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Comment on Tildes Book Club October Progress check in - How are you doing with Kindred? in ~books
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Comment on Tildes Book Club October Progress check in - How are you doing with Kindred? in ~books
Requirement Link ParentOh thank god, I'm not the only one who's stuck in another book. Perhaps I should put down my current read and try and get through Kindred... I'm such a slow reader either way.Oh thank god, I'm not the only one who's stuck in another book. Perhaps I should put down my current read and try and get through Kindred... I'm such a slow reader either way.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
Requirement Link ParentThanks for the kind words! I've recently been leaning heavily on ChatGPT to help out with cover letters and resumes, especially cover letters. I feel like it does a pretty good job, especially...Thanks for the kind words! I've recently been leaning heavily on ChatGPT to help out with cover letters and resumes, especially cover letters. I feel like it does a pretty good job, especially with a little clean up. Like you pointed out, I feel like it does an especially good job at getting those keywords in there but then, I also have to question my judgement as I also have not gotten a job yet. Either way, thank god for AI being able to write for me because I find that business jerk off style of writing exhausting.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
Requirement LinkI'm having a rough go of it this week. I'm trying to sort what's situational and what's mental and what's at the intersection of the two. I've been applying for jobs for a while now and am getting...I'm having a rough go of it this week. I'm trying to sort what's situational and what's mental and what's at the intersection of the two. I've been applying for jobs for a while now and am getting zero traction and I can't really figure out why. I've done consultations for my resume, my interview skills (Does this really matter if you never get asked to interview?) and cover letter writing but nothing seems to be panning out. It's starting to feel pretty disheartening. I woke up to five rejection letters yesterday and that just really put a damper on the day and made it very hard to get motivated to apply for more jobs. At least I got one of the more humorous rejections this week: I received an email stating that I would no longer be a candidate for the position as they "were unable to reach me after multiple attempts." Not sure what attempts they made that resulted in them only being able to contact me to let me know they couldn't contact me...
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
Requirement Link ParentIt's funny, I am also approaching 40 and when I interact with other 40 year olds I have an inner dialog of "The future is now old man!" and then I realize I'm talking to someone in my own age...It's funny, I am also approaching 40 and when I interact with other 40 year olds I have an inner dialog of "The future is now old man!" and then I realize I'm talking to someone in my own age demographic... and suddenly, I'm old. I consider myself lucky that I have no looming health problems and that my back is doing just fine.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
Requirement Link ParentWhat a hard limbo state, I know exactly how mentally taxing that can feel. Hopefully you can come to a healthy, positive conclusion. Have you two tried couples therapy? It helped my partner and me...What a hard limbo state, I know exactly how mentally taxing that can feel. Hopefully you can come to a healthy, positive conclusion. Have you two tried couples therapy? It helped my partner and me quite a bit, both as a couple and individually, to help us adjust our communication and be a "better" couple.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
Requirement Link ParentCongrats on achieving your degree! Do you have a job lined up? Regardless, thank you for going into the thankless field of educating children!Congrats on achieving your degree! Do you have a job lined up? Regardless, thank you for going into the thankless field of educating children!
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Comment on Advice for dealing with racist/pro-Donald Trump family? in ~health.mental
Requirement (edited )Link ParentI question, somewhat idly, whether many of these people genuinely changed anything other than who they do the action to/in front of. I guess we can't ever really know without some level of...I question, somewhat idly, whether many of these people genuinely changed anything other than who they do the action to/in front of. I guess we can't ever really know without some level of performative action indicating otherwise.
Personally, I think the path is both emotional and rational/logical. I do think it starts with a shock (meeting a gay person) and that shock can introduce logical inconsistencies (i.e. - I hold that all gays are evil people, but John is quite nice and gay. The two logical paths are that maybe [all] gays aren't evil or maybe John is so evil he's lying.) There have been some questionable studies that indicate lower creativity in conservatives and I wonder if what could be more implied is that there is less intellectual curiosity (not less intelligence but less curiosity of logical systems). Perhaps the individuals who "find their way out" are those who can respond to new, unexpected data by questioning the system they hold instead of the data itself.
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Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - This is How You Lose the Time War by El - Mohtar and Gladstone in ~books
Requirement Link ParentOh, sure, if you want to add me to the notifications. I'm not sure I'll get to all/many/any of the books, I'm a horrendously slow reader. But I love reading the discussions and will add in when I can.Oh, sure, if you want to add me to the notifications. I'm not sure I'll get to all/many/any of the books, I'm a horrendously slow reader. But I love reading the discussions and will add in when I can.
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Comment on What vegetable are you? in ~food
Requirement Link ParentI, too, am carrot. I presume it's like top 5 at least.I, too, am carrot. I presume it's like top 5 at least.
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Comment on True crime podcasts in ~talk
Requirement Link ParentBear Brook will leave your jaw on the floor. Fantastic reporting and storytelling of a truly wild story. Extra points for being a contained, completed-ish podcast.Bear Brook will leave your jaw on the floor. Fantastic reporting and storytelling of a truly wild story. Extra points for being a contained, completed-ish podcast.
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Comment on The iPhones 16 in ~tech
Requirement Link ParentBut doesn't Apple already do this kind of with 3D Touch (RIP) and Haptic Touch? But those have potentially more than three states even? Do people even use these existing technologies? Will a...Will we see a merging of hardware with half presses and software, doubling the actions per button over the binary state right now?
But doesn't Apple already do this kind of with 3D Touch (RIP) and Haptic Touch? But those have potentially more than three states even? Do people even use these existing technologies? Will a physical button make that more likely? Just kinda spitballing questions. I think maybe a physical button might increase adoption of half presses/haptic touches.
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Comment on Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek hopes his latest brainchild, the Neko Body Scan, will revolutionise healthcare in ~health
Requirement Link ParentI appreciate the more even hand. Perhaps it's my proximity to the medical field where I feel more cynical about the proactiveness of the average consumer.I appreciate the more even hand. Perhaps it's my proximity to the medical field where I feel more cynical about the proactiveness of the average consumer.
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Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - This is How You Lose the Time War by El - Mohtar and Gladstone in ~books
Requirement Link ParentI agree, I think it would be really incredible to have a story about the war itself, but a series of letters would probably be a sub-par way to learn that, and the limited information from both...I agree, I think it would be really incredible to have a story about the war itself, but a series of letters would probably be a sub-par way to learn that, and the limited information from both Red and Blue and our learning about the characters is the magic of the story.
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Comment on English still rules the world, but that’s not necessarily OK. Is it time to curb its power? in ~humanities.languages
Requirement Link ParentBut, if your spouse asked you to grab a loaf of bread at the store and you came back with a baguette, how happy would they be?But, if your spouse asked you to grab a loaf of bread at the store and you came back with a baguette, how happy would they be?
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Comment on English still rules the world, but that’s not necessarily OK. Is it time to curb its power? in ~humanities.languages
Requirement Link ParentI suppose it's mostly the "It started in WW2..." part that I feel is unhinged. I agree that English came to increasingly dominate for a variety of social and geopolitical reasons (the expansion of...How is it unhinged?
I suppose it's mostly the "It started in WW2..." part that I feel is unhinged. I agree that English came to increasingly dominate for a variety of social and geopolitical reasons (the expansion of English contents and the Treaty of Versailles being two big things) but I also think it ignores the several hundred years of British colonial expansion of English.
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Comment on English still rules the world, but that’s not necessarily OK. Is it time to curb its power? in ~humanities.languages
Requirement Link ParentThis is my point, "loaf" is a defined shape, "boule" is a defined shape; neither equates a "universal unit of bread." Saying four breads could be pumpernickel, ciabatta, focaccia, and Japanese...This is my point, "loaf" is a defined shape, "boule" is a defined shape; neither equates a "universal unit of bread." Saying four breads could be pumpernickel, ciabatta, focaccia, and Japanese milk bread is basically the same as saying it could be two baguettes, a loaf of sourdough, and a loaf of sandwich bread, especially seeing as the baguettes aren't called loafs in the example because "a loaf of baguette" is maybe the dirtiest thing you could say to a French person.
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Comment on English still rules the world, but that’s not necessarily OK. Is it time to curb its power? in ~humanities.languages
Requirement Link ParentOne could argue that this may be a limitation of the word "loaf" in English instead of a lack of definition from the French. Clearly baguettes and miches are different shapes and both can't be "loaf."One could argue that this may be a limitation of the word "loaf" in English instead of a lack of definition from the French. Clearly baguettes and miches are different shapes and both can't be "loaf."
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Comment on English still rules the world, but that’s not necessarily OK. Is it time to curb its power? in ~humanities.languages
Requirement Link ParentWhile there are a lot of valid points about US geopolitical dominance of the 20th century, the statement "It started in WW2 - by then, English had already grown as a diplomatic language due to the...due to the size and spread of the British Empire
While there are a lot of valid points about US geopolitical dominance of the 20th century, the statement "It started in WW2 - by then, English had already grown as a diplomatic language due to the increasing power of America" is unhinged. Sure, America was reasonably powerful internationally by WW2 but England dominated for a few centuries before that. Sure, they speak with that funny accent but I'm willing to bet that English is practical in India not because of America.
I think though, it's also proper to push back lightly on a couple of your assertions. Sure, Baird invented a form of television first, but he was also an English speaker, and his television wouldn't have been possible without American Theodor Case's invention, the Case Cell. Look at how important America is! Also, Graham Bell was a native English speaker, who chose to come to the greatest country on Earth, 'MURICA! On the serious side of Graham Bell, it stands that, since he died before WW2, it might be another check in the column of "English was spread by the English."
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Comment on Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek hopes his latest brainchild, the Neko Body Scan, will revolutionise healthcare in ~health
Requirement Link ParentI think you raise a good counter-point to the very thesis of the founder's statement: People may "want" a preventative one, but they in no way act as such. If American's truly wanted a...I think you raise a good counter-point to the very thesis of the founder's statement: People may "want" a preventative one, but they in no way act as such. If American's truly wanted a preventative, proactive healthcare system, there would be a heck of a lot more exercising and given body mass trends in the US, it's hard to argue that we're trying to prevent any of the litany of diseases/disorders/issues that arise from a sedentary lifestyle.
Oh man! I plan on reading the novel itself, but I can't resist a hard cover graphic novel for $11.89! Thank you for alerting me to the picture book option!