I've always wanted a high resolution image of the discworld night watch cover art based on this painting...
Link to an interview with Paul Kidby about the night watch cover art:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/blo...
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Link to an interview with Paul Kidby about the night watch cover art:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/blo...
Think of it this way. As individuals we (hopefully) have a limited experience set dealing with recovery from significant trauma. A professional will see these kinds of things on a regular basis, and may be able to recommend a course of action tailored to you and your specific circumstances.
They may not be the fix, but they can be a shortcut to finding the path to feeling better.
Lead generation into Amazon affiliate links are not a sponsorships.
His business makes money off of affiliate links, not sponsorships. There is a difference. Both could carry a bias, but a sponsorship is significantly more suspect than an Amazon affiliate program. For another example, see Wirecutter, also funded by affiliate links, but (until recently post NYT buy out issues) a pretty respected review site. Personally, I generally wouldn't buy anything off the recommendation of a YouTube sponsorship. I would consider buying something that had an affiliate link.
Feel free to let me know if I missed a sponsorship disclaimer.
Here is the disclaimer his website.
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He had a couple of sponsored videos in the past around building all in one systems, but it's not something he does anymore.
Teleportation is OP because when you kill everything on the ship, the scrap recovered is significantly higher than if you blew it up. Allows you to progress much faster.
Another undervalued tech is hacking. With the right timing it's the best upgrade in the game.
FTL is crazy hard, bit there are some general strategies that you can play to regularly beat the game. I'm not saying you'll win more than you lose, but it's totally doable to unlock all ships and all modes.
Have you spent any time watching Will's videos? Your quote doesn't match up at all with what I've seen at all. I found his videos dry, technical, and pretty good with regard to safety.
For all the hard charging, 10x programer, I am a builder let me work folks out there...Empathy is hard to learn, but you'll be a better person for it. I promise.
Note, one of the very unusual things about a Q is access control for both information AND physical material.
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Q: Back up a minute! You just mentioned a "Q" access authorization. What is that and how does it relate to the Top Secret, Secret, and Confidential clearance terminology I'm familiar with?
A: Top Secret, Secret, and Confidential security clearances refer back to the level of National Security Information to which an individual may have access. Because DOE is granting access to Restricted Data and special nuclear material, it uses different terminology. Generally speaking, there are two types of access authorizations, the L and the Q. The L access authorization corresponds to the background investigation and administrative determination similar to what is completed by other agencies for Confidential and Secret National Security Information access clearances and the Q access authorization corresponds to the background investigation and administrative determination similar to what is completed by other agencies for a Top Secret National Security Information access clearance. In addition, because RD information is more sensitive than NSI information, access to Secret Restricted Data requires a Q access authorization.
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[1] https://www.energy.gov/ehss/security-policy-guidance-reports...
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People who liked guns hunted, and or owned things in calibers that overlapped between hunting and the military (think .308). They had revolvers, or full metal frame pocket pistols for self defense.
The standard today would be something like a glock 19 (plastic frame, 19 rounds of hollow point, small size) carried concealed in an appendix holster. Now often with a red dot sight and a rail mounted tactical light. There are dozens and dozens of AR (using the term very broadly) manufacturers out there today, pushing everything from systems designed for suppressed cqb (think short barreled suppressed .300 blackout) to long range precision shooting (ar-10/6.5 cm).
These kind of options, and the hobbies/communities they enable, didn't exist at the consumer level even 10 years ago.
The inflection point seems to be the sunset of the assault weapons ban, but it took quite a bit of time for this stuff to become mainstream.
The old guard supported by a base of hunters and sport shooters is aging out, and not growing anywhere near as fast as this new generation. The needs (and opinions) of someone out on regular elk hunts range pretty far from someone who wants a firearm for self defense.
I think it comes from the cartoon character Elmer fudd, and stands for someone who is part of the traditional sporting/hunting culture as opposed to someone approaching it from a broader and more modern "self defense", 2A, entertainment (video game/movie) influence.
Those cultures do overlap, but there is definitely some friction between them at times.
Basically how fast some thing shoots (how much accelerant) is just as important as what you are shooting (bullet characteristics).
Each of those variables also have weight and dimension penalties which determine how much you can reasonably carry.
An interesting relatively recent example is the development of small caliber armor piercing rounds. NATO needed something to deal with the rise of body armor. Same requirements, two different solutions to get there in the fn 5.7 and hk 4.6x30 (simplifying enormously here). Basically these are engineering and manufacturing challenges.
Even with some significant headwinds on social media, gun culture influencers have huge audiences, slick media production, and run the gambit from highly technical to meme fueled gif parties.
It's a long way from the old stereotype of an old white Vietnam vet waxing poetic about 1911 .45s.
Something else that has been interesting to watch has been how much video game culture acts as an on ramp to gun culture. The influence that games like modern warfare have on the real life gun community is fascinating. It makes sense since there are way more call of duty players than actual high speed operators, but still...
If you think about it, it makes sense. Unlike a lot of other gear orientated technical fields, it's almost impossible for people to regularly employ their toys outside of a range setting. Everyone and their brother wants short barreled ARs, but how many people are actually clearing rooms. Same goes for recce rifles. How many folks out there on patrol? It's the equivalent of the guy who buys a land cruiser with a roof top tent and hood mounted jack, but just drives it to the mall on the weekends (and yet look how much the overland community has exploded over the past few years).
This is very much an underserved hobby driven by culture and entertainment. It's almost entirely disconnected from actual military needs/requirements/drivers. I think there is a lot of growth in the industry, surprised it doesn't come up more often.
HN also reminds me a little of the old digg, and a bunch of other early 2000's online communities.
I probably got here through a PG essay or mention on a tech podcast.
Things I occasionally miss - keyword search (I can still look things up by date or subject in the index), multimedia inserts (think dragging video/photos/sound clips into one note), never ending space (notebooks run out of pages), easy backups (thinking about digitizing with photos or scans), team collaboration (if this is necessary I use Trello).
Things I like - no OS/tech stack compatibility issues, "it just works", lighter then a laptop/tablet, don't need to charge, easy to read, can bring into a secure area (where outside electronics are not permitted), travels well, hard to damage.
http://bulletjournal.com/get-started/
For personal life: add Google keep for simple lists, and then a mix of Trello and dot grid for larger projects (less strict formatting than professional life project management).
How I index using pen/paper:
Every page has a number in the upper outside corner.
Every entry into the note book has a title + subject tag, date, and the initials of a list of people linked to that entry. For easy reading and scanning I put all of this on one line. The title and subject are dark lined (thick), followed by the date MM/DD/YY, and then the initials inside a ( ). Each piece of info is separated by a ";". All of the info listed is underlined.
under the intro line, I also break down actions, notes, calendar adds, etc with 3-4 different symbols. All I all this makes it clear and easy to scan quickly as you are looking for things.
Each month I have 4 or 5 pages devoted to organization.
I have a task list. Two bulleted columns. Old tasked are migrated over from the previous month. New tasks are added as soon as they are generated. Completed tasks get an X through the bullet. Migrated tasks get an >. Tasks that are linked to journal entries get a page number and a tag.
I have a calendar page. 1 column, all dates of the month listed . Meetings, important actions and events are are listed by day, or with arrows over multiple days. Linked by tag/page number if applicable.
I have a subject index. Major tags, reoccurring subjects, get a line or two. Page numbers with those subjects are added to the index.
I realize this sounds complicated, but it's not once you get into a routine. The biggest this is it's okay to make "mistakes", and to get used to not having a delete key. Change is part of the notebook. Think of it like a change log. It's also important to be able to see what you change. Since I work in pen, I just make a single line through things I want to change.
Note: when I finish or complete something on a task list or the calendar, I'll mark or change the symbol, I won't cross something out just because I'm done with it.
Finally, I have a bunch of multi color pens I use. They are all the same brand/model, but I tend to use a different color each day. That makes it obvious as you are scanning that you are on the next day. I don't use specific colors for anything in particular, too hard to keep track of.
Hope this helps.
Reposted from an older thread @ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17799232
edit - notebook choice is important. I use something like this (https://www.amazon.com/Dotted-Bullet-Notebook-Journal-Hardco...) Not an affiliate link. Its sturdy, you can't pull out or add pages (which is a feature), bound and stitched, decent quality paper, dot/grid, and normally under $15/book.
Lots of efficiencies to be gained in this arena. The network effect here is crazy strong already, but it's historically all based on working together in person. Now that COVID is keeping everyone at home, maybe that opens you some additional space for online networking.
You guys based out of the DMV?
Good luck!
There are lots of government contracting vehicles. Some lend themselves to large mega corporations, some are specifically set aside for small business. Some reward past performance, some are designed to increase women/minority/veteran owned, disadvantaged location, etc.
Different vehicles also have different risk profiles. Some are optimized for speed, some for consistent pricing. Some work better when you have poorly defined requirements, others are used when there is significant risk of completion. Basically a good government CO/COR/TOR will work with their program managers to strategically structure contracts to meet mission needs while also proving best value.
If you really want to get good at selling to the government, then you need to understand why something is out out to bid (or not out out to bid as it may be). There are tons of federal contracting classes for COs covering both general FAR rules and agency specific needs. Plus, it depends on what you are hunting for. It could be grants, SIBR, direct contracts, IDIQs, etc. All have different drivers.
My suggestion is if you really want to sell to government, find a good federal contracts person, hire them away from the federal government, and have them work bids. Or at least find someone who can explain in detail some of the things I mentioned above.
- source: I've been part of a mega corp, been a sub/small business selling to the government and a government program manager responsible for 200M/year in services and equipment.
*Edit : that came across harsher than intended. This is still a good idea, but they are helping facilitate b2b sales, not b2g sales. Plus, one of the best ways to learn is to work with someone who has already been successful.
There are lots of legal ways to obtain a gun legally without a background check. Many states don't require a background check between private parties. More responsible folks will ask for a voter ID (to confirm residence) and or a concealed carry permit (to confirm that person may own a firearm/not a felon), but it's not a legal requirement. Same rules may apply at a gun show. Lots and lots of guns are sold this way.
My first firearm was advertised online by a private party on a local forum, I met them in a parking lot, and paid in cash. I'd like to think I'm a responsible person, but I can certainly see how that system could wildly be abused.
Each state has different laws, you can't do that everywhere. Also there are certain federally restricted items that require a background check (normally through a ffl). Things like short barreled rifles/pistols, silencers/suppressors, full automatic, etc. Different process for manufacture vs purchase, but in theory both are tracked with serial numbers and real ID's.
I live in the DC metro area and work for the federal government. As such, I read the Washington post online on a pretty much daily basis. It's the best local news source in the region.
Is it just me, or do they have a lot of coverage about news from Maine? I keep seeing articles related to Maine topics on what feels like a weekly basis. I can't figure out if it's my own bias (I have a lot of connections to the State of Maine) where stories from Maine are more likely to stand out, or if there really is an editor or contributor who pulls from Maine news topics on a regular basis.
Another option could be I see different stories based on ad tracking preference...
There are multiple versions of the wapo online, depending on where/how you access the website.
Anyone have any insight into this?
You don't need to win the lawsuit, you need news headlines, outrage, and fundraising emails.
40ish years later, even in the most celebrated and remote areas of the Caribbean, nothing is the same.
To someone who has been diving for 10-20 years, sure, it looks like there are tons of fish and coral. But I can remember the reefs of my childhood. Compared to 40 years ago, everything is dead, empty, and covered in algae and fire coral.
People have no idea what we lost.
I can remember huge forests of Elkhorn coral, coming up in 40-60 feet of water, growing in colonies the size of city blocks. Schools of snapper that could fill boat after boat, and still look like giant underwater tornados. Black Grouper the size of dingys were a common sight, and pre-spearfishing would swim up to you unafraid. You can find some examples now, but what is considered exceptional today was the norm in years past. The density of life was astounding, and we'll never see it again in my lifetime.
I've heard the red sea is the same, faded glory. I've also heard that some more remote areas of the great barrier reef and parts of the south Pacific may be healthy. I've never been, so I can't comment.
I wonder what else we have lost.
There are lots of folks on here that understand what Amazon is doing, less who understand retail businesses mechanisms.
I'm not sure what Amazon is doing is legal (def will vary widely between the eu and us markets), but it is another interesting example of how doing something at scale can be perceived as fundamentally different then when it's done in a smaller way (especially as it pertains to privacy).
We have alternative secure voice/data communication, but they tend to either be bulky or have strict storage and carry restrictions.
Would love a small reliable pager system to carry on our person that would simply let us know to check in.
All of the pager architecture in the US seems to have disappeared in the marketplace.
Hacker news is full of bright ambitious folks who think they are very smart, or they can change the world, or they can make a lot of money. It's all about their personal impact.
HN celebrates individual contribution. Which is fine and good.
That said, I'd argue that many folks here would benefit from spending time on how to be better leaders, or gasp, managers and executives.
Most people, by definition, aren't going to be 10x or 100x engineers. But a good manager, supervisor, executive will make everyone around them better.
Armchair evaluation of CEOs suffers from survivorship bias.
Decent/good CEO keeps the business moving. A bad CEO can sink a company.
Boards/owners (dependant on corporate structure) can mitigate results.