smeenz

@smeenz@lemmy.nz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I work for an international company based in the US, but I am not in the US myself. I have been trying for years to get our American colleagues to use three letter abbreviations for the month to avoid ambiguity, for example in global emails. With a couple of small exceptions, I have been unsuccessful in convincing them of the need to be clear in their written communication to people in the rest of the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope. It’s the 12th of December . Just like the 4th of July.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do Americans always presume that everyone speaks English⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahhh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do Americans always presume that everyone speaks English⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A third what?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do Americans always presume that everyone speaks English⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the examples

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No need to boil the ocean⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The field isn’t located at the north or south pole - you’re not 400km away from it, you’re immersed inside the field, and your compass is showing the local alignment of that field.

  Just about anything with an EM field of its own will be stronger than that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No need to boil the ocean⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The earth’s magnetic field is nuch weaker than a simple coil in a transformer, as can be easily demonstrated by holding a compass near said device and watching the needle align with that instead of the earth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Horse denier⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Found Sarah Jessica Parker’s lemmy account

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you need a stargate, there is one outside of Ashland, Ohio off of I-71.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. The iris is an SGC addition to the gate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10001⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Right. I’m not American though, so I don’t recognise any of those companies except for FedEx.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10001⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The cost is in the lost productivity from having someone off work with injuries. A barbecue every 6 months seems like a bargain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10001⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What does LTL stand for ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10001⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  4 bits is a nybble

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ to Lose $150 Million to $200 Million in Theatrical Run After Bombing at Box Office⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A psychic ward?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There you go little guy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  caused by wreckless speeding driver

  The driver may have been reckless, but the incident was not wreckless (lack of a wreck)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon goes to the store after turning 18⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe I shouldn’t ask but how do you trigger an exit button from the outside with a can of compressed air ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Launches⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The issue is that you’re starting from earth, and the earth already has a lot of momentum that keeps it from falling into the sun. To get an object from here to the sun you would need to counter the majority of that momentum it already has.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Posting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate thread⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t wait for Google’s AI to index your comment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MSc Mansplaining⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh of course you would take her side

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MSc Mansplaining⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re both just the same as each other.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon meets a good man⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you drunk ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could an American please prove me wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like eropagnis to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sawed the Head Off a Whale and Drove It Home, Daughter Says⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because they don’t want him to win

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The opposite of shopaholic: shopcell⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, their physical office is closed outside of business hours, but they have a 24/7 website and a call centre that runs late into the night. The last time I physically visited a bank was years ago and they actually couldn’t answer my question and referred me to their call centre instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roblox is the biggest game in the world, but is unprofitable⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roblox is the biggest game in the world, but is unprofitable⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe I live under a rock, but I have legitimately never heard of this game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Basically a van⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re also quite a bit larger on the inside than they are on the outside. Some tardis technology there no doubt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've heard it clears up again after the first wave of divorces⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Clear as in all the garbage has been cleared up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In NZ, they asked what number, and it’s a single digit number number 3 or number 5. 3 is cut shorter than 5, but I don’t know what the unit of measurement is

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aluminum⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You do realise that aluminium (ium) is not spelled the same as aluminum (um) ? It’s not a case of the same letters being pronounced two different ways