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Toronto, ON · TorontoI’m sure you’re aware of all the side hustle evangelists online touting that everyone should have a side hustle, peddling their “side hustle formula” and “get-rich-quick” schemes. They portray having a side hustle as a glamorous pursuit of ambition, masking the fundamental motivator: additional income to keep up appearances. Having said this, I can’t make this assertion without acknowledging that the workplace has become an existential nightmare…See the Story
Side Hustle Culture: Extending Our Working Hours to Keep Up Appearances
Toronto, ON · TorontoCall it my spidey senses—a feeling that something, or someone, is risky or dangerous—or “Professionally Ingrained Cynicism;” when someone doesn’t feel right, they just don’t “feel right.” When you’ve been hiring for as long as I have, you develop an innate sense that tells you when a candidate is exaggerating or lying outright. Consider these scenarios as a hiring manager:
A candidate claims to be a cutting-edge CPA. You ask them for their op…See the Story
What Makes My Spidey Senses Tingle With a Job Candidate
Toronto, ON · TorontoNowadays, we have a host of unbeknownst addictions and dependencies. Sometimes it requires intervention, and then sometimes not! Often subconsciously, these are things that surrounded us growing up. Addiction can be acquired through the influence of the company we keep and our environment. Children after all, take in what their parents say or do. It is no surprise that often the root of it all were the parents, or the parties which had an influe…See the Story
Addiction and Dependency
Artificial Intelligence · TorontoSince the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022, the field of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has garnered significant global attention. ChatGPT, an AI system developed by OpenAI, operates differently from search engines, which retrieve internet links in response to user queries. Powered by large language models, ChatGPT generates responses that mimic human conversation. It is designed to provide immediate answers, spark creative i…See the Story
ChatGPT: A Virtual Friend
Toronto, ON · TorontoLet’s join and give our hands in the “Clean Toronto Together” campaign. The City of Toronto’s annual Spring Cleanup scheduled from April 19 to 22 this year is a commendable undertaking considering its impact on our community and its environs. Our families, friends, and neighbours can do our part to help clean up litter in parks, beaches, streets, and other public places. The city government can only do some of this cleaning in the community. We …See the Story
Let’s Join the Clean Toronto Together Campaign
Toronto, ON · TorontoIt’s no doubt a painful and bloody sacrifice, having oneself nailed on the cross, but perhaps for the devotees, it’s the only way to salve one’s conscience, although I don’t know for sure. What’s clear is that in this nation of 116 million, there’s no lack of rituals during Holy Week, especially on Good Friday. Men – young and old – would choose to have themselves nailed on the cross like Jesus himself; village folks walk hundreds of meters in p…See the Story
Saints and sinners
Toronto, ON · TorontoBy the time this issue is released the solar eclipse frenzy will be over. And the state of emergency in the Niagara region would have been lifted by now. (Imagine that?! Niagara had to declare a state of emergency because of the solar eclipse? Insane but understandable! Niagara was one of the places expected to experience maximum coverage of the sun.) Some people call it the Great North American Eclipse. In the words of Wikipedia … “This eclips…See the Story
DARK OVER LIGHT
East Longmeadow · East LongmeadowThe solar eclipse drew many outdoors Monday afternoon to see it. South Carolina was not in the line of totality this go-around, as it was in 2017, but people were still curious. The phenomena began just before 2 p.m., with…See the Story
Florence views the solar eclipse
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