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by ghaff 8mo ago
There's a lot to unpack in that post. And, while I never had a personal assistant, I did depend on secretaries to type up memos early in my career. One or two were good; others struggled to get something mostly correct through multiple
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by ghaff 8mo ago
And a lot of it is networks as opposed to applying to a job position. My last position--that I had for many years--was reaching out to someone knew for not even a posted position and having one created for me.
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by ghaff 8mo ago
Because most people don’t have that degree of flexibility. When I was commuting I’d have been happy to have double DST or whatever you want to call it.
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by ghaff 8mo ago
Especially if someone needs to get and setup a new phone in a hurry for whatever reason. Yes, it's sometimes good to do a spring cleaning but I'm not always in a position to do so (or have the desire to).
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by ghaff 8mo ago
"For all Mankind" is a great alternate history show that imagines the N1 succeeding.
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by ghaff 8mo ago
Walmart is pretty much the only big discount store available to many people regardless of their income level unless they have personal shoppers picking stuff up for them. I have a nearby Walmart; the nearest Costco is an hour away and it&#x
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by ghaff 8mo ago
I've had luggage delayed many times relative to the amount I actually check luggage. There were a few insurance policy things that my adjuster pushed back on (no code upgrades) and there were a number of things that would have just b
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by ghaff 8mo ago
The customer has presumably been paid. If they're smart there's nothing or very little in the suitcase that can't just be replaced. The airline/insurance has paid out and just wants the claim to go away. As a side-note,
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by ghaff 8mo ago
I honestly have no idea how those dynamics work. At some point, the airline presumably pays, travel insurance does, or a combination of the two. At some point if it's just a bunch of old travel stuff, I guess I can see a customer shrug
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by ghaff 8mo ago
In my experience, that's far and away the most common scenario. Luggage misses a connection, doesn't get on a flight that has ben changed because of weather, or otherwise ends up somewhere it's not supposed to be. Many airlin
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by ghaff 8mo ago
And that's not a permanent loss. It may screw up your trip to a greater or lesser degree but I try to build in buffers at least for a shorter delay when I can. I have also had a few multi-day delays--on of which just caught my guided
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by ghaff 8mo ago
Permanent losses are pretty uncommon in general. Good for them for minimizing but having bags on the next flight or delayed for a couple/three days is way more common. Probably would have to be stolen which is rare, especially in Jap
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by ghaff 8mo ago
I think, latterly, my dad was getting them made in Seoul and I had some clothing made there and Singapore as well. But I had admittedly not been in HK for years and years and didn't really need suits in any case.
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by ghaff 8mo ago
That certainly used to be the case. My dad used to get his suits made in Hong Kong all the time although that became less economical relative to other locations. I don't really wear any of that type of clothing any longer. Akihabara in
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by ghaff 8mo ago
Well, that's assuming he wouldn't have used the points for a different trip otherwise.
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by ghaff 8mo ago
Having attended a lot of conferences in Japan, I would have said signage and the like tends towards the amateur and garish. Which isn't inconsistent with what you wrote. I've always found Japan a weird mix of refined/minimali
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by ghaff 8mo ago
Many of the things you mention are also tools that many people use in a professional context which mostly doesn't work if you try to be anonymous. Yes, some people choose to be pseudonymous but that mostly doesn't work if your rea
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by ghaff 8mo ago
I'm not sure anybody disputes that immersive language learning is the best path to picking up a language. It just isn't very practical for most people.
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by ghaff 8mo ago
Are you volunteering to provide the free technical support resources for these refurbished laptops? That's really the attractiveness of Chromebooks. Students don't need more than a web browser for most things day to day. Heck, I d
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by ghaff 8mo ago
It's probably roughly Elizabethan English (1600s).
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by ghaff 8mo ago
I don't see that. I've used LLMs and I've seen very little direct value. I've seen some value though Photoshop etc. But nothing I'd pay for a direct subsciption for.
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by ghaff 8mo ago
It's nothing to do with Windows but with the applications (including games) that just run on it and the fact that most companies just run it it by default.
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by ghaff 8mo ago
I use LLMs now and then but not really regularly. I'm nowhere close to paying for a significant subscription today.
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Consumers en masse aren't going to pay big $$s for AI. Maybe some specific embedded apps as part of other products.
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I really liked it. Though I was sort of expecting an alternative Mac history at the time. Good Comdex show vibe for the time though.
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by ghaff 8mo ago
I think the recent past was a respite in very specific contexts like software maybe. Others, like most blue collar jobs, were always more of an apprentice system. And, still others, like many branches of engineering, largely required degree
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by ghaff 8mo ago
And presumably anyone who has had vocal coaching for speech is going to sound somewhat similar to whatever is considered "normal" for where they live.
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by ghaff 8mo ago
In general, without any context, I doubt there are a lot of people you'd immediately recognize by their voice. When I was podcasting (and editing) there were certainly some people I would recognize but in general not so much.
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by ghaff 9mo ago
Well, and it would be considered "original research" anyway which some admin would revert.
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by ghaff 9mo ago
Wirecutter still seems pretty good for stuff you aren't really expert on or have strong opinions about. But that was true of Consumer Reports in the old days too. Not saying it's perfect but, especially for low-value purchases, yo

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