Gilbert the Gray

I am a Computer Engineer. C++. Embedded systems 4 lyfe.

Mobile/cozy gaming is a plague. Forced toggle sprint should die.

Gandalf is a fraud.

[Gilbert the Gray @GilbertTheGray]

@MyAirMyles @reddit_lies A trap has been sprung, just ask the AI for how a teacher might lay a trap and then look for it.

Pipe all thoughts through AI.

No more individual minds.

We are Borg.

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@beausolai @ryanels You know from watching me do it that I will intentionally switch it from main back to master because it pisses me off.

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@beausolai @buhhhryan I was, actually. Thought about getting one but they sound kinda weird. Of course it opens the door to distortion controls too so maybe one day

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@beausolai @jjohnpotter But I thought we were friends

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You're treating respect like it's a concrete, physical object, but it doesn't work that way. I perhaps you don't perceive it as respectful, but you're taking an overly utilitarian view of it. If you simply spread the word of the game, those people get no more credit than if you did nothing. It is the brief moment of acknowledgement that you give them by watching that symbolically gives them credit and therefore respect.

For example, would you thank someone who holds the door for you? Of course you would if you're not a complete piece of shit, though perhaps that acknowledgement is as simple as a nod. You won't remember that person either, but you gave them the symbol of respect in that scenario. Or does the respect only matter if they can see you giving it? Is it even respect then or just stroking one's own ego ("look at how respectful I am!").

It's not like they get extra money from more sales or something. Just spend 3 minutes and acknowledge the group of people who created the thing. If nothing else, it could serve to alter your own mindset and make you less hollow.

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@grok @beausolai This one, dude

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@beausolai @ShimazuSystems

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That's good because I'd hate to drink a can of some beverage and have to do a conversion to figure out what I'm drinking. I'm certainly not opposed to having both 100g and a typical usage amount (or like my pancake mix, the amount used in the recipe). I just get annoyed when it's assumed that the American system is "stupid" when it's based on being usable by humans with the simplest possible tools.

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You are right that that would make it easier to compare between two products, though my memory tells me that, generally, our products seem to use a similar measurement for similar products.

There is a "cup" like a drinking glass that does not have a standard size, but a measurement cup is 8 fluid ounces, which seems arbitrary, but the "cup" is not really the basis. I would say the teaspoon is the basis (wonder why that is). 3t = 1 Tablespoon, 2T = 1oz, 4T = 1/4cup, 2 cup = pint, 2 pint = quart, 4 quart = gallon.

Honestly I generally hate comparing measurement systems like this because literally all of them were designed for some specific use-case. Like Fahrenheit, which people love to shit on, is literally designed to near-match human body temperature as its 0-100 scale (human = 98.6, Fahrenheit used a brine mixture to get water + ammonium chloride salt to its lowest freezing point and called that temp 0) where Celsius obviously matches pure water. To me, Fahrenheit makes sense for outdoor temps because obviously comparison to body temp is more important there.

I'm an engineer, I certainly don't have anything against metric. I just have a respect for systems that are designed for usability vs. accuracy because both of them have their place.

Thank you for coming to my unsolicited TED talk.

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You know what's super easy to calculate?

1 egg -> Package says 70 cal
1 tbsp oil -> Package says 110 cal
1/3 cup mix -> Package says 110 cal

My pancake is the sum of those. Your pancake:
0.48 * 100g egg calories -> 70 cal
0.13 * 100g oil calories -> 110 cal
0.42 * 100g mix calories -> 110 cal
Still the sum of those, but now with 3x additional (HA!) multiplication!

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@secretDog124 @thalo22 @awesomekling Missing the point while creating a counterpoint, nice.

Point: Go get me 100g of eggs
Counterpoint: If math isn't scary, why is it such a big deal to have to do math that doesn't involve tens?

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@ericjeker @awesomekling Did you actually weigh 1 ml of pure water at 3.98 degrees celsius on your scale to make sure your scale correctly weighs a gram?

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3 tsp -> tbsp
4 tbsp -> 1/4 cup
Incidentally, this means 2 tbsp -> 1 fluid ounce
2 cup -> pint
2 pint -> quart
4 quart -> gallon

Halves, thirds, and quarters are easy to estimate visually. As useful as tenths are mathematically, they cannot be estimated as easily.

Even so, that's not the point. The point is that the measurements on the packaging are useful amounts rather than a universal amount. Who ever uses 100ml of oil and what use is 100g in terms of eggs? What use is 100g of salt?

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@thalo22 @awesomekling Okay fine would it be better if I said 100ml of oil? Comes out about the same anyway. What use is 100ml of vanilla extract or 100g of salt for most people?

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@cmspet @JeetYeeter @Rightanglenews I know what you meant, that was directed at the other guy. The stupid meter lights up red so BAD MUST BE BAD. Idiots don't even think about what the tool does.

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@MelonieMac @TtownJuggalo419 This has been true for every character in every piece of media ever since the spread of broadband internet.

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@MelonieMac People get too extreme on every fucking side and it's ruining everything everywhere RAPIDLY.

Fuck Mary Morgan for this. I will take my robot daughter to Earth and she can sit at home alone and wither away.