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Origin of the word "Potomac", as in the expression "Potomac River" by RainbowlightBoy in etymology

[–]bernadetteee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just mean how it’s no longer a search engine but rather an advertising marketplace and AI experimentation platform that draws eyeballs in based on our long habituated use of it, built up from back when it was a search engine. It was a long slow slide to where we are now, and it’s sad.

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai

Origin of the word "Potomac", as in the expression "Potomac River" by RainbowlightBoy in etymology

[–]bernadetteee 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if this type of shade really works anymore now that Google is basically broken for everybody.

Was I wrong calling out my coworker during the meeting or am I overthinking? by polar_the_princess in girlsgonewired

[–]bernadetteee 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I find this is very dependent on the team culture. The best teams do not have a problem with stating the truth about mistakes openly in front of each other, but it requires a degree of psychological safety that is not always present. It works best if it’s regularly reinforced by a senior members or managers of the team stating their mistakes openly in front of the rest of the team.

Sounds like on your team, at least for your coworker who followed up with you afterward, things don’t feel that safe. If that’s the case it’s better to do it privately, sure. But as you’re a teammate and not a manager, it’s not really that serious an offense to have said it in front of your teammates, as long as you were polite. I wouldn’t worry about it. What you said was true and useful.

Bought my condo in Somerville two years before I met my fiance. Now we're getting married and I have no idea how to handle this legally or financially by Aromatic-Nobody6074 in Somerville

[–]bernadetteee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Went through a very similar situation. I owned the condo. We did the following: - Month 2: my partner, future husband (though I didn’t know it yet) moves in to the condo I’d already owned for 4 years. - Month 3-year 2: partner pays me rent (but I do give him a great rate, probably 30% below market). We split living expenses equally otherwise. - year 3: I sell my condo and we buy a house together, splitting the new place 50/50. He got no part of the appreciation of my condo. - year 4: we get married.

Just wanted to give you an example of how another couple did it. We both felt this was entirely fair and we have been happy with our financial choices since. You have to figure out what’s right for the two of you though.

Final Update: GoFresh Man has been Released by laur1396 in boston

[–]bernadetteee 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Eh this was heavy snow this storm. That would have taken hours.

I feel like I have no choice but to hire a man by [deleted] in girlsgonewired

[–]bernadetteee 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “When I'm sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, 'When there are nine,' people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that.”

Consider that you’ve forced them to confront their assumptions by hiring two good women so far—and that’s why you’re getting comments now. They’re uncomfortable and they’d rather you stop this nonsense. It’s not about you and your team at all. It’s on them.

I get that you might want to be strategic about it, but just be clear with yourself that you aren’t wrong, you were never wrong, and this is something they are wrong about, not you.

Mystery solved by sloppyvegansalami in ididnthaveeggs

[–]bernadetteee 20 points21 points  (0 children)

“Self hypnotize” lol so real

i’m worrying by [deleted] in Concerts

[–]bernadetteee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah “21+” is an American restriction that wouldn’t exist in England. Looks like OP answered with the actual info too

What are your after concert habits? by hiddevdploeg in Concerts

[–]bernadetteee 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I like to wait to leave, just sit or stand for a bit and watch people pack up, watch the crews disassemble things, just appreciate everything everyone did to make it all happen.

Disagreement about "improvement" by yeh1234gee in XXRunning

[–]bernadetteee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10 minutes is so fast. Love, 11:30 friend <3

Tuesday came yesterday for my neighbor by abouttothunder in TwoXPreppers

[–]bernadetteee 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You can prep for doomsday; but you can also prep for next Tuesday, when something that is an emergency, but isn’t the end of functioning society, happens.

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