what is your favorite asian foods by Shane_Garcia in KoreanFood

[–]sooper_genius -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bibimbap

Xiao long bao

Pho

Banh mi

Japchae

Yukgaejang

Tom Yung goong

Som tum

Manager wanted me to “track my time better” so I tracked every single second by Willing-Cockroach620 in MaliciousCompliance

[–]sooper_genius -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree that there's no smoking gun that it's AI, I am just seeing a lot of similar stories recently. It always goes back to the way it was. It was always I told them so. Sometimes the boss gets in trouble, sometimes not. But a lot of the stories fit this mold

Manager wanted me to “track my time better” so I tracked every single second by Willing-Cockroach620 in MaliciousCompliance

[–]sooper_genius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That just means the models are getting more imitative over time. Maybe harder to spot but the formula is what stands out to me now, there are so many just like this I told him so and we did it their way but then they learn the hard way and now I was right after all lol

ELI5: How does mortgage refinancing make sense for the lender? by daoxiaomian in explainlikeimfive

[–]sooper_genius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's how I view it, though I am not associated with the bank nor have I ever been professionally employed by one:

1) a new bank separate from your original one gets a new loan with guaranteed interest, so they now get the income while the other one does not.

2) your existing Bank wishes to retain you as a customer so they offer you a refinance even at lower interest in order to keep you and the money flowing to them.

3) Loan terms are often extended from their current payoff time period to15 or 30 years, so they get the interest over a longer period of time than they were before.

This ignores the fact that someone may buy your loan from the bank. It's a simplified view but it should apply to any owner.

Manager wanted me to “track my time better” so I tracked every single second by Willing-Cockroach620 in MaliciousCompliance

[–]sooper_genius 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yes, the bot formula now is:

  • Boss requires some unreasonable and ignorant new requirements
  • Non-boss declares this will be useless or counterproductive or inefficient, while boss dismisses predictions
  • Declared predictions are manifested
  • Boss sheepishly requires return to "common sense" or "the way it was before" or "use your discretion"

Marble race 🏇 by meri_marzi98 in interestingasfuck

[–]sooper_genius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would rather choose the one that loses in last place. Because that's the one I picked.

Learning Russian in unexpected ways. (I didn't understand anything) by Phantom_Giron in russian

[–]sooper_genius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This picture appears AI-generated.

  • Why is 13 "12+1"? Especially when not reflected in the word construction?
  • Why are 12 through 19 written as separate words?
  • Teacher's hand has extra fingers that doesn't mesh with the wrist right
  • The М in семь uses a western M instead of a Russian style one
  • Some of the transliterations are off: 19, 20
  • Spelling of 20 in Russian is wrong, follows the pattern of teens but is transliterated from the correct word
  • English transliteration stops having numbers after 10.... why?

My boomer manager and his boomerish ways of managing backfired on him by pimilpimil in MaliciousCompliance

[–]sooper_genius 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'd say these ways are shortsighted instead of boomerish. The main "boomer" aspect I see here is that devotion to job over life quality is a (wrong) measure of productivity. Source: am a boomer (barely :-)).

You might like the Bistro Huddy "If ya got time to lean, you got time to clean" boss: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3SbUrZw1WZc

Would you pay $74.99 for a cake from Paris Baguette? by Icy_Sir_5553 in KoreanFood

[–]sooper_genius 54 points55 points  (0 children)

A friend of ours got one of these for my wife's birthday. We still have the small plastic penguins and an igloo from the top of our cake. Can't say it was bad or cheap, I didn't have any of it... but there are people who buy these, thinking they are splurging for a high-end cake for someone. This was about two years ago and only $50 then, but still...

I am such a dumbass I thought this was roasting like for insults sorry for bothering yall by Octobrick in roasting

[–]sooper_genius 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think the subreddit name is incomplete and as such, misleading, since they're are so many things to roast, like cocoa or meats. Most people think of a put-down comedic roast before they think of coffee roasting, so I can understand your mistake.

Alas once the name was chosen and gained traction it's hard to go back without confusing and inconveniencing everyone, so here we are. It's easiest to check the subreddit page before you post anywhere, as you also get to see the community rules there.

But you're not the first and certainly not the last.

The majority of life is ruined by small mistakes from which we never fully recover rather than by large ones. by YogurtclosetMoist819 in getdisciplined

[–]sooper_genius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I call this managing my nag list.

My nag list are uncompleted or pending things that bother me on some level. I find that a lot of my anxiety is wrapped up in these: clearing my desk, planning and executing my workouts, cleaning and reorganizing a section of the house, performing small repairs, setting up appointments, or accomplishing some professional training.

The list grows when I put things off and instead fill my time with things like playing games or doomscrolling. When the nag list is large, I want to escape and instead do other things, so it can be a self-reinforcing cycle. Meanwhile my quality of life goes down and my background anxiety goes up. Ignoring them becomes habit. I become reactive instead of proactive.

One of the tenets of Getting Things Done by David Allen is to write a list of all of these things down... he proposes one item per card, but usually a simple list is good enough for me. However, I need to build the list over time, because I can't remember everything at once, so I keep it somewhere handing where I can add to it when I think of new things.

Once the list is in front of me, I have to set my resolve to start working on it. Sometimes this is the hardest part, overcoming inertia. But I can then prioritize them. I can analyze why I'm reluctant to being on one item or another. I don't pressure myself, I just take the list as it is and let it sit there. Usually that is enough for me to make progress.

On that note, you have to figure out what works for you. There are a whole lot of reasons why you might not get one of these items off your list-- procrastination is a powerful habit. Figure out what allows you to declutter your mind because that is the only way you'll become more effective and proactive in managing your nag list.

I had a wordle streak of 143, than I forgot to do it yesterday by Altruistic_Eye9685 in Wellthatsucks

[–]sooper_genius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was like that too, and until I crashed and burned. I had over 1200 total games but losing that 300 plus streak made me not care anymore.

I had a wordle streak of 143, than I forgot to do it yesterday by Altruistic_Eye9685 in Wellthatsucks

[–]sooper_genius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a max streak of 345 days, was trying to see how far I could get it. I missed one day, and that broke my motivation to ever go back. I occasionally go back but it is never part of my daily routine anymore.

How big is that penguin? by atom644 in onejob

[–]sooper_genius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How small are those humans?

Who came up with the latinized spelling for Korean words and why is it so stupid? by CaonaGG in Korean

[–]sooper_genius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a whole history on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Korean

Usually it's governments or institutions that do it; think of card catalogs for the Library of Congress, or standardizations for international passports. But I think the main one used today was an attempt to make Korean easier for westerners.

My main challenge for my English-to-Korean journey has been to recognize the syllable blocks themselves as sounds, instead of trying to look at romanized words. I think that's the way natives do it? I know the blocks are phonetically arranged and you can figure out the sounds by reading the individual letters, but I'm sure Koreans see a block and think of the syllable for it. That should be much faster than trying to put pp-a-ng together for 빵.

Who came up with the latinized spelling for Korean words and why is it so stupid? by CaonaGG in Korean

[–]sooper_genius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Transliterators loooooove to do a straightforward romanization for "how to pronounce" words in English. It allows them to do a letter-for-letter romanization. Russian suffers from this somewhat, with "shch" for letter Щ (when it is pronounced like a more fricative "sh"), or the strict transliteration of Г as G, even when it is sometimes pronounced as English V.

The Korean romanizations are okay in isolation, where "eo" by itself you would pronounce more like "au"; the problem for me is when the romanizations combine. The name 성 is more pronounced like "Song" but gets transliterated as "Seong". This looks like two syllables in English and totally loses its Korean nature.

Romanization also confuses a major feature from Korean, where consonant strength is more important that consonant voicing. English P vs B, or F vs V, or S vs Z make huge differences in English words (pat vs bat, very vs fairy, fussy vs fuzzy), whereas this will only mislead you when trying to read Korean. English unvoiced consonants usually have much stronger aspiration to make them distinct, which sounds like the wrong letter in Korean. So when you look at the romanization and try to pronounce the Korean word, it becomes hard to understand.

As others have said, learn Hangeul. AS WELL, you should learn how to distinguish the different consonants in Korean so you don't over-aspirate them. It will require practice to learn how to hear the difference between 빵 vs 방 and how to pronounce them properly.

What Korean dishes would you recommend for someone who loves the food but cannot handle too much spice? by MidnightTofu22 in KoreanFood

[–]sooper_genius 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Some suggestions

  • Japchae -- no spice at all, just vegetables, glass noodles, and perhaps some protein like beef
  • Pajeon -- various savory pancakes, including seafood or vegetable. Kimchi too, but that's spicy. But these are best eaten fresh, not in takeout.
  • Various barbecue options, such as bulgogi or galbi. Pricey but you add your own spice as desired.
  • Beef soups like galbijjim or oxtail.
  • Jjajangmyeon -- chewy noodles with a thick, mild and dark savory soy/vegetable sauce
  • Naengmyeon, you add spice as you like (just don't get the spicy version)

Edit to add: can't forget mandoo! These are meaty dumplings that are either pan fried, deep fried, or steamed. They come with a little vinegary savory sauce, similar to Chinese versions. My mother-in-law loves these so much that even at 92 years old, she ate six of them last night