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Explaining the world one sketch at a time

The sun rises Early in the East

My own little mnemonic to remember which direction the sun rises and which it sets. Surprisingly helpful for figuring out what direction you are facing — by where the sun is and the rough time of day. Also, for figuring out what time it’s likely to be in a different country — is it earlier in the morning for them or later in the day? I’ve also always wondered if the East/West coast of America is fundamentally affected by the sun — the East coast gets the sea sunrises, great for early birds catching worms, and the West coast gets the sea sunsets, great for romantic evenings and all night parties. Who knows.
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The law of diminishing brownies

You will have observed this most times there is shared food you can cut. I observed it with trays of brownies that we used to make. Slices start big and get progressively smaller. No one wants to eat the last slice. A previous boss had a simple solution to this with a maxim he had: You think of one, you get two. A bit excessive, and I don’t advocate it, but it really did work.
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Bad internet is worse than no internet

You will recognise this when you have spent 40 minutes off and on trying to do something online when you could have been spending your time happily and productively doing something else.
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Remember days in a month

The old knuckle trick. I still find it handy when “30 days has November…” leaves me with some uncertainty.
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What is The Generalised Peter Principle explained: the example of an overloaded car shows that anything that works will be used in progressively more challenging situations until it fails

The Generalised Peter Principle

The Generalised Peter Principle states that "Anything that works will be used in progressively more challenging situations until it fails. The Generalised Peter Principle is a specific case of the Peter Principle, which is the same idea but applied to people 😱. I observed the Generalised Peter Principle when packing a minivan in Cambodia. Be kind to your things.
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