Regular Doses of Common Sense™
From public health reminders to just excuses to pay attention to something easy to overlook, there are plenty of August causes worth a look. The post 10 August Causes Worth Keeping in Mind appeared first on Patrick’s Place .
You might see the phrase 'fulsome praise' on social media and in eulogies. It sounds like it should mean wholehearted. It doesn't. The post Fulsome Doesn t Mean What You Might Think It Does appeared first on Patrick’s Place .
If you encounter a sentence that says someone 'was woken' by something, does that sound right or wrong to you? It fooled me the other day. The post Is the Phrase Was Woken Really Correct? appeared first on Patrick’s Place .
The social media networking site LinkedIn rolled out a new report option users can click to help the platform tackle 'AI Slop.' The post LinkedIn Introduces New Seems Like AI Slop Button appeared first on Patrick’s Place .
Is not tipping baristas who serve up your morning coffee a mortal sin? For me, it comes down to why America's tipping system is there. The post Should You Feel Guilty About Not Tipping Baristas? appeared first on Patrick’s Place .
I made it 35 years in television at four different stations in three different states without being laid off. That changed on Tuesday morning. The post Now I Know What Being Laid Off Feels Like appeared first on Patrick’s Place .
A growing number of readers immediately suspect AI whenever they encounter an em-dash these days. Is the semicolon next for such scrutiny? The post Semicolon Suspicion? Is It Next to Become an AI Marker? appeared first on Patrick’s Place .
Substack is adding AI detection software to subscribers can scan newsletters produced on the platform to see how much of it AI actually wrote. The post How Good is AI Detection at Detecting the Use of AI? appeared first on Patrick’s Place .
Some of us in TV will have almost no chance of winning an Emmy award. But I still think it's odd that the Emmy oversight still exists. The post There s an Emmy Oversight in TV News appeared first on Patrick’s Place .
If you describe someone's reaction to something as 'bemused,' you may mean she felt mildly entertained. But that's not what the word means. The post Bemused Probably Doesn t Mean What You Think It Does appeared first on Patrick’s Place .