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  • I get that it's annoying to have a lot of (obviously) under qualified applications, and someone has to go through them. I just don't think it's possible to solve this problem without being unfair to at least some applicants.

    More context

    I was part of a hiring committee for a professor job at an European university last year. The job description was clear enough that you got the vibe "this is a high profile job. Only apply if you think you really are high profile for a European university."

    And we got soooo many trash applications, we rejected more than 90% in the first screening. Some obvious ones, and some less obvious ones. The obvious ones were the most annoying, because wtf is that application. One that will always stay in my mind is the application of an already established professor, which consisted only of a CV that looked like a 3 year old glued it together and someone replicated that in Power Point in 2003. I was so confused about this application, because how tf did this person think this was enough? They're an established professor! They really should know how applications work.

    So yeah, I get that there are a lot of annoying applications coming in that feel like a waste of time for everyone. Asking money to apply will not help tho.

    Maybe hire someone to help with the applications..? No wait, then you'd have to go through even more applications. /s

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    Does OSM support City Guides and custom pictures in them?

    For our parkour group, we have a list of spots with custom pictures of the spots, embedded right into google maps, so you don’t have to click on any other website. This is quite cool and convenient. Is there any way to move that list (manually is ok) to OSM? E.g. in a city guides functionality, which I have some memory of, but don’t know where it comes from.

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    there's now more ads in "legit" sites (YouTube, amazon) than in piracy sites
  • Tbh I don’t care about the sponsor segments in videos. It’s actually my favorite way of advertising, as I can skip it or watch the funny ones (tomska does really funny - although slightly incorrect - segments).

    But boy do I hate sponsored results on Amazon or similar platforms. I feel like I have to search through them to get to the actual products, and then I can’t trust the reviews

  • Is this a 2230 M.2 Slot?
  • It looks like it is one, but dmidecode doesn't show it.

    # sudo dmidecode --type slot           
    # dmidecode 3.4
    Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
    SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.
    
    Handle 0x001C, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
    System Slot Information
            Designation: J6B2
            Type: x16 PCI Express
            Current Usage: Available
            Length: Long
            ID: 1
            Characteristics:
                    3.3 V is provided
                    Opening is shared
                    PME signal is supported
            Bus Address: 0000:ff:10.0
    
    Handle 0x001D, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
    System Slot Information
            Designation: J6B1
            Type: x1 PCI Express
            Current Usage: Available
            Length: Short
            ID: 2
            Characteristics:
                    3.3 V is provided
                    Opening is shared
                    PME signal is supported
            Bus Address: 0000:ff:1c.4
    
    Handle 0x001E, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
    System Slot Information
            Designation: J6D1
            Type: x4 PCI Express
            Current Usage: Available
            Length: Long
            ID: 3
            Characteristics:
                    3.3 V is provided
                    Opening is shared
                    PME signal is supported
            Bus Address: 0000:ff:1d.0
    
    Handle 0x001F, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
    System Slot Information
            Designation: J7B1
            Type: x1 PCI Express
            Current Usage: Available
            Length: Short
            ID: 4
            Characteristics:
                    3.3 V is provided
                    Opening is shared
                    PME signal is supported
            Bus Address: 0000:ff:1c.5
    
    
    Wrong DMI structures length: 3135 bytes announced, structures occupy 3136 bytes.
    
  • A Guessing Game
  • It matters as soon as a requirement change comes in and you have to change something. Writing a dirty ass incomprehensible, but working piece of code is ok, as long as no one touches it again.

    But as soon as code has to be reworked, worked on together by multiple people, or you just want to understand what you did 2 weeks earlier, code readability becomes important.

    I like Uncle Bobs Clean Code (with a grain of salt) for a general idea of what such an approach to make code readable could look like. However, it is controversial and if overdone, can achieve the opposite. I like it as a starting point though.

  • A Guessing Game
  • Yep, that's what it usually boils down to. However, I think a slight approach shift for basic materials could be useful, where introductory books / papers / ... write out formulas. That makes it easier to understand the basic concepts before moving onto the more complex stuff. It should be easy to create such works, as they are usually created digitally, and autocomplete is available. Students can and will abbreviate those written outs words by themselves (after all, writing is annoying), but IMO reading comprehension is the key part that can be improved.

    Also, when doing long formulas that you want to eliminate members of, writing stuff out can be a nightmare.

  • A Guessing Game
  • I recently held a science slam about this topic! It's a mix of the first computer scientists being mathematicians, who love their abbreviations, and limited screen size, memory and file size. It's a trend in computing that has been well justified in the past, but has been making it harder for people to work together. And the need to use abbreviations has completely gone with the age of auto completion and language servers.

  • A beautiful Orb Weaver

    shared from: https://lemmy.world/post/18665706

    > Ignore the dirty window lol. Had them in our house for over a week in that spot now, but this is the first time they turned around. I find the legs mesmerizing

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    Adorable Spiders @lemmy.ml lukstru @lemmy.world
    A beautiful Orb Weaver (probably male?)

    shared from: https://lemmy.world/post/18665706

    > Ignore the dirty window lol. Had them in our house for over a week in that spot now, but this is the first time they turned around. I find the legs mesmerizing

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    What is this beautiful specimen called?

    Ignore the dirty window lol. Had them in our house for over a week in that spot now, but this is the first time they turned around. I find the legs mesmerizing

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    When is it okay to tilt the camera for a photo?

    Hi! I rarely see photos that look good by introducing (either a lot or just a little) tilt. Granted, I don’t look at a lot of professional photos, and I’m more talking about typical amateur photos. So my question is: is there a situation where introducing tilt is beneficial? Or am I right in my intuition to just avoid tilt when taking photos?

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    What’s happening with my cactus?

    I'm wondering about that little appendage that’s coming out, what’s that and what’s it doing? Seems to be going away from the light. I tried to google but most result for my searches were just offers to buy a new cactus

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