nivekastoreth

This is a fantastic new feature. I would also love a version of ‘pick’ that works on streaming data, since that doesn’t seem to be possible currently without reassembling the stream first

the python yq is by far my preferred utility. i love native jq and the fact it simply wraps it means every thing just works, which is not the experience i’ve had with the tool mentioned in the topic

I think this may be the key point, at least for what was befuddling me. Looking at the right side of the castle, the old image has a clear sense of depth while the upscaled version doesn’t

I’m not sure what it is, but except for the spaceship image, the upscaled images look… flatter? I don’t have any attachment to these games (or pixel games in general), so it’s not a nostalgia thing, but I also can’t explain it. It feels very weird. I also can’t tell why I like the upscaled space ship, but perhaps it’s because I expect those shapes to be smooth.

I think I may also be trying very hard to not use the word “mobile” here, but I have to admit it was the first thing that came to mind.

[edit: to be clear I’m not trying to say anything at all about the tech here, this was written entirely out of bafflement trying to understand my reaction to the images]

> The problem is at this point I have been on the team too long to ask any basic questions,

I believe very much that there are no basic questions that are too basic to ask if you don’t know the answer. As an experienced engineer, I go out of my way to ask basic questions constantly so everyone else knows it’s OK, and you wouldn’t believe the number of times doing so has shown that the basic thing isn’t basic at all.

> one of the senior engineers even pointed out they shouldn't be helping me with certain processes at this point.

Just be honest and own that: “I realize that, but when I was learning this the first time I didn’t realize… so now I’m trying to…”

If you’re worried about asking too many questions, one thing I do, which is a variant of rubber duck programming, is just opening a text document and start writing the question with as many details as I know or can find in my iwn already included. This process will certainly involve doing research, but since you’re writing a question and not “coding” other parts of your brain are active and you end up with that new perspective that answers the question for you. If not, you’ll still have a useful question thats well crafted.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ll take a junior dev who is curious over one that is cautious any day, but they also need to know when to say they need a second pair of eyes if exploration in some area is or could be dangerous.

One last thing I’ll say, which may not apply to you at all (but it certainly did for me): the more I hid my actual status from people when I was junior the more stress I made for myself and the more stress I made for my manager. Managers want their ram happy and to hit deadlines, and they can’t bring in extra help if they don’t know there’s a problem. Being late with something is, every now and then, just a part of the job, and the sooner that is communicated the better for everyone.

I would also really like some sort idea of just how easy or hard a material is to get odor out of.

For a while now now I’ve just had to have multiple backpacks and rotate through them when one becomes too fragrant.

If anyone has some guidance on how to get human ecology bacteria (i.e. that funky stank) out of synthetic materials that doesn’t result in smelling even worse of the cleaning agent, I’d love to hear it.

It’s rather straight forward: You first get in touch with Razor and Blade, you can find them DJing at the local night club, and they make a series of calls and the hackers of the world unite around them.

This was covered in the 1995 documentary “Hackers”

First things first, I think it’s important to recognize that this book may not be for everyone.

I was recommended and read Blood Meridian a while ago without having any prior knowledge of it, and I now rank it as one of the best book I’ve read that I’ll almost never recommend to anyone blindly.

If you decide to read it, and I actually hope you do, please be aware that it is —- as the article describes —- heartlessly and brutally violent.

That being said, I think the author justifies their use of it, as does the linked article. In my memory it stands more as a work of poetry than a novel, in as much as it provoked emotions more than tell a specific “story”.

Agreed. To go a little further: the main point of the paper is that there is a subtlety with how black hole outflow can effect the neighborhood:

1. the outflow is so energetic that it blows the gas clouds away and shuts down star formation

2. the outflow is energetic enough to compress/raise the temperature of the gas clouds, leading to star formation

This second is the newly observed mode, but there is also yet more subtlety there since this burst of star formation may result a reduction in future star formations, but that is quickly approaching the limit of my layman/enthusiast understanding.

IANAS but:

You were there up until the end. The gas jets aren’t forming stars near the black hole nor are the stars formed using material from around it.

Instead, they are sending out the equivalent of pilot lights that kick off star formation in another part of the galaxy where clouds of star forming gas were already collecting

If your tech can do that, I wonder if it may be more efficient to just throw neutron stars around to disrupt star formation

After I posted I was thinking and came up with “Black Hole Exhaust (Can) Breathe Life Into New Star Formation,” but I also like yours

The title here: > “Black Hole Gives Birth to New Stars Rather Than Devouring Them”

is misleading. The black hole is still devouring matter, in fact it must have been to cause the outflow that triggered star formation in another region.

Removing “Rather Than Devouring Them” would improve the title, but better would be to simply use the title from the paper.

I can simplify this entire thread for you. Everyone who has struggled with this says "see a specialist, get diagnosed, take action". That action can be a range of things, but first and foremost, talk to a specialist.

Good to hear. When you talk to the counselor, they may give you some ideas on coping strategies - making lists, using calendars to remember all your appointments, etc. You most likely do them already to have gotten this far in your academic career, but if you don't make sure to put effort into making them part of your routine (whether you decide to go the meds route or not).