vickyks's comments

On: How Normal Am I?

[vickyks]

The AI rated me a 4 out of 10 and struggled to figure out whether I was a man or a woman. There goes my self esteem for the day.

[brushfoot → vickyks]

You're in good company: The app gave Henry Cavill 5.9 and Pierce Brosnan 5.1 in my testing.

[neurostimulant → vickyks]

Just shining my phone's flashlight to my face increase the score by 1 point. Maybe try with a better lighting? You might get a 10 score ;)

On: Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device

[vickyks]

If you've ever met physicists, you will understand that this is exactly the sort of thing physicists do.

[xen0 → vickyks]

Or chemists, or biologists, or engineers...

Or children for that matter. ;)

On: Help me ask why you didn't just

[vickyks]

"Have you considered using sshd in this case?"

On: Are We on the Road to Civilisation Collapse?

[vickyks]

Are you referring to the Holy Roman Empire ruled by Charlemagne? They weren't strictly the same as the Roman Empire. There's a decent explanation on reddit on the differences. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/124kmx/whats...

[dragonwriter → vickyks]

> Are you referring to the Holy Roman Empire ruled by Charlemagne?

No, that didn't exist in 555; he's talking about the “Eastern Roman”/“Byzantine” Empire.

[marblar → vickyks]

It was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire! (By the end, at least)