Random Thoughts 7

[fresh_42]

Two passenger planes hit over 800 mph on recent flights due to strong winds. That's over 200 mph more than a typical plane ride.
https://news.yahoo.com/2-passenger-planes-hit-over-155009611.html



Cruising speed is about 550-600 mph, and a 250-200 mph tail wind gets the ground speed up to 800 mph. Nothing special here. The air speed was normal, and the aircraft were not traveling at 800 mph in the air, but with respect to ground. I've flown in airliners before where the speed was 600 to 650 mph - easy when traveling eastward with the jet stream. Sometimes, one arrives well in advance and sits on the tarmac waiting for a gate.

Not sure whether I am allowed to say this here, but I think to remember that I've heard that the global jet streams are nowadays far more to the south than they used to be. Current measurement: Paris 49°F, Moscow 16°F. This can be explained by the sine curve of the Atlantic jet stream.

 

[BillTre]

Not sure whether I am allowed to say this here

What? Too climate changey?

 

[fresh_42]

What? Too climate changey?

Yes, forbidden subject. And without a reference. I saw it on tv.

 

[WWGD]

Wonder what the first impression of a first-time visitor to PF: a bit gory?

 

[WWGD]

Some of these jobs one applies to require, when uploading the CV, to grant permission to the company to access the place where the file is stored. They don't tell you for how long this access permission , nor does, e.g., Google drive ask you for how long. A bit disconcerting. Why not just upload the CV and get it over with? Why the need to grant open-ended access? It's happened several times. Don't know if it has to see with my own PC settings or the application process software.

 

[fresh_42]

I doubt that would be legal in the EU. However, fighting for your rights is another issue.

 

[WWGD]

I doubt that would be legal in the EU. However, fighting for your rights is another issue.

Now I need to figure out how Google drive gives general permissions, so I don't have to go file by file to check permissions individually. Whatever happened to the simpler idea of just #@$ uploading the CV and getting it over with.

 

[BillTre]

Some of these jobs one applies to require, when uploading the CV, to grant permission to the company to access the place where the file is stored. They don't tell you for how long this access permission , nor does, e.g., Google drive ask you for how long. A bit disconcerting. Why not just upload the CV and get it over with? Why the need to grant open-ended access? It's happened several times. Don't know if it has to see with my own PC settings or the application process software.

If they have the uploaded CV why would they even want assess to the file?
Sounds crazy to me, possibly illegal to require it.
If i were to do this, they would have to come and visit to assess my computer.

 

[WWGD]

If they have the uploaded CV why would they even want assess to the file?
Sounds crazy to me, possibly illegal to require it.
If i were to do this, they would have to come and visit to assess my computer.

After talking witha few people , it seems you're only giving access to the file that contains your CV, not the whole of the drive, directory. It kind of makes sense. Imagine if they have an opening and 200 people apply. Each CV is, what, 10Kb ? Then they'd have to store , 2000kb( 2MB). Now repeat for several other jobs and HR will be storing maybe 1000+ CVs on its servers and maybe up to 100MB . Instead, they just keep a link to your drive or directory. Still, I wonder if a hacker could break into the rest of the files that way.

 

[BillTre]

After talking witha few people , it seems you're only giving access to the file that contains your CV, not the whole of the drive, directory. It kind of makes sense. Imagine if they have an opening and 200 people apply. Each CV is, what, 10Kb ? Then they'd have to store , 2000kb( 2MB). Now repeat for several other jobs and HR will be storing maybe 1000+ CVs on its servers and maybe up to 100MB . Instead, they just keep a link to your drive or directory. Still, I wonder if a hacker could break into the rest of the files that way.

Lame reason in my opinion.
I have several 3 to 5 TB drives for backing up and photos.
That should not be a problem.

 

[WWGD]

If they have the uploaded CV why would they even want assess to the file?
Sounds crazy to me, possibly illegal to require it.
If i were to do this, they would have to come and visit to assess my computer.

After talking witha few people , it seems you're only giving access to the file that contains your CV, not the whole of the drive, directory

Lame reason in my opinion.
I have several 3 to 5 TB drives for backing up and photos.
That should not be a problem.

True, though I suspect they want to avoid handing the Network adin, HR, the burden of dealing with 1000's of CVs. But I still agree, they're talking a risk on behalf of the applicants.

 

[WWGD]

I still run to the streets when I hear the beginning of the song " Shout".

 

[fresh_42]

I still run to the streets when I hear the beginning of the song " Shout".

And the Beach Boys implemented me a Pawlov reflex when I hear the beginning of "Sloop John B", which by the way isn't their composition.

 

[WWGD]

And the Beach Boys implemented me a Pawlov reflex when I hear the beginning of "Sloop John B", which by the way isn't their composition.

Does it make you want to go home?

 

[fresh_42]

Does it make you want to go home?

If it only were that! I'm seduced to howl with the wolves.

 

[WWGD]

If it only were that! I'm seduced to howl with the wolves.

So what's stopping you from doing it? Too cold outside?

 

[fresh_42]

So what's stopping you from doing it? Too cold outside?

I see what you did here - next trigger.

 

[WWGD]

I see what you did here - next trigger.

Your list cleared something up. I thought the name of the band was " Black guy Pees", not " Black-eyed peas". Thanks.
I wasn't familiar with that Anastacia.

 

[WWGD]

Living in the Twilight Zone? I see and stop someone about to change the light bulb in a lamp, without unplugging it . She asked me, why, what's wrong? A third person looks at their phone and days " True, I just looked it up on ChatGpt". I know these people, they're not dumb people. I thought everyone above 10 years of age knew that.

 

[Rive]

Mis-read of the day: lactose.
You know, the one with the crocodile-logo...

 

[Ibix]

Mis-read of the day: lactose.
You know, the one with the crocodile-logo...

I lactose because a crocodile bit them off?

 

[fresh_42]

I lactose because a crocodile bit them off?

 

[Astronuc]

John Oliver and friend eating hot sauces on chicken wings.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/tv/...while-eating-spicy-wings-hot-ones/vi-BB1hCkRF

There is some vulgarity when Oliver tastes 'Da Bomb', which I have in my stock. It is habanero and chipotle based, and it is fairly spicy.

 

[WWGD]

Wonder if this site is legal:

 

[fresh_42]

Wonder if this site is legal:
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"unpaywall.org" is an extension for Chrome available on Google's webstore.

Imagine what you could gain in a lawsuit against Google! Can't therefore be too illegal.

 

[Rive]

Wonder if this site is legal:

There may be shady instances in those archives, but I think that one is basically just a specialized search engine.

What's more bothering for me is that whether paywalling a free resource just 'from the internet' is illegal or not

 

[BillTre]

 

[WWGD]

There may be shady instances in those archives, but I think that one is basically just a specialized search engine.

What's more bothering for me is that whether paywalling a free resource just 'from the internet' is illegal or not

Ask Aaron Swarz.

 

[fresh_42]

As sad (that people ignore this fact) as (it is) true. If I had a garden, it would look like ...

... probably even more chaotic since my sowing would look like ...

 

[WWGD]

Sure, if you have a personal gardener or a few free hours a day to maintain it. I'm all for urban living, at most hydroponic.