I have a ringer that starts at a highish frequency and then with each ring drops lower. I find the changing frequency helps me pick it out from background noise.
SHamblingSHapes
joined 1 year ago
Watching a tech nearly blow up half the building using unapproved equipment in an area full of volatile liquids and fumes.
Quality engineer. Eventually someone would get around to the work I do. But there would be a lot of avoidable slowdowns and stoppages as parts and processes breakdown without the function that intentionally searches out and fixes problems.
Eventually problems would get painful enough, a person would get assigned to fix them.
And then another problem and eventually another person assigned to fix.
And then hey, wouldn't it more efficient if we assign a person to go after all these problems? And what if they could even be proactive enough to fix problems before they got out the door? And what if we called that person's function Quality?
I barely used it to begin with. I closed my account entirely once Musk bought it. Sad chuckle when I see someone just now discover what a racist dirtbag he is.
I found sailing to be terrifically boring. It's expensive. It's slow compared to powered. The mechanics aren't that interesting once you have the basics down.
Maybe someday I'll try a type of sailboat intended more for speed/racing. Big boats are just a step above sitting on the beach getting sunburned and drunk.
Disaster. It's not just personal communication that uses the internet, it's banking, research, security, all sorts of infrastructure things that you don't necessarily interact with directly.
No. I should not have to ask grown adults not to call me these names. These are co-workers, acquaintances, strangers, not people who should be assuming any level of familiarity with me. The default should be basic respect.
"Just this. Just that." Stop telling the people getting shit on to make excuses and accomodations for the behavior of people with power.
Road trips before GPS and maps apps. Navigating off just paper maps and poor signage was not fun.
Their user numbers are available with a web search. Reddit useage dipped towards end of June but has mostly leveled out.
Quite a few mods left, which has had a larger impact than an equal number of general users leaving would. The niche topic sub I was involved in went from four mods to one half-hearted mod. The quality of posts has dropped. Almost every comment thread contains complaints. Reports are piled up.
Most surprising to me when I peeked at the sub this weekend was the amount of borderline-incel desperation and negativity. The sub is for a hobby that while slightly male majority, we had plenty of women contributing with minimal problems. Not anymore. If I were a woman looking at that sub for the first time, I would probably block it. It is so depressing and angry now, I barely recognize it.
I live in the US and follow rugby.
"Rugby is a hooligan's sport played by gentlemen, soccer is a gentleman's sport played by hooligans."
So cringe. Different sports are different. I can like both, I can even play both, and neither suffers a loss.