RecursiveParadox

@RecursiveParadox@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ngl it gets you pretty buzzed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  All crucial things to know. I’m lucky in that I know how to research supply chains and can afford juices made in Greece and France.

  The heating part (that whole study was bullshit) you WILL know if it’s not right as soon as you inhale burning coil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I simply do not understand managers/supervisors/companies who do not realize that employees with a good life/work balance are more productive and less likely to leave. And be more expensive to replace.

  I have three permanent work from home (but who come into the office for special occasions if they want) three that like to leave the jobs at the office when they go home so prefer to work in the office, and two who are a mix depending on what’s going on in their lives (both have young kids and bought houses recently).

  My department is the envy of all the other exec managers; there is no gossip, no drama, no dissatisfaction. Like not bragging here, but seriously other departments point at mine and say to their boss “but they get to do that!”

  But my gals and guys understand we have so much freedom specifically because we get our shit done and always cover for each other. And as long as that happens, my boss, the owner will continue to let me run my departments however I see fit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the internet like before Y2K happened ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to be bitpicky, but all of the above except IRC (and all the UNIX commentary) existed about two or three years after the WWW came into existence.

  You are talking about a very short period of time, two three years at most, before the year 2000.

  That said, your description of that time is spot on. This is the beginning of the so-called golden age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I re-establish peaceful relations with a family of crows?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  [for anyone who doesn’t get it this is the most famous comment from Unidan who was a scientist but, alas, drunk a bit too much of his own koolaid. Other than that, he was a very cool commenter.]

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I re-establish peaceful relations with a family of crows?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As the others said, food. Specifically unsalted cashews. I called our (Dutch) bird rescue center and they said that’s the healthiest “human” food to give them.

  I have three crow friends (and sometimes their buddies) who light on my balcony railing and wait for me to come out. One will eat it there while I’m watching; the other two fly it across the street to their stashes. All three will just sit on the railing and watch me work sometimes.

  Sometimes the magpies show up, but they are super, ultra cautious around The Human. I can tell they know me though when they fly through the street. They make the happy magpie sound they make to their mates when one of them steals a cashew intended for the crows instead of being silent.

  I get that this is illegal, but you do not have to give them a lot or make it obvious . One or two a day. You may not see them, but they will see and remember you as Cashew Guy/Gal/Nonbinary Pal.

  Also alas, Unidan, where did you go?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I want my MTV⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Requisite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvS97KtUhEE

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The handle on one of our basically new kitchen knives MELTED in the dishwasher and fused to the heating element at the bottom.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Getting downvotes (and bots were here etc) but this is essentially true, if delivered a bit mean.

  Don’t buy ceramic knives; they dangerous as hell and will fail catastrophically at the wrong time. And never put your cutting knives in the dishwasher, as you amended your post to say.

  Good knives don’t have to be expensive, but you’ll have to so some research or buy second and learn how to sharpen them. They will burn me as a witch, but there are other wash than a whetstone that are just as effective and that do not significantly damage your blade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just animal noises⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your dad is indeed quite selfish.

  But I think we will start to go back to the multigenerational housing. Young folks can’t afford a house, so live with their folks, have kids, who help with the kinds …and then their folks need care as they age.

  Could be a virtuous circle or a vicious one depending on your family/situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just animal noises⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta back him up on this point, and I think every parent will agree - from the time they are toddlers until late in high school you WILL catch every disease all the other kids at school had that week. Among most parents it’s a running joke.

  Mine are grown now but still living at home and I STILL catch shit from them going around their unis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do they prepare "normal" people in quiz shows?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not him but thanks fore the link.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do they prepare "normal" people in quiz shows?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wild guess, but is this the Cortex who was active on Metafilter for years?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨caww caww⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are two - the original and the AI fake.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do.contires that use commas for decimals read such numbers aloud?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same in Dutch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The End of an Era⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And what’s going to happen to him now!?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the most confusing false friends from your language to another that are spelt exactly the same?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same in Dutch.