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28 ngày trướcdiscuss

Yes? Toyota has been producing vehicles since the 30s, so two years ago is quite recent within context.

2 tháng trướcdiscuss

A dead simple, deterministic threshold alert on the pod restart metric in any monitoring tool could also surface this same issue.

In fact, it happened to me today at work!

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2 tháng trướcdiscuss

It's not "Most Swiss", it's 52% of survey respondants (8,411 people) out of the 9.1 million population.

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4 tháng trướcdiscuss

Hey, sorry about that! I have a half-hearted "premium" feature tier of which PDF is one.

I just deleted that particular if-statement so you should be able to export.

It's not anything fancy, but gets the job done. Uses pdf-lib.

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4 tháng trướcdiscuss

I've been plugging away on MadHatter (https://madhatter.app), a web tool for knitting/crochet projects. It works best on desktop!

Why? Many yarncrafters painstakingly build spreadsheets, or try to bend existing general purpose pixel editors to their will. It's time consuming & frustrating.

Along the way, I've solved a bunch of problems:

  - Automatic decreases (shapes the hat) / overstitching markers (shows when multiple colors are used in the same row)
  - Parameterized designs, like waves, trees, geometric shapes. No more manually moving an object by a couple of pixels, it's a simple click & drag.
  - Color palette merging (can't delete a color if you already use it in a pattern!)
  - Export to PDF (so you can print it or stick it on a tablet)
  - Repeat previews (visualize the pattern as it repeats horizontally)

The core feature that makes this more useful than most general purpose editors is that the canvas is continuous.

If you drag a shape near the right edge of the canvas, you'll see it "wrapping around" onto the right edge.

This reflects the 3D reality of a hat!

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9 tháng trướcdiscuss

Do any other upper body strength exercise, and then come back to pushups in a couple of months.

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10 tháng trướcdiscuss

If you're somewhat terrified of Lyme's disease, as I am, one thing you can do to protect yourself and relatives is wear Permethrin treated clothing, especially pants and socks[0].

After hiking, take a very close look at all of your body parts and remove any ticks. You can bag them and send them off to a lab for testing as well.

I've known multiple Lyme's sufferers. You do not want this.

[0]: https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/prevention/index.html

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10 tháng trướcdiscuss

Could be using a 10x or similar eyepiece so 400x total? I am not super familiar with microscopes but that is my guess.

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10 tháng trướcdiscuss

I love observing the moon, whether that's taking a picture with a telephoto or peeping through telescope.

There's something special about seeing the craters with your own eyes and then sharing that with friends. The framing & cropping, zoom, color of the sky are all unique to that experience.

Plus the moon is always looking slightly different each time, with different areas shadowed; fuzzy details one day are sharp the next.

And it's a skill like any other, which feels great to improve day after day.

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4 năm trướcdiscuss

> Brick and motor universities vary in quality and I’m not sure where you attend or what level classes you took

3/4 years of a B.S. at a large research university, with 1 or 2 grad courses thrown in.

> DS&A classes..at WGU look completely watered down from what is taught in a single semester at the nearby university of Utah.

I agree with that. They do look watered down.

> They are talking about learning about hashmaps (how, at this point in their education???)

I checked the link and don't see what you are describing. One comment is talking about how to use a hashmap. But, I wouldn't be suprised if they didn't know what a hashmap was at all, since I've encountered that in undergrad at brick-and-mortar too.

> More than half the classes in the CS BS degree at WGU look like filler too

That's exactly how I feel about most gen-eds at a brick-and-mortar :)

But, I am actually learning things from these filler courses that were never taught at my university, nor taught at the workplace, which honestly did surprise me in a good way.

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4 năm trướcdiscuss

Disclaimer: currently enrolled @ WGU.

This comment comes off really strongly to me in the direction of gatekeeping.

> These would not be acceptable in any CS department that I know.

Personally, some of the courses I'm taking now are just as hard as those I took during undergrad at a brick-and-mortar university.

I would say that the promised scope & depth of my undergrad courses at my brick-and-mortar university was greater, with interactive lessons, feedback, etc.

On the other hand, to learn that breadth of material takes two interested parties. Often I had professors who wanted to research, not teach. Sometimes the course was taught entirely by TAs after hours. Usually the pace was so fast that I never had time to learn one thing before we moved on to the next.

There were students who did the bare minimum, while others went beyond. That piece of paper symbolizing their "CS education" means much more to some than others.

> You did not get a CS education.

Hard to argue since you haven't defined "CS education", but I'll read it as "..the CS education that my university provides."

I believe it, and acknowledge that not all CS educations are equal.

> There are bootcamps that are much higher quality than this.

I think the goals are different. WGU allows me to study at a slow pace, go as deep or as shallow as I please (while passing a minimum bar) and will grant me a B.S. at the end of it. I already have a job; what I'm missing is the degree.

Perhaps I wouldn't feel such a strong need to get the degree, if it wasn't a prerequisite to even higher education!

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4 năm trướcdiscuss

I just put in a couple hours of studying @ WGU for Discrete Math II last night, and I'm happy that the school exists.

I spent months trying to get my brick-and-mortar to allow me to complete my B.S. remotely; I had dropped out after junior year for startup reasons.

Long story short, the idea that an adult working full time might want to complete their degree without dropping $65k wasn't acceptable (of course COVID forced the university remote.)

Then my partner began a WGU Master's program and told me about it.

Although I wasn't able to transfer in most of my courses (older than 5 years), I was able to transfer a chunk of gen-eds. Now I'm slowly but surely working through the degree, diving much deeper into math topics than I ever did before.

I have the time to actually understand things instead of passing by the skin of my teeth. I also have the choice to skip a topic entirely if I know its contents.

It can be a slog, and there are times where it appears a gargantuan task. But I'm learning, and the challenge of doing it while working full time gives me great confidence.

Make sure you match with an excellent mentor to cheer you on while holding you accountable.

Now, some things to consider:

* I value the friends and shared experience I made @ brick-and-mortar university. This doesn't replicate that at all.

* Prices, although relatively low, have risen.

* Self-motivation is critical.

* No detailed feedback on projects.

I appreciate it for what it is: a self-motivated, self-paced escape hatch for those who want to earn a degree, where your experience is valued, and your bank account is respected.

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