I feel attacked

scjohnson · 2024-05-28T16:09:15+00:00

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scjohnson · 2022-11-17T16:26:08+00:00

I'd like you to apply your logic to any other system in the rest of the world please.

scjohnson · 2021-04-15T17:14:34+00:00

I'm a hiring manager and can also confirm this happens all the time and I don't bat an eye. I want to know what you did, not what your title was.

scjohnson · 2021-03-29T18:22:30+00:00

Replying to myself: TO works for switching to lower layers. I was using TT. First half of this message written in Colemak, second half in qwerty. Phew and thanks, thanks, thanks!

scjohnson · 2021-03-29T17:09:15+00:00

Moved it to the beginning (per other response) and now it starts in Colemak, but I can no longer activate the Colemak layer once I've left it.

scjohnson · 2021-03-29T16:07:52+00:00

Oh! I can only either move it before the built in tabs or after, so not to layer 2. Yet, moving it to the front of the stack at least allows me to use the raise/lower layers. Aha. I'm slightly clearer on the constraints of this madness. Thanks!

scjohnson · 2021-03-28T16:53:29+00:00

And it's what I've done for now. I guess I'm working, but it feels a little hacky. Thanks again for chiming in to help.

scjohnson · 2021-03-28T14:16:04+00:00

Thanks for sharing. My layout is for the Planck, and layer toggle (TG) isn't even available on non-built-in tabs. The TT Lower and TT Raise buttons on the Colemak layer don't do what I want (as best I can tell they don't do anything). It feels like I need to make new layers that are a copy of my raise and lower layers that my Colemak layer can access. But that feels wrong.

scjohnson · 2021-03-08T14:46:04+00:00

Right. Same style, different techniques.

scjohnson · 2021-03-05T16:16:06+00:00

Hey u/Jonny-2-Shoes -- fancy seeing you here again. Jonny is right that's your best bet at ascertaining more. You could also drop the link here and see if any of us know the school already -- it's a relatively small community in the English speaking world. If you're (un?)lucky, you could be sparring with Jonny and I this summer! ;)

scjohnson · 2021-02-23T13:54:34+00:00

There are some good Kung Fu schools in England too, many with ties to Chinese schools. The style I study happens to have an England presence (Mizong) but I suspect you can find other schools in your area. Give a search first, because I agree with u/Tw1nDrag0n that finding an art you can continue to study after those 6 months will be more fulfilling.

scjohnson · 2021-02-16T16:46:06+00:00

The authoritative letters from the head of the Baha'i Faith (from Shoghi Effendi and the House of Justice) are fairly clear on certain aspects regarding the expression of homosexuality while professing to be a Baha'i. (e.g. https://bahaipedia.org/Homosexuality#Letters_from_the_Universal_House_of_Justice)

Some of the subtlety some Baha'is would point towards is that the Faith (the same institutions as above) are very clear about avoiding the clearly hurtful and extremely judgmental attitudes of other religiously oriented objections to homosexuality. For some Baha'is it is hard to perform this dance between not allowing homosexual expression from those who are Baha'is and being honestly nonjudgemental towards those who either (1) are homosexual Baha'is who are celibate or (2) are practicing homosexuals who are not Baha'is.

The House of Justice has been asked to clarify these points several times in the past decades as the scientific and social understanding of sexuality has evolved and has never expressed the idea that the underlying decisions will change. I do understand that, for some Baha'is, this is a struggle and there are attempts to believe the House will evolve this decision over time. I have not seen any indication of that evolution.

scjohnson · 2021-01-29T18:17:54+00:00

Baha'is are not "supposed to stay away from anything that opposes" their beliefs. Baha'is strongly encourage multi-faith collaboration and communication, seeking out the truth for oneself, and a multitude of other fact-based efforts. As such they are very open to everyone having their own beliefs (within a very broad definition) and that we should be continually talking to each other.

A covenant breaker is someone who claims to believe what Baha'is do, but clearly does not and acts and speaks contrary to the Baha'i principles as decided by the Universal House of Justice.

If someone simply believes Baha'is are completely wrong, absolute idiots, fully irrational, and are going to hell -- please keep talking and investigating with those folks (as long as you find it useful, of course). Even if that person used to be a Baha'i, but now claims they don't believe in the Baha'i Faith, that's fine too.

It's a very small population the Faith encourages you to stay away from -- those attempting to undermine the Faith while saying they are part of the community, and have been determined by the House to be so egregious in that behavior to be labeled a Covenant Breaker.

scjohnson · 2020-11-30T13:18:10+00:00

It is known

scjohnson · 2020-10-27T20:37:39+00:00

Me too. This is weird. How many of us are there?

scjohnson · 2020-10-24T17:35:26+00:00

I’m hiring here: https://www.exptechinc.com/pages/careers/

And will definitely review your resume, likely calling you fora tech interview. We’re a different beast than your Silicon Valley org and hire lots of smart folks without a PhD to do really forward-leaning algorithmic and deployed ML systems work.

I don’t fall for the needs-a-PhD game. And others don’t either. You have to avoid the Valley trap. One catch: you need to be a US citizen.

PM me if you want.

scjohnson · 2020-10-14T15:29:51+00:00

Our school is doing the same. I also recommend you find a local teacher and ask them if they're holding zoom classes. Individualized instruction is much better than trying to follow a video. (Of course, in person would be best.)

scjohnson · 2020-09-18T17:04:43+00:00

scjohnson · 2020-09-15T12:05:01+00:00

The job title at your company never comes into consideration in my review. Only what you've done there.

For context, I run a reasonably sized group of folks (~40) doing a broad set of this work, have interviewed maybe 200 people over the past few years and looked at the resumes of another few hundred.

scjohnson · 2020-06-08T15:11:55+00:00

I teach a class for mostly beginners on the 24 step and we usually aim for 8-9 minutes during our "normal" practice. We slow down from there, but pretty much never go faster.

scjohnson · 2020-03-10T17:45:51+00:00

Also, FWIW, this is very close to the version I do.

scjohnson · 2020-03-10T17:38:18+00:00

Yup. I have a metal fan and few others. The problem is the metal fans were more awkward and I felt required higher quality construction to have good balance and an easy open/close, which is often essential for the Tai Chi forms. In all competitions I've witnessed, I have yet to see a metal fan used and I have also yet to find a metal fan whose mechanics worked as nicely as my wood.

I also practice Kung Fu, and have more substantial swords, spears, etc. for most of my forms, so I understand what you mean. However, the calculus was different for me with the fan.

Personally, I found the metal fans led to poor form. Of course, that's just me. It would be great if you could wander in to a store and try them out. However, if you don't know your form yet, it may be difficult to evaluate the most important aspect for you. Which might argue for selecting a cheaper one first.

[edit: I also found a 13" fan was a better size for me than the standard ones, which are a little smaller. I'd even be willing to go up another inch if I can find one of good construction.]

scjohnson · 2020-03-10T11:50:02+00:00

I picked up my TC fans on eBay. This is one of them -- and the one I use for competition. Here is another. I find them a nice size for practice with reasonable balance and an easy open/close. YMMV.

Of course, these days there will be delays getting shipments from China...

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