Krebs' Free form/Chaos Thread

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I sat in on a bid meeting in NYC for a city program that provides hardware to elderly and people who have special needs. It's a 2 way voice system similar to Life Alert, the "I have fallen and I can't get up " people.

Part of the bid proposal is manning a central station for incoming calls w operators that speak 26 languages. There was a questioned asked about a 3rd form of French that may be needed for some African people that may call in, I guess that Haiti and African French dialects can be so different that a special operator may be needed. Some of the other languages that they provide for really blew me away. Some of the cost estimates also were mind blowing. All the instructions for use and testing of the machines are provided in the mother tongue of the user.

According to Professor Vyacheslav Ivanov of UCLA, there are at least 224 identified languages in Los Angeles County.
This does not include differing dialects. Professor Ivanov estimates that publications are locally produced in about 180 of
these languages. Only 92 languages have been specifically identified among students of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

 

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I guess this is more for showing off to your friends that you have a time machine rather than just being happy that you have a time machine. Some people just don't know how to enjoy the simple pleasures in life.

 

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I krebs303 formally announce my resignation as Chairman of the board of
The Krebs-Kakes Institute for the International (t²)(k²)4(i²)

There are many things that I am not free to discuss because I am constrained by legal principles like confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements."

Reverend Fred Jones will be replacing me.

An invisible pack of sadness rests heavy in my suitcase of chaos

 

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