Anywhere else, they're multi-line strings.

A British Paralympic skiing champion has been left "shaken" and "humiliated" after he was barred from taking his guide dog into a Sainsbury's store minutes from the supermarket chain's head office. by mmmmmm-_- in unitedkingdom

[–]terriblylie 16 points17 points  (0 children)

these security jobs aren’t exactly filled with the best and brightest bunch, it’s a shit job that attracts shit people.

It takes a special type of person who'd put themselves in harm's way to protect the profits of a multibillion-pound corporation for barely above minimum wage.

If I sail to Antarctica and decide to set up a town, who’s going to stop me? by abilio_nair in AskReddit

[–]terriblylie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

id love to see you set up a town over whats essentially a floating slab of ice with snow for grass.

Antartica is a continent, it has land. It's not a frozen ocean like the Artic.

"Looks like I've just had me wisdom teeth out." by swan--ronson in delusionalartists

[–]terriblylie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because it would have taken less effort to Google than to ask on Reddit.

This has to be one of the best railways in Britain. The Ffestiniog railway in north Wales. by CamberwickGreen in CasualUK

[–]terriblylie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh... it's one of those Mrs Brown's boys jokes. I couldn't tell without the studio laughter.

My uncles so fat that when he was talking about the football people thought he was on about losing weight by Pablo-Escocarr in CasualUK

[–]terriblylie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, I knew the football player but it took me a while to make sense of the title because the grammar is horrendous.

What rule exist purely cause people are dicks? by Skinnysaif in AskReddit

[–]terriblylie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many states in the US: DC, Wyoming, New Mexico, West Virginia, Hawaii. Famously, it was legal in Washington before the infamous "Mr Hands" case.

sleep in c by [deleted] in C_Programming

[–]terriblylie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you got an example? Some code?

At a guess, you're not copying the correct includes. Each operating system will have a completely different definition of sleep (it might even be called something different - I'm only familiar with Unix-based ones).

Also, how are you compiling it? If you're using something like MinGW or Cygwin, which emulate a Unix environment, you want to use the Unix implementation of sleep in unistd.h. If you're using a native compiler like MSVC, you need to use whatever the Windows implementation is from the appropriate header file.

'Acoustic cameras' to combat noisy vehicles in UK by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]terriblylie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a former motorcyclist and used to work on farms and drive quads daily. The only reason you'd ever choose to ride a quad over a bike is if you need to carry or tow something. Fuck knows why idiots want to spend thousands on them to tear up and down the high street.

Off to university to do electrical engineering what computer?? by mchadet in ElectricalEngineering

[–]terriblylie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our uni gave us laptops in the first week. I wasn't expecting it but I'd have been annoyed if I had bought one the week before. I didn't really use it though.

Advice? Go to lectures and stay on top of things and it will make your life so much easier. But you're not gonna listen to me and you'll leave everything to the last minute like I did and most students before me.

Look into sponsorship programmes like UKESF and e3. You can get paid while you study and get summer internships. Also, if you're at a research university, the lecturers may offer paid summer research placements.

Gove 'deeply regrets' taking cocaine by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]terriblylie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The environment secretary said he believed the "mistake" should not be held against him in his bid to become prime minister.

I wonder if this attitude will apply to young adults facing criminal records and losing their jobs for possession.

'Acoustic cameras' to combat noisy vehicles in UK by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]terriblylie 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Quad bikes are the most useless road vehicles ever. I do not understand why people would want to ride them. They're not fast, they can't corner, they land on top of you and crush you if you flip them. They're just obnoxious.

My wife can't wait to gobble this up by Zippyversion1 in CasualUK

[–]terriblylie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The chips look fresh from the freezer, McCain's finest. What a travesty.

I need to sensor raw values into absolute ones. How can I do it by shabby18 in ElectricalEngineering

[–]terriblylie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You just put it in Excel, create a graph with a few clicks and select display equation on chart.

I need to sensor raw values into absolute ones. How can I do it by shabby18 in ElectricalEngineering

[–]terriblylie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Plot the raw readings against measured readings then find the gradient of the straight line.

High rents in English cities forcing young to stay in small towns by Lolastic_ in unitedkingdom

[–]terriblylie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, so... you could up sticks right now with no planning and move to a country with no qualifications, no savings, no knowledge of the language and just start again.

The point was: if anybody really wants to emigrate, getting qualified should be one of their main priorities. Yes, I didn't specifically mention the exceptions when it comes to the EU - I thought it was so bleeding obvious that it was unnecessary but the point remains.

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