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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 30, 03:07:36Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2016 Jun 29, 23:44:28
And when you're in Texas, in the summer, don't kick over an outdoor trash can. It might have bees in it.They love discarded soda cans.
That's why I don't discard my soda cans. I just let them pile up in my house.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 29, 08:58:20
Whatever you do never kick a trashcan as hard as you can only to realize too late that it's full.
As if I wasn't having enough problems with my knees.
As if I wasn't having enough problems with my knees.
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Off-Topic / Re: Today's Smile
2016 Jun 26, 20:58:12
I feels like my runner's knee is finally subsiding. I ran 2 miles on Wednesday and my knee hurt so bad for the past 4 days I had to skip my run on Friday. Hopefully I can get back on track tomorrow, I can't afford to let my cardio fitness slip.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 25, 04:37:25Quote from: Chromastone64 on 2016 Jun 24, 10:13:07
I never really care about politics, but it looks like my country has messed up royally now...
Ba dum tss.
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Off-Topic / Re: Today's Smile
2016 Jun 23, 03:09:36
Man, Discover is just throwing credit at me left and right. They just automatically raised my credit limit AGAIN. That's like the third time in 3 months.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 22, 02:41:31
I'd like to know why all of the cyber jobs in the Air Force are in the general aptitude rather than the electronics aptitude....like, wtf. The 2 jobs I really wanted were cyber surety or cyber systems operation. I'm getting placed into the electronics aptitude because I did particularly well on the electronics section of the ASVAB. Truth be told they originally tried to railroad me into the mechanical aptitude, but I refused. Technically I could turn down this slot and tell my recruiter I want to wait for a general aptitude slot, but it's not that simple...
The way the air force works with placing people into jobs is they use a "guaranteed aptitude" system for most recruits. When you ship to basic training you don't have a specific job and could get placed into any job in that aptitude. They try to give you one that you prefer, but really they will just stick you into whatever job is needed the most. So with that in mind, going into the general aptitude in hopes of getting a cyber job would be pretty risky. Cyber jobs are extremely popular with recruiters, not surprising considering the Air Force is pretty much the geek branch of the military. My general score isn't the best, so if I go into the general aptitude there's not a good chance I'd actually get a cyber job, it's more likely I'd end up as a clerk or a janitor or some other glorious job (okay, I'm exaggerating, but still...). With that in mind I think electronics would be a safer bet. It doesn't have the jobs I really want, but it also doesn't have any jobs that I'd really hate to get.
It's okay by me I guess, can't win them all. I'll cross my fingers for space systems operations, hopefully my 77 in electronics will be semi-competitive.
The way the air force works with placing people into jobs is they use a "guaranteed aptitude" system for most recruits. When you ship to basic training you don't have a specific job and could get placed into any job in that aptitude. They try to give you one that you prefer, but really they will just stick you into whatever job is needed the most. So with that in mind, going into the general aptitude in hopes of getting a cyber job would be pretty risky. Cyber jobs are extremely popular with recruiters, not surprising considering the Air Force is pretty much the geek branch of the military. My general score isn't the best, so if I go into the general aptitude there's not a good chance I'd actually get a cyber job, it's more likely I'd end up as a clerk or a janitor or some other glorious job (okay, I'm exaggerating, but still...). With that in mind I think electronics would be a safer bet. It doesn't have the jobs I really want, but it also doesn't have any jobs that I'd really hate to get.
It's okay by me I guess, can't win them all. I'll cross my fingers for space systems operations, hopefully my 77 in electronics will be semi-competitive.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 20, 17:36:20Quote from: Chromastone64 on 2016 Jun 20, 17:13:19
Yeah, I've had it once before too, and I was SERIOUSLY lucky: back then, the type I got didn't hurt. Which was a very good thing, considering I had cancer at that time, AND it sprung up on the area where I had my medicine jabs. This time, however, it's REALLY itchy and stings. Can't actually wear a shirt for now.
Oh, explaining this to my college is gonna be FUUUUUUUUUUUN.
Its actually kind of a good thing youre getting it now rather than later. Most people dont get it until late in life, and its way worse then. Ive seen ww2 veterans crying from it.
I caught chicken pox in 1995, literally weeks before the vaccine came out, so im almost guaranteed to get shingles eventually. I probably wouldnt have got it either if my mom hadnt given it to me on purpose.
Back before the vaccine was invent it was a right of passage for young kids, almost everyone got it, so parents would expose their children to it early on so they could 'get it and be done with it'. Ironicly that kind of thinking was exactly what made the disease so widespread. Self-fulfilling prophecy ahoy.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 20, 05:22:36
People seem to have some misconception that evolution is some kind of ordered and regulated process like the quality assurance team in a factory. Questions like "Why does X species have X trait? It doesn't give them any advantage!" or "Why has evolution not fixed X problem?" are asked all the time.
The answer is that evolution is not magic. It's literally just the process of nature throwing things at the wall until something sticks. It's not like there's a team of engineers constantly going over the genomes of species and thinking "Hmm, how can I improve this?" There is no order behind it, it's trial-and-error or the grandest of scales.
Think of it this way: Imagine a deafblind man standing in the middle of a large room with an unlimited supply of darts. Somewhere in the room is a dart board, but he has no idea where it is. If he just stands there for millions of years throwing darts in random directions he's almost guaranteed to eventually hit the bulls-eye by shear luck alone. Obviously that's not an efficient system by any stretch of the imagination, but it will work given enough time. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and evolution is a broken clock.
However, if we remove all of the billions of missed darts, leaving only the one on the bulls-eye, and then bring someone in the room to see it and tell them "That man hit this bulls-eye", they're going to be thinking "Wow, that's amazing! That couldn't have happened at random, there's something supernatural at play with this guy!" That's an easy mistake to make when you are only seeing the successful result of something while not seeing all the failures. Nature as we know it today is the result of many millennia happy accidents. We don't see evolution's countless failures - i.e. the 99.9+% of species that were extinct before humans came into existence.
Heck, the human body is chock-full of redundant organs and inefficiencies. Evolution just brings you to "good enough" it doesn't guarantee optimal performance.
The answer is that evolution is not magic. It's literally just the process of nature throwing things at the wall until something sticks. It's not like there's a team of engineers constantly going over the genomes of species and thinking "Hmm, how can I improve this?" There is no order behind it, it's trial-and-error or the grandest of scales.
Think of it this way: Imagine a deafblind man standing in the middle of a large room with an unlimited supply of darts. Somewhere in the room is a dart board, but he has no idea where it is. If he just stands there for millions of years throwing darts in random directions he's almost guaranteed to eventually hit the bulls-eye by shear luck alone. Obviously that's not an efficient system by any stretch of the imagination, but it will work given enough time. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and evolution is a broken clock.
However, if we remove all of the billions of missed darts, leaving only the one on the bulls-eye, and then bring someone in the room to see it and tell them "That man hit this bulls-eye", they're going to be thinking "Wow, that's amazing! That couldn't have happened at random, there's something supernatural at play with this guy!" That's an easy mistake to make when you are only seeing the successful result of something while not seeing all the failures. Nature as we know it today is the result of many millennia happy accidents. We don't see evolution's countless failures - i.e. the 99.9+% of species that were extinct before humans came into existence.
Heck, the human body is chock-full of redundant organs and inefficiencies. Evolution just brings you to "good enough" it doesn't guarantee optimal performance.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 19, 13:33:33Quote from: LostSanity on 2016 Jun 18, 17:51:21
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon just tried to kill me IRL.
After I was done playing it for the night and went to bed it felt like my heart was beating really hard in my chest. I thought it would go away but it kept me awake. I fell asleep eventually but woke up 2 hours later with it still occurring. Eventually I told my mother but by that point it wasn't as bad as it was last night. She wanted me to go to E.R. to be on the safe side.
So I did this morning.
Got discharged a little after 8 a.m.
It's just wonderful knowing that this game is trying to kill me IRL. Not that something like this is going to stop me from finishing it consider how freaking close I am to being done with it once and for all.
I'M FINISHING IT EVEN IF IT DOES LITERALLY KILL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What the actual...
Correlation doesn't equal causation, sha. It's more likely you have an undiagnosed heart problem than that a video game caused it. I can't see a game being THAT stressful. I hope the docs ran some tests on you.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 18, 02:30:21
There's something weird up with the hearing in my right ear. For some reason I'm having trouble hearing 6k frequency, yet I can hear 4k and 8k frequencies just fine. And it's only my right ear, the hearing in my left ear is perfect.
That's...odd. Usually with minor hearing loss your hearing tapers off the higher the frequency goes, yet I just have a weird spike right at 6k. I hear 4k 0dB and 8k at 5dB, but 6k at 25dB. I could write it off as a fluke if it had been just 1 test, but I've gotten consistent results from 3 tests over the past 3 years.
Freaky...
That's...odd. Usually with minor hearing loss your hearing tapers off the higher the frequency goes, yet I just have a weird spike right at 6k. I hear 4k 0dB and 8k at 5dB, but 6k at 25dB. I could write it off as a fluke if it had been just 1 test, but I've gotten consistent results from 3 tests over the past 3 years.
Freaky...
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Off-Topic / Re: Today's Smile
2016 Jun 16, 03:06:19Quote from: Chromastone64 on 2016 Jun 15, 12:03:53
I don't usually like to troll people.
When it comes to MLP, however, I'll spout it all the time.
I love dropping little not-always-subtle referances to MLP in nearly everything I do. Like today, editing a video at college. One of the background tracks is Love Conquers All. Now I'm just waiting for my group to notice > : )
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 15, 05:20:54
So Todd Howard says the final Fallout 4 DLC will be the biggest DLC they've ever done. That the game will be "going out with a bang". In other word:
Really though, only 2 real DLCs for Fallout 4? I thought Bethesda said they'd be spending alot of time on the game and releasing lots of content. I don't care about horse armor like contraptions and other nonsense, I wanted actual expansions. This isn't Minecraft FFS, I want actual store-driven RPG gameplay, not sandbox gameplay. In my infinite naivety I thought they'd have learned their lesson from Skyrim and not leave a game blatantly incomplete again. I just keep underestimating Bethesda.
What I really wanted to see expanded upon was the storyline with the various factions that you can put in charge of the Commonwealth. So I became director of the Institute and...that's it. I never do anything with the title? I'd have loved to see some real choice involved with what you can do with the position. Hoard the technology underground and give the rest of the world the middle finger like what the previous director was doing, or reform the institute and use its technology for the good of mankind and help rebuild the world anew?
Yeah, I'm blatantly biased toward the Institute. I hope the Institute being destroyed doesn't become canon.
Really though, only 2 real DLCs for Fallout 4? I thought Bethesda said they'd be spending alot of time on the game and releasing lots of content. I don't care about horse armor like contraptions and other nonsense, I wanted actual expansions. This isn't Minecraft FFS, I want actual store-driven RPG gameplay, not sandbox gameplay. In my infinite naivety I thought they'd have learned their lesson from Skyrim and not leave a game blatantly incomplete again. I just keep underestimating Bethesda.
What I really wanted to see expanded upon was the storyline with the various factions that you can put in charge of the Commonwealth. So I became director of the Institute and...that's it. I never do anything with the title? I'd have loved to see some real choice involved with what you can do with the position. Hoard the technology underground and give the rest of the world the middle finger like what the previous director was doing, or reform the institute and use its technology for the good of mankind and help rebuild the world anew?
Yeah, I'm blatantly biased toward the Institute. I hope the Institute being destroyed doesn't become canon.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 14, 03:03:10
Stupid me didn't fully stop at a stop sign and got pulled over by the police. Just my luck, the last thing I need right now is a traffic ticket given my current MEP. Thankfully the officer just ran my license number quickly, saw that I have a clean driving record, and let me off with a warning. I'm glad he didn't ask for my registration and proof of insurance...since I don't have them in my car. 
Well shoot, guess I'll have to tell my recruiter about it. I've been told to report any and all contact with law enforcement. I hope he says "it was just a warning, no big deal", I really don't want this slowing down my processing.
Well shoot, guess I'll have to tell my recruiter about it. I've been told to report any and all contact with law enforcement. I hope he says "it was just a warning, no big deal", I really don't want this slowing down my processing.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 12, 04:03:37
I'm so livid after what I saw at the diner tonight. After work tonight I decided to stop at the 24 hour Denny's right up the road from my house for some fish and chips. I was going to order to go but then I decided "Nah, I'll just eat here." That was a mistake.
So it was 2AM and I was almost done eating when a party of 10 hicks walked in, from the moment they stepped in they had an air of rudeness about them, and when I saw at least one of them was open carrying I just KNEW they were about to start something. I was right.
It wasn't even 60 seconds before they were getting obnoxious and worked up about God knows what. Apparently they were upset that there were no large tables and the one waitress there didn't drop everything to push tables together for them. Less than 5 minutes later I heard the matriarch say loudly that the waitress had a bad attitude and that the staff just didn't want to deal with their group. When the waitress came over to speak with her she rudely said "We aren't eating with you tonight!" To which the waitress calmly responded, "Okay, have fun.
" and walked off to check on me and the one other table in the restaurant. Knowing I was uncomfortable, she brought my check so I could get going.
The matriarch then made a scene and went off in a tangent to the manager about how unprofessional the waitress was and how poorly the staff treated them and the restaurant clearly didn't want their business. Nevermind that they walked in a 2AM with a party of 10 without calling ahead and expected the staff to instantly be at their beck and call. Then they stormed out.
The scene is a bit hard to describe in text but believe me when I say it was the rudest thing I've ever seen in my life. I actually felt adrenaline pumping in me it was upsetting me so much, but I wasn't about to get involved.
So then I left a 100% tip and got the heck out of there before they came back with a whole gang of bikers or something. These people were walking stereotypes of tough-guy rural Americans, right down to the mini-convoy of motorcycles and lifted trucks they stormed out in. I've read enough tabloid news articles to know those types don't quit when their intimidation tactics fail.
So it was 2AM and I was almost done eating when a party of 10 hicks walked in, from the moment they stepped in they had an air of rudeness about them, and when I saw at least one of them was open carrying I just KNEW they were about to start something. I was right.
It wasn't even 60 seconds before they were getting obnoxious and worked up about God knows what. Apparently they were upset that there were no large tables and the one waitress there didn't drop everything to push tables together for them. Less than 5 minutes later I heard the matriarch say loudly that the waitress had a bad attitude and that the staff just didn't want to deal with their group. When the waitress came over to speak with her she rudely said "We aren't eating with you tonight!" To which the waitress calmly responded, "Okay, have fun.
" and walked off to check on me and the one other table in the restaurant. Knowing I was uncomfortable, she brought my check so I could get going.The matriarch then made a scene and went off in a tangent to the manager about how unprofessional the waitress was and how poorly the staff treated them and the restaurant clearly didn't want their business. Nevermind that they walked in a 2AM with a party of 10 without calling ahead and expected the staff to instantly be at their beck and call. Then they stormed out.
The scene is a bit hard to describe in text but believe me when I say it was the rudest thing I've ever seen in my life. I actually felt adrenaline pumping in me it was upsetting me so much, but I wasn't about to get involved.
So then I left a 100% tip and got the heck out of there before they came back with a whole gang of bikers or something. These people were walking stereotypes of tough-guy rural Americans, right down to the mini-convoy of motorcycles and lifted trucks they stormed out in. I've read enough tabloid news articles to know those types don't quit when their intimidation tactics fail.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 11, 05:01:19
So when did this whole 'salty' epidemic become a thing? People have been throwing around that word for a while now. It seems to have replaced the word butthurt in internet slang, except it's thrown around much more liberally, describing anyone who reacts even semi-negatively to anything at all.
In my day being called 'salty' meant you were a seasoned and respected sailor. You kids these hip lingo, I swear.
Also, can we please stop using the word 'toxic' to describe anything other than hazardous chemicals?
In my day being called 'salty' meant you were a seasoned and respected sailor. You kids these hip lingo, I swear.
Also, can we please stop using the word 'toxic' to describe anything other than hazardous chemicals?
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 09, 02:46:44
I keep hearing the oft repeated "fact" that pushups are the equivalent of bench pressing 2/3 of your weight, but that sounds like hogwash to me. I'm 155 pounds and I can do 50 pushups in a row, but I sure can't bench press 100 pounds for 50 reps.
See, this is why I take anything from the Bodybuilding forum with a grain of salt. Cesspool of misinformation full of people throwing around the word "brah" and "bout tree fiddy" memes.
See, this is why I take anything from the Bodybuilding forum with a grain of salt. Cesspool of misinformation full of people throwing around the word "brah" and "bout tree fiddy" memes.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 08, 03:32:41
So my 25th birthday in in one month. It's about this time every year that I start waxing poetic about the evanescence of my youth, but this year is special. 25 is pretty much the unofficial cutoff between young adulthood and "real" adulthood. And you know? I can't help feeling like I've peed away my youth.
When I think of where I'd be by now if I hadn't spent the last 7 years derping around, it disgusts me. If I had joined the Air Force right after graduating high school in 2009 I could be an officer by now. I'd be well-educated under the GI bill. I'd be working for the betterment of humanity as a cyber engineer. I'd have an unrivaled since of camaraderie, belonging and purpose. And of course, I'd have more money than I'd know what to do with. But no, I was too big of a wuss. Afraid of commitment, no ambition, no self-motivation. I was pathetic.
Maybe I'm just too hard on myself. I mean, statistically I've done better than the majority of people my age. I moved out from my mom's house at 21 and have held a steady job and been independent since (With a hiccup or 2 along the way, but I learned from my mistakes). I mean, hey, when I first moved to Texas 2 years ago I came with pretty much nothing but my car and was living in a roach-infested apartment in the barrios. Now I live in a very nice apartment, bought all new furniture, a brand new 2016 car, nice clothes, ect, and I still have a positive savings rate. Basically, I've come a long way despite a few mistakes.
So what's the problem? Simple: I'm just not happy. I'm not living the life I want. All I do is work a pointless job that serves no purpose other than making someone else rich. I work way too many hours, I have basically zero social life, I get no sense of pride or self-worth from what I do. I want out of this life, that's why I'm joining the Air Force, I'm sure glad they decided to give me a chance before I go crazy from monotony.
You see, there I go - waxing poetic. Well, my recruiter says I'll have my ship date on the 15th. It'll probably be in the September-August region. The sooner the better, I can't wait to walk out of my workplace for the last time with both middle fingers raised.
When I think of where I'd be by now if I hadn't spent the last 7 years derping around, it disgusts me. If I had joined the Air Force right after graduating high school in 2009 I could be an officer by now. I'd be well-educated under the GI bill. I'd be working for the betterment of humanity as a cyber engineer. I'd have an unrivaled since of camaraderie, belonging and purpose. And of course, I'd have more money than I'd know what to do with. But no, I was too big of a wuss. Afraid of commitment, no ambition, no self-motivation. I was pathetic.
Maybe I'm just too hard on myself. I mean, statistically I've done better than the majority of people my age. I moved out from my mom's house at 21 and have held a steady job and been independent since (With a hiccup or 2 along the way, but I learned from my mistakes). I mean, hey, when I first moved to Texas 2 years ago I came with pretty much nothing but my car and was living in a roach-infested apartment in the barrios. Now I live in a very nice apartment, bought all new furniture, a brand new 2016 car, nice clothes, ect, and I still have a positive savings rate. Basically, I've come a long way despite a few mistakes.
So what's the problem? Simple: I'm just not happy. I'm not living the life I want. All I do is work a pointless job that serves no purpose other than making someone else rich. I work way too many hours, I have basically zero social life, I get no sense of pride or self-worth from what I do. I want out of this life, that's why I'm joining the Air Force, I'm sure glad they decided to give me a chance before I go crazy from monotony.
You see, there I go - waxing poetic. Well, my recruiter says I'll have my ship date on the 15th. It'll probably be in the September-August region. The sooner the better, I can't wait to walk out of my workplace for the last time with both middle fingers raised.
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Off-Topic / Re: Today's Smile
2016 Jun 06, 03:11:17
I just came across watcher.gg, which is a public database of Overwatch player stats that's much more in-depth than the official in-game stats and allows better comparisons between players and heroes. I'd say this will be quite a useful tool.
Spoiler: I'm bad.
Spoiler: I'm bad.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2016 Jun 05, 23:24:16
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