Otakeb

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Otakeb,

Lmao my femdom, math undergrad fiance in a nutshell.

Otakeb,

I believe that if the younger generations are put under enough pressure, revolution will eventually happen. That, or total economic and societal stagnation.

Otakeb,

I think eventually storage density will scale beyond data size growth and we will reach a point where even videos are nothing and then distributed video hosting will be possible, but it's probably a ways off. Think about how much it took to just store text files or music like 30 years ago vs now. We aren't there yet but it may happen.

Otakeb,

I work on robotics and drones for the military and we use game controllers for teleoperation all the time. There are some times we use more rugged and robust controllers, but they are essentially just expensive, yellow Playstation controllers with e-stop buttons on the bottom (look up Fort robotics controller).

I think you'd be surprised at how often the military uses game controllers for mission critical tech. The convergent design of game controllers has kind of solved the problem of minimal, handheld, input-output machines that are capable of commanding difficult procedures.

Otakeb,

Rarely in my line of work but we do do it sometimes. To your point, outside of what I do I'm not sure how often game controllers are used in situations like passenger flight or submarines where you can't just mash the e-stop button and bail out.

Otakeb,

I don't operate anything in the field but I design and build the stuff. Fortunately, I haven't had to build any weapon systems or combat vehicles yet because I also have some moral apprehension to that as well, but I try not to shame those who do work on that stuff if I can avoid it. It's a pretty standard meme that wide-eyed aerospace engineers with dreams of space travel get stuck designing missiles to pay the bills. I'm sure there's not that many engineers in weapons tech that wouldn't switch to rockets or self driving cars in a heartbeat if they could afford to and had an in.

Otakeb,

No it's okay. I completely understand the sentiment and it's the reason I tried my damnedest to avoid defense entirely in my job search, but with my skillet and the absolute cutthroat competitiveness of the space exploration industry, I had to broaden my search eventually. A lot of people that design the death machines also have similar reservations (I have met some that think explosions and death are but they are the minority...), but it's usually those far outside the industry that hold such vitriol to those that work in the military industrial complex.

The problem isn't the people, it's the system and I try to remind people that when I see them attack me or others for working in defense (hopefully I can transfer out to space flight soon). Be mad at your representatives and politicians for voting for the ever expanding defense budget. Be mad at the CEOs and shareholder boards that push war for their war profiteering. Be mad at capitalism that forces the labourers into jobs they'd rather not have. Don't be mad at the 23 year old fresh engineering grad that couldn't land the job at NASA and Raytheon handed them a fat check to pay their loans back with.

Otakeb,

Are those cloves of garlic or onions on the skewers, OP?

Otakeb,

Very Interesting! I've never tried just grilled garlic cloves. Do you do anything special to them? Oil and seasoning? I'm gonna have to give this a shot..

Otakeb,

Need.

Still cis tho

Otakeb,

I hope everything just becomes brushed aluminum ffs. I hate all these glass back phones

Otakeb,

I hate wireless charging too, though. It's inherently less efficient than wired, and you have less range of motion while charging. With a wire, I can still use my phone while it's plugged in. Wireless charging needs to go away imo.

Otakeb,

Even disregarding material, it is literally less efficient due to transmission losses, and it's only "wireless" in so far as you have a wireless dock to drop your phone on that is then attached to the wall just like a regular cable. The only thing it does is make it so you don't have to plug a cable in or use a magnetic cable attachment, but there isn't really any convenience gain over just having a charging cord especially if you have a super long charging cable for your stationary spots in the house.

Otakeb,

I really like the magnetic charging port plug adaptors for situations like that, but personally, if I'm jumping up and down from my desk at work or something and have my phone plugged in, I'll just leave it on my desk while I'm away. And if I'm not coming back to it for a good bit, the extra half second it takes to unplug my phone is more than worth the more efficient power transfer, imo.

But to each their own.

Otakeb,

What's your choice of pipe tobacco?

Otakeb,

I'm a cigar guy, but I've wanted to learn to smoke a pipe. It's a bit more involved and ritualistic and that seems appealing on occasion. They are also beautiful little trinkets compared to a cigar.

Also, nice scenary in that pic.

Otakeb,

Personally, I'd rather my open source, decentralized software be developed by a nearly fanatical communist than a slimy entrepreneur/capitalist. Either could try to pull the rug out from under you, but at least one is internally consistent until then...

Wow, just wow "Hey /r/piracy. Reddit admins de-modded the captain and put a sword to the mod-team's necks to re-open. It seems they really demand valuable input from pirates...." (www.reddit.com)

Hey /r/piracy. Reddit admins de-modded the captain and put a sword to the mod-team's necks to re-open. It seems they really demand valuable input from pirates. I look forward to you to taking this tacit Reddit endorsement of digital piracy to heart in the coming days!...

Otakeb,

Honestly, regarding the fewer restrictions thing, why do we still have rules against not sharing links? What's gonna stop the community since it's more free from authority?

Otakeb,

I can't find Nikka From the Barrel anywhere in Northern Florida or Northern Louisiana when I look over the past few years. I want to try it pretty bad.

Jameson, Proper Twelve, and Redbreast 12

I love bourbon, scotch, rye, and Japanese whiskey, but I can't seem to get into Irish much. I wasn't a big fan of Jameson when I've had it a few times, but I did like Proper Twelve when a buddy got me a bottle (despite the consensus that its mediocre, I honestly preferred it to Jameson). Even still, it's not something I would go...

Otakeb,

I appreciate the recommendation. I'll grab a bottle of it when I grab a Redbreast 12th. I understand Irish is a bit more subtle and softer, but what is there I can pick out just hasn't been interesting yet. I'll give Green Spot a shot too.

Otakeb,

Yeah this screams GenZ. I respect it.

Otakeb,

Hey that's racist! /s

Otakeb,

Yeah there would be gore or CP everywhere very quickly ESPECIALLY if the users valued the increase in chaos. People would probably be actively posting full length Disney movies and "questionable" porn to stir shit up.

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