Hum, even agency CEOs are doubling up. home.treasury.gov/news/pres…
It’s interesting how so many deadlines are lining up for mid-November. House Republicans pass stopgap spending bill, set up shutdown fight with Senate
Also have “developers” CALLING me now wanting to do websites for my domains. I haven’t added any domains recently, and all of them redirect to a website, except for my mail server, which I added 15 years ago. Are things that bad in the IT job market?
Piloting Drones as a Reforestation Tool
Tree planting typically occurs two years after a fire. Alternatively, aerial drone seeding can occur a couple of months after a fire, once the seed vessels are ready and the winter rains arrive to water the seeds.
Here are the DOGE steps and the order in which they are being carried out:
From my vantage point, we are rapidly approaching step 7. Granted, there will be some variance by project. Please don’t take my word for it. Reach out to anyone you know still working in or with a federal agency and ask.
Many private companies are using a similar game plan for AI adoption. Do not get me wrong, I’m all about automation. A lot of my over 40 years as a developer has been to automate my job away. The point is that you should get the new system working before laying off people, not after.
So on the plus side, despite the current state of the job market, the future for contract labor looks promising in the near future. Similar to the boom from Y2K. I think maintaining contact with your old project is key, since employers will be looking for people with the skill sets of those laid off, as bringing in new people generally takes a good while to get them up to speed.
Oklahoma is trying to out Texas, Texas.
Oklahoma requires ‘America First’ certification test for teachers fleeing blue states
Liberals started leaving a while back, with the governor trying to override/annex the liberal cities, but now it seems the right has had enough as well.
‘Moving to Texas is over’: Podcasters who followed Joe Rogan to Austin rail against state
Not boding well for jobs or paying bills
US inflation picks up again in June, rising at 2.7% annual rate
Be sure to read the study, which analyzed self-reported data from 504 Chinese university art students using structural equation modeling with the equally click-bait title of Dark personality traits are associated with academic misconduct, frustration, negative thinking, and generative AI use habits: the case of Sichuan art universities. Essentially, they “discovered” that students with “dark traits” are more likely to utilize AI tools to assist with their homework, achieve good results, and continue using them. Sounds like maybe the problem is the ones not using AI tools.
This is a great video to cut through the hype on AI from both sides.
Apple’s ‘AI Can’t Reason’ Claim Seen By 13M+, What You Need to Know
Multiple Texas Farms Shut Down After ‘Almost 100%’ Of Workforce Vanishes Overnight
Looks like food prices will be on the rise again.