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by ck425 5y ago
Funnily "How are you?" used to be an actual question in the UK. The shift to it being a generic greeting you don't answer is relatively new and I think an americanism. I remember having the same reaction when I went to Uni 11
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by ck425 5y ago
Where are you based? In the UK cheers acts a generic end of conversation, with connotations of friendliness and informality. I tend to use cheers over thanks when I want to imply a friendly/casual tone or when I've helped the othe
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by ck425 5y ago
Was going to add the same thing but wasn't sure if it was a Scottish specific or generic British thing.
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by ck425 5y ago
Why doesn't apply here? Just because you have the intelligence and access to education to become a well paid professional doesn't mean there's a career out there that you're going to love. And as another poster also poin
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by ck425 5y ago
> FIRE is exactly that. It is living like a poor person on a well off person income and banking the difference to retire early. Here's the thing though, it's easy to live a fun fulfilling life while 'living like a poor per
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by ck425 5y ago
Interesting. In what way? I just started a generic version of concerta and so far haven't found L-Theanine to have any negative effect, though I mostly get it from green tea and only take it in supplement form.
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by ck425 5y ago
I think this is fundamental to human linguistics in general, not unique to written text. People communicate differently in different places, even when speaking the same language or just using non-verbal queues. The only real difference on t
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by ck425 5y ago
Perhaps. I could already read well and write a little when I got to school at 4, so I'm perhaps dismissing it due to natural ability and good parenting.
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by ck425 5y ago
I don't disagree that they're important but they're clearly of secondary importance to the literacy skills that allow people to function in society. We don't need just the absolute basics but we definitely need the absol
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by ck425 5y ago
I suspect so though I can't definitively say. Most of my later learning involved making a ton of painful mistakes many of which I'm certain could have been avoided with some basic help. I genuinely can't link very much I lear
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by ck425 5y ago
Why should reading the Iliad be our standard for literacy? Our standard should be can they apply for jobs, understand bills, understand basic contracts for housing and jobs, read food and drug packaging etc. Those are the things that allow
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by ck425 5y ago
It is. These days most things are more expensive in the UK than USA. Particularly housing.
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by ck425 5y ago
I don't entirely agree. School certainly gave me no formal help with learning to handle social situations. I learned the majority of those skills through hobbies at Uni. While I did learn reading, writing and math, my writing skills we
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by ck425 5y ago
You may be right and indeed there's many psychiatrist who openly say that the definition of ADHD and where you draw the line between having it and not is somewhat arbitrary. But if people are struggling and having this diagnosis and th
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by ck425 5y ago
Companies that don't allow partial WFH confuse me. All my employers, even before the pandemic, have allowed ad-hoc WFH whenever. It worked fine. If the team had a meeting or day where we all needed to be in we just said so and worked a
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by ck425 5y ago
In my case, and this is admittedly unusual, I drank Huel consistently at work. I then eat a traditional meal (or two ) in the evening. Since WFH I only really have Huel in the morning since the oven is just there and I have cravings. I&#x27
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by ck425 5y ago
I have the same view of work but have the opposite view of being in the office. The small friendships and camaraderie make the work a lot more enjoyable for me. Hopefully coming out of this there'll be a mix of companies. Some fully re
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by ck425 5y ago
I have a similar situation with heating. Two months of sub zero C this winter didn't help either.
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by ck425 5y ago
You're not wrong, but you are discussing this in community full of largely well paid professionals. The majority of is have the financial ability to live within walking/cycling distance of the office, even if we choose not to.
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by ck425 5y ago
That's really interesting. Funnily enough in the UK it's the opposite. The further north you go the chattier and more friendly people get.
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by ck425 5y ago
I can understand why you might presume it's shallowness but it's really a type of etiquette. Similar to offering a handshake. I'm Scottish rather than American but here babies are often encouraged to smile at family and frien
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by ck425 5y ago
That's a brilliant book. A friend of mine once bought an original copy in auction and let me read the whole thing. I do agree with the GP that the American style has rubbed off on the British. Then again I'm Scottish and we'v
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by ck425 5y ago
I have a few Scottish friends who experienced the same thing moving to London. People on the tube thought they were nuts for smiling and occasionally starting a conversation.
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by ck425 5y ago
> With housing (in UK) there is no competition on quality because the seller doesn't have to disclose any problems with the house. Note that that's an issue on England (and presumably Wales too?). It's not the case in Scot
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by ck425 5y ago
Software salaries aren't terrible in the UK, they're just not as crazy as the US. Most decent software engineers I know are comfortable in the 80th percentile of income or higher.
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by ck425 5y ago
I don't think he gets hundreds of likes because he's amazing (though some of what he's written has been). It's because his writing is an insight into silicon valley and VC culture. Even when I completely disagree with hi
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by ck425 5y ago
I'm not sure if this counts as a dark pattern but any system with a notification dot should allow you to disable it or change the colour on it.
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by ck425 5y ago
I thought the same and tbh was quite excited to read about that. Less interested in OOP.
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by ck425 5y ago
> Marriage was a religious thing Do you have sources to back that up? I'm genuinely curious. My understanding was that marriage was always a social contract, but that society and religion used to be more intertwined thus 'relig
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by ck425 5y ago
That's a position of privilege. Only people who aren't discriminated against can afford to take a position of indifference.

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