Things I Don’t Know as of 2018
We can admit our knowledge gaps without devaluing our expertise.
Hasnain says:
Read in full, nodding along all the way.
Then got to the end, realized who the author was, went "holy shit", and re read the whole thing while being more enlightened.
"First, there is often an unrealistic expectation that an experienced engineer knows every technology in their field. Have you seen a “learning roadmap” that consists of a hundred libraries and tools? It’s useful — but intimidating.
What’s more, no matter how experienced you get, you may still find yourself switching between feeling capable, inadequate (“Impostor syndrome”), and overconfident (“Dunning–Kruger effect”). It depends on your environment, job, personality, teammates, mental state, time of day, and so on."
Posted on 2018-12-29T06:13:13+0000
Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record
Teachers and other public education employees—such as community-college faculty, school psychologists and janitors—are quitting their jobs at the fastest rate on record, government data show.
Hasnain says:
"School districts have reported since at least 2015 having trouble finding enough qualified teachers to fill open slots, leading more states to open up temporary teaching jobs to people with no official training, according to the Learning Policy Institute, a nonpartisan education-policy research group. The rate at which qualified teachers are leaving the profession is likely to exacerbate that trend.
In the 12 months ended in October, one million workers quit public-education positions, according to the most recent Labor Department data. More than 10 million Americans work in the field."
Posted on 2018-12-29T02:09:08+0000
The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding
What if we regarded code not as a high-stakes, sexy affair, but the equivalent of skilled work at a Chrysler plant?
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Posted on 2018-12-28T15:45:30+0000
Athletes Don’t Own Their Tattoos. That’s a Problem for Video Game Developers.
Sports video games strive for realism by closely replicating real-life players, but digitally reproducing their tattoos has led to court fights over ownership rights.
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Posted on 2018-12-27T16:01:45+0000
New Office Hours Aim for Well Rested, More Productive Workers
A growing number of businesses are encouraging their employees to work when their bodies are most awake.
Hasnain says:
“But while lots of corporations promise flexibility, veering from the traditional 9 to 5 work hours requires a cultural shift. A 2014 study led by Dr. Barnes found that many managers have an ingrained prejudice in favor of early birds, whom they perceived as more conscientious simply because they arrived at work early, a view that could dissuade some workers from using flextime.
But sticking to traditional hours can be counterproductive, leading to “presenteeism” — employees showing up and being only minimally functional. “Companies are wasting the potential of their people,” Dr. Volk said. “You have someone sitting there from 7 til 9 a.m. sipping coffee, being completely unproductive, and then you send them home at 4 when they actually start getting productive.””
Posted on 2018-12-26T06:12:03+0000
The ‘clean plate’ mentality drives us to overeat. To-go bags can help.
We’re more likely to overeat when we only have a little bit of food left over, and we justify it by convincing ourselves it’s not as unhealthy as it is, according to new research by marketing professor Kelly Haws.
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Posted on 2018-12-26T01:29:01+0000
New snake species discovered in another snake’s belly
The “mysterious dinner snake” has some odd habits, including a propensity to burrow.
Hasnain says:
““It's always interesting to find a species that is new to science, and even more so when it appears not to be particularly closely related to any currently known species.””
Posted on 2018-12-25T08:26:19+0000
Rich Whitehouse - DOOMBA
Noesis now includes a Roomba script. It will track your Roomba, store tracking data, allow you to visualize that data in a variety of ways, and, of course, turn that data into a randomized DOOM map. ...
Solving murder with Prolog
In our company we usually have a fun quiz every sunday and this was one of them
Rising Instagram Stars Are Posting Fake Sponsored Content
“It’s street cred—the more sponsors you have, the more credibility you have.”
Hasnain says:
“Vingan Klein said she can’t blame the young fashion influencers she sees coming up today for their hustle. “Trying to get sponsored is your way out of this rat race,” she said. Teens today realize that “you don’t have to go up this hierarchy; you can skip the middleman,” she added. “Besides, what do the followers know?”
Posted on 2018-12-24T05:50:12+0000