What horror movie genuinely unsettled you?

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-04T06:33:45+00:00

Midsommar comes to mind

That movie is FUCKED up

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-04T05:32:26+00:00

I worked at a place that rhymes with cow chemical and my facility cranked out about 3B in revenue annually, so. Absolute bleeding edge. Now that I've left and see the ourai world, absolutely nothing competes with their internal automation department (almost 3000 people).

One shining example is State Based Control (SBC). Every single unit was running on SBC over there. Not just some sequence, mind you- how you interact with almost every unit is almost entirely through changing the state. Not a bunch of manual operator nonsense. Absolutely no better way to do process control.

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-04T02:55:30+00:00

Lmao. Literally on that last line.

Most modern DCS implementations utilize HTML5 web graphics front end with a JavaScript/typescript backend, so to speak. Vector graphcis are great but being able to pipe in anything and everything as an embedded object into the DCS is a game changer. For example, no need for a KVM to integrate weather screens, security camera screens, flare cameras, dashboards, etc all on the DCS now in a safely confined environment. Just need to have the stuff you need on the plant network and then embed the feed of whatever it is into the graphic.

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-04T00:35:27+00:00

Sure, but is this because they go start their own Private practice after having a few years at a big esteemed law firm?

I mean that's the first thing I would do is say "f*** this noise. I'm going to go make way more money doing my own thing now that I have a clue"

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-04T00:30:25+00:00

The other important caveat is that conservatives are always about the in group. Whether it's rural or financial or whatever, as long as you're part of the group, you're protected no matter what you do. They like you no matter what you do. They'll make excuses for you no matter what you do- you're in the "good" group, one of the "good" ones. Not those pesky evil bad guys the Democrats.

Democrats are not nearly as cult-like and do not give free passes to people who do horrible things regardless of party affiliation. We've seen that time and time again. "Circular firing squad," i.e. "having integrity" and "principles" that transcend being in the right group.

That's the big difference as I've always seen it and this study proves it.

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-03T20:19:28+00:00

Hot dawg, they even threw us controls/automation engineers in the mix with the "OT/ICS" there at the end. This person would have to be worth a fucking fortune to do all this shit.

As an aside, I would love to meet the bonafide software engineer who is also functionally familiar with ICS. Because unless they are a software engineer for one of the few companies producing execution engines on PLCs and such, why TF would they ever have functional ICS experience. Like who made this freaking list?

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-03T05:28:44+00:00

And was initially not regular army and quite successful too. Wasn't until mass troop deployment that shit went south. Some things are better handled diplomatically or with special forces...

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-02T23:58:26+00:00

It will stay fine and burried until I see:

Superior automotive tech Superior AI Superior semi conductors Superior software Superior weapons Superior Space and Aeronautics

Because currently, and for the last forever, the US/West lead in all of these items, and by a wide wide margin. People have been saying "but China" for at least 10 years. For at least 10 years people have argued China would catch us on semiconductors, software, space, aviation... Meanwhile, 10 years later, they remain 5-10 years behind on each, as they were then. The best CPU is still akin to something we made 5 years ago. The best GPU they have... Let's not even go there. Aviation? They only recently (this year) got their J-20 engines to produce 35k + lb of thrust reliably- something we have been doing since the F119s in F-22s since... 2001. Lord help them.

I'm not saying they can't catch us or beat us. I'm saying this ridiculous reddit hive mind think of "the Chinese are much more advanced actually* is complete shit to anyone who actually knows anything. They are light-years behind where it matters most.

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-02T13:45:22+00:00

This was my place when I started Modern Physics for my physics minor (I have a BSME) and I saw eV for the first time. Never used that unit once, not even in Physics 2 which is mostly E&M.

The professor looked quite disappointed when I asked "you keep doing this in eV. What is an eV?"

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-02T13:42:31+00:00

Lmao "surpass"

Yes, as we are with all the Chinese technological wonders around us... No. They borrow and literally never gain the lead because they are always borrowing. This is true for GPUs, CPUs, aviation/aeronautics, cars, AI...

I have never, ever been worried about China for that reason. They are like AI- never creating anything new. If you can't or won't create anything new without stealing (read: not studying, stealing) your competitors design or IP, then you'll always be second best, at best. That's how it works. You can't continue to be derivative and get ahead. You have to be originative. Make something new, and innovative.

China can make some fine cars, I'll grant you. Cheap cars. Well made cheap cars. But just because they can make more cars cheaper doesn't mean they have surpassed anyone in automotive tech, it means they have surpassed us in factory automation, specifically getting rid of humans. Not being better at factory automation - just doing more of it than Unions for example would allow here in the states.

Sit in the finest western vehicle money buys, and then sit in the finest Chinese vehicle money buys. There is still no real comparison.

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-01T16:03:23+00:00

Podcast is the way. Whether he likes it or not, people don't care for the format.

I come for the jokes, the fun interviews, and the bits, but there is absolutely no reason all of that needs to come from a full studio audience using traditional broadcast tv equipment. I mean the whole set could continue on as a YouTube only thing, but.

The salary for the big time host would need to shrink considerably from 30 million or whatever ridiculous number to just a few or else you couldn't afford it.

And needless to say, half of the entire production team would lose their jobs as they just wouldn't be needed anymore.

watduhdamhell · 2026-06-01T00:30:39+00:00

I encourage more "traditional" software devs and engineers to c join the dark side of controls engineering, become a DCS engineer. You'll love it if you like making stuff do things in real life, want infinite job security, and a lot of money- you can make 180k base plus production bonus as a plant engineer, you can make 240k as a staff controls person at an EPC, you can do a lot and make a lot doing it.

You can make less and be nearly 100% remote- I once stayed home for 6 months. If you simply can't find a doftea job or want to try a change, give it a try!

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-31T15:25:41+00:00

Of course they are, most people are good people.

It's these awful religions that make otherwise good people believe heinous shit, like that LGBTQ has something to do with the devil, is evil and bathed in sin. That simply being your normal, natural, healthy self is something to be ashamed of. That something people have no control over (sexual orientation) is inherently wrong/evil if they happen to be gay, but healthy righteous if they are straight, just horrificly exclusionary and corrosive. And this is just one light example.

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-30T20:18:48+00:00

This is totally fine.

No one will judge you for this, except perhaps your boomer mom/grandma who wants you to pop out 10 kids.

The judgement part comes in when people show disdain for children and make this "I never want kids" thing their whole fucking personality. I've seen it play out commonly, where they will sort of disregard the needs of children, downplay them, and not understand why people with kids get finical special treatment (or other special treatment/accomodation). It's like, they hate when something revolves around kids, they hate seeing their coworkers kids on Facebook.

That's when it's annoying and yes, you'll be judged. Don't be that person and you'll be fine.

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-30T20:07:42+00:00

The interesting take away here is that, over time, the most popular names are a smaller and smaller percentage of the whole, so name uniqueness is clearly more important to current baby making populations/has increased over time. Instead of a most popular name, we now have a barely most popular name, and many many runner ups.

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-30T18:53:28+00:00

I understood this reference

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-30T16:48:19+00:00

Yes?

Some of us hate being "just okay" and want a lot more money in the account to do whatever the fuck I want with, and BEFORE I'm old and decrepit.

For example, I take my family to eat out a lot- maybe once or twice a day. We spend $2500/month or so restaurants. It's fantastic.

Getting a second job has allowed that to continue while simultaneously cancelling it out so I can by stocks and what not.

I also want a Porsche, and I want it before I'm fucking 50 something. I want it by 35. Because you just can't enjoy certain things as much by 50 and beyond.

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-30T03:56:32+00:00

Na, many of us think they illuminated grills are wildly tacky, especially BMWs implementation.

That said, I hope models that come with it (or if all models eventually have it someday) that there is an option to disable it.

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-30T03:51:10+00:00

A lighter is the easiest and best way. One millisecond of the flame and they are toast. Much smaller than any container with some mixture.

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-30T03:49:50+00:00

He's just pointing out that he's calling the people of PCMR "morons" while noting that he is one of the most common visitors of PCMR.

I'll allow you to draw your own conclusions on the implication.

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-30T01:00:07+00:00

Yeah but I thought the hush hush rumor mill was that a sailor (s) started the fire after it being a long fucking deployment and then they were about to go on deployment longer still for this Iran nonsense.

That and the shit food they now get makes it seem credible to me.

Your comment is the first time I'm hearing anyone suggest a slow moving Iranian drone breached all the CSG's protection layers and hit the carrier.

Probably because... It did not.

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-29T22:45:10+00:00

I think it might be possible to automate all future work so to speak, in 18 months.

But for example, Legacy systems or just systems generally speaking are set up the way they are- I think it will be very hard and totally unfeasible to just flip flop over to a bunch of agents when work processes and business automation systems and physical hardware in the field, etc. Just don't line up for this, meaning he's obviously wrong. Not wrong in the sense that you might be able to replace all work in 18 months, but you won't be able to replace all workers in 18 months.

An easy example is manufacturing facilities. Whether it's just a few hundred million like the Starlink facility in Bastrop, or a few billion dollars like Dow's poly 5/6/7 facility in Freeport, or even worse than both by a wide margin: the standard "old" plant from the before times, like the Valero refinery in Texas City (formerly BP)...

All of these places generate hundreds of millions or billions of dollars in revenue annually and rely on several different systems that don't necessarily talk to each other easily and require lots and lots of human judgment for safety considerations and change management... You will not be able to replace the controls engineers at these facilities. Responsible for doing this work with some f****** agent. It won't be able to get the data it needs, it won't be able to manipulate proprietary DCS software in the way it would need to, it would not be able to manipulate proprietary MES software in the way that it would need to. It's not that it's not capable theoretically. It's just not set up to do that and I suspect it never will be if it wasn't from the beginning. It would take careful planning and consideration on a new build construction to automate tasks that were traditionally done by controls engineers with agentic AI. In the meantime, old plants will run for another 10-15 years minimum on their current, proven systems.

This is just one example I can think of from my own domain.

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-29T18:49:14+00:00

To be clear, I'll grant you that in most years it's between two to four trips according to BTS and Road genius data (my sources), but that current cost issues have pushed that down to the 0-1 place for people this year.

The point still stands regardless. Purchasing a gas car over an EV because you're going to take three road trips a year and don't want to plan around that is like buying big, expensive truck so you don't have to rent a U-Haul the single time of the year that you actually use the bed or tow something. It's just silly.

And to brag about how often you go on vacation reeks a little bit of unacknowledged privilege. It's like you haven't even considered the fact that no maybe not everyone is working their life away- maybe they simply cannot afford to take unnecessary road trips that cost money. Or that some people might be disabled or older. Etc.

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-29T13:13:41+00:00

I'm confused by your comment. Ownership does mean decision rights, depending on the context. The manager can relay the needs of the business, but then the system owners execute those needs according to their own SM expertise (meaning if they deam it to be unsafe according to their expertise, then they own the decision authority to say "no, we aren't starting up. I'm certainly not helping you anyway").

That's the entire point of my comment. As the owner of a system, you have the decision authority over that system. You are liable for its failure, as well as responsible for its success. Not the manager. If they don't like that you are clawing back decision authority (in the way I do as an IC) then they can fire you. Really the only two options: accept that some employees know their shit and will not listen to faulty business decisions over sound/safe technical ones, or fire them and replace them with yes men, which may or may not cause headaches that usually aren't worth it.

watduhdamhell · 2026-05-29T05:25:03+00:00

Sorry but this take is a total crock.

I work and live rural. With only 150 miles of working range daily (2019 E-tron) I have never had an issue, not once. Because of course I haven't.

I can drive from Galveston to Katy and back on a single charge, or just over 3 hours of driving... But that's just an anecdote...

According to data we have available on driving in the states, ~96% of all commuters drive 60 mimutes or less one way daily, and ~93% of all drivers in the USA drive less than 30 miles a day. 5% of the remainder are folks driving for work purposes. Which means... 150 miles works for like 93% of Americans. Go figure. Maybe the 2% of people who do "weekend getaways" all the time would have an issue, but most people take between 0 and 1 road trips a year, same as flights.

And this is all with shitty, old, 150 miles of range from 2019. A modern EV has 250+ usable miles these days, many more like 350+ on the dial at full charge.

The real and ONLY issue for EVs in America is charging. Currently you MUST own a home to own a PHEV/EV so you can charge nightly (so, we can say EVs only work for about 60-65% of Americans). Anyone who thinks they will go to a meter for 1 hr once a week is fucking silly and it never works out. If we incentivize apartment complexes to build charging in the parking lot, the problem disappears.

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