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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • English may not be their first language.

    Right. If and when I post in French or Spanish or Gaelic on a sub that is more than a language practice, though - in consideration of the reader - I’ll have my stuff checked. It’ll be by an AI, so there’s the hallucination risk, but at least I’ll have it checked. Even grammarly is a train wreck for non-american English, but it’s good for catching the really bad mistakes in English and maybe others.

    I don’t see where someone’s criticizing for writing in a second language. I see where someone is expressing worry about content posted without getting it checked. Do we not want our questions to be read? Do we not want to make it as easy to get an answer as possible?

    Remember when we used to see this?

    1. Search first, ask later. On most forums, there are certain questions that come up again and again. …
    2. Choose wisely. There are many, many forums out there. …
    3. Breathe. …
    4. Write like you made it through grade school. …
    5. Be complete, but concise. … 6.Proofread, then proofread again. …
    6. Ask politely



  • I went to dinner at the house of a friend, and it was him, a computer prodigy; his brother, a roguish dyslexic adhd mechanical genius with a new project and new girl every month (thanks to his Red October Alec Baldwin face); their dad, an optical phenom with a novel method of building massive parabolic mirrors and collapsing telescopes with almost only the gear available in the standard home workshop. Their basement was a mishmash of engines in disrepair, computer stuff in various states of assembly, and plateglass stacks and a torch to heat it up. Their mom was a nurse, and that makes sense.

    The dinner-table conversation was a rolling topic that moved from focus to focus, and was part knowledge-sharing, part discussion on methodology, part ‘this is how I almost died’ and part ‘eat your vegetables and keep that injury clean’. I could barely keep up, but it was absolutely fascinating.




  • The question is, then, if you could, what’s your current diet as a roadie? Given the options available, I predict it’s VERY hard to stick to a diet that’s not only not going to kill you this year, but actually maintains something like health. The options just can’t be there while you’re working on the road.

    Edit: by ‘roadie’, I’ve assumed your job is road crew with a touring rock band or similar touring group. If you work for a regional transportation entity maintaining roads, that’s of course a different kind of roadie. Sorry for the assumption.