jonweber

Does GDPR have anything to do with this? None of their PII is posted. GDPR doesn't let you force anyone to delete anything about you from their site.

Stuff has caught fire at McMurdo multiple times - if it's not exterior, stuff inside the building is certainly flammable. McMurdo actually has their own 6-person fire department specifically because it's such a hazard.

At the South Pole station, all winter-overs take a weeklong firefighting training course with the Denver Fire Dept., since they don't have the luxury of a dedicated team.

Really interesting read - I just accepted a position with the US Antarctic Program as senior computer technician at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station this upcoming summer season, and I'll be spending a good amount of time at McMurdo in transit on the way to and from the Pole.

The research I've done on what to expect in Antarctica (and stories I heard during the interview process) are really, really interesting.

While McMurdo is the largest permanent base on the continent it's still incredibly isolated and self sufficient - and the polar station / field camps, an order of magnitude more so. Literally the closest thing we currently have to a permenant Mars colony. The USAP doesn't let anyone stay on ice longer than a year to prevent potential mental health issues.

If there's anyone else here involved (or previously involved) with the USAP here, I'd love to connect.

Google just started sending this around to publishers looking for feedback and suggestions.

It works by allowing people to pay a monthly amount ($5, $10, etc) which is then used to purchase ad space on the Google Ad Exchange, showing either a blank box or a thank-you message when a Contributor user visits a page containing Google ads.

The money Contributors pay into the system goes into the pool that is paid out to the owners of the websites they visit, like other advertising revenue.

I've been planning to get everything off the shared hosting accounts for awhile. Is Digital Ocean a better deal than, say, AWS for hosting dynamic websites?

This is a great idea - unfortunately, some of the servers I need to back up are feature-poor shared hosting accounts where it would be difficult or impossible to run a script that serves this purpose locally.

TickChek.com is a side-project I launched in collaboration with my university's wildlife laboratory to offer tick testing for Lyme and other diseases. We've grossed over $4k in out best months this last year.