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[–] platypode 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ok but O&S is a miserable fight

Did the year zero never exist ? in c/[email protected]

[–] platypode 81 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It depends which calendar you use! Every calendar picks a basically arbitrary system to uniquely identify each year, and in some of them "year 0" doesn't refer to any year.

The Gregorian, for example, goes directly from 1 BC to 1 AD, since 1 BC is "the first year before Christ" and 1 AD is "the first in the years of our lord." This doesn't make much mathematical sense, but it's not like there was a year that didn't happen--they just called one year 1 BC, and the next year 1 AD.

ISO 8601 is based on the Gregorian calendar, but it includes a year 0. 1 BC is the same year as +0000; thus 2 BC is -0001, and all earlier years are likewise offset by 1 between the two calendars.

What's your favorite Bob Dylan song? in c/[email protected]

[–] platypode 5 points 7 months ago

Blind Willie McTell

To boldly dream in c/[email protected]

[–] platypode 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sick of boring old Earth Tribalism? Try the all new Space Tribalism!

[Highlight] Mike Trout continues his torrid start to the season with his 6th homerun in c/[email protected]

[–] platypode 1 points 7 months ago

American and I've never heard it used this way. Seems like a standard case of thesaurus abuse--it's technically a synonym for "hot," but the connotations are wholly unsuitable for this use.

What is the stupidest school rule you've ever had to deal with? in c/[email protected]

[–] platypode 77 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

I got suspended once because someone "punched" me as a joke. By the letter of the regulation it counted as a fist fight even though (a) we weren't fighting and (b) I didn't do the punching. Good times.

What song do you put on when you need to 'get shit done'? in c/[email protected]

[–] platypode 2 points 8 months ago

It's an album, but: The Fabulous Steel Guitar Sound of Pete Drake. It's instrumental, upbeat, and just the right amount of interesting to just jam out to and get 'er done.

What is the current state of Mlem development? in c/[email protected]

Games that respect your time. in c/games

[–] platypode 4 points 8 months ago

Armored Core 6. Missions are pretty short, attempts on them can be abandoned without losing anything but your progress in that attempt, and there is absolutely no slack time--start to end it's densely packed with new content.

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[–] platypode 3 points 8 months ago

My car gets about 250 miles on a charge, so I'm only ever at a public charger if I'm taking a trip longer than that. At that point my day is pretty much fucked by traveling, and it's actually really nice get off the road for an hour. Usually I find a nearby coffee shop and work on the same stuff I would at home, and when I get back on the road I can feel that I'm alert and focused.

My special interest in c/[email protected]

[–] platypode 5 points 8 months ago

Board state in marketing photos cracks me up. Who needs corners? What is a big move? Attachment fights only pls

Google cosplay is not business-critical in c/[email protected]

[–] platypode 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've been migrating one of my company's apps from microservices back to monolithic Java. It's wonderful. I haven't touched a line of yaml in weeks.