I really enjoyed the "cinematography" that went into this -- made it extra special. The little boop comment in the middle of a very crucial detachment made me laugh pretty hard. Well done!
I've had both -- signing bonuses that are provided day 1, but can be clawed back if I don't stay the expected length of time. And I have had signing bonuses that are paid out on my one year anniversary. You should have asked for it to have been written/clarified in your contract though if it was not clear.
2013? That wiki link says the release date was 2016, but the company "had entered insolvency. Many customers still had not received their pre-orders". Sounds like it wasn't profitable to create such cheap devices?
Short video about Dr. Lukwiya's story. He was on a sabbatical, but rushed back to provide aid, while others were running in panic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7LpjpuOvc8
It's fun to read through this history, while I'm listening to "Where Wizards Stay Up Late".
In reading through the thread [1], I noticed Marc and Jim Davis used an example audio file from the NSA that no longer exists: http://nsa.gov/pub/sounds/gorby.au
Anyone know what the story behind that was? Was that a common example?
“We turned the company upside down,” Cook said. “Email searches, data center records, financial records, shipment records. We really forensically whipped through the company to dig very deep and each time we came back to the same conclusion: This did not happen. There’s no truth to this.”
One aircraft was being pursued over Homestead, Florida in 1994, so ditched its cargo. A 34-kilogram bag of cocaine fell directly into a back yard where chief of police Curt Ivy was chatting with the Neighborhood Crime Watch about what to look out for in their quiet community.
This received 23 points in 30 minutes, and yet it is no longer on the front-page? Compare that to this [1], which has received 23 points in 4 hours, and is still on the front page. Are some folks flagging this into oblivion?
I work remote, and generally put in extra work while others are commuting, and this actually helps me collaborate with folks in other time zones. I'm happy to trade my extra labor for the benefit of not being stuck in traffic in a toll road. In addition to saving on fuel, tolls, and car depreciation, I haven't been rear-ended in years. Back when I drove more frequently, my car had several rear-end collisions.
I love this story. What's really cool too is that his former professor submitted a grade change form decades later, to bump his grade up to an "A". NPR has some great info on the story here: https://www.npr.org/2017/05/05/526900818/the-bad-grade-that-...
Ironically, quantum computers could break the underlying premises of the elliptic curve cryptography [1] that is used in Ethereum, thereby breaking Ethereum.
The Masters program should list which prerequisite courses you need, and you might be able to take them at a local community college. You'll definitely want to schedule a chat with an admissions counselor though, as each school is different. But they can tell you definitively, before you do all the work for nothing.