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Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by paradite »

etothepii wrote: post #136
paradite wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me it's mostly vibe and ambiance issue with the restaurants. "Fast food" restaurants that serve your meal quickly are usually friendly to single person. Maybe a community curated list of places that are friendly to solo diners would be helpful? I have a few that I visit often.

At my club in London we have the club table (seats 24) set aside for those who are dining alone. It's an interesting way to meet people from time to time and you can bring a book down from the library or get your e-reader out if there is no one else. You can't introduce non-members unless no one at the table objects.

That's different from what I have in mind. I guess what I really mean is "dine in solitude".

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Post by LelouBil »

About the personal assistant, I'm starting to think if it would be worth it for me in the future. Right now I'm still in engineering school so I don't have the money for it but I have so much sideline stuff that I'm hitting the limits of just reminders.

I have a very bad memory for things I have to do but since reminders I set up never appear right when I can do the task I still forget about it.

I have "buy new shoes", or "go to the ophtalmologist" in my phone since 4 months for example.

Are there people here that have a personal assistant and can share their experience ?

Side note : that's one of the reason I think I may have ADHD, I still have the reminder to take an appointment with a psychologist on my phone....

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by king_phil »

I was a bit frustrated with my performance in an online game (Battle royale genre) so I just messaged the once EU/NA #1 leaderboard player if he would do some coaching... Did it for one year, once a week, it was such a great experience. He is such a great individual and I took a lot of the mindset he taught me into my professional life

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Post by werzum »

an_aparallel wrote: post #16

+ Learn how to decorate/style/design your interior spaces. Making the space you spend most time in unreal, is a great use of time. Or i guess as the article states - pay someone to do it? :)

do you have any good resources on that? Since I am interested in those topics I read a book on interieur design a few years ago, but it really wasnt that good, and I am still looking for more practical guides.

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by hbossy »

rob74 wrote: post #70
dudul wrote: post #10

I'm probably a weirdo, but the "write in books" is a massive no no for me. I can't imagine writing in a book (unless it's a total turd, but I assume we're talking about good, insightful books). I do take notes, but always on separate sheets that I keep in the book. Just no way I'll write on the book itself.

Interesting, I thought people would get more worked up over the "park illegally and let yourself think of the fine as a parking fee", especially with the "don’t break rules that matter" addition - there is usually a good reason why parking is illegal, and following only "rules that matter" is a slippery slope. So what if you are blocking a lane of traffic, it's just for a few minutes? Or that bike lane, no one ever u…

People tend to forget to include a pissed off pedestrian with a door key in their illegal parking risk cost calculations.

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Post by rcxdude »

MichaelRo wrote: post #25
simonbarker87 wrote: post #7

Hiring a physiotherapist is one that drives me mad. I have relatives and friends in real pain and they refuse to spend the £100 to £200 for a couple of sessions of physio to fix the problem. They can all afford it but they doggedly stick to mild pain killers and “it will sort itself out” eventually it may but what a waste of energy for months and years.

Actually they are right. Physio doesn't do shit for the pain and mild pain killers plus "wait and see" is all you got for back injuries. The good part is that it does sort it out but it takes years. It's still a good idea to do some physio for learning some exercises that help on the long run. You'll have to do them yourself from time to time and they relate to exercising the muscles that sustain the spine. Don't thi…

>And if it hurts, abort, abort! You're not Arnold Schwarzenegger training, it's not supposed to hurt.

This strongly depends. Some post-surgery physiotherapy at least is quite painful, and it's necessary to push through it to get the best results. Not always, of course, and your physiotherapist should be aware of what their exercises should feel like.

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by tokai »

> find [research] on SciHub or Libgen

Eh what? That's definitely not allowed in most of the world. Other than that many of these are just you are allowed to pay other to do stuff for you, which is more a question of wealth than about if one dares to do it. The thing about treating fines like payment is peak clueless upper-middle-class-plus to me.

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Post by dinkleberg »

mcny wrote: post #36
MichaelRo wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually they are right. Physio doesn't do shit for the pain and mild pain killers plus "wait and see" is all you got for back injuries. The good part is that it does sort it out but it takes years. It's still a good idea to do some physio for learning some exercises that help on the long run. You'll have to do them yourself from time to time and they relate to exercising the muscles that sustain the spine. Don't thi…

> And if it hurts, abort, abort! You're not Arnold Schwarzenegger training, it's not supposed to hurt. Yes. I absolutely detest people who tell me "pain is weakness leaving the body" as if I solicited their advice.

When people talk about pushing through the pain, they aren’t talking about injury, that would be insane, they are talking about the burn in your muscles from when you’re getting close to failure. If you’re training for muscle growth, this is something you need to get comfortable with doing.

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by rcxdude »

yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #93
SoftTalker wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No but TFA specifically mentioned hiring “grad students” as an example, and that could accidentally get them into hot water. I’ve worked with foreign students and they have to be reminded that they can’t Uber or DoorDash or consult or basically do anything other than explicitly permitted work-study for income while they are here.

What about “grad students” implies “foreigner”?

It implies "population most likely to include foreigners on restrictive visas"

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by OJFord »

LelouBil wrote: post #142

About the personal assistant, I'm starting to think if it would be worth it for me in the future. Right now I'm still in engineering school so I don't have the money for it but I have so much sideline stuff that I'm hitting the limits of just reminders. I have a very bad memory for things I have to do but since reminders I set up never appear right when I can do the task I still forget about it. I have "buy new shoes…

PA is going to go to the ophthalmologist & psychiatrist for you?
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