If you ignore the whole education thing, universities are organizations that aim to preserve their own existence (like religions) rather than return money to shareholders (like companies)
I went to a conference in Japan two weeks ago and before I travelled I got a Lonely Planet phrasebook from a used book store.
I did end up using Google Translate on my smartphone more, but having a physical book that obviously marks you as someone learning the language is a useful and underrated benefit. I had 2-3 conversations ('interactions' is probably a better word for me actually using the Japanese) over the course of a week that I can attribute to the phrasebook, which is somewhat significant because at the conference English was the default.
Also if the phrasebook is well organized, it can be a good scaffold for keeping the language organized in memory, so it can be a kind of a bridge between a simple translation lookup and a textbook. It's also like a fanny pack that has some retro appeal. Although the phrasebook had a dictionary at the back, it wasn't that useful. Having a proper dedicated pocket dictionary was good because it had words listed with phrase collocations/examples.
I like the anecdotes about quirky logicians and I thought I'd share one... I was taking a logic class with Leonard Adleman (the A in RSA). I was doing pretty poorly in the class (not good at proofs) but he was pretty helpful and he asked why I was taking the class. I mentioned that I took a philosophy of language class that I liked and then he asked what I thought of Wittgenstein. I said that I'm interested in all that stuff but I understand Wittgenstein the least. Prof. Adleman pretty much agreed and said that he didn't get Wittgenstein. I told him I was worried about passing the class and he asked me if I'd be ok with a C- and I said yeah... Best C- of my academic experience!
C.f. Addison's disease, caused by a lack of cortisol, the stress hormone, and treating some conditions like back and knee pain with cortisone, the synthetic version of cortisol
Curious, can you explain why? In my experience (just one company where I had some interaction with accounting), there was a preference toward CAPEX. The costs of building a product, ie software development, was prefered over OPEX, in this case, analytics. Since I was doing both development and analytics, they preferred me to account part of my time as CAPEX. Not sure if this is normal but for context it was a non/pre-public company.
OPEX is just an expense in the current fiscal year. CAPEX depreciates over N years. This alone means that a one-time payment is much simpler on the books.
I don't think your salary counts as CAPEX, it's a normal monthly expense for the company.
Lithium supplements maybe? There are over-the-counter supplements available. Prescription lithium has proven uses for some mental treatments. I read some positive things about areas with naturally occurring lithium in drinking water. As far as elements go, it is the first solid element at terrestrial conditions, so one might expect it to be a trace nutrient for organisms living in terrestrial conditions.
In Marina Del Rey, the rebar in the concrete sides of the marina are fed a trickle of electricity to prevent corrosion. I'm not sure how common this is though outside of marine environments.
I heard an interesting analogy that universities are more like religions than businesses. If you factor out all the beliefs/rituals in religion and knowledge/education in universities, they are both human organizations that seek to prolong/maximize their existence, rather than to grow or maximize shareholder value like in companies.
> Chat GPT :): The text you provided is Morse code. When translated, it reads: "Hello, I'm hoping off."
I got "well, I'm hoppin' off"