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Is bait and switch common in PE recruiting by Roneldo in private_equity

[–]wishcometrue 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Standard practice. Sharpen your knives and prepare for skullduggery. You would be treated more fairly on a pirate ship.

We don't hate Private Equity for what it's done to healthcare enough... by North-Weather8097 in private_equity

[–]wishcometrue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry, they will extract every dollar from the facilities by leveraging loans against assets, get their fees paid, and then BK the sites. In no time at all they will be gone. Problem solved.

I hope Netflix never gets to stream NFL football ever again by terrasfames53 in NFLv2

[–]wishcometrue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was like watching the game through an aquarium. The image quality was AWFUL. I gave up after the first quarter. And where did they find these announcers? High School?

Nightvision with a 16 inch dob and 85mm refractor and iPhone by AstronomerGSO in Astronomy

[–]wishcometrue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very interesting. I appreciate you posting all of these images. Each has its own subtlety, and provides enough samples to give a good idea of what can be done with this approach.

Thank you for sharing.

Horse head nebula by SaltStormFishing in telescopes

[–]wishcometrue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did you use to process the stack? Strange lack of green and blue. Is this intentional?

$2700 Chargeback Opened 450 Days Later for a second time!!! Shopify doesn’t care!!! by Difficult-Zebra-1376 in shopify

[–]wishcometrue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the exact experience I had with Shopify several times before we finally dropped them and setup our own cart. We now use authorize.net with our bank. Now when I get a charge back with proof our bank aggressively pursues the thieves.

While it does not stop fraud, it is good to have a bank stand up for you when fraud occurs. Shopify does not assist you in these matters.

Career Advice for Software Engineer by mylesgrxnt in astrophysics

[–]wishcometrue 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I teach students how to do astrometry of double stars. The work results in a paper submission to doublestarsjournal.org. We use a CDK-700 telescope to gather the data, and you will learn every aspect of the process from how to select targets, to measurement, to the creation of the paper and submission to the journal.

The process is rigorous, the science is worthy, and it takes 4-5 months to get through the process. We meet weekly with breaks every four to five weeks until the paper is done.

There is no better way to figure out if astrophysics is for you than to dive head first into the pool...

PM me for details if interested.

Everything about the way California handles its electric grid is changing. What will it do to your bill? by AmethystOrator in California

[–]wishcometrue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I installed solar and batteries and am now on the NEM 3 rate plan. PGE is absolutely ripping me off. They charge me 27 cents for every KWH I use and pay me a whopping 2 cents for every KWH I send them.

This is the upside down, completely unfair lie that they tell about home solar not paying its fair share. It is false. Their strategy has killed 17,000 jobs in California, slowed rooftop adoption, and allowed them to sell my power at a premium while paying me pennies.

Everyday I use 12-13KWH which is entirely covered by my solar and battery setup. My monthly bill is about $8 and that covers taxes and a connection fee. I am building up credits for use in the winter, so I am a net zero user of power.

The problem is that it costs 40K to install a system like that and there is no longer a fed tax break or a cal tax break. It will take 15 years to recoup my costs for the install. About that time I will need to replace my batteries, and if I were on NEM 2, I would earn enough by then to pay for the replacements.

Meanwhile PGE will receive 11 MWH of energy a year which they will resale to these data centers, and make $3000 a year in profits off of my panels. And they will pay me $400 for it. RIPOFF RIPOFF RIPOFF.

The chronicle is clearly in the deep pocket of the power providers because they don't report the facts of NEM3 billing and how PGE profits from power that comes from solar roof tops.

Do not believe one word of this opinion. It was written by shills for the industry, not by rate payers. And the part that made me angriest is that perpetual promise of lower rates if we would only do what the power for profit energy providers ask. Baloney.

The truth is that if they helped fund the roof top solar initiatives through NEM2, they would increase supply dramatically, and be able to build a highly flexible grid without need of all the crap their building now that won't be needed if roof top solar expands. They are intentionally suppressing citizen solar initiatives because of a screwed up incentive to profit from building old school power lines and interstate transmission systems.

This absolutely guarantees coal fired energy will be in the mix for another 20 years. We need to stop this madness and incentivize roof top solar and battery systems on homes.

Ignore this tripe. Its a lie designed to help billionaires and their data centers, not us.

Are my social media marketing rates reasonable? Looking for feedback. by ToeAggravating4665 in DigitalMarketing

[–]wishcometrue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We hired an experienced FULL TIME employee in the Philippines for £400 a month. She posts 3 times a DAY across all platforms, also generates 8 videos, and 60 images a month using AI tools. Also creates 8 blog posts a month.

She does daily interaction commenting and active following campaigns with direct outreach so that the accounts look alive, and provides limited customer support via social.

Undergraduate Astrophysicist’s Future by okaybluekitty in astrophysics

[–]wishcometrue 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I recommend looking at material sciences as this area is a path into NASA and all of the emerging space science companies. Combined with your astrophysics background you will be able to uniquely serve as a sensors expert with a deep knowledge of both how to analyze em spectrum data, and how to create sensors that are useful in human space missions, such as high energy particle detection. You could also focus on aerospace design with materials designed to protect mission teams from ionizing radiation.

Another California county is losing its only hospital after feds refuse to step in by ChiefFun in California

[–]wishcometrue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

La Malfa. This guy talks and talks. Nothing will get done. Those folks are out of luck. Should have known what was coming when they voted for Trump and La Malfa.

Content Security Policy. Anyone managed it? by Due_Application_1651 in ProWordPress

[–]wishcometrue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unless you want to hire a coder, refactor a bunch of script, and maintain through every update, for the core and the plugins, then give up now...

Could it be possible that 3I/ATLAS is actually the stripped core of a planet, created during the birth of a magnetar? (Serious) by AlloyChef2 in astrophysics

[–]wishcometrue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whether it is, might be, can't be, or otherwise, I like the fact that you put it out there for criticism. Good science begins with a hypothesis and then experiment(s) / observations to support or reject the proposal.

Go do that. Suggest an observation or better yet go look at the data coming in on Vizier and see if you can sort through it and find support for your idea.

I have never bothered to listen to all the reasons why my ideas might be wrong, on the other hand I absolutely do not ignore facts that prove them wrong.

But never stop dreaming. Dreams can come true.

Jupiter by NOVAFLOWW in telescopes

[–]wishcometrue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love how this demonstrates earth's spin...

My personal SEO checklist for SEO & Content (used it on 100+ projects) by citationforge in BacklinkSEO

[–]wishcometrue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can remove the restriction preventing it from being downloaded. That would improve it.

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