Just call people and talk to them, then you can get a read on their inflections etc, ask if it is ok to chat for five minutes. Don't just blast out IM's.
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info781 commented on More than 1B young people are at risk for hearing loss cnn.com/2022/11/15/health... · Posted by u/RadixDLT
Stay away from headphones if you can or be very careful with them.
info781 commented on Global shipping container shortage is now a container surplus jalopnik.com/the-global-s... · Posted by u/t23
Construction industry seems to still be short everything, doors ,windows all those parts needed to build a house.
info781 commented on Mexico Is Considering Removing DST timeanddate.com/news/time... · Posted by u/JackMcMack
Whenever I hear about daylight saving I remember this thing I read on the internet. Apparently it’s a native american saying. “Only the white man think he can cut the top of a blanket, saw to the bottom, and get a longer blanket”. If it’s a real saying or not I don’t know but it’s a good saying I think.
Changing the time seems silly. I can think of better solutions just at the top of my head.
1. Instead of changing the time ( God, what an arrogant concept this is ) why not change your schedule/working hours.
2. Instead of changing the time or working hours, just keep going as it is. We have artificial lights we don’t really solely on the sun, and in most places it’s not like lights are not used anyway.
3. But people want some sunlight. Well they don’t get it anyways in the north and they get it anyways in the south. Daylight saving is only partially effective around the 45th degree parallel. So, how about give people a midday break, make them go outside, touch grass. Productivity might actually increase.
I think people can come up with better reasons and ideas if they ponder more then the half minute I spent while offering a sacrifice to the porcelain god.
DST gives you more light in the afternoon, people don't want dark at 4pm. It is a good system.
info781 commented on The toll of dating app burnout nytimes.com/2022/08/31/we... · Posted by u/irajdeep
Learn to play tennis. Take some lessons, don't worry if you are not very good. I guarantee you will meet someone, guy or girl. It is a great social activity that you can't do alone.
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info781 commented on Internet Explorer shutdown to cause Japan headaches 'for months' asia.nikkei.com/Business/... · Posted by u/robin_reala
Edge has IE mode, you can run java applets there and all the old stuff.
info781 commented on Ask HN: I'm turning 50. Do I still have a career in IT as IC? · Posted by u/raphar
>Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of electronic data and information.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology
It sounds like you're getting your definition from what people think an "IT department" is in a regular business. IT is an old-school name that encompasses far more than you describe.
Never heard IT to mean only desktop support, it is the whole thing.
info781 commented on One in five Canadian home purchases is made by an investor theglobeandmail.com/busin... · Posted by u/ilamont
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Being pressured to move out of your parents' home ASAP is largely an American phenomenon I think. Maybe parts of Europe as well?
In many parts of the world, the point where you are expected to (and socially pressured to) move out of your parents home is marriage. Of course there are exceptions, like moving to a faraway city for a job, etc.
Whereas I see many American youths bleeding away their income on rent and expenses while living 10 minutes away from their parents' home.
It is the weathly countries where people move out younger.