stevegalla

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by stevegalla 5y ago
> No but my naivety thought there would be more automation in place to reduce walking, sorting and picking up heavy things. Having worked in a non-Amazon fulfillment center, I’m amazed at the automation they do have. Picking and packing
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by stevegalla 5y ago
> Does this lead to the same sort of problems with the development of physical systems? I would argue that physical systems aren’t developed in a “waterfall” method. In mechanical design classes in engineering school, we learned to start
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by stevegalla 5y ago
I guess it depends on how much leeway you can be given for using “almost nothing” and “remotest connection to anything technical”, but Wikipedia says Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 and the first assembly line dates to 1913. Eng
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by stevegalla 5y ago
Not personally, but I worked in manufacturing and the company bought them. The company is required to adhere to ISO and other certifications specified by the customer. In order to adhere to the standards, you need to have the current revisi
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by stevegalla 5y ago
> Technicians (also called technologists in Canada) Nitpick: technicians and technologists are distinct in Canada. They operate at different levels in the stack as shown in [1]. [2] has some requirements for becoming certified as a techn
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by stevegalla 5y ago
> What would be the purpose of loading disintegrating box anyway? Sometimes you're unloading or on the receiving end of disintegrating boxes, and you need to unload the container the freight came in. This is to receive in the damage
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by stevegalla 5y ago
Wow, I keep hearing people like Tim Ferris and Dr. Peter Attia talking about using Metformin. I had no idea it is a diabetes medication. From what I keep hearing on random SV related podcasts, it's some anti-aging drug [1]. https:&#x
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by stevegalla 5y ago
The WHO has issued guidance in 2015 to avoid naming issues such as you described from continuing to occur. https://www.who.int/news/item/08-05-2015-who-issues-best-pra...
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by stevegalla 5y ago
The article is talking about detached housing. In Vancouver I keep seeing the trend of several detached houses in a row being bought, bulldozed, and converted to low-rise condos or townhouses. The supply of housing (condos, townhouses, dupl
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by stevegalla 5y ago
Judging by partlysean’s response, “our industrial design team would use Rhino and then hand it off to the mechanical engineers to rebuild it in Solidworks.” I would think Rhino lacks the entire Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) capabilities
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by stevegalla 5y ago
I know what you’re talking about, but I don’t have links. I took part in a “training session” at a med school. Basically undergrads were brought in to go through a “PBL” session so the facilitators could get training for the upcoming school
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by stevegalla 5y ago
> not one person thought critically about the specification or tried using the app from a user’s perspective. I come from a manufacturing background and have moved into software. In manufacturing, if there actually are issues with the sp
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by stevegalla 5y ago
In all seriousness, I stopped going to lectures* and studied at my own pace. My learning isn’t linear, so there will be some topics that are easy that you can move quickly on. Other topics take more time. Sometimes you can take a detour and
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by stevegalla 6y ago
Two fitness principles: - Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID) - Training blocks / periods / cycles / waves What are you trying to accomplish with C++? If you’re looking to have a better command of syntax, then do ad
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by stevegalla 6y ago
Broadly speaking, math is made up of theorems. The goal is to prove the theorem by establishing a proof, or disprove the theorem using a counterexample. In math textbooks and courses I’ve had, there tends to be footnotes on who produced som
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by stevegalla 6y ago
> I’m a ‘Software engineer’ in Canada. Have been at multiple companies. Do not have an engineering degree... I'm mixing between EGBC (Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia) and PEO (Professional Engineers Ontario) in links be
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by stevegalla 6y ago
What type of product and where overseas? Is this a a North American or European product looking to be manufactured in Asia? Or is this designed in Asia and wanting to be manufactured in North America or Europe? My experience is from North A
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by stevegalla 6y ago
> You are entitled to your opinion and Trudeau to his If you’re referring to the point about Canada being a cultural mosaic, I don’t think this a Trudeauism. I recall learning that in high school 15 years ago. A quick google search leads
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by stevegalla 6y ago
I won’t be shocked when they start introducing ads, reduced ads accounts, and premium content subscriptions.
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by stevegalla 6y ago
I assume you’re referring to this part: > This last point is contentious but make no mistake: PEDs are ahead of detection capabilities. I think that at this point any elite athlete _not_ on PEDs is doomed to fall behind. If you’re lookin
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by stevegalla 6y ago
> You can’t exactly run a project at a multi billion dollar loss What is the cost of running the games though? I assume (with absolutely no evidence) that the costs would be heavily skewed towards facilities setup and infrastructure. Tha
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by stevegalla 6y ago
What about the athletes who have been training for the event? Some of them won’t get a chance to participate in 4 years time.
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by stevegalla 6y ago
Control+F —> 22 yields this comment on the article: “1,551 tests, 340 cases = 22% positivity rate Apply it to the whole nation and you have theorically 28 millions people infected.”
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by stevegalla 6y ago
> exams to certify vocational skills _after_ such training and/or real world experience (e.g the bar exam, the F.E./P.E. in engineering, "masterpiece" evaluations in the skilled trades). I think what needs to be consi
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by stevegalla 6y ago
Maybe this is a BC thing, but you should consider a second degree in computer science. UBC [1] and SFU [2] both offer them in BC. I’m not sure if Ontario schools offer them. From what I understand it’ll be hard to be admitted to a Canadian
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by stevegalla 6y ago
> I desperately want to get to a point where I'm able to quickly sketch out a statistical model for making a decision What kind of decisions do you want to make? If you offer that up, others will be able to provide guidance to frame
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by stevegalla 6y ago
> Start with Wasserman If you're referring to "All of Statistics" by Wasserman, then there are some significantly easier textbooks to learn statistics from. Depending on the program, "All of Statistics" is a book
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by stevegalla 6y ago
Not many details were given, so it’s difficult to give specifics. Two things to keep in mind: first, take advantage of your domain knowledge; second, consider programming adjacent jobs. If you’re having to learn both programming skills and
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by stevegalla 6y ago
>McKinsey consultants are very polished in terms of how speak, break down problems etc, navigate the business world etc. McKinsey has the kind of money to host trainings year round in extremely expensive location Can you share some of yo
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by stevegalla 6y ago
The OP answers in the comments, “It's a 2+ years experience role.” The post also says “ I wasn’t too excited until 7th January 2021 when my recruiter called me again and said “Welcome to Apple!”.” In terms of working at Intel, the post

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