Kyoto Tea Farm Match, Weirdest Wi-Fi Names and Gym Horror Stories
Some truly rude stories about bad gym behavior, an inspiring visit to a tea farm that has been in operation for over 600 years, how to get all the “required x years experience” in a job application, and more – at Brain Buffet on this week!
Matcha Kats Green Tea Set & 600 Years Old Kyoto Tea Farm
Emmymadeinjapan , which is itself an Emmy – one of my favorite channels on YouTube, but she was a show for Tastemade under the name of The Tale of Kitto Katto , where she tries to interest Japanese flavors Kit Kat, which we usually do not get here in North America. and then travels to where these scents originate.
This week’s episode was especially beautiful as she took her to Kyoto where she tasted the always delicious Matcha Kat green tea set and then went to explore a tea farm that has been growing tea for over 600 years, run by the sixth generation. a tea farmer and sees how it is all done. She then learns how to make a real cup of green tea, go to a beautiful café and restaurant, and sample more modern dishes that embody these old traditions. It is a great reminder of how wonderful the self-evident like tea can be, and the beauty of small, focused actions and activities that remind us not only of where we came from, but also of where we hope to go. Give him a watch. [via YouTube ]
How to overcome the “required years of experience” when applying for a job
This StackExchange thread touches on a topic that is important to many: “How do I get around this ‘x years of experience’ requirement when I apply for a job I know I can do?” The answers range from very helpful to “really can’t be helped,” but some of them definitely stand out. From user bethlakshmi :
Could you talk in detail about the strengths and weaknesses of your skills? How have your own experiences and biases helped and hinder your teams so far? How have your projects been successful, failed, or less effective at a higher level than “the textbook says, therefore it must be true”? Then the challenge is to convey this in the interview.
Please be aware that the job recommendation was written based on the experience of at least one person. Probably a few. There are many strategies for writing job recommendation, and each company may be different, but the range of 3 to 7 is canonical enough for some groups to think about why this time matters. If you are going to sell an alternative idea, be aware that you may have to do your best to show why you, in particular, are the exception, and that you are in some way more experienced than the years have usually indicated.
Also understand that they are looking at you in the light of the pool. If someone with all your skills came to the same job the next hour after you left the room, but had some experience that you did not have, then there is no reason to compromise.
On the other hand, one of the OP’s views indicates that the problem may not have been that they combine years of experience with skills when the two are not at all the same. Jarrod Robinson notes that skill is one thing, but judgment is even more valuable and can only be earned with time and experience:
You may be highly skilled but not experienced enough to know when to apply this skill. This is what you do not understand. Reading books and “knowing” is NOT the same as doing something and knowing what works and what doesn’t work in various specific situations and how to apply those things.
Judgment comes not from success, but from failure. Most companies want to hire people whose failures previous companies paid for, so they need
N+ years of experience, which means they’ve already made all the basic entry-level mistakes and someone else had to pay for them.
He further notes that talent and skill are useless without judgment, and judgment comes with experience. The whole thread is worth reading, especially if you are looking for a job and want to be able to take part in those concerts that take 3-5 years when you only have one or two under your belt. [ via StackExchange ]
WhyFi: the weirdest names for Wi-Fi networks
This short video from CBC focuses on the names of Wi-Fi networks, some of the most unfamiliar you may encounter, what you have, and why you named it that way. The people in the video have names that range from helpful to hilarious, and each blush a little when asked to explain why they chose those names. [via YouTube , thanks to Brad Dworkin who directed the video for submitting it! ]
Incomplementary behavior or disagreement with people’s expectations
On NPR’s Invisibilia podcast this week, Alix and Hannah discuss an important psychological concept – that in general we assume that other people’s behavior will complement our own, so when we are happy, other people around us will experience that happiness, or that when we are angry , the people we talk to are also angry, and so on. But what happens when you meet someone’s anger with joy or someone’s hostility with genuine warmth?
This episode explores three different situations in which this happens and how difficult it is for us to adjust. [ via NPR ]
The most disgusting things you’ve ever seen in the gym
This Quora thread asks a question that could have gone completely wrong in the beginning (and in some cases, to be honest, really), but most of the answers turn out to be particularly poignant and interesting. He starts off by saying “what’s the most disgusting thing you’ve ever seen in the gym,” and gets amazing comments like this from Dimitar Dimov :
People do disgusting things in all kinds of places, including the gym. For me, the most disgusting thing I saw was bullying newcomers.
I don’t need to give specific examples as there are many compilations to be found on YouTube. Yes, some of them are funny (unless you are the guy in the video), but most of them are just sad.
As most of you know, it takes a little courage to start exercising. Instead of being encouraged, these guys are usually bullied by other people who are hardly experts anyway.
There are many things that are excusable, such as being imprudent when you forget to wipe sweat off the bench, smelling bad from sweat (at least the person is exercising hard), and even standing in front of a brother-in-law who is getting up (so he cannot see your achievements in the mirror). However, there is no excuse for arrogance.
I like it. There are a few more of these, and of course, there are a few more horror stories that anyone who has spent time in the gym might have echoed from Tim Consolasio :
I saw people spitting on the floor. Literally how to finish a set, drop the dumbbells, and then spit right on the floor.
Then there is spitting into the fountains. I mean, WHAT IS WRONG with you if you spit in a public water fountain? You don’t rinse your mouth or spit, you NEVER CLICK into the FOUNTAIN.
One day I saw a guy actually put a fat pudding out of his throat and then throw it all right into the fountain. Overall, the process was very noisy and took at least 10 seconds. It was disgusting. I could not believe it. I confronted him, he just stared at the ground and left, saying, “I didn’t do anything,” I told the manager that he didn’t do anything, so the next day I changed the gym.
Then there are people eating … IN THE POOL. Literally. They bring dish containers and actually STAND in the POOL and EAT with forks and spoons. One woman ate kim-chi with her hands … and then rinsed her hands under water. We watched her do it.
Then there are the strange in the bathroom guys. I’m sure women also have them.
Do you know hand dryers? One guy actually puts one foot up on the wall as high as possible to expose the slit as much as possible, and blows air directly at his balls … completely naked. He dabs himself there with a towel. Yeah … he’s drying his ass with a sports towel.
Mother of God.
And this horrible story ofTom Thomas :
Middle-aged men walk into a mixed gym, climb onto a treadmill, walk as slow as they can, as long as they can, just to watch the girls training there.
Ouch. Guys, if you find a gym like this – and in most of these stories, the managers have done nothing to stop or prevent this behavior – then fuck the money, it’s time to find a new gym. [ via Quora ]
Apple IIe vs. iMac: teardown
I found this video more interesting due to the destruction of one of the first computers I have ever used, the Apple IIe, than due to the destruction of a modern iMac – but it’s still interesting to compare these two computers with each other, considering how far they have come. technologies. the years since IIe have been in classrooms and libraries across the country. It’s short and funny, and will help you gauge exactly how much more powerful the computers we use today actually are, and how much more demanding the tools we use on a daily basis when it comes to computing power. [ via wired ]
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