Have you looked into Whistle (https://www.whistle.com/)? It is intended for dogs but it might have the functionality you are looking for. Good luck!
Readit Newsjnorthrop commented on Ask HN: Is there a way to get notified when my cat has seizures? · Posted by u/phi161
I am genuinely curious: why did the FTC take this enforcement action?
There is no fine, no prosecution, no consequences of any sort. Essentially, they're just asking the executive to "implement an information security program" at any companies they head.
This seems to send the message that there are absolutely no consequences for getting caught hiding an extremely negligent data breach. Was that the FTC's intent?
There is this condition
> Recognizing that reality, the Commission’s proposed order will follow Rellas even if he leaves Drizly. Specifically, Rellas will be required to implement an information security program at future companies if he moves to a business collecting consumer information
I'm not aware of any other decree following the CEO to other companies.
jnorthrop commented on McDonald’s to Exit from Russia corporate.mcdonalds.com/c... · Posted by u/richardboegli
Can you sell the Russian business without violating the sanctions?
I'm not sure who downvoted you. It is a good question. McDonald's and other consumer goods type companies are not sanctioned, so the company can sell its assets. For that matter they could continue to operate as normal in Russia if they choose.
jnorthrop commented on How to get the most out of your 1:1s erik.wiffin.com/posts/how... · Posted by u/erikwiffin
My situation is as follows. I joined my current company 1 year ago; my team is composed of 5 people (data scientists, engineers, 1 product manager) and it is within an area (there are like 10 areas, and each area has around 2 to 3 teams). Alongside my team, there is another team in my area. There is only one engineer manager for the whole area (so, like 8 engineers to "manage").
I have 1:1s every 2 weeks with my engineer manager... and that's basically 99% of the contact I have with them. My eng. manager rarely attends my team's sprint plannings (or any other Scrum ceremony like retros, standups, etc.). We rarely (if any) discuss long-term technical planning/ideas/solutions. They know which products we maintain and in what we are working on, but not much more.
In the 1:1 we are very open, but it always feels like "this is something we have to do, let's carry on with it". They always recommend me some blogs, conferences, sometimes books... but to be honest I'm quite past that phase in my career: it's not that I don't appreciate recommendations, it's that I have been working for more than 10 years in the industry and I have pretty much clear what's my "career path", and it doesn't depend on engineer managers (my "career path" is to keep being an IC, doing a good job, not getting too attached to companies... and switch jobs every 3 years or so).
Seems to me that the job of the engineer manager is just too lightweight. We hire them people because they have two things: a) good people skills, and b) a good track of experience working on tech. We never get to "use" my engineer manager for point b, and point a is summarized as "let's have a good chat every 2 weeks".
Sounds like you need to change the intent of your 1:1s. I am senior at a big company (managing teams of teams) and my manager is a senior executive. I meet with him every other week and that is most of the contact I have with him. That works, as he trusts me to execute on his strategic objectives, and I like it like that. Our 1:1s are very purposeful. I inform him on things I think he should know, ask him for support where I need him, and remind him of my career aspirations to get opportunities that move me in that direction. That's it. It ends up as a nice conversation and gets us both what we need. It sounds like you could move your meetings in that general direction.
This is actually a brilliant location for them. One of those places that has much more going for it than people not from the region would realize.
International airport, large rail depot, extremely low cost of living and a city/region that has more good restaurants and activities than might be expected. Ohio State University is in the city and is a huge school that is rapidly growing in academic standing. Road transit in the area is also very good allowing access to any part of the city from any other part in rapid fashion. Good schools, relatively low crime, etc. Probably the only drawback, from a lifestyle point of view, would be the winter and that's not even that bad, compared to other winter regions.
Not to mention low probability of natural disasters: Earthquakes, tornados, wild fire, hurricanes, etc.
jnorthrop commented on Covid vaxx efficacy after 8 months science.org/doi/10.1126/s... · Posted by u/newbamboo
Wherever you stand on the debate I think it's hard to deny that the vaccines have turned out to be a lot less effective than we were initially led to believe.
There no longer exists any real debate. Effectiveness of the vaccines have waned over time but as stated in the article "Our findings support the conclusion that COVID-19 vaccines remain the most important tool to prevent infection and death."
jnorthrop commented on REvil Ransom Arrest, $6M Seizure, and $10M Reward krebsonsecurity.com/2021/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
Despite what narcissistic Zero-to-Oners would tell you, their startups aren't important in the grand scheme of things. Nation states are hacking intelligence agencies, governments, established IT vendors (not startups), power grids, and hospitals in that rough order. Ransomware gangs are hacking companies that have real money right now, not lottery tickets pre-IPO. These companies can afford good cybersecurity but don't want to spend more money than the damages they would incur from a successful attack.
> These companies can afford good cybersecurity but don't want to spend more money than the damages they would incur from a successful attack.
A bit off your "real" point: No company should ever spend more mitigating a risk than the potential cost they could incur from the risk. That is just good business, but the reality is that companies generally won't spend more on cybersecurity than their peers (either as a percentage of revenue or percentage of IT spend). Whether that is the proper balance for a risk/spend calculation is the real topic.
The problem is that we can't accurately calculate the probability of a cyber event and the cost impact of that event. So the company is stuck waiting for an attack on themselves or one of their cohorts so they can adjust.
I'm in Information Security at a large enterprise. We look for this kind certification, but it isn't required. Not having it though will lead to further scrutiny (lots more questions to answer). I would recommend getting it if you can, particularly if you are offering a service that is hosting the customer's data and/or is managing some part of their IT operations.
Bolstering the recommendation is the fact that the proliferation of supply chain attacks recently is adding pressure for companies to perform more thorough diligence on their vendors. The certification helps check all the boxes.
jnorthrop commented on Covid lesson: trust the public with hard truths nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/hncurious
It feels like a game of political chicken to me.
Like, "if you won't trust the voting public enough to give them the whole truth and instead treat them like blubbering fools, how can you--with a straight face--pretend that their ability to pick leaders or vote on actual issues is a correct way to run a country?"
So instead of compliance, they'll bring the whole damn thing down in protest. I don't think the plurality of those who refuse the vaccine actively deny the existence of the virus, or even the efficacy and safety of the vaccine. I feel they're just absolutely sick of the hypocrisy and pandering by "leaders" who refuse to lead by example on much of anything.
As many before me have said, you'll always have the kooks that deny science but I honest-to-God think those are the minority.
> If you won't trust the voting public enough to give them the whole truth and instead treat them like blubbering fools, how can you--with a straight face--pretend that their ability to pick leaders or vote on actual issues is a correct way to run a country?
Mr. Politician replies, "I trust the individuals that voted for me. They're smart. Its the public in general that can't be trusted."
>At 40, I've done some of the best work I've ever done [...] Its because at 40, I had a much deeper understanding of the tech,
The blog post isn't about self-reported cognitive ability getting stronger (or not declining). It's about the job marketplace.
Maybe it's instructive to compare/contrast different professional careers that depend on mental abilities and how age affects marketability:
- computer programming : oft-reported industry bias against age 40+ and active recruitment (especially by software companies) for 20-somethings.
- corporate executive manager (e.g. CEO, COO, CFO, etc) : age 40+ is typically the target hire age. Being a younger 20-something actually works against being hired for these roles. (To be CEO at age 20, you'd have to be the founder of a startup.)
- surgeon : age 40+ doesn't seem to bother patients. They may rather have a 55-year old do their heart bypass rather than a young 30-year old just out of residency.
Why is experience valued for outside hires of CEOs but not as much for programmers? In other words, a 55-year old programmer would have 35 more years of experience than a 20-year old but that "extra 35 years of programming" doesn't seem to be valued as much as the "extra 35 years of managing" that a 55-year CEO candidate has. Why?
I have pet theories on that but I'd rather hear what others think.
I agree with your sentiment. I was 51 when I last applied for a job at a new company. Initially I was getting very little interest in my resume. Then I cut out the first 10 years of my career from my resume (and LinkedIn), and downgraded the oldest position listed from a Senior Lead to just a developer -- essentially making me appear 40 instead of 50. Within a couple of weeks I started getting responses.
And it is not like my work from 1990-2000 wasn't valuable. I worked on a complex large scale analytics system in the early 90's and migrated to large scale web-based applications in the later half of the decade. I'm proud of that work and have some interesting lessons and stories from that time period, but they are telltale of my age and were working against me.