Location: Toronto, Canada
Remote: mostly these days
Willing to relocate: no
Technologies: AWS, Java, swift, JavaScript (node, react), Python (Django), serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, hardware design
Résumé/CV: on request
Email: jobs-july2022 <@at@at@> stewjacks <dotcom>
Stewart here. I’m an all around software engineer with lots of experience wearing different hats. I’ve done fullstack, cloud dev ops, mobile, and some hardware. I’ve built multiple products from whiteboard to production, from iOS and Android apps to web apps to APIs to cloud backends, and often all of the above . I’ve more recently been jumping on projects to put in production infrastructure on AWS.
I’m currently taking contracts (insured LLC, short and long term contract), but am interested in entertaining part or full time gigs as well. Feel free to reach out for a chat.
I remember reading a (not so tongue in cheek) proposal for powering the moon on diesel. The justification was how complicated solar and storage would be given our current state of the art. Does anyone know the blog post I’m talking about? I can’t find it
My kneejerk reaction is that it doesn't seem wise to run your previous breathing gas through an ICE but surely its not as boneheaded as it seems at first glance?
I've wondered how heavy construction equipment would work. Bulldozers trailing thick power cables seems... problematic. Yes, I'm aware of huge draglines connected to power sources with cables, but they aren't very mobile and you don't need to worry about other equipment cutting the line. Don't think batteries would do, either. So, ICE with compressed oxygen?
Well there's likely to be surplus rocket fuel available, either RP-1 (kerosene), methane, or liquid hydrogen, and LOX, so burning some in an (non-rocket) internal combustion engine is not so crazy. Fuel cells would be more efficient though.
Location: Toronto, Canada
Remote: mostly these days
Willing to relocate: no
Technologies: AWS, Java, swift, JavaScript (node, react), Python (Django), serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, hardware
Résumé/CV: on request
Email: check profile
Stewart here. I’m an all around software engineer with lots of experience wearing different hats. I’ve done fullstack, cloud dev ops, mobile, and some hardware. I’ve built multiple products from whiteboard to production, from iOS and Android apps to web apps to APIs to cloud backends, and often all of the above . I’ve more recently been jumping on projects to put in production infrastructure on AWS.
I’m currently taking contracts (insured LLC, short and long term contract), but am interested in entertaining part or full time gigs as well. Feel free to reach out for a chat.
Not the person you're replying to, just a similarly perplexed Canadian. They're the only fast food joint I go to here in Canada when I'm not traveling (and, really, other than traveling that's maybe 5 to 10 times a year) but their quality here is quite high for the category and price.
I've been working on a b2b SaaS side project in the computerized maintenance management space for the past ~4 years ( https://salientforms.com ). Revenue is great for a side project, however I'd like to build the feature set out to appeal to more clients, and generally do business development.
My background is compsci/software/hardware engineering, as well as the practical and physical side of how this sort of product works (urban systems, transportation, construction, maintenance). I'm looking for biz dev, growth, and interesting product ideas. My ideal co-founder would be someone who's worked in or has connections to the world of transportation, is motivated to find clients and grow a business, and is reasonably good at hacking and coming up with prototype ideas.
I'm in Toronto. Location doesn't really matter, but the product has a slight skew toward winter right now so a Canadian who knows would be ideal. Reach out via the site link above or via github.
That's a really interesting - if unfashionable - vertical.
What size companies are you targeting?
(In a previous life -- um, 24 years ago -- I built a prototype for an Australian mining company using a Microsoft Access-based master database to coordinate safety inspections with a primitive pen-based handheld computer. At the time it was leading edge... even got invited to presenting tutorials on it at the NOSH 1997 conference in South Africa.)
You're missing the obvious way to exploit this: all consumers stand to benefit a maximum of two cents from each purchase they make by carrying both cash AND card. Since rounding only happens when paying cash, simply pay cash if the purchase could be rounded down ($_._1 or $_._2), and pay card if it could rounded up ($_._3 and $_._4).
In practice, no one gives a shit because it's a penny and no one cares about the penny. QED
I've always thought of two factors in Canadian federal politics that make a huge difference operationally: Many political parties (diversity of platforms/views), and the vote of no confidence.
Canada generally has at least three official political parties (more than 12 seats in the house) at any given time. Currently there are four. You need the most seats but not necessarily a majority of seats to form a government. If a party has fewer than 50%, they form what's called a minority government.
Next big piece is the motion of no confidence, which means we can have an election literally whenever if a government can't pass legislation.
So combine the chance of minority governments and more voices and platforms in government the possibility that obstruction can actually cause you to, you know, lose your job, and you get natural checks against a lot of the problems on display in American federal politics right now. If you can't pass a budget, you don't get a federal shutdown until you negotiate one, you get an election triggered immediately. I understand why no confidence would be practically impossible in America due to money and insanely long election cycles, but it really helps form coalitions and collaboration in Canadian politics.
> If a party has fewer than 50%, they form what's called a minority government.
No, that's when a political party _or_ a coalition of parties does not have the majority. Netherlands often/always has a coalition / combination of parties. They're never considered a minority government unless the combination is <50%.
"A Place to Grow" drew ire because it comes from a weird "provincialist" 60's anthem commissioned by the same Progressive Conservative government. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1wUfqhsM8
It's continually amazing to me how far they will go to politicize something.
And now the old plates are "the Liberal's fault". They were also introduced by the PCs some time back. Cue eyeroll.
That said, I'll take "A Place to Grow" over "Open for Business" as we once feared.
All this to do some political posturing but we can't afford to let studies and trials keep running that were already under way. If I let my eyes keep rolling this hard I might lose my balance.
Worst thing is that new commercial plates do have "Open for Business" on them. Fun fact, a lot of those black license plates on pickup trucks are commercial-style plates, meaning all the redneck truck-driving coal-rolling Conservative base will be cruising around with "Open for Business" on their trucks once the new plate designs come into effect.
To clarify, UseStrict means black letters on a white background. The normal ones are blue letters on a white background (with the slogan "Yours to Discover" on both).
A store that you appreciate is build around the products and knowledge that the owners and staff provide, but removing the checkout line isn't going to change that. There's no reason this tech can't proliferate and become as cheap as barcode scanners. Having people less focused on scanning the products and more focused on communicating with customers and helping them find the exact product they want makes a whole lot of sense to me.
