DataJunkie
I had a fascination with how different the poles looked and how the equipment was mounted. It seemed like no two pylons were alike.
Based on this map, it looks like all of our power comes from hydroelectric.
I love this site. I just wish it was more complete. There are some major water and natural gas pipelines that aren't recorded. Maybe in time.
Definitely miss it. Even the low quality of the items and the rude or useless sales staff lol.
If I have a short amount of time, I will do some gardening. It's very relaxing and rewarding in a simple kind of way.
I've read the accident report, a few books, and even some of the conspiracy theories and this is the best "factual" summary.
Google is, by far, the worst place I’ve ever worked with the most useless work and uninspiring management and coworkers. I haven’t learned a damn thing in my time there. FB had its problems but I was at least learning there.
In some sense, it's PR, but not in the typical gimmicky way. Alphabet has had DeepMind for a while, and at this point with all of the competition in AI, it doesn't make sense to keep DeepMind at arm's length. I personally think it's a good move and gives me more confidence, but it doesn't affect me directly. I do worry what redundancies this causes with Brain and Research though.
I feel young. On average, I feel about 25 mentally and maybe 30 physically, but sometimes I feel like I am stuck as a precocious 15 year old. I have a silly sense of humor. I feel like as my numerical age increases, the more I am expected to be boring and not be myself anymore. Quite frankly, it's led me into a depression.
The Oompa Loompas are the sycophants that are still drinking the Kool-Aid.
Oh, I don't see that being a problem at all.
"Tell me about the features of modern digital cameras."
Chat bot: "Here's a bunch of information. And by the way, the Nikon Pipboy3000 has all of these features and they are offering 25% off right now. Do you want more information?"
That's very easy.
If done on an Assistant-like device though, that might be a bit different.
Revising materials is more of a milestone. As technology advances, we should be teaching more up-to-date stuff, so we typically revise what we teach and then share that with other instructors. Sometimes that takes considerable work. In some positions, the program strictly restricts what is allowed to be taught. I typically stick to the core content for about 65% of the course, and then add in my own topics for the other 35%.
At my UC, there is a separate ladder called Lecturer Full-Time PSOE/SOE. It's not clear why she wasn't on that ladder. Perhaps Cal doesn't have one.
I am really starting to question if my values align with Google's anymore.
Don't be so quick to assume others will follow Google. Google has not been a leader in anything during COVID.
I think the days of companies following Google ended long ago. Hell, Google mostly follows Meta's lead these days.
But those magical hallway conversations...
We used System76 at a startup I worked at several years ago. Out of the three systems we purchased, 2 had major problems. One had a problem with the graphics chip so we couldn't use an external monitor, the other had a problem with the SSD or the SSD interface circuitry. The problems took forever to fix.
That was the last time we purchased from them.
If you're using it to check off a box for HR, you may want to work on some projects that use the more major components of these offers (for AWS: EC2, S3, etc. but not all the niche components).
This one is common sense, but I violated it. Pick an advisor that works in the area you are interested in. I ended up picking an advisor that I got along well with, and that had the same open-source philosophy that I had, but was not in my field of interest. While he was brilliant, it was bad. He ended up retiring and I had to pick a new advisor, this time in my field. I wish I worked with him the whole time because he was much more constructive regarding my field of research and probably would have helped me open more doors.
The biggest productivity win for me was Dropbox [about 5 years ago] (with the extended history option). I made several attempts at using Git, SVN etc. and Dropbox just made everything so much easier. The actual data I simulated took up TBs of space, so of course that wasn't in Dropbox, just my manuscript, research sources etc. I accidentally deleted chapters and the backup feature made them easy to retrieve. My work was synced on all of my devices.
After leaving a job, I moved to the mountains and dedicated 2 years to finishing the dissertation. Someone wrote a book about finishing your dissertation 15 minutes at a time. That's sort of what I practiced. During the day, I would keep active by mountain biking and hiking, and then in the evening I would spend 2-3 hours writing code or writing the manuscript.
It worked out nicely.
I used to never drink water. After having some health issues for about a week, I swore off sugary sodas (except for a few a week when eating out). I also started walking 4 miles every other day. I now drink about 50% diet soda and 50% water.
I've lost 35 pounds in 3 months.
I don't snore anymore, I don't get constant heartburn anymore, my skin in clear and I no longer take naps every afternoon. I think the water has enabled me to reduce my meals to one, maybe two a day, instead of 3, and I am never that hungry.
For me, no amount of Google food is going to convince me to choose onsite work over remote or a more reasonable hybrid.
Depending on how this return to office goes, I still plan on spending most of my time in the mountains. Hiking is a release of anxious energy for me, and a chance to truly be alone with myself and my thoughts.
Mountain biking on the other hand forces me to concentrate on something different. If a negative thought comes into my head while biking, I will crash. So, it's kind of trained my mind to try not to be so negative.
Aside from gaining additional hobbies, I don't check my work email or IMs after 6pm, period. I also do not respond to emails on the weekend (even if I choose to do work).
If the FBI is involved (interfering with a crew member's duties is a federal crime), they can add her to the no fly list via TSA if warranted. And I think all of these people that act up should be, or in the case of psychiatric reasons, should be required to fly with a caretaker.
I am not sure why my other comment was downvoted to oblivion. ONE airline banning a passenger is NOT the same as being added to the no fly list. Period.
1) teachers are not respected by parents, administrators and politicians, 2) so very few of the people that would make great teachers go into teaching
And in some states like California, it's very easy to become a teacher on an emergency credential. In the mid to late 90s when I was in school, most of our teachers were like 23 or 24 and were on emergency credentials. They were not the good ones.