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Notices by LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net), page 8

  1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Feb-2024 02:55:07 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    #sonTwo says that #GS3 and #GS4 know Grandpa is coming. #GS5 does not know why he got kicked out of his room.

    #sonOne has not said whether #GS1, #GD1, #GD2 know I'm coming. I'm not expecting to see #GS2, as he lives some distance (2-3 hours drive time in each direction), on top of him being 25.

    I expressed that it would be great if #Daddy_A could visit during this time. It has been something like 20 years since all three of them were present at the same place and time.
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  2. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Feb-2024 00:04:02 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    https://nu.federati.net/url/293417 [abcnews go com]

    Western recalcitrance continues to harm the people of #Ukraine as #Russia is able to move forward with its offensive.
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink

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    1. Ukrainian troops pull back again as Russia's onslaught pushes ahead in eastern Ukraine
      from ABC News
      A Ukrainian army spokesman says Kyiv's troops have withdrawn from a village in the east of the country, as Russian forces make their advantages in manpower and ammunition tell on the battlefield at the start of the war’s third year
  3. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 22:02:20 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Naturally, #DataCamp's courses only cover the parts that are relevant to "data science / data analysis", so it feels like there are some holes. But I had forgotten how much fun #Python could be, and I'm enjoying #R-lang also. (The courses themselves are often frustrating as can be, but the parts of the languages themselves that I'm exposed to are mostly okay.)

    Their continuing practice exercises seem to emphasize the smallest tripping factors, but I guess that will be useful if I'm ever paid to use these languages for data analysis.
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  4. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 17:23:54 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    #sonTwo: Where do you want to sit? Window, aisle, or middle?

    Me: Aisle. I'm old and I need to pee.
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  5. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 20:03:44 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    "Men in Black" was playing at the laundromat today. I took #sonTwo to see that when he was around 9 years old.
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  6. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 19:26:46 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Not as crowded today at the laundromat, but those who are here have several loads each. Lots of blankets, so it must be #spring-cleaning time.

    #coin-laundry
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  7. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 22:57:36 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    I haven't seen an announcement, but a friend who uses the "Ubuntu Social" https://ubuntu.social/ #Mastodon instance reports that the instance will be shutting down soon.

    He was concerned about the strict rules that most major Mastodon sites have, so I pointed out that he isn't limited to Mastodon. I also told him that there are some wide-open instances, but that they tend to attract some vile people. It is probably best to find an instance with rules that are "loose enough" to let you be yourself but strict enough to kick those vile people out.

    I'm not a fan of dictatorial admins, but if you don't have some sort of rules, you get nicecrew.digital or poa.st (or left-wing equivalents of these right-wing sites).

    One could easily wish that these extremists (right and left) would be exiled to some island, where they can torment one another but cannot contact the rest of us.
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink

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    1. Ubuntu Social
      Mastodon server focused on Ubuntu related topics. A community-run initiative, not endorsed by the Ubuntu project, nor is it hosted by Canonical. πŸ‘‹
  8. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 22:48:12 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    I should mention that I probably seem like I'm grumbling a lot about these training sites / programs and the courses they contain. Let me say that I am very, very grateful to both #NYS unemployment for paying for the #Coursera programs (Google CyberSecurity & IBM Backend) and to Brandon (bthall) for paying for the #DataCamp subscription.

    With all that is happening, it is quite difficult to force myself to do these courses every day ... but I try my best to participate in both of them (and some #Udemy courses that I paid for in the past) despite the obstacles. I'm nowhere near 100% successful, but I'm doing my best.
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  9. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 22:41:34 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    I keep missing little details in #DataCamp assignments. For example, I needed to say which #Python datatype `print(type("True"))` shows. I saw `True` and completely missed the quotation marks, so I said "<class Boolean>", which was wrong.

    That's a frequent thing on their courses, but I've never encountered it with #Coursera or #Udemy or #Udacity or #Linda.com / #LinkedInLearning. It feels like they're intentionally tripping me up with gotchas.
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  10. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 07:45:28 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    I'm seeing some of the "data analyst" and "data scientist" positions on DataCamp are paying in excess of USD$100K/year and thinking "that's right, some people don't have to work 60-80 hours per week for a year to reach such heights".
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  11. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 07:36:15 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    By the way, if you're a lawyer for Tim Horton's, I don't have any idea how much they really pay their employees. Don't bother sending threatening letters. It was just a made-up example.
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  12. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 07:34:53 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    • Bob Jonkman
    • Santa Claes πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸŽ…
    @clacke I've usually seen "CDN" in one of two contexts: Money, as in "Tim Horton's pays its employees CDN$4.50 per hour"; or hashtags, as in "#CDNPol" ... But you're right that it makes things confusing.

    How does one know which abbreviation to use in which context. Maybe we should just use "FZN" for "Frozen Northland". (I'm joking.)

    CC: @bobjonkman
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  13. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 06:17:52 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    This is the second or third time this season that I have seen a #Trop_Cyclone go overland across part of #Australia πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί … it might be a major way to get rain in the central desert.
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  14. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 06:14:47 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Tropical Cyclone Lincoln expected to regenerate Friday, graze the Western Australia coast before dissipating Sunday. http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/

    I sent this link to #GS3. He was paying attention to #TC_Lincoln a while ago (a week? Hard to be sure) but I have not heard anything else about it.
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink

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  15. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 05:58:24 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Odysseus successfully lands on the moon. https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/nasa-odysseus-moon-landing-intuitive-machines-scn/index.html [www cnn com]
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink

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    1. Odysseus becomes first US spacecraft to land on moon in over 50 years
      from By Elise Hammond and Jackie Wattles, CNN
      The Odysseus lunar lander, nicknamed "Odie" or IM-1, became the first US-made spacecraft to touch down on the moon in 50 years.
  16. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 03:06:53 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/13/paramount-global-lays-off-about-800-employees-after-super-bowl.html [www cnbc com]

    Paramount Global job cuts
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink

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    1. Paramount Global lays off about 800 employees, a day after announcing record Super Bowl ratings
      from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
      Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish announced the company will lay off hundreds of employees Tuesday, just a day after CBS announced Super Bowl viewing records.
  17. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 02:54:32 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    I was on a phone call with #sonTwo when I said "I hope I'm not that frustrating when I'm that old" (referring to something my mom had done). He said, "Oh, you're already that frustrating now."
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  18. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 02:51:56 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Saw a guy had posted about an opening at his new company. Remote. "Competitive pay." Saw the guy's name.

    Nope.

    (Gets very angry over minor disagreements, threatens to sue. Don't want any sort of entanglements.)

    (This was days ago, so I don't have a clue whether the posting is still there / job is still open. I don't even remember what they were asking for.)
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  19. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 02:47:46 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    > Webinar: Analyzing Google Sheets Data in Python

    *clicks to register*

    > Company e-mail and phone required.

    Nope!
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
  20. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 22-Feb-2024 12:24:35 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    The coursework I completed yesterday was pretty good. Engaging, relevant, interesting, informative, and taught at the right pace / level. I’m hoping that tomorrow’s coursework is also soothing and relaxing
    In conversation about 8 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink
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