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- Comment on FCC hits Verizon with $1M fine for dropping 911 calls, again • The Register 3 days ago:
I believe 911 without even a provider. I’ve obviously never tried it. Maybe without a card even
- Comment on Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? 1 week ago:
Irish-Americans found an affinity for corned beef as they finally had access to meat and especially beef. They initially lived in and near Jewish neighborhoods, so, it became popular to boil up corned beef, cabbage, and root vegetables.
- Comment on American wanting to move abroad, what's the best bet for an registered nurse? 1 month ago:
Sort of like LPNs. Education is similar as well
- Comment on American wanting to move abroad, what's the best bet for an registered nurse? 1 month ago:
An RN degree in the US is often a bachelor’s degree. They didn’t really have university degrees for nurses in Germany (there are nursing management degrees). There is obviously a licensing test, but that should be the only barrier.
- Comment on Why do some languages use gendered nouns? 4 months ago:
Sometimes more specific (sometimes. Verbs carry some widely different meaning and depend on propositions to differentiate), but not always more concise. If you’ve done or compared German-English translations, you see the English is always shorter, both in word and—especially in—character counts. My experience has been usually about 20, up to 30, percent.
- Comment on Why do some languages use gendered nouns? 4 months ago:
Those are just esoteric or poetic uses. It’s perfectly fine to just say “it” in all those cases, but there is still a distinction for people. It’s worth considering the possibilities of that disappearing as well. In any case, we don’t conjugate differently for genders
- Comment on Recommend me a wireless earphones/headset with good audio...that is PINK in color 4 months ago:
That’s what I upgraded to a year or two ago. Handles switching input sources no problem; something the Sennheisers couldn’t do
- Comment on Recommend me a wireless earphones/headset with good audio...that is PINK in color 4 months ago:
I had a bad experience with the Bluetooth on Sennheiser and got so frustrated I broke them into little pieces and threw them away. I’ve since bought two pairs of Bang & Olufsen and have been happy. It seems they have a sort of light pink on at least one of the models
- Comment on Will people show off their old computers and phones in say, 30 or 50 years in the future? 5 months ago:
The one specific models I’m nostalgic for are the IBM ps/2 30 & 50.
- Comment on What does going to a mental institution do for you? 8 months ago:
There’s therapists for—well—therapy, doctors for medication, and social workers for problem living situations. However, the time away is just a break; a person has to continue all three of those aspects after they leave
- Comment on Gen Z is ditching iPhones for $100 'feature phones,' and the numbers don't lie 10 months ago:
I don’t know what to tell you. If that’s his experience…
- Comment on Gen Z is ditching iPhones for $100 'feature phones,' and the numbers don't lie 10 months ago:
I guess the radio is a bit more efficient
- Comment on Word meaning health-related? 10 months ago:
Sure, then it’s the opposite, but it can’t be neutral like the OP wanted.
- Comment on Word meaning health-related? 10 months ago:
“healthy” is inherently a positive word. It’s like trying to turn “happy” negative. You could change the form and put the risk on that noun: “…found to be a risk to ones health/happiness”