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unym8g | What American people think about Malcolm X beliefs (the beliefs that he held before his pilgrimage to Mecca) ? | Complex guy and certainly a product of a system that thoroughly oppressed black people. I think he was very bitter before and after the Nation of Islam. One could hardly blame him. | 840 | AskAnAmerican |
unym8g | What American people think about Malcolm X beliefs (the beliefs that he held before his pilgrimage to Mecca) ? | Some oc his beliefs have been distorted in the historiography, but he was clearly antisemitic. | 500 | AskAnAmerican |
unzh6q | I need a car in LA on short notice. I am worried I am gonna book a Mustang and end up in a Sebring. SIXT also seems so cheap, why does nobody talk about them? | If you're having to book last minute you're kinda shit outta luck | 320 | AskAnAmerican |
unzh6q | I need a car in LA on short notice. I am worried I am gonna book a Mustang and end up in a Sebring. SIXT also seems so cheap, why does nobody talk about them? | I’ve never heard of them. A quick search came up with the fact that they have few locations in the US and very low customer satisfaction ratings.
I would try to find a more reputable company if it’s a possibility, but if you proceed with this one, make sure you take photos of the car inside and out before you leave th... | 150 | AskAnAmerican |
unzh6q | I need a car in LA on short notice. I am worried I am gonna book a Mustang and end up in a Sebring. SIXT also seems so cheap, why does nobody talk about them? | Good news! Sebrings haven't been made for like 10 years. Pretty sure the only convertibles in mainstream rental fleets currently are Mustangs and Camaros. Don't expect a V8, though.
(I assume you're talking about convertibles, because how else would a Mustang and a Sebring be in the same class?)
The "or similar" cate... | 110 | AskAnAmerican |
unzjbt | I am referring to a ram and not a particular memory address. Do rams' not have single input output? | It really depends on the system architecture. If there are multiple memory controllers or if the memory controller can queue/coalesce multiple requests into one cycle then yes multiple processes can technically access memory at the same time. Keep in mind that cpus also use cache on the chip so often times in a multi c... | 50 | AskComputerScience |
uo00s4 | Redditors of U.S.A, is there at least free healthcare for children in your country? Or is there at least some sort of support system established if the child is ill and is in dire need of medical attention? | I'm not defending the US healthcare system because it DOES suck...but I find it so funny that the foreign perception of it is so dystopian. | 580 | AskAnAmerican |
uo00s4 | Redditors of U.S.A, is there at least free healthcare for children in your country? Or is there at least some sort of support system established if the child is ill and is in dire need of medical attention? | Yes to both, more or less.
Children are covered under their parents insurance, which the vast majority of people have. If they are living at poverty levels they are eleigible for government paid healthcare.
Emergency services can not be denied to any person by federal law. | 380 | AskAnAmerican |
uo00s4 | Redditors of U.S.A, is there at least free healthcare for children in your country? Or is there at least some sort of support system established if the child is ill and is in dire need of medical attention? | It's amazing at how foreign posters have access to the greatest medical care in the world while the US has none but we at least have search engines that work. | 290 | AskAnAmerican |
uo0clb | I'd like to practice the low level socket programming and Rust at the same time. From what I've seen so far is that socket2 crate is the most suitable for this. It is small, lean with pretty much no overhead. In top of that it supports multiple OS. So, this is what I'm gonna use.
However, I was wondering if you could ... | > I was wondering if you could recommend any resources just for the sockets, so that I can learn how to use them
Beej's Guide to Network Programming is frequently recommended in cases like these - https://beej.us/guide/bgnet/ | 60 | LearnRust |
uo0d0r | What are long term side effects of tonsils removal ? | [removed] | 60 | AskScience |
uo18uw | How do I find a room in US before arriving? I got accepted to a program in US and start my degree in september this year. I want to start looking for a place now and not leave it to the end | Absolutely contact your school. Almost every college or university has an office specifically tasked with helping international students with questions just like this.
I will say it is good you are starting early but given how college rentals work you may not be able to find a place until closer to the time you want ... | 370 | AskAnAmerican |
uo18uw | How do I find a room in US before arriving? I got accepted to a program in US and start my degree in september this year. I want to start looking for a place now and not leave it to the end | Use the housing resources of the school you are attending. The people you worked with for your admission are the first people you should be asking. Room and housing rentals around schools are very localized, often owned by private landlords who don't need to use websites. Start with the school website or office for int... | 110 | AskAnAmerican |
uo18uw | How do I find a room in US before arriving? I got accepted to a program in US and start my degree in september this year. I want to start looking for a place now and not leave it to the end | Going to chime into the group as well, and say reach out to the school.
However, if it's some type of program that doesn't have your typical school resources, feel free to give us an idea where and maybe we can suggest local resources. Or look for a subreddit that is local to where you are going to be, and ask there. | 50 | AskAnAmerican |
uo1f4l | So i have a `TextureManager` class and there is a function to draw sprite sheets. I have a `static int32_t` inside the function because the draw function is called inside a while loop, and it is initialized to 0 at the beginning. The issue is when I call the function many times, its clashing with the other sprite sheet... | > How can I make a static variable specific to that function and so that a new one is created every time the function is called?
Don't make it `static`? Uh, I guess.
> because
No, there's probably a way to avoid it. | 70 | cpp_questions |
uo1f4l | So i have a `TextureManager` class and there is a function to draw sprite sheets. I have a `static int32_t` inside the function because the draw function is called inside a while loop, and it is initialized to 0 at the beginning. The issue is when I call the function many times, its clashing with the other sprite sheet... | >so that a new one is created every time the function is called? (or something along those lines)
You just described a local variable. | 40 | cpp_questions |
uo1f4l | So i have a `TextureManager` class and there is a function to draw sprite sheets. I have a `static int32_t` inside the function because the draw function is called inside a while loop, and it is initialized to 0 at the beginning. The issue is when I call the function many times, its clashing with the other sprite sheet... | Each sprite sheet needs to be its own object, this is kind of the main reason classes and instantiated objects of classes exist. | 30 | cpp_questions |
uo1k0g | There are many cases of species evolving to lose limbs for a snake-like bodyplan or losing other organs, is there any occasion where a species regains the use of a vestigial body part? | I don't know if it qualifies as a body part but primates did regain color vision, a trait that all early mammals had lost in favor of better night vision.
The commonly accepted theory is that it was an evolutionary trait the benefited primates in determining what fruits were ripe to eat as well as differentiating diff... | 100 | AskScience |
uo1m7j | Specifically, what age do you guys pay off your full mortgage loan usually?
Edit: as far as I understand from the comments people usually BUY houses when creating a family. Do you guys have some kind of benefits for young families/young families with kids? | “Get your own place” and “pay off your mortgage loan” are not synonymous in the US. “Get your own place” usually means moving out of your parents’ home into a home that you’re paying for. That usually happens between 18 and 25, but it’s becoming more normal to go longer. People usually don’t pay off their mortgage unti... | 4,050 | AskAnAmerican |
uo1m7j | Specifically, what age do you guys pay off your full mortgage loan usually?
Edit: as far as I understand from the comments people usually BUY houses when creating a family. Do you guys have some kind of benefits for young families/young families with kids? | > what age do you guys pay off your full mortgage loan usually?
The only people I know that have paid off mortgages are in their 50s or older. Our mortgages typically run 30 years.
[According to credit agencies](https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/research/average-age-to-buy-a-house/), the average age of ... | 1,170 | AskAnAmerican |
uo1m7j | Specifically, what age do you guys pay off your full mortgage loan usually?
Edit: as far as I understand from the comments people usually BUY houses when creating a family. Do you guys have some kind of benefits for young families/young families with kids? | I’m wondering what you imagine life is like in a house before you fully pay off your mortgage.
Having a house that you still owe on the mortgage is just having a house. You own it. You can paint it or add a room or convert the garage or whatever else you want to do. You owe money and the bank could theoretically take ... | 810 | AskAnAmerican |
uo2e0o | Apologies if this has been asked before but I couldn't find any conclusive answer.
I've decided to learn C++ over the summer and so was wondering what IDE to use. For information I have a 2020 M1 MacBook Pro. Thanks in advance. | Clion is my favorite but quite expensive | 30 | cpp_questions |
uo2e0o | Apologies if this has been asked before but I couldn't find any conclusive answer.
I've decided to learn C++ over the summer and so was wondering what IDE to use. For information I have a 2020 M1 MacBook Pro. Thanks in advance. | I do all my development on an M1 mac (then port to Linux and Windows), Install xcode and the tools (it does come in handy from time to time), In particular you can just install the command line tools if you are not using xcode.
Then install VSCode and CMake and use that. It is by far the best cross platform solution a... | 30 | cpp_questions |
uo2e0o | Apologies if this has been asked before but I couldn't find any conclusive answer.
I've decided to learn C++ over the summer and so was wondering what IDE to use. For information I have a 2020 M1 MacBook Pro. Thanks in advance. | If you’re on Mac then Xcode is your best bet. Especially for c++. You could use VS Code with some kind of c++ compiler, and learn how to use the command line but that would be a little more involved. Xcode gets the job done if this is your introduction into programming | 30 | cpp_questions |
uo2j0i | How much of your monthly wage is spent on rent/mortage?
In my country people usually have to spent more than a half of their wage for being able to afford rent | $4000/month for a 2br apartment in Central Boston (Seaport). | 1,030 | AskAnAmerican |
uo2j0i | How much of your monthly wage is spent on rent/mortage?
In my country people usually have to spent more than a half of their wage for being able to afford rent | Don't pay rent. I currently live in my car because San Diego housing
It's that or spend 50% of my monthly income on a room | 880 | AskAnAmerican |
uo2j0i | How much of your monthly wage is spent on rent/mortage?
In my country people usually have to spent more than a half of their wage for being able to afford rent | My mortgage is 1200 and we are < 4 years from paying that bitch off.
No more debt after then. Just in time for the apocalypse. | 760 | AskAnAmerican |
uo2mel | There are systems with multiple stars, red and blue giants that would consume our sun for a breakfast, stars that die and reborn every couple of years and so on. Is there anything that set our star apart from the others like the ones mentioned above? Anything that we can use to make aliens jealous? | Well, the stars that you mention are less common than our little yellow dwarf star, which is a pretty common size (in general: the smaller the main sequence star, the more of them there are and the longer they live). It's also high-medium in metal, which makes sense given its robust planetary system, so that make our s... | 5,580 | AskScience |
uo2mel | There are systems with multiple stars, red and blue giants that would consume our sun for a breakfast, stars that die and reborn every couple of years and so on. Is there anything that set our star apart from the others like the ones mentioned above? Anything that we can use to make aliens jealous? | Yes.
There is 1 aspect of the sun that is rare and that is solar variability. Our sun is unusually stable in terms of it's output and this has actually had an impact on our search for exoplanets. [Cool Worlds has done a video on it](https://youtu.be/TAQKJ41eDTs?t=801), and also [how this affected the Kepler Mission se... | 2,470 | AskScience |
uo2mel | There are systems with multiple stars, red and blue giants that would consume our sun for a breakfast, stars that die and reborn every couple of years and so on. Is there anything that set our star apart from the others like the ones mentioned above? Anything that we can use to make aliens jealous? | Not really. Our star is part of the "main sequence" i.e. pretty typical. Though, technically, binary systems are more common than single star systems, so ours is slightly unusual in that respect. But single star systems are still pretty common. | 2,360 | AskScience |
uo2sl9 | there's an argument that its actually better for the west if Saudi Arabia and China remain dictatorships because if they had changes of government every several years it would disrupt the supply or oil and manufactured goods respectively. | The US isn’t reliant on oil from the Middle East, which accounts for 8% of the total imported to the country from that region. The most important oil producing country to the United States is Canada.
The US intervenes in the Middle East because so much of the rest of the world is dependent on their petroleum, not beca... | 910 | AskAnAmerican |
uo2sl9 | there's an argument that its actually better for the west if Saudi Arabia and China remain dictatorships because if they had changes of government every several years it would disrupt the supply or oil and manufactured goods respectively. | Welcome back Grapp.
I suspect we would if they asked us to. I would hope not. | 360 | AskAnAmerican |
uo2sl9 | there's an argument that its actually better for the west if Saudi Arabia and China remain dictatorships because if they had changes of government every several years it would disrupt the supply or oil and manufactured goods respectively. | IMHO, the US cares less about Saudi Arabia with each passing day. We don't even need their oil or airfields as much as we used to. Notice the deafening silence after Iran attacked the Saudi oil facilities. The US pretty much just shrugged.
The House of Saud has been so evil and duplicitous over the years that we wi... | 290 | AskAnAmerican |
uo2xhy | I looked at multiple libraries online but all of them were either too complicated to learn to use or just straight up did not work. I am really demotivated to learn to make something like that because of the lack of good sources to learn and I thought about writing some code that opens geogebra with the function I give... | C++ is Turing complete. If a computer is able to do it, c++ can do it.
Also, You're going to be a beginner forever unless you're willing to take some complicated things onto your plate.
Are you attempting to make some sort of wrapper around this geogebra thing or do you legitimately want to do it all yourself and sav... | 30 | cpp_questions |
uo2xhy | I looked at multiple libraries online but all of them were either too complicated to learn to use or just straight up did not work. I am really demotivated to learn to make something like that because of the lack of good sources to learn and I thought about writing some code that opens geogebra with the function I give... | https://github.com/nothings/stb. specifically `stb_image_write.h`. This is a "library" (it's 1 file) which allows you to take an array of pixels and encode it as a PNG, if this is what you're looking for.
You can graph your function in this array of pixels by effectively treating it as a coordinate grid. | 30 | cpp_questions |
uo311l | In my experience, it seems like a great motivator for office based employees to wake up and get to work on time.
The pandemic and remote work is not the right answer here because many many companies were not giving free food before the pandemic, so it would just be an excuse for them at this point. | Hahah I'd be inclined to go into an office if it meant I didn't have to figure out what to feed myself everyday | 5,830 | CSCareerQuestions |
uo311l | In my experience, it seems like a great motivator for office based employees to wake up and get to work on time.
The pandemic and remote work is not the right answer here because many many companies were not giving free food before the pandemic, so it would just be an excuse for them at this point. | I personally would not mind a "free" (no cost to you) meal offered by my employer. Big G had(maybe still do) snack bars within fifteen feet of cubicles, so it keeps workers more productive. | 3,780 | CSCareerQuestions |
uo311l | In my experience, it seems like a great motivator for office based employees to wake up and get to work on time.
The pandemic and remote work is not the right answer here because many many companies were not giving free food before the pandemic, so it would just be an excuse for them at this point. | It’s actually extremely expensive. Like $20/employee/meal at one place I worked. That’s like a $5000/yr cost per employee.
I’d rather have the $5000. | 1,910 | CSCareerQuestions |
uo32h6 | Hi all, I've been away from programming for a minute. When I first went through my programming level 2 course at university, I remember a bunch of the content and information being presented about static, abstract, static-abstract, and class methods. Most of it was really intuitive but there's a bunch of minutia that h... | Every language is slightly different. The details won't be the same everywhere.
But the basics are:
- static methods don't use class instance, regular methods do
- therefore, you can call a static method without an object
- static fields don't use class instance either; they're essentially glorified globals
- abstrac... | 30 | AskProgramming |
uo32h6 | Hi all, I've been away from programming for a minute. When I first went through my programming level 2 course at university, I remember a bunch of the content and information being presented about static, abstract, static-abstract, and class methods. Most of it was really intuitive but there's a bunch of minutia that h... | I understand what you are asking, but I will contend that such a thing as you have described does not exist, not "language agnostic" in any case.
As soon as you talk about "classes" or "methods", the discussion is no longer language agnostic. After all, Scheme doesn't use classes, and neither does JavaScript. Meanwhil... | 30 | AskProgramming |
uo344v | Hi,
Long story short, I’m a bit lost and bit stuck. I’ve been working in IT Support for almost 7 years and I’m beginning to want more from it. I don’t feel like I know it all, but I feel like this job is becoming easy and repetitive. I’ve changed companies 3 times and each one has been very different but still I feel ... | I left the front line to do analyst work. At first process analysis, then business analysis and now consulting. I love it. The day is always different and there is never a shortage of things to focus on.
I have Lean IT, ITIL3, and ITIL4 certs. I’m getting agile product owner certified in July.
I guess I’m telling ... | 30 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo3c5j | I’m new to programming and I’m looking to figure out the certifications that’ll give me an edge over my peers while interviewing for programming related jobs, any ideas | The only certs that people are generally going to care about are DevOps-type certs like AWS stuff. | 4,780 | LearnProgramming |
uo3c5j | I’m new to programming and I’m looking to figure out the certifications that’ll give me an edge over my peers while interviewing for programming related jobs, any ideas | Devops and system admin certs.
Language specific is laughable. Example: I’m a ciw certified web master, from 2003. It has NEVER been talked about. | 1,270 | LearnProgramming |
uo3c5j | I’m new to programming and I’m looking to figure out the certifications that’ll give me an edge over my peers while interviewing for programming related jobs, any ideas | No one cares about certifications. | 1,210 | LearnProgramming |
uo3k07 |
**My main question is how to prepare myself for this role with only 30 days left. Should I do TryHackMe, study for security+, both, etc. This internship will likely expose me and have me do work in cybersecurity risk, compliance, and incident response (Which I am most worried about).**
**Second question: How is it ... | It is an internship. You are there to learn and they will reach you. They won't let you do anything that could cause major damage. Relax, go forth and learn. Keep a positive attitude and always be willing to learn something new. | 40 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo3k07 |
**My main question is how to prepare myself for this role with only 30 days left. Should I do TryHackMe, study for security+, both, etc. This internship will likely expose me and have me do work in cybersecurity risk, compliance, and incident response (Which I am most worried about).**
**Second question: How is it ... | Keyword is “internship”. They are a way for you to hands on learn (and make some cash). You’ll be fine, I’d be surprised if they sent you off to do something important without a seasoned person with you. Just enjoy the ride, take in all the info, be sure to network while you’re there, and if you think you’re going to s... | 30 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo3md1 | My father was a big time cocaine dealer for Fleetwood Mac, Kenny Loggins, Marsha Brady to name a few, in Los Angeles. AMA | Does he have any memorabilia from the era? Is he still alive? Using? | 2,440 | AMA |
uo3md1 | My father was a big time cocaine dealer for Fleetwood Mac, Kenny Loggins, Marsha Brady to name a few, in Los Angeles. AMA | What other kind of legitimate work did he do?
How did you find out?
How does your mom feel about it all? | 1,080 | AMA |
uo3md1 | My father was a big time cocaine dealer for Fleetwood Mac, Kenny Loggins, Marsha Brady to name a few, in Los Angeles. AMA | Craziest anecdote he fed you about the scene back then? | 810 | AMA |
uo3mq3 | This might be a question for 70 somethings since I'm 61, but for me it's TicToc. I did Facebook. I did Twitter. I did Instagram. Here I am on Reddit. I started creating a Tictoc account and felt the life force drain out of me. I simply closed the browser and went to watch Food Network. What's your "no more" moment? | A bit long; sorry.
Old academic here. I was there at the "dawn of the internet" so to speak.
I sat at tables in the early 90s when we discussed where the internet was going. Much of the content in those days was academic stuff, researchers, nothing commercial, a few early adopters with files up on a server somewhere.... | 1,760 | AskOldPeople |
uo3mq3 | This might be a question for 70 somethings since I'm 61, but for me it's TicToc. I did Facebook. I did Twitter. I did Instagram. Here I am on Reddit. I started creating a Tictoc account and felt the life force drain out of me. I simply closed the browser and went to watch Food Network. What's your "no more" moment? | Just gone through surgical menopause. My remaining fucks magically disappeared along with my uterus. I feel much better all round. | 1,420 | AskOldPeople |
uo3mq3 | This might be a question for 70 somethings since I'm 61, but for me it's TicToc. I did Facebook. I did Twitter. I did Instagram. Here I am on Reddit. I started creating a Tictoc account and felt the life force drain out of me. I simply closed the browser and went to watch Food Network. What's your "no more" moment? | When everything quit being words and turned into film clips. that isn't interaction.
I cant . | 1,050 | AskOldPeople |
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1. It *appears* that you are
1. `memcpy`ing objects that most likely are not memcpy-able. Dont ever use `memcpy` unless you are really 110% sure you know what you are doing and that its a good idea.
1. Trying to write strings into a... | 50 | cpp_questions |
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uo41zb | Especially on Reddit, India and Egypt (and sometimes Morocco) tend to be cited more often than other countries as being dangerous for women to travel in, even more so alone. However, a lot of people still express interest in then, despite the dangers, because of their history and culture. How would you personally feel ... | I’m an adult woman. I can make my own decisions and go where I want. We don’t need to be chaperoned and we’re not stupid. | 470 | AskAnAmerican |
uo41zb | Especially on Reddit, India and Egypt (and sometimes Morocco) tend to be cited more often than other countries as being dangerous for women to travel in, even more so alone. However, a lot of people still express interest in then, despite the dangers, because of their history and culture. How would you personally feel ... | I'd tell them to be careful. I would also say the same thing to a guy going abroad. | 420 | AskAnAmerican |
uo41zb | Especially on Reddit, India and Egypt (and sometimes Morocco) tend to be cited more often than other countries as being dangerous for women to travel in, even more so alone. However, a lot of people still express interest in then, despite the dangers, because of their history and culture. How would you personally feel ... | If any of my friends plans a trip like that, I’d trust her to be smart enough to do her own research. She’s an adult, she knows the risks. I’m not her dad. | 360 | AskAnAmerican |
uo428d | I recently read Shelby Foote’s Narrative of the Civil War. Something that stuck out to me was how even after the war, the southern leaders insisted that the South and North were separate nations bound together in the same country, like England and Scotland are separate nations in the UK. How prevalent is this thought t... | One nation.
The similarities outweigh the differences by *far*. | 1,470 | AskAnAmerican |
uo428d | I recently read Shelby Foote’s Narrative of the Civil War. Something that stuck out to me was how even after the war, the southern leaders insisted that the South and North were separate nations bound together in the same country, like England and Scotland are separate nations in the UK. How prevalent is this thought t... | Unless you're counting nations like the [Navajo Nation](https://www.navajo-nsn.gov/), no.
We were never multiple countries assembled into Voltron States of America.
A group of seditionist traitors does not make us 2 nations. | 920 | AskAnAmerican |
uo428d | I recently read Shelby Foote’s Narrative of the Civil War. Something that stuck out to me was how even after the war, the southern leaders insisted that the South and North were separate nations bound together in the same country, like England and Scotland are separate nations in the UK. How prevalent is this thought t... | This is just a matter of semantics. Traditionally a “nation” was more or less synonymous with ethnicity, and a country was a legal authority that controlled a particular territory.
So, countries like Austria-Hungary were usually considered “multi-national states” as they contained various distinct peoples.
Today, nat... | 770 | AskAnAmerican |
uo44ud | I have an SM-T290 Samsung tablet, and I want to know if I can make it think it's a phone without flashing a new OS. If this is possible, please tell me. | What exactly are you trying to accomplish? | 80 | AndroidQuestions |
uo4apa | Hello r/AskHistorians,
I recently finished reading David Graeber and David Wengrow's Dawn of Everything. In the book, they make an interesting claim: that the European Enlightenment was, in many ways, started by Native American philosophers criticizing European customs. They bring up the example of Kondiaronk, a Nativ... | I have been looking for more resources on Kandiaronk ever since I read it as well and what I've been left to grapple with are the critical reviews of Graber and Wengrow's second chapter, so that is what I'll share here. Said critiques rely heavily on assuming that Lahontan, the author of *The Dialogues*, the work that ... | 2,830 | AskHistorians |
uo4apa | Hello r/AskHistorians,
I recently finished reading David Graeber and David Wengrow's Dawn of Everything. In the book, they make an interesting claim: that the European Enlightenment was, in many ways, started by Native American philosophers criticizing European customs. They bring up the example of Kondiaronk, a Nativ... | [removed] | 670 | AskHistorians |
uo4apa | Hello r/AskHistorians,
I recently finished reading David Graeber and David Wengrow's Dawn of Everything. In the book, they make an interesting claim: that the European Enlightenment was, in many ways, started by Native American philosophers criticizing European customs. They bring up the example of Kondiaronk, a Nativ... | [removed] | 520 | AskHistorians |
uo4ff5 | I've been in restaurants since I could work and I'm looking to get into a help desk role. I've messed with home lab stuff on and off, but nothing to really add to my resume (basic active directory, setting up servers and VMs).
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I just feel stuck on my resume and feel like I've looked at it so much it doe... | I also came from a restaurant industry and transitioned into IT. Your resume has a lot of restaurant bullet points -- which is irrelevant to IT. Recruiter's are not gonna read most of it. Change the first two bullets to something about customer service. That's a big overlapping skill. (for example: dealing with an irat... | 110 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo4ff5 | I've been in restaurants since I could work and I'm looking to get into a help desk role. I've messed with home lab stuff on and off, but nothing to really add to my resume (basic active directory, setting up servers and VMs).
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I just feel stuck on my resume and feel like I've looked at it so much it doe... | Get a free AWS or Azure cloud account - spend some time there. | 50 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo4ff5 | I've been in restaurants since I could work and I'm looking to get into a help desk role. I've messed with home lab stuff on and off, but nothing to really add to my resume (basic active directory, setting up servers and VMs).
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I just feel stuck on my resume and feel like I've looked at it so much it doe... | Incoming list of puns:
Experience managing servers
Familiarity with embedded Linux systems (POS)
Debugging
Experience operating bare metal (knives, utensils)
In all seriousness though, you’ve got this :) | 40 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo4sf1 | I’ll go first.
“Old people don’t understand technology.” Who do you think invented the technology? Plus, we’ve been around this whole time, it’s not like we time traveled from the past. *Some* old people may have trouble with *some* technology — but have you ever seen how nervous young people get about making an actu... | I'm tired of hearing how fucked they are, mostly because it's true, and I can't do anything about it. I want things to be better for them. I am so mad that they are paying impossible tuition rates to get degrees for shit jobs that don't pay well and then if they get sick, they might go bankrupt.
I know a lot of young... | 1,440 | AskOldPeople |
uo4sf1 | I’ll go first.
“Old people don’t understand technology.” Who do you think invented the technology? Plus, we’ve been around this whole time, it’s not like we time traveled from the past. *Some* old people may have trouble with *some* technology — but have you ever seen how nervous young people get about making an actu... | When it comes to technology, fashion, trends, etc, a lot of people mistake a lack of interest for an inability to learn.
I'm finding that retirement is the biggest hit to my interest level. I have no need to pay attention to the latest fashions if I'm not going to the office. I have no need to pay any attention to cu... | 1,020 | AskOldPeople |
uo4sf1 | I’ll go first.
“Old people don’t understand technology.” Who do you think invented the technology? Plus, we’ve been around this whole time, it’s not like we time traveled from the past. *Some* old people may have trouble with *some* technology — but have you ever seen how nervous young people get about making an actu... | "Being a young person is SO much harder now than it used to be."
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yes, young people today have some challenges we didn't have. But we had many they don't.
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Teens to 20s has never been an easy time of life for anyone! | 940 | AskOldPeople |
uo4tss | Is it safe to download dev c++ from sourceforge? https://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/ | Safe? Sure. That's an outdated version of that IDE though. A company called Embarcadero has been maintaining it for the past couple of years. I think the last Orwell release was from 2015.
On Windows, I'd typically go for Visual Studio. There's a Community Edition that's free. | 30 | cpp_questions |
uo4tss | Is it safe to download dev c++ from sourceforge? https://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/ | Just download [Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/) instead. | 30 | cpp_questions |
uo504c | I’m 36 I’ve worked my whole life in retail in different positions pretty much done it all.
I work for verizon now, I don’t have much any formal education just high school. I’m some what ok with using a PC at work and just got a MacBook personally.
I make about 80k with commissions and all. Money is decent but there i... | The only challenge I see here is you have no formal technical training or work history, and you are making 80k a year which is easily a mid level career in IT. If you want to make a jump into IT, it is possible to do, but you will probably have to take a lower paying job and work your way up.
Another option you have,... | 40 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo504c | I’m 36 I’ve worked my whole life in retail in different positions pretty much done it all.
I work for verizon now, I don’t have much any formal education just high school. I’m some what ok with using a PC at work and just got a MacBook personally.
I make about 80k with commissions and all. Money is decent but there i... | Have you considered asking about open positions in other parts of the company? As long as the pay is comparable, I should think you would do well at a help desk position or even higher. | 30 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo545e | I feel like the reason (correct me if I'm wrong) why healthcare is so expensive is because of the much higher quality of medical equipment and doctors in the US compared to the rest of the world. Being a doctor or surgeon in the US is one of the highest paying professions in the world, alongside access to many of the ... | That's not the reason healthcare is so expensive. It's because its a for-profit system with middlemen like private health insurance running up the cost. Regulations on what these companies can charge are relatively poor when compared to countries with universal healthcare. | 580 | AskAnAmerican |
uo545e | I feel like the reason (correct me if I'm wrong) why healthcare is so expensive is because of the much higher quality of medical equipment and doctors in the US compared to the rest of the world. Being a doctor or surgeon in the US is one of the highest paying professions in the world, alongside access to many of the ... | The quality of doctors and care in the US is not at all proportional to their cost and although we do have many excellent doctors, that is not the reason healthcare is so expensive here. Administrative bloat in the healthcare industry is a far bigger contributor. The lack of legal regulations and price caps is also a m... | 190 | AskAnAmerican |
uo545e | I feel like the reason (correct me if I'm wrong) why healthcare is so expensive is because of the much higher quality of medical equipment and doctors in the US compared to the rest of the world. Being a doctor or surgeon in the US is one of the highest paying professions in the world, alongside access to many of the ... | I don't think this is an inherent tradeoff for universal healthcare | 100 | AskAnAmerican |
uo56or | I am writing a class that needs to be templated on two types which, in turn, must both be templated on the *same* type.
This isn't it:
template<typename T, typename Lower<T>, typename Upper<T>>
But what is? | template<class A, class B>
struct Fluffy;
template<class T, template<class> class A, template<class> class B>
struct Fluffy<A<T>, B<T>> : std::true_type
{
}; | 30 | cpp_questions |
uo57ee | Like would there be a case of a President assuming he or she would have enough support to invade another country? Between 2022 and 2028 it’s likely the President will be either Biden or Trump (and potentially Harris). The most likely nations that were to be invaded in recent years have been Iran and Venezuela. Although... | I've got $5 on Liechtenstein.
They know what they did. | 480 | AskAnAmerican |
uo57ee | Like would there be a case of a President assuming he or she would have enough support to invade another country? Between 2022 and 2028 it’s likely the President will be either Biden or Trump (and potentially Harris). The most likely nations that were to be invaded in recent years have been Iran and Venezuela. Although... | No.
It's a wildly unpopular idea on both sides of the political spectrum. At most you can expect stuff like we are doing with Ukraine. | 290 | AskAnAmerican |
uo57ee | Like would there be a case of a President assuming he or she would have enough support to invade another country? Between 2022 and 2028 it’s likely the President will be either Biden or Trump (and potentially Harris). The most likely nations that were to be invaded in recent years have been Iran and Venezuela. Although... | Not really. There’s more to evaluating the potential of American military intervention than simply “we don’t like them.” | 240 | AskAnAmerican |
uo58lt | Hello I am an Australian who is currently backpacking around Europe who is considering hopping over to the USA for 3 to 4 weeks before I go down to South America. My main issue is that the USA is very expensive for backpackers with hostel dorms ranging from $50-100 AUD a night. I would love to explore parts of the east... | You may have better luck with hotels than hostels. How do you plan on getting around? Hitchhiking is illegal in most of the U.S... Bus services are limited or can take a bit of time outside big cities and the northeast. We have virtually no passenger rail service again outside the Northeast. | 670 | AskAnAmerican |
uo58lt | Hello I am an Australian who is currently backpacking around Europe who is considering hopping over to the USA for 3 to 4 weeks before I go down to South America. My main issue is that the USA is very expensive for backpackers with hostel dorms ranging from $50-100 AUD a night. I would love to explore parts of the east... | The big question is what is your budget? Hostels aren't really a thing in most places | 580 | AskAnAmerican |
uo58lt | Hello I am an Australian who is currently backpacking around Europe who is considering hopping over to the USA for 3 to 4 weeks before I go down to South America. My main issue is that the USA is very expensive for backpackers with hostel dorms ranging from $50-100 AUD a night. I would love to explore parts of the east... | If you're backpacking -- especially in the American sense of the word -- why not go camping? It's often very cheap and sometimes even free to camp in a national or state park.
There are buses and trains you can take but if you are interested in nature it's harder. The stops are mostly only in urban centers, away from... | 420 | AskAnAmerican |
uo5i4i | So I’m in a situation where I love learning about IT and tech and like the work duties but I abhor doing any home lab or practice labs outside of work. I enjoy taking notes while learning the theory. Is this a red flag?
I’m currently in a networking gig and I’m motivated more when I have a work problem to solve than t... | Labbing should be done on work time, it is training for your job imo. | 1,920 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo5i4i | So I’m in a situation where I love learning about IT and tech and like the work duties but I abhor doing any home lab or practice labs outside of work. I enjoy taking notes while learning the theory. Is this a red flag?
I’m currently in a networking gig and I’m motivated more when I have a work problem to solve than t... | If you're learning enough during work hours, why spend the time at home doing it, especially if you don't like it? | 1,440 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo5i4i | So I’m in a situation where I love learning about IT and tech and like the work duties but I abhor doing any home lab or practice labs outside of work. I enjoy taking notes while learning the theory. Is this a red flag?
I’m currently in a networking gig and I’m motivated more when I have a work problem to solve than t... | Not at all, the whole schtick a couple years ago about "tech bros need home labs or they're just after the money!!" Was and is retarded.
There's something complimentary about people who self select into fields they're passionate about and homelab on the weekends because they think it's cool, but the inverse is not a r... | 760 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo5jja | What major events in your lifetime do you think should be in school textbooks but aren't? | hard to answer because i have no idea whats been in school textbooks since the 90s | 120 | AskOldPeople |
uo5jja | What major events in your lifetime do you think should be in school textbooks but aren't? | I think there should be a whole semester on medical history. Start with the dark ages and move up to the amazing medical discoveries of the present. Cover vaccines, how they work, and what they accomplished. | 70 | AskOldPeople |
uo5jja | What major events in your lifetime do you think should be in school textbooks but aren't? | Looks like we old timers pretty much have the same response so I'll share something that happened BEFORE my lifetime that should be in school textbooks..
There is a city in Arkansas known as Pine Bluff. For thousands of years prior to being settled the region was subject to flooding from what would become known as the... | 50 | AskOldPeople |
uo5lcf | I have worked at a variety of large corporations and all the PMs are only useful for scheduling meetings, that's it.
They can't communicate properly, because they usually mess up important details, so us technical resources do all the communications because we always have to do damage control when the PM inevitably c... | Ah, I used to believe similar, than I started working with better and better PM's.
Their job isn't to hold your hand or provide documents for you, it's to liason between business and engineering and the domain leads for the impacted platforms to coordinate timelines, budget, etc.
Good PM's are rare, But they do exist... | 170 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo5lcf | I have worked at a variety of large corporations and all the PMs are only useful for scheduling meetings, that's it.
They can't communicate properly, because they usually mess up important details, so us technical resources do all the communications because we always have to do damage control when the PM inevitably c... | * Conflict Resolution is HARD. Those that are good at this usually move into management rather quickly.
* You have to know a lot about a lot. Being able to logically come up with a way to complete a project when it's having trouble isn't necessarily a straightforward thing, and understanding the business and how it int... | 100 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo5lcf | I have worked at a variety of large corporations and all the PMs are only useful for scheduling meetings, that's it.
They can't communicate properly, because they usually mess up important details, so us technical resources do all the communications because we always have to do damage control when the PM inevitably c... | I've worked with a handful of good ones, but you're right: most of them are glorified admin assistants. I think the reason good ones are so hard to come by is that in order to be effective they really need to have at least a high-level understanding of the pieces in play and how they all fit together, and that's simpl... | 100 | ITCareerQuestions |
uo5r1m | Parents often teach their children second languages during their critical period, but does the same principle apply to musical instruments? Do we have so many extremely talented young musicians because of their developmental period, or do the parents just push their children to their limits? | Language is a specialised function of the brain with dedicated areas. These have probably derived from evolutionary processes because language serves a selective function. In other words, we are predisposed to learn languages, especially during the first years of life.
Playing music is different, as we probably have n... | 60 | AskScience |
uo5r1m | Parents often teach their children second languages during their critical period, but does the same principle apply to musical instruments? Do we have so many extremely talented young musicians because of their developmental period, or do the parents just push their children to their limits? | Music is practice. The more you practice, the more proficient you are. Thus, anyone can jam a violin…with enough practice.
Some people will have a knack, but those people still need to practice. The person who practices daily for a year, will be better than the person with a knack. | 40 | AskScience |
uo5snn | Just bought an S21 Ultra and right out of the box the phone wouldn't turn on/battery seemed dead. After plugging it in, the screen showed the circle as if it was charging, but showed no percentage amount.
After about 20 minutes it finally showed 1%, but has been charging really slowly. Is this normal? Roughly 30 min... | 20 minutes for 1%.
I'd be getting that replaced. That's not right. | 90 | AndroidQuestions |
uo5snn | Just bought an S21 Ultra and right out of the box the phone wouldn't turn on/battery seemed dead. After plugging it in, the screen showed the circle as if it was charging, but showed no percentage amount.
After about 20 minutes it finally showed 1%, but has been charging really slowly. Is this normal? Roughly 30 min... | Well there's usually some amount of charge in the battery, but how much of that original charge remains, sort of depends on how long that particular unit has been sitting in inventory. The longer its been sitting there, the more of the original charge will have slowly dissipated. | 70 | AndroidQuestions |
uo5snn | Just bought an S21 Ultra and right out of the box the phone wouldn't turn on/battery seemed dead. After plugging it in, the screen showed the circle as if it was charging, but showed no percentage amount.
After about 20 minutes it finally showed 1%, but has been charging really slowly. Is this normal? Roughly 30 min... | Try a different cable and/or block. | 30 | AndroidQuestions |
uo5y00 | I’m tired and I need answers about this.
So I’ve googled it and I haven’t gotten a trusted, satisfactory answer. Is bar soap just a breeding ground for bacteria?
My tattoo artist recommended I use a bar soap for my tattoo aftercare and I’ve been using it with no problem but every second person tells me how it’s terri... | In general, bar soap is inhospitable to most bacteria & viruses . Poorly made, extra ingredients (lotion/scents etc) and water-sogginess from age can all change the alkaline nature of the soap. But, for the most part, bar soaps are pretty dang good.
Personally, I prefer bar soap over liquid, but both are alkaline ... | 82,600 | AskScience |
uo5y00 | I’m tired and I need answers about this.
So I’ve googled it and I haven’t gotten a trusted, satisfactory answer. Is bar soap just a breeding ground for bacteria?
My tattoo artist recommended I use a bar soap for my tattoo aftercare and I’ve been using it with no problem but every second person tells me how it’s terri... | There is a lot of hype around this. My understanding is that bar soap acts as a surfactant, removing the oils and dirt that hold bacteria in suspension. Properly washing and rinsing should remove the majority of the bacteria, whether it comes from the soap or the surface. Rinsing bar soap and storing it in a clean loca... | 7,970 | AskScience |
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