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601.
by ghaff 7mo ago
And you can usually tell the difference between a tailored suit and something ill-fitting.
602.
by ghaff 7mo ago
For many years in large corporations, pretty much the only acceptable dress was white shirt, tie, dark suit, and dress shoes. We were still wearing something like that at. trade shows into the 1990s before things started loosening up. (Mil
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by ghaff 7mo ago
That’s true but fully autonomous driving alone might double my car travel. Going into the nearest major city is a pain. So is driving into the mountains. Operating costs and time are still costs. But not having to drive would really change
604.
by ghaff 7mo ago
0, yes you will. Or at least most would unless piblic transit were a genuinely better way to get around. But it won’t be zero as it’s bounded by the base cost of operating the vehicle.
605.
by ghaff 7mo ago
I find French door refrigerators work well. The bottom compartment makes it pretty easy to see everything. I do have an upright freezer in the basement. If I ever needed to replace it I’d probably get a chest freezer.
606.
by ghaff 7mo ago
It’s available on some ships—not free but pretty reasonably priced. Debated last time I went trans- Atlantic but $20 per day seemed fair.
607.
by ghaff 7mo ago
Some people do that but it’s probably not the norm in general.
608.
by ghaff 7mo ago
The chopstick against the knuckle doesn’t work for me I use the fingertip.
609.
by ghaff 7mo ago
In general, upper-classish dining probably used to be more formal in the US in terms of cutlery type and placement and other things. May still be in some circles but no one I know worries about such things and even very decent restaurants d
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by ghaff 7mo ago
I’m not even sure what the technical etiquite is. As a right handed American it just seems more natural to have my knife in my right hand but if I’m just using a fork I tend to switch that to my right hand. Didn’t even think about it until
611.
by ghaff 7mo ago
And not give people much of a choice. Chairman Mao would like a word.
612.
by ghaff 7mo ago
And it’s not universal. Just heard a talk today from someone who lives off-grid along with a well, rain collection, and septic.
613.
by ghaff 7mo ago
I agree and you’d have to do a lot of study and the answer is still probably it depends. Presumably nuking some distressed Midwest cities isn’t the answer, and a lot of these cities are somewhat spread out. But it’s hard to argue with they
614.
by ghaff 7mo ago
In my town schools aren’t 95% of property taxes but they are the majority. Add emergency services, water (though that’s a separate bill), same for electricity. Less familiar with road and bridge maintenance. Assume some comes from the state
615.
by ghaff 7mo ago
Yes. And it’s not like you can tear up all the roads leading out of a large city (or just let them decay).
616.
by ghaff 7mo ago
The Bronx is sub-urban? As someone else noted, Manhattan and The Bronx are totally different in ways that probably has little to do with population differently.
617.
by ghaff 7mo ago
I used to lead hiking trips and being wet (and/or exposed to rain a bit above freezing is generally more dangerous than being mostly dry in colder temperatures
618.
by ghaff 7mo ago
Not right away. But a lot depends on the wind.
619.
by ghaff 7mo ago
Airplanes are one of the places I feel happily disconnected from being online. Never used in-flight WiFi even when my company would have paid for it.
620.
by ghaff 7mo ago
I most certainly don’t have 1 Gps+ service for $50 though in practice my circa 50-100 Mps service for about twice that works fine does for me from Xfinity. I care a lot more about reliability.
621.
by ghaff 7mo ago
Yeah. I live at the base of a hill and cell service alone is pretty marginal for video or anything else requiring high bandwidth a low latency.
622.
by ghaff 8mo ago
I have huge nostalgia for older analog audio and photo formats for many many reasons. I also don't really miss them. Had a lot of fun and memories with vinyl and processing B&W film in a darkroom--also shot a lot of slides--but you
623.
by ghaff 8mo ago
I actually keep an old pair of (good) noise canceling ear buds for travel. Even with retainers I don't really like using my Bluetooth AirPods on a plane. Aha, located them for an upcoming trip.
624.
by ghaff 8mo ago
I think my last car purchase I paid deposit by card but paid the balance by personal check. In years past that balance would have been by a cashier check but I guess systems these days can confirm there's money in the account.
625.
by ghaff 8mo ago
I'm always reluctant to do non-standard stuff for presentations. There's enough that can go wrong even with a direct HDMI out. I've done it in a pinch but pretty much always carry a laptop with me when I'm presenting alo
626.
by ghaff 8mo ago
On an upcoming trip I'm actually going to give an iPad with magnetic keyboard I bought a couple years back, assuming different travel patterns than I've had, a try. It seems to work fine. An iPad is also great for plane/train
627.
by ghaff 8mo ago
Microsoft has been SO successful with trying to converge devices </s> I'll agree that Apple has business reasons for keeping device classes separate. But I also think that keeping at least phones and laptops separate makes a
628.
by ghaff 8mo ago
DESQview never really clicked with me. Did run DoubleDOS and when I was a TA (or whatever it was) providing support in the computer lab in grad school (most people didn't have their own computers) it was a convenient way to switch betw
629.
by ghaff 8mo ago
Yeah. This started during the pandemic. And there were some messages from people on internal message boards along the lines of... but... such and such a state has a requirement that taxes be filed for even a day (which, frankly, would have
630.
by ghaff 8mo ago
I think that's fair. I do carry a few checks in my travel folder but I don't think I've ever used them in Europe. Do carry some backup US cash. But in the US, there's probably a general expectation that you can send or r

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