Interesting reads
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@Tim said in Interesting reads:
Inside Erik Prince’s Treacherous Drive to Build a Private Air Force
That whole family are interesting. Not wanting to get political but his sister Betsy has just been named as Trumps Sec of Education & is married to the heir to Amway. They also pretty much own Michigan...
Amway alone is one of those where the more you read the more you go "wow". and Wow as in "how are they not in jail?" not "wow" as in "I'm impressed!"
Basically, they are a top to bottom family of cock holes
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Research paper looking at the actual level of IT skills in the OECD -
And the Reddit discussing it -
If you work in IT its pretty interesting. Basically most people can barely turn a fricking PC on
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Believe it or not this isn't limited to the stereotypical older people or technically un-savvy folk. You'd be astounded how many newly minted STEM Ph.D. researchers who are otherwise very intelligent and successful people who simply refuse to just try shit till it works. We bought a new gas chromatography instrument for one of our reactors 2 years ago. The company never actually sent a tech to install it so I just went ahead, read the manual, and did the whole thing myself cause I needed the thing to work. Two years later, after multiple multiple explanations on how this thing works, I still get random texts from a colleague at my same level of expertise because they aren't getting the data they expected.
Not sure whether I should find this post in Gollum's reddit link a bit unsettling?
What else didn't they send the tech to install in "your reactors"?
"So I just brought a bit of wire and a used baked beans tin from home...."
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@jegga No idea - I just read it in gollum's link.
Reminds me of the kid I knew growing up who you wouldn't trust to light a firework, who's now an aircraft engineer!
Or Homer Simpson.
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@jegga said in Interesting reads:
I love it when something that was designed 50 years ago is so soundly designed that with the necessary electronic upgrades its still useful today. Another is the b52 which is supposed to be retired in 2050, 100 years after it first took flight .
That belongs in the "awesome internet stuff" thread. Never heard of the OV10 Bronco until now - seriously ugly but very functional it seems. B52 is still a great machine.
@Chris-B The kid you knew growing up is why I only fly my own aircraft now (and do my own maintenance / engineering).