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Birdwatch/Community Notes

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 18:46:19 +0000

In September, I was invited to participate in “Birdwatch,” now known as “Twitter Community Notes.” The concept is a misleading tweet can be annotated with additional information or context by the community. wrong the Internet. If I don" loading="lazy" src="https://wt8p.com/images/duty_calls.png"> Image source: XKCD 386: Duty Calls

For example, consider this headline:

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd holds press conference after agency says it seized enough fentanyl to kill 2.7 million people. WFLA, October 21, 2022

Hot as heck

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 04:02:00 +0000

During the last week of June, there was a crazy forecast. Sometimes the app, using Dark Sky, has an instability problem with far-future dates, but this wasn’t changing:

For context, the normal high this time of year is 79. Low temperatures are typically 50s to low 60s, thus allowing us to use “Seattle Air Conditioning”, a box fan in the window. Typically, we put it in the window when:

Daytime temperatures are above 75 and we anticipate cool evenings, such as the one below.
The outside temperature is within 3 degrees of inside temperature. By the end of the day, the inside gets very humid and drier, albeit warmer air helps improve the comfort.

Behind the hiring desk

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 05:00:00 +0000

Some time ago, I’d been in hiring mode for a business analyst for my team and “had a few thoughts” that I have kept in draft form for some time. As this is now an ex-company/team, I feel okay writing about it, but am somewhat lazy about changing present tense.

How I think the process should have worked:

Hiring manager (me) transforms needs into requirements.
Human Resources (HR) discusses it with me then initiates a search.
HR is the gatekeeper, protecting the interests of the company and doing first-level screening. Potentially-qualified candidates are forwarded to the me for review.
If there’s interest, HR will set up a meeting between the candidate and me.
If the results are positive, an interview may be scheduled with an extended group.
If the results are positive, there is a verbal discussion of terms. If an agreement is reached, a formal offer is generated.
Employee and employer have a productive relationship

How it actually worked: