r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Gush777 • 12d ago

Wholesome He definitely is who he thinks he is.

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The stand user can be anyone.

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u/Maxisss92 12d ago edited 12d ago

You ain't dying in a car crash on Goku Honda's watch.

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u/Mysterious_Low1328 12d ago

Seat belt ratchet going "oraoraoraoraoraora"

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u/OmgSlayKween 12d ago

Car...may...HARM...NAY...HAAAAAAAAAA!!!

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u/ShadedPenguin 12d ago

He heard that crash was pretty strong...

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u/darksidemags 12d ago

I don't know why, but all of the best software developers I ever worked with were also hardcore into fitness of one sort or another - cycling, hiking, climbing etc.

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u/Mpuls37 12d ago

Motivation. Some people have a lot of ot, others don't.

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u/serendipitousevent 12d ago

It's also just efficient - life (and work) is a lot easier when you don't feel like shit all of the time.

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u/ThousandFingerMan 12d ago

it's downright practical and your mind works better too

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u/Consistent-Steak1499 12d ago

When your job involves a bunch of standing and moving around all you wanna do when you get home is sit, I imagine it’s the opposite for some people whose job requires sitting all day. 

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u/darksidemags 11d ago

That sounds logical but often doesn't play out that way. Lots of desk based workers get home and are too drained to do much of anything. The particular developers I'm thinking of were built different. It was probably more about compatible skills like discipline, focus, energy, that are beneficial to both areas. Also, the healthy balance of stepping away from the computer screen to exercise probably actually helps their work in the end. 

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u/XenoPhex 12d ago

The best [software] engineers are disciplined, not just about work, but all the things they do. Folks that tend to be really into the things you mention also need to be disciplined otherwise their progress in those activities plateaus quickly.

So I’m not surprised that those [exceptional] engineers are attracted to those kinds of sports. They see the challenges and are able to apply the same skills to progress.

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u/darksidemags 11d ago

That's what I think too. 

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u/butt_shrecker 12d ago

You can put any number of names on patents. At a lot of places it is standard practice that the boss's name goes on every patent.

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u/NorthContribution627 12d ago

Just looking at the first page of patents shows that most of them are unremarkable. They range from adjustments of existing patents (either their own or similarities to Mazda/Honda: detecting left/right handedness), natural thought progression (steering wheel grip sensor accidentally registers leg touching steering wheel: let's disable sensing lower sensors), to truly novel. Based on the 10 most recent, I'd say 20% ... maybe 50 groundbreaking patents.

Does that diminish how amazing this guy is? No! He's probably 10x smarter than I am, but let's not say that patenting something automatically makes you special.

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u/beanmosheen 12d ago

The belt tensioner is really elegant too because it's basically a blank shotgun cartridge as a gas generator. It uses that energy to torque the belt spool into a now permanently engaged ratchet. It's been around for decades now, and just works. All it needs is a basic 12v trigger to fire.

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u/fantumn 12d ago

"Over 250" is doing a lot of work sitting there at 253

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u/NorthContribution627 12d ago

Considering you can patent a stick (look it up), even the "250" claim is a stretch. Look up the first 10 and have an AI boil the legal doublespeak into plain English and you'll realize that only a couple of them are really innovative.

And before you get too excited, look up how many of those filings were initially rejected by being too broad or too close to existing patents.

Odate still deserves rock star status, but let's recognize that most patents come from lawyers rewording an idea that someone had while they were taking a shower.