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EVSHIFT<p><a href="https://www.evshift.com/319106/corvette-zr1-came-saw-conquered-and-our-engineers-left-nothing-but-records-behind/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">evshift.com/319106/corvette-zr</span><span class="invisible">1-came-saw-conquered-and-our-engineers-left-nothing-but-records-behind/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Corvette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corvette</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ZR1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZR1</span></a> came. Saw. Conquered. And our engineers left nothing but records behind. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/chevrolet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chevrolet</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/conquered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conquered</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/corvette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corvette</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ElectricCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricCars</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ElectricVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricVehicles</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Left</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/records" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>records</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/zr1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zr1</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Constitutional Crisis: Who Is Musk's "DOGE Army," Gutting Gov't Agencies Despite Legal Questions?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CkDxxXebKE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=7CkDxxXebK</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p>We look at how Elon Musk's executive branch agency, the Department of Government Efficiency, known as "DOGE," is wreaking havoc, with young male software engineers slashing government services and funding in what legal experts are saying could amount to a "constitutional crisis.“..</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crisis</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Dropout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dropout</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Power</span></a></p>
Raccoon🏳️‍🌈<p>(2/2)<br>Ejijah McCoy found work as a fireman and oiler at the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> Central <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Railroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Railroad</span></a>, fueling and maintaining <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trains</span></a>. (That hashtag is for all the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>train</span></a> fans on Fedi. You're welcome.)</p><p>While working on Trains, he quickly recognized flaws in the systems for keeping them oiled, which required frequent stops for maintenance, and began developing improvements. Around 1870, he started his own <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> for <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/B2B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>B2B</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/machine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machine</span></a> parts.</p><p>In 1872, he patented an automatic oiling known as the "McCoy Lubricating Cup", which at the time was a major step forward in quality and efficiency, drastically cutting down work for <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a>. Other <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> had made such devices before, and attempted to make something to compete, but his design was simply so good that companies would ask for it by name.</p><p>This is the origin of the phrase, "The Real McCoy".</p><p>In this modern era, it is important to remember the contributions of people like McCoy, and the detriment of policies which held them back.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TheRealMcCoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheRealMcCoy</span></a></p>
Rod2ik 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇺🇦 🇩🇰 🇨🇦<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Young" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Young</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inexperienced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inexperienced</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aiding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aiding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heilon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heilon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Takeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takeover</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/elon-musk-gove</span><span class="invisible">rnment-young-engineers/</span></a></p>
Rod2ik 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇺🇦 🇩🇰 🇨🇦<p>The <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Young" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Young</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Inexperienced" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inexperienced</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Engineers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Engineers</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Aiding" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aiding</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Heilon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heilon</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Musk%E2%80%99s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk’s</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Government" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Government</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Takeover" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Takeover</a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wired.com/story/elon-m...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Young, Inexperienced Engin...</a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>The Young, Inexperienced <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a> Aiding <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> Takeover<br>Engineers age 19-24 are playing key role as he seizes control of fed infra. Most have connections to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, at least two are connected to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a>, cofounder &amp; chair of Palantir who has long expressed opposition to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a><br>Musk’s lackeys—including staff from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/xAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xAI</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>, and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BoringCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoringCompany</span></a>—have taken control of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a>, and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TreasuryDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreasuryDepartment</span></a>’s payment system<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/elon-musk-gove</span><span class="invisible">rnment-young-engineers/</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/134ak" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/134ak</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Young" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Young</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Inexperienced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inexperienced</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a> Aiding <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> Takeover Engineers bet 19- 24 yrs old, most linked 2 Musk’s companies, R playing key role as he seizes control of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a>. Most have connections to Musk &amp; at least 2 have connections 2 Musk’s longtime associate <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a>, a cofounder, chairman of analytics firm &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/contractor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contractor</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> who has long expressed opposition to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/elon-musk-gove</span><span class="invisible">rnment-young-engineers/</span></a></p>
Viendongmb<p>NVIDIA không tin tưởng Samsung HBM Memory và Kỹ sư – 1.000 VND khẩu chiểu vào xem <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NVIDIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NVIDIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Samsung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Samsung</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HBM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gi%C3%A1m%C4%91%E1%BB%91c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>giámđốc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tinht%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tinhtưởng</span></a></p><p>Giám đốc điều hành NVIDIA không tin tưởng Samsung HBM Memory and Engineers Giám đốc điều hành của NVIDIA, Jensen Huang, theo báo cáo, không tin tưởng Samsung HBM Memory và Kỹ sư, nói rằng công ty của ông không thể tin tưởng các sản phẩm của Samsung HBM hoặc kinh doanh với Samsung Electronics liên quan đến bộ nhớ HBM.</p><p><a href="https://viendongmobile.com/nvidia-khong-tin-tuong-samsung-hbm-memory-va-ky-su-1-000-vnd-khau-chieu-vao-xem-nvidia-samsung-hbm-engineers-giamdoc-tinhtuong/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">viendongmobile.com/nvidia-khon</span><span class="invisible">g-tin-tuong-samsung-hbm-memory-va-ky-su-1-000-vnd-khau-chieu-vao-xem-nvidia-samsung-hbm-engineers-giamdoc-tinhtuong/</span></a></p>
Alison<p>I'm sure there's some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectricVehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricVehicle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> out here, maybe who once worked at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> or maybe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nissan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nissan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hyundai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hyundai</span></a> <br>How hard would it be to engineer an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PTCruiser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PTCruiser</span></a> </p><p>Reminder, I'm asking a technical question, not an aesthetic one 😂😂</p>
Ralph Hogaboom<p>"Nobody ever got fired for buying ~~IBM~~ cloud."</p><p>I just do not understand <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> based <a href="https://mas.to/tags/siem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siem</span></a> for any organization over 1000 employees. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ingress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ingress</span></a> / <a href="https://mas.to/tags/egress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>egress</span></a> costs are ridiculous compared to the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/onprem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onprem</span></a> system. Managers who are blinded by a drive to only look at cloud are short sighted.</p>
KM3NeT<p>Our detectors do not build themselves:</p><p>As a tribute to the many <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/technicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technicians</span></a> and <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> in the <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/KM3NeT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KM3NeT</span></a> labs together working on the construction of the <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/ARCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARCA</span></a> and <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/ORCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ORCA</span></a> detectors of our <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/neutrino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neutrino</span></a> telescope, here a sneak peek into the KM3NeT lab at @_nikhef.</p><p>Thanks to the video clips of @MarcoJKraan</p><p><a href="https://www.km3net.org/sneak-peek-into-the-km3net-labs-nikhef/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">km3net.org/sneak-peek-into-the</span><span class="invisible">-km3net-labs-nikhef/</span></a></p>
Yeri<p>I find this hard to believe</p><p>A <a href="https://m.superuser.one/tags/Stanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stanford</span></a> <a href="https://m.superuser.one/tags/study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>study</span></a> on <a href="https://m.superuser.one/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://m.superuser.one/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://m.superuser.one/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> involving over 50,000 <a href="https://m.superuser.one/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> from hundreds of <a href="https://m.superuser.one/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> found that around 9.5% of software engineers do virtually nothing – so-called <a href="https://m.superuser.one/tags/ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ghost</span></a> engineers – and may be working multiple jobs. </p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RJNytjFCYAV7J52u8HN2lecgKRRiH5jm/view" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.google.com/file/d/1RJNyt</span><span class="invisible">jFCYAV7J52u8HN2lecgKRRiH5jm/view</span></a></p>
Flowxy<p><a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a> of Fedi, do you have any suggestions on services I can buy custom PCBs with components pre mounted?</p><p>I want to get into hardware development but I don’t feel like learning how to solder right now and I don’t have an adequate space for that atm</p>
BrunoMcGee<p>It never pays to falsify <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> data or to evade compliance. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Air" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Air</span></a> Resources Board are good at examining <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/vehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vehicle</span></a> performance and will nail corporate miscreants. The fines <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Volkswagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volkswagen</span></a> paid a few years back helped fund initial deployment of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/electric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electric</span></a> vehicle charging <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> in California. Looks like <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Toyota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toyota</span></a> is about to make a contribution. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/16/nx-s1-5262576/hino-toyota-trucks-emissions-fraud" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/01/16/nx-s1-52625</span><span class="invisible">76/hino-toyota-trucks-emissions-fraud</span></a></p>
Nsukami _ | 巣神<p>Mistakes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> make in large established codebases <a href="https://www.seangoedecke.com/large-established-codebases/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">seangoedecke.com/large-establi</span><span class="invisible">shed-codebases/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/refactoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refactoring</span></a> :thaenkin: 🤔</p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>These are the most fulfilling <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a><br>When we looked at new data on which jobs give you the most pride or satisfaction, or serve the community best, one job took the top spot in every category: lumberjack<br>Study Finds Most Fulfilling Jobs: Self-Employment, Government Work, Managing, and Social Service <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/22/most-fulfilling-jobs-america-may-not-be-ones-you-expect/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">24/11/22/most-fulfilling-jobs-america-may-not-be-ones-you-expect/</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/g2vh0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/g2vh0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>All those jokes about <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> walking into the woods never to return to technology may be grounded in truth.</p>
Richard W. Woodley RNKD BLTS 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Homestead" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Homestead</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@godzero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>godzero</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@zl2tod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zl2tod</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> </p><p>Most of our problems are not <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> problems but <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> problems. We need to look to the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/sociologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociologists</span></a> not the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> to save is, or better yet look to <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ourselves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ourselves</span></a>. We have been sold a bill of goods about the wonders of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a>. Only <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cooperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooperation</span></a> will save us.</p>
Daniel Beutner<p>There are challenges of implementing automated <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testing</span></a>, such as the complexity of integrating accessibility testing tools into existing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/frameworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frameworks</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a> wrote down their findings: </p><p><a href="https://slack.engineering/automated-accessibility-testing-at-slack/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slack.engineering/automated-ac</span><span class="invisible">cessibility-testing-at-slack/</span></a></p>
Khurram Wadee ✅<p>This is the spillway from the <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/RiverExe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverExe</span></a> into the <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/channel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>channel</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> who designed and built it had foresight to see the future effects of <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Urbanization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urbanization</span></a>, changes in <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/CatchmentAreas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchmentAreas</span></a> and so on. It is by no means an easy task but I hazard a guess that they may have to revisit this and other flood-relief measures along the <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>River</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/MyWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyWork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/MyPhoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyPhoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/CCBYSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCBYSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Cycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cycle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycle</span></a></p>
amen zwa, esq.<p>The 19th Century <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a>, our forebears, overbuilt their products, because the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/mathematical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematical</span></a> techniques, though already fully mature and accurate, were not as precise, due to the use of the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/SlideRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SlideRule</span></a>. In the second half of the 20th Century, my generation of engineers did their best to exploit the powers of <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> to lengthen MTBF and to extend product lives.</p><p>In the 21st Century, though, engineering seems to have become obsessed with the use of <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> and other advanced computing technologies to predict accurately and precisely when products will fail, so as to aid the actuaries set the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/warranties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warranties</span></a> that expire just before the products fail.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineering</span></a> is a licensed profession with its own regulations and ethical codes. Unlike businessmen, we must not permit ourselves to kneel at the alter of profits.</p>