MystikIncarnate
@MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
Some IT guy, IDK.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 1 day ago:
Same. Question sucks. Teacher is a tool. Kid needs bonus points for a creative solution.
This always pissed me off about all formal school. They don’t want a good answer, they don’t even want the correct answer. They want you to give them the answer they previously told you to give them, regardless of all other factors.
Real life doesn’t work like that. In reality, the “correct” answer is anything that completes the objective. In this scenario, the answer provided was reasonable, logical and most importantly, it was not incorrect.
- Comment on The solution to many problems 3 days ago:
That’s the joke.
- Comment on Avocado 3 days ago:
This is gold. Thank you.
- Comment on Avocado 3 days ago:
Fair enough. This one is debunked.
Let’s move along people, nothing to see here.
- Comment on The solution to many problems 3 days ago:
Yes, smoking takes years off your life.
But they’re the years at the end…
- Comment on The solution to many problems 3 days ago:
This reads like a Pharma advert.
- Comment on Kinda fucked up tbh 6 days ago:
As a fellow old person, former millennial, I agree.
- Comment on Kinda fucked up tbh 6 days ago:
Long term occupancy of the ISS started in November 2nd, 2000. Since then there has always been at least one person Manning the ISS.
So at least one human has not been on earth for every day since then, thus, all of humanity was last on earth on November 1st 2000. The statement is factually correct.
- Comment on Kinda fucked up tbh 6 days ago:
Well, someone needs to keep the lights on in the ISS…
- Comment on To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie 1 week ago:
I gave up on Facebook when they banned my account for the second time after providing evidence that I exist in both cases.
Technically, my account is still “under review”, for the past 8 years.
I used this name, Mystik Incarnate, because, believe it or not, there are more people who know me by this name, compared to how many know me by my legal name.
I remember that Facebook challenged my name back in the day, like 10+ years ago. I took a form of ID and made it say “Mystik Incarnate” as my name, sent that in, and they unblocked my account for a while. A few years later and they did it again. By then, I was already on the fence whether or not I wanted to maintain a Facebook account… But I submitted basically the same thing and… Well… It’s still “being reviewed”.
I do have an account under my legal name, mainly as a collector of messages for people that know me professionally or something that are trying to reach out. I check it every few months at most; but that account has no friends, no connections, nothing. I only keep it so people can message me. I don’t use their apps or anything, I only log in on the website and usually incognito so that they can’t track me across the web.
Every time I see someone’s logged in Facebook account, I’m disgusted by how cancerous it has become. Anyone who reaches out to me on that platform I usually try to have them connect with me by email, or some other chat program that’s more trustworthy.
Fuck Meta.
- Comment on Let's play this game again 1 week ago:
Shit.
- Comment on Let's play this game again 1 week ago:
As long as they’re paying me for the time, I see this as a win.
- Comment on Let's play this game again 1 week ago:
Oh… Oh no.
- Comment on Let's play this game again 1 week ago:
Oh, that was the cognitive decline I mentioned. That and not feeling tired (without needing to take meth) is the super power…
- Comment on Let's play this game again 1 week ago:
Not having to sleep. You can just be awake 24/7 without the usual cognitive decline or feelings of being tired.
- Comment on they come 1 week ago:
One time, I was walking down the street with my brother and a junebug flew right into the side of my neck. My instinctual reaction to this was to freak the fuck out, flail my arms and jump about a meter to the side away from where I was hit.
… That all happened in about 0.087 seconds.
Yes, I jumped sideways.
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 weeks ago:
You don’t have to. It’s socially accepted and preferred if you do, but I have, and have had done to me, simply ignoring the question and moving the conversation forward to the point.
I live in Canada, we follow a lot of the same here, I try to be more genuine than the average and give a nonspecific but truthful response. Anything from “I’m having a day”, to “it could be worse”, or “not the worst” kind of deal. Basically setting a low bar for how I’m doing and saying I’m somewhere above that.
You don’t have to reply with “fine”, but it’s one of the fastest ways to end the greeting part of the conversation and move on to more important topics.
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 weeks ago:
More or Less.
Personally I blame the absentee voters. People who could have voted, but didn’t, and by not voting, indirectly supported Trump in winning the election.
Unless there’s a serious shake up of how things work in the USA, there’s shit all that can be done about it now, since getting him out of office requires that the people near the top (senators/Congress/whatever) need to take action in indict him and start the process of ejecting him from office, but then they’ll be left with the current VP, and I’m not sure that’s better.
Either way, nobody at the top is taking action against Trump, so the whole thing is moot. They have grounds, but they are not willing to do it.
GG. RIP the USA.
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 weeks ago:
Either people voted against him, for him, or abstained from voting (implicitly agreeing with whatever decision the majority made).
The last two groups there, vastly outweighed the first one in this election.
You’re right, not everyone wanted this… But that’s how democracy is. You vote and, at least in theory, the person that the most people vote for (believe in/agree with), is then made president.
By definition, democracy will always have people who didn’t vote for the current government.
All I’m saying is that either by action (voting for Trump) or inaction (not voting), a majority decided that he should become president.
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 weeks ago:
I think you mean “over”. (Thanks, I make many typos, just returning the favor)
And… Didn’t Trump get the popular vote this time around? So more there were more voters for Trump than anyone else?
Idk. I don’t live there but I know your voting system well enough… Since everyone wants to talk about it, apparently.
The fact that he won, even by a small amount, which… In this case, he won by more than a small amount, is the point. You and your fellow Americans knew what you were signing up for, and you knew what he was saying he will do this time around. None of this was a surprise. He’s been talking deportation and tariffs for over a year. Now that they’re here, suddenly a lot of people are regretting their decisions… Again, this was not a surprise. They voted for this and yet take issue when this exact thing happens.
There may be many people who didn’t vote that could have, who would have voted against Trump, but the fact is, by not voting, you are implicitly agreeing with whatever decision is made by your fellow citizens. Putting the decision in their hands. As someone once said “if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”
Either you voted for it, you were okay with letting others decide and you’re complicit, or, you were part of the minority of people who voted against Trump. One of these three things is true for each and every American.
I’m sorry, but this is what the majority of the people in your country wanted.
- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 2 weeks ago:
Real fan?
Bitch please. We’ve put up with your crap for so long and we still play it…
Get out of here with that house shit. Get fucked. Fuck you, and the horse you rode in on. At best, I’ll wait for a sale, at worst, I’m never playing your goddamned franchise again because you’ve run it into the ground with enshittification.
- Comment on Grieve with me 2 weeks ago:
Rip.
Good luck buying a new one with all of * gestures at everything * this going on.
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 weeks ago:
Nobody is except one person. It’s Mr Rogers in a blood stained sweater.
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 weeks ago:
You see, “how are you?” Isn’t a genuine quotation, it’s just a way of saying “hello” and feigning interest in someone’s well-being. In all actual fact, nobody gives a shit.
Just say “fine” and move on.
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 weeks ago:
No. You and your fellow citizens bored for this.
- Comment on Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way? 2 weeks ago:
I’m with you, either lawful or chaotic neutral is the way. Everyone else is trying to hard or not trying hard enough.
- Comment on The clueless people are out there among us 3 weeks ago:
My recommendation is to maybe get some electrical safe tools, possibly some gloves that insulate against shocks, but definitely a good non-contact voltage detector, or NCV.
Check the circuit with your NCV before turning off the power, before working on the things on the circuit, and after turning on the power when you’re done (before you switch anything on). It helps keep you and your house from halting or catching fire.
… And always connect ground wires first.
Good luck.
- Comment on The clueless people are out there among us 3 weeks ago:
Fair enough.
If you’re not an EE or a nerd (like me), then it might as well be black magic.
Powerline adapters are fun here tho. They work great if you’re not crossing the split phase, otherwise they suck… A lot.
- Comment on The clueless people are out there among us 4 weeks ago:
I’m not an EE. I apologize if I gave that impression. I just have an obsession with understanding anything I use on a regular basis, whether computers, smartphones, electricity, vehicles… Anything that does stuff, and I use it, I want to know how it does the thing that it does.
I’m weird like that.
I learned a lot from “Electrician U” on YouTube, along with a few others. Maybe worth a look. The scientific/physics side of things was more from watching other YouTubers (as to why it behaves the way it does), along with a fundamental knowledge that I learned from doing amateur radio stuff. Working in IT and having to deal with the power requirements of systems and making sure that we won’t blow a breaker under load… That helped motivate me to learn.
It all came to a head when we were deploying a network and server for a business that was still in construction of the facility. The electrician was going to run a temp line for our stuff so we could set up and be ready for opening day, and he asked how many amps we needed… I did a bit of a deep dive to figure out an answer for him, and I’ve been learning more and more since then.
- Comment on The clueless people are out there among us 4 weeks ago:
Oh this gets stranger.
It’s usually 120v, but I’m not going to split hairs over 10v.
So, 120v is not a voltage that is delivered from the grid… Technically speaking. Each home is given one circuit of 240v, which is usually part of one leg of a three phase, coming off of the Transformers… 120v is there because they center-tap the transformer. This halves the voltage by consequence. Inside the house the circuits are generally laid out to try to balance the load between each half of the 240v phase.
The idea is that two 120v loads, put in series, will total 240v. So power will ideally go from L1 to a 120v load, to “neutral”, then over to another 120v load, then finally back on L2.
More or Less.
120v is basically just half of what you should be loading the system with.
The center tap neutral from the transformer is to collect any load imbalance between L1 and L2 to allow for the two “sides” of the phase to be out of balance and still work.
The US “plug” ( aka receptacle ) is a NEMA 5-15R, or NEMA 5-20R (for 20A); these are designed for 120v operation using the half phase described above. Of course, you can mis-wire it and make all kinds of dangerous abominations if you so choose. There is, however, a less known NEMA 6-15R and NEMA 6-20R that is basically the same, but for 240v operation, replacing the neutral wire with L2 instead (and 15/20A respectively).
So it is entirely possible to have 240v outlets in a North American home, while still being compliant with code.
It’s actually really fascinating information when your dig into it.