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I started off seven years ago wondering why backlogs were so bad. It seemed like both small teams and large organizations always suck at them. I had read tons of how-to books and watched lots of videos. Many of the instructions conflicted with one another, however. What I wanted to know was why , not how-to . If I understood the why I wouldn't need the how-to. Being a good hacker, I pulled at that thread until I had…
We're (team of 2) rewriting an old enterprise ERP system made of ~1M of C89 non-portable loc, tens of thousands of handwritten PLSQL loc, thousands of business rules carefully abstracted in sql data, tens of complex screen designed and scripted on a no-name RAD software that was the current fad back in the days, and some companion pieces in VB6 because, you known, 'C89, not anybody can do it'. That's fun . The new sy…
I believe I could be working in solving bigger problems, but first I need to focus on my mental health, a healthier work-life balance, and providing the primary income for my family.
1.) A solver for the unstructured Euler equations. ...I was intending to volunteer time for an local university project investigating parallels between Holographic light with orbital angular momentum and hydrodynamics (in this case the Euler/Madelung equations). Not sure what happened as... volunteers get lost in the shuffle? Anyway, the solver is fun. 2.) Porting my Python code for nonlinear gradient driven optimiza…
Would you be willing to explain what the applications of (2) are? I'll admit that I only undersetand a fraction of what you said in that section, but I'm curious what you're using it for.
I'm a diplomat working on international norms for cyber and information warfare. I'm trying to get countries to agree on how to use and not use their capabilities, the influence on global democracy, the connection to armed conflict and the future of interstate relations. In practice, this means meeting a lot of people and spending a lot of time negotiating with other countries in scrappy conference rooms in the UN an…
> I'm a diplomat working on international norms for cyber and information warfare. I didn't know any such norms existed. What are some of the existing agreements, and if you can talk about it, what are some of the new ones you're trying to push forward? Your career sounds crazy...in a good way! Was your initial involvement with the UN in a technical role?
Basically, it's about trying to defend international norms from an onslaught of attempts to make states the primary defender of the informational realm, and thereby legitimise opression.
Yeah, first job for UN was coding a shitty CRUD system in order to keep track of HIV infections in East Africa.
Not trying to change the world here... I just want a good way to look at my bottle caps site: http://collectibleapp.com/ project: https://github.com/marcelaguiar/Collectible
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I hope to convey this in the least volatile manner, but I must bring it up. > I learned how important energy storage will be to enable renewable energy to displace fossil fuels. The above is a reasonable statement, however, your website says the following: > We can’t quit carbon without energy storage. To stop climate change, renewables must replace fossil fuels. > Without energy storage, renewables will fail to reac…
> Without energy storage, renewables will fail but none of the below are renewables * Massive adoption of nuclear fission alone * Development & massive adoption of nuclear fusion alone * Shift from coal&oil to natural gas, cleaner fossil fuels + scaling carbon capture/sequestration
Parent is primarily disputing: "To stop climate change, renewables must replace fossil fuels." and if renewables fail, "this will cause global temperatures to rise over 3°C"
After reading recent HN post [1], I’ve started to work on my own implementation of open source fast file transfer client-server application. It’s in a very early stage now so it’s nothing to show yet, but I’ll be very glad to announce it when MVP will be ready. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21898072
I'm helping to build a scalable system for delivering high value and life saving medical supplies to hard to reach places via autonomous aircraft. The system is currently operating in Rwanda and Ghana, and aggressively expanding over the next couple years. Specifically, I spend a lot of time thinking about and writing embedded software. The aircraft is fully autonomous and needs to be able to fly home safely even aft…
It's crazy the kind of jobs there are in the USA that are very interesting and in the vanguard of the technology while me (Spain) get to work on banking. Here we don't have anything close to Toyota, Google or SpaceX. The career path for someone that has a passion for its craft can't be compared between the USA and many other countries. Such a shame... I wouldn't say I am qualified for a job related to embedded progra…