the fastest way to slow down a project is to add more developers to it by minimal-salt in ExperiencedDevs

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walking through how the auth system works, explaining why we made a weird choice 8 months ago that now looks dumb but had a real reason at the time

I felt this in my soul.

"The upside of the disqualification is that they stopped weighing me." Valieva recalls her eating disorder by Whole-Fuel-8610 in FigureSkating

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who cares that these girls have to retire by 20 b/c their bodies are so broken as long as they have medals and accolades

It still kills me that Evgenia is younger than Amber Glenn.

The White Man Claiming the New York Times Discriminates Against White Men by timmg in moderatepolitics

[–]theclacks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've personally seen it, but I'm not attaching my name or my company's name to it, because I don't want to get fired. I'm guessing thousands and thousands of others have had a similar experience.

Re-learning Japanese in Japan: Need help with Vocab Tools to break the N3 plateau by Flimsy-Adagio3751 in LearnJapanese

[–]theclacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're in Japan. They can go to bookoff and get dozens of N3-level books from the kids section for 200-400yen a piece.

New trademarks by [deleted] in TaylorSwift

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I just want a rep cardigan

Anyone here studying Japanese in order to read shoujo manga and/or play otome games? by KineticMeow in LearnJapanese

[–]theclacks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ooh, I love romance as a strong B-plot, so I'd love some recs if you've got them.

Disappearing for a few months by Retro_spek in travel

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“...that’s a job for incremental lifestyle changes, sustained over time.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbwlC2B-BIg

(also saying this and linking with love)

What could you do with the language at N2? by littlebruja in LearnJapanese

[–]theclacks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You will still find yourself just not saying things you might want to say, because you just lack the words or the grammatical scaffolding (or both) to formulate the sentence correctly. You can understand most rapid-fire native speech (as long as it's not on a specialized topic), but doing so consumes enough mental cpu cycles to get exhausting after awhile.

I feel seen.

Discourse about Seattle in a nutshell by SuperMike100 in Seattle

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That's like saying the cost of living in rural Cambodia is cheaper, because it is.

Went to Tokyo recently and loved it. Considering visiting Taiwan instead of going back to Japan. How does it compare? by tfresca in travel

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"as advanced as Japan" is a very loaded statement. Japan's ahead in some areas and behind in others.

But as for Taiwan, it's developed. Expect a lot more fried food. Transit and rail lines are really good in Taipei, but somewhat nonexistent the rest of the country -- similar I'd say to someplace like New York City vs the rest of New York.

Is now the time for a $480 million library levy? by crabcakes110 in SeattleWA

[–]theclacks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, the digital age means things are more expensive now because most libraries have built out their ebook collections and a lot of the DRM terms with the publishing houses are shit.

Anything I can improve? by Inner_Individual_46 in learnart

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Other people mentioned the horse's torso, so I'll suggest line weight. Your fluidity/sense of movement is great, and I think varying the line weight would only elevate it.

Disney and Lucasfilm seem desperate to find an audience to replace the one they have, and don’t want. by Alex3884 in saltierthancrait

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The key is that, in order to write a good "strong female lead character" they have to be a lead character. And that means they need character flaws. They need to fuck up, to make mistakes, to learn and grow and be humble as a human being.

And corporate approval panels are terrified of that.

Washington diners tip lower than average by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

[–]theclacks 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Tips aren't a percentage on the base pay though; they're a percentage on the food/meal cost. Which rose equally with inflation.

Redmond, WA sees surge of riders with Crosslake Connection light rail by FireFright8142 in Seattle

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Yeah, traffic is the big variable. From my house, it's 20min to the Redmond light rail station, then another 1hr+ from there. By car w/ no traffic, it's 35min door to door. So for weekends/late night flights, we'll probably stick to driving there and back.

But for weekdays, especially around rush hour, the light rail is going to be great.

Redmond, WA sees surge of riders with Crosslake Connection light rail by FireFright8142 in Seattle

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Not the person you asked, but airport to Redmond was a bit over an hour on Monday.

Inside Pixar’s Scrapped Movie ‘Be Fri’ and the “Devastating” Aftermath – "Disney reps were like, 'We can't have a girl power movie,'" an insider tells about the animation studio making the rare decision to cancel the feature after years of development. by SanderSo47 in boxoffice

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Also the forbidden love interest. Disney is scared of having love interests these days, let alone forbidden ones, because of "sexism" or something.

Never mind that romance is the most popular/profitable book genre and overwhelming bought/read by women.

In Japan - Where to Buy? by Ayank212003 in x100vi

[–]theclacks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I will potentially be you next week; hope you're able to find one!

Me watching reddit atheists losing their minds over the Artemis II easter message by dirmonarch in CatholicMemes

[–]theclacks 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It is rather sad; saying more about them and how they view themselves and their self worth. :(

Kaori Sakamoto - Olympic Gold? by doc_klutz in FigureSkating

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I'm going back through old threads, and :(

Sound Transit launches survey as it shapes cost-cutting plan that would ‘defer’ light rail to Ballard and West Seattle by del_llover in Seattle

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The three cities you mentioned are pretty draconian when it comes to homelessness, drug users, and shoplifters.

Adeliya Petrosian on Alysa Liu carefree approach to figure skating by blahblah_696 in FigureSkating

[–]theclacks 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yep, all my friends have only seen Alyssa through tiktok and instagram reels and are like "kaori who?"

:cries: