The kids don't know we're saving it to give it back to them, so there is no incentive problem. Also, it seemed very draconian to just take their money, which often comes from birthday gifts from relatives, and use it ourselves. Also keep in mind that not all kids respond to monetary punishments; ours do, but some kids respond better to having privileges taken away or, who knows, being sat in the corner for an hour. Every parent has to tweak their methods to figure out what works. This happens to work for us.
Also, don't get the impression that the cell phone plan is the only financial education we are giving our kids; it is one of many. We follow the "first national bank of dad" (from the book) method of giving them a virtual bank account with very generous interest rates and monthly statements, and an allowance that is specifically not tied to chores and other behavior. They have debit cards and we help them reconcile their accounts. They have bus passes and school lunch accounts, all of which they are involved with managing. We teach them how to budget and save.
For us, it would be more expensive to go with T-mobile, and for us the Fi coverage is better than T-mobile alone. Also the international roaming aspect is nice, T-mobile may or may not have that, I don't know.
Teens know how to use data but they can be taught to conserve it as well. We use the Project Fi family plan with 2 teenagers. The kids get 3GB/month for free, and anything over that comes out of their piggy banks. Don't tell them, but we're actually putting the money in envelopes and we'll give it back to them when they graduate. They haven't had to pay too often - they quickly learned the cost of streaming YouTube over cellular data. They have also learned to use the Fi app to monitor their usage, and how to use Android settings to automatically restrict apps from using background data, and other useful life skills like that.
It's more accurate to say that usernames represent who you claim to be. Passwords are an attempt to verify that you are who you say you are... or that you are an authorized proxy.
I did RTFA and I understand their motivation, but is anyone else annoyed that a medical university has to go to a company like facebook to find a critical mass of machine learning experts to help advance medical technology? That's not facebook's core business. Bless them for planning to open source the results, but... I also can't help feeling like the only reason this article is on/. is because facebook is in the headline. Would it be news if NYU was using their own CS department for this project?
The debate about breaking up large companies is compelling and important to have, but start by taking away their power over congress so that any remedies that are reached can have teeth. That's Lawrence Lessig's "Lesterland" argument, which I was recently introduced to, and have bought into.
The Payver iPhone app is doing something similar. I've earned $30 already taking videos out the front of my windshield (woo hoo). Unfortunately it's iPhone only, and you have to supply your own mounting hardware, but it's an easy way to earn some lunch money. As a bonus you can tap the screen if you get in an "incident," and it will save before and after video.
I have a shortcut to the facebook mobile site on my android home screen instead of the app. Much more space efficient. I just have to ignore all the requests to download the app instead. It works fine.
I listen to podcasts daily, mostly in the car. I find that the key criteria for me is whether the podcast is scripted. The shows that are interview style, or discussion style, get removed from my play list. I believe this is mostly because the information density, or the amount of new stuff I can learn in the least amount of time, is much higher in well-produced, scripted shows. Of course that means I mostly listen to professional podcasts from podcast "groups" like Panoply, Radiotopia, and Gimlet. And their ad content has gotten higher over the last year, which is a necessary evil, but it's still better than commercial radio (or, frankly, NPR with a high ratio of traffic, weather reports, underwriting spots, and self-promotion that I could do without). So on to the list, in desert island order:
99% Invisible, This American Life, Radio Lab, Criminal, Planet Money, The Moth, The Rule Book, Invisibilia.
Honorable mentions: Science VS, Below the Ten, Serial, Neighbors, Theory of Everything, Us & Them, Love & Radio (can be risque), The Memory Palace, The Gist (daily, highly timely and topical, but smart and funny).
I concur. As a Californian I have some standing to at least write to Feinstein and express my opinion. I would urge others to do the same. Here's what I submitted through her Senate web page:
Dear Senator Feinstein,
I am a constituent of yours. It has come to my attention that you are working on a bill concerning the use of encryption in consumer technology such as mobile phones. I would like to urge you to ensure that there are never any limitations on the use of encryption technology by private citizens. I strongly feel that our system of government was designed to promote the privacy of citizens over the authority of the government to collect information. I believe that fear of terrorism and other violence understandibly leads to legislative measures that strengthen law enforcement and seem resonable at the time, and it is the natural tendency of many people to latch on to that fear and support such measures. Donald Trump's active supporters are proof that such a demographic exists. But as a powerful force in the legislative branch, you have the opportunity to promote the idea that America will not react to fear. You can help ensure that the government protects and promotes the rights of American citizens, rather than increasing the power and reach of government agencies at the expense of personal freedom and privacy. I recently read a comment that I agree with: I'd rather die in a terrorist attack than live in a constant state of fear and the ever-expanding intrusion of the government into my everyday life. I suspect that you have a firm idea in your mind on the balance between citizens' privacy and government authority, and I would like to think it is tilted heavily in favor of privacy. However I'm not sure your public statements and voting record support that hope. Even so I felt that it was important to register my feelings on the matter. Please take them into consideration. If there is any chance that you or your staff could respond with a note about your legislative intentions with regard to limiting encryption on consumer products, I would appreciate it.
Sincerely,
[my name]
I know this is a maker question and it's not really about cost, though the OP mentions "bang for the buck" as a requirement, but I think it's better to go to the Lego Pick-a-Brick store to buy individual pieces. It's like McMaster-Carr for Legos. I agree with others that there is no way a 3D printer will come anywhere close to meeting the tolerances you need to make Lego-compatible bricks. Other options include buying bulk bags of Legos on eBay or other web sites. We did that years ago and our 14- and 11-year-olds still go to the Lego pile daily.
Share your story with her, and moments from your life. Even the banal. Wisdom is learning from the mistakes of others, so give her the gift of your mistakes. But also share the successes in your life, as that will help her build her identity, since we see ourselves in the images of the people around us. May the rest of your life be more joy than pain.
I'll bet the software vendor would accept monthly payments or (these days) probably offer the software for a subscription rather than $10k up front. Better than someone hanging on to old software for years and years.
Getting mentors that have engineering or shop skills (and equipment) is important, but frequently overlooked or undervalued is getting a mentor that knows how to talk to kids and get them organized and working as a team. I'm sure there are plenty of engineers that can do that, though its not the most common set of soft skills in a highly technical person. A teacher or a coach that can help the kids break down the competition, prioritize, divide up tasks, help kids identify their strengths and weaknesses as individuals and as a team, set schedules and priorities, and constantly help the kids remember why they are there can go a long way towards a successful competition and teach really valuable life lessons that they are not as likely to get in the classroom at college.
Many commenters have said this already, I just wanted to add my vote. This applies to life as a whole, not just email - People will always try to pass on their problems to you. Don't accept the burden. Nothing good can come of it. You are not being nice and helpful, you are enabling their bad behavior. If an IRS agent sent me an email saying that I forgot a deduction, and would I mind if they just tacked it on to my return before sending out the refund check, I wouldn't bother spending all those hours checking my math next year.
+1 Balboa Park, including within walking distance of each other the San Diego Air and Space Museum the Fleet Science Center (with an IMAX theatre) and the World Famous San Diego Zoo which always blows people away, even if their expectations are already set pretty high.
Dude, blame Al Gore. I'm a flaming liberal, and I'm serious. He was a sitting VP with a very popular boss. While in the senate he developed a reputation for being the leading expert on not just climate change, but arms control, nuclear weapons, and communications technology (and no, he never really said that he invented the internet in so many words). OK, to be more precise, blame Al Gore's campaign manager. To have a record like that and lose to a first-term governor with a really crappy record takes some serious lack of skill. Al Gore should have won by 20 points. Don't blame Nader.
In many cases you have no choice but to make your own cables; when you need to run them through conduit, small holes in a concrete wall, up an air shaft, and other places where the connector won't fit but the cable and some fish tape will.
I haven't seen any problem with the performance of a hand-made cable, though experience stripping and crimping help a lot. Be sure to get all 8 wires shoved all the way into the connector.
The big advantage of buying pre-fab cables is not the quality so much as the durability (the molded connectors are harder to rip off than the hand-crimped ones) and cost, when you need to buy several score or several hundred cables.
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The kids don't know we're saving it to give it back to them, so there is no incentive problem. Also, it seemed very draconian to just take their money, which often comes from birthday gifts from relatives, and use it ourselves. Also keep in mind that not all kids respond to monetary punishments; ours do, but some kids respond better to having privileges taken away or, who knows, being sat in the corner for an hour. Every parent has to tweak their methods to figure out what works. This happens to work for us. Also, don't get the impression that the cell phone plan is the only financial education we are giving our kids; it is one of many. We follow the "first national bank of dad" (from the book) method of giving them a virtual bank account with very generous interest rates and monthly statements, and an allowance that is specifically not tied to chores and other behavior. They have debit cards and we help them reconcile their accounts. They have bus passes and school lunch accounts, all of which they are involved with managing. We teach them how to budget and save.
For us, it would be more expensive to go with T-mobile, and for us the Fi coverage is better than T-mobile alone. Also the international roaming aspect is nice, T-mobile may or may not have that, I don't know.
Teens know how to use data but they can be taught to conserve it as well. We use the Project Fi family plan with 2 teenagers. The kids get 3GB/month for free, and anything over that comes out of their piggy banks. Don't tell them, but we're actually putting the money in envelopes and we'll give it back to them when they graduate. They haven't had to pay too often - they quickly learned the cost of streaming YouTube over cellular data. They have also learned to use the Fi app to monitor their usage, and how to use Android settings to automatically restrict apps from using background data, and other useful life skills like that.
It's more accurate to say that usernames represent who you claim to be. Passwords are an attempt to verify that you are who you say you are... or that you are an authorized proxy.
I did RTFA and I understand their motivation, but is anyone else annoyed that a medical university has to go to a company like facebook to find a critical mass of machine learning experts to help advance medical technology? That's not facebook's core business. Bless them for planning to open source the results, but... I also can't help feeling like the only reason this article is on /. is because facebook is in the headline. Would it be news if NYU was using their own CS department for this project?
The debate about breaking up large companies is compelling and important to have, but start by taking away their power over congress so that any remedies that are reached can have teeth. That's Lawrence Lessig's "Lesterland" argument, which I was recently introduced to, and have bought into.
It sounds like the pilots in question will *not* be taking off.
The Payver iPhone app is doing something similar. I've earned $30 already taking videos out the front of my windshield (woo hoo). Unfortunately it's iPhone only, and you have to supply your own mounting hardware, but it's an easy way to earn some lunch money. As a bonus you can tap the screen if you get in an "incident," and it will save before and after video.
I have a shortcut to the facebook mobile site on my android home screen instead of the app. Much more space efficient. I just have to ignore all the requests to download the app instead. It works fine.
I listen to podcasts daily, mostly in the car. I find that the key criteria for me is whether the podcast is scripted. The shows that are interview style, or discussion style, get removed from my play list. I believe this is mostly because the information density, or the amount of new stuff I can learn in the least amount of time, is much higher in well-produced, scripted shows. Of course that means I mostly listen to professional podcasts from podcast "groups" like Panoply, Radiotopia, and Gimlet. And their ad content has gotten higher over the last year, which is a necessary evil, but it's still better than commercial radio (or, frankly, NPR with a high ratio of traffic, weather reports, underwriting spots, and self-promotion that I could do without). So on to the list, in desert island order: 99% Invisible, This American Life, Radio Lab, Criminal, Planet Money, The Moth, The Rule Book, Invisibilia. Honorable mentions: Science VS, Below the Ten, Serial, Neighbors, Theory of Everything, Us & Them, Love & Radio (can be risque), The Memory Palace, The Gist (daily, highly timely and topical, but smart and funny).
I concur. As a Californian I have some standing to at least write to Feinstein and express my opinion. I would urge others to do the same. Here's what I submitted through her Senate web page: Dear Senator Feinstein, I am a constituent of yours. It has come to my attention that you are working on a bill concerning the use of encryption in consumer technology such as mobile phones. I would like to urge you to ensure that there are never any limitations on the use of encryption technology by private citizens. I strongly feel that our system of government was designed to promote the privacy of citizens over the authority of the government to collect information. I believe that fear of terrorism and other violence understandibly leads to legislative measures that strengthen law enforcement and seem resonable at the time, and it is the natural tendency of many people to latch on to that fear and support such measures. Donald Trump's active supporters are proof that such a demographic exists. But as a powerful force in the legislative branch, you have the opportunity to promote the idea that America will not react to fear. You can help ensure that the government protects and promotes the rights of American citizens, rather than increasing the power and reach of government agencies at the expense of personal freedom and privacy. I recently read a comment that I agree with: I'd rather die in a terrorist attack than live in a constant state of fear and the ever-expanding intrusion of the government into my everyday life. I suspect that you have a firm idea in your mind on the balance between citizens' privacy and government authority, and I would like to think it is tilted heavily in favor of privacy. However I'm not sure your public statements and voting record support that hope. Even so I felt that it was important to register my feelings on the matter. Please take them into consideration. If there is any chance that you or your staff could respond with a note about your legislative intentions with regard to limiting encryption on consumer products, I would appreciate it. Sincerely, [my name]
I know this is a maker question and it's not really about cost, though the OP mentions "bang for the buck" as a requirement, but I think it's better to go to the Lego Pick-a-Brick store to buy individual pieces. It's like McMaster-Carr for Legos. I agree with others that there is no way a 3D printer will come anywhere close to meeting the tolerances you need to make Lego-compatible bricks. Other options include buying bulk bags of Legos on eBay or other web sites. We did that years ago and our 14- and 11-year-olds still go to the Lego pile daily.
Share your story with her, and moments from your life. Even the banal. Wisdom is learning from the mistakes of others, so give her the gift of your mistakes. But also share the successes in your life, as that will help her build her identity, since we see ourselves in the images of the people around us. May the rest of your life be more joy than pain.
by Tracy Kidder. A CS prof in school put it on the syllabus. Great account of a development project.
I'll bet the software vendor would accept monthly payments or (these days) probably offer the software for a subscription rather than $10k up front. Better than someone hanging on to old software for years and years.
Getting mentors that have engineering or shop skills (and equipment) is important, but frequently overlooked or undervalued is getting a mentor that knows how to talk to kids and get them organized and working as a team. I'm sure there are plenty of engineers that can do that, though its not the most common set of soft skills in a highly technical person. A teacher or a coach that can help the kids break down the competition, prioritize, divide up tasks, help kids identify their strengths and weaknesses as individuals and as a team, set schedules and priorities, and constantly help the kids remember why they are there can go a long way towards a successful competition and teach really valuable life lessons that they are not as likely to get in the classroom at college.
Sounds like an idea that has been had before. SeaCode in 2005.
Many commenters have said this already, I just wanted to add my vote. This applies to life as a whole, not just email - People will always try to pass on their problems to you. Don't accept the burden. Nothing good can come of it. You are not being nice and helpful, you are enabling their bad behavior. If an IRS agent sent me an email saying that I forgot a deduction, and would I mind if they just tacked it on to my return before sending out the refund check, I wouldn't bother spending all those hours checking my math next year.
+1 Balboa Park, including within walking distance of each other the Air and Space Museum, the Fleet Science Center and the Zoo.
+1 Balboa Park, including within walking distance of each other the San Diego Air and Space Museum the Fleet Science Center (with an IMAX theatre) and the World Famous San Diego Zoo which always blows people away, even if their expectations are already set pretty high.
Dude, blame Al Gore. I'm a flaming liberal, and I'm serious. He was a sitting VP with a very popular boss. While in the senate he developed a reputation for being the leading expert on not just climate change, but arms control, nuclear weapons, and communications technology (and no, he never really said that he invented the internet in so many words). OK, to be more precise, blame Al Gore's campaign manager. To have a record like that and lose to a first-term governor with a really crappy record takes some serious lack of skill. Al Gore should have won by 20 points. Don't blame Nader.
... to the second post!
If his bus system is like the one we have in San Diego, there is a bike rack on the front of the bus. That's how you bike one way.
In many cases you have no choice but to make your own cables; when you need to run them through conduit, small holes in a concrete wall, up an air shaft, and other places where the connector won't fit but the cable and some fish tape will. I haven't seen any problem with the performance of a hand-made cable, though experience stripping and crimping help a lot. Be sure to get all 8 wires shoved all the way into the connector. The big advantage of buying pre-fab cables is not the quality so much as the durability (the molded connectors are harder to rip off than the hand-crimped ones) and cost, when you need to buy several score or several hundred cables.
Form a FIRST robotics team. One of their goals is to get a FIRST team in every high school.