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I think sorting/filtering by due date makes a lot of sense. Most of my inbox would just disappear as perhaps 99% of email does not warrant a response (or even to be read for that matter).

Just as with 3D televisions, be patient and this trend will pass.

Televisions have been fairly egregious in recent decades. Curved and 3D the primary suspects. Unfortunately "smart" turned out to be a way to make money despite the protests of the consumers so that isn't likely to be phased out/fixed unless regulation separates them from their ill-gotten partnership revenue.

>where more than one adult thought it was a bomb

Clarification: more than one American adult, where collectively some states/localities are more likely to jump at shadows than others..


Did the first teacher who asked him to just keep the device in his backpack "jump at shadows"? He knew what it looked like and was trying to help his student stay out of trouble. He didn't report him. Ok, so that's one "crazy" adult. The kid didn't listen.

Another teacher thought the same thing and asked him to put it away, and the kid didn't listen, again, and proceeds to set the alarm on the device. Only then they called the police. I guess, I don't see how brining this kind of a device, looking like a typical movie bomb, to a school in LA, NY (I don't know? think of the least "jumpy-at-shodows" area of the country) could have ended up any better without the police involvement. Heck, I am surprised the first teacher didn't report him and they didn't immediately evacuate the building.


Indeed. Some states are brimming with absolute morons, especially in positions of power.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic

These idiots run your country.


Isn't this "philosphy" just a rehash of Open File Formats:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_file_formats

Albeit, limited to just plain text formats.


Hi Author here!

I think when I scribbled this thought, the idea was more on formats that MIGHT endure the test of time. Yes, copyright free matters a lot. But I'm very skeptical of say formats like WebP. Will it last for decades, I don't know!


Your perception does not make anything a reality. Many nations commit more to immigration and welfare than the US, and are benefiting from it.

Skilled migrants bring wealth with them, and in fact countries like Australia have avoided recession through immigration (and unemployment is still around 4%).


I’m certain that absolutely no one is referring to “skilled migrants” when participating in these discussions of limiting immigration.


If at all possible, I am perfectly fine with a diminishing role of the US in world politics.


Agreed. Just sounds like a stressful experience all round.


I think that is antithetical to the idea of Open Source. If you expect contributions then pay a bounty, don't pretend.


The bounty is you getting to use my work (shared in good faith no less). Appreciate the charity and don't be a freeloader or you'll get less in the future.


GPL is antithetical to open source? Odd take


There is a permissionless (MIT) vs permissioned (GPL) difference that is at the heart of the debate of what society thinks open source should mean


I would think most are familiar with American television, or other cultural symbols like Coca Cola. Regardless of where they live.

Whether or not that equates to understanding American culture I can't say..


My daughter [in Argentina] knows more about Halloween than about the local Independence Day. Every kids show in Netflix has a special episode about Halloween.


There are companies in germany that sell red plastic cups in case you wish to throw an "American" theme party.


That’s great; we also have “Oktoberfests” and drink from big mugs. What does that mean; we know German politics or at least royal traditions?


That means that, beyond all the movies, although germans have been watching Magnum, The Denver Clan, The Duke Brothers, etc. I doubt their american counterparts have been watching DSDS, Die Rosenheim-Cops, GZSZ, usw.

They're not buying red cups because they've heard about them, or have seen them on product tie-ins; they buy them because the american media they consume includes them, and red plastic drinking cups stand out as something peculiarly american.


This not an apt comparison. Else we could say American kids know more about Anime than about our Independence Day. Kids like kid things.

I doubt people in the Podunks of interior China have much awareness of what the US is about other than what their official propaganda tells them.


This sounds like an easily testable proposition... (for someone with better hanzi-fu than I?)

EDIT: ok, so I was just on douyin.com (seeded with what deepl told me were "farmer" and "opinion of american people") and there's a fair amount of official line delivered by news commentators, a fair amount of not-the-best-of-the-Old-Country phone footage that's been helpfully subtitled in chinese, and not infrequent tubes of chinese-on-the-street commenting about the US or interviews in the US, eg https://www.douyin.com/video/7253009716257836347

(the latter two categories are easy to spot because they've been subtitled in english as well as chinese, but I'm most curious about if the people standing in front of tractors while speaking their bit are ranting as their stateside counterparts often seem to be?)

Anyone with better language skills have a better site, or better query?

EDIT2: finally found the deep link: just click X to dismiss the QR code popup; no idea what that may be...


It may seem normal, if you have never experienced regular in-person relationships (in a work environment).

Even after WFH for a long time I think everyone becomes used to it, but there is definitely something missing.


You really don't need them to be in person. Have you scheduled any lunchtime catch-ups? Got any regular group calls around interests? Just random banter? My work group online is a better experience than I've ever had in the office. It may vary for other people and environments, but "something missing" is not a given just because of remote contact.


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