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  1. Haus

    Game development career thread:

    Seems apropos to cross post this here, unfortunately. https://mobilegamer.biz/laid-off-king-staff-set-to-be-replaced-by-the-ai-tools-they-helped-build-say-sources/ On one hand.... I feel for anybody eliminated by AI, especially an AI the company directed them to develop.... On the other...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I would say you got dumped out of one frying pan, and have decided to hop into the fire..... https://mobilegamer.biz/laid-off-king-staff-set-to-be-replaced-by-the-ai-tools-they-helped-build-say-sources/
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    Metalworking Thread (aka Haus indulging his inner mountain dwarf)

    Well, the first test was an absolute fail. The oven I have isn't hot enough to really liquify the PLA to extract it, so I had to go with the "burn it out using the molten metal you pour in" method, which isn't optimal by far (see the red eyed skull above for what that process yielded). Don't...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I think the best part is the look on his face of "Damn humans and their fucking bullshit" while also looking like the aquatic version of Toothless...
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    Investing General Discussion

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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I have a sudden, new, and wholly unrealistic and irrational need in my life...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Would Hammond only count as a half a person? If so could I get him and Sydney Sweeny's top half? Unrelated :
  8. Haus

    Wednesday

    I'll just say this is also a driver for some people building large multi-TB storage arrays on their home networks.... #justsayin Wife and I were doing a leisurely rewatch of one of my favorite series when the streaming service which had it (Amazon) started up with the fuckfuck games.... One...
  9. Haus

    The D&D thread

    And who said years of playing a bard as the party face wouldn't come in handy in real life?
  10. Haus

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

    I thought about this, but there are some NDAs I'm under which would severely hamper me from side consultation. The debate has been in my head of just going freelance as a "Rent-a-CISO" or "Field CTO" type consultant as I have more than the experience and capabilities needed for it. The...
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    Investing General Discussion

    Yeah, and this was profit taking of 5% of my stake in it to do some things. If you've seen my other posts in here I'm far from a day trading or even someone attempting to "nail the top", and honestly just surprised that for once I did it. Just wish it hadn't been so the stock could drop 9% in...
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    Investing General Discussion

    Well I'm trying to decide if I should call this a win or not. Wednesday I took some profits off my favorite tech stock, trimmed my position but not by a ton, so I could put some in a few other small piles elsewhere. That stock is now down a little over 9% from where it closed on Wednesday...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    Investing General Discussion

    So was there some huge tech stock news I didn't see anywhere today that hit? XLK and every internet/cybersecurity stock I have on my radar all took considerable hits.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    Did you say "giant battery DIY"? Hell, I have been debating trying this here at my house if I could find a good enough source.. As for your thoughts... Enjoy the rabbit hole : https://hackaday.com/2024/08/13/from-vehicle-to-grid-to-diy-home-powerwalls/ And my thought was not an EV car...
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    Investing General Discussion

    I have mentioned a few times that in my ETF blend for longer term holdings I have a decent little pile of URNM..... I have been very happy as of late with it : Even if it's taken a bit of a beating this week....
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    I will admit I have been wondering, with my pending plans to eventually move away from town and hopefully built a place with enough solar and battery to be functionally grid independent how much additional solar capacity I would need to think about to also keep a car charged for occasional use...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    How convenient... It's just about yearly review employee self input time where I work, and you did my job for me. Thanks! Unrelated :
  19. Haus

    Prime day 2025 - July 8th - 11th

    So far I've been really underwhelmed. Although they have a CnC I have looked at (but it's not my first choice) on for 20% off. Wondering if there are different deals hitting tomorrow.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Hol up..... Advisor managed portfolio : 13% Just investing in SPY : 12% And I'm betting the advisor is charging at least 1% a year.... Unrelated :
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    What are you listening to at the moment?

    I guess this is somewhere straddling between what I'm listening to and what I'm watching... But there's this guy who is a Gen-Z music producer who apparently had no exposure at all to music from the 60's and 70's. So he's going on this "I'm going to listen to this album all the way through and...
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    Woodworking

    So, I'm gonna drop this here since it's what I'd consider "woodworking adjacent" , it's about using a CnC. I plan on picking one up soon, probably something in the middle on size build plate range (like 20"x20"). But the real endgame for me with it won't be woodworking, it will be graphite...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

  24. Haus

    What vehicle do you drive?

    So you feel the need to talk yourself out of.... Happiness? Joy? Fulfillment? Help me understand here, have you thought about seeing a therapist about this?
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    You know you're getting old when.....

    Motherfucking Gen Z discovers vacations and thinks they've found a new secret to making careers tolerable...
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    Depression

    Short of the becoming an attic gnome for his green card @Lambourne is pretty spot on. I'd also add that from the outside it looks like you're suffering from something of a crisis in the self image department, but it's wholly normal in your situation to be suffering from that. Sounds like you...
  27. Haus

    Home Improvement

    I had not seen one of these before. And whereas I know I have no legit use for one (I have a few 40v tools, but not the chainsaw yet) I now have a powerful need....
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    I can confirm that if you die, you won't be able to access your wallet, since you'll be dead. But if someone else has your keys (i.e. your seed phrase) they can install as compatible wallet app and get into it with your keys I literally made metal plates with my seed phrase on then and...
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    Fourth of July Freedom Thread

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    Weight Loss Thread

    I can easily remember when I was a kid and I'd get a burger, fries and a drink. (before the age of a "kids meal"). And it was just the regular burger, regular fries, and regular drink. First off, the drink was at tops 16 oz. That's a small drink anywhere now. The fries would at best be a...
  31. Haus

    Home Improvement

    I think we've covered this before..... It's like Harry Potter. Except in my case it was "When guys have to do their first real DIY project". For me that was driving to Atlanta in my distant past taking my at the time GF to her college for the semester. She was living in her sorority house...
  32. Haus

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

    I've been pondering this recently. I'm in my mid 50's. I feel I probably have one more "act" in my career to pull off somewhere. Right now I'm a pre-sales technical resource for a large cybersecurity vendor. The pay isn't bad, but the job is definitely becoming less and less my cup of tea...
  33. Haus

    Home Improvement

    Being raised by my grandfather I have a deeply ingrained level of how straightened up a work area needs to be if I don't want to feel his disapproving stare from the afterlife... ;)
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    Fourth of July Freedom Thread

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    Home Improvement

    I thought we had a workshop thread, but i guess not. Just finished finally building a shed out back and that cleared a bunch of nonsense I was storing in my workshop (i.e. garage). So installed an additional workbench, now to put some shelves above it. It's the one on the right, adding to the...
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    Metalworking Thread (aka Haus indulging his inner mountain dwarf)

    OK, next project up... I'm going to try to cast a couple properly ornate skulls with which to (elegantly) strike fear into my enemies. 3d printing this model : Then using a process called "lost PLA casting" or at least my cheap ass bastard version of it. The idea here is: You take an...
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    Fourth of July Freedom Thread

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    Investing General Discussion

    Of those three options I think the most probable would be the emergence of a solid alternative for reserve currency and trade usage. BRICS is feigning at it. China and Russia are both stockpiling non USD assets, more and more countries are settling business without translating things into...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics