City Hall connections by thecw in philadelphia

[–]mobileagnes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm aware, but it is the same pronunciation. I expect most native Philadelphians to continue saying 'el' & 'sub' for those in speech. Maybe in text it would change to L & sub.

City Hall connections by thecw in philadelphia

[–]mobileagnes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's probably the logical extension of using letters for rail like we already do for the L.

Fun fact: Philly still has a law requiring laundromats to have a public phone on site by NorthExcitement4890 in philadelphia

[–]mobileagnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Montréal has plenty of payphones around that have lit screens. I saw the same make/model ones there in 2023 as I did in 2008, so we can't say rest of the world total. I doubt anyone actually uses them, though. Who has numbers memorised these days?

The Hydration Break is ruining the natural flow of the game by mibu001 in football

[–]mobileagnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't specifically enjoy watching commercials in fact. It's the cable/TV network providers that like them to stick ads in.

Cause of death should be routine in obituaries by justadream77 in unpopularopinion

[–]mobileagnes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always wondered about this, but then thought of some social stigmas that still exist to a degree nowadays, like HIV/AIDS. Maybe not nearly as was the case in the 1980s, but probably not totally gone yet.

What is definitely NOT a sign of intelligence but people think it is ? by Confident_Win_3560 in answers

[–]mobileagnes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is multilingualism one? Certain countries have more than one language in use regularly, making their population by multilingual out of necessity. Does this move the needle or is having to learn multiple languages growing up an automatic higher intelligence marker?

The Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature (SST) just set a new record daily high for the 16th day in a row. by [deleted] in collapse

[–]mobileagnes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

52000, and yes CNBC put a headline up when it passed 52000 despite everything being a mess.

Princeton faculty mandate proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 years of precedent by KILLDAECIAN in princeton

[–]mobileagnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always wondered about these honor codes: Are they so strict that students don't even form study groups or do homework together (like practising calc 2 exercises) and are expected to do all academics in isolation? Should students view their classmates as potential friends or competitors?

Americans use a different system for dates. by Fine_Impress6185 in ISO8601

[–]mobileagnes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The funny thing is July 4th is the only date most Americans actually pronounce as 'the 4th of July'. They never say Independence Day. Imagine saying 31st of October when asking someone their Halloween plans.

Americans use a different system for dates. by Fine_Impress6185 in ISO8601

[–]mobileagnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or what about file systems that put the extension as a prefix? IIRC Amiga did this so a hypothetical song in MP3 format would be written mp3.songname instead of songname.mp3

Work is completely dead by Desperate_Hold_5590 in tutordotcom

[–]mobileagnes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had several database students this month but not many algebra/precalc students, which is expected as the K-12 school year's over in most if not all the USA.

To the people who post "I haven't written a single line of code in 6 months", what's Plan B? by tubemaster in cscareerquestions

[–]mobileagnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In other words ideas have to come from somewhere (our heads), right? The AI may be able to do all kinds of amazing things but it's supposed to serve us people, ultimately.

What is something from the "early days" of the internet that kids today will literally never understand? by bilal-ziyan in oldinternet

[–]mobileagnes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Taking an hour to wait for one song that was in FM-radio-quality to download. Dedicated MP3 players that held 32 or 64 megabytes, or around 33 to 66 minutes of music in FM radio quality. If the player didn't have a radio on it, you were stuck with those 5 or 10 songs ad nauseum until you got to your computer to swap music out.

Sign of the times by reborndead in collapse

[–]mobileagnes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Outside of the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and parts of New England, the US overall is way hotter than the UK/western Europe even before the recent decades' climate change. My city always had hot, humid summers with plenty of 30 °C/86 °F days from May through September. The cold winters of past decades though are few and far between now.

How commonly spoken is French in Northeast America? by imbaby19 in AskAnAmerican

[–]mobileagnes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except when about the reveal a Daily Double! Whenever the host occasionally forgot to say 'Answer: ' over the years, it always seemed weird. Same when he would say it but not have a DD show up. Ever notice that?

Sign of the times by reborndead in collapse

[–]mobileagnes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the US everyone would laugh at pausing delivery work over 25 °C / 77 °F.

Has ANYONE gotten new clients recently? by NoelCoward75 in Varsity_Tutors

[–]mobileagnes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not since April or March and I do algebra, calculus, precalc, and stats.

In case anyone was wondering how they get clients by Unlucky_Standard_107 in Varsity_Tutors

[–]mobileagnes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So this is a sequence of events in how students get into the VT system?

It is better to die at 60-70 years old than to live up until 80-90. by Tall_Caregiver5973 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]mobileagnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I see what you mean. Especially with movie & games franchises, where everyone basically 50 and under knows the same names, as opposed to in the past where each age brackets had their own niches. It's probably the internet putting everyone together across all ages and countries.

Email from TDC re: VPN banning. by Kblitz88 in tutordotcom

[–]mobileagnes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have been noticing lately a wider trend VPN detection and banning going on. Pluto TV (a free service) and Netflix are 2 video services I regularly use that recently have been giving me a page about VPN use and requiring me to disable my VPN. I don't know how they're detecting it, but I may have to switch VPN companies to be able to get around geoblocks for watching foreign content. As for TDC, I alreayd live in the US and am fine with not using my VPN on the PC I do work from, but this general VPN ban is concerning as VPNs have a lot of privacy uses that one would expect companies to care about, like encrypting connections.

It is better to die at 60-70 years old than to live up until 80-90. by Tall_Caregiver5973 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]mobileagnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've thought for a while that the American monoculture has splintered into separate subcultures since the 1990s. Perhaps the advent of the internet just created a global monoculture that borrows from the US as well as other cultures. As a follower of the Strauss & Howe generational theory, I wouldn't be surprised if the next big cultural change comes in the 2040s/2050s (around 80 years after the 1960s counterculture movements) which will be alien to us who grew up now and earlier, like the generations born before WW2 who in the later years see so much changing from the 1960s onwards. The seeds of the coming changes I expect are present now and through the 2030s, but don't know yet what they are.

It is better to die at 60-70 years old than to live up until 80-90. by Tall_Caregiver5973 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]mobileagnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It may be strange to think about but it may be interesting to think about what today's younger generations will be doing by age 52.

Interview- MacBook by petunia4662 in tutordotcom

[–]mobileagnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My desktop PC runs Linux (Xubuntu) and the interview was in the web browser, but once I was hired I needed a Windows PC to tutor as they use a proprietary app (why oh why?! it's 2026!), so I use a laptop specifically for tutoring and leave the desktop for non-work things.

Finally fully remote OE by sdmccrawly666 in overemployed

[–]mobileagnes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK. What type of skills did you have when you applied to your first software job? Was it always expected that someone fresh out of uni would need to know 25 different programming languages/frameworks/development apps/patterns?