Even better: "I heard there are general problems with Outlook for everyone in the company, but I'm not getting any e-mails."
Even better: "I heard there are general problems with Outlook for everyone in the company, but I'm not getting any e-mails."
I always use the right mouse button, even if I want to use the default action for dragging (i.e. moving when dragging to another folder on the same drive; copying when dragging to another drive). Windows automatically expands a folder if you hover over it for a second. If I don't use the right mouse button, I often…
So very, very useful. Especially the delay when installing extensions. Thanks for this post, Whitson!
You could also go all the way and take the map that Atrus' grandfather drew:
I haven't tested Types yet, but I have found this option in Windows to be a bit annoying. You can't change multiple file types at once, and every time you change one file type the whole list reloads, which for some reason goes very slowly. I'm definitely going to give Types a try.
One thing that nobody (that I know) seems to do except me: you can change the lock difficulty. By default it's a 3x3 grid, but you can change it to 6x6 and i think even 9x9. Friends who want to unlock my phone for fun immediately go 'whoooooow what's that dude!' and give up before even trying.
Exactly. I work on the second floor and am almost always faster than my colleagues who use the elevator. That is not true for four floors or more, but the difference isn't that big.
Point taken. I remember having to put the book down every few pages and do something else.
Isn't that kind of the point? The footnotes serve to make the whole book a maze—literally so in one passage where there are three or four spanning multiple pages, upside down, along the margins, with only a tiny box of regular text somewhere in the middle. Lots of the footnotes are just references to (often…
The 'history of names and dates' has largely been written. There's actually very few historians still doing that kind of stuff. If we're doing research on individuals, these days it's largely 'filling the gaps': researching newly released sources etc. Most historic research nowadays is either what Turchin describes…
Exactly. I don't really understand what the fuzz is about. We've been doing this for years.
Don't forget that there might be other factors involved, e.g. shitty management. Mine has a severe case of toddler behavior. Nobody here really cares about the customers anymore. (I want to elaborate but am on my worplace right now so that may not be the best idea.)
Your explanation is the real world explanation, whereas the 'artist's interpretation' bit is the in-universe explanation. So yeah, I probably shouldn't worry so much. But still, Myst V angers me. Without explanation you start off in K'veer, you wander around a bit, you're teleported to the surface for no reason at…
I enjoyed all of them (URU not included) right until the ending of Myst V. I could live with the CG models with creepy real faces on them that replaced the green screen acting (though it wasn't an improvement), but the endings were all equally stupid. If you then start digging around a bit in all the back story that…
For a real-life example of how (certain) colour blind people see the world, check this website:
Interestingly, in Dutch 'the United States of America' is treated as plural most of the time. Only when using the abbreviations US, USA (or rather VS, VSA) most people treat it as singular.
Since you're not allowed to brush the compliments off, you're forced to accept them. After the first very awkward moments, it's fantastic to hear what you mean to people, what they like about you, you might even learn a thing or two about yourself.
Here's a fun thing to do with a group of people who know each other, but aren't close friends: put one person in front of the group (likie he would be giving a presentation) and then, for two minutes, let the group give that person compliments (true meaningful compliments). The person is not allowed to speak, not even…
Mine has a Batman logo and is called ROBIN. People always get confused when I plug my flash drive in their computer.