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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, I’ve listened to some Middle English on a History of English podcast, and could follow along only slightly. I’m sure I could come up to speed quickly, since it at least has the French influence already (if I remember right).

  I’m not familiar with the great vowel shift, is that a result of the Norman invasion in 1066, adding French into Old English? (That’s the sequence, right? It’s been a while since I read about it).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pretty simple, the candidate didn’t meet the requirements.

  Not sure why you’re involved, this is an HR and legal issue. If HR said they don’t have docs showing eligibility, then that needs to be reported to the recruiter, otherwise they’re going to recommend this person to somewhere else, and run into the same issue. How would you feel if you were in their shoes?

  Whether someone can legally work somewhere is not your pro lem to solve, unless you can actually do something, like help them submit appropriate paperwork (I’ve done this for employees who were temps, to help them get more permanent status).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is all HR’s problem, not anyone else’s. It’s what HR is for.

  Not sure why they’re punting it back to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, first I’d have to learn Old English, I think. Hell, even Middle English isn’t understandable.

  Hopefully I could get up to speed before they locked me up, or worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, the Baltic etc. considered Gulfs?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there may be scale elements to these too. The chart I had included scale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, the Baltic etc. considered Gulfs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen a diagrammatic chart showing the difference, but damned if I can find it on my phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Companies that list all their products, but don't explain the different product lines suck.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And buy more things when you realize you need something that’s in product V but not product A.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you listened to any sports commentator? They all take about <insert current game on tv> as if it’s the most important, world-changing event ever, and every little detail had some significance.

  My god, baseball is a game for (as Brits would say) boffins. Fans of the game could put meth-head ravers to sleep. I’ve worked on more exciting spreadsheets for business planning.

  And football has become just as bad, with the incessant pre-game/post-game commentary examining every nuance of a play - “I’m pretty sure if the inner aglet of his left shoe had moved the other way, we’d be talking about a completely different game”.

  Bread and circuses, appealing to our base nature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is this something only introverts struggle with?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Excellent approach, putting that in my book of tools.

  I’d also be sure to ask the second person to finish what they were trying to say after person 1 was done.

  There are 2 reasons:

  1. Never know if they have a different perspective or other ideas. They may also have thought of something while listening.

  2. In the help desk world you learn these kinds of people get worse when they get shut down. If you actively engage them (even if you don’t really want to), they’ll feel heard, and maybe be less likely to feel compelled to interrupt. Plus you come across as a Good Guy® at work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can I create a Lemmy instance without coding or the use of Ethernet/router wiring?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The same ones you’d use with a wire.

  WiFi is just Wireless Fidelity… A play on HiFi. It’s just a wireless equivalent of wired ethernet. You still have an IP address, you still have a router (without a router only one device in your house could connect to the internet, typically your wireless access point is a combination router with a wireless access point in it).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude, it took you decades working there?

  I saw the problem with Google from early 2000’s…as did my peers. We discussed the problem it would become, even then.

  And you worked there and took you this long? Makes me wonder why now all the vile crap they’ve done is an issue. I guess you were OK with all the rest of the crap they’ve done…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could you grind up a loaf of bread back into a flour and make a new loaf of bread?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not really, no - entropy is one-way at the macro scale.

  The flour absorbed water, and combined with kneading, produced gluten.

  Grinding it all up wouldn’t reverse that process - it would just be ground up bread.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don’t know what to do with this coworker.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d start with not saying anything, but writing a log/journal hourly, even if it’s just in a phone app that reminds you. Remember squeaky wheels get treated like they’re the problem - best to have documentation on your side.

  After maybe a month, then decide what your actions will be. Maybe just request shifts that happen to never coincide with this other person. Sometimes doing what you need is better than addressing the root cause.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why you have the phone call, to discuss it, and in closing state you’ll send an email.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t disagree it’s a focus thing for many people. I’m often stunned at the lack of comprehension or attention to detail using any medium, even in person (also technical field).

  Like look, I just said to do what you’re asking would require 250 firewall rules…why are you now talking as if firewall rules aren’t required? I even went through the simplest math out loud during this meeting, so everyone would understand how I came up with that number and didn’t just pull it out of my ass.

  People pay attention to what they want to pay attention to (or as my grandfather would say - people hear what they want to hear). If those questions aren’t a high priority for their own work, they simply don’t see them.

  For OP: email is a terrible medium for such things, unless there’s been a conversation about it, and this is part of moving a project forward. Anything out of left field isn’t important to your audience, and… people dislike comitting to anything in email. As you work with people up the food chain, you’ll find less and less happens via verifiable comms like email (which is archived).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Did the Government Declare War on My Adorable Tiny Truck?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Safety.

  See that minivan, where the driver is over the front wheels? That means the crumple zone is you. The US stopped making that design in the early 70’s because of the lack of crumple zones.

  So thank all the people who complain when the smallest injury happens in an accident, and blame the vehicle. This makes safety requirements stronger (which has largely been a good thing), but makes Kei trucks unsellable in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dick Proenneke. Alone in the Winderness⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What he did, starting at age 50 (I think - He for sure was no young man), is just astounding.

  And he had the presence to film enough of what he did so we have the record.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What vacuum should I buy for 66% carpets in 140sqft condo? Sub $500⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Anything will work, what’s most important is regular vacuuming, preventing dirt from working it’s way down though the carpet.

  In another life I did some reno work. You could tell who vacuumed regularly, and who didn’t. This was long before vacuums became high-ticket items, they were all generic bag-based ones designed in the 60’s and 70’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, Kerosene did NOT save the Sperm Whale (2024)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the end, it was petroleum, this article even says so at the end.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Do Sites Keep Shoving Features We Don’t Want Down Our Throats?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  YouTube does this stuff because it’s effective. The only way to avoif is to not play the game as defined by them.

  Switch to other means of watching YouTube, like Grayjay, or an envious instance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s abnormal.

  That kind of speed requires 500hp+, depending on Cd and frontal area.

  What percentage of cars produce 500hp?

  (Im not even sure 500hp is enough, it’s been a while since I’ve done the math).

  Small increments in speed require non-linear increases in power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Gen Z is doomed to own nothing, but pay forever⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Politically active” yet knows nothing about Cambridge Analytica 15 years ago. 🤦🏼

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It would probably help to define the terms you’re using, as there are many ways to interpret “big place”, “small place”, “many people”, etc.

  I don’t even know if your starting point is accurate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, Dr. Evil!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Gen Z is doomed to own nothing, but pay forever⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A friend of mine spends upward of $1000/mo on food delivery.

  Like what the hell?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OneNote to perish alongside Windows 10.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not like my 2016 version will stop working. Just means I’ll have to setup a SharePoint server to sync with mobile devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OneNote to perish alongside Windows 10.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eff 365.

  Thats fine, I actually prefer my software to not receive constant “upbreaks”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Little House On the Prairie’ Reboot For Netflix Begins Search For Ingalls Family Members⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea, the original is the same in name only.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your top 10 series of all time?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Currently watching Poirot (the series) for the first time. Hard to believe it started in the 80’s - the film quality is so high, it looks great even on a large TV today.

  And the production values overall are amazing. The cars, the clothes, the buildings, etc - they really captured the 1930’s. I really appreciate the clear, well-balanced colors, too, none of today’s high-contrast, over-saturated crap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your top 10 series of all time?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Baywatch was so bad, I couldn’t even watch it for the slo-mo girls running down the beach.

  Now the movie - that was a riot.