So many posts today referring to articles on the site brought it down.
I suppose we should keep this in mind when posting. I assume it wasn't intentional. :-)
Readit NewsoctopusRex commented on Hacker News brought down Atlas Obscura site atlasobscura.com/... · Posted by u/octopusRex
octopusRex commented on Finland's zero homeless strategy (2021) oecdecoscope.blog/2021/12... · Posted by u/zdw
The US chooses not to end homelessness. We have the highest GDP in the world. We could end it if we wanted to.
I was in Japan recently. A choice was made there as well.
Although Japanese does in fact have a word for green, which matches the traffic lights, but still calls them blue.
Blue includes green, so they’re not wrong.
wlonkly on Oct 24, 2023 | root | parent | next [–]
The article talks about the specification and it's more... specific than that: > “In 1973, the government mandated through a cabinet order that traffic lights use the bluest shade of green possible—still technically green, but noticeably blue enough to justifiably continue using the ao nomenclature,” Allan Richarz writes for Atlas Obscura
In Japan the traffic light will go green, and if you ask they'll look at you straight at your face and say "it's blue". There's even a wikipedia page noting this for every culture, see how in Japan green is a tone of blue and only came after the WWII:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%E2%80%93green_distinction...
I was thinking of the patriarchy and oppression.
It's a place where there's no good guys to root for. I fear for its citizens, and especially for women.
octopusRex commented on My second year without a job shilin.ca/my-second-year-... · Posted by u/true_pk
Reading through comments on living paycheck to paycheck was brutal as it sounds like many people here have no clue what really living paycheck to paycheck is like.
No, it doesn't mean you can still go out to eat and have a club membership. If you save nothing after you use up your entire paycheck going out to eat and paying for a gym membership , that means you aren't handling money well.
Sorry folks, but many of us here sound entitled. Having been poor and scrambled my way up, it was depressing reading.
octopusRex commented on My second year without a job shilin.ca/my-second-year-... · Posted by u/true_pk
Well, you threw 401k in there for some reason.
But living paycheck to paycheck to most people definitely does include spending one’s money on non-bill things like lotto tickets, consumer goods, restaurants, and things beyond their means.
It definitely does not mean lotto tickets and restaurants. People living paycheck to paycheck do not go to restaurants. If you are going to restaurants it means you have funds AFTER bare expenses. Paycheck to paycheck means just enough to survive.
Funny, we take it for granted that sites will stay up - I'm old enough to remember pre commercial web when there was a courtesy rule about overloading. Especially with universities where we'd wait until after hours to connect.