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South Africa is another antipodean country where pencil means Staedtler in black & red

Not the parent - but I think it's because it can be seen as too subjective and too open for debate. Like: Oh, so one person opines that x, y, and z are not for them, let's debate i…

I too struggle very often with the pause and the recognition of emotion before acting on it. Something that has been somewhat helpful to me is a meditation method called mental not…

I read it as how culturally distinctive her evaluation of a romantic partner is: a) She actually had a list of the desired / required traits of romantic partners on hand. b) Desire…

Not minimizing the horror - but the _What if it was your city_ maps drew circles that were somehow quite a bit smaller than I imagined. Maybe it's precisely because it's so horrifi…

Protecting underage members of society from potentially harmful substances that they are unlikely to consume in moderation is hardly dystopian; it is in fact a key responsibility o…

Yup my PC was... what's the polite phrasing? Let's say "not envied by my peers". A hunk o' junk, in other words.

Ha! Likewise. I borrowed money from my grandmother to buy a soundblaster II if I remember correctly. I also remember that I got home, it didn't work, turns out I had insufficient R…

I fiddled with your version and changed the colours to a heatmap-like colour scheme adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12875486/what-is-the-alg... This shows the patt…

Wow - not the sense I got from the series. I'll attempt the books, thanks :)

I really like Inspector Morse, too :) Did you watch Lewis? I enjoyed that. Babylon Berlin is also one of those things that are particularly relevant at the moment as there are lots…

It just wasn't for me. Space Sci-fi TV: I think the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica was great. Non sci-fi: I think Babylon Berlin is good. I only watched the first series of The E…

Sorry I replied to the wrong parent - my comment is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17059310

Sure, I'll try. I can obviously only speak from my own perspective, though one or two things were echoed in discussions with friends. Disclaimer: I only watched the first series, a…

I would argue quite the opposite, based on anecdata, so take it with a good measure of salt, but: I know quite a few non-tech types who used The Expanse as an example of "why I don…

I would love to get into this, and I'm sure I'm not alone. Any specific beginner-friendly resources that you would recommend? I thought of starting with something small and defined…

> Even the best manager can't help somebody who is unwilling to help themselves. I just want to point out that that is a lot of assumption based on the limited (probably paraphrase…

In the comments of the article the author mentions that the process took him 4 to 5 weeks... don't know if the time frame will change your perspective, it did for me (thought it wa…

Not directly on topic - but I was a hobbyist silversmith as a teenager. I learnt many of my skills from a stern old German bloke at the silversmithing club. He liked to say "Gutes …

South Africa is fascinating - contrasting bad news and great innovation. Although there have been setbacks from recent government shenanigans the wheels of law are turning (albeit …

Yes - UN member countries generally use ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) standards. There are some country-specific weird things, though. You can read the ICAO Radi…

When I did my PPL one of the instructors gave us a CD full of recordings that we could listen to to train our ear for it. Matching that to transcripts helped - and it also helps on…

Part of the reason might be that (here in South Africa, at least) IUDs are generally not advised for use on nulligravid women. The reason quoted to my partner - there might be othe…