thret

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by thret 9mo ago
I got a working visa for Japan when I was 18 (in 1999), and one night while moving from one hostel to another on the weekend, I fell asleep and missed my train stop. I woke up in the middle of nowhere. It was the last train, it was raining,
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by thret 11mo ago
This may be the most relevant xkcd yet. It answered all questions I had about this, thank you.
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by thret 1y ago
One of the best episodes in my opinion, and an excellent introduction to DnD for people who don't know what they are getting into.
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by thret 2y ago
Poker is not a card game, it's a betting game with imperfect information. This has no betting round so it is not poker. You can fix this by allowing each stop to be a round of betting.
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by thret 2y ago
All the rich kids these days seem to be in to a healthy diet, exercise, and stable relationships. Whatever happened to harems, drugs and gambling?
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by thret 2y ago
This is likely the most precise large scale military strike of all time. You can't control for everything - some pagers might have been in the hands of innocent people - but it sure seems like an ideal attack vector.
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by thret 2y ago
I think about this comic too much.
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by thret 2y ago
Not _yet_
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by thret 3y ago
Killing doesn't violate a law of nature, it violates the social contract. So while the line is drawn differently in each society, crossing it is the same indicator.
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by thret 3y ago
Hopefully the donation was made with sufficient fine print to avoid this eventuality.
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by thret 3y ago
The hidden extra cost of sales tax and tip when you go to pay in America feels very much like a scam. I don't understand why the cost is not just exactly as advertised like everywhere else.
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by thret 3y ago
Self-promotion is incredibly difficult for some people.
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by thret 3y ago
Annie is not a top poker player by any stretch of the imagination.
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by thret 3y ago
That's a pretty cool concept given that it was almost 30 years ago!
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by thret 3y ago
It's very difficult comparing salaries in different nations, because expenses vary so much. However, your comment confirms my opinion. I would like to see a 50% increase in that E1/E2/E3 base pay. I've worked with them -
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by thret 3y ago
I don't know either. We could limit exposure to a tiny patch on the planet's surface and still have ample opportunity to look for signs of life on the rest of it.
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by thret 3y ago
US military are notoriously underpaid. Increase the base pay, increase the long-term incentives. They're not working for tips.
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by thret 3y ago
Makes sense, it would be good if bus and train companies integrated this into seat selection. It really does make a difference.
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by thret 3y ago
That's concerning.
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by thret 3y ago
But her boyfriend got life in prison.
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by thret 3y ago
Thanks, I missed that thread the first time around.
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by thret 3y ago
https://youtu.be/IV3dnLzthDA?si=hgG67vKmBBLgKgeg This youtube channel does a good job of explaining his inventions and just how bad for society they were.
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by thret 3y ago
Apparently LLM = MacGyver.
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by thret 3y ago
Boeing are a major defence contractor, I'm sure at least some of the information is secret.
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by thret 3y ago
Fouling isn't cheating because it's accidental. If it were deliberate, it would be cheating.
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by thret 3y ago
I think sounding words out would be the exception. Do you sound words out when you read code? I'm having trouble imagining that.
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by thret 3y ago
It reminded me of a similar sentiment by Marcel Proust: “So we don't believe that life is beautiful because we don't recall it but if we get a whiff of a long-forgotten smell we are suddenly intoxicated and similarly we think we n
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by thret 3y ago
My experience is that the majority of rank in IT is middle management and next to useless. The good ones leave for higher paid Defence contracting jobs as soon as they are promoted off the tools and the bad ones stay.
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by thret 3y ago
We stopped calling them moving pictures in 1910. They're motion pictures now.
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by thret 3y ago
If you do visit Guam, I recommend making the effort to visit Tinian. The North Field is well worth it.

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