estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017
VisionSpring says its $70m Livelihoods in Focus campaign could create more than $1bn of new income among tea, coffee, cocoa and artisan workers by 2030 by allowing them to see clearer and earn more.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/13/billionaire-mackenzie-scott-donates-15m-to-help-provide-glasses-to-farmers-in-developing-countries
The purpose of this image is not to threaten or inspire fear, but to herald potential cures for all of the depicted maladies. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-many-lives-of-the-medieval-wound-man
One side effect of working with people from other countries is that you have to explain cultural references. Like this one.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503615/7-engaging-facts-about-goofus-and-gallant
"We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color."-- Maya Angelou
"Preparing for the interview is all about getting in the right mental state: one of genuine curiosity about how this person behaves when working." https://www.metaview.ai/resources/blog/how-i-interview-engineers-to-assess-ability-to-deliver-impact
How real estate photographs are optimized to look extra-roomy https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2022/sep/11/how-real-estate-photography-tricks-you-video
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Sharing this great Doonesbury panel, in case you can think of anyone it applies to.
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From this day forth, any time Tulsi Gabbard opens her pie hole to speak, it shall be referred to as "Gabbardygook".
Q: Why does a man name his penis?
A: Because he doesn't want a total stranger making 90% of his decisions.
6 Signs It's Time to Upgrade to Redis Enterprise: How do you know when the open source version won't cut it anymore?
https://redis.com/blog/signs-to-upgrade-to-redis-enterprise/
These two musical examples, composed nearly 400 years apart, model a core element of Stoic therapy: By meditating on the fragility of time, Stoics seek not to instill dread, but to reveal death and transience as natural aspects of the human experience that can be faced without anxiety.
https://theconversation.com/how-stoicism-influenced-music-from-the-french-renaissance-to-pink-floyd-181701
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The four-day workweek works https://computerworld.com/article/3676268/the-four-day-workweek-works.html by @sjvn
The studies are in, and 32, not 40, hours a week are all your workers need to get their #work done.
Touting its location “in one of the most central positions in London,” Doyle insisted the shop would help resolve “the complete disconnection” between the unknown world and the average person on the street. https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/arthur-conan-doyle-psychic-bookstore
Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very”; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.-- Mark Twain
But with more explanation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/12/editing-writing-word-choice-avoid-very/
"An international team of scientists used CT scanning to conduct 'virtual autopsies' of three South American mummies and found evidence of fatal trauma in two of them, according to a recent paper published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine." https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/the-case-of-the-murdered-mummies-virtual-autopsy-reveals-fatal-injuries/
It was 1983, and Acorn Computers was on top of the world. Unfortunately, trouble was just around the corner. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/a-history-of-arm-part-1-building-the-first-chip/
How many roadies does it take to change a lightbulb?
One, two, one, two. Two two two.
estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017