Programmer asks: how many bits for the integer?

At 32 bits it’s “just” a Thanos snap with extra pain

I didn’t mind ads on YT back in the day when skipping was available right away, or after 3 seconds. That was a long time ago though.

Accounting for taxes and grid fees, between 0.05€ & 1.2€/kWh depending on the season.

It’s hypocritical, and I don’t like it. With that said, most politicians are hypocrites, which is why I generally dislike politicians.

Happened once a long time ago, incredibly vivid dream and it was quite nice.

Me and a few other drivers were parked by an unmanned gas station (late night near airport pickup that charged per minute from entry) - anyway, an early '00s renault hatchback swings into the station, pulling a U-turn before three unmarked police vehicles with sirens on surround it.

Officers step out and walk over, having a chat with the driver for a bit. Then, the driver steps out and the other passengers start to come out, one after another. After a little bit, there are twelve adults have exited this little hatchback along with a bunch of luggage. Driver is arrested shortly after.

Never seen anything like it before or after.

Depends greatly on whether it’s someone I expect to meet again.

Don’t expect to meet again: Treat them like any other person. Either (a) not interact with them, maybe glance and smile, wonder what goes on in their life for a moment, (b) do whatever non-personal interaction I’m having with them, be polite, smile or © very rarely strike up a casual conversation until we part ways.

Expect to meet again: Again, treat them like any other person, but I also usually look for any reason to not be romantically attracted to them anymore. The overwhelming majority of women aren’t interested in me, and being able to move them over to the Big Box of Potential Friends (where all men live) significantly lowers the stakes of interactions and makes life simpler in general.

Trouble only really starts if I’ve been unable to find a good reason to not be attracted to you after meeting a few times (these people are few and far between, less than a handful per year). At this point I’ll usually ask them out, which thus far has filtered out the rest.

Hmm, that’s actually a decent point. I’ve two regular sim slots, so it isn’t really an issue for me.

I greatly prefer physical sim, just because I can control it. If I want it out of my phone, it’s out, if I want to switch phones, I switch. Easy peasy. I really don’t see any advantage to an eSim apart from maybe faster delivery.

That’s an impressive track record.

One presidency is more than a full-time job. Whilst I do like him cut the poor guy some slack.

University prof? Witty? Sharp tongue?

I’m down.

An astronaut for president? That’s actually pretty catchy.

Also seems like an interesting guy outside of that.

Seems like an interesting guy, and fits my two basic criteria: not being a geriatric and being a reasonable person. I’ve limited my expectations to avoid disappointment :'D

I’m glad it managed to survive to the end :)

The kinds of medication (cortisone) used in these cases aren’t mind altering. If this problem is something you’re actually bothered by, ask your doctor specifically to explain what the medication does, what kinds of side effects are common and to follow up on it (I could too, but my time is limited).

At the very least consider it. I’d hate for somebody to be suffering from a preventable illness unneccessarily.

*There’s always an asterisk, and that is that low down in the side effects depression is listed. However, this is the case even for common medication such as paracetamol or ibuprofen. Suffering from disease is also a potential cause of depression (yeah life sucks sometimes), usually with higher incidence.

I struggle to think of someone for my generation, but someone who I’ve looked up to is Carl Sagan, even if he passed before I was born.

A bit more recent - Sam Gamgee.

If you don’t feel safe with taking your (I expect it’d be cortisone) pills, ask your doctor about it. Steroids aren’t inherently harmful, and the kind used in these cases definitely not addicting. The body actually produces a decent amount on its own in different varities, testosterone for instance.

The reason that professional athletes get checked for even these types is that higher doses can have performance-enhancing effects. If you are a professional athlete, probably ask someone in the field about it, even they can get excemptions if there’s a (proven) underlying medical condition.

These are the sort of things that ought to be automated. It’ll be interesting to see how Japan handles their demographic crisis going forwards. If they manage it without significantly increased migration, that’ll be a standard for the rest of the developed world to follow.