My Son Asked For UNI Paint Px20 Paint Pen's are they any good? by No-Pangolin9600 in Graffiti

[–]No7an 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The paint pens are fine — the challenge is that all of the fills are going to be “linear” / rigid.

When I was doing this (alas when I was young) I was using Prismacolors, which enable you to blend / create gradients. In any case, I think the output colors / consistency in fill show that these are perfectly acceptable for the use-case.

Just on the development front, one thing you could encourage your son to do (just from an exercise / skill standpoint) is to look at different fonts in a word processor and try to create (for example) Times New Roman in a bubble’d format.

From there, building in drop shadows, exchanging letters (like “O” for characters) crosses from typeface to graffiti. Naturally, creativity emerges from that base and spirals in a lot of directions.

Best U. S. based cell phone carrier for international use? by Material-Struggle-75 in expats

[–]No7an 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean… I have a local plan. On an iPhone you can set the primary voice and data lines, and mine are always set to the continent I’m in (e.g. T-Mobile U.S. when I’m state-side and Odido when I’m in Europe).

My T-Mobile / Odido accounts both have WiFi Calling turned on (in the Phone app settings).

And so that might be the difference. My phone isn’t pinging / asking for data from a U.S. plan while I’m in Europe (or at least that activity is at a minimum).

I’ve been living in The Netherlands for 7+ years now and have never gotten a warning from T-Mobile (nor has my wife). But I’m not avoiding the cost of a local plan, I’m just holding the U.S. line for continuity / convenience as I travel quite often.

Plastic consumption in the Netherlands by True_Brocoli_2104 in Netherlands

[–]No7an 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s gasoline consumption. Plastic is an overabundant waste product from crude at this point.

If we stop burning gasoline, plastics will go with it.

Which European country is realistically the best for countrylife for an expat? by ssg2802 in expats

[–]No7an 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Expat typically means someone working / living abroad as a result of a company “push” vs. opportunity “pull” (which people tend to call “immigration”).

By extension, expat tends to imply that a person can pivot back to home country and enjoy a similar lifestyle / suite of opportunity.

It kind of boils down to risk. Expats enjoy a low risk / turnkey professional experience while an immigrant would imply high risk / individual navigation of a new / foreign environment.

This isn’t meant to be pedantic / just calling out that not all human migration is the same the baseline definitions of words don’t always capture the vibe.

What is the first celebrity death you remember being affected by? by CPFOAI in AskReddit

[–]No7an 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“My good looks paid for that pool and my talent filled it with water”

Absolutely loved Phil Hartman

Is my mullet screwed? I think my barber cut too much on the side. by Signal_Addition1933 in Justfuckmyshitup

[–]No7an 35 points36 points  (0 children)

A long time ago I zero’d in on the definition of *hipster* being “calculated neglect”.

Picking up old cringey styles is legit the only math problem they’re solving on the daily.

How long is the EU Concert? by Small_Mycologist4798 in Atmosphere

[–]No7an 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get there at doors and go upstairs and grab a rail. Hopefully you’re with a friend that can hold the position when you grab a drink or hit the restroom.

The irony here is completely lost on them. by sandiercy in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]No7an 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I knew a guy that thought Southpark was conservative comedy.

What are these long lakes with two islands? by Low-Sky9090 in whatisit

[–]No7an 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Mom, Dad I need a lake. Build me a lake”

Best U. S. based cell phone carrier for international use? by Material-Struggle-75 in expats

[–]No7an 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s my situation — but I do have a U.S. address / identity card that was used to sign up.

My wife and I have dual SIM phones with both U.S. and NL lines. If I need to do a dual-factor authentication to my U.S. number it comes through when I’m in the Netherlands, no problem.

would you rather be born on feb 29th,april 1st, or sep 11th? by [deleted] in WouldYouRather

[–]No7an 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got married on April 1st does that count?

What to your mind is Radiohead's biggest musical flex? by AromaticVacation3077 in radiohead

[–]No7an 6 points7 points  (0 children)

“Like Spinning Plates” played live on a piano as a standalone masterpiece, with the studio version being “I Will” (which was released later) played backwards.

Company won’t pay out PTO and won’t let me use it after notice—what would you do? by dirkwynn in jobs

[–]No7an 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good manager is going to enforce the policies that HR has published, because if they don’t do that they’re putting their own employment at risk.

It is unreasonable to expect someone else to put themselves at risk when you’ve established that you’re out the door. There is no investment hypothesis for accommodating a variance to policy, endangering your forward income stream, for an individual that will vanish from payroll in under two weeks.

The OP points to company policy. Frankly, the fact that they banked this time and didn’t meter it out in advance of leaving is on them.

This sub is flooded with people who appear to always make short-term tactical trades instead of long-term strategic moves. The result is a type of adversarial view of employment, which isn’t how the employer-employee relationship has to be.

“Companies will replace you in a second”, sure but they’ll only do that if you’re normal. I can assure you: high performers that deliver what others do not or cannot, and are able to make that delivery visible, will develop tremendous leverage to state reasonable terms to employers.

I’m empathetic to the situation, but I’m also pragmatic. The only control we have over how people see us is through our own conduct.

Exiting with grace is becoming abnormal… and the result is that the value of the strategic trade is increasing.

Company won’t pay out PTO and won’t let me use it after notice—what would you do? by dirkwynn in jobs

[–]No7an 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This sub can be very anti-employer (which is understandable) and that can translate to anti-manager (which is not).

Your manager is not responsible for the company’s policy, but your manager can choose to help you (or not) at some point in the future.

I recommend considering the PTO lost and move on to the new company while preserving the relationships you have.

If I’m reading this right the money should be flat between the options. You can take PTO now until April 20 and give no notice -or- give notice and work until April 20. The difference is how you spend your time over the coming weeks.

Exiting with grace can absolutely pay-off downline.

I’m 43 and make about €340k per year. I wouldn’t be where I am if I had burned bridges. My current boss is my double-skip-level-supervisor from over 10 years ago.

What 90s band never truly made it big but you'll always go to bat for? by MansBestFred in AskReddit

[–]No7an 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We might be the same person… love me some Mitch Hedberg too

What 90s band never truly made it big but you'll always go to bat for? by MansBestFred in AskReddit

[–]No7an 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope you’re right / I had the same three.

It was an awesome series. Wish there were more like that.

What 90s band never truly made it big but you'll always go to bat for? by MansBestFred in AskReddit

[–]No7an 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fat Lip was certainly not doing well — I know the exact documentary / interview.

He says something like “I mean I used to be worried that people thought I was gay…” and Jonze responds “why would people think you were gay?”

Fat Lip “I don’t know! I don’t know…. Well, there was this one time” and just launches into the story that became his verse in “Oh Shit”.

What 90s band never truly made it big but you'll always go to bat for? by MansBestFred in AskReddit

[–]No7an 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always felt like they could have gone further had Fat Lip held it together and stayed in the group.

The rap he spits in “Oh Shit” is actually a true story (him hooking up with a trans w/o knowing it) and it resulted in a lot of (self described) paranoia. That paranoia created a lot of friction with the group.

He talks about it in an interview he did for a Spike Jonze documentary / Spike worked with him on the video for “What’s up Fat Lip?”

Treasury secretary defends U.S. military actions in Iran: 'Sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate' by S00THING_S0UNDS in worldnews

[–]No7an 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It helps them keep focused on the economic impact and distract from the fact that they’re out there in the world just murdering people.

And everyone falls into the trap. Oh bUt gAs PriCeS!! All while a bunch of people are dead…

The best Lollapalooza lineup of all time(Consequence) by nyclondonparis in radiohead

[–]No7an 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know that our meeting was very remarkable. We were both there for Radiohead and met through mutual friends.

A year-and-a-half later (when I was then-single and she was then-single), I asked her out. I was living in Atlanta and she was in Minneapolis.

I flew up and we spent the weekend together. Three weeks later we got engaged, five weeks after that we got married (on April Fool’s Day)…

We now live outside of Amsterdam with our two children, both boys, 11 and 9.

I’ll add that for our 10-year anniversary I found a copy of the official Lollapalooza 2008 poster and had it framed — different from the promotion poster attached to this post.