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t223··on Berkeley Weeded Out Job Applicants Who Didn't Propose Plans to Advance Diversity
That in of itself is discrimination, isn’t it?
t223··on The EARN IT Act: how to ban end-to-end encryption without banning it
What a great write up. The bill is rather dangerous, and I’m immediately suspicious of anything claiming to help children in the context of legislation.

FOSTA/SESTA is a horrible law and it has done a lot of damage.

t223··on EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for charging cable standard
I believe it’s too late. In my opinion the current political climate has fueled outrage culture and from my perspective things have gone from bad to worse.
t223··on Apple delivers a new redesigned Maps for users in the United States
and webkit firefox
t223··on U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Facial Recognition Ban
Unfortunately ANPR is becoming ubiquitous - especially around A1A. I’d support banning this as well.
t223··on Job Tenure and the Myth of Job Hopping
Seconded. As a “core influencer” my contract gives me legal protection and severance. Not to mention a healthy salary and bonus.

It’s very difficult to find the same comp package elsewhere. I basically need to be invited to similar jobs.

t223··on How AI provided early warnings of the Wuhan virus
I think this is a intrinsically misleading article. The CDC and WHO are conservative because they can’t afford to cry wolf. Some no name startup can make arbitrary claims and then argue in hindsight.

“Toronto startup whose AI-driven health monitoring platform analyzes billions of data points. Launched in 2014, the venture alerted its clients to the outbreak on Dec. 31, well ahead of notifications from the World Health Organization and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”

Let’s see their post-mortems of false positives.

t223··on Google backtracks on search results design
Awesome advice, thanks. I’m happy to buy some stuff on eBay and play around.

Any suggestions? How about programming software? Readily available?

I recently picked up a Asco 300 w/comms module for my standby gen, DSE800 to control the engine, and a Siemens 9610 for consumption analysis.

I’m working on controls for load shedding now. I put shunt trip breakers on my water heater and it’ll kick off when on standby since I don’t have enough power, as per NEC.

I’m also working on a modulating valve controlled by the temp delta of my tankless water heater. Sometimes it can’t keep up and I’d rather slow down flow for a shower instead of letting it throw an error, resetting, and annoying people in the shower.

t223··on Google backtracks on search results design
Someone was better at persuasion than engineering and got approval to put it into production, ignoring potentially negative A/B test results or flawed feedback methodology.
t223··on Google backtracks on search results design
I’m not willing to pay anything. The internet was built on good will, fun, and generally good intent.

Now that it’s a mechanism of commerce it’s attracted the worst of the worst who have no ethics. Ethics courses will be taught in response to bad actors, not in anticipation of.

I’m aware the cats out of the bag and all of the high paid engineers need to make a living somehow. I just don’t think it’s about the consumer anymore, if it ever was. It will get worse before it gets better and I’m checking out.

I’m an older engineer and going to school for HVAC/R. I plan to do it on the side and eventually start a business. I’m pulling the rip cord.

One thing I will say about the blue collar world: they’re better about ego management. Many young engineers I meet are highly paid and treated well, sometimes rarely disagreed with. I can’t help but think that fosters some bad habits.

t223··on Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock?
I had a similar circular issue with Google. I solved it by shoulder tapping my GCP sales rep who pulled some strings. Luckily my company spends quite a bit so I had a back door. Without that or a twitter following I think you’re fucked.