The EE's Guide to the Internet

I’m just a guy on the internet. Electrical engineer, introvert, and just wanting to understand sh*t

[quasisnipr1048]

Hello! I realized I probably never had a proper introduction here and kinda just appeared out of nowhere so here we go:

I’m QuasiSnipr1048. I usually just go by ‘Quasi’ or ‘J’ for simplicity. I mainly post memes and stuff here or just reblog cool stuff I find. I do have two sideblogs which I reserve for engineering stuff (I am an electrical engineer) and writing. See the @‘s below.

See y’all around the blr!

Engineering stuff: @quasisengineeringcorner

Writing stuff: @quasiswritingcorner

[quasisnipr1048]

Hey Tumblr, why tf is it when I screenshot something, it auto opens the sharing menu?

[ieattaperecorders]

Trying to find an old tumblr post I used to see a lot.

It started with someone listing "places with uncanny energy," like gas stations on a road trip, empty movie theaters, etc.

Then someone reblogged it and said those are called "liminal spaces," defining liminal as in-between, neither one thing nor another.

It was the first time I'd seen the term "liminal" applied to places like that, and it's driving me crazy, I want to find and put a date on it so bad.

[ieattaperecorders]

NEVER MIND, I FOUND IT!!!

[ieattaperecorders]

Holy shit I just realized:

Tomorrow (July 4th, 2026) is the 10 year anniversary of the-crepes-of-wrath's comment, which:

Predates the 2020 spike in interest by four years

Predates the original backrooms post, and the the creation of r/liminalspaces by three years

Predates the earliest mention that KnowYourMeme attributes to Twitter by two years

I'm pretty sure this is the moment the term "liminal spaces" was attached to this sort of imagery, and it's TEN YEARS OLD TOMORROW!

LIMINAL SPACES TURN TEN TOMORROW! CELEBRATE BY GETTING LOST IN AN ABANDONED MALL!

[movedto-prncss-peach]

Is it worth it to still be on tumblr?

no but where else we gonna go

[jynxedshapeshifter]

I think one of the reasons plane crash investigations are so interesting to me is because plane crash investigators go full on Sherlock Holmes on shit man. Like plane crash investigations are so in-depth and the tiniest thing can indicate probable cause.

List of things that exemplify what I mean:

Investigators can tell if the engines were running when a plane crashed based on dents in the engine blades

Every single part of the cockpit voice recorder is a clue. Silence? That's a clue that the pilots were incapacitated. Everything's completely normal? In-flight breakup or an issue with the electrical system that the pilots didn't get the chance to react to before power was cut to the CVR. Missing alarms? There was a mechanical error or a circuit breaker was tripped.

Everything about the NTSB's investigation into the Boeing 737's rudder issues. It took them a decade to figure that out. An entire fucking decade. And they figured it out because they were like "hey, what if the PCU in the 737 can just spontaneously jam in the right conditions without leaving a trace?"

Investigators can also tell if a plane came apart in the air based on if they can find all four corners of the plane (tail, nose, and wing tips) at the crash site.

They get all kinds of professionals in plane crash investigations. Psychologists, metallurgists, forensic specialists, a lot of people get involved in plane crash investigations.

Plane crash investigation is fascinating to me. Like people get paid to go Sherlock Holmes on plane crashes and it's so fucking interesting to me. Granted, they kind of have to because 95% of the time there is no one cause to a plane crash and multiple things in the system have to go wrong (for example, China Airlines 611 happened because of a combination of improper repair and future inspections of the plane failing to detect that improper repair) but still, it's so interesting to me.

[quasisnipr1048]

"I have two versions of outlook and neither one of them is working" in any other context is just another day at the office.

Same quote from 100,000 miles above the earth is a whole new level of IT, and that's not mentioning it was broadcast to the entire world.

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[chilewithcarnage]

[ten-and-donna]

the utter ecstasy of “is that lavENDER?” is what sells it for me

[pulling-aggro]

a level of appreciation for charcuterie the likes of which has never been seen before

[lustcannibalism]

they should invent a way for me to do tasks without the mind torture

[lustcannibalism]

there is a world out there I can’t comprehend

[typecasto]

behold, context

[toweringclam]

[natequarter]

bigotry against left-handed people is inherently the least funny form of oppression because it makes right-handed people go lol isn't it stupid that we used discriminate against people based on something so ridiculous? as if skin colour, culture, weight, disability, religion etc are somehow sensible and logical things to discriminate against. then i go outside and make a fool of myself because all the tools are right-handed and no one thought to provide me with tools i can use.

[voidoffline]

I remember trying to sign up for an archery class and literally nothing was left handed so I had to awkwardly turn gear inside out to fit me and I still ended up getting hurt

I’m not even fucking left handed. I’m mixed handed*. I just do most sports left handed

‘Lol, glad we got rid of oppression on left handed people. That was so silly of us’ Okay but where are your left handed tools Sharon? Left handed desk? Fridge? Sports gear? Sharon. Sharon my fingers are fucking burning over here. Sharon no this does not ‘work’ it’s for a right handed person and does not work on the left hand. SHARON

*Also called cross-dominant (I use my left hand for certain tasks and my right for others. Same for feet and eyes(Not ambidextrous, I can not do everything with both hands.))

[quasisnipr1048]

I didn't know there was even a word for this. A lot of the more dexterous tasks I do regularly, I do with my left hand. Writing, soldering, cooking, etc. But physical tasks, especially sports, im right handed. There's exceptions, and for some things I even switch my handedness without realizing it.

[jaubaius]

Diver convince octopus to trade his plastic cup for a seashell

[waffilicious]

imagine if a fuckin……. giant alien just showed up and stuck a huge hand in front of your face and then proceeded to offer you three different houses and wouldn’t stop until you moved out of your old shitty apartment and then helped you fuckin move

and then just left

[glitterary]

I first saw this on twitter and COULD NOT get over these comments:

Twitter link

[leviathan-supersystem]

internet politics and real-world politics have gotten so separated, and pretty soon all this internet weirdness is gonna come crashing into real life and politicians are gonna start throwing around words like “SJW” and “anime communist” and “dark enlightenment” and it’s just gonna be the most ridiculous fucking thing

[heritageposts]

date of origin: 13th of april, 2015.

[leviathan-supersystem]

happy 10 year anniversary!

[august--and-everything-after]

[headspace-hotel]

This post.

This fucking post.

It is in some ways, the only piece of evidence I have that there was a time Before.

[alwaystiredshark]

For more of my art @alwaystiredshark

[novella-november]

If you are on a Windows 11 computer, pause everything you are doing for one minute and:

Open computer settings

Click on Accessibility on the left-hand menu

Scroll down the Accessibility menu and click on the Keyboard Option

Under the "related settings" tab, click "Typing" which should have a description of "spellcheck, autocorrect, text suggestions."

Turn of the AI "correct misspelled words"

and most importantly: turn off Typing Insights.

[ID: a screenshot of the above mentioned Windows 11 settings, showing that Typing Insights is now turned off, with the following description from Microsoft: "Windows is using artificial intelligence to help you type To help you save time and type efficiently, Windows can learn to suggest words, autocorrect spelling mistakes, and interpret swiped typing. Take a look at the insights below to see up-to-the-minute stats on how Windows has learned to improve typing for you. These stats are stored only on this device and Microsoft does not collect the typing insights data." End ID]

"But Mx. November, it says right there Microsoft doesn't collect the typing insights data!"

I mean, yeah, it says that..... for *now.*

It also only specifies that Microsoft themselves don't collect it, and they wouldn't have made this something that I was automatically, secretly opted in for without my knowledge if they didn't have something to be gained by me not knowing it exists!

I only found this because a cat walked on the keyboard and turned on Filter Keys and happened to click on "typing insights" by accident.

Generative AI, and especially AI that is used to "personalize" and track your activity across the web and on your computer are never going to be in your best interest, it is always going to serve these companies in whatever way will line their pockets the most, and all it takes is updating their terms of service once, and then all of that data they promised they weren't collecting suddenly all belongs to them.

[aokozaki]

new xkcd "[x] years" comic dropped... maybe it's all gonna be alright...

[catcomixzstudios]

[x]

[quasisnipr1048]

So I'm not read in to the current Stargate events beyond there's going to be a new show.

Here's the thing: All I ask for is the 20-24 episode format. Not the hyperfocused binge-in-an-afternoon 8-12 episode BS. I wanna be invested in this shit. I want the characters to have to do stupid things while the main story happens in the background from time to time. I want the main story events to have actual hitting power because you got to know the characters outside of whatever the Big Bad Guy of the Season was doing.

If the new series does not have this, it won't even be on my radar of Maybe I'll Watch When I Have Time.

[meme-space-nine]

It can’t be 24 episodes. That killed people. No one wants that.

[quasisnipr1048]

Dies-once-a-season Daniel is an outlier and should not be included in the episodes per season calculation.

[quasisnipr1048]

So I'm not read in to the current Stargate events beyond there's going to be a new show.

Here's the thing: All I ask for is the 20-24 episode format. Not the hyperfocused binge-in-an-afternoon 8-12 episode BS. I wanna be invested in this shit. I want the characters to have to do stupid things while the main story happens in the background from time to time. I want the main story events to have actual hitting power because you got to know the characters outside of whatever the Big Bad Guy of the Season was doing.

If the new series does not have this, it won't even be on my radar of Maybe I'll Watch When I Have Time.

[medievaljournalist]

im in big trouble with some wraiths i owe a lot of wraith money