Hey everyone!
My current gig might be wrapping up soon, so itโs time for me to figure out whatโs next.
If you or someone you know could use some help with software tools or systems โ architecture, implementation, deployment, operations, data pipelines, CD, DX, etc โย maybe get in touch? Iโve been doing this a while and Iโm pretty flexible.
Iโm open to short-term or long-term, part-time or full-time. Iโm US-based (NYC area) and a US citizen.
General CV: http://aviflax.com/resume/
Energy-specific CV: http://aviflax.com/resume/energy/
Thanks in advance!
@marcprecipice thanks for posting about Toggle awhile back! Iโve been using it since then and itโs been a real upgrade for me.
The Unicode Consortium has approved these emoji for use in chat during video calls:
๐ - I can't hear you
๐ - I can't see you
๐ - You're muted
Any "what's wrong with Tesla" business story that doesn't mention that the CEO has taken a hard right into racist, fascist, eugenicist, conspiracy nonsense, creating a PR catastrophe that has turned everyone with a brain off the brand, while he tortures his vanity social media site like a child pulling the wings off a fly because he can, is just whitewashing for the sociopath.
It's not China. It's not "the market." It's all Elon.
TIL Robin Sloan has a new novel coming out this summer!
https://bookshop.org/p/books/wizard-s-design-robin-sloan/20374751
Hmm I wonder what my set of frequently-used emoji says about how/what I communicateโฆ
Job Description: "fast-paced environment"
Otherwise known as: "we canโt project manage"
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Why is the biggest TV ratings star in sports getting paid about the same as an office manager in a moderately successful company?
When I started making websites, โa designer who codesโ wasnโt a big deal. After all, the only place to procure the obscure people who made websites was Craigslist. Finding โa designer who codesโ seemed like the least odd thing youโd find.
The web was so new youโd always have the strangest concoction of disciplines amongst those who worked on it โ an english major doing product, an actor writing API code, or a poet who moving pixels. I encountered all these and it wasnโt strange, it was _cool_
Hey everyone!
My current gig might be wrapping up soon, so itโs time for me to figure out whatโs next.
If you or someone you know could use some help with software tools or systems โ architecture, implementation, deployment, operations, data pipelines, CD, DX, etc โย maybe get in touch? Iโve been doing this a while and Iโm pretty flexible.
Iโm open to short-term or long-term, part-time or full-time. Iโm US-based (NYC area) and a US citizen.
General CV: http://aviflax.com/resume/
Energy-specific CV: http://aviflax.com/resume/energy/
Thanks in advance!
Fascinating video essay about a groundbreaking comics writer in Argentina in the mid 20th century. Hector German Oesterheld. Creator of Mort Cinder and the Eternaut.
Amazon just sent me a โyour review is liveโ email for a review I submitted EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO.
All those rock star engineers, doing their rock star thing. ๐ค
WTF is going on with coffee tasting notes
โDad can we go to the Eclipse?
โNo, we have Eclipse at home
At home:
On the most recent episode of the Batteries Included podcast (about electric vehicles) one of the hosts, Martyn Lee (also the host of the excellent EV News Daily) described a recent article about a survey showing that Tesla has a plummeting โconsideration scoreโ with potential customers, which is related to its CEO.
They Martyn asked listeners to comment on whether this matters to them.
My response:
WRT Tesla and Musk: I currently own 2 Teslas and Iโve owned a total of 4. Unless things change, these will be my last. Theyโre great products but I canโt support a company headed by someone so toxic who is stoking conflict and animosity. I used to be proud to drive my Teslas around but no longer.
I would love to see Tesla find a new CEO, sooner rather than later. (And not a figurehead as in X.) Until then Iโm done with Tesla.
Fantastic, phenomenal, cogent, inspiring podcast interview:
Why Climate Change Isnโt the End of the World with Dr. Hannah Ritchie
(Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher at Our World in Data)
low-traffic neighborhoods (limiting car access to allow more bicycles & pedestrians) yield health benefits estimated at 100x cost to build https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/health-gains-of-low-traffic-schemes-up-to-100-times-greater-than-costs-study-finds
via @cassidoo
"In 2022, cars killed 7,508 pedestrians, the equivalent of 18 fully-loaded Boeing 747s crashing with zero survivors. That means a pedestrian died roughly every 70 minutes, with no breaks in the tide of fatalities for weekends or holidays."
https://www.motor1.com/features/713936/pedestrian-deaths-emergency/
I was delighted recently to see this fantastic video essay about Wendy and Richard Pini, the creators of my all-time favorite comic book series, ElfQuest.
I knew in the abstract that they must have worked very hard to get the series out into the world, initially by self-publishing, but I wasnโt aware of all the trials and setbacks they faced and the intense dedication they had to their story and their art which helped them persevere โ nor the massive impact they had on the comics industry along the way.
I came away with a renewed appreciation for the Piniโs and their work.
Itโs also impressively well-made for such a young channel. Goes in depth and is well paced. Great editing.
Cool cargo e-bike at a local commuter rail station!
Looks like a Yuba Spicy Curry. I think they make a gravel-ready version of this too.
Proposal: We measure how good we are at being citizens of Earth by how we deal with our "rubbish". Do we consider it a valuable resource to be reused (mature approach, based on understanding planetary cycles), or do we just push it off to Away (childish denial). Current score: Could Do Better...