jballs
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- Comment on Slightly less than two drinks = positive effect on programming ability. Who's joining? 4 hours ago:
This applies to a lot of physical activities as well. I have a friend who’s a really good bowler, and every one of his 300 games (perfect score for you non-bowlers) has been when he’s had exactly 2 drinks. He can’t do it with less because he gets too nervous - and more means he gets too sloppy and loses his edge.
We joke and call beer “bowling juice”.
- Comment on Anon catches his wife 2 days ago:
I’ve always loved that the dickhead king is the same actor as the goofy boss from Super Troopers.
- Comment on Oh, oh no no no 1 week ago:
Was that a reference to the latest John Oliver episode? Cause that was cracking me up.
- Comment on pick your side 1 week ago:
I’m glad this is the most upvoted answer, because all the other responses here are completely psychotic.
- Comment on V Rising 1.0 review: one of the slickest survival games gets even slicker 1 week ago:
I haven’t played since the first couple months it came out in Early Access. It was a lot of fun, but there was nothing to do in the end game. I’m curious if they’ve added end game content that keeps it replayable.
- Comment on Soup 1 week ago:
Nelson and the mortician then spent the entire night figuring out how to jam four people — who may or may not have suffered thaw damage — into the capsule. The arrangement of bodies in different orientations was described as a “puzzle.” After finding an arrangement that worked, the resealed capsule was lowered into an underground vault at the cemetery. Nelson claimed to have refilled it sporadically for about a year before he stopped receiving money from the relatives. After a while, he let the bodies thaw out inside the capsule and left the whole thing festering in his vault.
Grooooooooosssssss
- Comment on Funding 1 week ago:
I posted this comment a week ago, but figured I’d share it here as well.
I’m an IT consultant and I had a meeting with AWS yesterday. My manager asked me to give the AWS team an overview of our solution so they could see what they could use for a new program they were pitching our clients. That’s all the information I had, so I started the meeting by saying “I’m not sure what you all are proposing, so I’m going to give you a high level but please let me know where you need more details.”
After I had finished giving my overview, I tried to get more info out of them about what they were proposing to build. I shit you not, their response was that they wanted to "build an app that allowed the business to run with AI and ML (Machine Learning).”
They didn’t say, “we want to solve X and Y problems” or “enable Z functionality.” Literally their entire goal was to build something with AI. I’m glad I wasn’t on camera or in person, because I literally face-palmed.
- Comment on #justgradschoolthings 2 weeks ago:
I would be so devastated if I told a coworker that I had imposter syndrome and they were like, “wait, you think that we think you’re good at your job?”
- Comment on party poopers 2 weeks ago:
If you look at 7th period, it looks like someone erased a bunch of tally marks in Near Death Experiences. I’m wondering if they were downgraded to just burns as part of a cover up.
- Comment on Medieval Doomsday Weapon 2 weeks ago:
A few miles longer, just to be safe.
- Comment on Wise words from Master 2 weeks ago:
I wish I could go back and fight Psychomantis for the first time
- Comment on checkmate, big geology!! 2 weeks ago:
So you’re saying we need to cover Wyoming in cement. Gotcha.
Seriously though, cool info!
- Comment on If presidential immunity is absolute.. 2 weeks ago:
Also not advocating for murder, but that would be some chef’s kiss level of irony.
- Comment on "Also, try our new deep dish special." 2 weeks ago:
If you really want to go down a rabbit hole, go look at the top posts in the old HermanCainAward subreddit. It was so dark, but I will shamefully admit that I used to binge that shit like it was crack cocaine.
- Comment on "Also, try our new deep dish special." 2 weeks ago:
I just want to stop and appreciate for a moment that there was more than one asshole Republican pizza guy.
- Comment on "Also, try our new deep dish special." 2 weeks ago:
He had an award named after him and everything!
- Comment on We're all a little crazy 2 weeks ago:
Stupid brain running micro-services.
- Comment on True Love 2 weeks ago:
User name sort of checks out
- Comment on evangelism 2 weeks ago:
A brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee screeches to a halt next to him. The driver, a young man dressed in a Brioni suit, Cerrutti shoes, Ray-Ban glasses, Jovial Swiss wrist watch and a BHS tie
As a long time consultant, this reminded me of Are you a prostitute or are you a consultant?
Specifically, “The client always thinks your “cut” of your billing rate is higher than it actually is, and in turn, expects miracles from you.”
- Comment on Carnivores 2 weeks ago:
I’ll see what I can do.
- Comment on Carnivores 2 weeks ago:
Cool, I will do my best to avoid them.
- Comment on Carnivores 2 weeks ago:
Wtf is a carnivorous sponge? Actually, maybe don’t answer that. I don’t need more nightmare fuel in my life.
- Comment on Anthropology 3 weeks ago:
The universe is a big place. Dick-butt aliens are pretty much a given.
- Comment on ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sets Launch For Spring 2026; Space Adventure From Ryan Gosling, Lord & Miller, Amy Pascal & Amazon MGM Studios | Deadline 3 weeks ago:
The Rocky “voice” in the audiobooks is so freaking good. It’s so much better than anything you can do with just reading the book.
- Comment on Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew 4 weeks ago:
As far as your stomach knows, all potatoes are mashed potatoes!
- Comment on Progress! 4 weeks ago:
Was it really episode 2? I guess I watched it a bit more than that, because I can remember a few more episodes. But many though, maybe another 2 or 3.
- Comment on Progress! 4 weeks ago:
Oh yeah, I finished the episode. I couldn’t do the rest of the show after that.
- Comment on Progress! 4 weeks ago:
I had to give up on The Black Mirror after that episode where they have to exercise to earn credits and are forced to watch advertising. Then that girl thought she could make it out by singing but had to do porn instead. Couldn’t watch anymore after that.
- Comment on ***Yeah*** 5 weeks ago:
From the windooooooow to the wall!
- Comment on This man is a national treasure 5 weeks ago:
Lmao at him cracking up before saying “SPACE!”