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Comment on Where do you stand on climate change? in ~talk
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Comment on What are industries and specialties where you see demand for employees? in ~talk
kaos95 Link ParentMath degree is an easy switch, I came from a Math Heavy physics degree (Fluid Dynamics . . . though are there any non math heavy physics degrees???)...Math degree is an easy switch, I came from a Math Heavy physics degree (Fluid Dynamics . . . though are there any non math heavy physics degrees???)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/azure-data-engineer/
That is where you start, then take the learning path thingie they have (sorry I had to bug a friend to get the details, I just signed up and took the test). And I feel ya, while I was waiting on my job going through at the state (where I still work) I was teaching math (Pre-calc, calc, and vector calc) at the local community college.
Honestly get the first cert, with your degree you are hireable, then take as much "extra" training as you can get. As of the last check indeed has listing for 5000+ jobs starting in the field of which are like 80% remote.
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Comment on The questionable engineering of the Oceangate Titan submersible in ~engineering
kaos95 Link ParentIt's historical stuff generally (since geocities went down) not online. The Thresher is pretty well known though, it was the first US atomic sub that imploded do a depth test, but a lot of subs...It's historical stuff generally (since geocities went down) not online. The Thresher is pretty well known though, it was the first US atomic sub that imploded do a depth test, but a lot of subs have "gone missing" (like the soviets lost somewhere between 2 and 15 subs . . . no one knows, and everyone that did know is dead).
Like, it's fuzzy math, we don't know that all these subs imploded, but . . . just take a look of the last 100 years, there are a lot of subs and submersibles "missing", not counting all the "off the books" subs (like narco subs) built in peoples backyards that . . . they just went out one weekend and never came back . . . like did they implode or did something else happen, we don't know but implosion is generally considered a leading cause.
I hear this stuff because I have a degree in a "related field" and made some friends when I was doing research at Scripps Oceanagraphy who I still talk to and keep up with the rumor mill. And a lot of it is the rumor mill, but if someone gets a ping on a hydrophone of an implosion happening at >300 feet (actually listening for whales) and then there is a search for a guy who went out in an "experimental" craft 2 days later . . . you can draw some conclusions . . . but if it's just some dude no one really makes a huge deal (like how many missing boats have you heard about this year . . . like in the last 10 years there has been a couple of hundred boats of normal people that just . . . go away, and most of us hear nothing about them).
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Comment on The questionable engineering of the Oceangate Titan submersible in ~engineering
kaos95 Link ParentThere were "probably" a few dozen bathysphere implosions in the 60's and 70's that we just don't know about (this is based on urban folklore at Scripps in the late 90's early 2000's). But I know...There were "probably" a few dozen bathysphere implosions in the 60's and 70's that we just don't know about (this is based on urban folklore at Scripps in the late 90's early 2000's). But I know of 3 "backyard" bathysphere's that went "missing" on their maiden voyage (I was told you could buy the plan in the back of Popular Mechanics) that are verified as to people going out to test a bathysphere.
The world of private submersibles is wild, and has been since the 30's, who knows how many people have been lost along with their "labor of love", because they don't tell anyone. Like their wife or co-worker calls the police 2 days later and they find the boat just drifting. And I think that is the disconnect, it's not well publicized outside of specific fields (fluid dynamics is one of these fields, so at least when I was working on my grad degree, I heard all kinds of crazy stories from "Old Salts" that ended up teaching).
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Comment on The questionable engineering of the Oceangate Titan submersible in ~engineering
kaos95 Link ParentThey are pulling from the wikipedia, which is pretty easy to find. There were a lot of implosions in the 20th century, but the big one I know was the Thresher, which imploded during a deep diving...They are pulling from the wikipedia, which is pretty easy to find. There were a lot of implosions in the 20th century, but the big one I know was the Thresher, which imploded during a deep diving test . . . in the North West Atlantic. But there were dozens, if not hundreds of subs that the primary cause of destruction was implosion during WWII and WWI, and that doesn't even get into the many many bathysphere implosions in the 60's and 70's (not an engineer, but a fluid dynamics guy . . . I find this shit fascinating), mainly from people building them in their backyards (you could buy the plans in Popular Mechanics) and then . . . just disappearing .
I would say in human history, a majority of the deep sea diving has resulted in implosions (watching footage from a ROV implode is something else, but it was meant to implode and had data loggers everywhere).
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Comment on What's in your drafts folder? in ~tech
kaos95 LinkPersonal Email: 0 Work Email: 84 (only 4 over 10 days olds) A lot of that is workflow for me, I'll get an issue, hit reply, save it to drafts, and then fix the issue and send the mail back. One of...Personal Email: 0
Work Email: 84 (only 4 over 10 days olds)
A lot of that is workflow for me, I'll get an issue, hit reply, save it to drafts, and then fix the issue and send the mail back. One of the ones that's actually more than 2 weeks old is an HR survey that I literally just can't . . . shit's like 9 pages and entirely in email . . . Another one is for the interns to their college, I put my first month of thoughts in already and will finish when they are done in 4 weeks. The other two are just problems out of my scope that I have forwarded to programming, but keeping my response draft just in case.
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Comment on Strategies to manage ADHD in ~health.mental
kaos95 LinkI guess I'm the weird one, I was one of the first kids in the early 80's who got the ADD with hyperactivity label. So, I've been playing the game for almost 40 years now. Everything before now was...I guess I'm the weird one, I was one of the first kids in the early 80's who got the ADD with hyperactivity label. So, I've been playing the game for almost 40 years now.
Everything before now was terrible, pay attention to none of it (I do have some lithium and xanax stories . . . but damn it was rough). My #1 thing, is my phone, which is also all over the house so all I have to do is shout "Hey Google, set a reminder for ****** at : pm on (insert date), and push to calendar". I talk to my phone constantly (it replaced sticky notes, I was a sticky note person and had them everywhere). But if you can be mindful enough to shout at your phone whenever something comes up (the trick is to go into settings and set the alerts to actually go off 15 minutes before the thing).
I also have a little notebook and a big fancy watch (chronograph) that lets me time and write down how long tasks take, this helps me tremendously across the board for all things (like I know, for me, putting together, a form, mixing, and pouring concrete will take me about 2 hours per yard, or sheetrock I can expect that a 10x10 room will take me 3 and a half hours to do the whole room, then 4 hours to sand said room, and then 1 hour to paint said room . . . I track timers on everything, I also know that a SPARC server reimage on my hardware will take less than the 3 minutes advertised).
My big suggestion is therapy, find someone (I know it's hard, I actually had to use my psychiatrist to refer me to a new therapist 2 years ago when my last one retired) who specializes in ADHD . . . we are all kinds of special and fun. But the methods I use, while they might seem chaotic, have been distilled through therapy to be the ones that work for me, and that's the important part, figuring out what works for you . . . and also, we have all these people who have advanced degrees to help us get there . . . so use them.
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Comment on What are industries and specialties where you see demand for employees? in ~talk
kaos95 Link ParentIt's one of the jobs that controls the AI data, I can (and have) automated 94% of my job at this point, but that last 6%, I really don't see current gen AI's (or even near future stuff) being able...It's one of the jobs that controls the AI data, I can (and have) automated 94% of my job at this point, but that last 6%, I really don't see current gen AI's (or even near future stuff) being able to do (this is someone training a LLM for fun, mainly just to see how it runs "under the hood").
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Comment on What are industries and specialties where you see demand for employees? in ~talk
kaos95 Link ParentSame thing I put in my post, I'm not involved in hiring (that's HR) but I am database lead, so what I pass on is just someone with a degree (don't really care what it is, I have sociology degreed...Same thing I put in my post, I'm not involved in hiring (that's HR) but I am database lead, so what I pass on is just someone with a degree (don't really care what it is, I have sociology degreed folks working for me), a couple of certs, some kind of coding, and the ability to at least read SQL.
A lot of these jobs are for large companies, and government, so you generally need to check those specific sites rather than the standard job sites.
My advice, get some focused certs while in the military (I bet you they have deals with some of the exam vendors), do your time (I did mine before I even went to college, but same deal), and then leverage your vetran status inside the government (Treasury for Feds, Comptroller or State College for State). If you don't know Java that would be something else I would try to get a basic grasp on.
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Comment on What are industries and specialties where you see demand for employees? in ~talk
kaos95 Link ParentJust hammer out an AWS or Azure data management cert and you should be good to go, like, we would hire you based on that. And like a year in we generally ship folks out to get the Oracle certs on...Just hammer out an AWS or Azure data management cert and you should be good to go, like, we would hire you based on that. And like a year in we generally ship folks out to get the Oracle certs on our dime.
I don't know about the switch, I got all my certs while in job (because they didn't exist when I got my initial job), I'm also large business Oracle (MySQL)focused, but I busted out the Azure Data Admin (MsSQL)cert in like a month, so if you are technically minded it's not rough at all. I will say, in the beginning find a flavor of SQL and stick with it (MySQL is the better SQL but MsSQL is more feature rich and supports T-SQL).
It's also, a really fun job if you like figuring stuff out, and we are like 100k people short over the next 5 years to fill in general Data Engineering roles (I have monthly meetings about this . . . my response is always "Just offer more money") so there are a lot of jobs out there (learn COBOL too, work for a bank, they will throw money at you, these people literally don't exist in the job field because we are highly compensated and kept happy). I was 27 when I wandered into the field (from Fluid Dynamic Physics if you can believe that . . . 100k+ datapoints are rough unless you know how to use robust databases).
I literally cannot encourage you enough, this is like being a Network Admin in 1997, now is the time.
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Comment on Have you or anyone in your family ever won anything? in ~talk
kaos95 LinkMy mom won a rubber plant in a home goods expo raffle in 1986, it's still alive, I have one of it's offshoots as do my other siblings, this rubber tree has blown through all "estimates" of it's...My mom won a rubber plant in a home goods expo raffle in 1986, it's still alive, I have one of it's offshoots as do my other siblings, this rubber tree has blown through all "estimates" of it's lifespan and is still going strong after almost 40 years.
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Comment on Is there any book that you keep trying but can not get through? in ~books
kaos95 Link ParentIDK, I've read most of the O'Reily books as books, not using them as technical references from the start. I have a bunch of them and SQL Cookbook is the only one from the exciting series I haven't...IDK, I've read most of the O'Reily books as books, not using them as technical references from the start. I have a bunch of them and SQL Cookbook is the only one from the exciting series I haven't "read", their series on "clean" coding is actually really good and I've "read" the entire thing.
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Comment on How Apple's new Mac Pro completely misses the point in ~tech
kaos95 Link ParentAs an aside (and I've made a couple of Hackintosh's) apple really has no "thing" they do better than anyone else on the desktop level. And a boatload of stuff that they kind of fail at, but I...As an aside (and I've made a couple of Hackintosh's) apple really has no "thing" they do better than anyone else on the desktop level. And a boatload of stuff that they kind of fail at, but I think the ARM based space is interesting, and once "we" figure out how to put various things on them I'll take a look at how the hardware vs. the software really works out.
That was desktops, I do agree that their laptops do tend to prefer "better" for some tasks than PC laptops (though I will say my surface 8 running Debian is right up there with the MacBook, think it might be windows power demands in the ultrathin that really neutor the platform).
I am a PCMR dude, I build useless awesome looking PC's for fun, I have ironically non ironically installed a car radiator in a PC for cooling.
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Comment on Do you have any favourite WoW Classic meme/weird builds? in ~games
kaos95 Link Parent(More like this)[https://www.wowhead.com/classic/talent-calc/priest/250230130505151-205051-5] And once you get the spirit gear you take the points of the Spirit Tap and put it in Searing Light.(More like this)[https://www.wowhead.com/classic/talent-calc/priest/250230130505151-205051-5]
And once you get the spirit gear you take the points of the Spirit Tap and put it in Searing Light.
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Comment on Do you have any favourite WoW Classic meme/weird builds? in ~games
kaos95 Link ParentOh I never said fast, I said unkillable . . . slow as hell to kill elites, but pretty easy to do.Oh I never said fast, I said unkillable . . . slow as hell to kill elites, but pretty easy to do.
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Comment on Do you have any favourite WoW Classic meme/weird builds? in ~games
kaos95 LinkDPS Smite Priest, if you can get to around level 40 you are unkillable at level (first round, I was solo farming DM from level 50-60). They call it smite priest, but the actual trick is a crazy...DPS Smite Priest, if you can get to around level 40 you are unkillable at level (first round, I was solo farming DM from level 50-60). They call it smite priest, but the actual trick is a crazy boosted Holy Nova, you want spirit, spellpower, and int gear.
At level 60 you can hop into a group of elites and burn them all down and come out with full health and mana if you do it right . . . it is the cockroach of classic (more survivable than a pally by far, mainly due to a much more robust CC and the instant heals you can throw at yourself).
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Comment on Without saying where you live, where do you live? in ~talk
kaos95 Link ParentYeah, NYS, actually I grew up 8 hours north of the city (~300 miles), New York is big.Yeah, NYS, actually I grew up 8 hours north of the city (~300 miles), New York is big.
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Comment on Without saying where you live, where do you live? in ~talk
kaos95 LinkI live in the state that shares the name with the most famous city in the United States, maybe the world (always fun telling people I am from my state not the city, like, it's a big state).I live in the state that shares the name with the most famous city in the United States, maybe the world (always fun telling people I am from my state not the city, like, it's a big state).
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Comment on What's good to cook on a propane grill? in ~food
kaos95 LinkCouple of things, I have a rotisarrie, a cast iron flat top, and a bunch of fun tools. You can use your grill for anything your oven can do (pizza is often better in a grill because it can get...Couple of things, I have a rotisarrie, a cast iron flat top, and a bunch of fun tools. You can use your grill for anything your oven can do (pizza is often better in a grill because it can get hotter), and with a $30 lodge griddle you can also do anything your stove can do. I like to do eggs, bacon, and hash browns on the grill, I just did a kicking chicken parm on the grill this evening. Corn bread is another fun one for the gas grill.
It's also really good for reducing sauces to glazes (better than anything else I have found for speed), and of course it is the perfect vehicle to cook steak, or double baked potatoes.
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Comment on On the e-girl army psyop phenomenon in ~life
kaos95 LinkJeez, back in my day they just showed up at High School "Career Day" and lied their asses off. 100% believe they are doing this, might work okish . . . but I really feel that recruiter lying is...Jeez, back in my day they just showed up at High School "Career Day" and lied their asses off. 100% believe they are doing this, might work okish . . . but I really feel that recruiter lying is always the way forward.
This is the fun one, because . . . the "planetary" cycle looked to be another mini ice age, the solar cycle supports this.
So here's the thing, we are getting net less solar energy right now than we were 50 years ago . . . and yet we just keep getting hotter. This is all pretty public data, there is no doubt that we have well and truly fucked things up.