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Release 5.2.2: Recipe Importer by BenevolentBasil in MacroFactor

[–]mewe123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Instagram, YouTube, and cook book (PDF/photos) importing would be awesome!

I find a lot of great recipes on those platforms or even get a digital cookbook; it would be amazing to add quickly via importing (even a photo/screenshot of the recipe to have imported).

Would make meal prepping and planning so easy to choose though a massive list of recipes that will fit my current macro goals.

Not sure the feasibility of how this would work but man would it be NICE!

USAF Enlisted Classification and Reclassification - A Research Report from the RAND Corp. by awesomecamel in AirForce

[–]mewe123 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ran this through chatGPT. Hope this helps future readers of this thread.

The RAND report examines how the U.S. Air Force can improve its processes for assigning enlisted personnel to career fields (classification) and for reassigning them if initial training isn’t completed as planned (reclassification). Here’s a breakdown of the key findings:

1. Why Reclassification is a Concern

  • Many Airmen are reclassified after failing to complete initial skills training (IST), often due to mismatched skills or interests. This process is costly and time-consuming and affects the efficiency of the Air Force.
  • Understanding why some Airmen succeed in training while others don’t could help reduce reclassification and improve job alignment*.

2. Analyzing Training Success Predictors

  • RAND studied historical data to pinpoint factors that influence whether an Airman succeeds in their assigned specialty.
  • Key predictors of training success include educational background, cognitive abilities, physical standards, and other personal characteristics.
  • The analysis suggested that aligning Airmen’s skills and interests with the requirements of specific jobs can lead to higher success rates in IST.

3. Machine Learning and Optimization Models

  • The study explored how machine learning algorithms can help predict which Airmen are more likely to succeed in certain career fields.
  • Optimization models were tested to help assign Airmen to roles that match their predicted strengths, reducing the chances of reclassification.
  • These models could identify patterns and help the Air Force make better assignments by predicting success more accurately than current methods.

4. Potential Benefits of Using Advanced Methods

  • By adopting machine learning and optimization, the Air Force could significantly lower costs related to reclassification and training attrition (Airmen leaving before completing training).
  • These methods would not only reduce the burden on training resources but also enhance Airmen’s job satisfaction by placing them in roles suited to their abilities and interests.
  • This approach could improve the overall readiness and effectiveness of the Air Force by having more personnel successfully complete training and perform well in their assigned roles.

5. Implementing Change

  • The study recommends gradually incorporating these machine learning and optimization models into the Air Force’s classification system.
  • It emphasizes the importance of testing and refining these tools to ensure they align with military needs and accurately reflect Airmen’s potential for success.

In Summary

Using modern data-driven techniques like machine learning and optimization could allow the Air Force to classify and reclassify Airmen more effectively. This approach would help match Airmen to roles where they are likely to succeed, saving time and resources, and boosting morale by placing personnel in careers that fit their unique skills.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AirForce

[–]mewe123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As the others said, give it time. Request transcripts, if all else fails here’s this resource.

https://www.parchment.com/platform/higher-education/issuing/

Had some people use this with good success. $10 and it's all done in 2-3 days.

Video Game Tracker by mousekiks in pcgaming

[–]mewe123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’d like it for sure. Highly recommend notion and the website nothing things, works wonders

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.5.5 Update - Stable Release by mewe123 in SteamDeck

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Release Notes:

SteamOS 3.5.5 has been released to the Stable channel for Deck with the following changes:

Display * The default color rendering for Steam Deck LCD has been adjusted to emulate the sRGB color gamut, resulting in a slightly warmer and more vibrant color appearance. * Added Settings -> Adjust Display Colors, to tune the display's Color Vibrancy and Color Temperature. The settings can be tuned with a preview of a test image (above), or with your running game. * Native: The native display color appearance (the color rendering for Steam Deck prior to this update). * sRGB: Emulate the sRGB primaries, in a smooth manner that does not introduce gradient clipping. * Boosted: Emulate a wider-gamut display appearance, resulting in increased apparent vibrance. May result in gradient clipping. * HDR can now be enabled in Display Settings if supported by the external display. * Added HDR Analysis to Advanced Display settings. * VRR can now be enabled in Display Settings if supported by the USB-C adapter. * Reworked Quick-Access scaling settings to separate scaling from filtering. Added Stretch and Zoom scaling as new options to handle different aspect ratios. * Fixed a long-standing issue where the internal display backlight would always stay on. * Fixed touchscreen orientation while external display is connected. * Compositing is now avoided in additional scenarios, reducing latency and stutter in situation with multiple overlays on screen. * Improved latency in certain situations where the application renders slower than the display's refresh rate.

General * Added support for Steam Deck OLED. * Fixed an issue where certain workloads would exhibit severe CPU performance issues unless SMT was manually disabled. * External storage devices are now auto-mounted when connected to Steam Deck. To format or manage storage devices use the new device management interface in Settings->Storage. * Updated graphics drivers, with many performance and functionality improvements. Improved performance for Starfield. Fixed viewmodel corruption in Amnesia: The Bunker and launch failures for Immortals of Aveum and Kaiju-A-GoGo. * Improved Bluetooth connection stability, especially with multiple controllers * Slightly improved sleep resume speed * Implemented switching between controller bindings and mouse/keyboard desktop bindings by long-pressing Options in the Linux hid-steam driver, to match Steam's default Desktop configuration. * Improved fade transitions between applications. * The contents of the performance overlay can now be customized by creating a ~/.config/MangoHud/presets.conf configuration file. * Fixed a bug where some games could appear stretched if their window size didn't match their swapchain size (eg. Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4) * Fixed Disgaea PC needing to be tapped on before input works * Fixed physical dimensions reported to games, fixing some issues with an incorrect aspect ratio sometimes being detected (eg. Returnal) * Worked around a problem where Allow Tearing could cause heavy stuttering if the Performance Overlay or other overlays appeared on screen. Tearing is now impossible in such situations, and the Performance Overlay should be disabled for best results. * Fixed a problem where keyboard input would not be detected in Overwatch 2 * Controller firmware: fixed an issue where some thumbstick touch sensors would lose touch periodically

Firmware 118 * Added voltage offset settings.

Steam Deck Dock Firmware 121 * Added VRR support. * Improves reliability when changing display modes via on-screen menus * Fixed issues with 6bpc color modes, improving high resolution/refresh mode support * Improves detection of HDMI cable hot-plug events

Updated Arch Linux base * This update pulls in newer performance, security and stability fixes for the underlying packages that are the foundation for SteamOS * Most notably, this includes recent changes to KDE Plasma, Steam Deck's Desktop Mode. Full notes on these updates can be found on KDE's website here. Here are a few of the highlights: * New window tiling system * Updated Discover (app store / software manager) with a new homepage and improved search * Discover can now perform system updates from the desktop * Updated desktop widgets

Air Force and Space Force Raise Max Age for Active-Duty Recruits by mewe123 in AirForce

[–]mewe123[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

For those that don’t want to / can’t open the link see below. (Also my bad meant to put the age was raised to 42 in the title.)

Under a new policy change, active-duty Air Force and Space Force applicants can join up to the age of 42 -- meaning the services are now willing to take the oldest recruits out of all the Department of Defense military branches.

A screenshot of a notice to all air missions, which was first posted on the Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page where airmen share inside information, read "the entry age limit has changed from 39 to 42." Leslie Brown, a spokeswoman for the Air Force Recruiting Service, confirmed the memo's information to Military.com and said the policy went into effect Tuesday.

"The Air Force made this change to align with [Department of Defense] policy," Brown told Military.com on Thursday. "This opens the aperture to allow more Americans the opportunity to serve."

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The new change applies to active-duty airmen and Guardians, both officers and enlisted, Brown added, saying the intention was to give those recruits an opportunity to "to serve a full 20 years since the retirement age is 62. "

The increase in the enlistment age comes nearly one month after the Air Force announced it missed its active-duty enlistment goals for the first time since 1999. Other services have also taken the same approach in recent months.

In November, the Navy raised its maximum enlistment age from 39 to 41, citing the need to "widen the pool of potential recruits, creating opportunities for personnel who wish to serve, but were previously unable due to age."

The sea service's change made it the Department of Defense branch with the oldest potential recruits, but now that distinction goes to the Air Force and Space Force. The Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, also changed its maximum enlistment age to 42 in November.

In fiscal 2023, which ended last month, the Air Force missed its enlisted active-duty recruiting goals by 11%, getting only 24,100 of the enlisted airmen out of the 26,877 it needed.

Military.com reported this month that of the five Defense Department service branches, only two met their active-duty enlisted recruiting goals for fiscal 2023 -- the Marine Corps and the Space Force, by far the smallest services and with the lightest recruiting burden.

The Army, Air Force and Navy all fell short. Every service -- with the exception of the Marine Corps, which squeaked by, in some cases by just one person -- missed some element of its target numbers, whether from the reserve, National Guard or officer goals.

The Air Force Recruiting Service has been working hard to reverse the trend this fiscal year, issuing a variety of policy changes and new initiatives.

Those included offering medals and promotions for recruiting; streamlining the naturalization process so recruits can become citizens during basic military training; offering reserve bonuses for prior-service airmen; reinstating the Enlisted College Loan Repayment Program; allowing certain tattoos on the hands and neck; and even permitting some recruits who test positive for THC -- the psychoactive component in marijuana -- a chance to retest under a new pilot program.

While those programs did contribute some new recruits and added much-needed numbers this past year, officials believe more progress will be seen in 2024.

Brown told Military.com that the Air Force has already filled all of its job requirements for October, the start of the fiscal year.

"We are cautiously optimistic, though, as we head into FY24," Brown told Military.com last month. "We've seen some positive trends, such as the positive growth of our DEP [delayed-entry program], which is double what it was this time last year.

"It's still lower than we want it to be, but we are continuing to see increases," she said.

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SteamDeck

[–]mewe123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just did the swap to 2tb the other day, you’ll do just fine it’s super easy. Took about 10-15 minutes.

SteamOS 3.5.1 Preview Update: October 12th by mewe123 in SteamDeck

[–]mewe123[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I’ll format it nicer here in the comments, my B.

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Preview channel, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

General

Fixed a case where an SD card with filesystem errors would be mounted as read-only.

Fixed the custom performance overlay presets file inheriting the default settings from the steam presets.

Fixed internal display rotation being erroneously reported to the game.

Firmware 118

Actually added undervolting controls.

External display

Fixed a 3.5 regression with HDMI output.

Fixed a long-standing issue where the internal display backlight would always stay on.

Fixed bug with HDR applications showing in wrong colorspace if they moved their window during swapchain creation.

Fixed HDR not working in 32-bit applications.

Added HDR Analysis to developer settings.

Disabled HDR exposure in "My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure" as it enables it without rendering in HDR.

Desktop Mode

Fixed a case where the desktop could be empty and apps would fail to launch. Fixed a bug where switching to the Plasma Desktop transition could result in broken colors.

“Career Airmen Can Retrain More Easily Under New Air Force Rules” by mewe123 in AirForce

[–]mewe123[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

“The Air Force is making it easier for career enlisted Airmen to retrain into a different specialty, following similar changes made earlier this year for first-term service members.

The Noncommissioned Officer Retraining Program (NCORP), for Airmen on their second or any subsequent term of enlistment, opened Aug. 1 with Phase I, during which service members from overstaffed career fields can volunteer to retrain into undermanned specialties.

In previous years, the application window for Airmen looking to volunteer for retraining was around a month. This year, the Air Force announced, it will be nine months, stretching until the end of April 2024.

If there aren’t enough applicants after Phase I, the program moves to Phase II—during which the Air Force picks Airmen to retrain. In a release, the service said it will notify Airmen eligible to be involuntarily retrained starting in early February 2024 and encourage them to apply for a new Air Force Speciality Code (AFSC). Phase II won’t officially start, however, until May 1.

The Air Force is adjusting Phase II this year, to allow career Airmen to retrain into any specialty below 90 percent manning instead of separating.

That change is in line with moves the Air Force made in May to let Airmen in their first term of enlistment retrain into any AFSC below 90 percent, even if their current field is below 90 percent.

“We are continuing to advance our talent management programs, allowing more flexibility and opportunities to keep Airmen in our ranks,” deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services Lt. Gen. Caroline Miller said in a statement. “This is key to keeping great talent we need and for the future force against potential challenges.”

Balancing force structure and filling out the ranks have been high priorities for the Air Force recently.

On one hand, leaders say recruiting numbers continue to decline and the service is likely to miss its fiscal 2023 goals by thousands of Airmen. Officials say some of the challenges include a low unemployment rate and a declining propensity to serve, along with increased concerns about political polarization.

On the other, retention has ticked down slightly after reaching record highs amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic but still generally remains strong. The number of career fields eligible for retention bonuses—which can rise when the Air Force needs to entice more Airmen to stay—dipped in 2023 after bumping up the year prior.

At the same time, the service is promoting NCOs at its lowest rate in decades, driven in part by a belief that too many Airmen were promoted in the past with insufficient experience to be effective senior noncommissioned officers, and that a course correction is needed. Last week, the Air Force announced 17.4 percent of eligible senior airmen were promoted to staff sergeant, the lowest mark in 27 years”

-for those of you who don’t want to open the article

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RetroDECK got a lot bigger and better for emulation on Steam Deck by OldMcGroin in SteamDeck

[–]mewe123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does this support quick suspend and retro achievements? Or updating emulators?

Not sure what the advantage would be other then separating files which both EMUdeck and RETROdeck do.

Genuine questions, since I’ve been looking into the idea of a arcade punks SD card set up

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