Dmian

I’m not saying you should learn a second language, I just wanted to give tips for those wanting to do it. As the previous poster asked how he could keep that language alive, I was just answering to that. A bit surprised at the reaction to mere tips given to learn a language.

Once I learn that language, how do I maintain it?

The way non-English speakers do it: watch content on the internet in that language, listen to podcasts or simply read things written on that language.

The internet it’s a great tool to learn and practice any language if you want to, in the same way that it’s a great way to learn English for the rest of us.

Edit: to be clear, I’m not saying people should learn a second language, I just want to provide tips for those wanting to do it. It saddens me to see such a negative attitude towards learning a second language…

This is one of the best options, specially if you finished studying, or are an older person. You’ll be surrounded by people that share an interest in similar things as you.

“Make more money, faster, at any cost” seems to be the motto of a lot of companies these days… Stockholders are there, waiting for their returns, like hungry hatchlings. And CEOs will do anything to try to keep them happy. This system is shit.

This makes me think it’ll be difficult, and inconvenient to use these type of cards. Companies actually know when you’re misusing an ID (see Apple with Beeper Mini), and act accordingly. Unless there’s a way to play disconnected from the internet (and you don’t update your console), it’ll be a pita to keep these type of card from being blocked.

I guess they learned a lesson from R4… So, they just need to have a DB of IDs tied to IPs. If an ID starts repeating a lot with different IPs (distributed around the world), they can clearly block at will. These kind of developments may be difficult to keep alive, then. Well, caveat emptor, I guess.

This article says these numbers are not correct: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/14/instagram-posts/heres-how-much-kevin-mccallisters-home-alone-shopp/

To be considered: minimum wage in the US in 1990 was $3.80/h, and it’s $7.25/h in 2023, so 1.91 times higher. If $1 of 1990 equals $2.42 of 2023 (because of inflation), minimum wage should be $9.20/h to have the same purchase power as 1990.

This TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sellitlikelyons/video/7305957178521750830 I think?

I hope Nintendo doesn’t implement something that forces you to check every game (including cartridges) against a server, because that will ruin cartridges forever. Or simply remove cartridges in the next console and everything is a digital download. They’re not fans of these kind of devices… :/
Edit: The card looks cool, though…

Exactly.

By the year, I think this was before there was even an App Store (first generation iPhone was launched at the end of June, 2007). Jobs really believed in web apps, but the original iPhone had no power to handle them correctly, and a lot of the APIs that we have now were unthinkable at the time. I was just trying to be funny, really. :P

Steve Jobs in 2007:

The full Safari engine is inside of iPhone. And so, you can write amazing Web 2.0 and Ajax apps that look exactly and behave exactly like apps on the iPhone. And these apps can integrate perfectly with iPhone services. They can make a call, they can send an email, they can look up a location on Google Maps.

And guess what? There’s no SDK that you need! You’ve got everything you need if you know how to write apps using the most modern web standards to write amazing apps for the iPhone today. So developers, we think we’ve got a very sweet story for you. You can begin building your iPhone apps today.

Admit it, the man was a visionary… XDDDDD

Just in case: /s

Seeing at how bad Japanese car manufacturers are at producing good electric cars, and how they may be replaced by Chinese companies, maybe they mean they’ll be bankrupt by 2050… :P

Everyone who’s been listening knows we’re royally screwed. Things are not changing the way they should, so, rough times are ahead of us. It was nice while it lasted. Take care, people.

Works for a week, gets fully covered in coal, gets 5 grams of iron.

I love this guy. He constantly reminds us we live in a privileged era.

I’m pretty sure different countries or regions may have different mechanisms. I’m still amazed at the ability yo move large amounts inside the US, as you have states that almost qualify as tax havens. Guess the US government is not concerned. I still find it interesting.

So, you’re telling me in the US you can move a million dollars in a transaction and no one will bat an eye? Holy money laundering, Batman! :O

Edit: Btw, this reminds me of a guy that was doing crypto transactions from unknown origin (and not huge quantities, in the thousands) and had his accounts frozen by the bank because authorities wanted to investigate where the money was coming from. But I think he was in the UK. I’m amazed that you can move money that easily in the US…

A human would get involved to verify the sale

And probably, more than one. When you start moving large amounts of money, a lot of people start paying attention: banks want to know why you’re taking that money away from their institution, tax agencies want to know if you’re paying the taxes you’re supposed to, and security agencies want to know if everything is legal and you’re not involved in something fishy.

So, if you actually have the money and the transaction is not immediately rejected as an error, you are probably going to be asked a few questions. Unless you’re someone who regularly deals in such things. Bank have ways to detect unusual types of transactions from an account.

If you don’t have the money, it’ll probably just be classified as an error.

If it’s just text (paperback novels), digital. If it has some illustrations, or is a comic or an art book, physical. Same for technical books with diagrams: physical. I don’t have an iPad or a large ebook to appreciate graphic content in the same way as in a physical book. I have no problems reading novels off my phone, on the other hand.

For a working culture where being at the office is important, it’s an major step. We call it “seat warming”, and sometimes it’s a big factor to get a promotion. I know people who got promoted by just being at the office to late hours doing nothing. Maybe this step can convince higher ups that just being there warming your seat is worse than having a good work/home balance, and that productivity won’t get hurt by leaving a bit early.