@Aqua-Letifer said in "Don't bother me, I'm off the clock.": @89th said in "Don't bother me, I'm off the clock.": @Aqua-Letifer said in "Don't bother me, I'm off the clock.": @Axtremus said in "Don't bother me, I'm off the clock.": GMail has this feature called “scheduled send” … Try to keep up, man. Except if you do this, even though the recipient will get it at 3:17am, the actual message will show the timestamp of when you clicked the schedule/send button. I think... last time I tried. Doesn't for me.Do you use Gmail or something else? The one time I tested this was using Outlook. Hey, why did it lightning/thunder outside right when I said that?

Funny you should post this... Had one my more favorite docs walk into the lab on Saturday. Guy is in his 70's, former triathlete, former general surgeon, does ER work now. Looks like an eagle with the surgeon Type A personality. Needed a favor, an off-books D -Dimer, cardiacs and a blue plate special. He woke up that morning in A-fib, called a cardiologist friend and now he just wanted to make sure he didn't have a clot before starting on some Cardizem. Hope it works for him.

@taiwan_girl said in 'Choot 'em.: I kind of go back and forth on the death penalty. I absolutely do NOT think it stops people from doing crime. But, there are some people, like Jolly says, who cannot be rehibilitate. But, costs for someone who is sentenced to death is huge, and since living in prison is not very attractive, maybe just let them have life in prison. I dont know. Maybe we can contract to do them on The Farm. We're pretty cheap down here.

Good question. I know she goes into a pianist pool. She stressed that with her health, she can be unreliable, but that didn't seem to bother them. If she's contract, I'll consider her self-employed and setup my taxes that way. If she's part-time, I'll check on my discount.

@taiwan_girl said in “Freedom Truckers” Convoy: I see that @Aqua-Letifer was out yesterday enjoying a bike ride. One biker slows down Truck Convoy That was absolutely me. Just a couple of differences: It was today, not yesterday. It wasn't in DC. It was a beamer, not a truck. Motherfucker almost hit a woman with a stroller and two parked cars because he didn't want to deal with the anguish of being behind a bicycle. (I was going 32 in a 25.) Take any social situation, I don't care what it is. In that situation, upper-middle class people who think they're upper class are going to be the worst.

Much higher than 90%. But yes. In the post civil war era “civil service reform” was one of the main political themes. Prior to that the president appointed just about everyone. Even local post masters at literally every US post office. We even had a president get assassinated by a frustrated office seeker. That probably tipped the balance toward reform.

that was interesting and very fun. I have never hear of that guy before. (I like travelogues and travel guides, but it is interesting on how they have changed over the years)

@Jolly I use Straight Talk, which for $35/month is unlimited talk/text and more data than I ever use. Thanks, Jolly. I've bookmarked this, for use in the extremely unlikely event I will figure out how to use the phone.

@Jolly said in From Brayincandy: Asbestos suit stuff, isn't it? More like rubber suit

Great video.

Spring has sprung The grass has riz. I wonder where The birdies is.

I totally disagree with the video. If anything, we will see a "return of the digital". By that I mean computation with symbols, like in classical programming and logic. This is opposed to the neural network / deep learning stuff, which is basically simulating analog things with digital circuits. There's recently been an interesting article that explains my point in much greater detail. https://nautil.us/deep-learning-is-hitting-a-wall-14467/

Chicago man and Florida man be all crazy and shit.

@Mik said in Up to $1500 a month: Funny timing for me to read this. Let me guess, you just flushed $75 down the toilet?

@taiwan_girl said in A Ukrainian Translator Moved To Tears: I think to be a UN translator, you have to be able to simultaneous translate at least three of the six official languages. https://www.asta-usa.com/united-nations-translations-accreditation/ The UN considers the main language to be the language of an internal candidate’s post-secondary education. For external linguists, this generally means the “target language” into which an individual works. Each of the six official United Nations languages – Arabic, English, French, Mandarin-Chinese, Russian and Spanish – are tested. The United Nations Translation Accreditation process is stringent. At minimum, a Bachelor’s degree in the relevant area is required, but an advanced degree is preferred. Most candidates have additionally earned a degree from an accredited translation school. All candidates usually must be able to translate into their main language from at least two of the other official UN languages.

Cool story.

That looks really good!!