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- Comment on Non-binary 5 weeks ago:
That’s every binary, though. False are everything that’s not true. Ones are everything that’s not zero.
- Comment on Non-binary 5 weeks ago:
God cloned Adam to make Eve, thus we all are the same gender. Wake up sheeple!
- Comment on Non-binary 5 weeks ago:
No, that’s just quantum gender mechanics.
- Comment on LPT Do it. 5 weeks ago:
Missing diffs is a problem, though.
I don’t get how Microsoft owns GitHub yet hasn’t figured out any way to actually create a spec that would be git compatible for Excel, Word, and PowerPoint files yet.
- Comment on Explain yourselves, comp sci. 2 months ago:
That is quite possibly the least helpful answer you could give.
- Comment on stoners 2 months ago:
- Comment on I'm working on it, ok? 2 months ago:
It wasn’t even really common in the US until the 70s-80s.
- Comment on I'm working on it, ok? 2 months ago:
Now I’m a much happier person with a much better job, but my finances are LOLfukt.
Not really; you just found out why an emergency fund is important.
- Comment on I'm working on it, ok? 2 months ago:
Easiest way to do it is with your direct deposit.
Go to your work. Fill out a change form for your direct deposit. Have $X sent directly to your savings account.
It’s much less tempting to spend the money when it’s already in your savings account.
- Comment on I'm working on it, ok? 2 months ago:
You will never make more interest on an investment than you will get charged interest for the same amount as a loan. Ever. It does not happen.
This is barely more accurate than a coin flip. Until 2021, it wasn’t that difficult to find loans with rates under 5%. Anything under 4% is basically free money and you’re normally better off investing in something low risk than to pay extra.
So for me to sit on money that could go towards paying down debts, I’m just needlessly paying more in interest than I would be otherwise.
If you don’t have any emergency funds, or not enough to cover a single large emergency, this is dumb. Cars break, roofs leak, etc. Even if you have an emergency where you can pay on credit, you’ll likely be looking at credit card interest rates. Or, you lose your job. Fun fact, most job loses occur when the economy is struggling. Another fun fact, most investments are doing really fucking poorly when the economy is struggling.
Keep some money on hand in case something happens.
- Comment on If only it was like that 5 months ago:
If you’re lounging around, 60 is perfect.
If you’re doing work outside, 50 is perfect.
If you’re doing heavy exercise, 40 is perfect.
- Comment on This person's rejection reason 6 months ago:
Age discrimination only applies if you’re above 55.
- Comment on And this is why I no longer have cable. 6 months ago:
And when they’re not showing weather reports, they’re showing off dope tornadoes and hurricanes and shit.
- Comment on it always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core... 6 months ago:
Oh it absolutely did not work properly. We lost a $300M lawsuit because the system would bill clients wrong.
- Comment on it always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core... 6 months ago:
What’s the use case?
Like for anything financial, Excel files are preferable.
Although I will say this. Companies are lying when they say they want Excel exports. They don’t. They want CSV but they don’t know the difference.
- Comment on it always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core... 6 months ago:
I work in Finance at my company and we always save revised copies for Excel files instead of saving over.
But we also have strict rules on it. File name is always “xxxx_Workbook Template Name_MMDDYY.xlsx” or “_YYYY_MM.xlsx”, depending on how often it gets updated.
Older versions get moved to a subfolder. It helps us go back and find out what something was if there was a mistake or revert back if Excel done fucks up.
- Comment on it always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core... 6 months ago:
My old company had a revenue system built in-house that only could run on MS-DOS. We needed a VM just to use it.
I left that company in 2019 and they were still using it.
- Comment on it always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core... 6 months ago:
Nah, the worst part is when I have to watch someone else use Excel.
YOU DON’T NEED TO RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT COPY. YOU CAN JUST PRESS CTRL+C.
And virtually none of them know how to paste values, so all the templates end up messed up.
- Comment on Restaurant Bill 7 months ago:
I get mandatory tips on large parties as long as the policy is made clear before ordering. But like you said, service charges are ridiculous and so are mandatory tips for small groups.
- Comment on An EXTRA Hour! 7 months ago:
I don’t. My four month-old doesn’t understand DST
- Comment on I wish 7 months ago:
It’s only the wrong solution if you’re writing something where every operation needs to be accounted for. Modulo is a great, easy, readable method otherwise.
Not too certain on C++, but I think this would be the cleanest implementation that still somewhat optimizes itself:
private bool IsEven(int number){ return !(number % 2) }
- Comment on I wish 7 months ago:
Okay wow no need to get personal.
- Comment on Starfield's lead quest designer leaves Bethesda to join other RPG veterans making a new open-world game 8 months ago:
You also have options that change depending on your skills and progress.
You can choose to bribe, persuade, manipulate, flex your muscles, or do them a favor. Sometimes you can choose to kill them if they’re not cooperating.
The whole no choice paradigm was much more true for FO4 than for Starfield.
- Comment on new adaptor just dropped 8 months ago:
Ugh, micro Ethernet is a garbage standard. I prefer Ethernet Type C.
- Comment on Milk 8 months ago:
That’s ridiculous.
DoorPrance would eat its lunch.
- Comment on What do you call the next major American holiday which will occur on Monday, October 9th? - Lemmy.world 8 months ago:
You’re right, we should judge Columbus based on the times he lived.
Bobadilla reported to Spain that Columbus once punished a man found guilty of stealing corn by having his ears and nose cut off and then selling him into slavery. He claimed that Columbus regularly used torture and mutilation to govern Hispaniola. Testimony recorded in the report stated that Columbus congratulated his brother Bartholomew on “defending the family” when the latter ordered a woman paraded naked through the streets and then had her tongue cut because she had “spoken ill of the admiral and his brothers”. The document also describes how Columbus put down native unrest and revolt: he first ordered a brutal suppression of the uprising in which many natives were killed, and then paraded their dismembered bodies through the streets in an attempt to discourage further rebellion…
In early October 1500, Columbus and Diego presented themselves to Bobadilla, and were put in chains aboard La Gorda, the caravel on which Bobadilla had arrived at Santo Domingo. They were returned to Spain, and languished in jail for six weeks before King Ferdinand ordered their release.
- Comment on This is the way 8 months ago:
In the US, that’s actually because of semi-voluntary regulations. In the EU and other areas, it’s less voluntary.
They can’t claim or imply that drinking will help improve your social status or sexual success. They also can’t claim or imply that it’ll help you relax or that the alcohol is a positive quality.
Basically, they’re not allowed to show someone drinking and looking like they’re having a good time… But they’re allowed to show one or the other.
- Comment on This is the way 8 months ago:
I used to think that I was just great at finding ways to get enough sleep while staying up late on the weekend.
Now that I have an infant, though…
- Comment on New cars are great... 8 months ago:
Shit like that annoys me as much as “tRump”.
I despise him, hope to never see him near DC again, and will be happy to see him found guilty. But when you say things like that it just makes you look stupid.
- Comment on New cars are great... 8 months ago:
Android Automotive, not to be confused with the entirely separate and unrelated Android Auto.