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jlack commented on Making regular GPS ultra-precise   norwegianscitechnews.com/... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
tecleandor · 2 months ago
Fun thing (?), I was excited on my last trip to Japan so I could test QZSS with my Pixel 9a, that supports it, and my GPS experience in urban canyons, specially in Shibuya, was terribly bad.

Even when in GPS Test or GPS Lock tools it was showing better than 3 meter horizontal accuracy, and a multitude of locked satellites, including some QZSS, the location would usually be 30 to 50 meters away. The first days I though I had lost all my capacity to navigate Tokyo, then I noticed the GPS was gas-lightning me.

I tried removing the phone case, changing GPS settings... and I had no luck.

jlack · 2 months ago
Extra satellites only have the potential to help a little bit in urban environments by increasing the odds of having a satellite directly overhead. Dense urban environments will have high multipath(longer time for signal to get to the receiver due to bouncing off buildings) which causes the position to be inaccurate.
jlack commented on Young graduates are facing an employment crisis   wsj.com/economy/jobs/jobs... · Posted by u/bdev12345
s1mplicissimus · 5 months ago
It sounds like they are using a smart strategy for their outcome optimization: Not putting all eggs in one basket, or staking all hopes on one employer. You do the same by accepting a bigger pool of applicants than you plan to hire - so what makes you feel entitled to a privileged position in such negotiations?
jlack · 5 months ago
I was simply providing an anecdote to a post about students not being able to find internships, not claiming entitlement. My point being some students take multiple offers, reducing availability.
jlack commented on Young graduates are facing an employment crisis   wsj.com/economy/jobs/jobs... · Posted by u/bdev12345
testing1235 · 5 months ago
I'm currently a senior in university (Dual CS and Computer Engineering), and I can say that it looks unbelievably grim in the Computer Science side of things.

In my classes there is hardly anyone that has been able to get their hands on an internship, and even the professors have started their classes with monologues about "I don't even know why you show up, none of you will have jobs after graduation, good luck out there." (quote from my DS professor) A lot of my peers are looking to move out of the US and look for jobs elsewhere, or perhaps jump straight into graduate school to ride it out.

On the Computer Engineering side, the faculty seems a lot happier, and the students also seem to be better off. But I don't think this will last however, I have noticed a steady decline in the businesses that have been searching for Computer Engineering in our career fairs. When I enrolled there were about two dozen "Computer Engineering Wanted" posters at the fair, and the last one in Feb 2025 I only counted one.

I'm honestly thinking that if this continues I'll be looking at the military, right now I'm trying to work on side projects in the meantime.

jlack · 5 months ago
At my company, we have increasingly been experiencing interns reneging on their offers. Students will accept multiple offers and then bail on the one they don't want last minute which prevents us from replacing them with someone else. We bring in hundreds of interns every summer and the reneg rate is approaching 20%. It sucks because it prevents people from getting an internship(and us getting the intern).
jlack commented on Mach 3.5 Over Libya in an SR-71 Blackbird   thesr71blackbird.com/Airc... · Posted by u/ilamont
scrlk · 3 years ago
It's a shame that the book that this story came from - Sled Driver by Brian Shul - is out of print.

The SR-71 speed check story is another good read: https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blac...

jlack · 3 years ago
He sells his books anytime he gives a talk. I got an autographed copy ~5 years ago when he was a speaker at the museum of flight in Seattle during the seafair airshow.
jlack commented on Learn to sew your own outdoor gear   learnmyog.com/... · Posted by u/almog
jlack · 3 years ago
I've made his 'fastpack' a couple times and really like how it turned out! I will say, I found the written instructions difficult to follow(for me) and stuck pretty much exclusively to his videos that accompany the pattern which were much better.
jlack commented on Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a single FM radio station   kuow.org/stories/we-didn-... · Posted by u/walrus01
driverdan · 4 years ago
What does that mean? Sent image files where? How did those image files impact car radios?
jlack · 4 years ago
HD radio can broadcast images for the radio station, etc. that is displayed when you are tuned to that channel.
jlack commented on YouTube ranks “wholesome and funny” comments higher?   twitter.com/patrickc/stat... · Posted by u/ipsum2
tentacleuno · 4 years ago
> Nowadays, I wouldn't say YouTube comments are especially funny or insightful

I find that a lot of them are something like 'lol', or 'love the way X did Y' / an unfunny meme (with thousands of thumbs ups) / something else along those lines. I find myself scrolling quite a long way to find anything insightful about what I watched, and just for something I can take with me in general.

jlack · 4 years ago
I think it depends on the niche of the particular video. I've found channels like woodworking/machining have insightful comments from professionals in that field which may have alternate solutions or point out why something is done a certain way.
jlack commented on Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates   ntdca.com/pfizer-board-me... · Posted by u/alexrustic
jjoonathan · 4 years ago
I don't have to worry about getting HIV every time I go out in public just because some jerk decided he has a god-given right to breathe viral particles into my lungs even though a simple and safe vaccine is readily available.
jlack · 4 years ago
This makes no sense. It's incredibly clear at this point that vaccinated people with covid spread it just the same as an unvaccinated person with covid.
jlack commented on It takes $420k per year to run Lichess   twitter.com/ornicar/statu... · Posted by u/i0exception
_fnqu · 4 years ago
Which typical tech company outside of Silicon Valley would that be? I’ve never seen wages at $210k for a „typical tech company“
jlack · 4 years ago
An employee costs more than just their salary.
jlack commented on OSHA to require employers with 100 employees vaccinate or test workforce   whitehouse.gov/covidplan/... · Posted by u/putnambr
c0nducktr · 4 years ago
Would you, if one was required to not get polio? What argument are you even making?
jlack · 4 years ago
I'm arguing that you can't compare the two.

u/jlack

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