Today I learned the highest point in the Netherlands is Mount Scenery, which lies in the Caribbean, and is 887m high at its peak.
What have you learned today?
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Today I learned the Netherlands is in the Caribbean (kidding.)
On July 26, 1184, Henry VI, King of Germany, held court at Petersberg Citadel in Erfurt. The combined weight of the assembled nobles caused the wooden second story floor of the building to collapse and most of them fell through into the latrine cesspit below, where about 60 of them drowned in liquid shit.
It's called the Erfurter Latrinensturz, tho I prefer calling it Die Ausgleichende Gerechtigkeit
It's called the Erfurter Latrinensturz, tho I prefer calling it Die Ausgleichende Gerechtigkeit
Guy Fawkes was claimed to be the only man to enter Parliament with honest intentions. I'd say that Petersberg Citadel was the only parliament to be honest about its inhabitants.
Never heard Gary Oldman's real accent till last week when he was on a local interview. Was surprised to hear he is an extremely humble, softly spoken guy with a working-class London accent, more like an adorable kind uncle really. And that he directed Nil by Mouth which was a passion project he still is paying back these days.
Didn't really know where to post this, so "today I learned" science can suck the fun out of super power fantasies.
Well...I'm not smart, but this seems like a pretty big deal, and I absolutely love the guy they got to explain it.
Gen Z workers are not tech-savvy in the workplace – and it's a growing problem
Gen Z may have grown up with instant access to information, and an affinity with digital devices, that older generations had to learn. But that has led to a widespread presumption that they're therefore innately good with tech.
www.worklife.news
I guess my question would be, what the hell are schools teaching if the ones that grew up around the most technology aren't learning what’s apparently needed.
Also cause, meet effect -
We Are Not Prepared for the Coming Surge of Babies
The post-Roe rise in births in the U.S. will be concentrated in some of the worst states for infant and maternal health. Plans to improve these outcomes are staggeringly thin.
www.theatlantic.com
I had the crazy thought that affordable access to BC for women would be preferable to a bunch of innocent suffering, but that’s probably ironically sacrilegious or something.
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Oki, just wow, is really baffling how nobody bothered to vet Gabbard before she got into any power. Like, it's a known thing that anyone running for office has their whole past combed through for dirt to use against them in elections, usually prioritised over promoting any helpful policy too. But not even the republican press bothered! Wtf? The only way I can see that making sense is they saw that her dodgy (still relevant) connections with an anti-gay cult actually kinda lines up more neatly with their own grievances and ideology so saw her as a useful chip to cash in later.
Making scrambled egg in the microwave. Game changer.
My uncle showed me that in the '90s. Haven't scrambled an egg since, Granted, I don't scramble them often, but when I do, microwave.
Absolutely! All that messing about in a pan?! No thanks! Beep beep boop, brrrrrrrrrrr, eggs are done!
I was so expecting them to say the pilots wore scarves so they could wipe their arses if they had a shit attack.
Okay, a few things to unpack here. Just because you grow up using a technology doesn’t mean you understand their inner workings unless you make an effort to learn them. Plenty of people can use a computer, most of them cannot fix themGen Z workers are not tech-savvy in the workplace – and it's a growing problem
Gen Z may have grown up with instant access to information, and an affinity with digital devices, that older generations had to learn. But that has led to a widespread presumption that they're therefore innately good with tech.
I guess my question would be, what the hell are schools teaching if the ones that grew up around the most technology aren't learning what’s apparently needed.
Second of all, technical problems on corporate devices aren’t the end users responsibility to fix and even if they can, group policy settings and basic IT security will mean that they can’t. And expecting them to is asinine when whole sections exist to provide that function and business continuity.
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Additional tip, cook the eggs to a point where there is still a little bit - need to eyeball it cos it varies on how many eggs were used - of uncooked egg and stir around the rest of the cooked bit through that, allowing the residual heat to cook the rest of the egg. And voila! Creamy and delicious microwave scrambled eggs.
Learning what shit does and how to use it is generally the easy bit. Understanding how it does it all is when things can get really complicated. You don't need to know that heat (and light) are the by-products electrical resistance (let alone the actual formula for the conversion) to use an electric kettle. You don't need to understand how internal combustion works to drive a car. How many people can even explain what a semi-conductor is? Yet we get into all sorts of issues when there's a shortage of the buggers.
IT sections take a very dim view of people trying to fix things themselves as it almost invariably ends up taking them more time to sort things out than if they'd be handed the problem in the first place... OTOH, less of the IT section acting like utter cockdrops over every single matter would also help.
I agree; like you’re there to help the person. Be helpful, and maybe remember that they may not know how to repair a Word install or map a network drive as you do. But I’d bet dollars to donuts that if you tried doing their job, you’d be fucked.
As it were.
You can alway guess which IT goblin is gonna end up running the show if they stay long enough.
The article didn’t articulate very well as to where on the scale of tech savviness Gen Z is actually, and where are they expected to be. It mentions them growing up with technology that older generations “had to learn” by contrast, but the point still stands why they aren’t learning or even being taught what is apparently considered adequate is kind of baffling. While it’s unreasonable one should expect every Gen Z’er to innately know specialized IT training more than older peers, the problem sounds more fundamental than that.
Ever tried a tablespoon or so of mayonnaise? Hellmann’s even has a vegan option that makes eggs nice and fluffy. Not sure how much results would vary when microwaving, or if the fluffiness would perhaps be compounded. Might give it a whirl.