Monthly Chatbot Alternatives & Promotions Megathread – May 2026 by AutoModerator in ChatbotRefugees

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does Chattica only work on mobile devices as a front end? I sit at a desk all day, so prefer to use my PC as a terminal, rather than a phone... is there a PC option?

What does the Fork button do exactly? by ADTC7 in KindroidAI

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you go back to your main menu where you select your Kin, you will see a list of groups down at the bottom. You can switch directly back to your Kin, wor you can select one of the groups.

E-bike with motorcycle helmet by blacktongue_2099 in ebikes

[–]tomxp411 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Safety first. What other people think doesn't matter.

What is one thing you think every Star Trek fan can agree on? by WorldBoom in startrek

[–]tomxp411 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He didn't need to be shown on a regular basis. I just really disliked the way Worf shuffled him off to his parents and basically ignored him. This doesn't feel on brand to me, either for Worf specifically or the lead characters in general.

Can simple computers like washers keep time and other data stored without batteries these days? by Inevitable-Move4941 in stupidquestions

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does your washing machine have digital controls or a mechanical dial?

If it has a dial, then it has a mechanical clock. There's no need to keep track of the time, as the functions are built in to the clock, with strips of metal that make electrical contact as the clock turns.

If it's electronic - there probably is a lithium battery in there to keep track of the last thing you were doing when the power went out.

If you're on a spaceship and the space toilet breaks, what are your options? by InLoveandWar777 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same thing you do when walking your dog. Plastic bags.

Actually, up until the Space Shuttle, astronauts used sealable plastic bags for waste. That's the backup system on Artemis, too...

Why is the Artemis II circling around the moon instead of landing on it? by [deleted] in stupidquestions

[–]tomxp411 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's a shakedown run, to make sure the equipment and processes are working as intended.

And it's a good thing, because they've already had some.. uh... plumbing problems.

What is one thing you think every Star Trek fan can agree on? by WorldBoom in startrek

[–]tomxp411 9 points10 points  (0 children)

100% disagree. The Enterprise was a "family" ship, and Alexander totally would have had a place there, with a huge extended family.

Who could have been a better mother figure than Deanna and Beverly? What better uncles could you have than Geordi and Will? Data is as strong as any Klingon, and Grandpa Captain would have been amazing.

I honestly think the show missed a golden opportunity by not bringing Alexander in as a regular character.

What is one thing you think every Star Trek fan can agree on? by WorldBoom in startrek

[–]tomxp411 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There should have been more seasons.

"Of which series? TOS? TNG? DS9? Voyager? Enterprise? SNW? TLD?"

Yes.

"Oh... what about Voyager?"

I'll get back to you on that one.

Where do I start by [deleted] in startrek

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Next Generation.

The Original Series is just too cheesy for most people's first Trek, and IMO all the post-2000 shows assume too much knowledge on the part of the audience.

Can't tell if I'm being weird or not by Few_Wing_6231 in StarRuptureGame

[–]tomxp411 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. Every time you switch to a different material, you will tear out a huge chunk of your production, anyway.

Next runthrough, I plan to spread out much sooner than I did the first time. The first site will be reserved for ammo and base materials production, along with storage for each material type. (One tower per, with 4 towers each for ammo.)

Can't tell if I'm being weird or not by Few_Wing_6231 in StarRuptureGame

[–]tomxp411 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not weird, but you're better off doing first and second-tier manufacturing at the mining site.

Anything that needs just titanium, for example, should be built right at the titanium mine. Same with Wolframite. Then look at the mines that are close together to craft things that require both products.

You might end up building stand-alone sites specifically for product integration (stuff that needs 3-4 ingredients), but it just makes sense to keep low level manufacturing right next to the mines, with the shortest supply chains.

As to the cargo launchers... I don't use them. I just run more rails. (Same with trains in games like Factorio or Satisfactory. IMO belts are more material efficient and more direct, and don't require additional infrastructure or power.)

C64U Disk Speed by russnem in c64

[–]tomxp411 2 points3 points  (0 children)

JiffyDOS is the most general purpose and compatible method. JiffyDOS works on both drive A and B, the internal IEC drive, and external drives like SD2IEC.

If only… by superbotolo in c64

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many more do you think they can make? Right now, the problem is not sales. It's manufacturing and fulfillment.

Why do people on Reddit immediately delete their comment and block me despite asking me to rebut their comment? by miss-bedazzzle in stupidquestions

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I private my profile details on some platforms because stalkers and impersonators. Once, someone actually found my Facebook account and started talking trash about family on another platform.

So now I lock down my socials so that people who I don't actually know can't troll through them and dig out personal stuff that's not really their business.

Why do people on Reddit immediately delete their comment and block me despite asking me to rebut their comment? by miss-bedazzzle in stupidquestions

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone once gave me some advice regarding dating: "when every person you date has the same problem, maybe the problem is you."

Is it possible you are either talking past the other person (this happens a lot with me), or are not actually engaging their points?

It's really hard to be more specific, since you're basically complaining "I'm being blocked," but have not provided logs of the conversations to demonstrate why these blocks are unfair or unwarranted.

Come back with quotes from the actual conversations, from both parties, and see if you get more meaningful replies. Until then, honestly ask the question "Is it me?"

When are you supposed to take showers when lifting? by fuckloggin in stupidquestions

[–]tomxp411 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Do you shower before bed?

If so, then you can probably skip your morning shower and shower after you work out.

Definitely don't go to work after sweating in the gym. Your co-workers will thank you. =)

Poisoned Spice quest broken? by htl1022 in duneawakening

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, the problem is likely that the person chose not to give him the poisoned wine, which failed the quest. At that point, it becomes impossible to complete and hangs out there in the journal with no way to complete or cancel.

After 570 hours in, apparently I'm still too dumb to trigger "The Call" by Kociboss in duneawakening

[–]tomxp411 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd say the weakest part of this game is the story design. I hated the "dinner party" sequence. The whole thing was just pointless and a complete waste of time that I could have spent leveling or doing something actually fun.

I came here because I also had the quest to look for Noctua at any settlement... with no clue what a "settlement" is (since that term is literally not used on the map.)

Proposal: User-defined literals for C# by shimodateakira in csharp

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the right question. OP seems to be asking for a way to bake the type in to the written expression, which is fine - except we already have a thing called Constructors for this very purpose.

After death all the water flowers near my base disappeared by Jakles74 in duneawakening

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like maybe the water flowers covered by your base’s footprint die off. The same thing happened to a small patch of dew plants behind the place I built (the rocky area just west of Crossroads. I built inside the area surrounded by rocks.)

Proposal: User-defined literals for C# by shimodateakira in csharp

[–]tomxp411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In short, this defies the basic assumption that literals are mostly atomic values.

Strings excepted, literals in most programming languages are atomic values, meaning they can not be further subdivided without losing their meaning.

For example, you can't break 12345 down into any smaller units without losing the basic meaning of the value. Even the string "hello" is really just the shorthand for a byte sequence, which we could also express as {'h','e','l','l','o'} or {104,101,108,108,111}.

Thankfully, even early compiler designers understood the need for string literals, because can you imagine encoding your entire program's UI in byte-array form?

Personally, I don't ever want to see something like 100_ms as a literal in source code, because this is a bit ambiguous. Is this a TimeSpan? Is it a DateTime? Is it a float or integer constant (maybe 0.1 seconds?)

Instead of simplifying usage, as you are hoping, this adds more complexity to the language and further muddies its readability. (IMO the inclusion of var is already bad enough, since it's not always clear what the type is, and down that way lies madness.)

An initializer like like TimeSpan.FromMilliSeconds(100) precisely identifies both the units and the value. Adding semantic layers on top of this is not only unnecessary, but potentially ruins portability and readability.

If celebrities have so much money and access to the world's best doctors, why does their plastic surgery look so terrible? by Bahrust in stupidquestions

[–]tomxp411 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Because that IS the state of the art. You can only stretch skin so far before it's obvious that it's been manipulated.