Other than maybe not drinking if a psychologist says that alcohol has an adverse effect on the medication she takes and maybe asking the photographer not to take her picture while drinking, she could untag herself from unflattering pictures like these. There is already a setting to limit who can see tagged photos and also automation to have the system send an email and/or SMS when a photo is tagged. I frequently check the Privacy settings to make sure that I know how much information is being shared. I essentially have three groups: people I actually know (full access to what I share and access to see each other's posts on my wall), people I am 'Friends' with but do not have the heart to de-friend (basic information like photos I have shared and tagged myself, email address, status updates), and everyone else (name, default profile pic... and nothing else).
To limit who can see tagged photos:
Account > Privacy > Customize > Photos and videos I'm tagged in > Edit Settings > Who can see photos and videos I'm tagged in > Custom > Create a group of people you actually know or set it to 'Only Me'.
To receive alerts about being tagged:
Account > Account Settings > Notifications > Photos > 'Tags you in a photo'
If you're inexperienced (and from what you say I'm going to assume you are) you're resume's going to be pretty short. Put those hobbies on there, they'll give us something to talk about - or I'll ignore them. No harm in having them on there.
You are right, I do not have a lot of experience. My resume does have more empty space on it now that I have a couple years of real-world experience and I took off High School and jobs that are not related to my career. I do not believe putting unrelated activities and interests is in the best interest of an applicant, though. In your case, you may take it as something to talk about, but what about a hiring manager with a disability that and does not want to feel bad for him/herself by hearing about the weekend the new hire spent at a fancy resort skiing.
Sure, this may be an extreme case, but in looking at the three possibilities, I see it is weighted against.
The interviewer has similar interests: it brings up a common topic that can be talked about, but it does not really matter.
The interviewer does not hold the same interest: the topic does not come up and it really does not matter.
The interviewer is ashamed, upset, jealous, or discouraged by what is written: the applicant gets marked down (consciously or subconsciously).
Overall, I would rather not risk getting an interview (or getting past the first interview) because of something that does not matter. Again, I do not have a lot of experience and may be missing a point here.
I recently returned to school to complete my degree and was able to hear a very intresting presentation from one of the instructors last year. Being that I have applied for many jobs in the past year (and currently working full-time while going to school in the evening), a lot of these made sense. Here are some of the points I found most interesting to take into account during an interview.
- There are only two things that the employer wants to know during the interview: "Can you do the job?" and "Are you going to cause trouble?". The information on your resume will answer the first. Your answers and attitude during the interview will answer the second.
- During the interview, focus on proving you are able to do the job and that you will not cause trouble. Trouble would be absenteeism, incompatibility with co-workers, etc. Keep your personal life personal and your special interests and hobbies to yourself unless they directly pertain to the job. If you interests require you to take time off from work, that should come up during the negotiation period and not during the interview. Also, do not bring up money, pay, vacation, training, "team lunches or get-togethers", hours, or other trivial items. This should all be addressed after the job offer has been extended, while you negotiate, and before you start.
- Once the employer has gone through the process of interviewing all of the candidates and decided that you are the best candidate, you should have already prepared a list of priorities for what you want. If you need six weeks of paid vacation per year, if you need to make a certain salary, or if you need to work a certain schedule, that is all negotiable at this point before the job is accepted. For all of the effort they have put into posting a job opening, sorting through all of the applications, spending all that time interviewing, and somehow still decided that you are the best candidate, it is not in the employer's best interest to start the whole process over because you want six weeks of vacation time instead of the normal four. Everything is negotiable.
- If you are asked during the interview how much you are expecting to make at the new position, a correct answer is "I earn $XXXX at my current job and I am certain you will be fair, but I would like to lean more about the company". It does not ignore the question, but it does not put either party in a tight spot or make either party feel guilty. Again, pay is part of negotiation and not part of the interview.
- One item that should be addressed during the interview is asking about company culture: military (directives from management), team (groups work together to solve problems), competitive (individuals work "against" each other), artistic (try to create the best product), etc.
- Another item that should be asked is what the interviewer sees in the job. Each interview may give a different answer from HR, the department head, the department manager, and the team leader. Taking each of those into account will give a better impression of what is expected.
- I suspect that developers and other specialized positions would want to know what type of systems would be used and the development tools required. This, however, should already be answered to the employer by what is listed on the resume. If the tools required are not listed there and the candidate was still being considered, the tools must not matter very much to the employer and they may be willing to offer training on that system. I am not sure asking about what type of hardware, email, ticket tracking, system environment (Dev/QA/UAT/Prod), or documentation system would be used, since those are basically universal and two companies with the same system may use them in different ways and a new hire will need to become oriented with how the company wants to handle details. Also, if questions about dress code, hours worked, overtime availability, weekend catch-up time, or anything else not normally covered in an interview are important to you, s
I am not sure how much I really trust that per-episode chart once I started looking at one of the sample episodes. At some points the face recognition will not pick up on main characters for apparently no reason. For example, in episode 53 at about 1:30 in the sample there is dialog between Spock, Kirk, and someone else. The camera angles are steady and consistent (other than people turning their head while talking) and sometimes the system does not recognize one of the characters after it did just a few seconds earlier. On the right side it shows the name of the character or "Other" if it recognizes a face, but not compared to something it knows about.
Seems like exactly the same as turning the phone off. I smell a patent!
It is different because you do not need to pay a monthly fee to turn the phone off.
From TFA:
The company hopes to be able to announce early next year that the software is available through a carrier, probably for $10 to $20 per month for a family.
Nobody would ever switch to passenger mode "just this one time because it is important" while driving either.
But what about an analogy from amateur radio? Used to be if an "Elmer" (mentor), gave you his 20-year old transmitter, you were grateful. I think it's been decades since the American Radio Reley League warned about that. If it isn't half-new, nobody wants it now, will use it, or will benefit from the learning experience.
I am not sure that comparing a mentor giving someone a used piece of equipment that was past its prime but usable is quite the same as shipping computers to another country to avoid paying for recycling and to look good. In TFA they talk about people burning off the plastic to retrieve the tiny bits of copper they can salvage for very little money. Also, one of the posts above was talking about proprietary drivers for a late-model machine that may no longer be available? Is that even a hand-me-down when you give someone a brick?
I've looked at some of the charity sites...
Where were the charities? First-world countries trying to teach people how to use email to show photos of their grandchildren at baseball camp where a 1 GHz PIII would be overkill anyway. How many computers are these charities looking for, how many computers are being sent to third-world countries, and how many are actually benefitting those countries?
There is a website devoted to this cause: BanComicSans.com. You can order shirts, hats, mugs, or download a flyer to post in your cube at work like I did. It is hard to take emails from upper management seriously when the default font is Comic Sans with a textured background.
I second the Samsung ML-1710. I've had mine for a couple months and only print only a couple times a week. The quality of the output is great, the setup was easy (USB), and -- after the warm-up -- the pages do come out at 17ppm as promised.
The only downfall I found was the manual feed slot. The pages don't always pull in evenly and crumple one of the corners. Adding the page to the top of the tray resolves this problem. Also, I can't get envelopes to go through properly so I use labels instead.
This model is/was on sale at Best Buy for only $100 (after $30 instant and $70 mail-in rebate) and replacement toner is $70 a pop at Best Buy and similarly priced (very few less) online.
I snapped a couple shots from random saves I had handy. The "Matrix Code" does scroll in a constant downward motion. Picture one is of the servant in Everett Morgan's house. Picture two shows the Nanotech sword on the right of the screen with two scientists and a bot.
Quite a coincidence that I happen to get to the end of the game the same day an article comes up about it!
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Other than maybe not drinking if a psychologist says that alcohol has an adverse effect on the medication she takes and maybe asking the photographer not to take her picture while drinking, she could untag herself from unflattering pictures like these. There is already a setting to limit who can see tagged photos and also automation to have the system send an email and/or SMS when a photo is tagged. I frequently check the Privacy settings to make sure that I know how much information is being shared. I essentially have three groups: people I actually know (full access to what I share and access to see each other's posts on my wall), people I am 'Friends' with but do not have the heart to de-friend (basic information like photos I have shared and tagged myself, email address, status updates), and everyone else (name, default profile pic... and nothing else).
To limit who can see tagged photos:
Account > Privacy > Customize > Photos and videos I'm tagged in > Edit Settings > Who can see photos and videos I'm tagged in > Custom > Create a group of people you actually know or set it to 'Only Me'.
To receive alerts about being tagged:
Account > Account Settings > Notifications > Photos > 'Tags you in a photo'
If you're inexperienced (and from what you say I'm going to assume you are) you're resume's going to be pretty short. Put those hobbies on there, they'll give us something to talk about - or I'll ignore them. No harm in having them on there.
You are right, I do not have a lot of experience. My resume does have more empty space on it now that I have a couple years of real-world experience and I took off High School and jobs that are not related to my career. I do not believe putting unrelated activities and interests is in the best interest of an applicant, though. In your case, you may take it as something to talk about, but what about a hiring manager with a disability that and does not want to feel bad for him/herself by hearing about the weekend the new hire spent at a fancy resort skiing.
Sure, this may be an extreme case, but in looking at the three possibilities, I see it is weighted against.
Overall, I would rather not risk getting an interview (or getting past the first interview) because of something that does not matter. Again, I do not have a lot of experience and may be missing a point here.
I recently returned to school to complete my degree and was able to hear a very intresting presentation from one of the instructors last year. Being that I have applied for many jobs in the past year (and currently working full-time while going to school in the evening), a lot of these made sense. Here are some of the points I found most interesting to take into account during an interview.
- There are only two things that the employer wants to know during the interview: "Can you do the job?" and "Are you going to cause trouble?". The information on your resume will answer the first. Your answers and attitude during the interview will answer the second.
- During the interview, focus on proving you are able to do the job and that you will not cause trouble. Trouble would be absenteeism, incompatibility with co-workers, etc. Keep your personal life personal and your special interests and hobbies to yourself unless they directly pertain to the job. If you interests require you to take time off from work, that should come up during the negotiation period and not during the interview. Also, do not bring up money, pay, vacation, training, "team lunches or get-togethers", hours, or other trivial items. This should all be addressed after the job offer has been extended, while you negotiate, and before you start.
- Once the employer has gone through the process of interviewing all of the candidates and decided that you are the best candidate, you should have already prepared a list of priorities for what you want. If you need six weeks of paid vacation per year, if you need to make a certain salary, or if you need to work a certain schedule, that is all negotiable at this point before the job is accepted. For all of the effort they have put into posting a job opening, sorting through all of the applications, spending all that time interviewing, and somehow still decided that you are the best candidate, it is not in the employer's best interest to start the whole process over because you want six weeks of vacation time instead of the normal four. Everything is negotiable.
- If you are asked during the interview how much you are expecting to make at the new position, a correct answer is "I earn $XXXX at my current job and I am certain you will be fair, but I would like to lean more about the company". It does not ignore the question, but it does not put either party in a tight spot or make either party feel guilty. Again, pay is part of negotiation and not part of the interview.
- One item that should be addressed during the interview is asking about company culture: military (directives from management), team (groups work together to solve problems), competitive (individuals work "against" each other), artistic (try to create the best product), etc.
- Another item that should be asked is what the interviewer sees in the job. Each interview may give a different answer from HR, the department head, the department manager, and the team leader. Taking each of those into account will give a better impression of what is expected.
- I suspect that developers and other specialized positions would want to know what type of systems would be used and the development tools required. This, however, should already be answered to the employer by what is listed on the resume. If the tools required are not listed there and the candidate was still being considered, the tools must not matter very much to the employer and they may be willing to offer training on that system. I am not sure asking about what type of hardware, email, ticket tracking, system environment (Dev/QA/UAT/Prod), or documentation system would be used, since those are basically universal and two companies with the same system may use them in different ways and a new hire will need to become oriented with how the company wants to handle details. Also, if questions about dress code, hours worked, overtime availability, weekend catch-up time, or anything else not normally covered in an interview are important to you, s
I am not sure how much I really trust that per-episode chart once I started looking at one of the sample episodes. At some points the face recognition will not pick up on main characters for apparently no reason. For example, in episode 53 at about 1:30 in the sample there is dialog between Spock, Kirk, and someone else. The camera angles are steady and consistent (other than people turning their head while talking) and sometimes the system does not recognize one of the characters after it did just a few seconds earlier. On the right side it shows the name of the character or "Other" if it recognizes a face, but not compared to something it knows about.
Overall, this is simply amazing!
Seems like exactly the same as turning the phone off. I smell a patent!
It is different because you do not need to pay a monthly fee to turn the phone off.
From TFA:
The company hopes to be able to announce early next year that the software is available through a carrier, probably for $10 to $20 per month for a family.
Nobody would ever switch to passenger mode "just this one time because it is important" while driving either.
But what about an analogy from amateur radio? Used to be if an "Elmer" (mentor), gave you his 20-year old transmitter, you were grateful. I think it's been decades since the American Radio Reley League warned about that. If it isn't half-new, nobody wants it now, will use it, or will benefit from the learning experience.
I am not sure that comparing a mentor giving someone a used piece of equipment that was past its prime but usable is quite the same as shipping computers to another country to avoid paying for recycling and to look good. In TFA they talk about people burning off the plastic to retrieve the tiny bits of copper they can salvage for very little money. Also, one of the posts above was talking about proprietary drivers for a late-model machine that may no longer be available? Is that even a hand-me-down when you give someone a brick?
I've looked at some of the charity sites...
Where were the charities? First-world countries trying to teach people how to use email to show photos of their grandchildren at baseball camp where a 1 GHz PIII would be overkill anyway. How many computers are these charities looking for, how many computers are being sent to third-world countries, and how many are actually benefitting those countries?
Just my $0.02 while playing Devil's Advocate.
There is a website devoted to this cause: BanComicSans.com. You can order shirts, hats, mugs, or download a flyer to post in your cube at work like I did. It is hard to take emails from upper management seriously when the default font is Comic Sans with a textured background.
I second the Samsung ML-1710. I've had mine for a couple months and only print only a couple times a week. The quality of the output is great, the setup was easy (USB), and -- after the warm-up -- the pages do come out at 17ppm as promised.
The only downfall I found was the manual feed slot. The pages don't always pull in evenly and crumple one of the corners. Adding the page to the top of the tray resolves this problem. Also, I can't get envelopes to go through properly so I use labels instead.
This model is/was on sale at Best Buy for only $100 (after $30 instant and $70 mail-in rebate) and replacement toner is $70 a pop at Best Buy and similarly priced (very few less) online.
-Jason
I snapped a couple shots from random saves I had handy. The "Matrix Code" does scroll in a constant downward motion. Picture one is of the servant in Everett Morgan's house. Picture two shows the Nanotech sword on the right of the screen with two scientists and a bot.
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Quite a coincidence that I happen to get to the end of the game the same day an article comes up about it!
http://jeberg.freeshell.org/deus-ex/de-matrix1.jp
http://jeberg.freeshell.org/deus-ex/de-matrix2.jp
-Jason