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As I went to the office three times last week, and four times this coming week, I'll have to fill up before Friday. I hate going into the office at the moment. All the disadvantages of working from home and none of the benefits. Worst of both worlds.
Excellent and thought-provoking piece, - and yes, I find myself find in agreement with much of the content - and thank you for sharing it.
VERY interesting article! I agree with it, too, for the most part. I read The Washington Post online, but still miss the print version and the ritual of sitting with it and a cup of coffee at the table..... Many years ago I subscribed to the Sunday NYT, too, but eventually dropped that.
Although I have a Twitter account I don't look at it very often and I don't follow that many people. I also have a Facebook account but rarely write anything in it and mostly use it for keeping up with distant family members and friends, as well as participate in a couple of groups which are pertinent to my interests.
Although I have a Twitter account I don't look at it very often and I don't follow that many people. I also have a Facebook account but rarely write anything in it and mostly use it for keeping up with distant family members and friends, as well as participate in a couple of groups which are pertinent to my interests.
Excellent article. I often think that when I buy a physical newspaper that the news is “old” but as this article points out, the journalists have had time to digest it and present it with some thought rather than the instant reporting via Twitter/Facebook etc.
The effects of a mostly online world has always been known to perpetuate unhappiness among the human species.
While I am agreement - to a considerable degree - with you, I would also make the argument that (much of) the offline world has also been known to perpetuate unhappiness among the human species.
On my mind: How hard it is to keep modern spectacle lenses clean.
Maybe someday I’ll be able to finish a tube of chapstick before losing it…
Why do I insist on exposing myself to spoilers? Why do some people insist on posting them??
Spoilers are like when you were a kid, when you were sneakily looking up the answers to the set questions and problems at the back of the maths book, but - unlike when you were a kid - you don't have to then spend the best part of two hours trying to fool the teacher into thinking that you had worked out the maths problems all by yourself.
Spoilers are brilliant if you don't like surprises.
Thanks for posting this . I'm pretty much in agreement with the linked article , but the author doesn't mention the decline of the local paper . I've got a 7 day subscription to our local paper ( The Record) . Used to be a really good , informative paper for both local and national news . But it got sold to Gannett who basically turned it into a localized USA Today . Lots of the local staff got cut , lots of local news is no longer covered , and the paper is much smaller than it was . So if you want local news in print , it just might not be available in your area . Still get my print NY Times on Sunday , though .
I have filled mine a number of times since March 28.
Then again, it's not an economy car, and I look for excuses to drive it.
It's fine as long as their are warnings and tags and such or if it's been a reasonable amount of time. But not the jackass on Reddit who was opening seemingly ordinary threads in different Subreddits and putting spoilers for Endgame.
If I have to be honest, I don't think that the community ever cared this much about people with compromised immune systems as it is doing now. Granted, some people are jerks, but if you think about it up to mid February no one was wearing masks, people didn't wash their hands (I complained many times even on this forum about all the people I see not washing their hands after using the public restrooms even after going #2), shopping carts were never cleaned etc. and Covid is not the only thing that might kill you.
Not saying that it's a great time to be alive, but I think for the first time in a long time people are actually starting to realize how easy it is to damage other people. Take it as a silver lining, at least.
I'll do my best to see it as a silver lining if I'm not intubated by the end of 2021.
For those interested, Cal Newport (author of Deep Work and So Good They Can't Ignore You) started a podcast in which he answers questions from his readers. I am a big fan of his work, but I am sure that everyone will find lots of interesting topics in his podcast; I was impressed by the quality of most, if not all, his answers.
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Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Technology Podcast · Updated Weekly · Cal Newport is a computer science professor and a New York Times bestselling author who writes about the impact of technology on society, and the struggle to work and live deeply in a world increasing…
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I'm anxious. First it was anger about stay at home orders, now it's about the few who should have been fired or sent to jail years ago.
Each night after my husband comes home, I sleep for a few hours to wake up in a cold sweat. Seeing him leave makes me feel dread down in the pit of my stomach.
I will not cry or show him my fear because he needs me to be strong, he can't be worrying about me at times like this.
Each night after my husband comes home, I sleep for a few hours to wake up in a cold sweat. Seeing him leave makes me feel dread down in the pit of my stomach.
I will not cry or show him my fear because he needs me to be strong, he can't be worrying about me at times like this.