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  1. ShakyJake

    The Paranormal, UFO's, and Mysteries of the Unknown

    Well, if planets that have evolved complex life are super duder rare then, sure, I do see it as plausible that extraterrestrials would visit us. From a scientific perspective, there would be some very valuable data to collect.
  2. ShakyJake

    The Paranormal, UFO's, and Mysteries of the Unknown

    I was watching the latest PBS SpaceTime Why We Might Be Alone in the Universe and it got me wondering about the Drake equation: Has anyone ever solved this equation from the other side? In other words, let's assume that Earth is the only technological civilization in the galaxy. So, N = 1...
  3. ShakyJake

    His Dark Materials

    I think the word "Starts" is the spoilery part. Anyway, I never read the books but saw the movie a few years back which was entirely forgettable. However, I thought this first episode was pretty darn good. Kept my attention at least. Production quality seems great -- CGI animals looked...
  4. ShakyJake

    The War of the Worlds

    That shit still looks good. Has anyone watched the other War of the Worlds series? I have it downloaded but haven't had the time to check it out.
  5. ShakyJake

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Look for a Nuget package named Cody.Fostura. It will embed assemblies as an application resource. In other words, you'll compile to a single.exe file.
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    Treadstone

    Pretty sure that's not the same dude. Wish the Russian red head had a young clone. She was hot in that black tie.
  7. ShakyJake

    Silicon Valley

    Well?
  8. ShakyJake

    Terminator (2019)

    This is a good review and assures I will never watch this movie.
  9. ShakyJake

    Watchmen

    Yeah, I've been noticing way more dicks than tits here lately. This is indeed a disturbing universe.
  10. ShakyJake

    World of Warcraft: Classic

    I noticed that Questie(?) puts an icon next to the nameplate. So I'm wondering if it would be possible to parse combat info and place healing values there?
  11. ShakyJake

    Batwoman

    I stopped watching all CW programming thanks to that shit. (Not that any of it was particularly good).
  12. ShakyJake

    The War of the Worlds

    What the hell? There's a FOX series by the same name that takes place in current day Europe. Debuts next week.
  13. ShakyJake

    Watchmen

    What's with all the black people?
  14. ShakyJake

    Watchmen

    Any blue dongs?
  15. ShakyJake

    Emergence

    I bailed after the second episode when it went all 'muh racism'.
  16. ShakyJake

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Totally agree. You need to create something that's more complicated than the typical Todo demo app. Also, if you're learning a Javascript framework focus on one. Don't hop around trying different ones. Ultimately the concepts are similar across them all, but try to get reasonably competent...
  17. ShakyJake

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Out of curiosity, what specific questions have you been asked?
  18. ShakyJake

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    You keep saying "we". You're right, we couldn't. But an alien species that exists on a different energy level (as in they perceive time on a much slower scale) most certainly could. 80,000 years to get to the nearest star is absurd to us but to something else that might equate to an hour.
  19. ShakyJake

    American Horror Story

    "Satan satan satan satan" This is hilarious. And a nice mid-season twist. I'm really enjoying this season.
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    Titans

    Same here. And Krypto!!!
  21. ShakyJake

    The Good Place

    Really? I feel the series has been kinda shitty after season 1. Season 1 was brilliant but, as I've stated before, afterwards it felt like they didn't really have a plan of where to go with the story.
  22. ShakyJake

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    Yeah, from humanity's point of view...if we want to experience Star Trek, well, just create a virtual reality that DOES allow you to zip across the galaxy like in the show. Sure it's not real, but the sense of amazement and wonder will still be the same.
  23. ShakyJake

    Emergence

    Molly!
  24. ShakyJake

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    I think we'll discover that simple life is common, but intelligence is extremely rare. And if there does exist an advanced, intelligent civilization in our galaxy, it will be millions of years more advanced. But we're making the assumption that aliens would be similar to what we see in Star...
  25. ShakyJake

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    It's based on our current understanding of physics and evidence. There could be a big crunch but the evidence is that the universe's expansion is accelerating. And the universe isn't infinite. It's a finite region of space that's expanding.
  26. ShakyJake

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    Current theory is that it never "finishes". The universe will continue to expand forever, all matter will have decayed into elementary particles, and black holes will evaporate.
  27. ShakyJake

    American Horror Story

    And why do I have a thing for Emma Roberts?
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    Titans

    Worst Bruce Wayne casting choice ever.
  29. ShakyJake

    World of Warcraft: Classic

    No, ClassicLFG.
  30. ShakyJake

    World of Warcraft: Classic

    I remember a ton of shit possibly aggro'ing as you work down the ramp to the final boss.
  31. ShakyJake

    World of Warcraft: Classic

    No, but you see the group listed in the window and you can click 'Join' which will auto invite you into the group. It's actually pretty slick.
  32. ShakyJake

    World of Warcraft: Classic

    Yeah may nicer interface than ClassicLFG. Are people having a heart-attack over this one yet? EDIT: Although I think ClassicLFG, if you use it to broadcast a group, embeds data in its channel that allows for role information. So it's a bit more than just a chat parser.
  33. ShakyJake

    Car ?'s

    Doing a tiny bit of research it seems what I'm suggesting is called a "series hybrid" BUT without the battery. The gasoline engine, basically a generator, powers the electric motor directly. Again, don't care about fuel efficiency or range. Just pure, raw performance that an electric motor...
  34. ShakyJake

    Car ?'s

    Here's a (probably dumb) question for any engineers out there: Say you wanted to create a performance electric vehicle. Instead of using batteries couldn't you have a gasoline engine be the generator for the electric motor? Or would the gasoline engine + fuel end up weighing more than a...
  35. ShakyJake

    World of Warcraft: Classic

    Wetlands into Arathi Highlands?
  36. ShakyJake

    World of Warcraft: Classic

    Seems kind of amateurish for a company to not have a safeguard against this sort of thing.