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Back in my day we used Corel WordPerfect at school.
  • I don't have a copy of Word handy, but I don't think it is nearly as detailed. Wordperfect would show you all the formatting, but also marks for tables of contents and indexes, columns, images and other inserts, etc.

  • Back in my day we used Corel WordPerfect at school.
  • WordPerfect's "Reveal Codes" mode was the best feature a word processor ever had. You could see exactly what was causing your formatting problems, and surgically fix them. It's like viewing the HTML of a web page.

  • TIL Japan has a lower median wage than Poland
  • On the other hand, the inflation rate in Japan has averaged close to 0% for the past 30 years. Japan used to be considered an expensive country, but now I think it's safe to say that it's cheaper than much of North America and Europe

  • Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day?
  • Corned beef seems to have originated in Ireland and Scotland, but was commonly used throughout the British Empire for the past 400 years. I assume the cooking and salting process makes it last much longer without going bad, which would make sense for long voyages.

  • Spectrum Call Center in Charlotte, NC Reportedly Provided Fried Chicken and Watermelon to Employees for Juneteenth
  • Is it possible they ask the employees what food they wished to be served on that day? And the ones who are complaining were a minority who didn't want it?

    It's equally possible that they didn't consult employees and just didn't something that they thought was appropriate.

    It's not clear how it happened.

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  • There are so many flavors of protestantism, it's hard to give a blanket answer.

    For example, high Anglican practice and theology are almost indistinguishable from Catholic, except that the head of their Church is an archbishop (and above him theoretically the King of England) rather than a pope, and their priests can get married. That makes some historical sense, because the church was created simply because Henry the 8th wanted to divorce and the Pope wouldn't allow it.

    Most mainline Protestant churches believe that it is the individual's right and responsibility to read and interpret scripture for themselves.

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  • I don't think your quote at all addresses the concept of whether Catholics doctrine declares the Bible to be literally true. Inerrant, yes.

    I think there is confusion because the church believes that some passages should be taken literally and other symbolically, and the church will tell you which is which.

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  • Almost exactly 50% of Christians in the world are Catholics, who acknowledge that the Bible is allegorical and not literal truth.

    If you are referring to fundamentalists (typically evangelicals), yes most of them do believe in the literal truth. Evangelicals in the US are about 24% of the population, and most likely Less in the rest of the world.

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  • I have a daily calendar of these cartoons, and it really is the high point of waking up to turn to a new day. Amazingly, my wife also enjoys it (we are very compatible in most things but not humour).

  • When did you know a career was either the perfect or the worst match for your personality?
  • In a sense, yes. If you are trying to get an international volunteer visa, most developing countries have no interest in more unskilled labor coming into their country. You need some kind of qualification, whether it's a degree or a carpenter's certification.

    In the same way, to teach English in Japan you need a "Specialist in Humanities" visa. It's easy to get one, as long as you have a university degree.

    A lot of the education and engineering seems to be about the area you are studying, like chemistry or electronics or buildings. But in fact, the most valuable part of it is learning problem-solving skills in the middle of all of those courses. In that sense, I still use my engineering education all the time. But not the degree itself.

  • When did you know a career was either the perfect or the worst match for your personality?
  • When I went into university to do chemical engineering, in 1981, I had never even touched a computer. I didn't know until I got there that you could even do computers as a career.

    I graduated, and then volunteered as a teacher in Africa for 3 years. I came back to Canada, and then taught English in Japan for 3 years.

    But after my first year of university, my family got a computer (a Commodore Vic 20, with 3.5 kB of memory) and I was obsessed from that woman onward.

    Leaving Japan, I went back to school and did a diploma in computer science. Unlike chemical engineering, where I dutifully learned things that I was told I needed to learn, I was delighted to have the chance to learn about software, operating systems, databases, graphics, etc. The difference was astonishing, and I found it easy to maintain a GPA just under 4.0.

    I have been working as a programmer for more than 25 years, and although it has been stressful at times, the joy is still there. I'm not an artist by any means, but I do feel like a craftsman, and I enjoy the opportunity to continue learning everyday.

  • Why isn't jerking off more valorized as an easy dopamine hit that's also literally good for you?
  • They also practiced polygamy, so that rich and influential men would have multiple wives and poor men would have none. Imagine the rage when you were a Shepherd tending someone else's flocks, knowing that you will never have a wife or family.

    It makes sense to have occasional wars with neighboring tribes so that excess males can be removed from the system.

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