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Comment · 1 year ago
In the same vein, Asimov in 1956:

Baley shrugged. He would never teach himself to avoid asking useless questions. The robots knew. Period. It occurred to him that, to handle robots with true efficiency, one must needs be expert, a sort of roboticist. How well did the average Solarian do, he wondered?

Comment · 1 year ago
You come off as snarky, but I kind of agree. We tried this first.

It turns out digital collaborative calendars are pretty great for us in general, there is no chance in hell I could keep the analog one up to date, so it was definitely worth having a screen on the wall.

Comment · 1 year ago
To answer the q above, this is what we have, too.
Comment · 1 year ago
Second this.

I ended up building a nice charging station right near the entrance. It has storage for keys, wallet, and other things to grab when heading out. It has an abundance of wired and wireless chargers for all devices.

Then I got a dumb (but nice) alarm clock for the bedroom.

Then I noticed that a common reason to pick up the phone is to check the calendar. I ended up hanging a monitor on the wall, displaying the family month/agenda calendars. It’s read only, but it prevents a lot of device checking.

Cannot recommend enough restructuring physical reality to not have device on your person at home. It also helps the kids to put theirs away and learn good habits.

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I met Keats through Dan Simmons - Hyperion. It's one of those books that hasn't quite left my mind despite finishing it some time ago.
Comment · 3 years ago
Thank you!
Comment · 3 years ago
“Hard” meaning specifically how many lawyer/HR hours, how long are the timelines, and are there other significant risks?
Comment · 3 years ago
Are there good ways for US companies to host international grad students in their internship programs? How hard is it for them?

Specifically I had a conversation with a few administrators at universities in Sweden and this question came up on behalf of their students.

Thanks for regularly showing up here. I went EB2NIW some years ago and still get ptsd reading these threads. Hang in there everyone struggling with immigration.

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