Rowley @Rowley@qoto.org
Vocation: Oceanographer developing numerical modeling/data assimilation/coupled ensemble forecast systems on #HPC platforms mostly using FORTRAN/ksh/python.
Avocation: Mentor/coach for grade 7-12 FIRST #FRCrobotics and #FTCrobotics competition teams, so jack of all trades in/adjacent to closed-loop control and navigation, computer vision, digital graphics, CAD/CAM, 3Dprinter/laser cutter/CNC router and other shop fab. #omgrobots
Joined Oct 2022
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I wish elon had bought LinkedIn
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even better idea:
modding a CGA card so that it can provide line21 captions when used in composite mode
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Meanwhile, in battery news...
Researchers at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have developed an oxygen-ion battery with a storage capacity that doesn't decrease over time, leading to an extremely long lifespan compared to other batteries.
This battery can be produced without rare metals and could be used for in large energy storage systems, e.g., to store electrical energy from renewable sources.
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-oxygen-ion-battery.html
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#energy #batteries #sustainability #technology
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Dog whistle to English dictionary:
Soros - Jews
Coastal elites - Jews
New York values - Jews
Hollywood liberals - Jews
Globalists - Jews
International bankers - Jews
American Jews - Jews who dare question Israel’s government
I hope you enjoyed this week’s Jews Clues
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In a world where a bit of math can pass as human on the internet, we are obliged to be more unpredictable, more chaotic.
Be the language model failure mode you want to see in the taco.
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Hilarious to me that the same people who think they are going to "disrupt" our economy with incredible new tech advances can't run something as basic as a bank, which is an ancient business where people literally just hand you money lol
@mathyourlife nice looking robot, congrats. We're still a bit behind for our week 3 event but all the mechanical systems are in place so I hope we can finish wiring the intake tomorrow and test everything by Thursday.
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The fact that the NYT thought we needed yet another “wokeism running amok on college campuses” piece, completely indistinguishable from all the other ones, is more interesting to me than the essay itself, which has absolutely nothing new or substantive to add.
Some thoughts: 1/
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...Or that a school district could get sued if a 3rd grade classroom even learns that LGBTQ people exist.
THIS kind of sh!t is why neo-fascism is finding such a cozy home in america. I wouldn't say that I expect better of corporate media, just sick of the laziness & the ineptitude.
*in fact- this WAS written by #desantis. Taken directly from the bill, without any discussion of how incredibly (and purposefully) nebulous the wording is, OR the chilling effect it would have on ALL educators.(2/2)
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How to understand Scott Adams: "The thing that seems to make Adams skeptical is credible evidence. Wherever credible evidence exists, he’s skeptical of it; where it is absent, he is a believer." https://armoxon.substack.com/p/the-case-for-shunning
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Which generation has the strongest argument that they are typically ignored?
@aberrant68 so you're right that being open and communicating are key.
A great thing about FRC is that (most) mentors don't know the right answers to every problem, so we're more like peers learning together with the students. Over time the mentors gain enough experience that they can guide students to avoid pitfalls and stay on track. Sometimes mentor egos can be a thing so hopefully there are enough other adults to keep things stable.
I think students should be able to ask questions about how things are managed, because having students take leadership in as many areas as possible in award submissions, sponsor relations, outreach, and robot design and build is kind of the goal. I try to be open and honest with everyone on the team about team management stuff, finance, resources - and when I've screwed something up. Students taking ownership is when we've been most successful in both awards and robot.
The impact award and the WFFA nomination are student submissions, so my role is to recruit and talk with the students who will be responsible, make sure they have started work, see if they need help and get them help as needed, make sure they're ready as the deadline approaches, make sure they can access the award submissions portal, in the case of the impact award help review the text and suggest edits with other mentors or students, and then confirm that the submissions are done before the deadline. Students can screw up, so mentoring means keeping and eye out to make sure that doesn't take the team down.
And mentors screw up, so if something didn't get done on time, and you want it to go better next time, all the information about the awards deadlines, requirements, submissions, etc., is available on the website for you to access, and I'm sure the team, including mentors, would appreciate you or another student learning those details and being a resource for the team on them. There's a lot to learn in FRC - I think it took me about 7 seasons to feel generally competent all-round as a mentor - so any mentor will almost never be on top of every detail, and I'm grateful when a student has done the reading and knows more than I do on some topic.
@aberrant68 oh, if a shitshow I'd guess on a team.
@aberrant68 wait, within a team, between teams, between volunteers? I've seen all of these.
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🏳️🌈🖖🏽
Today is the Day of Remembrance for the Japanese American community. 81 years ago today, when I was just a boy of four, FDR signed Executive Order 9066, setting in motion the evacuation of people of Japanese descent from the West Coast and our long years of internment inside ten barbed wire prison camps.
We must never let such a thing happen again in America, and and we must strive everywhere to prevent the forced relocation and mass incarceration of innocent people. #NeverForget #NeverAgain
@josh I have a number I'll reread.
Two recent repeats I've enjoyed are Anathem and Matter. I will probably need to revisit Three Body Problem before finishing that series.
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I don’t know understand the attraction of being able to talk to computers using breezy casual conversational language; I’ve been telling these little digital bastards what to do for decades using extremely precise formalised language and they still get it wrong
Vocation: Oceanographer developing numerical modeling/data assimilation/coupled ensemble forecast systems on #HPC platforms mostly using FORTRAN/ksh/python.
Avocation: Mentor/coach for grade 7-12 FIRST #FRCrobotics and #FTCrobotics competition teams, so jack of all trades in/adjacent to closed-loop control and navigation, computer vision, digital graphics, CAD/CAM, 3Dprinter/laser cutter/CNC router and other shop fab. #omgrobots
Joined Oct 2022
