Richard Fuhr @rdfuhr@qoto.org

https://nyti.ms/4bsyGDk#permid=130946624

https://www.levernews.com/boeing-supplier-ignored-warnings-of-excessive-amount-of-defects-former-employees-allege/

"If Seattle sounds like some kind of dystopian Gotham City, you would not be wrong. A city that had so much to offer is now in profound decline....totally self-inflicted and unnecessary. And there is no Batman to save us." -- Cliff Mass

https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2023/11/is-seattle-in-decline-was-my-2020-blog.html

Ex KCRHA CEO Dones to be paid $250/hr by generous City of Seattle taxpayers.

https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2023/07/21/former-kcrha-ceo-dones-make-250hr-under-city-contract

The hypocrisy of Molly Moon
https://mynorthwest.com/3898775/rantz-molly-moons-chop-hypocrisy/

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/father-nearly-avoids-death-after-person-throws-huge-rock-his-windshield-i-5/PCCCKXZTBZC7JPCQGSSLKXNY5A/

Amazon to move 2000 employees from Seattle to Bellevue offices

https://www.kiro7.com/news/amazon-move-2000-employees-seattle-bellevue-offices/7H5F36RBC5DPVEO2F2NESFUQFA/

In #Seattle, Light Rail is a mess

https://mynorthwest.com/3835182/rantz-sound-transit-staff-fired-agency-dismantled/

How Rust became the world’s most loved programming language

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/14/1067869/rust-worlds-fastest-growing-programming-language/

My comments to a NYT article, whose link is here

https://nyti.ms/3Xeb8eh#permid=122462774

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Many of us have our own nightmarish work experiences, coupled with some occasional good things.

I worked at an airplane company that used to be based in Seattle, then moved its headquarters to Chicago, and recently to Arlington Virginia.

Some of the projects were a great combination of software and mathematics, which were challenging and interesting.

Unfortunately, the work environment was crowded, noisy, and distracting, which made it very difficult to concentrate on the myriad details. Some of the lower-level managers were aware of the problem and sympathetic to our concerns. Unfortunately the upper-level managers were not.

A friend of mine, whom I had never worked with at any job, had a PhD in math, had written a [poor] book on math anxiety, and was currently underemployed.

The company had an employee referral program, so I put in a good work for him, and he came in for an interview, which turned out to be not much more than a social visit.

The company made him an offer, which he accepted. I had been with the company for 7 years and had made some good contributions in some technically challenging areas. Nevertheless, they gave him a starting salary greater than my current salary.

He turned out to be a disaster, not doing any work, and, instead of working the 8-4;30 shift, would walk out of the office and go home at 10:45 AM. When I raised the issue with him, he said "You take care of you, and I'll take care of me.

It took management a year to notice

The sad tales of George #santos - NYT column by David Brooks - https://nyti.ms/3vqE5Hi#permid=122272031

Washington State Attorney General Ferguson pushes for change on state laws related to #robocalls https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/ag-ferguson-pushes-change-state-laws-related-robocalls/LMOVYA5S4VC4BMCW25O62ODLKY

Exploring #Bezier and #Spline Curves.
An interactive web app that was developed using #TypeScript
https://richardfuhr.neocities.org/BusyBCurves.html

Temperature discontinuities from Thursday to Friday and from Friday to Saturday

I have been asking #chatgpt a few questions, and it often gives flawed answers.

For example, ask it to list the largest cities in the Midwest. When I did this, it omitted Detroit.

Then ask it for the population of Detroit. It answered that it is the largest city in the Midwest.

#Seattle temperature remained steady for much of the night, then increased to above 40 F before sunrise, then took a sudden drop after that.

#introduction
#seattle
#milwaukee
#splines
#NURBS
#python
#typescript

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