alocasia-1

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by alocasia-1 3y ago
I have a very similar experience. However I gently disagree with the language of introversion getting "worse". To me it's not a negative at all. In lockdowns in 2020 as an extreme example, it showed up as a major strength, a
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by alocasia-1 3y ago
I often see signs instructing to tune to whatever AM for weather info, so I don't think it's that far fetched. Kids learning to read ask questions about stuff they see. And FWIW, I was in line for a drive thru PCR covid test in l
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by alocasia-1 3y ago
Yet again the importance of a social safety net is underlined. In the US many people send their visibly sick kids to school because they need to go to work and don't have the time off available. If there had been any chance parents wo
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
I've worked with a couple of folks that have said this exact thing, yes. One was a lab tech and I'm pretty sure she was less-than-breaking-even with putting her two kids in daycare. So yeah, it's definitely a real thing.
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
I know you're being rhetorical, but often, just trying to avoid a gap in your resume. It sucks but there can be a greater long-term cost to trying to reenter the workforce after taking years off to raise kids.
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
Like he acknowledged the rail workers?
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
Probably because there is no shortage of white boxers, and an observation about black people liking a cartoon isn't all that relevant?
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
Thank you for pointing out that last part. I think folks forget how vital that foot in the door is/was, whether it's the school on your resume or the reference from the internship your uncle got for you. You might get 99% of the w
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
You'd think, right? But "real Americans"! But "coastal elites"!
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
You're not wrong, but generally speaking, trying to get your employer to make up the difference (as they are legally required to) is a good way to get fired.
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
No, I think you're spot on. If you can point to the requirements you were given, the technical clarifications you sought, etc. and show how you fulfilled them, then you as a SWE did your job. If you happen to have the domain knowledge
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
I'm not a parent but that sounds like parenting on hard mode. And I couldn't agree more - because I don't argue over every little thing, I feel like my opinions are more respected and heard when I do. (Or maybe that's
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
> [...] the Java solutions could be understood even by dullards like me. This is 100% the type of person that came to mind when I read the OP. I'm sure we're all sick of the term "gatekeeping" but when folks consider
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
If you're ok with it, could you elaborate? Did you overreach technically, or did things come to a head with your management or teammates?
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibitory_traffic_sign A handful of good comparison examples there - notably no pedestrian/no vehicle signs, which use clear imagery in Europe
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
I was treating the dog as an analogy for us, or maybe for children - in environments that aren't particularly suited for us having good mental health, etc. And the giving the dog antidepressants as an analogy for a prescription. If i
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Nowatch is a health-focused smartwatch that doesn't tell the time(dezeen.com)
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
So on the level of the dog, everything else being equal, is it better to have the medication or to suffer?
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
Feels like a serious reach, and trying to shoehorn unrelated issues into a discussion they don't belong. The author goes over her repeated brushes with death - and the warnings she received prior - and they don't seem to deter he
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
The author made decisions to put herself in dangerous situations. What does that have to do with seatbelt laws or food inspection guidelines?
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
This, and interview practice is a plus too.
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
Credit score (I kid)
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
Therapy can literally just be talking through the same kinds of mechanisms as described here (with the plan to apply them to real life). Source: it was for me. How are they going to become second nature if you don't practice?
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
It's the medium, not the genes. Like someone else mentioned, it's called fetal bovine serum (presuming GP meant "cow" and not "mare") and it's used in large quantities.
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
Maybe something will come up in conversation! In any case having something to look forward to, even as mundane as a coffee date, is a blessing when your daily routine suddenly goes out the window. I'm sure it means more to him than y
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
I was wondering something similar - could it have been that in the first half of 2020 people put off having a kid and then after lockdowns were lifted, made up for lost time? For a little more cynicism, that fits with their finding that the
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
Sure, In 2020 there was a SCOTUS decision allowing employers to refuse insurance coverage for contraception for their employees for "religious or moral" reasons, aka "we don't like it". https://www.npr.o
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
Those are annual rates, so 9% is not low. (Planned Parenthood puts it at 7% annually, which is still 48% failure over ten years!) https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/birth-...
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
I doubt that downward trend has continued (bet it's at least slowed) for the general population, I can't imagine sex ed has gotten any better nationwide. But I don't have any newer sources at hand either.
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by alocasia-1 4y ago
Roughly half of pregnancies in the US are unplanned, and with abortion and contraceptive access being removed or severely limited in many states, that situation is only going to get worse.

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