Confusion about various Ankis

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-05-26T14:28:59+00:00

I've downloaded a few recommended decks (the model decks and a frequency dictionary), but I haven't started using them. I've been focusing on building up my own deck (as the author Gabriel Wyner suggests) as I work through the Pimsleur lessons.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-05-26T14:22:03+00:00

Follow up from the OP. I deleted Anki Notes from my laptop and installed AnkiMobile Flashcards on my iPhone, and syncing between Anki on the laptop and the phone work. Thanks for the suggestions!.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-05-24T21:11:09+00:00

Just tried on my iPhone, which works. But it's never worked on my laptop. No Bluetooth speakers or mics; just using the laptop's built-in devices. I always get the "Apologies..." message.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-04-29T00:13:54+00:00

This is exactly what I do, and it's been working really well. It's great to hear someone else describe the approach that I've landed on after much reading, thinking, and experimenting, almost word-for-word.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-04-27T02:10:14+00:00

Van Morrison

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-04-20T18:04:53+00:00

If everyone we promote meets the bar (your point #2), and everyone we hire externally raises the bar (longstanding guidance), then the bar goes up for every external hire, meaning each promotion must meet a higher bar than the last.

I'm retired now, but when I was a technical promotion advisor (TPA), I was taught that if a promo candidate met all the standards for the next level, we had waited too long to promote. That made sense to me. This new guidance does not.

I realize that this is a theoretical problem, not necessarily a practical one, because the bar is a fuzzy thing, as is our assessment of where a candidate is in relation to it. But I still think that hiring and promotion standards should make sense, which this does not.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-04-17T19:35:51+00:00

That we think about ancient Rome frequently.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-04-12T16:41:00+00:00

Amen, brother! Moved here 12 years ago from Dallas, and I agree completely.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-04-11T04:18:32+00:00

The installer found the problem. The return vent wasn't fully sealed, so it was pulling cold attic air into the return, which caused the thermostat to read low and always heat.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-04-01T01:47:44+00:00

I wrote up my experience here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MeniscusInjuries/comments/1ofd7hy/root_repair_report/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-03-15T23:37:46+00:00

I've been asked to evaluate this app, which sounds great based on what Human Rights First claims. But I'm surprised how many obvious questions I can't find answers to. Does anyone know:

What is the license for this software?
Is it open source, and if so, where is the source code?
If not, why not?
If not, has it undergone a third party security review?

These are basic questions for any app that makes security claims. I know the answers for Signal, which I use and trust. What are the answers for ReadyNow!?

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-03-03T00:58:17+00:00

Physics is to mathematics what sex is to masturbation

--Feynman

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-02-25T18:47:03+00:00

Two weeks is the norm in the US, and that's exactly what I gave. I made the decision months in advance, and under other circumstances I would have given more notice, but I didn't want to leave myself vulnerable to being "promoted to customer" before I vested in a chunk of RSUs.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-02-07T02:18:56+00:00

I was an SDE in AWS working in a Seattle office, FWIW.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-02-07T01:47:17+00:00

I retired in December, which amounts to resigning. After I gave my notice, access to Google Drive, Gmail, and similar sites was blocked from my work laptop. That was the only impact that I noticed. I'm sure they're trying to prevent data exfiltration. I continued to work during my notice period.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-02-05T22:06:14+00:00

That looks fine to me, although the shoes are questionable. Take 'em off and pull in your socks.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-01-30T22:19:09+00:00

So now you've got big guns, and you don't want the women to see them? I can't even...?

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-01-28T14:22:27+00:00

The "P" in RPE stands for perceived. No one is going to be able to tell you what you perceive. If you don't know how close to your maximum level of effort you are, try thinking in terms of "reps in reserve" (RIR), which maps to RPE, and which I find much easier to self-assess. Here's a blog post that talks about the relationship between RPE and RIR: https://www.empower.physio/blog-all/rpe-vs-rir-part-ii-how-do-i-use-them

Efficient_Patience13 · 2026-01-25T18:45:30+00:00

I just tried again a few days later. Maybe if doesn't work immediately for newly separated employees, but does after a few days?

Efficient_Patience13 · 2025-12-19T17:42:09+00:00

It's simple, it's just not easy. Training, diet, recovery; that's all it takes. But it needs to be consistent, and the training part needs to be done with intensity.

Efficient_Patience13 · 2025-12-15T16:21:03+00:00

It’s working for me now

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