Besides that immediately making me question their security, it is a great example how people trust things without much thought. I’ve heard of calls for statistics to be pushed over calculus to improve math literacy in the general population, perhaps some cybersecurity courses should be pushed over “learn to code” to improve tech literacy.

https://store.ancientfaith.com/101-orthodox-saints/

[0], not sure who to attribute: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/08/viral-imag...

My point being, we pay the market rate, those massive hikes are just built-in over a long period of time.

Try to make the world around you a better place. Maybe you want to tutor below grade-level kids, tutor high performing kids, help with the homeless challenge in your community, volunteer with the humane society, volunteer with hospice, do some environmental projects, help out with a niche historical society, volunteer at the zoo, etc. The point being, do something (in meat space) for your community that you connect with, and you will come into contact with like-minded people who may or may not be “cool”, but they at least want to help out the world around them too. There’s that old saying “it is better to give than to receive.” If you aren’t already, give that a try. :)

My grandfather was an avid volunteer, far more busy in retirement than most working people. My dad once lamented in a family gathering that he (my dad) didn’t want to retire for fear of becoming bored. My grandfather just said in his special way that is hard to convey, “there’s a lot of good organizations that could use some help.”

All the best to you and your search!

The abstract seems to say that, but again, I could be misinterpreting: “Our findings show that it is important for the noise to capture certain structural properties of real data but that good performance can be achieved even with processes that are far from realistic.”

> I felt I could reach through the screen to get to another place. Lasers became entire fans of light sweeping around, and then it felt as if the screen began to expand. I saw old stone buildings … like a castle … I was flying above it.

I was presented with 3 options, a Dodge Ram, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and some other truck. I was trying really hard to figure out what the statement had to do with vehicles until I scrolled down (on mobile) more to realize it was a poorly placed advertisement. Not sure why the internet thinks I want to buy a truck, but I imagine there could have been even more hilarious things that could have fit the context better.

The causality piece is exactly the issue, right? People who use payday loans have less savings, more likely to work in jobs where their hours are unstable, have other poor financial indicators (past use of a payday loan, for example). Black people may disproportionately fall into this category, but I would argue it is wrong to effectively punish all black people (or conversely give other ethnicities an easier time) simply because of their race.

Biases exist, no argument there. The dilemma is what we do with them.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_(film) (The opening scene under “production” - sorry on a mobile device)

Absolutely this. I love working remotely and will probably not go back to an office until at least the kids are out of school. But both being new and training new people are skills that are just _different_ from being in the office.

Open offices were not a good fit for me, but one valuable thing from a past job was sitting close to both my manager and their manager. That was a way to learn "Oh, that's how you talk to " without having to be told "this is how you talk to these people." Training a remote new person requires so much more intentionality that most people are not accustomed to.

But to each their own! It's nice to see the variety available from movie-like experiences to pixel art with all ranges of game mechanics.

I used to play Crusader Kings 2 and there was an event about a “Hole from Hell” which was essentially a bottomless pit. I always assumed that was just a made up thing to add variety to the game. Apparently it’s no so far fetched?

For advanced degrees, though, I'm not so sure. I expect someone which a masters or Ph.D. to actually be an expert in the subject matter, not just someone who is really good at figuring out how to solve problems. A big part of that is being able to internalize the information so well they you in effect become a resource that could be used by an undergraduate student. This internalization goes beyond rote memorization, but memorization is a big part of it too.

Just a disclaimer, though - I do not have an advanced degree, so maybe I expect too much from those who do? A big reason why I have no interest in pursuing one is that many people with a masters degree I find have little expertise to show for it, they could have just as easily learned the same information by self-study or being fortunate enough to find interesting work. (the hiring landscape is a separate topic)

I read a few years back (long since forgotten where) in an advice thread to new people that you want to be careful that as you spend more time in your career you want ensure your experience levels up too. And there is a difference between 2 years of experience versus 1 year of experience 2 times.

There is already a lot of great advice in other replies. What many of them are getting at is being honest with ourselves what our actual level of experience is, and shaping the environment to best help level up the skills we need to improve. It sounds like you have already done one very difficult thing - moving to a position that forces you to improve and see clearly where to make changes.

I heard that quote when I was an aspiring musician (trombone). Once when I was complaining to an instructor that my horn just couldn’t produce the sound I wanted, he took it, played the passage beautifully, and said “sometimes it’s the fiddler, not the fiddle.” A humbling, eye-opening experience that has applied to all of my professional experiences.

It seemed to me that it required a lot of process/habit changing that needs to be fully supported from management levels. Likely including a "ban" on project-based channels on things like Slack/Teams/etc. I imagined you would need to try to move all of the relevant project-based Q/A and chat onto this product so the necessary information is available. Then you need people to actively moderate and vote to help the SO search functionality bubble up the relevant topics. Basically, this isn't just a new tool, but a new way of interacting with teammates - if you want to get the utility from it. What else am I missing?

I should mention, I really like the concept, but not sure how to get over the adoption hurdle.

I would also be curious in how the Texas case works. Especially if the grid is down, would it be able to accept the energy you are producing?