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04-28-22, 05:12 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Man, I thought someone was interested in my...

Man, I thought someone was interested in my reinforcement learning, but it's just a stupid bot.

Lame
03-18-22, 09:29 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Anyone do any machine learning/reinforcement...

Anyone do any machine learning/reinforcement learning?

I got into it recently because there's some really impressive AI bots that can play Rocket League. I'm working first on the background to...
11-14-21, 02:31 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Loving my pixel 6 Pro. All day battery (I could...

Loving my pixel 6 Pro. All day battery (I could use battery sharing to charge my wife's S10e from 0 to full and still have like 45% left. It's really big), the assistant is lightning fast, everything...
11-05-21, 08:36 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

Glad you were paying attention enough. Games can...

Glad you were paying attention enough. Games can be incredibly addicting, but also very rewarding.

I skipped school so often to play Diablo 2 in high school that I got some bad grades my last...
11-02-21, 06:47 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Getting a new phone. Current S9 is 3 years old...

Getting a new phone. Current S9 is 3 years old and giving me trouble sometimes, and I could maybe factory reset it or if I'm gonna go to all that trouble I could just get a new one.

Pixel 6 Pro...
04-26-21, 03:05 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

There's games I can just screw around on (CoD,...

There's games I can just screw around on (CoD, GTA, Bioshock, Fallout) and then there's online stuff that everyone gets really good at, and then there's e-sports games (like Rocket League) that...
04-25-21, 10:43 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Anyone here play Rocket League? I've been getting...

Anyone here play Rocket League? I've been getting into it a little more seriously lately, it's super fun. Really addictive, to be able to improve at something requiring skill like that. I still suck,...
04-14-21, 01:38 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

About the only electronics stuff I've done in 10...

About the only electronics stuff I've done in 10 years is replacing some switches in my amp's foot pedal controls.
03-03-21, 06:37 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

It was definitely cool. Fun to see it land. Shame...

It was definitely cool. Fun to see it land. Shame it blew up, but that's progress. Getting it on the ground is like 98% of the battle. Keeping it from exploding once it's there can't be that hard.
03-03-21, 12:03 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

No, but he's not exactly an unknown quantity. I...

No, but he's not exactly an unknown quantity. I suppose his entire public persona and being extremely online and getting sued for lashing out at people with valid concerns could just be an act?
03-03-21, 11:54 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

I kind of hate him as a person, but he's...

I kind of hate him as a person, but he's certainly bold and he's done some good work.
03-03-21, 10:08 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

SN10 launch looking promising for today. Such a...

SN10 launch looking promising for today. Such a great time for space geeks.
11-18-20, 04:53 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

The first panels are old, the last few are new...

The first panels are old, the last few are new addition.
11-17-20, 10:25 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

Guessing most folks on here read xkcd, but the...

Guessing most folks on here read xkcd, but the last few have been good. Yesterday's was excellent, one of his best.

https://xkcd.com/2386/

The one from the 11th is something my wife and I keep...
11-15-20, 12:48 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Yep. And mostly set up. It's fast. Amazing the...

Yep. And mostly set up. It's fast. Amazing the difference.
11-13-20, 05:12 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

I had more ssd storage on my last laptop than I...

I had more ssd storage on my last laptop than I remembered. So I'm replacing the HDD with the 2.5 inch ssd out of my old laptop, and adding a 1TB NVME 3500 ish speed M2.
11-11-20, 09:56 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

Liars. Liars all of them. UPS has updated...

Liars. Liars all of them.

UPS has updated now and doesn't show a date anymore, Costco didn't even give them the package yet supposedly. So today seems unlikely. Maybe tomorrow.... I was hoping to...
11-10-20, 08:03 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

It'll be here tomorrow, finally updated. Yeah,...

It'll be here tomorrow, finally updated. Yeah, since I work from home I can sit it next to me in my office and hit a button every once in a while to install and download stuff. Also gonna under volt...
11-10-20, 02:42 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Our stupid monkey brains are so dumb. I've been...

Our stupid monkey brains are so dumb. I've been perfectly happy with my existing laptop for years. I wasn't really toying with getting a new one, just hoping to get one for the wife soon once I can...
11-09-20, 10:23 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

Bought a new laptop today. It'd been 5 years, and...

Bought a new laptop today. It'd been 5 years, and the hinges were half-broken and the webcam broke a few weeks ago, so it was time.

MSI GE75 Raider. i9-10750H, RTX-2070 (115W 8 GB refreshed...
09-17-20, 03:40 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

No, I program/configure/update/install SCADA...

No, I program/configure/update/install SCADA systems for electric utilities.
09-17-20, 02:14 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

I need to learn Powershell probably. Whenever I...

I need to learn Powershell probably. Whenever I need to glue things together I use batch files still. I've heard good things.
09-15-20, 03:10 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Those of you who program (or perhaps even more...

Those of you who program (or perhaps even more importantly, those of you who write short/small scripts or programs) how do you stop from getting sucked in?

​​​​​​I have a script I'm working on for...
08-22-20, 08:47 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

Sounds like that movie is covering the same stuff...

Sounds like that movie is covering the same stuff as the book Empires of Light. I haven't seen the documentary, but the book was really good. It's an interesting thing between the three you mentioned...
08-21-20, 07:00 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

burnthesheep yeah, my main experience and what...

burnthesheep yeah, my main experience and what I'm back to consulting on now is GE e-terra stuff for electric utilities. A small field, mostly older guys, lots of room to be in demand for many years,...
04-16-19, 01:47 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Do you ever see something at work that seems...

Do you ever see something at work that seems dumb, and then you spend the rest of the day second guessing yourself why they did it that way? Surely it's not as simple as I'm making it and I'm missing...
02-18-19, 05:34 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Yeah, it was more of a customs question than...

Yeah, it was more of a customs question than ethics. Mainly just whether it's common to buy your own books or have the company buy them and then leave them behind.
02-18-19, 02:39 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Maybe not geeky, but I'm looking for more...

Maybe not geeky, but I'm looking for more technicalish people (engineers specifically, but anyone really).

If there's a book you want for work for reference (but not a reference book, more of a...
01-06-19, 09:49 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

The light pollution here is terrible. About 19...

The light pollution here is terrible. About 19 SQM. Naked eye we can't see too much especially around the horizon. The telescope gathers enough light to see stuff though. Tried to split a double star...
12-31-18, 04:56 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Yeah , I'm in the Philly exurbs but still one of...

Yeah , I'm in the Philly exurbs but still one of the worst places in the country here. I'm sure you're just as bad. I'd love to live somewhere actually dark eventually.
12-30-18, 12:11 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Wife got me a telescope for Christmas a nice...

Wife got me a telescope for Christmas a nice beginner /low intermediate Orion 130ST with an equatorial mount. Got it all set up except for aligning and focusing the eyepiece and I'm hoping to use it...
10-14-18, 08:08 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

I have one for my phone, but I can't use it...

I have one for my phone, but I can't use it because it makes me nauseated almost immediately. Do you have any issues? I've read it's kind of a person to person thing.
08-28-18, 06:36 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

At some point I might have to explain why I need...

At some point I might have to explain why I need to drive back to a site and burn another day because I burned today mostly screwing with various fiber issues.

We don't (they don't allow us to...
05-19-18, 08:04 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Very interesting.

Very interesting.
03-01-18, 08:34 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

About the only programming language I use these...

About the only programming language I use these days is IEC-61131, for programing PLC automation stuff basically.

I think its strength is that it's very efficient and small, but man, that makes it...
12-20-17, 03:07 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Why is there a function called DateDiff in SQL, a...

Why is there a function called DateDiff in SQL, a function called DateDiff in VB, and a function called DateDiff in SQL report builder that uses the function from VB and not the one from SQL? Who...
12-19-17, 08:59 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Get lastpass or a similar trustworthy password...

Get lastpass or a similar trustworthy password management system. You can set up one really complex but easy to remember password (correct horse battery staple), with two factor authentication, and...
12-19-17, 06:09 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

It's an analytical and tactical sport with cool...

It's an analytical and tactical sport with cool toys, and it can be expensive.
12-19-17, 11:43 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

Interesting. How were they able to get that same...

Interesting. How were they able to get that same address I wonder? Considering google doesn't recognize the period. How do they ever get any e-mail at all?

The plus sign (+) information is super...
12-18-17, 07:14 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Yeah, I figured it was some mundane shared...

Yeah, I figured it was some mundane shared password.
12-18-17, 05:27 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

That's, not great. Although I've been in...

That's, not great.

Although I've been in high security critical operational environments so long my first reaction was "why are you telling anyone a password???"
12-18-17, 09:51 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

I'm assuming your e-mail server will deliver all...

I'm assuming your e-mail server will deliver all mail to you regardless of case though, right? So if your e-mail (as you set it up) is Mr_Doge@domain, and somebody sends an e-mail to mr_doge@domain,...
12-18-17, 09:45 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

I just don't understand how someone uses e-mail...

I just don't understand how someone uses e-mail for as long as he must have been (at LEAST 15 years, likely more like 20 or so) and doesn't realize something so basic about it. How long has he been...
12-18-17, 08:21 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

Gotta keep this one alive. The other day I...

Gotta keep this one alive.

The other day I was talking to an IT guy, who works on OT security for a big, important company.

I spell my e-mail for him.

"How is that capitalized?"

"Umm,...
08-08-17, 10:37 AM
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Posted By Flatballer

I use scroll lock so infrequently that when it...

I use scroll lock so infrequently that when it got bumped by accident today, I didn't know what was happening and had to ask Google to figure out why my arrow keys didn't work right.

I'm not...
07-02-17, 04:57 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Yeah, I'm pretty decent at that, could use a bit...

Yeah, I'm pretty decent at that, could use a bit more depth probably though. One of our products has a native ladder logic graphical language so you can directly convert old physical drawings of...
06-09-17, 08:17 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

So I'm an electrical engineer, in utility power,...

So I'm an electrical engineer, in utility power, mostly an automation and scada expert.

I enjoy anything about power, motors, etc, plus maybe automation, scada, control.

Anyone have any good...
05-15-17, 08:30 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Ah, diesel, then yes, very different tuning. More...

Ah, diesel, then yes, very different tuning. More margin for error.
05-15-17, 05:48 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

It's not rocket science. Listen to the people who...

It's not rocket science. Listen to the people who have blown up engines like yours, take it slow, and you'll be fine. Modern cars have knock sensors that do a good job of saving you from a bad tune,...
05-08-17, 08:04 PM
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Posted By Flatballer

Hard drive isn't the issue at that speed. 1.6 meg...

Hard drive isn't the issue at that speed. 1.6 meg (I'm assuming here you mean Mbps, megabits per second, not MB/s, which is megabytes, which is 8 times larger/faster) is like 200kB/s, your laptop...
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