Coming from a complex environment where it takes a year or more to just begin to understand the product (service with massive amounts of customizations for many high-profile customers), this definitely makes you less employable. It definitely feels to me like we're going to start seeing a backlash soon against all of the millenials who flip jobs every year. As more products get more complex it takes longer for a new employee to truly become competent at their job. Turnover is extremely disruptive. And this is in an environment with good wages and benefits.
Personally if I had two equally experienced candidates, one with ten positions in ten years, and one with two in ten years I'd take the latter. I want someone who will stick around long enough to become effective and pay off all of the time it took to reach that point.
(And finding a support person? That's even harder. We need 2-3 years minimum to get a support person to competency, and that's if we poach someone from an employer who already knows our products some from a user perspective.)
Sadly none of the ergonomic ones on that list fit what I want. Ideally I'd like to see a keyboard with the layout of the MS ergonomic keyboard but with proper mechanical keys.
I've used nothing but these split-style keyboards for nearly 20 years. I definitely think I've saved myself from needing carpal tunnel surgery in doing so, as it immediately relieved the wrist pains that started just before then.
Uber needs to fix their shit security on their 2FA system.
Someone tried to get into my Uber account. I kept getting 2FA codes texted to my phone. I went to log into my account and check up on it and it sent me *the exact same 2FA code*. If I had entered that code and continued I have a feeling it would have also let in whoever was trying to get in at the same time.
I ended up having to wait a while until Uber flipped to a new 2FA code then logged in and changed my login info. Since I never really use Uber I tried to remove my only payment method on file--Paypal. It won't let you. Your uber account isn't allowed to exist without a payment method. So I went into Paypal and de-authorized Uber.
Uber really needs to fix this. A 2FA code should be 100% unique to that browser session and IP. It shouldn't be getting re-used.
Unfortunately full30 is still invite-only. One of the problems is they need a lot more funding to get enough infrastructure to get enough people on board to start to attract advertisers to actually pay for it. Chicken-and-the-egg issue. It's also already on the popular anti-gun blacklists (my employer blocks it already).
This is where Pornhub could come in. They have the infrastructure. They just need to put up a new non-porn domain to handle all the new content. Hopefully one that won't end up on popular blacklists.
I'd consider just covering more detail of gravity. If you can get some volunteers to stretch out a bedsheet and place some balls of varying masses on it, then roll smaller balls around them that may help 'set the stage' for future concepts. I'd cover the Einstein aspect by just saying he figured out a lot of *how* gravity works and its effects. Give it a couple years to get into special relativity and such.
If they are interested in games, get them to try out Kerbal. Great way to really get to understand how gravity 'works' in relation to space travel.
I mostly read at night in bed. In my 20s I'd go through a book every other night, up way too late. As I've gotten older I just can't keep my eyes open that long and find myself reading less and less before having to turn out the lights.
Of course the size of book matters. I read mostly fantasy and scifi. I went through a kick reading lots of smaller scifi books, and even these days I'd go through 10 or so a month. Right this moment I'm re-reading the Wheel of Time series, though. At 800+ pages per book it's more like 2-3 a month.
You are a red line on the budget. You are nothing but an expense Your department just beg and grovel to justify its existence at every turn.
When something breaks, and you fix it, the value of fixing it will not be seen by the company. They will only see this red line on the budget fucked up and expanded that red line even further.
TAnd anyway, due to civil service rules they can't be fired.
Every business in existence knows how to get around these rules and laws. They will make the employees lives a total hell until they quit or find other excuses to fire them. Unfortunate but true.
I'm always careful to grab mine, but with all the bullshit rules these days I have FOUR FUCKING BINS plus my bag to take through TSA.
It's complete fucking security theater. Stop requiring removal of all these devices that just slow down lines and lead to lost items. It's all bullshit.
I'll chalk this up as a poor interpretation of what constitutes 'middle class.' Most of the jobs automation would impact might creep into the low end of that range, but not very many.
However, as the wealth disparity widens and more automation in general comes into common use we will eventually have to find a solution. Guaranteed Income and the like may not be the right answer, though it's certainly the common thought right now. We definitely have to look into the issue further.
Unfortunately that would never happen. I'm sure it would be the usual setup of a physician ensuring the location of the heart is marked as a target, multiple people firing, probably with a couple pointless blanks (shooters can tell the difference, hence pointless). A single shot to the head would be too reminiscent of executions by dictators and terrorists.
While I'm perfectly fine with execution when there is absolute proof of guilt there are too many people on death row under falsified evidence or just plain shit law enforcement or legal work. Right now incarceration for life is cheaper anyway.
In high school our computer lab had just gotten new PCs across the board the same time that the original "Doom Test" (playable multiplayer test version) was released. I actually spent a bunch of time playing it before and after school with the computer and math teachers (as opposed to other students).
Not to mention that they offer the PreCheck lines to people who aren't enrolled in PreCheck... and who consequently have no fucking idea how to go back to early-90s security standards. I waited in line for five minutes last week while a guy kept failing the metal detector... because when they asked him if he had any metal in his body, he forgot about his hip replacement. Would have been faster to go through the regular line.
Even worse, I've been through airports where the TSA drone sitting at the empty Precheck line is basically talking shit to everyone in the regular line right next to her. "You know, you could just sign up for Precheck and not deal with that long line!" Why should I pay ANOTHER fee for pointless security theater?
End the bullshit security theater. Do enough to keep serious explosives off (the crotch-bomber was no threat to the flight as a whole), basic metal detector.
People know now hot to cooperate with hijackers, and have started reacting appropriately (beating the fuck out of anyone attempting it). Cockpit doors are locked now. Those two changes alone were all that were really needed to improve airline security.
Taking away bottles of water and baby formula, stopping people with pocketknives, making everyone take off their shoes and gut half their luggage for the xrays are all a waste of time. They have caught NO THREATS yet. They have failed every single test to actually sneak stuff through.
I still occasionally convert customers off an old point of sale system--some dating back to the early 80's--based on a Zilog Z80. The 10-20MB hard drives in them use an interface predating RLL or MFM. They communicate using bisynchronous serial modems.
I've known a number of H1Bs, have some I've considered good friends, and all of whom will make excellent citizens--almost all are going through the process.
From the H1B perspective, they are effectively indentured servants. They are locked into their employer, and any progress toward citizenship is completely at that company's whim. The employee has no recourse other than to put up and shut up.
From a citizen's perspective, the whole thing has become a sham to replace expensive American workers with far cheaper H1Bs.
Here's how hiring an H1B works (at least part of it): - Find an H1B candidate - Make up a fake job listing with EXACTLY that candidate's resume as your 'mandatory requirements'. - Odds are no citizen will apply that matches those requirements precisely. - Congrats, the company has now found an "unfillable" position that demands an H1B to fill it!
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Coming from a complex environment where it takes a year or more to just begin to understand the product (service with massive amounts of customizations for many high-profile customers), this definitely makes you less employable. It definitely feels to me like we're going to start seeing a backlash soon against all of the millenials who flip jobs every year. As more products get more complex it takes longer for a new employee to truly become competent at their job. Turnover is extremely disruptive. And this is in an environment with good wages and benefits.
Personally if I had two equally experienced candidates, one with ten positions in ten years, and one with two in ten years I'd take the latter. I want someone who will stick around long enough to become effective and pay off all of the time it took to reach that point.
(And finding a support person? That's even harder. We need 2-3 years minimum to get a support person to competency, and that's if we poach someone from an employer who already knows our products some from a user perspective.)
Sadly none of the ergonomic ones on that list fit what I want. Ideally I'd like to see a keyboard with the layout of the MS ergonomic keyboard but with proper mechanical keys.
I've used nothing but these split-style keyboards for nearly 20 years. I definitely think I've saved myself from needing carpal tunnel surgery in doing so, as it immediately relieved the wrist pains that started just before then.
Uber needs to fix their shit security on their 2FA system.
Someone tried to get into my Uber account. I kept getting 2FA codes texted to my phone. I went to log into my account and check up on it and it sent me *the exact same 2FA code*. If I had entered that code and continued I have a feeling it would have also let in whoever was trying to get in at the same time.
I ended up having to wait a while until Uber flipped to a new 2FA code then logged in and changed my login info. Since I never really use Uber I tried to remove my only payment method on file--Paypal. It won't let you. Your uber account isn't allowed to exist without a payment method. So I went into Paypal and de-authorized Uber.
Uber really needs to fix this. A 2FA code should be 100% unique to that browser session and IP. It shouldn't be getting re-used.
Maybe we'll finally get a fucking volume control on videos?
Unfortunately full30 is still invite-only. One of the problems is they need a lot more funding to get enough infrastructure to get enough people on board to start to attract advertisers to actually pay for it. Chicken-and-the-egg issue. It's also already on the popular anti-gun blacklists (my employer blocks it already).
This is where Pornhub could come in. They have the infrastructure. They just need to put up a new non-porn domain to handle all the new content. Hopefully one that won't end up on popular blacklists.
However, if the tech companies comply, WA businesses will dominate the online sales market (at least until the 'WA models' become more widespread).
I'd consider just covering more detail of gravity. If you can get some volunteers to stretch out a bedsheet and place some balls of varying masses on it, then roll smaller balls around them that may help 'set the stage' for future concepts. I'd cover the Einstein aspect by just saying he figured out a lot of *how* gravity works and its effects. Give it a couple years to get into special relativity and such.
If they are interested in games, get them to try out Kerbal. Great way to really get to understand how gravity 'works' in relation to space travel.
Too many carbs. More like Keto Chow.
I mostly read at night in bed. In my 20s I'd go through a book every other night, up way too late. As I've gotten older I just can't keep my eyes open that long and find myself reading less and less before having to turn out the lights.
Of course the size of book matters. I read mostly fantasy and scifi. I went through a kick reading lots of smaller scifi books, and even these days I'd go through 10 or so a month. Right this moment I'm re-reading the Wheel of Time series, though. At 800+ pages per book it's more like 2-3 a month.
How about a good link that skips the bullshit and goes right to the fight? https://youtu.be/Z-ouLX8Q9UM?t...
You are a red line on the budget. You are nothing but an expense Your department just beg and grovel to justify its existence at every turn.
When something breaks, and you fix it, the value of fixing it will not be seen by the company. They will only see this red line on the budget fucked up and expanded that red line even further.
TAnd anyway, due to civil service rules they can't be fired.
Every business in existence knows how to get around these rules and laws. They will make the employees lives a total hell until they quit or find other excuses to fire them. Unfortunate but true.
I'm always careful to grab mine, but with all the bullshit rules these days I have FOUR FUCKING BINS plus my bag to take through TSA.
It's complete fucking security theater. Stop requiring removal of all these devices that just slow down lines and lead to lost items. It's all bullshit.
I'll chalk this up as a poor interpretation of what constitutes 'middle class.' Most of the jobs automation would impact might creep into the low end of that range, but not very many.
However, as the wealth disparity widens and more automation in general comes into common use we will eventually have to find a solution. Guaranteed Income and the like may not be the right answer, though it's certainly the common thought right now. We definitely have to look into the issue further.
Or, as someone else put it recently, ask HIllary if she'd be okay with her Secret Service detail only carrying weapons like these.
Then they'll store it on a pile of 8" floppies.
Facebook is not a news site. I do not go to Facebook for news.
I go there to see updates from friends. I have absolutely no interest in anything else, period.
At this point I half expect the SpaceX 2018 Mars trip to end with video of Elon popping out after it lands.
Unfortunately that would never happen. I'm sure it would be the usual setup of a physician ensuring the location of the heart is marked as a target, multiple people firing, probably with a couple pointless blanks (shooters can tell the difference, hence pointless). A single shot to the head would be too reminiscent of executions by dictators and terrorists.
While I'm perfectly fine with execution when there is absolute proof of guilt there are too many people on death row under falsified evidence or just plain shit law enforcement or legal work. Right now incarceration for life is cheaper anyway.
In high school our computer lab had just gotten new PCs across the board the same time that the original "Doom Test" (playable multiplayer test version) was released. I actually spent a bunch of time playing it before and after school with the computer and math teachers (as opposed to other students).
Not to mention that they offer the PreCheck lines to people who aren't enrolled in PreCheck... and who consequently have no fucking idea how to go back to early-90s security standards. I waited in line for five minutes last week while a guy kept failing the metal detector... because when they asked him if he had any metal in his body, he forgot about his hip replacement. Would have been faster to go through the regular line.
Even worse, I've been through airports where the TSA drone sitting at the empty Precheck line is basically talking shit to everyone in the regular line right next to her. "You know, you could just sign up for Precheck and not deal with that long line!" Why should I pay ANOTHER fee for pointless security theater?
End the bullshit security theater. Do enough to keep serious explosives off (the crotch-bomber was no threat to the flight as a whole), basic metal detector.
People know now hot to cooperate with hijackers, and have started reacting appropriately (beating the fuck out of anyone attempting it). Cockpit doors are locked now. Those two changes alone were all that were really needed to improve airline security.
Taking away bottles of water and baby formula, stopping people with pocketknives, making everyone take off their shoes and gut half their luggage for the xrays are all a waste of time. They have caught NO THREATS yet. They have failed every single test to actually sneak stuff through.
End it.
I still occasionally convert customers off an old point of sale system--some dating back to the early 80's--based on a Zilog Z80. The 10-20MB hard drives in them use an interface predating RLL or MFM. They communicate using bisynchronous serial modems.
I've known a number of H1Bs, have some I've considered good friends, and all of whom will make excellent citizens--almost all are going through the process.
From the H1B perspective, they are effectively indentured servants. They are locked into their employer, and any progress toward citizenship is completely at that company's whim. The employee has no recourse other than to put up and shut up.
From a citizen's perspective, the whole thing has become a sham to replace expensive American workers with far cheaper H1Bs.
Here's how hiring an H1B works (at least part of it):
- Find an H1B candidate
- Make up a fake job listing with EXACTLY that candidate's resume as your 'mandatory requirements'.
- Odds are no citizen will apply that matches those requirements precisely.
- Congrats, the company has now found an "unfillable" position that demands an H1B to fill it!
That does remind me...I should try to find a USB power cable for my Yaesu FT-60R....