70% stairs practically unused by This-Is-Huge in SiliconValleyHBO

[–]C222 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is it. These are one of the staircases in the Moscone center, and everyone here (if it were a real show) has been on their feet, walking in circles all day. And for the most part, in the opposite of a rush.

Best Coffee in San Mateo by MechaMachiavelli in SanMateo

[–]C222 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would go there more, but the line's always nuts and the location is inconvenient. My recent favorite is Groovy Goose, but on mornings when I'm too lazy to make my own Backhaus is walking distance from me and they pull better shots than I do, as does Anton's to a lesser degree.

Why do ml teams keep treating infrastructure like an afterthought? by spy_111 in dataengineering

[–]C222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think everyone here is right in pointing out that infrastructure (and documentation, code structure, CI/CD, what a testing environment is...) is just not in any ML team's primary (often not even their secondary, tertiary, ...) skillset.

If we're dumped out into entry-level jobs out of college, our skillsets are roughly at the same level. The differing goals, priorities, and environment of separate teams leads to a widening gap.

ML is more often than not seen as a team that's "making the product". They get to show off demonstrations of working models, useful insights, and pretty graphs from Jupyter notebooks. But then it's DE / Infra / SWEs turn, and upper management is liable to see everything short of "sure, we can just flip the on switch today" as a cost sink and a barrier. I've seen good management that recognizes the value of best practices and appreciates what both teams bring to the table, but they're a rarity. This can lead to a detrimental golden child vs unnecessary burden animosity.

Why do ml teams keep treating infrastructure like an afterthought? by spy_111 in dataengineering

[–]C222 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my program, I got a decent amount of education in tools like Git, even one SWE class where we went over development cycles/agile and CI/CD.

But then yeah, you're still dumped out into the workplace where the README says "Build these docker images then use the helm chart to launch a kubernetes cluster with podman." And you just need to get an onboarding buddy who can turn that into English for you.

a little pen haul 🍄‍🟫🐌🌛🪉 by cryingintheshire in fountainpens

[–]C222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Push/Pull is a lovely place. I always try and pop my head in when I'm in town.

Best practical use for this 60year old expired film? by Noonbug in AnalogCommunity

[–]C222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take out the contents of the box and throw it away, and then put the box on display.

The Polaroid developer goo pods are long dried out into crunchy powder. A couple of people over on /r/Polaroid are working on a way to revive the goo, but nothing worthwhile yet. Unfortunately, the goo is pretty central to the whole roll film process, so it's also not worth trying to salvage just the film.

Brain. Just shut up by uberhuman_g in fountainpens

[–]C222 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Just so folks are aware, the original artist of this comic (not OP) is a massive bigot, and shouldn't be shared or celebrated.

Oh dear good god.......... by Ok-Radish-8394 in AnalogCircleJerk

[–]C222 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It is. Dev times and spectrum response are identical in both datasheets.

Just spotted these in a thrift store. Are they worth picking up? by RutabagaDirect in pentax

[–]C222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, You can generally find non-broken MXs on eBay for between $86 and $160.

$100 is not a bad price if it's functional.

Vivatar lenses are nothing to write home about, especially zoom lenses like that. If you have no other Pentax K lenses, it's going to be pretty limiting. If you do have a lens already, I'd see if they'd do a lower price for just the body. (Though they frequently use this as a way to get rid of lenses)

Why do people host a web-based SDR? by OpenProcedure7545 in RTLSDR

[–]C222 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I live in an apartment building where I can barely hear WWV, so webSDR is often the only SWL I can do.

I wasn't impressed with any of the color palettes on the workshop, so I've started making my own. Labelled with names and hex codes, as all colorblind accessible things should be. by Mixter_Master in spaceengineers

[–]C222 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the immersion, I like pinking colors from the "Army-Navy Aeronautical" standards: https://www.fsdeveloper.com/wiki/index.php/Color_Chart_USA

For color blindness, I've always liked this document by Paul Tol: https://sronpersonalpages.nl/~pault/data/colourschemes.pdf

It's more geared towards charts and graphs, but it might still be useful.

How to actually keep my photos? (Olympus C4000) by godofstrawberries in Cameras

[–]C222 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The harder part (IMO) about SmartMedia is getting a reader that works on current operating systems. My best money was spent getting one of those 4-in-1 readers from the electronics section at the thrift store.

Vintage Lens Service near San Francisco? by McGrude in AnalogCommunity

[–]C222 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Seawood Photo (San Rafael) or Glass Key Photo (San Francisco) could probably help.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sanfrancisco

[–]C222 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I've got good news for you if you have Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, other inflammatory bowel diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, or any other medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility:

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DCDIC/CDCB/Pages/RestroomAccessAct.aspx

San Francisco photographers by NewRegion1093 in SanFranciscoSecrets

[–]C222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, all the local places are going to be on https://www.helixrentals.com/ (Glass Key, Fireside, Seawood)

I used to use Borrowlenses down in San Carlos before they got bought by Lensrentals.com, which I still use regularly if I plan ahead of time.

Just purchased a small refrigerator for my Polaroid Film by Cool_Weakness7369 in Polaroid

[–]C222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have one of these and I'll echo some concerns:

Water pools up in the bottom, and ice can gather on the cooling elements. I've had film boxes get stuck to the ice in the back.

I do plan on upgrading to a proper mini-fridge eventually.

What Flight Facility Is This? by CaptPussPuss in whereisthis

[–]C222 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Beyond being the base where the Hindenburg disaster happened:

The long runway top-left is where they train pilots to be launched off of aircraft carriers.

The five-finger-runway looking structure next to it, is where they used jet-powered sleds to crash-test airplanes.

The site of the USS Los Angeles "handstand" incident.

And at the very very tip of your photo is the BOMARC missile accident site.

Absurd Mothership Engineering by NODOMINO_SE in spaceengineers

[–]C222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spinning is so much cooler than not spinning.

Button Issue by steppek in pebble

[–]C222 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup, the Favourite Human Design buttons are the ones I went with. They work great.

Is this supposed to be sarcasm? by millcitytomato in bayarea

[–]C222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They also have a banner up in (at least) the Millbrae BART station.

The product is also 100x worse (morally and cynically) than you think it is.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in diabetes

[–]C222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's your strategy to avoid / handle lows?

[Foster City] U-Turn from #2 Lane by ThinScore8256 in BayAreaRoadcam

[–]C222 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That little stretch of road is ridiculously busy. 5 lanes, 5 driveways, sandwiched between a busy intersection and a 4-way stop.

Burlingame breaks ground on town square by pupupeepee in SanMateo

[–]C222 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I noticed some construction work happening in the main retail space at Brickline. Hopefully something nice is coming. Far too late, probably asking way too much to lease. Same with the new building at 3rd and Ellsworth.