

Not the person you were responding to, but… Did I read the article stuck behind a paywall? No, no I did not
Edit: ah I see the non paywall link now
Not the person you were responding to, but… Did I read the article stuck behind a paywall? No, no I did not
Edit: ah I see the non paywall link now
Yep. I’ve lived in 9 states so far. The only place I consistently used public transit was when I lived in NYC
Yea I only have a bachelor’s in physics, can’t explain the black magic fuckery that is electromagnetism. Go find someone with a PhD, I bailed to be an engineer
An actual textbook cover. I mean… An ancient grimoire of the dark arts
Edit: I almost forgot about the sequel
I mean, yea. The people designing the AC to DC power supplies often don’t care what you use them for, why would they bother putting schematics for a real load on their diagram?
Ha, no, now they just get in the subways with big Bluetooth speakers and annoy people with that. Boom boxes phasing out didn’t stop people from being obnoxious if they want to
And a boom box. Sure, phones can play music, but not at the same volume or quality as a dedicated stereo system (quality meaning the frequency response, phones just physically can’t get the low end without a separate speaker)
My 2011 MacBook pro is still chugging along thanks to Linux.
I upgraded 4GB RAM to 16GB, upgraded the HDD to SSD, and replaced the CD drive with a second SSD. Sadly the screen is almost completely gone, occasionally intermittent, probably a cable gone bad, not sure, but the mini display port is working fine for an external monitor.
This needs an edit to “what if I see a billionaire” after that bee that took a dive down the dude’s throat.
Too soon?
I have beheld your dragon. You may proceed with the extra abilities of the spell you’re casting
(“Behold” is a new magic the gathering mechanic for anyone rightfully confused by my comment https://draftsim.com/mtg-behold/)
So. Funny story. Back when I was incredibly new to Linux, I was trying to move everything from my downloads folder to somewhere else. So I navigated into the downloads directory on the command line and sent something like
“sudo mv /* ~/misc”
when I meant to type
“sudo mv ./* ~/misc”
Yea… That was a fun learning experience and hilarious way to utterly fuck everything on that machine. Luckily it was just an old laptop I’d installed Linux on to mess around and learn, no real damage done
I mean, I agree with you, I’d never pay for a Matlab license for myself if I ever decide to go the private engineering consultant route. Just sharing my experience that yes, it’s used in the professional world.
I’ve had more than one job where Matlab was used extensively, guess my coworkers and I aren’t real engineers.
I’d rather use something else, but if it’s what the group already uses, fine, I’ll do it
Also, I don’t do a ton of true programming on it. It’s a fancy calculator, and occasionally I make a GUI app with it
I am in fact an engineer and a nerd. Or as many of us like to call it, an enginerd
Edit: I wouldn’t call Matlab my favorite though… But yes I use it. I mean, I’m on Lemmy… Like loads of users here, I like FOSS. So I’d say python is probably my favorite
I’ve literally never heard anyone call it A.P.P. (and I mean that literally literally, not figuratively literally)
Is this a specific cultural thing? A generational thing? Geography based slang? Why would anyone do this.
I just got back from a doc visit for a shoulder injury. They told me “yea sometimes muscular guys like you fool us and we miss a tear because their delts are overcompensating”
All I heard was “you’re muscular”, going to be riding that high for a bit. Luckily no rotator cuff tear, probably just a bad sprain, will be back to bench press soon enough
It’s more fun when it’s your own mother trying to sell her MLM holistic bullshit. No mom, I don’t need your snake oil pills, I needed a therapist.
I just googled “how to lick a drill press” and sadly the AI response is that I shouldn’t do it because it’s dangerous. Keep trying!
Edit: lick not kick… But kicking is probably dangerous too
I don’t like the Muppet movies…