CaptainPedantic @ CaptainPedantic @lemmy.world

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Yar matey! Sailin' the Seas always be an option for ye!

Being jurors on this case would suck. That being said, not shitty employers often pay your full salary for jury duty. And some states require employers to pay too.

Rattling ceiling tiles. I have a stick at my desk devoted to banging on ceiling tiles so they stop rattling. That sound is literally one of the most annoying things I experience.

No one else seems to care.

To be specific my car is actually 23 years old. To be really pedantic, it was manufactured in 1999.

Would you look at that! I'm on Adderall right now because of the damn Vyvanse shortage.

Safe from a privacy perspective. Otherwise they're very unsafe by modern standards. Minimal airbags. Often no ABS. What ABS that is there is less sophisticated than modern systems. Worse structures for crash protection. No stability control. No traction control.

Plus they're just old. Last year, I spent more on my 20 year old car than I did on my 2 year old car, that includes loan payments on the new car, fuel, tires, insurance, and maintenance.

Get something from this century at least.

I haven't been able to find any since mid July. Literally every pharmacy is out. Even the independents. Fucking ridiculous. At least I have an old stash Adderall to keep me semi functional.

Men

Cool.

The average income in India is 25x ish less than that of the US. If we scale the $75 million cost to land on the moon by 25 times, we get $1.8 billion. The Perseverance rover's cost is estimated at $2.75 billion and that thing landed on Mars.

It's incredibly impressive that India has landed on the moon on their 2nd try. Nothing should take away from that, and India should be very proud of their achievement. But geez this is a braindead article. Yes, poorer countries can pay people less do the same amount of work as someone in another country.

"40 left 2 over turd don't cut"

I'll get downvoted to hell for this, but the CEO is at least partially right. It is really hard to get to know people and build trust remotely.

I started my first post-college job in August of 2020. Most people were remote, but I was not due to the nature of my work. It is extremely hard to get to know people exclusively over email, phone calls, and video calls. It's frustrating not being able to get to know people even at the surface level. Knowing a little bit about your coworkers allows you to build rapport with them. Video and voice calls can be unreliable, and people can be very difficult to understand without in person cues and the ability to read lips. I say all of this as a very introverted person with social anxiety.

Talk to your doctor about all of this. They should have more information and should be able to help you.

Wikipedia lists many of your side effects. Urinary retention is a rare side effect, and erectile dysfunction as a common side effect. Sleepiness, weird dreams, insomnia, and fatigue are also listed.

With that out of the way, I've never taken anything other than the stimulant medications, so take my experience with a grain of salt.

I know that if I don't get enough sleep, and then I take my meds, I'll get really sleepy. I'm still able to focus, but the quality of my work is worse. It's possible you need more sleep. 6 hours isn't enough for most people, including me. Now if I could just take my own advice...

If I was in your shoes, I would definitely try a different medication. What's the point in being able to focus if you feel too slow to do anything with that focus? My only side effects of my stimulant medications are some irritability after they wear off, dry mouth, increased heart rate, and occasional insomnia that's easily fixed with melatonin. They help me focus, and they don't have any impact, positive or negative, on my cognitive abilities.

The recall covers certain Sentra compact cars from the 2020 through 2022 model years.

Tie rods breaking. Yikes.

Dude, I'll bash Enron Muskrat for free.

Cargo? Sure. Passengers? I'm not betting on it. I sure wouldn't want to the guy farthest from the center of the aircraft. Every banking turn would become a roller coaster ride. Plus airport infrastructure would have to change. And tubes are easy to build.

One would think, but no.

According to Wikipedia specifically about music

recordings published before 1923 expired on January 1, 2022; recordings published between 1923 and 1946 will be protected for 100 years after release; recordings published between 1947 and 1956 will be protected for 110 years; and all recordings published after 1956 that were fixed prior to February 15, 1972, will have their protection terminate on February 15, 2067.

You joke, but the more I've used regular expressions at work, the more I'm infuritated when something doesn't support regex. Looking at you Excel!

I'm in the weird in between gen z and millennial. I only use cursive to sign my name and read grandma's Christmas card. Frankly, it's not useful for me. I'm glad we spent the time in school taking typing classes instead of cursive.

What is crazy to me is that my youngest cousins (in their early teens) use the hunt and peck method to type. Despite that, they're not super slow. I was absolutely shocked when I found that out. I think it was all the years of using a phone or tablet instead of an actual keyboard that created a habit.

Until the tree dies and all that carbon is released back into the atmosphere.