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New comment by throwaway426079 in "Invisibility Training for Motorcyclists [video]"

throwaway426079 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:21:45 +0000

"The number of times I've shit flying out of or off of cars & trucks"

I'll take that very seriously in my car too - and back off if I see a badly loaded vehicle. There's not much protection from a windshield.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "I’m an ER doctor. Here’s how I’m already using ChatGPT to help treat patients"

throwaway426079 — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:55:51 +0000

That makes sense assuming engineers don't need to practice this skill very often. But doctors need to do fluffy, compassionate every shift.

Nothing about the story makes sense. Doctors and nurses say these kinds of things to patients every day (I'm an EMT, I've watched them do it and I do it myself). I'm seriously wondering if the relatives were responding to the fact that the clinician was visibly reading from a piece of paper and that somehow made it more 'official'.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Patterns of mean-level change in personality traits across life course (2006)"

throwaway426079 — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:49:30 +0000

I have seen police arrest people under section 136 of the UK's Mental Health Act in circumstances where no expertise is needed to see that the person is a danger to themselves or others.

The police then take that person to a place of safety, usually a hospital.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Patterns of mean-level change in personality traits across life course (2006)"

throwaway426079 — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:35:58 +0000

A psychologist and a physicist walk into a bar...

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Visa and Mastercard agree to lower average credit card interchange fee below 1%"

throwaway426079 — Sun, 21 May 2023 19:14:15 +0000

All the rewards I've ever had were points or cashback at or below 2% of spend. These are/were all zero annual fee cards - there might be more rewards at higher tiers.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Visa and Mastercard agree to lower average credit card interchange fee below 1%"

throwaway426079 — Sun, 21 May 2023 19:07:58 +0000

I and others have shown that such cards exist, correcting the person who I replied to, who claimed they did not.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Study finds 90% of Australian teachers can't afford to live where they teach"

throwaway426079 — Sun, 21 May 2023 17:42:48 +0000

Were there any requirements at all to get hired as a teacher before that change?

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Visa and Mastercard agree to lower average credit card interchange fee below 1%"

throwaway426079 — Fri, 19 May 2023 07:55:45 +0000

I'm in the UK and I have had (still have) rewards on MC, Visa and Amex. This was the case when we were still in the EU as well.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Retro Computer Museum"

throwaway426079 — Wed, 17 May 2023 13:55:57 +0000

"when a man is tired of Swindon, he is tired of life"

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Retro Computer Museum"

throwaway426079 — Wed, 17 May 2023 13:53:46 +0000

Marylebone...

Mornington Crescent!

(No pronunciation trickery on that last one, it is just the name of an absurdist parlor game)

New comment by throwaway426079 in "How to survive a car crash"

throwaway426079 — Sun, 14 May 2023 14:05:12 +0000

If I went 15 slower, there would have been no accident. The whole thing wasn't even my fault.

This seems contradictory. Do you mean the other driver was more at fault?

New comment by throwaway426079 in "How to survive a car crash"

throwaway426079 — Sun, 14 May 2023 14:02:57 +0000

We had snow on my street for about 5 days early this year (not a main road so didn't get cleared). Didn't grind to a halt at all - just needed a bit more care to get to the main road, which was cleared. I drive an ordinary FWD car with standard tires.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "A startup ushered thousands of Indian women into gig work, for better and worse"

throwaway426079 — Mon, 08 May 2023 16:47:38 +0000

I don't liken it to slavery, but most wage (or salaried) labor looks like this. Making sure your employer thinks well of you (your 'rating'), getting certifications (some employers will pay, but not all).

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Vacations in the Soviet Union"

throwaway426079 — Mon, 01 May 2023 16:51:42 +0000

Vast numbers of people in the West don't own their own home either. Not really the same as living in the old East since you can choose where you live here, within your budget, but I wanted to highlight that a lot of our freedom ends when the money does.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer gravely"

throwaway426079 — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 15:05:57 +0000

Is the motivation to minimize the seriousness of Watergate? I just take it as a lazy way of tagging a story and I suspect many headline writers couldn't even summarise what the original Watergate scandal involved.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "British public support for monarchy at historic low, poll reveals"

throwaway426079 — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:49:16 +0000

"A total of 45% of respondents said either it should be abolished, was not at all important or not very important."

Not categories I would have combined in an analytical report.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Teach at a Community College"

throwaway426079 — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 13:37:44 +0000

Might also be someone who already had a career and wanted to do some teaching at the end of it

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Schools bought millions of Chromebooks and 3 years later they’re breaking down"

throwaway426079 — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 18:08:38 +0000

Wish I could think of some basis to sue the vendor who locked education customers into using a specific model of laptop to access their software.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Standoff over 95-year-old judge shows downside of lifetime jobs"

throwaway426079 — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 03:33:26 +0000

While this could be solved by judges choosing to retire early while under a 'friendly' administration, recent experience tells us this is not going to happen every time.

New comment by throwaway426079 in "Netflix will end its DVD service after 25 years"

throwaway426079 — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 06:53:49 +0000

Quite a lot of musical instruments are beautiful objects that you could display. While you could display electronic test equipment, even geeks usually don't.