scytale

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[–] scytale@piefed.zip 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Casino el Camino was like $20 for a burger and fries without tip. It was good, but that’s ridiculously expensive. I can get a Sweet & Spicy Bacon Burger at Whataburger for half the price and it’s just as filling (double patty and bacon).

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 9 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I wanna know what’s in the boss level on the rooftop.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 24 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

So if a monster chases me in real life, instead of running I’ll crouch, grab the ground, and launch myself forward to get away (because I can’t run in dreams).

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You’re not wrong, and the post does say that - starting your own company or creating something new isn’t something that everyone can do, and it’s a tiny, tiny percentage who are actually successful. That’s why the first option they listed is to just join big tech and be a regular cog in the wheel. Obviously as I said, 300k is definitely NOT something you get as a fresh grad. But option 1 is the path of 99.99% of people, becoming an employee. And as I mentioned, that’s hard to do if you can’t even get your foot in the door in the first place.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 12 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Home maintenance and minor fixes. I’m sure the new homeowners will appreciate that.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 16 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

It’s honestly not too bad for advice, although it’s definitely exaggerated (i.e. 300k for a fresh grad; risk for a startup is high, not medium-low). The problem is not the path, it’s getting your foot in the door. CS grads are having a hard time getting hired in the first place. How can you do those things if you can’t even get started.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

To be fair, it only works well if the increased pounds go to the right places.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] scytale@piefed.zip 51 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (26 children)

Ok I've been meaning to ask this in the Space community or the NoStupidQuestions community. I've seen this news circling around the past 2 weeks and have been watching videos of people talking about it.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think the gist is that astronomers discovered with the JWST that some galaxies at the end of the observable universe appear to be younger than they are supposed to be. So it kinda blows a hole in the big bang expansion where objects farther away should be older. And that somehow ties in with the theory that our universe is inside a blackhole.

It's fascinating but I don't know what to do with that information other than just be fascinated. I think it was Neil deGrasse Tyson who said "So what does this new discovery matter to us? Nothing", because us being in a blackhole doesn't change anything in the grand universal scheme of things.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Honestly, following gossip about people you're actually connected with is still better than random accounts, pages, and posts you don't follow being forced on your feed.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 11 points 1 day ago

When I flew Emirates quite a while ago, they gave us stickers to put on your headrest if you want to be woken during meal/snack service. It was pretty cool because you can let go and sleep as much as you like without having to worry about missing food. This was an international flight though.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That and what the person you're replying to about choosing your words carefully is insane. I was speaking with a rep from my insurance trying to figure out what I need to do for the free annual physical checkup stuff and they were telling me how I should speak to the doctor to avoid getting charged a consultation fee (i.e. don't ask questions, avoid answering if they ask something about your current health, emphasize that you're only there for your annual physicals, etc.). And if you don't have a PCP, you probably have to pay for the visit either way as a "first-time patient" just to get the doctor's orders for your labs. It's bonkers navigating the system.

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