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Sure, as long as you never plan to leave the metro area.

Confused American noises?

I remember learning that 3.5" disks were still called “floppy” disks, despite being rigid plastic. My teacher took apart a disk and showed us how the inside was a film, but all that did was encourage us to take apart the disks and make desk toys out of the springs.

Man, I remember when Zip Disks were a big deal and a GB was a lot of storage.

Yes.

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That wouldn’t surprise me, but also the standard has been around for so long, changing the size of standard lumber is probably harder than changing the manufacturing process (which is likely automated and computer controlled anyway).

The consumer doesn’t need to know it. The lumber mill does, and the people responsible for warehousing and logistics, they use nominal sizes because saying “two by four” is easier than “one point five by three point 5.”

It’s not exactly a lie, just a standard. Nominal board sizes were based on the unfinished lumber size. Another 1/4 inch is taken off each side to get a smooth surface that makes it easier to work with.

Here’s an old image (reddit warning)

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that shows the rough cuts of boards from a log. When they look at a log, they determine how many of each size they can get from it, and at that point, a 2x4 is 2 inches by 4 inches.

Touchscreens and “smart” features don’t add enough cost to justify the premium you pay for them.

That’s exactly why you look for a tablets specifically for kids. The features you want are parental control, time locking, and app screening.

The entire future of learning is built around screens. Kids take standardized tests on touchscreens. They will do their taxes in an app, research topics with the internet, communicate with their peers in messaging apps, apply for jobs in apps, and build new tools through programming.

They must learn to use screens effectively without getting addicted to them.

Kids who learn those skills early, who practice using a tablet and then putting it down, those kids will be better equipped to go put into the world.

I agree with you that too many parents use screens as babysitters. And while tablets are more addictive and predatory, that’s been a problem since screens existed. There’s a cool documentary on it calles The Cable Guy.

That’s a lie that assholes tell you in order to exploit your competence and effort.

You’re probably not the biggest asshole in the room. In my experience, the person making decisions (and the most money) is never the most qualified, most competent, most efficient, or hardest working individual. They are just the biggest asshole in the room. They’re willing to be loud and belligerently wrong, they’re willing to take credit for the accomplishments of others, they’re willing to shift blame onto someone else, they’re willing to demand everyone else work harder than they do, and they’re willing to demand far more than their fair share of the profit.

And they will be mollified by the rest because nobody is a bigger asshole. Most people just want to do their jobs, and don’t want to rock the boat. Competent people see opportunity to ride in the wake of the biggest asshole in the room.

If you ever watch Shark Tank, you’ll see they are masters of the craft.

I love that this exists, and thank you for introducing me to the site as well.

In the history of pop-ups, I’ve never wanted to be reminded later.

Step one, create a disease.
Step two, sell the cure.

One of the many reasons you don’t ride anything on the sidewalk is that you cross driveways and crosswalks too quickly to be seen by drivers. Even a standard bike should be ridden in the road, because 15 mph is fast enough to “come out of nowhere” and be hit by a car. All bikes are road vehicles.

The intrusive thoughts won. Sorry.

The topic peaked my interest.

Confusion is the enemy of communication. Clarity of language is critical to being understood. Correctly using “fewer” and “less” could theoretically provide context clues about what type of thing you’re counting, but you will be understood irregardless of which word you choose to use.

I know this isn’t what you want to hear, but you did in fact fuck up and act recklessly

I start moving to the side of the exit to make myself visible and just convince the guy to not bother. Not here to be a hero or get someone arrested. Just trying to deter.

No. Don’t ever do that. You don’t know what a thief will try, and the cost of the product isn’t worth getting punched or worse. You’re lucky the guy wasn’t armed.

Do not attempt to deter thieves. Your job is not worth it.

The company does not have a choice but to fire you. They need to make it absolutely clear to every other employee to never, ever, under any circumstances, place yourself in harms way to deter a crime.

Your coroporate overlords do not give a shit about you. They don’t care if you have been loyal, so don’t be. They won’t reward you for going the extra mile, so stop exactly where they stop paying you.

You were injured on the job. Did you file for employer’s compensation? You should talk to a lawyer. Maybe you didn’t want to, because you felt like it was partly your fault, or you were worried about keeping your job. That’s over, it’s time to protect yourself. Call lawyers now. Make a list of local employment and injury lawyers and start calling when their offices open.

That’s what your employer is afraid of. That’s why you were fired, and why they want to be absolutely clear that employees should never act recklessly like you did. Not because they care about you or their employees, as we already know they don’t. It’s because they are afraid of being sued. And they are afraid of that because being sued will cost them more money than training your replacement.

Be the thing they are afraid of. Win or lose, you’ll know you did what you could to protect yourself this time.