Thanks. Sometimes I try to get it there, but it won't load it all.

In case you don't already know, they are also destroying the wayback. They started ever since they launched their false flag hack in 2023, I think it was.

The SEs are also being decimated to push people to evil AI.

I assume you're referring to the HN user zabzonk, rather than the article author Donna Vatnick.

The HN user zabzonk's profile description says "Ex C++ programmer and project manager".

It'd be interesting to understand more about their crossover from microbiology into C++ (or vice-versa).

Well, as you ask, I got fed up with dealing with human excrement, urine, blood, pus from wounds etc. I was developing an interest in computing using things like the TRS80, and so decided to switch over. The two (microbiology and microcomputers) had nothing in common. I quickly started using & programming things like DEC VAX & DecSystem10, IBM VM/CMS, Unix in various forms and so on. Now (at 72 years old) I'm retired, but do like to keep my hand in a little.

My observation about female technicians was in no way meant to be derogatory - I had several female managers who I liked very much, and I've always admired female tech's aseptic technique, and other techniques compared with mine.

I think it's more that it's implicitly derogatory to other men. People get annoyed when you speak for them, sort of deal.

I'm a male, I don't write notes on my clothing, and I found the whole comment hilarious

It's possible some folks have thin skin.

    > "our coats were white because we used to write on them"

It's hard to tell whether this is a deliberately trolling statement, a fantastical Walter Mitty style statement, or something else.

Coats weren't white for anyone to write on, and clinical staff didn't routinely write on their clothes.

> Coats weren't white for anyone to write on, and clinical staff didn't routinely write on their clothes.

I wasn't a medic, I was a microbiologist. And I can assure you we did write all over them.

Yes, we did all that - we had to carry markers to label culture media in containers such as petri dishes and universal containers. You can easily misplace a notepad, but its hard to lose your labcoat.

I did say we were sloppy.

We were not in contact with any patients and at least in the UK, no-one that is ever wears a white coat these days.

I find it somewhat offensive that I am lying and/or unprofessional about this.

    > I find it somewhat offensive that I am lying and/or unprofessional about this.

It's an extraordinary claim, which usually would require extraordinary proof. I've also worked in UK healthcare, albeit in a patient-facing role rather than a back-office or technician role.

The whole process would raise so many questions.

    > "You can easily misplace a notepad, but its hard to lose your labcoat"

Surely if notes were taken on a labcoat, these would then have to be copied into a more permanent form? As you've said, the coats are washed, which makes the coat a very short-term data-storage device.

I have a whole bunch of white t-shirts, and wear a white t-shirt pretty much every day. It's never once occurred to me to write an appointment-time, a phone number, or a shopping-list on my t-shirt.

I don’t find it hard to believe. I’ve written tons of notes on my arms and hands when working product support. When I briefly framed houses we would do all our math and diagramming on lumber. Either studs in the wall or scraps from the floor. You write on whatever you have handy.

I think it makes sense, notebooks are hard to sterilize.

The commenter acknowledges this: "I was always impressed that the laundry managed to get them pristine white again."

I think it's pretty clear they were taking ephemeral notes, not using them for long-term archiving.

The labcoat is a kind of L1 data cache.

NB: The original post said:

    > "our coats were were from white"

Which appeared to be a typo.

The understanding of the original post was "our coats were white because", which implied the purpose of the coats being white, was to allow them to be written on.

The post was edited to read:

    > "our coats were far from white"

Which has a very different meaning. Still questionable, but changes the context from "it was expected that we would write on our clothes", to "we wrote on our clothes".

    > "a hunter who routinely cooks the same meal for himself and his dog"

"Dogfood" is used to differentiate from "food", "steak", "meat", etc.

The youtube channel you describe is showing a dog being fed stereotypical cooked "human" food, rather than a human eating "dog" food.

Thank you for clarifying, English is not my native language. In the end I guess different dogs get different quality food.

There was a BBC early-morning breakfast tv slot in which a dog was presented as 'vegetarian', until test time...the dog (given free choice between two bowls of food placed on the studio floor) went immmediiately for the meat dish.

From my understanding, it's generally for health purposes (though the convenience doesn't hurt). An example my vet provided is that the level of sodium consumption needed by humans is way too high for dogs.

There's an economic benefit: in the UK (and many other countries), ingredients which are not "fit for human consumption" (and might otherwise be thrown away) can be processed into pet food.

Much commercial dog-food is made with ingredients which aren't fit to be consumed by humans.

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In the UK, we have the mime of "writing a cheque". I wonder how widespread that is, and if/when it'll fall out of relevance with the following generations who have never seen a cheque-book?

I don't often bring sandpaper or dremel tools to a restaurant.

Well, that's just against traditions.