First off, if you investigate reverse dns, run noscript, and disable cookies, then you've already taken precautions. Your point was that it should be up to the web developers -- but you're already defying them. Choose a side.
and you ip address, with the time of day, can be cross-corelated in enough ways to identify you. And since your newspaper site, your shopping site, and your work/school network may all use similarly third-party code, the moment you give up anything to anybody, everybody else knows it retro-actively.
that's some mighty fine detective work for a domain that I made up. I won't ask what would have happened if I'd made up one hosted by someone you didn't know, instead of godaddy. I won't ask because I don't need to.
The page that you did load -- from godaddy -- had your browser download shit from http://ak3.imgaft.com/ and was tracked by as.casalemedia.com -- an advertising company -- hope you're happy. You loaded a random javascript file from casalemedia. I wonder what was in it? I wonder what I did.
That's a lie, I don't wonder. I know casale now knows about you, your activity on mrblog, everything godaddy knew about you before, which includes everything that godaddy knows about anything you ever did on any site they host -- which is a greate many -- and that casale uses this information to sell more ads.
Congrats; my stupid link here just allowed three companies to make a profit on your argument. Hope you got something out of it. Maybe a lesson?
sure they do. google-hosted javascript libraries, off-site analytics, affiliate links, news feeds. we're also not talking about banks, which have real legal consequences. we're talking about companies who really couldn't care less -- like slashdot. if I post a link here, and make it look like a link to my blog as an example of what I'm saying, but it actually links to a piece of malware, slashdot probably couldn't care less.
So, will you click this link?
Wouldn't it just be easier to have your browser only access URLs matching the domain that you're on? You know, since that's what I want? I mean, we'd be blocking 90% of the tracking systems out there. But on the plus side, we'd be saving me 90% of the blocking that I'm currently doing anyway.
Alternatively, we can notice something quite obvious. It's fine the way it is. We're never going to have a world where everybody's safe from everything. I'm ok with being at risk of my computer breaking. That's just perfectly fine. Let criminals focus their efforts in that direction. It's way better than train robberies.
Incidentally, you guys do know that we drive on highways at up to 150 kph with the only thing separating us from on-coming traffic being a narrow strip of yellow paint -- and often it's dashed. And we assume that there isn't any horrible debris on that same road. Really, malware doesn't concern me -- and every dollar I earn comes from my work at the computer.
Enjoy your day. Maybe you shouldn't eat at random restaurants either.
You're talking about taking the primary element of powered flight -- the engines -- and totally changing their internals. Better or worse or same doesn't matter. To do it, not only is the actual innovation required, but you've also got to go through the entire gamut of certification from the start. And I'll bet that there aren't any firm official certification requirements for such engines on commercial flights. Which means that anything you do requires the enormous risk of maybe the FAA or other body simply won't accept it.
That's not to say that current engines are perfect by any means. But they exist, can be certified, we all know what it takes to get them certified, and there are no business mysteries.
Since we're talking about millions and billions of dollars in research and development, that's a big risk to take just to end at a pseudo-government body simply saying no.
It can come down to something as stupid as: we can't measure the amount of exhaust, so you don't pass -- even if the reason is that there is too little to measure.
Clearly we do. But I'll applaud him photographing your bedroom through the walls with a $300 camera. I'll applaud him photographing your daughter's prom-night in the public hall. And I'll applaud him photographing you entering your banking PIN in the public drive-through.
You do plenty of things in public spaces. I'm glad you don't charge people to photograph and publish your actions. Maybe I'll make a quick buck off of you. Especially since the ease with which I can photograph you at your bank machine is, in itself, news worthy as a security lapse. I wonder if those keypad blockers are block thermal cameras. Guess we'll all know soon enough.
For the record, I hereby state that I do not give my permission to such activities of mine.
Most of those laws, free speech included, and especially "in-public" and "in-plain-sight" come from an age way before modern technology. "in plain sight" has always included what an officer can see. It also includes what they can see from the street through an open door. It also includes a closed window without blinds. And today, with cameras that can see through walls, it includes everything in your home through a $300 thermal camera.
By the way, that's also been held up in court multiple times.
Stop looking at the law. Start thinking about it. Realize that it had more than an intent, it had a purpose. Many modern scenarios blow away that purpose.
When it comes to freedom of speech, that was to avoid prosecution for what you say. It has nothing to do with the right to manipulate foolish people.
When it comes to freedom of the press, again, that was to ensure that things don't happen without ANY witnesses. Not so anyone can be a witness, and certainly not so everyone can witness.
You're just screwing yourself over. But hey, yours is a country that still thinks the british are coming.
I think people forget that you don't have the right to record anything you want and to publish it. If I were a police officer, I wouldn't want to be recorded by everyone with a camera. Just because the job takes place in public, doesn't make everything a public act.
And since this teen isn't a journalist, has no media credentials, and isn't the press, I really hope he doesn't have any right to be doing what he did.
There's a big difference between a random joe and a journalist in a civilized society.
Besides, if someone's getting arrested in front of you, it's already a tense situation for at least three persons. This idiot adding himself to the mix got what he deserved for doing so. Clearly he wasn't far away with a telephoto lens. Choosing to walk towards such a situation gets you involved in it.
I'm sure he'd have liked to get the perfect photograph by lying on the ground beneath the arrest, "not touching you, not touching you!"
If it's honestly so over-priced, then I'd think the solution to your problem is quite obvious. You're saying that it's basically a consumer-electronic device and should be very easy to build cheaper. So do it. Start your own business, under-cut the entire existing industry, and be happy on all fronts.
Why would you complain about other people running their own businesses their own way? You get to do the same. And you'll be very successful.
Let me know how it goes. Stop complaining to me otherwise. If you sit and do nothing about it, then clearly you must be satisfied with the situation.
Yay, another type of compression. I'm sure it's very easy to decompress. I shudder to think of the effort on the transmitter to describe packets algebraically. But I agree that in a high-loss environment, it's better than re-transmission.
You know, I thought about that too. But really, talking about a hose that fits into a gasket works for gasolene. But once we're talking about electricity, it's a world of male jacks mating with female sockets. If general protection is required, a foreskin would certainly be the ideal solution.
...and it just looks complicated. I have zero interest in putting that onto my car. But I'm also not interested in attaching a communication protocol to my car. Pouring fuel into a tank can't crash my stereo, and can't disable my power-steering. It either goes in or it doesn't. Why can't charging my battery be the same way. Power flows or it doesn't. A fuse in my car solves the obvious overload scenario. And that's it.
No, that's not enough. Just because they save the lives of 10'000 bad drivers, I don't want it to kill me if I'm a good driver. It's not about results. It's about accountability.
Heh, I've never been one. Spec's and abilities are the only issues of substance. I'm not going to show off something that millions of people have. That's just stupid. I might as well pierce my ear, call it a day, and kill myself.
It's a tool. It either performs a task that I need it to perform, or it doesn't. At present, the ipad would be useful to me for getting mapping directions, using a dictionary, and watching videos on the balcony. that's just not worth the money nor the hassle.
But a proper W8 tablet can be my emergency tech support backup, file backup, fully-featured games, full-featured e-mail client, fully-networked with my office, photographic documentation of work issues, in addition to those other elements. That's not only worthwhile, but it's also profitable to my business. So I can not only afford and not only justify, but I can actually benefit from a $2'000 cost.
compared to the ipad: same price with the same no keyboard. compared to the ipad: how much is support for peripherals worth to you? compared to the ipad: being able to take files on and off of the device with a typical usb stick. compared to the ipad: being able to run any program or game from the last 30 years of windows compared to the ipad: directx compared to the ipad: actually being a traditional node on any network compared to the ipad: a keyboard. wow. compared to the ipad: dockable to additional ports/memory/battery compared to the ipad: anyone can program anything without restrictions compared to the ipad: available with a proper core i5 ivy bridge that's faster than a ten-year-old desktop (the ipad isn't)
At the very least then, this faculty is looking for the type of person who does have the passion to enjoy a deep-focus. I'd also argue that most intelligent people (no where near all, but most) do have this sort of passion -- even if it rotates quarterly.
Certainly professional athletes spend 80 hours per week between playing and training.
It's great that you've the ability to get paid for your hobbies. And I'd argue that with some sort of minor tweak, you wouldn't because exhausted at 60 hours. 60 hours really isn't that much time as a hobby.
But I think you're also stopping a little short of the mark when it comes to that theoretical fun job. Sure there can be lousy aspects, but if you command your own life properly, you can incrementally remove each and every one, to the point where no negatives remain, simply ultra-brief moments of less fun. In your examples, your assistant does the grunt work, you choose your coworkers, and your partner deals with the office obligations.
Like I said, I've worked very hard to have my luck. You might try the same. You'll find that if you make the correct decisions along the way, you wind up manufacturing a lot of luck all by yourself. For example, there's no luck involved it being good at the job you're doing when you're young. It's easy to be lazy, and it's easy to slack off. But there's no luck in working hard. And it's not difficult to get a job when you're young that doesn't pay much. Between neighbouhood jobs, community jobs, and just plain doing work for almost free. There's no luck involved in raking leaving, delivering papers, or painting bedrooms. And there are zero start-up costs for those too.
And, since you're forced ot go to school, there's no luck involved in getting a killer referrence letter from a teacher. One of the teachers in your school was willing to write a letter, ehem, sign a letter, if you bothered to spend some time to get on their good side. That was the opportunity. It was yours to miss.
So putting aside, for the moment, parents dying, severe illnesses, significant injuries, earthquakes, and floods, we're left with 99% of the population in this country and its neighbour. And I specifically leave starving off of the list because food is easy to get. This city gives away first-class left-overs for free to anyone with the dignity to ask for it. Full-course feasts from five-star hotels. And that same teacher would gladly have given you a sandwich.
But again, what is it that you'd like to do? Why do you think that as a 17 year-old you could go out and get it? Most 30 year-olds can too. Sure you've got to be willing to work hard, and to make executive decisions about your own life, but isn't that the whole point? Shouldn't you be doing that sometime after, you know, kindergarten?
Umm, I know three sewage workers, and they very much enjoy it. You might think it's a horrible job, but it's pretty awesome to work in the under-belly of a city keeping it hygenic at a metropolitan level.
Picking fruit is not only fun, it's a recreational activity. Farming's one of the most self-rewarding jobs, and most really enjoy it. Assembling gadgets is a hobby to many of my friends.
Like I said, find something that you like. What do you like?
Not only do I think you should turn down a paying job, but I'm thinking that most people should be running their own jobs. Otherwise, you're doing exactly what you said one shouldn't do. You're turning down the job that you can offer to yourself.
So tell me, what do you do now, and what do you like doing as a hobby? What is your favourite activity? It can't be nothing.
And most of the people in the world you can't afford to turn down a paying job, as you say, have put themselves into that position through multiple previous mis-steps. It can be too late after you choose gambling debts, the wrong boyfriend, the wrong wife, robbing a liquor store, having children when you can't afford them, being lazy on your paper-route, and spending good money on cigarettes. I've avoided each and every one of those -- most each intentionally. I'm really find with those people being screwed. I don't care about those who've set themselves up for failure on a massive scale.
So what do you like? Let's see if I can think of a profitable way to do it.
Work-life balance is important when you cut your life off in order to work. For those people who feel comfortable sacrificing their own lives to do someone else's bidding for money, then sure balancing that with spending the money is important, and 80 hours in a week is way too much.
But those of us who feel that cutting out a part of my life just to make money is completely absurd in the first place, and that 10 hours per week is equally way too much, choose instead to convince others to pay us for our hobbies. In that way, we never work a day in our lives.
In this case, astronomy faculty are looking for the latter. And they've stated, quite clearly, that they are willing to pay astronomy enthusiasts to enjoy life -- with all of the equipment and resources available.
So quit complaining. Start by quitting the job that you clearly hate. Figure out what you actually enjoy doing (that contributes something of value to someone) and get paid for it.
Everything from raising children to painting counts. There is an endless supply of hobbies that pay. Gardening counts too. Raising fish, breeding jellyfish, driving just about any type of vehicle.
Why'd you ever choose a job that wasn't something you already enjoyed doing?
There's a 3D version, but I mean the original 2D version. Scan north south east west, fire laser, fire missle, turn, move. Basic conditionals and iteration. Variables and constants. Code executes at a constant speed per line. Program your bug to survive in an arena of other bugs. It's dead-on application, and pretty much the software side of simple robotics.
Of course, there's LOGO, which will always hold a place in my heart as a programmable etcha-sketch. But that might be growing more than old at this point.
If your solution to moving object and in-motion safety is analyzing gigabits of data per second, you're already incorrect. It already won't work. It already won't be secure, it won't be safe, and it'll only work at STP. Safety has never been about longer checklists and more data. It's always been about learning which few of those billion bits are the important ones, learning to identify them, recognize them, and act upon them, in spite of the enormous amount of data surrounding them.
That's not a processing limitation. That's a logic rule. It's about eliminating ambiguity and about nearly eliminating any chance of mis-understanding.
Makes a lot of sense. The faster my billiard ball rolls, the less friction it needs to overcome and the less friction it applies to the table surface. Friction occurs over time. So it makes sense that at massively significant speeds, (finally got to use massive correctly) less mass would be "applied" to the space.
I actually like the idea of mass acting like friction, it compliments the idea of gravity quite well -- and says that if you move fast enough, gravity matters less and less.
Having spent 40 years forcing someone else to make decisions on your behalf, you do it one last time with this post, and then you do what your country needs you to do. You get off of your ass and start making decisions for others. You start your own business, your own service, your own product, or your own project.
You no longer need someone else to schedule your day, tell you what to wear, and to prioritize your actions. And since you've got the experience of having someone do that for 40 years, you can now, finally, dress yourself.
It can be anything in the technology sector, or anything outside of the technology centre. The ability to make decisions is important for any community. If you haven't learned how to make decisions by 40, then you're a lost cause to your community. Move to a country that needs 40 year-old robots. There are plenty.
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First off, if you investigate reverse dns, run noscript, and disable cookies, then you've already taken precautions. Your point was that it should be up to the web developers -- but you're already defying them. Choose a side.
and you ip address, with the time of day, can be cross-corelated in enough ways to identify you. And since your newspaper site, your shopping site, and your work/school network may all use similarly third-party code, the moment you give up anything to anybody, everybody else knows it retro-actively.
that's some mighty fine detective work for a domain that I made up. I won't ask what would have happened if I'd made up one hosted by someone you didn't know, instead of godaddy. I won't ask because I don't need to.
The page that you did load -- from godaddy -- had your browser download shit from http://ak3.imgaft.com/ and was tracked by as.casalemedia.com -- an advertising company -- hope you're happy. You loaded a random javascript file from casalemedia. I wonder what was in it? I wonder what I did.
That's a lie, I don't wonder. I know casale now knows about you, your activity on mrblog, everything godaddy knew about you before, which includes everything that godaddy knows about anything you ever did on any site they host -- which is a greate many -- and that casale uses this information to sell more ads.
Congrats; my stupid link here just allowed three companies to make a profit on your argument. Hope you got something out of it. Maybe a lesson?
sure they do. google-hosted javascript libraries, off-site analytics, affiliate links, news feeds. we're also not talking about banks, which have real legal consequences. we're talking about companies who really couldn't care less -- like slashdot. if I post a link here, and make it look like a link to my blog as an example of what I'm saying, but it actually links to a piece of malware, slashdot probably couldn't care less. So, will you click this link?
Wouldn't it just be easier to have your browser only access URLs matching the domain that you're on? You know, since that's what I want? I mean, we'd be blocking 90% of the tracking systems out there. But on the plus side, we'd be saving me 90% of the blocking that I'm currently doing anyway.
Alternatively, we can notice something quite obvious. It's fine the way it is. We're never going to have a world where everybody's safe from everything. I'm ok with being at risk of my computer breaking. That's just perfectly fine. Let criminals focus their efforts in that direction. It's way better than train robberies.
Incidentally, you guys do know that we drive on highways at up to 150 kph with the only thing separating us from on-coming traffic being a narrow strip of yellow paint -- and often it's dashed. And we assume that there isn't any horrible debris on that same road. Really, malware doesn't concern me -- and every dollar I earn comes from my work at the computer.
Enjoy your day. Maybe you shouldn't eat at random restaurants either.
You're talking about taking the primary element of powered flight -- the engines -- and totally changing their internals. Better or worse or same doesn't matter. To do it, not only is the actual innovation required, but you've also got to go through the entire gamut of certification from the start. And I'll bet that there aren't any firm official certification requirements for such engines on commercial flights. Which means that anything you do requires the enormous risk of maybe the FAA or other body simply won't accept it.
That's not to say that current engines are perfect by any means. But they exist, can be certified, we all know what it takes to get them certified, and there are no business mysteries.
Since we're talking about millions and billions of dollars in research and development, that's a big risk to take just to end at a pseudo-government body simply saying no.
It can come down to something as stupid as: we can't measure the amount of exhaust, so you don't pass -- even if the reason is that there is too little to measure.
Clearly we do. But I'll applaud him photographing your bedroom through the walls with a $300 camera. I'll applaud him photographing your daughter's prom-night in the public hall. And I'll applaud him photographing you entering your banking PIN in the public drive-through.
You do plenty of things in public spaces. I'm glad you don't charge people to photograph and publish your actions. Maybe I'll make a quick buck off of you. Especially since the ease with which I can photograph you at your bank machine is, in itself, news worthy as a security lapse. I wonder if those keypad blockers are block thermal cameras. Guess we'll all know soon enough.
For the record, I hereby state that I do not give my permission to such activities of mine.
Most of those laws, free speech included, and especially "in-public" and "in-plain-sight" come from an age way before modern technology. "in plain sight" has always included what an officer can see. It also includes what they can see from the street through an open door. It also includes a closed window without blinds. And today, with cameras that can see through walls, it includes everything in your home through a $300 thermal camera.
By the way, that's also been held up in court multiple times.
Stop looking at the law. Start thinking about it. Realize that it had more than an intent, it had a purpose. Many modern scenarios blow away that purpose.
When it comes to freedom of speech, that was to avoid prosecution for what you say. It has nothing to do with the right to manipulate foolish people.
When it comes to freedom of the press, again, that was to ensure that things don't happen without ANY witnesses. Not so anyone can be a witness, and certainly not so everyone can witness.
You're just screwing yourself over. But hey, yours is a country that still thinks the british are coming.
I think people forget that you don't have the right to record anything you want and to publish it. If I were a police officer, I wouldn't want to be recorded by everyone with a camera. Just because the job takes place in public, doesn't make everything a public act.
And since this teen isn't a journalist, has no media credentials, and isn't the press, I really hope he doesn't have any right to be doing what he did.
There's a big difference between a random joe and a journalist in a civilized society.
Besides, if someone's getting arrested in front of you, it's already a tense situation for at least three persons. This idiot adding himself to the mix got what he deserved for doing so. Clearly he wasn't far away with a telephoto lens. Choosing to walk towards such a situation gets you involved in it.
I'm sure he'd have liked to get the perfect photograph by lying on the ground beneath the arrest, "not touching you, not touching you!"
If it's honestly so over-priced, then I'd think the solution to your problem is quite obvious. You're saying that it's basically a consumer-electronic device and should be very easy to build cheaper. So do it. Start your own business, under-cut the entire existing industry, and be happy on all fronts.
Why would you complain about other people running their own businesses their own way? You get to do the same. And you'll be very successful.
Let me know how it goes. Stop complaining to me otherwise. If you sit and do nothing about it, then clearly you must be satisfied with the situation.
Yay, another type of compression. I'm sure it's very easy to decompress. I shudder to think of the effort on the transmitter to describe packets algebraically. But I agree that in a high-loss environment, it's better than re-transmission.
You know, I thought about that too. But really, talking about a hose that fits into a gasket works for gasolene. But once we're talking about electricity, it's a world of male jacks mating with female sockets. If general protection is required, a foreskin would certainly be the ideal solution.
Ok, I'm not thinking two bare wires. And I'd be cool with a sheath that opens and closes while mating -- not totally unheard of.
...and it just looks complicated. I have zero interest in putting that onto my car. But I'm also not interested in attaching a communication protocol to my car. Pouring fuel into a tank can't crash my stereo, and can't disable my power-steering. It either goes in or it doesn't. Why can't charging my battery be the same way. Power flows or it doesn't. A fuse in my car solves the obvious overload scenario. And that's it.
No, that's not enough. Just because they save the lives of 10'000 bad drivers, I don't want it to kill me if I'm a good driver. It's not about results. It's about accountability.
Heh, I've never been one. Spec's and abilities are the only issues of substance. I'm not going to show off something that millions of people have. That's just stupid. I might as well pierce my ear, call it a day, and kill myself.
It's a tool. It either performs a task that I need it to perform, or it doesn't. At present, the ipad would be useful to me for getting mapping directions, using a dictionary, and watching videos on the balcony. that's just not worth the money nor the hassle.
But a proper W8 tablet can be my emergency tech support backup, file backup, fully-featured games, full-featured e-mail client, fully-networked with my office, photographic documentation of work issues, in addition to those other elements. That's not only worthwhile, but it's also profitable to my business. So I can not only afford and not only justify, but I can actually benefit from a $2'000 cost.
compared to the ipad: same price with the same no keyboard.
compared to the ipad: how much is support for peripherals worth to you?
compared to the ipad: being able to take files on and off of the device with a typical usb stick.
compared to the ipad: being able to run any program or game from the last 30 years of windows
compared to the ipad: directx
compared to the ipad: actually being a traditional node on any network
compared to the ipad: a keyboard. wow.
compared to the ipad: dockable to additional ports/memory/battery
compared to the ipad: anyone can program anything without restrictions
compared to the ipad: available with a proper core i5 ivy bridge that's faster than a ten-year-old desktop (the ipad isn't)
At the very least then, this faculty is looking for the type of person who does have the passion to enjoy a deep-focus. I'd also argue that most intelligent people (no where near all, but most) do have this sort of passion -- even if it rotates quarterly.
Certainly professional athletes spend 80 hours per week between playing and training.
It's great that you've the ability to get paid for your hobbies. And I'd argue that with some sort of minor tweak, you wouldn't because exhausted at 60 hours. 60 hours really isn't that much time as a hobby.
But I think you're also stopping a little short of the mark when it comes to that theoretical fun job. Sure there can be lousy aspects, but if you command your own life properly, you can incrementally remove each and every one, to the point where no negatives remain, simply ultra-brief moments of less fun. In your examples, your assistant does the grunt work, you choose your coworkers, and your partner deals with the office obligations.
Like I said, I've worked very hard to have my luck. You might try the same. You'll find that if you make the correct decisions along the way, you wind up manufacturing a lot of luck all by yourself. For example, there's no luck involved it being good at the job you're doing when you're young. It's easy to be lazy, and it's easy to slack off. But there's no luck in working hard. And it's not difficult to get a job when you're young that doesn't pay much. Between neighbouhood jobs, community jobs, and just plain doing work for almost free. There's no luck involved in raking leaving, delivering papers, or painting bedrooms. And there are zero start-up costs for those too.
And, since you're forced ot go to school, there's no luck involved in getting a killer referrence letter from a teacher. One of the teachers in your school was willing to write a letter, ehem, sign a letter, if you bothered to spend some time to get on their good side. That was the opportunity. It was yours to miss.
So putting aside, for the moment, parents dying, severe illnesses, significant injuries, earthquakes, and floods, we're left with 99% of the population in this country and its neighbour. And I specifically leave starving off of the list because food is easy to get. This city gives away first-class left-overs for free to anyone with the dignity to ask for it. Full-course feasts from five-star hotels. And that same teacher would gladly have given you a sandwich.
But again, what is it that you'd like to do? Why do you think that as a 17 year-old you could go out and get it? Most 30 year-olds can too. Sure you've got to be willing to work hard, and to make executive decisions about your own life, but isn't that the whole point? Shouldn't you be doing that sometime after, you know, kindergarten?
Umm, I know three sewage workers, and they very much enjoy it. You might think it's a horrible job, but it's pretty awesome to work in the under-belly of a city keeping it hygenic at a metropolitan level.
Picking fruit is not only fun, it's a recreational activity. Farming's one of the most self-rewarding jobs, and most really enjoy it. Assembling gadgets is a hobby to many of my friends.
Like I said, find something that you like. What do you like?
Not only do I think you should turn down a paying job, but I'm thinking that most people should be running their own jobs. Otherwise, you're doing exactly what you said one shouldn't do. You're turning down the job that you can offer to yourself.
So tell me, what do you do now, and what do you like doing as a hobby? What is your favourite activity? It can't be nothing.
And most of the people in the world you can't afford to turn down a paying job, as you say, have put themselves into that position through multiple previous mis-steps. It can be too late after you choose gambling debts, the wrong boyfriend, the wrong wife, robbing a liquor store, having children when you can't afford them, being lazy on your paper-route, and spending good money on cigarettes. I've avoided each and every one of those -- most each intentionally. I'm really find with those people being screwed. I don't care about those who've set themselves up for failure on a massive scale.
So what do you like? Let's see if I can think of a profitable way to do it.
...in the proper sense of the word.
Work-life balance is important when you cut your life off in order to work. For those people who feel comfortable sacrificing their own lives to do someone else's bidding for money, then sure balancing that with spending the money is important, and 80 hours in a week is way too much.
But those of us who feel that cutting out a part of my life just to make money is completely absurd in the first place, and that 10 hours per week is equally way too much, choose instead to convince others to pay us for our hobbies. In that way, we never work a day in our lives.
In this case, astronomy faculty are looking for the latter. And they've stated, quite clearly, that they are willing to pay astronomy enthusiasts to enjoy life -- with all of the equipment and resources available.
So quit complaining. Start by quitting the job that you clearly hate. Figure out what you actually enjoy doing (that contributes something of value to someone) and get paid for it.
Everything from raising children to painting counts. There is an endless supply of hobbies that pay. Gardening counts too. Raising fish, breeding jellyfish, driving just about any type of vehicle.
Why'd you ever choose a job that wasn't something you already enjoyed doing?
There's a 3D version, but I mean the original 2D version. Scan north south east west, fire laser, fire missle, turn, move. Basic conditionals and iteration. Variables and constants. Code executes at a constant speed per line. Program your bug to survive in an arena of other bugs. It's dead-on application, and pretty much the software side of simple robotics.
Of course, there's LOGO, which will always hold a place in my heart as a programmable etcha-sketch. But that might be growing more than old at this point.
If your solution to moving object and in-motion safety is analyzing gigabits of data per second, you're already incorrect. It already won't work. It already won't be secure, it won't be safe, and it'll only work at STP. Safety has never been about longer checklists and more data. It's always been about learning which few of those billion bits are the important ones, learning to identify them, recognize them, and act upon them, in spite of the enormous amount of data surrounding them.
That's not a processing limitation. That's a logic rule. It's about eliminating ambiguity and about nearly eliminating any chance of mis-understanding.
Makes a lot of sense. The faster my billiard ball rolls, the less friction it needs to overcome and the less friction it applies to the table surface. Friction occurs over time. So it makes sense that at massively significant speeds, (finally got to use massive correctly) less mass would be "applied" to the space.
I actually like the idea of mass acting like friction, it compliments the idea of gravity quite well -- and says that if you move fast enough, gravity matters less and less.
Having spent 40 years forcing someone else to make decisions on your behalf, you do it one last time with this post, and then you do what your country needs you to do. You get off of your ass and start making decisions for others. You start your own business, your own service, your own product, or your own project.
You no longer need someone else to schedule your day, tell you what to wear, and to prioritize your actions. And since you've got the experience of having someone do that for 40 years, you can now, finally, dress yourself.
It can be anything in the technology sector, or anything outside of the technology centre. The ability to make decisions is important for any community. If you haven't learned how to make decisions by 40, then you're a lost cause to your community. Move to a country that needs 40 year-old robots. There are plenty.
I'm in Canada. We're building houses like crazy in Ontario, around Toronto.
A friend of mine suggested that where men strive to be successful or respected, women strive to get noticed.