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Bertio | 4 years ago | on: Women earned the majority of doctoral degrees in 2020 for the 12th straight year

Further on that point, perhaps men don't require as much higher education to make a decent living, at least to start. As a woman, I got a degree because it was the only path I saw to be able to earn close to what my brothers were earning without one in blue collar jobs. As time has progressed however they have become less employable as the job market shifted around but my career has advanced. There was also motivators for me that my brothers didn't have; financial independence. A woman without an education was a lot more limited than a man. For you a PHD wasn't necessary but for a woman it might what is needed to work against gender bias.

Bertio | 4 years ago | on: Classified tank specs leaked on War Thunder game forums again

Yes. Quite a few times I’ve had some exciting inside info from my industry and I would love to spill it in my pseudo anonymous online hangouts! But then when I compose something that doesn’t give anything away I realize I’ve said nothing and don’t submit.

Bertio | 4 years ago | on: Experiments on a $50 DIY air purifier (2020)

I live in an area that had over about 6 weeks with us pm2.5 aqi above 300 almost every day and many days exceeding 400 and it shocks me how many people still don't have filters of any kind and see this kind of DIY fan as excessive and silly. Ok, more filters for me I suppose.

Bertio | 4 years ago | on: Experiments on a $50 DIY air purifier (2020)

During fire season this year, living in one of the cities with the worst air quality in Canada this year, I had to double up my fans to keep up when it reaches 400+ US pm2.5 aqi in my home office that is about 300 sq ft. I am using filtrete 1900 20x20x1 from amazon (Canada)

I also have a Dyson air cleaner and it works for moderate to light smoke but it's just not enough for heavy smoke.

Bertio | 6 years ago | on: ZipGrow: Vertical farming/urban agriculture system

I have a way overpriced aerogarden farm and for me it's really just decor along the lines of having an aquarium. It certainly doesn't yield enough of anything to be worth the price. I contemplated something DIY but I didn't think I could get the clean aesthetics. I have a 3d printer now so I could probably make something that looks less like a hack now.

Bertio | 6 years ago | on: 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Southern California

I had the exact same thought also because of 9/11. I am in British Columbia and I got a vague provincial emergency alert saying there was no tsunami threat. Amazon Prime was also failing at the same time. Facebook was loading but then the USGS site was failing.

Bertio | 7 years ago | on: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II

More or less. The fires are caused mostly by lightening and dry winds (some human caused too) by also contributed to by a lot of fuel from overly wet spring followed by dry hot summer.

A small increase in temperature results in a significant increase in lightening which is the big worry.

Bertio | 7 years ago | on: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II

I live in British Columbia and for the past 3 summers have had to spend at least all of August indoors with doors and windows sealed shut due to the dangerous levels of particulates in the air. I am already experiencing it.

Bertio | 7 years ago | on: While the planet burns our politicians fiddle

Climate change is responsible for the increase in temperatures which lead to an increase in lightening. Climate change is also responsible for the wet conditions in the spring creating additional fuel later in the summer.

Bertio | 8 years ago | on: Loneliness on the Job: Why No Employee Is an Island

I've experienced lonliness on the job but I've come to realize it has more to do with having meaningful work than meaningful relationships. If I'm doing work that is contributing and adding value I will not care at all about the people I'm surrounded by or if they even know I exist. When I'm underworked I start to feel excluded and isolated.

Currently I'm bordering on overwork and I find socializing taxing. When I work from home I do twice as much work but I don't need to sleep on the couch after work.

Bertio | 8 years ago | on: A billion reasons never to buy IBM services

Customers love to be lied to; in a recent set of presentations I was favoring the vendor who was presenting reality but the winner chosen by the business evaluators was the vendor who brought in the glossiest presentation and glossed over the complexities and the frightening part expressed a comfort with ever changing requirements. They were put off by the vendors who boasted about zero change requests and making their timelines but liked the vendor who proposed a fantasy timeline with no promises.

Bertio | 8 years ago | on: A billion reasons never to buy IBM services

Not to mention government procurement processes do everything in their power to make it difficult to write a good RFP and the major players are highly skilled at responding to RFPs for the purpose of winning the bid, not necessarily to deliver on the RFP's requirements.

Bertio | 8 years ago | on: Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

Even worse than gambling--the output isn't random. You can actually affect the result, a lethal combination for gambling behaviors. With slot machines it's at it's worst when the gambler believes there's a system that works. In this case there actually is one making it capable of drawing in folks who would not be at risk of being pulled into a slot machine.
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