Bob_Robertson_IX
@Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on I felt you needed to see this 2 weeks ago:
I used to have a couple of hedgehogs as pets when I was younger and when I got my own place I decided to just let them run free in my apartment. It was so amazing to be chilling on the couch, watching TV and then a hedgehog scurries past.
I’m not generally for invasive species, but when I see huge murmurations of starlings this time of year I have a hard time being mad at them… I think I’d feel the same way if hedgehogs were introduced in the US.
- Comment on Space jazz music plays in background 2 weeks ago:
Jizz was first mentioned in canon in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization, authored by Ryder Windham and released in 2017.
I can assure you, jizz was mentioned long before 2017!
And how the hell did someone get permission to make anything called ‘jizz’ Star Wars canon? Let’s just make ‘queef’ a popular brand of deathsticks next.
- Comment on I may swear like a pirate, but I'm a fucking PRINCIPLED pirate 2 weeks ago:
A couple of nights ago I was in the car with my 8 year old daughter and Killing In The Name Of by Rage Against the Machine came on… my instinct was to skip to the next song, but then I thought “No, this is a song she needs to hear” because if she has questions she knows that she can ask.
A couple of songs later, it was Closer by NIN… I immediately skipped to the next song.
- Comment on Four wheels good, two wheels bad: why are there no exciting cycling games? 2 weeks ago:
I was cleaning out my garage a few weeks ago and came across my old Commodore 64 Paperboy floppy.
- Comment on BECOME THE INTELLECTUAL BLADE 3 weeks ago:
I worked with a guy who had a doctorate in mathematics… He wrote documentation for the software the company produced.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
You know, I think I’m going to get out of bed, go eat some breakfast and then go to poundtown on my dick!
then, after a bland breakfast…
ugh, that sucked… I don’t even feel like beating it any more, might as well go read the bible or something.
- Comment on Your CV is not fit for the 21st century 5 weeks ago:
This is the answer.
I found myself unemployed in late 2022, just after ChatGPT had rolled out… I obviously didn’t want to have ChatGPT write my resume because it’s still pretty obvious when someone does that, but I did use it as a tool to help me with structure and brainstorming ideas. The first month of looking was rough. The second month I started feeding the job applications in to ChatGPT and asked for it to create a resume for the job, and then I’d use that to rework my resume. I very quickly started getting interviews and by the 3rd month I was starting my new job.
I often tell people that I’ve never worked harder than when I didn’t have a job, and even with the help of an LLM it was still a lot of work, but I do think it gave me an edge.
- Comment on How many r are there in strawberry? 1 month ago:
- Comment on Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s explanation for socializing with Jeffrey Epstein 1 month ago:
Look, Epstein wasn’t that fun of a guy to hang out with, he was a bit of a creep, but the chicks he would bring over… man, those were the days.
I’m imagining he said something like that?
- Comment on 1 month ago:
I feel fortunate that I’m my lifetime “Party Like It’s 1999” went from being about the future, to being exactly what everyone was doing, to being retro.
- Comment on American former tech executive explains how to make users more addicted 1 month ago:
Napster and Facebook.
He had made Napster very successful and wasn’t afraid to just do whatever he wanted, and he was an early investor and influencer on Facebook. He helped do to our attention what he did to the music industry: exploit it for profit without giving a shit about who is impacted.
- Comment on American former tech executive explains how to make users more addicted 1 month ago:
What if, instead of having to doomscroll to get that sweet, sweet dopamine hit, you’d just occasionally, and randomly be sent a message with a funny meme, or interesting story, or whatever it takes to convince your brain to hook you up?
- Comment on Does farting make you lighter or heavier ? 1 month ago:
m… mostly?
- Comment on Goddammit, what now? 1 month ago:
Applies to movies and TV shows as well.
- Comment on I didn't know that they have something in common... 1 month ago:
So, is this Ryanair doing a self-own?
- Comment on Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF 2 months ago:
“Hi, I want to introduce you to my mom, my dad, and my Tim.”
- Comment on US | Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP 2 months ago:
To be fair, in 1996 both the Senate and the House were controlled by republicans, those the bill passed both chambers by an overwhelmingly bipartisan majority. Even if Clinton wanted to veto the bill, Congress would have still been able to push it through.
- Comment on US | Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP 2 months ago:
If they expand then they’ll end up just another evil corporate ISP, and/or if they start getting large enough one of the other ISPs will buy them up.
They don’t need to expand, there just needs to be many more small, ultra local providers.
- Comment on Can a Russian pls confirm 2 months ago:
Might I suggest: Tebya ne trakhnut, tak chto ne verti zadnitsey
- Comment on My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased. 2 months ago:
They are just a troll, trying to get people to pay attention to them. Blocking them makes it so you won’t accidentally interact with them again.
- Comment on My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased. 2 months ago:
Just block him, no need to reply to him.
- Comment on My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased. 2 months ago:
Nah, you pick your battles. If the kid wants Nikes because that’s what everyone else has, then get him Nikes. I heard 10 years ago that Sketchers are for toddlers and old people… and from what I’ve seen that perception hasn’t changed.
Like it or not, we are social animals and fitting in is important, especially for children. When my daughter was a toddler we made it a point to NOT expose her to Paw Patrol because it is just blatant targeted marketing to children. It was a point of pride for us to be able to walk past Paw Patrol branded apple sauce and not have her begging for it. And then we sent her to preschool and after the first week she came home sad that all the other kids were playing Paw Patrol but she didn’t know any of the characters, so she couldn’t play. That was a real shitty day for me as a parent because that was my failing. We started letting her watch Paw Patrol (as well as other non-PBS kids shows) because pop culture is important. Same with fashion… not every kid needs to wear Nike, but they should be aware of what the trends are and have a say in what they get.
- Comment on Trump Administration, Reversing Itself, Won’t Rewrite a Ban on Asbestos 2 months ago:
This is what I hate about calling him Taco… he chickens out on the shit he needs to chicken out on. Let’s not dare him into doing stupid shit like enacting tariffs and reversing the asbestos ban. Also, why the fuck was it not banned LONG before Biden’s term?
- Comment on Always there 2 months ago:
I mean, if we’re truly keeping count then I think we’re up to WW5 at this point.
WW3 = Cold War WW4 = War on Terror WW5 = America: The Nazi Years
- Comment on Bait or r*ta*d*ti*n. Call it. 3 months ago:
Has absolutely nothing to show for it
But is still the richest person in the world
- Comment on Warner Bros. Discovery Lost $11.5 Billion in 2024. So How Did CEO David Zaslav Exceed His Bonus Targets? 3 months ago:
They lost $11.5 Billion, however that was offset by denying their employees their annual bonuses since the company lost money over the year. By not paying out he bonuses to the employees they actually saved over $12 Billion, therefore Zaslav was able to get his $500 Million bonus.
See, everyone (important) wins!
- Comment on Holocaust survivor burned in Colorado terror attack speaks out: ‘What the hell is going on in our country?’ 3 months ago:
I’m going to have to disagree with you that she isn’t a Holocaust survivor. She spent years dodging fascists. She was a Jew in Europe during WW2, she’s a survivor.
She isn’t a concentration camp survivor, but she did survive the Holocaust.
- Comment on The Sandman Showrunner on Decision to End Series, Neil Gaiman Factor 3 months ago:
I agree… I hate that we can still get flooded with new Harry Potter content, but Neil Gaiman IP is now off limits.
I want to live in a world where people aren’t shit.
- Comment on ‘Elden Ring’ Movie in the Works From ’Civil War’ Director Alex Garland, A24 3 months ago:
I don’t think I’d consider Detective Pikachu or Sonic to be animated. Just like I wouldn’t consider Fallout or Last of Us to be movies.
- Comment on ‘Elden Ring’ Movie in the Works From ’Civil War’ Director Alex Garland, A24 3 months ago:
I don’t know, just because the video game isn’t real doesn’t mean that the movie isn’t based off of a video game. I think it just shows that the reason most video game movies fail isn’t because the movie is bad, but because the fans are too harsh. If Wreck It Ralph replaced the main characters with characters from Mario but still had the same basic plot I don’t think it would have been as well received.
