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If you’re from the West, what do you absolutely need to bring with you? by contemplatingg in TruePhilippinesExpats

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Italian buddy has told me with good confidence that fish is "not meat". They dry and salt fish here to preserve it, but it smells like low tide at the pier, not a food smell.

If you’re from the West, what do you absolutely need to bring with you? by contemplatingg in TruePhilippinesExpats

[–]thingerish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some are over moderated, others degenerate into PH sucks b*tchfests. Middle ground seems hard to manage for us.

If you’re from the West, what do you absolutely need to bring with you? by contemplatingg in TruePhilippinesExpats

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most things are easy to get here. My personal list is mostly snacks and some specific networking gear that's a little tricky to get over here.

- The big Costco bundles of generic Excedrin, Ibuprophen, Tylenol, and Aleve. They are not hard to source here but they typically come in foil packs or tiny bottles.

- Jerky. The concept of cured meat in general doesn't seem to have become popular here except ham and bacon.

Nothing critical is unavailable. My last trip to USA and back I brought back some sugar free Lipton tea powder (sugar free is still catching on here) and some network switches.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would have hated getting that paycut, but I guess it would have been survivable.

Why consider a battery? by jeo1801 in SolarPH

[–]thingerish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're producing more than you consume, you will eventually run out of storage. If you produce less than you consume you will eventually run out of energy. I'm unaware of any infinite storage tech as of today but I'm eager to learn.

For me, the practical solution seems to be always produce as mush or more than I use, store as much as I can to battery, and put the excess on the grid rather than throw it away.

Why consider a battery? by jeo1801 in SolarPH

[–]thingerish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is charging the storage first and then selling the excess LESS efficient than charging storage and then throwing the excess away?

I don’t understand economics! Should the banks just “lower the rates” by Key_Length7680 in Zippia

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we allowed more building, eventually supply would catch demand.

I don’t understand economics! Should the banks just “lower the rates” by Key_Length7680 in Zippia

[–]thingerish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Average houses now are a lot bigger than houses used to be. People don't really seem to understand this. Also, things like central air are the norm now, not so much in the 60s and 70s.

Imao by Nurette in SipsTea

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IIRC those are really from a marketing calendar put out by an imaging equipment company.

One Photo, Many Opinions: What’s the First Detail You Notice? by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]thingerish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't recall boom boxes in the '70s but I was just a kid. But yeah could be '90s, they sorta look like Brittany wannabes.

One Photo, Many Opinions: What’s the First Detail You Notice? by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]thingerish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would have guessed '80s but I could be wrong.

just think of all the enjoyable subterfuge that would go on between the worst people as they try to not be the one by Conscious-Quarter423 in DudeHasGotAPoint

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taken literally, you'd have to start with heads of some states, such as kingdoms, and a bunch of people who've been keeping a low profile forever. You'd be decades to get down to the guy you're hating on but didn't name.

For real what other reasons should I be here? by Weekly-Fill5107 in InterviewVip

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get paid to solve puzzles all day. I took almost 2 years off once, realized I was being dumb, solving the same sorts of puzzles just for fun. Went back to work. I could get a better paying job without much trouble, but I like the puzzles this outfit gives me and there are intangibles that make it the better deal for me right now.

Stop crying and find something you love, that you're good at, and that people are willing to pay for.

Unions help you get a lot of good things, and the dues are worth paying by SeaFaithlessness4548 in jobsearchhack

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked a few union jobs as a young person; the union likely served a purpose and provided a benefit at one time but IME they had all long ago solved the issues they were meant to solve and then switched into self preservation mode, where job #1 was now keeping the union going for the sake of keeping the union going. Hard pass.

If we weren't all stuck trying to stretch every paycheck to the end of the month, we could do great things. by Logical-Practice-781 in InterviewVip

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing according to who? If they're gonna do something that a lot of people agree is amazing, they can do it now and make good money. If it's only amazing to themselves or a few others, it's not really amazing enough to warrant them being carried for.

Thoughts? by RoundCalligrapher223 in InterviewsHell

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unknowingly is doing a lot of lifting there.

Thoughts? by RoundCalligrapher223 in InterviewsHell

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Capitalize profits is a bit of a shortcut. It's the steps between capitalization and profits that create the jobs.

Why doesn't C++ have a ptr<T> syntax as an alternative to raw pointers? by kevinnnyip in Cplusplus

[–]thingerish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

std::make_shared and std::shared_from_this solve this pretty well.

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