Snerk…

Sadly, this isn’t far from the truth in the IT world… They want unicorns…

Looking to hire a Jr Data Scientist:

– 15 years Python
– 30 years SQL
– 20 years AWS
– 15 years Spark
– 15 years Terraform
– Core contributor to assembly code base
– Team player
– Should have some sort of martial arts experience, whether Ninja, Jujitsu, or Karate. All 3 is preferred.
– Knows SQL, NoSQL, NewSQL and all future flavors of SQL
– Project Management experience
– Strong experience with Keras, TensorFlow, Sklearn, XGBoost and preferably has written their own ML library from scratch.
– Should have published at least 2 top level academic papers preferably focused around a Convolutional Recurrent Back-propagating Neural Network
– Open source contributor at least 5 projects.
– Experience leading teams of 10,000 people or more
– Managed CI/CD pipeline for an application with at least 2 billion daily users
– Should have at least 1 PhD, 5 is preferred.

Yes, we have ping pong tables and an open floor plan and lots of salty snacks in the breakroom. Organic Kombucha on tap.

The interviews will consist of a 5 day process of whiteboarding algorithms from scratch followed by writing your own compiler and a coding exam will be taken at random from the 20 most popular programming languages.

And the best response…

Dear Hiring Manager. Im interested in Jr Data Scientist Position you posted. I’m sure that my yet short but fast growing 50 years career matches your profile. In addition to the listed requirements i have pilot license and speak Hebrew and Hungarian fluently. Im eagerly looking forward your offer including 7 digit monthly salary net in British pounds, premium medical insurance for all my family and relatives, working space at least 100 sqr m, personal assistant, lawyer, company jet, 6 room apartment in the downtown and welcome bonus at your convenience.

Y’all need to see this…

My neighbor has known this lady for over 30 years. He said she is the real deal. She didn’t mince words at all!

Please share this far and wide!!!

Blunt honesty from a lady who went from welfare to millionaire…

TBT…

A picture from back in the day…

I was skinny and had hair even!

This was 85/86, taken in Taromina, IT on an obvious day off… LOL

 

Posted in TBT

PSA…

This happened to a friend up in Manassas, VA. But, I’m betting this isn’t the ONLY place it’s happening…

Serious warning if you call out for food a lot.

Xxxxx wanted Pizza Hut pizza so I googled the number. I called. First question she asked was our number, which Pizza Hut usually does. But then she asked name and address. I asked if our order history showed. She said it didn’t. I figured computer error, so I gave it to her. I placed the order, a cheese pizza for Jaime. She asked pickup or delivery. Delivery. She gave the order amount as $19, and asked cash or credit.. I said I’d pay the driver cash. She said it would be 20 minutes and with tax and delivery fees it would be $26.

Whoa. Backup. What delivery fees? I thought delivery was free. Nope. $5 delivery fee. Then she asked which Pizza Hut was nearest me. I said “your is”. “What address or plaza ?”, she asked. Aren’t you at the store I called? No. Do you work for Pizza Hut? Too long of a hesitation before she answered yes.

I changed my mind. I’ll pick it up since the store is only a few blocks away. She gave the price as $13 dollars. I didn’t ask about the 6 dollar difference between pickup and delivery prices, before the $5 delivery charge and double Virginia sales tax was added. When I picked the pizza up I grabbed a delivery menu so wouldn’t have to rely on google again.

I’m assuming the numbers google links to is some food delivery service, like grubhub or doordash, rather than Pizza Hut. With all the add on fees they doubled the price of the order. They call in your order, pick it up, and then pocket the difference.

So be careful.

Just checked locally, and the SAME thing here, at least for one Pizza Hut location…

One wonders… Accidental or on purpose? I know what MY guess is…

Grrrr…

Interwebz is down again…

Back in the day, humor was humor…

Can you imagine Blazing Saddles being made today?

Go read the folks on the side bar, and I’ll be back as soon as I can!

Sometimes you just gotta wonder…

Had my first run-in with a CovidKaren yesterday…

From my FB post-

%$&$* CovidKarens… At the local big grocery store, standing in line to check out. Older (well older than me) fellow behind me with no mask. CovinKaren goes by the front of the aisle, sees him and backs up to come down the aisle and confront him. She starts in on him in a loud obnoxious voice, pushing her cart at him to mark her ‘exclamations’. He finally says very quietly, “Shut it, bitch. I’m 87, I have one lung after getting shot in Nam. Ain’t wearing no damn mask cause I can’t breathe. Go the hell away.”
She gets damn near hysterical at this point and he turns slightly. And she sees the Ruger SAA on his hip, open carried… She almost screams, “He’s got a gun on!” She starts backing up and almost backs into me.
I tell her to go away and she goes to start in on me, and I add, “So do I, but mine’s under my shirt.”
She turned pale, left her cart, and headed for the exit… LOL
The older man and I both start laughing just as the manager comes up. He asked what was going on, and when it was explained, we could see his eyes crinkle. He just shook his head and walked off, pushing her half full cart.

Crap like this is why I usually shop at my small town local grocery. They don’t worry about masks, and they know most of the locals, so we don’t have any issues.

In the Oopsie category, we have this story! Shades of Seattle, anyone?

While members of the Richmond City Council are in the midst of talking about defunding the police department, one of their very own council members got a swift taste of the bad side of the mob they’re considering caving to.

And, ironically, the council member is upset that police didn’t intervene to the level of her desire.

Full article, HERE.

And I’m seeing a lot of meltdowns about the federal response in Portland. Seems that everybody on the left, up to and including Pelosi and Schumer are calling them ‘stormtroopers’ and ‘promising’ to do something…

Some of the people screaming about this ‘should’ know better. Having seen real secret police in action, and seen people shot for simply walking in the wrong place, these people have NO idea how much restraint the LEOs are actually using. Outside the US, if the SP take you, the odds are you will be ‘disappeared’ whether guilty or innocent. And they aren’t polite when they do it.

One of the biggest complaints seems to be that they are using unmarked vehicles and don’t have nametags/badges/nametapes on. The left is ignoring the fact that their minions are ATTACKING police vehicles anytime they can, and are actively doxxing any LEOs they can get info on.

By using unmarked cars, and being low key, but with insignia on their uniforms, they are preventing scenes from degrading into riots, and if they people questioned aren’t the right ones, they are released. There is NO requirement to Mirandize anyone whom they have photo or video evidence of… on the scene.

I’m convinced what the left wants is a shooting by LEOs at a riot, where one of the ‘choirboys’ or ‘choirgirls’ will be killed.

It almost happened in Chiraq Saturday night…

Dozens of people in the crowd who were clad in all-black clothing rushed the nearby statue, surrounding the short stone wall that circled it. Some began throwing objects, such as cans and fireworks, at the officers. A few people tried to climb over the wall and were met with officers smacking their batons at them.

<snip>

About 18 officers were injured, some of whom were treated at the scene and others at area hospitals, Chicago police spokesman Thomas Ahern said. About a dozen people were arrested and face pending charges ranging from battery to a police officer to mob action, Ahern said. He said the aerosol used by officers was pepper spray.

Full article, HERE.

Sigh…

As my mother taught me, if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything…

So go read the folks on the sidebar, because all I’ve got is a bunch of rants, and I’m not going to bore you folks with those…

I’ll just leave you with this.

The mind…

Doth boggle…

Insanity Wrap needs to know: When is not-racist humor racist?

We already know the answer: When it suits the progressive agenda for it to be racist.

Full article, HERE.

The inmates are truly running the asylum.

On a sadder note, USS Bonhomme Richard (Bonnie Dick) is done…

The party line from the Navy is “it’s too soon to tell” but the forward mast has melted down due to fire in the island, at least three major holes were burned through the flight deck (that is where the helos were dropping water).  The word is a lot of her internal structure is gutted, etc.  Reality is she is probably beyond economic repair. If that is true, she will be written off as a BCM9 code. The CNO went aboard yesterday, link HERE. The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard sits pier side at Naval Base...

Rumors are circulating that both USS Peleliu (decommissioned March 2015) and USS Nassau (March 2011) are being looked at to be brought out of the White Fleet and put back in service as a stopgap measure.

I’m busy writing, go enjoy the folks on the sidebar, or kick back and read a book!

Mea culpa…

I know I owe folks books, but KDP is running a ‘tad’ behind… I ordered replacements over a month ago and I got…

AND another notification that shipping is ‘delayed’… Sigh…

So TWO of you will get books shipped out today.

Again, my apologies.

 

Interesting things…

This one came over the transom from the mil email network…

Apparently being put out by Pantifa…

So look deeper in the protesters to find the leaders and go after them… And the back line watches.

And in the Truth is Stranger than Fiction category, we have this…

Burger King is rolling out its latest pitch to environmentally conscious eaters: patties made from cows fed with a lemongrass diet to help eliminate methane releases from the animals.

Full article, HERE.

Um… it’s not grown here for other that ornamental or food use. And there is no ‘path’ to get it here in enough volume to actually be useful. OBTW, it also grows to a height of up to 2-4 FEET high in areas where conditions mimic the tropical habitat of their origin. Plants like lots of heat, light, and moisture in rich, loamy soil.

Sigh…