jimmux

joined 2 years ago
[–] jimmux 1 points 2 hours ago

I have some Japanese metal bands in the rotation for just this reason. Metal works in a lot of languages, actually.

[–] jimmux 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

What's the width like? Consistent with modern rolls, or no?

[–] jimmux 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Same. I can't even have understandable lyrics if I'm going to concentrate.

My work playlists are completely different. More cinematic scores, world music, ambient whatever. There is some metal that bridges the gap, but it has to be very death.

[–] jimmux 42 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

Toilet paper rolls.

Somehow we settled on a pretty good size for toilet rolls, and there never seems to be a compatibility issue with holders.

At least not for households. Commercial products have their own things going on, but it doesn't affect most people.

Is there a formal standard, or did we decide not to mess with good enough?

[–] jimmux 2 points 5 months ago

That's a funny name for an octopus.

[–] jimmux 6 points 5 months ago

Regular bullets work just as well, if you happen to fall on one during a quick exit from the upper floor.

[–] jimmux 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes but the word for books comes from bisexuality, because reading is gay.

[–] jimmux 2 points 7 months ago

Similar to that. Nouns that have a somewhat specific meaning in our business context, like Investor, Adviser, Product, Portfolio, etc.

[–] jimmux 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This is the accepted writing style at my work, and it's been driving me nuts for years. I'm talking about the copy we put on all our public facing materials. Even our resident linguists hate it, but apparently someone high up thinks it's industry standard.

Remembering this just made me happier to be leaving soon. They're so resistant to challenging entrenched habits. I should have seen these signs when I started.

[–] jimmux 5 points 10 months ago

The trick is for those other AIs to reserve a few bucks, so they can repeat the process but this time cash out early. Keep repeating until everybody wins.

[–] jimmux 40 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Just ask the AI how to turn $1 into $100M with high frequency trading!

[–] jimmux 2 points 10 months ago

Sometimes it clicks if you graph it out with the confusing values on axes.

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