spauldo

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[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My father is barely literate and has been a trucker for over 30 years.

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 39 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The example you've given is likely not a problem with reading comprehension but obliviousness. I read and understand things very well (I have to read and correct engineering drawings and schematics and implement them), but I simply don't notice a lot of what goes on around me.

My suggestion for that is any job that doesn't require safety, physical team labor, or security.

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Have you tried burping and jumping up and down?

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

A lot smaller?

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's can't in the sense of "I can't eat another bite." Yes, until your stomach bursts and you die, you can eat another bite, but everyone understands what you mean.

I can't watch YouTube with ads. The "without forcing myself" is implied.

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's also horribly inconsistent, poorly designed, and mostly a money grab. So it fits.

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Alt-x shell-mode

There you go.

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I hate that logo. I glanced at the subject and thought the X Window System was standardizing remote audio over the X protocol.

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

A1: Sure, but why would we want to?

A2: Yes, it's :q![Enter]emacs[Enter]

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

It has one. It's called evil-mode.

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

This is how you wind up with toilet paper in your trees and eggs all over your house.

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

It's difficult to eliminate the use of electricity, although generally you'd have them on a battery backup.

Internet is required to contact the fire department or other emergency center (these panels tend to do more than just fire). Used to be just phone lines using a touch tone code, but phone lines are going away. They're pushing hard for cloud solutions now for security panels - I imagine fire will go that way soon enough.

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