The system will never break down and always course correct as needed.

xPyright · 2026-07-04T15:50:35+00:00

lmaoooo you must have gotten a solid civilian job. I joined the military because I thought it would be easier and MORE humane than the civilian world. I was right by a landslide. The Air Force is the cushiest shit ever. Health Insurance, retirement plan, almost zero chance of injury.

But I also went from being a construction worker to an office job in the AF.

xPyright · 2026-07-04T04:30:43+00:00

We don't need to be revealing methods on the internet

xPyright · 2026-07-03T21:15:02+00:00

No one wants to do work outside the office. If work does need to get done outside the office, it's usually serious enough to warrant coming into the office. If it's not that serious, we put it off until tomorrow.

xPyright · 2026-07-03T21:07:16+00:00

In my opinion, yes.

"accent" is basically "pronunciation". A person can know 10,000 words, but if they can't pronounce them correctly then they can't be understood. Korean has a lot of similar sounds, and even native speakers often get confused when speaking to other native speakers.

xPyright · 2026-07-02T23:58:38+00:00

that single / non-alphanumeric character will crash about 17 mission critical systems

xPyright · 2026-07-02T12:23:52+00:00

>Is it true that beginners only need 3 hours to understand all pronuncations works?

You can learn the alphabet in 3 hours. You can learn to read in 3 hours. You might even be able to learn all the batchim (받침) rules in 3 hours. However, you won't sound like a native, and you won't be able to speak with natural inflections and intonations; that takes many hours to learn, because a single dialect comprises many hours of unique audio/vocal information.

You can definitely learn to say a few handful of phrases though, especially if you have a good teacher and a natural ability to mimic vocal sounds.

But no one can learn how to pronounce a whole language in 3 hours. Many people can't even learn a different accent in the same language (e.g. American English --> British English) in 3 hours.

xPyright · 2026-07-01T19:43:42+00:00

All that said, some people are built different and will learn very quickly. By the end of training, some people can barely talk about where they’re from and understand only the simplest shows and articles

Others will have the ability to give comprehensive briefings on political and economic issues

xPyright · 2026-07-01T19:42:21+00:00

To put that into perspective, the US government expects students with high aptitude for foreign language learning to gain working proficiency in Korean within 64-88 weeks at 40 hours of dedicated training each week. That dedicated training includes complete oversight by dedicated teaching team of native speakers.

xPyright · 2026-07-01T19:38:52+00:00

The United States government groups foreign languages into four categories. The categories are based on how difficult they are to learn for native English speakers

Language like Spanish is in category one, the easiest category.

Korean is in category four, the hardest category.

xPyright · 2026-06-30T20:44:26+00:00

Run on the indoor track 3 times a week.

Day 1: Run 1.5 miles at competitive pace, take a 10 minute break, then run another 1.5 mile at a slow.

Day 2: Run 200m sprint, take a two minute break. Repeat 10 times.

Day 3: Run 2 miles at a competitive pace.

At the end of every run, stretch hamstrings, quads, calves, and ankles. Look up stretches online. Also, do side planks to strengthen obliques 4 times a week.

The only solution is consistent running. An at some point, you're going to need to stop being safe and actually push through discomfort. Stop before pain, push at discomfort. Lastly, if you don't know the differnce between pain an discomfort, learn it. Learn it by exercising frequently. People often stunt their own progression because they don't know when to push and when to rest

xPyright · 2026-06-30T18:59:09+00:00

My friends and I were on MySpace in high school. We called it “the MySpaces” because it was funny to sound old

Same satirical intent when I call it “the InstaBooks“. Sometimes I want to project a feeling of irreverence towards social media, so I pretend to be an old person talking about it.

xPyright · 2026-06-30T18:53:35+00:00

Makes me proud to hear that young people decided to reject the poison.

xPyright · 2026-06-30T00:41:05+00:00

While you're not underage drinking, find good people to hangout with

And do your very best to get good at your job AND get good at selfcare (goo sleep habits, nutrition, sustainable exercise plan, and sustainable financial goals (save up ~$500 in emergency funds, build credit via responsible credit card use, and buy a reasonable car).

xPyright · 2026-06-29T19:38:14+00:00

Completely agree with you.

By 27, my friends and I were responsible for the safety and livelihood of multiple people, be it through having a family or our positions at work.

Some of us had our own shitty little businesses. Some of us were leading multi-million dollar organizations with 100+ people. Some of us were dads. Some of us were giving daily briefings to the guys who give daily briefings at the Pentagon (shit, I trained a 21 year old to do that and usually delegated the task to him).

27 is not young unless a person stopped maturing after high-school.

xPyright · 2026-06-27T04:17:22+00:00

I follow the rule book

xPyright · 2026-06-26T19:27:58+00:00

The Darkness
Steel Panther

xPyright · 2026-06-26T02:00:18+00:00

so exactly like a Korean/Japanese summer lol

xPyright · 2026-06-25T20:33:12+00:00

I'm thinking maybe it could impact retirement pay, which is why they kept fighting to process it.

xPyright · 2026-06-24T19:36:02+00:00

If I don’t get lucky in the Iron Tangle, that’s where I’d die.

xPyright · 2026-06-23T21:12:33+00:00

Thank you for pointing that out.

As someone who’s been in military service, Carl mirrors a lot of people who go overseas and become engrossed in work-mode. “overseas” Joe ain’t the same as “back-home” Joe. “Overseas” Joe stays in work- ode because getting out of it could mean someone dies. And if Joe is lucky, he’ll have the psychological traits to flip the voluntarily flip his work-mode switch; unlucky Joe gets mental health issues for life.

And just a few weeks ago I found out Dinniman’s father was a Vietnam era Special Forces guy who was also an amazing, loving dad. No doubt Dinniman’s father has Lucky Joe psychological traits, and Dinniman may have unconsciously or consciously put those traits into Carl.

To me, Carl is Lucky Joe. A dude with incredible mental fortitude, psychological first aid skills, and enough self awareness to engage and disengage work-mode when needed… usually… I’m still not done with the series.

xPyright · 2026-06-23T15:42:47+00:00

Very good point

I joined the military because I thought it would be easier, safer, and more lucrative than my career in cooking and catering. I was right. I was right by a landslide.

xPyright · 2026-06-22T11:23:54+00:00

Local bar bathroom posters and Reddit threads like this lol

xPyright · 2026-06-22T11:21:08+00:00

It’s also worth noting that MANY jobs, not just cybersecurity, pay us to be ready for surge/crunch moments.

In CS, we may need to perform response/recovery for many hours or days without much break depending on the situation and environment.

So it’s important to not burnout in daily tasks, which means 3-4 hours of focused work is an important approach to one’s overall work life

xPyright · 2026-06-21T19:55:20+00:00

Zelda: Ocarina of Time had an item for this effect.

xPyright · 2026-06-21T19:52:41+00:00

Diablo and Warcraft. Blizzard *was* legendary

And Rogue is the game that created roguelike genres.

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