Companies these days seem to be fearless about overt discrimination against non protected classes. I was having lunch with a friend and asked him if he knew any high quality companies who had software job openings. I was shocked at the reply.
"My buddy at HP (Loveland CO) said he has an opening in his group.... However, his boss told him not to bother bringing any white males to interview".
So, HP has an illegal hiring policy and are not afraid to tell their managers, who are not afraid to tell their professional staff, who are fine telling members of the public. We've come a long way, Baby.
I will never purchase or recommend a HP product again.
The "notifications center" is the fucking shit that lives in the system tray 24/7 and spams you when shittysite.com wants to send you a notification, even after you've closed the tab. Websites pushing notifications that you didn't send a GET request for is an absolutely horrid idea, and I hope this is an indication that Google is giving up on it.
Is getting a notification you are about to be hit by a tornado a horrid idea?
Push (subscription based) notification can be pretty useful. It's been around a long time, in many forms. I doubt Google is giving up on the concept.
I agree. The author comes across like a Mean Girls reporter for a high school gossip column sent to do a report on the AV club.
The author's personal biases are palpable as is her fixation on people's bodily functions.
All of the competitors—and this will come as a shock—are men, or at least on their way to becoming men
What's that supposed to mean? The article seems to focus on the author's opinion that the contestants are unfuckable despite them having good job prospects. Did we learn anything about technique or team strategy in these competitions? Did the author care?
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The planes used a Linux based autopilot to control the aircraft which had waypoints sent to it via onboard Odroid SBCs. Primary communication to and from the planes used UDP packets sent through USB WiFi adaptors hung off the Odroids
2 people "operated" the swarm, one commanding, the other monitoring. Planes got their swarm "slot" assignments at launch and tried to maintain position relative to a lead aircraft once they had reached their slot altitude. It's an interesting read. A quick estimate suggests they put around $1k in hardware into each plane.
They describe guiding planes manually via spotter pilots using a secondary 900MHz spread spectrum radio link when anything went wrong.
All planes were programmed with the same landing point, with the assumption that GPS and barometer inaccuracy would provide sufficient spread on landing. But with nearly 50 planes on the runway, on-deck collisions were unavoidable. Some of the video captured by GoPro cameras mounted to the nose of each plane show skidding into other planes, or coming down directly on top of other planes on the ground. Lesson learned for next time: add a bit more variation to the landing coordinates.
It's not really about power output on home/office AP's. The problem primarily comes from idiots broadcasting in the unlicensed 5Ghz band using a high gain antenna with a direct view of a nearby TDWR site and turning off or not using Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS). None of the documented interference cases involved home users turning their WiFi router power up to 11 or selecting improper channels.
I stumbled on this informative report which details the FCC's issues with 5GHz band interference. See page 3-4 for details on the interference problems.
I learned a lot about frequency sharing from this technical report. It's well worth a read.
I can understand why they get predictions about the future wrong, that bit is hard. What gets me is when the prediction for right now is at odds with what is actually happening. It seems like there is a significant delay between sensors on the ground taking a reading and the models being updated.
Most regional models are run at least once an hour and make use of data from sensors up to a few minutes before the model is run. Even if a weather model was perfect, it would still produce incorrect results because models are always started with conditions that do not reflect the true state of the atmosphere. Weather models use other models or earlier runs to produce a best guess at the current state of the atmosphere. The atmosphere model is "adjusted" using the latest sensor, sounding, radar and satellite, data and then the model is run to predict the future. All weather models have to deal with the fact they only have an loose estimate of the state of each 3-D cell in the real atmosphere.
While we have lots of sensors close to the ground, we have very few up high in the atmosphere. The state of the upper atmosphere is rarely measured directly. Balloon soundings are done once or twice a day and only from a few places. The latest soundings have a huge effect on weather model results, so major corrections take about 12 hours if the sounding for an area was not representative of the local state of the atmosphere.
Apart from it being slightly comical when the guy on TV says sun is out but looking through the window I can see rain, it makes short term predictions useless. If they say it will rain this evening when I want to go out but the forecast for right now is wrong, what am I supposed to do with that information?
The best weather models usually get the features right, but are often off in timing. Frontal passages often happen hours from when they are predicted, but they do occur. Use radar and surface sensor data if you want to know current weather. Satellite data are usually less than 30 minutes old. Use model data to get a best guess on the future.
At best you get a vague prediction of the weather in the next few days, but the exact timing of events tends to vary quite a bit from what they say. It doesn't help that in the UK TV weather forecasts are delivered in the most confusing way possible, but fortunately we have the internet now.
Wide spread rain and snow events are the hardest to model or predict as the precipitation falls out in bands which form chaotically. Unless one precisely knows the starting position, one cannot predict the outcome over time. We will never have sensors every N meters in a 3-D grid over the earth so weather predictions will always be off.
Black, to cover the obnoxious blue LEDs.
White, to let some light through.
Masking tape over the speakers in the kid's toys.
Duct, to keep the taillight on the truck.
Surgical, to keep the bandage on while I work.
There is no solution, there is no fix or magic arrow, and all the bitching of the world won't make them die any faster.
Maybe, instead of focusing all your adolescent angst on your elders, take the time to attend public meetings and vote.
Yeah, we know; you're too busy to do that. Please, stay focused on your little screen while we change the world.
This is a good example of people having a fundamental lack of knowledge about Git and GitHub.
You heard; "We don't need a backup because GitHub is so awesome". That does sound scary.
However, the whole point of Git is everyone who cares about the project has the complete repository, usually with multiple backups, and works "off-line" as normal practice.
Github is just an awesome and easy place to share a copy of the repository. It's trivial to set up another shared repository or just share directly with those involved in the development.
This was the whole point. Someone wanted to cause a disruption to users in China surfing via a VPN.
I assumed they selected Github as the target because they wanted an effective response delivered to the originators of the original http request.
They are constantly mapping accessible VPNs and developing countermeasures against them. I understand it's a constant game of whack-a-mole over there with access to VPNs outside the great firewall.
If I asked you how you would send me a file over a public network and keep it secret, would your first question be; what type of file do you want to send?
Why wait for youngsters to graduate in a decade? Women should make up 95% of the H1-B visas issued for 10 years to make up for the historical 5:1 imbalance in the program.
A significant part of the brogrammer "culture" has been imported. The H1-B program has amplified the problem.
I've had great success using remastersys Set up the distribution exactly how you want, then create an image which can run live or be installed on virtual or real machines.
I've been "ripping" from vinyl since the early '70s. Dust on records is easy to deal with. See below.
The big problem is you can't loan out any record you care about. Every time a record is played with a needle, it gets damaged. Just pulling it out of the sleeve is enough to make it a dust magnet. Records skip when you walk across the floor and you have to turn up the amp after the needle is on the record, or you can damage your speakers. CD's were a godsend because you can play them without using sterile technique.
Most people played their records with needles coated with grit and goo from the last 100 albums. Once enough lint built up, the records would start skipping and people would drag their finger across the needle to "clean" it. People paid well over $100 for a needle cartridge and
would drag a dirty, grit covered $40 brush, covered in some goofy $20/oz fluid over every album. Most vinyl and needles get coated with crap and stay that way.
I worked in a university music library with a valuable record collection and learned to use running water and mild soap, if necessary, in a sink to remove dust, oil and dirt on the playing surface. Vacuum dust from the covers before pulling the records out.
Keep water away from the label (towel blot) and let air dry. Stay away from all the expensive machines, brushes and fluids for cleaning albums. A cool water spray is very effective at cleaning a dusty or dirty record and leaves it static free. The needle needs checked and cleaned with a soft brush after each play. Often, it takes some isopropyl alcohol to clean the grease off the needle.
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"My buddy at HP (Loveland CO) said he has an opening in his group. ... However, his boss told him not to bother bringing any white males to interview".
So, HP has an illegal hiring policy and are not afraid to tell their managers, who are not afraid to tell their professional staff, who are fine telling members of the public. We've come a long way, Baby.
I will never purchase or recommend a HP product again.
The "notifications center" is the fucking shit that lives in the system tray 24/7 and spams you when shittysite.com wants to send you a notification, even after you've closed the tab. Websites pushing notifications that you didn't send a GET request for is an absolutely horrid idea, and I hope this is an indication that Google is giving up on it.
Is getting a notification you are about to be hit by a tornado a horrid idea?
Push (subscription based) notification can be pretty useful. It's been around a long time, in many forms. I doubt Google is giving up on the concept.
The author's personal biases are palpable as is her fixation on people's bodily functions.
All of the competitors—and this will come as a shock—are men, or at least on their way to becoming men
What's that supposed to mean? The article seems to focus on the author's opinion that the contestants are unfuckable despite them having good job prospects. Did we learn anything about technique or team strategy in these competitions? Did the author care?
Paint it orange and give it a little LED headlight for rescue. I'd be happy to see a robot roach if I were buried.
2 people "operated" the swarm, one commanding, the other monitoring. Planes got their swarm "slot" assignments at launch and tried to maintain position relative to a lead aircraft once they had reached their slot altitude. It's an interesting read. A quick estimate suggests they put around $1k in hardware into each plane. They describe guiding planes manually via spotter pilots using a secondary 900MHz spread spectrum radio link when anything went wrong.
All planes were programmed with the same landing point, with the assumption that GPS and barometer inaccuracy would provide sufficient spread on landing. But with nearly 50 planes on the runway, on-deck collisions were unavoidable. Some of the video captured by GoPro cameras mounted to the nose of each plane show skidding into other planes, or coming down directly on top of other planes on the ground. Lesson learned for next time: add a bit more variation to the landing coordinates.
I stumbled on this informative report which details the FCC's issues with 5GHz band interference. See page 3-4 for details on the interference problems.
I learned a lot about frequency sharing from this technical report. It's well worth a read.
I can understand why they get predictions about the future wrong, that bit is hard. What gets me is when the prediction for right now is at odds with what is actually happening. It seems like there is a significant delay between sensors on the ground taking a reading and the models being updated.
Most regional models are run at least once an hour and make use of data from sensors up to a few minutes before the model is run. Even if a weather model was perfect, it would still produce incorrect results because models are always started with conditions that do not reflect the true state of the atmosphere. Weather models use other models or earlier runs to produce a best guess at the current state of the atmosphere. The atmosphere model is "adjusted" using the latest sensor, sounding, radar and satellite, data and then the model is run to predict the future. All weather models have to deal with the fact they only have an loose estimate of the state of each 3-D cell in the real atmosphere.
While we have lots of sensors close to the ground, we have very few up high in the atmosphere. The state of the upper atmosphere is rarely measured directly. Balloon soundings are done once or twice a day and only from a few places. The latest soundings have a huge effect on weather model results, so major corrections take about 12 hours if the sounding for an area was not representative of the local state of the atmosphere.
Apart from it being slightly comical when the guy on TV says sun is out but looking through the window I can see rain, it makes short term predictions useless. If they say it will rain this evening when I want to go out but the forecast for right now is wrong, what am I supposed to do with that information?
The best weather models usually get the features right, but are often off in timing. Frontal passages often happen hours from when they are predicted, but they do occur. Use radar and surface sensor data if you want to know current weather. Satellite data are usually less than 30 minutes old. Use model data to get a best guess on the future.
At best you get a vague prediction of the weather in the next few days, but the exact timing of events tends to vary quite a bit from what they say. It doesn't help that in the UK TV weather forecasts are delivered in the most confusing way possible, but fortunately we have the internet now.
Wide spread rain and snow events are the hardest to model or predict as the precipitation falls out in bands which form chaotically. Unless one precisely knows the starting position, one cannot predict the outcome over time. We will never have sensors every N meters in a 3-D grid over the earth so weather predictions will always be off.
Black, to cover the obnoxious blue LEDs.
White, to let some light through.
Masking tape over the speakers in the kid's toys.
Duct, to keep the taillight on the truck.
Surgical, to keep the bandage on while I work.
Undo Fumble fingers mod. -Sorry.
Great article. It's informative and helpful. I actually learned something useful.
I know what you mean. We need vastly more H1-B MBA's. American MBA's labor costs are SO uncompetitive.
Their just old.
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There is no solution, there is no fix or magic arrow, and all the bitching of the world won't make them die any faster.
Maybe, instead of focusing all your adolescent angst on your elders, take the time to attend public meetings and vote.
Yeah, we know; you're too busy to do that. Please, stay focused on your little screen while we change the world.
You heard; "We don't need a backup because GitHub is so awesome". That does sound scary.
However, the whole point of Git is everyone who cares about the project has the complete repository, usually with multiple backups, and works "off-line" as normal practice.
Github is just an awesome and easy place to share a copy of the repository. It's trivial to set up another shared repository or just share directly with those involved in the development.
I assumed they selected Github as the target because they wanted an effective response delivered to the originators of the original http request.
They are constantly mapping accessible VPNs and developing countermeasures against them. I understand it's a constant game of whack-a-mole over there with access to VPNs outside the great firewall.
Mods, please smack parents for racist troll.
It covers a wide berth of timing related topics and is information dense. I found no marketing BS in this paper at all.
We had several Vaxen in our lab.
It's used to show who groks tek. Sales dept use "Vaxes". Users say Vaxen.
Now, get off my lawn. I just mowed it.
If I asked you how you would send me a file over a public network and keep it secret, would your first question be; what type of file do you want to send?
I want to know the real purpose. Was a strange obelisk discovered by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter?
Are we developing Lunar Rods from God capability?
/s
A significant part of the brogrammer "culture" has been imported. The H1-B program has amplified the problem.
This product may be what you are looking for
http://bt.tn/
A big red button connected to the net that can do whatever you want
This. I was thinking a Raspberry Pi stuffed inside a Staples "Easy Button".
I've had great success using remastersys Set up the distribution exactly how you want, then create an image which can run live or be installed on virtual or real machines.
I've been "ripping" from vinyl since the early '70s. Dust on records is easy to deal with. See below.
The big problem is you can't loan out any record you care about. Every time a record is played with a needle, it gets damaged. Just pulling it out of the sleeve is enough to make it a dust magnet. Records skip when you walk across the floor and you have to turn up the amp after the needle is on the record, or you can damage your speakers. CD's were a godsend because you can play them without using sterile technique.
Most people played their records with needles coated with grit and goo from the last 100 albums. Once enough lint built up, the records would start skipping and people would drag their finger across the needle to "clean" it. People paid well over $100 for a needle cartridge and would drag a dirty, grit covered $40 brush, covered in some goofy $20/oz fluid over every album. Most vinyl and needles get coated with crap and stay that way.
I worked in a university music library with a valuable record collection and learned to use running water and mild soap, if necessary, in a sink to remove dust, oil and dirt on the playing surface. Vacuum dust from the covers before pulling the records out. Keep water away from the label (towel blot) and let air dry. Stay away from all the expensive machines, brushes and fluids for cleaning albums. A cool water spray is very effective at cleaning a dusty or dirty record and leaves it static free. The needle needs checked and cleaned with a soft brush after each play. Often, it takes some isopropyl alcohol to clean the grease off the needle.
They completely missed the 22 Asian babies Obama had roasted for the Whitehouse Christmas dinner. Lamer Noobs.
Do not question Official information. Carry on.