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Why is everybody becoming so entitled?
My wife works in a hospital and has noticed that over the last few years, people have become less polite, less patient and far more prone to become angry at the slightest inconvenience, she says that Covid has made it… Read More ›
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Why You Should Use Apple Maps (you shouldn’t)
Apple’s effort into improving the Maps app can be seen in iOS 15, an update that added new 3D city details in select areas like London, New York, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area. There are also navigation… Read More ›
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We are not even close to seeing the worst of Brexit
In the months after Boris Johnson signed his post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, the coronavirus masked the economic damage of leaving the bloc. As the pandemic drags on, the cost is becoming clearer — and voters are noticing…. Read More ›
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Is Omicron the Beginning of the End?
Muddy early data mean that, for now at least, the immediate epidemiological future is uncertain. We could be in for a few months of relatively mild inconvenience before Omicron goes out with a whimper. Or we could be about to… Read More ›
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‘There’s no moment of silence’
Two Amazon workers from its Bessemer, Alabama facility died last month, one of them suffering a stroke not long after his request to go home was denied, said two of their co-workers. Speaking to workers’ rights organisation More Perfect Union,… Read More ›
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McGST Podcast Episode 85 (Merry Christmas)
I tried to be positive when looking back on 2021, I really did. I failed of course, but I am more positive about 2022. Thanks for visiting the site and listening to the podcast this year. I hope you all… Read More ›
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Millennials vs Boomers vs Covid
The above is so much my experience. The absolute certainty that they know best while the younger generation appears to hold all of the compassion and sensibilities.
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Walking May Be Just As Good For Your Heart As Running
So one way to think about this is that running and walking will both get you to your baseline cardio fitness goals, but running will just do so faster. Right now, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommends that adults get… Read More ›
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Apple’s AirTag problem
“So something kinda terrifying happened to me last night— someone attached an Apple AirTag to the underside of my front wheel well while I was inside a bar,” Jeana tweeted Saturday morning… More here. That is scary to say the… Read More ›
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Early Smartwatch Attempts that were ‘not’ dumb
Companies have been trying to smarten up watches for more than 40 years now. It started with a move to digital numeric displays, then was followed by an avalanche of questionable features, unorthodox designs, and functionality that was passed off… Read More ›
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