April 28 2024, 14:31

By the way, have you ever thought about how many things quietly vanished from our lives not because something better came along, but simply because the hype died down or just mysteriously?

Remember those sneakers with wheels or light-up sneakers? When was the last time you heard the word “ringtone”? How many of you are still charging AA batteries? When did you last download an mp3? When was the last time you bought a watch — any kind except smart watches? I’ve also realized that I hardly ever add any contacts to my phonebook anymore, and honestly,

the concept of a “landline” has almost disappeared in the USA — you either call a mobile, use a messenger, or it’s a call center.

For the past 8 years at least, I almost never carry cash. I probably hold a ballpoint pen in my hands slightly more often than cash — probably just a few times a year.

It’s clear that this is very individual and location-dependent.

April 27 2024, 23:48

What a simple and effective business idea. You generate a bunch of variations on a single design, for different names, for example, RAUF, and then you target the advertising to all owners of such names. You are guaranteed to receive at least attention, and at most, an order. For instance, the website in the screenshot has 4.5 million products. The next steps are minor — create a custom print and ship it, the money is already in, and the custom print industry on clothing is well-established, not to mention mass shipments and delivery. The initial investments are just advertising on FB and the website. Considering the periodic advertising there, the prices are not astronomical.

April 24 2024, 14:15

In our local newspaper, there’s an advertisement for programmers and analysts. I assume it’s part of the H1B process, where it’s formally required to show regulatory bodies that there is a shortage in the local talent pool for certain specifications and conditions, and thus there’s a basis for granting an H1B visa to a foreigner (like myself nine years ago).

I wonder, how do they handle the situation when they get a flood of responses? Logically, if the applicants fit, they would have to hire one of them, and the guy with the H1B application would be out of luck. But somehow, they must be setting the requirements so that no local candidate qualifies. However, they definitely have to conduct interviews. Otherwise, the DOL won’t accept the application. So, it’s odd that there’s little specificity. Logically, there should be something like requiring 20 years of experience in Rust for digital products in e-commerce or something similar.

By the way, check out the grammar when you’re paid by the letter

Cds, tsts, dbgs, impimnts, and demnts prgrms. Assts in the mdfctn of cmpny practs and/or cstmr/intrl systms to meet the needs of the clint and/or ends. Gthrs into frm the systm, aniyzs prgm and time qurmnts, and prprs demnin to chnge exsing prgms

In the second screenshot, they’re hiring a programmer. Here are all the requirements (literally all of them):

Write, Collaborate, Implement, Correct, bug, Create & update code libraries.

Salary is $114K per year (gross, of course)

April 24 2024, 09:12

In 2013, Roscosmos decided to live broadcast the launch of the Proton-M, but the rocket beautifully exploded in the air and fell into the Kazakh steppe with full tanks of toxic fuel. Later, it was discovered that the reason was the upside-down installation of one sensor. An electrician and a controller were blamed, and Marat Nasibulin was charged with negligence.

So, I found out today that Vladimir Popovkin, the head of Roscosmos, who arrived at the crash site right after the incident, was heavily exposed to fuel components simply by being near the site (obviously, he wasn’t clearing the debris), and he died of cancer.

Interestingly, in 11 years, there has been no information on what happened to Marat Nasibulin, who was charged with negligence.

And RBC releases an article claiming that heptyl isn’t that toxic after all.

April 23 2024, 23:02

Facebook is dumb. It has had tags forever, and I decided to use them for the first time — #artrauflikes. I thought it worked like this — you click on a tag, you get all the posts with that tag. No dice! Right now, when I click on #artrauflikes in my browser, it only shows just over half of the 36 posts. The rest, even though tagged, can’t be found. Overall, it seems older posts suffer more. But then, Michelle Osman was tagged on April 19th, just four days ago, and her posts don’t show up under the tag.

If you simply search by the keyword artrauflikes, some posts that don’t show up under the tag start to appear. For example, Quang Ho. But most are still left out. You can find them by names and filtering by me. But of course, that’s hardly a substitute.

Sad.

April 23 2024, 12:22

Such mockery deserves a petition on charge org! They make you rotate images twenty times, and you need to spend a decent amount of time just to prove that you are not a camel. One mistake and you start all over, 20 questions.

GitHub. I made a mistake, and to avoid repeating the whole series, I chose the audio option apparently meant for people with vision problems. There, I had to select the number of a song that includes birds singing. At first, I read it as the number of songs that include birds singing. After entering the number one many times, I realized something was off. At least their concept of singing birds is simplified – just chirping. No crows or owls. Ended up having to go through it twice anyway. GitHub really doesn’t want new registrations.

April 21 2024, 10:22

If anyone is interested, I can post more #musicrauflikes

Here’s a video from Allie Sherlock’s channel, featuring her performing with 13-year-old redhead Fionn Whelan

Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen

Hallelujah

on the streets of Dublin. I want to go to Dublin