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Related to the opening of this article – it is interesting to see how one can get completely soured on certain products or experiences because, by virtue of their profession, they see the dirty underbelly of how things in that industry actually work. Someone who has read cruise contracts in detail will never want to go on one. Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again. Someo…
> ... is fully and fairly notified about the existence ... I'm not a lawyer, but recently I did watch the movie Legally Blond (recently for free at YouTube) where the character Elle Woods on her first day of Harvard Law School was sent out of a class for being "unprepared", that is, not having read 41 pages on "jurisdiction" or some such. Well, Ms. Woods might have responded to the professor that she did nothing wron…
> recently I did watch the movie Legally Blond (recently for free at YouTube) OT, but what do you mean? Is youtube showing full movies now, or was this a pirate upload?
Related to the opening of this article – it is interesting to see how one can get completely soured on certain products or experiences because, by virtue of their profession, they see the dirty underbelly of how things in that industry actually work. Someone who has read cruise contracts in detail will never want to go on one. Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again. Someo…
I don't think this one is true.
> Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again.
Sometimes yes, but definitely not always.
Related to the opening of this article – it is interesting to see how one can get completely soured on certain products or experiences because, by virtue of their profession, they see the dirty underbelly of how things in that industry actually work. Someone who has read cruise contracts in detail will never want to go on one. Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again. Someo…
Justice Brandeis says a thing: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/05/27/justice-louis-bra...
Off topic question but can anyone explain this baby/toddler talk "did a thing" / "said a thing" meme that is spreading lately? I hear it at work from some of my dev team and just curious if I'm missing some sarcastic/jokey reference every time it's being said.
Related to the opening of this article – it is interesting to see how one can get completely soured on certain products or experiences because, by virtue of their profession, they see the dirty underbelly of how things in that industry actually work. Someone who has read cruise contracts in detail will never want to go on one. Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again. Someo…
One of those hypotheses is easily testable: bridges can collapse and you will hear about it. And yet.. it rarely happens? There was one in Italy and one in the US recently but, to a decent approximation, it’s a non-issue. Maybe we should have more trust in people and their work. Maybe our bridges are fine, our food is kosher, but what’s rotting on the inside is society, eaten alive by cynicism and distrust.
I think thus can and perhaps should be refuted as the bridges are not fine. The 2019 report of bridges in WA found 6.6% to be in poor condition and more than half of the approximate 8000 bridges need repair. https://infrastructurereportcard.org/state-item/washington/
Seattle has about 6 or 7 very major bridges. One of the largest, the west seattle bridge has been closed for over a year because it was suddenly in danger of collapse. This is a bridge that carried over 100k cars per day. (https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs...)
I think the point of grimacing while crossing a bridge is that the engineers know the problems and how pervasive they are. As a user of websites, you may think some are really solid. Having worked for one (a website virtually everyone has used), when you see the bug queues, all the outages, and all the problems, you realize it's not the steel fortress that it would appear to be from the native outsider
Related to the opening of this article – it is interesting to see how one can get completely soured on certain products or experiences because, by virtue of their profession, they see the dirty underbelly of how things in that industry actually work. Someone who has read cruise contracts in detail will never want to go on one. Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again. Someo…
> ... is fully and fairly notified about the existence ... I'm not a lawyer, but recently I did watch the movie Legally Blond (recently for free at YouTube) where the character Elle Woods on her first day of Harvard Law School was sent out of a class for being "unprepared", that is, not having read 41 pages on "jurisdiction" or some such. Well, Ms. Woods might have responded to the professor that she did nothing wron…
> I'm not a lawyer, but recently I did watch the movie Legally Blond I’m going to use this whenever I give a legal opinion on the internet.
Related to the opening of this article – it is interesting to see how one can get completely soured on certain products or experiences because, by virtue of their profession, they see the dirty underbelly of how things in that industry actually work. Someone who has read cruise contracts in detail will never want to go on one. Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again. Someo…
As a developer, I was shocked when at a friend's house saw that Alexa not only operated lights, but door locks and blinds. Or when another friend takes hands off the steering wheel to test lane keep assist. I don't think I can trust any software at that level.
I occasionally use it for weather but it’s annoying with such suggestions.
I should know better but in this case the convenience is worth it.
Related to the opening of this article – it is interesting to see how one can get completely soured on certain products or experiences because, by virtue of their profession, they see the dirty underbelly of how things in that industry actually work. Someone who has read cruise contracts in detail will never want to go on one. Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again. Someo…
As a developer, I was shocked when at a friend's house saw that Alexa not only operated lights, but door locks and blinds. Or when another friend takes hands off the steering wheel to test lane keep assist. I don't think I can trust any software at that level.
That said, my lights are operated via RF remote(s) (two systems, one working on plugs, the other from ikea), pretty convenient without needing an internet connection. Just an awkwardly sized battery.