On the one hand, I agree with a lot of what Sabine has presented here. But on the other hand, that email is sus AF… It proves her point perfectly and there’s absolutely no way to verify it. I have to assume that it was written by/for her when weighting it as evidence, as a non-institutional email could have come from literally anyone.
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Lol yeah I agree. It felt like just a literal read of the translation. Fun to poke at, but subtext is not its forte… So definitely more along the lines of “every accusation is a confession.”
I was interested in the German phrase, so I used an LLM to translate the meaning and see what we get. I landed on the following example scenario to convey what I think you mean when you use it in response to the article.
“”" German citizen: “I always vote for the party that promises to reduce taxes and increase funding for infrastructure. Was ich denk und tu, trau ich andern zu - I assume most people share my political views and priorities.” This reflects an assumption that their personal political leanings are widely held, without acknowledging diverse ideological perspectives. “”"
Is this on base with what you meant? Or is it more like the Every Accusation/Confession thing?
Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Not exactly what you’re looking for, but it came straight to mind. There’s conflict, but it’s primarily internal. The vibe I remember is reminiscent of your description.
Sometimes one needs to sit at the bottom of a well.
Devil’s always in the details.
The worst is when they install bike infrastructure that will just randomly end and dump you onto a busy street, and then complain no one is using the fancy new bike lanes…
The text OP provided explains that. It’s a percentage of total linux users, not a percentage of computer users in that country.
What are you basing that on? And is it a meaningful distinction? Bombs sure as hell don’t discriminate based on politics…
Missing a ‘w’ or a comma.
I mean, the graph doesn’t fo a good job of showing it, but it looks like there are around 50% more users now compared to June.
Not to ruin the joke or anything, but 100% there is Mexican food in Japan.
Shireen Abu Akleh. There’s a video showing what happened leading up to her death.
So much sass. Lol
How is work-life balance measured? Is this self-reported data? What does the percentage mean?
From their website:
“”" Life-work balance is an evolving definition, describing how we juggle our personal lives alongside the demands of our careers. Remote has coined the term to describe the increasing trend of people putting life first and work second.
Strong life-work balance extends beyond the ability to work from home. Measuring life-work balance with accuracy considers a number of the most important impacting factors ranging from payment rate to inclusivity. Putting Europe to the test, we conducted an index data analysis to reveal the top countries to live and work across the old continent. Would you consider a move abroad in search of a greater balance between your personal life and career?
The European Life-Work Balance Index assesses focuses on the countries situated in Europe, ranking the quality of life-work balance across each nation. The index considers a variety of vital factors including:
Healthcare
Minimum wage
Maternity leave
Statutory annual leave
Sick pay
Overall happiness levels
Average working hours
LGBTQ+ inclusivity
“”"
Kind of arbitrary set of data to be calling a work life balance index, but what do I know…
If you take out ‘unparalleled’, the sentence “Hidden meaning transforms unparalleled abstract beauty” makes sense… Generating a sentence from random buzz-words doesn’t make it meaningless…
For those downvoting: imagine you look at an abstract painting. It’s beautiful, but you don’t know what it is. Then someone tells you it’s a vulva. Now you can’t unsee it. The abstract beauty has been transformed by hidden meaning…
The same goes for “thoughts can influence physical objects.” If they couldn’t, you wouldn’t be able to move your hand to scratch your ass when it gets itchy.
I know what they are trying to say with these sentences and would absolutely get the answers right on their test. But I would get them right because I know what they want for an answer. This is sloppy research, and the correlation between intelligence and correct answers on their test is very likely due to theory of mind and meta-cognitive reasoning…
This article is pseudo-profound bullshit.