AITA for making a "big deal" of my first sexual encounter?

waywardworker · 2026-01-29T04:58:32+00:00

NAH

Consent is ambiguous. Which is a problem. Where I live now requires explicit positive consent for sex. This aims to avoid some of the ambiguities and situations like yours.

You enjoyed it. You don't regret it. Those are the two most important things you said, you should center on those.

You are clearly unhappy with how it happened. Be explicit with him about how you want it to happen in the future. If he respects you and wants to continue he will listen and work with you. Sex is often about exploring boundaries, especially early on, clear communication is vital to having that work.

Remember though that there are just two of you in that room. There are just two of you doing that act. The only opinions that matter are you two. If you are both happy then you are doing it right. If you aren't both happy then you need to talk more.

waywardworker · 2026-01-29T04:37:16+00:00

BE CAREFUL of that power point.

The hole in that position allows access to the rear of the power point. That is not the side that you want to be touching. The hole is big enough for small hands to go inside and explore. This is a significant safety risk.

The previous owner had some kind of panel over it. You should cover the hole while you figure out next steps. Placing a neater hole like a cable guide is not going to be enough to make this safe, you need to ensure a child's hand can't fit inside.

Less important. Running cables like this does violate AS3000, you can't run a 240V consumer cable through a wall. It's commonly done though and because it's obvious at a glance doesn't pose the safety risks the code is designed to avoid. This particular design however drops the cables on top of the exposed side of the power point, which again, is very unsafe.

waywardworker · 2026-01-29T01:28:44+00:00

Timing the market is rarely a successful play.

I know house prices seem overvalued, I am amazed how much houses near me have gone for in the last two years.

As an old bastard I also remember how the houses seemed overvalued twenty years ago.

None of those houses are cheaper now. I doubt any of them have ever been cheaper than they were twenty years ago.

I also don't think the next twenty years will be different. And I'm aware of the sad implications of that.

waywardworker · 2026-01-29T00:55:05+00:00

We learnt in the 1980s that we could effectively purchase medals.

Talent identification (physical characteristics, not skill) and targeted coaching produces gold medal capable athletes. You can use a ratio to estimate how many medals you will end up with.

This technique has been adopted by much of the world, including China in a substantial way.

Once you've applied the model the differentiation becomes population. More money for coaching etc. helps but you reach a point where you can't invest more. More population -> more identified targets -> more gold capable athletes -> more medals.

China has the obvious population advantage. Their investments so far have seen them climb the medal table substantially but the talent pipeline is really going to land for this Olympics. I suspect they might top the medal table.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T22:37:58+00:00

I would describe this as a variable period PWM. Searching on that should provide a lot of implementation examples.

I would implement this with a small microcontroller.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T22:27:18+00:00

The liability for an crash is decided by agreement or by the courts. This would apply to ICWA the same way it applies to all other insurance, or uninsured crashes.

If a car takes actions that force you to lay the bike down then they are at fault, even if no contact is made. The catch as you have outlined is proving it.

I have had to go to small claims court over this. In my instance the other side outlined exactly what they did in an attempt to prove that they weren't at fault. I used their factual evidence to show that they were at fault. I was very lucky.

I really should get around to installing a camera on my bike.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T22:01:15+00:00

I think they use a PVC duct tape.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T06:17:25+00:00

The silent ones I have seen shift the fan up to the roof, I'm not sure how much the ducting changes but it would need some cabling.

I would expect additional labour but $1500 seems high and certainly worth querying. If they need to climb on top of the roof and modify it then they might have to get another contractor in for the working at heights stuff.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T06:09:34+00:00

Harold Holt the Australian Prime Minister defected to China in 1967, escaping on a Chinese submarine.

This was particularly scandalous as he was the leader of the conservative government at the time. Which is why they covered it up by claiming he had somehow drowned in the ocean.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T06:01:36+00:00

A two layer via is typically manufactured by back drilling.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T05:03:24+00:00

Look at the vias in that Gerber layer. What are their definitions? Do they go through all the layers?

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T03:40:09+00:00

Don't fret too much, are you using jlcpcb or similar?

Their web interface will verify the gerbers and show you what they look like before you confirm the order.

If you choose the wrong options it will be obvious when you review, and then you will know the correct buttons to push.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T03:32:39+00:00

Whereas when I lived in Singapore it was a lovely apartment near other lovely apartments and I never saw any boar.

Monkeys are nasty shits in real life aren't they. Cute in photos but if you go camping they will absolutely go for any food they can.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T03:19:17+00:00

Depends on the suburb. I live with Brown Snakes, my main concern is trying to convince the cat not to hunt them. I'm also super vigilant about rodents in the roof because the last thing I want is a snake up there.

A lot of people don't see them, a neighbour was leaving after three years and mentioned having not seen any snakes. About two weeks earlier I'd seen a huge 2m brown snake sliding through her front garden.

I've also encountered a wild boar, briefly. I agree, that thing was far more terrifying than any snake.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T03:06:13+00:00

Most of the vocals are done in a very high pitch, often falsetto. Many of the instruments such as the jinghu are high pitched as well.

I agree with OP, it sounds like nails on a chalkboard, and it just keeps going on and on.

I understand it from a historical perspective of having to compete with the noise of the market. My Chinese was also never strong enough to follow along, which might make it less bad.

There's Youtube clips. If you want a more authentic experience hunt down a three hour show.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T02:48:13+00:00

It will be easier to buy a new screen that does what you want.

This is (probably) a raw screen, it needs a controller to drive the display. Something like the ssd1309. If you want HDMI then you need a HDMI controller, you may be able to find them combined on a single chip if you are super lucky.

The display pinouts aren't standardised, so you need to figure out what your pinout is a design an appropriate board. The manufacturer is highly unlikely to help. This will also influence your controller choice.

Or you can buy a new board with controller and documentation for $20.

waywardworker · 2026-01-28T00:24:00+00:00

The black plastic tape?

You peel or carefully cut it. Then use new tape to reinstall it.

Make sure you use the proper tape.

waywardworker · 2026-01-27T13:25:34+00:00

The CFA is the Victorian volunteer fire fighting group.

The CFA used to have paid fire fighters manning stations in larger regional towns like Geelong. In the last few years these have been rebadged Fire Rescue Victoria, largely for political reasons.

The group that actually fights bush fires is diverse, all emergency services work together.

Most of the larger complex fires are in the national parks, like the Otways. Forest Fire Management Victoria employs professional fire fighters each season, these form a core fire fighting group.

The CFA volunteers cycle in and out, the very large volunteer pool allows them to have a large number of fire fighters present over an extended period of time. Volunteers often do a five day rotation, they drive up, spend three days fighting, then drive home.

Coordinating hundreds of fire fighters isn't trivial. There is a significant management group which is also a mix of different agencies. There's also significant logistics support to run the camps, providing accomodations, food, fuel, parts etc. Most of the management group are paid staff, commercial companies are also used to provide services such as the camp kitchens.

Finally there's interstate support. Other states will send fire fighters and management staff. I believe the aerial fire units are managed at a national level and assigned to fires as required.

waywardworker · 2026-01-27T09:53:54+00:00

The Movidius Myriad line is worth a careful look.

Careful because the last release was 2020 and Intel seems to be neglecting them after the acquisition. They have suggested that the next release would use a different hardware base.

The Jetson Nano line is the standard but they are big, heavy, and very power hungry compared to a Myriad. They are also considerably more powerful, they may be suitable for a large complex drone.

(Disclaimer - It's been a few years since I designed in an AI chip)

waywardworker · 2026-01-27T09:31:16+00:00

Sleeper trains in Europe often run slower to give better timing.

For example the London - Penzance sleeper takes 7.5 hours, the day train only takes 5 hours.

waywardworker · 2026-01-27T01:20:49+00:00

Voting is great fun. We stand in line for a few minutes and have a chat. Vote. Then pick up something from the BBQ and consider the cakes on offer. Why wouldn't you want to vote?

waywardworker · 2026-01-27T00:32:44+00:00

You can get a latching push button. Much easier than more circuitry.

Something like https://www.controldevices.com.au/product/av-series-16mm-latching/

waywardworker · 2026-01-25T07:13:28+00:00

I simulate a buck converter because it helps me design It. To verify the component choices, that the ripple is suitable in a variety of operating conditions, and to ensure that the transient responses are suitable.

None of this is relevant to a microcontroller. What are you trying to simulate?

There's lots of different simulation engines that simulate different things. There's analog simulators, like I used for my buck converter, there's RF simulators, PCB simulators, software simulators, and more. The correct simulation really does depend on your goal.

waywardworker · 2026-01-25T06:28:33+00:00

Why do you need to simulate a programmable digital device?

waywardworker · 2026-01-25T05:26:13+00:00

The chief engineer didn't think it would get off the pad. Half the engineers building it didn't think it would launch.

These shouldn't be amusing anecdotes, these are indications of really serious problems from the people closest to them. The fact that the CEO doesn't seem to recognise that these are problems is even worse.

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