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  • I thought going into engineering would be a better environment for this kind of questioning. It turns out my toddler-level frequency of "Why?" transcends bachelor level expectations, thus I must pursue even higher education.

    Walking into a contract with uncurious junior engineers was frustrating to say the least.

  • There's a difference between feeling empathy and providing grace or forgiveness. It is absolutely acceptable and healthy to set boundaries on what you are capable of forgiving, but giving up empathy is a different story. Empathy is what makes us human, makes us care about each other. You absolutely can (and, IMO, should) keep caring about these people who have hurt you. If someone shares a true human connection with you, that matters. Thats what you should empathize with.

    That said, people are products of their circumstances, environments, and the systems they grew up within. Depending on those factors, people may develop incredibly maladaptive behaviors, or be subject to untreated mental health issues; this can lead to unhealthy behaviors that harm those around them.

    It is not your responsibility to fix them, nor guide them. Even if they recognize themselves as the source of their problems and wish to change and grow, it is still not your job to drag them through that process. Actively caring for someone isn't the only option. Caring for someone can be remote, can be passive or entirely uninvolved in their life. You are absolutely allowed to set those boundaries, or to set more open boundaries and do what you can to help them if you wish.

    To stop caring for them altogether, however, is a mistake. If you genuinely connect with and care about someone, hang onto that. Hang onto your love for fellow humans because that empathy, that love is what keeps humans growing and moving forward. It is okay to separate yourself from those who harm you, okay to leave someone to their journey, but to stop caring for them dehumanizes yourself just as much as it dehumanizes them.

  • FancyZones is literally the only thing I'm missing from Windows after switching to Linux. I've looked around stack and reddit but have only found posts asking for that functionality, haven't found a solution. Is there a DE/window manager/etc that has similar functionality?

  • Note: no opinion either way, but thought exercise;

    Pilots mayday'd ATC ~10 seconds after take-off. Survivor could've heard the engines die, oxygen masks may have deployed when ram-air turbine spun up, may've seen the ground getting closer instead of further away. Twenty adrenaline-fueled seconds is quite a bit of time. Main variable keeping me skeptical is finding a survivable intersection of fall height and distance from explosion.

    Engine failure during take-off would lead to an abrupt decrease in the rate of change of acceleration; by definition the 'jerk'. Escaping via the emergency exit in that time is feasible. Timing the jump...questionable, but possible.

  • Lucifer is literally the angel of free thought. Satanism promotes critical thinking and the right to question authority. Wikipedia is one of the few remaining repositories of free knowledge and polluting it with LLM summaries is exactly the inscrutable, uncritiqueable bullshit that led to the Abrahamic god casting Lucifer out.

    I realize your reply is facetious, but there's a reason we're dealing with christofascists and not satanic fascists. Don't do my boy dirty like that.

  • Shit I think I learned the right hand rule in Physics 1. And then in Physics 2, Statics, Dynamics, Machine Design, and several others.

    Why Y-up?? Clearly the softies arent touching enough grass, apparently due to a lack of orienteering ability.

    QUICKEDIT; GabeN demonstrating superior decision-making as usual with Z-up RHR in Source.

  • I cried reading about Opportunity. Not losing one or the lack thereof.

    The Mars Rover.

    Also the Wikipedia article on the Miracle on the Hudson. No I haven't seen the Tom Hanks movie nor do I plan to unless I really need an ugly cry.