oddlyaromatic

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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
If the question, and the purpose of the exam, is framed as "why did the author do this or that?", then sure authorial intent has meaning to the question. And I certainly think what the author intended to mean can be culturally int
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I thought a lot of what we learned about poems in school was overly prescriptive, and my friends and I could often invent and justify other meanings. But, unlike with multiple choice, in assignments and exams we were supposed to do exactly
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
This sounds good, I'm going to look out for it.
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I see this as really good idea for people who are motivated by this kind of accountability. I think the concept of journal and the privacy of such things is kind of leading some commentors astray. I see several use cases that would not be p
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
Journals are not just for deep dark introspection. What about journaling about things you've read, art that inspired you, things you saw in the world, things that might be significant to you in some non revealing way? If you need a tot
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
If that's declared up front on their menu, I don't mind because I have the choice to not eat their if I'm not OK with that. I've never had to pay a service charge that I can recall on a small party. Usually over 6 or so.
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
Like the other commenter, I've never had this happen. If I tipped way below what other customers tip, I would like to be told politely and then make a choice about whether I was going to tip more, but I think even that would be frowned
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
Yes, it is annoying. My point is just that it being annoying doesn't mean that is easy to solve, or that the cost of solving the annoyance in a non-systematic way is worth it (i. e., trailblazing restaurants forge ahead on their own, i
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
Here's a pickle: I agree with the direction of this article, but I don't agree with most of the individual points and statements. I think the expectation of tipping in the US is in general a bad thing, but has enough upsides for b
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
I think you were right about the catch 22 thing, which is the core problem that this article misses. Uber doesn't have tipping but don't you rate your rides in a way that can ultimately reduce the amount of work that driver gets?
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
I've taught guitar on and off over the years, including to retirees- I would say you are never to old too learn. Please forgive how reductive this comment will be, it may not help at all. I do think you have to have this coincidence in
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
I think the parent comment is mistaken. I've always heard this used as referring to exchanges of roughly equivalent things- whereas, "an eye for an eye" leans negative, "tit for tat" is neither negative or positive.
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That's so interesting. I have most definitely flipped from night to morning over the years. Work may have had some steadying influence on that.
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
Equally there could be beneficial aspects to working on different coding problems outside a main job- improving skills, learning new tools, whatever. But that's not the important thing. To me, the important thing for an employer should
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
It's great when everybody can see through stuff like this and work with a coherent but imperfect approach (no matter what field you are in). I guess it takes knowledgeable, experienced folks to really understand the context and make th
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
Decisions are costly, and things that reduce the number of decisions you have to make can be useful in moving work forward and making you more productive. Out at least making you feel productive. It's obviously not a great idea to foll
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
You got a good long answer, but more simply: An expected level of occasional 40+ hour weeks is often baked into to the salary at a higher level. When I switched to a salaried manager position, my new rate of pay was better than my old hourl
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
Check out airtable- I use it for a similar purpose for long term things.
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I find that this fails if your job involves putting out fires and responding to unpredictable client needs. I used to make a very concrete schedule at the start of a week and by midweek most of it was out the window. I do usually keep small
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
That looks good, thanks for the info. I remember trying a bunch of geofences with ifttt to try and do something similar. It was a little hit and miss. Recently I switched to windows phone and that limits my app selection in a major way for
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
I've missed the last 6 summers in Ireland but I hear you!
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I have tried it out for various things but the one I rely on most is "call and leave a message then get that message emailed to me" I ONLY use this feature for logging my work tasks and client visits throughout the day. Basically
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
I wonder about this. I'm pretty new to js frameworks and I see the advantage when things need to scale or get very complex, and I get that companies use these things. But for a simple assignment like this, is it better to use vanilla j
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Awesome.
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Maybe I'm daft but one suggested itself to me: if you add more very cold water locally, that influences the temperature and pressure/density differentials with existing currents. It's presumably the effect on those currents t
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
Not tech, but I have a full time job (managing disability support programs, 40+ hours a week) and a part time job (10-20 hours/week running a small one-person office), with occasional work on the road as a music tour manager (4 or 5 we
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by oddlyaromatic 10y ago
I thought that though the + is valid, nothing after the + is used to differentiate the email address? I use local+Organization when I sign up for an email list so that I can easily filter, plus I can see if that email address gets shared ar