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> “The adoption and deployment of AI technologies across our operations have resulted, and may continue to result, in reductions to our workforce,” > "The company told employees in…

Thanks for the comment and ideas. I was thinking through the different types of things that could be sidelines. You hit on many of them. There are some cultural festivals that occu…

This is a timely comment for me. I have been doing research on opening a small indie (new/used) bookstore in a small old downtown I walk through almost every day. It has restaurant…

Inconceivable!

The original story, “A Can Ride I’ll Never Forget”, has been posted here a couple times in the past. However, it’s one of the stories that is worth revisiting ever so often. The au…

I support this. I’ve been on small parts of the trail and look forward to the whole thing being connected.

Let’s not forget the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. No protest or civil disobedience needed, just need to look a certain way.

Sitting in a coffee shop alone with a pen and journal is restorative time for me. No laptop, no headphones, no phone. Another thing to try is to go to a diner alone. Same deal.

Are they actually trying to stop them first?

I’m still working on my iPhone X with iOS 16. Works great except for one banking app which apparently needs the latest version. Apple continues to update with security updates. If …

On my last trip to Tokyo, I went to one of the Ramen restaurants that had a vending machine to order food. The machine, unfortunately, did not give us any change. I felt bad trying…

Thanks! My wife and I have been discussing the deliberate effort needed to raise our child. I think your comment highlights the things we do want to do. We just learned that severa…

Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. I had a chat with a friend with a 2 year old and he also underscores the importance of consistency. We already stay off the tv m…

Thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts. Internet safety is something I need to remember to instill as we progress through all the tech that they will be interacting with.

We will be having our first child soon so these are the type of things that interest me. I want to limit phones and screens. I assume it’s easy at first but as they grow older ther…

The last time I bought the newest iPhone was iPhone 5. In the past, I’ve been getting hand me downs since most people change their phone between 12-18 months. I’m still using an iP…

I've traveled to Hawaii (specifically the Big Island) several times and drove H19 countless times between Kailua-Kona and Waikoloa. For about 30 minutes you are driving through old…

I'm in the US. I was actually thinking more along the lines of state, regional or county parks.

Park Ranger. Getting outdoors more and getting paid for it sounds good.

Ha. Fair enough. I'll report back once I read it. I don't have a Goodreads account so I'm making up for it here I guess.

I was just gifted the first book of the series. I’m looking forward to reading it after seeing some of the praise it received recently.

Agreed. This book helped me really understand the people in a country are not all defined by the ruling party or the ruler. In this case, not all Germans were Nazis and some had mu…