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@taiwan_girl said in Caught on tape!: Is not a teleprompter pretty common for politicians? When it comes to giving speeches, I assume it is. When it's an "impromptu" visit with some constituents, or a ceremony, I doubt it. It might be, but I'd be surprised.

SOB deserved his impeachment. In a Just world, he would be removed from office.

Quite interesting.

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Always seems like it is the "second to market" that is successful. The first one usually has some problems or is not big enough to scale up their product. The second one can see where the first went wrong. (Unfortunately, I am not very innovative)

@jon-nyc said in "Debilitating Pain": So is this a case of a bogus claim and she’s really fine? Yes.

I suspected that would be the case so it came as no surprise. Thirty odd years ago, my friend’s dog - a corgi cross - was skunk sprayed twice on the same day at the family rec property about 75 miles west of here. Early morning then again that evening. For the rest of that dog’s life - ten or more years - any time that mutt got wet the sickly stench of skunk would permeate the air around him.

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@Copper said in Victims of police shootings: The narrative: Just give us their initials Pronouns

A hind is a dear.

https://x.com/joshgerstein/status/1764365783398764702?s=20

@Axtremus said in How to write interesting sentences: It depends on the purpose of the writing. Not all writing needs to be or should be "interesting." Some need only be complete or accurate. Some need to fit within a certain length. There is no reason to take pride in "writing like you speak." Speech and writing are two different forms of communication. Approaching them differently should be the norm rather than the exception. I have written a butt-load of technical procedures. Even technical writing should present the information in a way where the reader's eyes don't cross and he starts to ignore the little things...

Why in the world would you implement such a program without any mechanism to evaluate its success or failure? In my industry we always establish metrics for success and a way to track them for any major effort.

That is one of the greatest pictures that I have ever seen.

@Jolly said in Bad Doc: Shows how much hospitalists check charts. Last time I looked - and this was about 5 years ago - results of hospitalist care were better than your own personal doc. Readmission rate was one of the parameters. But, I agree, I don't like the system. I've bitched about the non-personal nature of much of today's medicine, especially big-city medicine, in the past. "We're going to refer you to nephrology." "OK, who?" "I dunno, a kidney doctor." "Is he any good?" "I'm sure s/he is." Sigh.