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I worked on software that runs in an IoT gateway on bucket trucks used in the power industry, that raises audible and visual alarms if a worker doesn't have their harness clipped o…

Actively looking for a new role, after a year-long break. Location: Seattle area (USA) Remote: Yes, though prefer hybrid, or meeting up every few weeks Willing to relocate: No Tech…

(As far as I know, Wi-Fi is an alternative to Ethernet, not wireless Ethernet.) I've looked at a few articles and it does look like they're actually using Wi-Fi. (This will no doub…

And girls.

First time in a decade I've ever laughed out loud at a HN comment. Gorgeously absurd. And I believe you. Thanks. I needed a laugh.

Location: Greater Seattle area, WA, USA Remote: I prefer remote or hybrid roles. Something that's worked well has been spending a few days with team members every couple months, or…

My CS course at the University of Sussex, UK did this (in 1988) with ML, the functional programming language. Plenty of us had already been coding in C or Pascal before starting at…

In the Air Tonight: https://peel.fm/985d7e0

YouTuber Qxir, last year, did an eight-minute piece on this event, with his usual roughly-sketched illustrations and sound effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1hvvTm85UY

Perhaps "API" could be added to this list. I've been jobhunting this week, and first I heard recruiters use "API" to refer to what I'd call a "service", then heard other quite seni…

The title of the OP seems pretty misleading. Neither the Consumer Reports article the author refers to, or the "owner satisfaction survey" that this in turn refers to, mention "hap…

I was about to post the same video and say the same thing! I heard the theme tune in my head as soon I looked at the tool.

There's a little more detail about the Apollo situation on a post [1] by Neal Strickberger on Candlepower Forum: "Chicken wire! Turns out this was added for the Apollo program, whe…

What do you mean by "Ops"?

A CNN reporter mentioned he was "listening to the police scanner in one ear" the other day while he was reporting live on a protest.

The BBC made a drama, "Micro Men" (2009), about some of the behind-the-scenes drama behind the BBC Micro. As I recall, it doesn't explain the whole Fred, Jim and Sheila thing thoug…

Video here of a training session on GDS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PHJkm_nNL8 Typing commands starts at 2:05 in. Watching this left me feeling like I was being taught how to…

Solidarity with people being laid-off, yes. I was laid-off recently. Not fired. I did nothing wrong.

Can someone please change the title of this - just as with other similar posts - to use "laid-off" instead of "fired"? Regardless of how loose some may be with language, there's a …

I am, it seems, in the market for this. But... I don't want to be alerted unless something is important and urgent . I was taught at college to use that distinction.[1] Not seeing …

Location: Seattle area (USA) Remote: Yes, at least 2 days/week Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, Flask, Sphinx, Django, Celery, Jenkins, Vagrant, Linux, Sentry, Docker,…

I was put off by the woman in the "This is Tortoise" video telling us the magazine is "Literally a breath of fresh air."

Voices. Music. Emotions. Whimsy. Try this episode of "The Memory Palace": http://thememorypalace.us/2012/12/dreamland/ That's four minutes twenty-five seconds you might find not wa…

What's IC?

Chaos Monkey: https://netflix.github.io/chaosmonkey/