Aerospace Engineer, AST, Navigation Guidance and Control Systems (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

Johnson Space Center (JSC) is currently seeking interested applicants for the position of Senior Discipline Expert for Guidance Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Integration and Test. You will serve as the domain expert within the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division (AFMD) for GN&C Integration and Test activities.

Administrative Specialist

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Grade: GS-12

John F. Kennedy Space Center

You will serve as the Administrative Specialist in the Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Directorate, Resource and Integration Office (SA-A) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). You will support management of the Awards program and facility utilization for the Directorate. You will prepare awards, review awards, and provide input to the awards submissions, and make recommendations to the SMA management team on improvements. You will also oversee the Division Exchange Funds budget.

Aerospace Engineer, AST, Safety and Mission Assurance (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

John F. Kennedy Space Center

The Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA), Resource and Integration Office (SA-A) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is seeking applicants for a Lead Technical Integrator. Serves as a project lead and as an integrator for all actions across the Office. You will lead across all Office disciplines establishing policies and practices consistent with KSC, alignment with SA strategic goals and overall documentation strategy, providing guidance and participate in advance planning of audits.

Program Analyst

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Grade: GS-13

Ames Research Center

Acquisition Management Support is responsible for leveraging acquisition and/or technical expertise to support and execute activities related to the design, implementation, selection, and monitoring of all acquisitions in alignment with their assigned process team focus area. They are responsible for working effectively within their process team and for sharing collective learnings within their unit to ensure program goals and operational needs are met.

General Engineer, AST, Launch and Flight Operations (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-13

John F. Kennedy Space Center

The Test, Launch and Recovery Operations Management Branch of the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) is responsible for test planning, integration, scheduling, implementation, and leadership of the test operations associated with Integrated Systems Verification and Validation, Flight and Ground Systems Integrated Testing, Launch and Recovery Operations for SLS, Orion and EGS programs. Serves as a NASA Test Director (NTD) and provide direction and guidance to the team during test operations.

Aerospace Engineer, AST Aerospace Flight Systems

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Grade: GS-14

John F. Kennedy Space Center

This position is located in the Launch Vehicle Propulsion and Energetic Systems Branch of the Commercial Systems Division of the Engineering Directorate at Kennedy Space Center. You will serve as a senior-level propulsion system engineer technical expert at SpaceX's McGregor, Texas test facility and is the primary interface on all launch vehicle propulsion related items for NASA's commercial programs using commercial launch services at the facility.

Aerospace Engineer, AST Safety and Mission Assurance (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

John F. Kennedy Space Center

As a Safety and Mission Assurance (Independent Assessment (IA) Technical Lead) with the Safety & Mission Assurance (SMA) Directorate at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), you will provide independent technical review and assessment of engineering and mission risks associated with Programs/Projects and support Risk Informed Decision Making (RIDM), Continuous Risk Management, and Certificate of Flight Readiness processes.

Aerospace Engineer, AST, Aerospace Flight Systems (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

Ames Research Center

You will serve as the Lead Systems Engineer for the Wind Tunnel Systems Branch, responsible for the overall architecture of facility instrumentation and data systems, and ensuring that these systems meet the requirements of the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel customers and NASA missions.

Environmental Protection Specialist

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Grade: GS-14

Headquarters, NASA

As an Environmental Protection Specialist within the OSI Environmental Management Division you will be responsible to lead or support initiatives to achieve or sustain compliance, improve a compliance program performance, and enhance the knowledge and awareness of the key NASA stakeholders, through policy, procedure, training and outreach. You will be part of a team focusing on assisting the Agency and Centers meet their compliance objectives and develop effective programs.

Space Scientist, AST, Planetary Studies (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-13

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

You will serve as an Imagery Scientist in the Exploration Science Office of the Astromaterials and Exploration Science Division, Johnson Space Center, working across terrestrial and planetary remote sensing science and mission operations for both orbital and ground-based human exploration; conducting engineering image photogrammetric analysis for human-rated spacecraft health and safety; and applying data analytics to meet customer and stakeholder objectives, tasks and schedules.

Program Manager

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Grade: GS-15

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

Serves as the Deputy Program Manager in the Logistics Division, you will be responsible for policies, procedures, schedules, resources, and budgeting for the division. You will manage the Export Control Services team responsible for review of technical material, foreign national access, and export of hardware and software; and manage property programs, transportation programs, and receiving and delivery of shipments.

"Conquering cancer through AI"
Lunit, a portmanteau of ‘Learning unit,’ is a medical AI software company devoted to providing AI-powered total cancer care.
Our AI solutions help discover cancer and predict cancer treatment outcomes, achieving timely and individually-tailored cancer treatment.
The job title for this position within the company will be Software Engineer.
🗨️ About the team
Handling large images like Google Maps poses unique challenges for a frontend developer. How can you enable smooth, lag-free zooming and panning of gigantic files in real time? What about incorporating advanced annotations -akin to Adobe Photoshop - for medical research? Our Frontend Engineering team for the AI Platform tackles these complex capabilities daily.
Join us in refining the frontline interaction between human insights and algorithms - enabling aspiring AI to better perceive the world while making research intuitive.
🗨️ About the position Join us at Lunit and be part of our mission to revolutionize medical imaging with AI. We are looking for a frontend engineer who is passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology and making a real impact in healthcare. Your work will directly contribute to our mission to Conquer Cancer through AI by improving Lunit’s AI model development platforms.
This role will collaborate with UI/UX designers to build an intuitive interface optimizing data, annotation, and image visualization. The goal is to visualize data, annotations, and big images rapidly so researchers can iterate AI models faster. Beyond pixels, you’ll craft elegant code synchronizing clinical data feeds, analytics, and more in reusable components.
Our frontend engineers bridge design and engineering, working alongside product managers and backend developers to manifest high-performance solutions from wireframes. Working towards our mission involves more than dazzling graphics, you’ll instill time-saving efficiency into the user experience to propel AI Platform ahead as a nexus for next-gen AI innovation.
🚩 Roles & Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of front-end features in our products.
• Work closely with designers and back-end engineers to create interactive and dynamic web interfaces.
• Implement end-to-end (E2E) testing strategies and enhance unit test coverage in TDD ways.
• Stay updated on the latest technologies and proactively share new technical insights.
• Support the Frontend Engineering Leadby evaluating and recommending optimal web technologies to boost development velocity.
• Mentor junior or intermediate frontend engineers for practical software craftsmanship and championing hands-on coding expertise.

🚩 Tools Used

• HTML, CSS, CSS-in-JS, Javascript, Typescript, Asynchronous programming, React.js, Next.js
• Package manager: npm, yarn
• Module Bundler: Webpack, Parcel
• Test automation tools: Jest, Cypress
• Container: docker, Kubernetes
• General: Slack, Confluence, Jira, Git

Requirements
🎯 Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience in Frontend Development
• Strong proficiency in English
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, (software) engineering or a related field or proven practical experience.
• Proven frontend-related experience and familiar with Typescript, React.js and its ecosystem.
• Familiarity with Git flow and Git version control tools, with experience in API integration
• Experience in Next.js, Vercel, responsive web design (RWD)
• Knowledge of computer graphics like canvas, webGL
• Strong sense of responsibility, stability, and independent thinking with the ability to collaborate effectively with team members
• Participation in user experience (UX/UI) interface design planning
• Strong teamwork skills to ensure project requirements and goals are met
• Strong understanding of UI/UX principles and best practices
• Continuous Learning for staying up-to-date with the latest frontend technologies, best practices, and industry trends.

🏅 Preferred Experiences

• Proficiency in JavaScript-based tools more over 6+ years for debugging, Testing, Packaging managers like npm, or yarn, Module Bundlers like Webpack, Parcel
• Knowledge of docker or container service
• Knowledge of CSS Frameworks like Material UI, and related tools
• Knowledge or experience in backend development
• Good Korean communication
• Experience in sharing frontend technical knowledge or writing technical articles

📝How to Apply

• CV (resume, free format, in English)

🏃‍♀️ Hiring Process

• Document Screening →Introductory Interview → Assignment → Competency interview (Technical + Behaviour)→ Culture-fit Interview → Onboarding
  • All interviews are conducted in English.
  • After the final interview, we may proceed with reference checks if needed.

🤝 Work Conditions and Environment

• Work type: full-time
• Work location : Lunit HQ(5F, 374, Gangnam-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul)
• Salary: after negotiation

🎸 ETC

• If you misrepresent your experience or education or provide false or fraudulent information in or with your application, it may be grounds for cancellation of the employment.
• Lunit is committed in providing the preferential processing to those eligible for employment protection (national merits and people with disabilities) relevant to related laws and regulations.

Benefits
🌻Benefits & Perks

• The new office is one minute away by foot from Gangnam Station Exit 3 making it very convenient
• Up to 12, 000 won is covered for both lunch and dinner when working at the office
• Up to 300,000 won is covered upon joining to decorate your personal workspace
• Provide the latest computer models, such as Macs and 4K monitors, and renew them every three years
  
• Attending seminars and purchasing books are covered
  
• Regular in-house AI and medical seminars are held
  
• Korean language education is provided for Lunitians who do not speak Korean as their first language
  
• Access high-quality AI learning resources & deep learning DevOps system
  
• Up to 1.2 million won worth of benefits points can be claimed annually
  
• Korean National holiday gift: Seollal and Chuseok gift/voucher
  
• Annual medical checkups and employee accident insurance are provided
  
• Financial support for participation in employee gatherings (once a month)
  

Click here for the application form!

Australia is the Biggest Fantasy Sports gaming hub . there are Multiple sports App like Football, Basketball, Baseball, Golf, Soccer, Hockey, Cricket, and Auto-racing. Fantasy Sports is a game of both strategy and chance, the probability of winning these games depend on how well you create the teams and how they perform in the real ground .We help you build advanced admin module from where one can easily manage games, view earnings, Manage contest, manage reward points, manage bank withdraw request and maintain customer relationship effortlessly.
Top 5 Best Fantasy App Provider in Australia

1. BR Softech > BR Softech is a leading fantasy sports app development company. We help you develop an advanced platform that covers multiple sports App like Football, Basketball, Baseball, Golf, Soccer, Hockey, Cricket, and Auto-racing. We integrate Fantasy Sports API for real-time information on leagues, teams, and players. we Develop robust and scalable fantasy sports App solutions for web and mobile applications with us. BR Softech is an award winning 9001: 2008 certified iGaming Development Company, known for exceptional and world-class software solutions across the globe. Headquartered in Jaipur, India,it also operates and has offices in countries like the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the UAE. Established in 2012, we have provide iGaming solution like Sport betting ,Casino games, sportbook ,fantasy sport app development.we provider these services these are :

1 Sport Betting
2. Casino Games
3 Fantasy Sport
4 Poker Games
5 Mobile Game Development
6 Online Casino
2 Ripen Apps > This sports app development company creates sports software and apps that are unique and effective. They specialize in developing solutions for sports organizations, teams, and athletes. Their services include developing software for sports management, athlete performance tracking apps, sports event management platforms We have provide these services.
1 Sport Games
2. Ludo Games
3 Teen pati
4 Mobile App Development
3 Anadea > They are a sports software development company that specializes in creating bespoke solutions to meet the unique needs of sports organizations. They offer a range of services, including sports management software, fantasy sports app development, and sports betting platforms. Their team of developers, designers, and project managers works closely with clients to understand their specific needs and deliver tailored solutions.
1 ludo Games
2. Puzzle Games
3 Teen pati
4 App Development
4 Techcronus > They are one of the most popular fantasy sports app development companies in Australia. They offer a wide range of fantasy apps for cricket, hockey, rugby, and more. They provide a feature-rich Fantasy Sports website along with iOS and Android apps that come with a robust backend admin panel. With its cutting-edge and user-focused functionality, this admin panel will drive sports organizations into the future thanks to its industry-leading features.
1 Teen Pati Games
2. Ludo Games
3 Puzzle
4 App Development
5 Appetiser > Establishes itself as a trusted partner for professional sports app development. They deliver top-tier mobile app development solutions by integrating all the essential features crucial to your sports app’s needs. With a deep understanding of your business requirements, they incorporate relevant elements into the mobile apps they create. Their expertise includes sports app development, fantasy sports app development, sports web portal, league management, and more.
1 Slot Games
2. Teen pati Games
3 Puzzle
4 Software Development

Final Words

By now you might have got all the insights you need for what are the most popular online fantasy sports games in Australia. There is a varied range of Australian sportsbooks available out there offering a wide range of fantasy sports games to play and place bets on. You can choose any of the above-mentioned games to get an immersive and engaging gameplay experience.
Australia is a major hub for fantasy sports as the market is growing day by day, which is why a lot of business owners hire Fantasy Sports Software Company to achieve a huge user base and maximized revenue.

Bought this switch brand new and used it for around a month, upgraded to the 24 port model so I'm listing this for sale. In pristine condition and has less then 500 hours on time.
Product page and features: https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/omada-sdn-switch/tl-sg3210xhp-m2/
Web panel demo: https://emulator.tp-link.com/emulator_TL-SG3210XHP-M2_V2/index.html
Images: https://imgur.com/a/kW7438T
Starting price: £300
PM or post offers
Interface

• 8× 100/1000/2500 Mbps RJ45 Ports
• 2× 10G SFP+ Slots
• 1× RJ45 Console Port
• 1× Micro-USB Console Port

PoE Ports (RJ45)

• Standard: 802.3at/af compliant
• PoE+ Ports: 8 Ports
• PoE Power Budget: 240 W

Dimensions ( W x D x H ) 17.3 × 7.1 × 1.7 in. (440 × 180 × 44 mm)
Features:
Quality of Service

• 8 priority queues
• 802.1p CoS/DSCP priority
• Queue scheduling
• SP (Strict Priority)
• WRR (Weighted Round Robin)
• SP+WRR
• Bandwidth Control
• Port/Flow based Rating Limiting
• Smoother Performance
• Action for Flows
• Mirror (to supported interface)
• Redirect (to supported interface)
• Rate Limit
• QoS Remark

L3 Features

• 16 IPv4/IPv6 Interfaces
• Static Routing
• 48 static routes
• Static ARP
• 128 Static Entries
• Proxy ARP
• Gratuitous ARP
• DHCP Server
• DHCP Relay
• DHCP Interface Relay
• DHCP VLAN Relay
• DHCP L2 Relay

L2 and L2+ Features

• Link Aggregation
• static link aggregation
• 802.3ad LACP
• Up to 8 aggregation groups, containing 8 ports per group
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• 802.1d STP
• 802.1w RSTP
• 802.1s MSTP
• STP Security: TC Protect, BPDU Filter, Root Protect
• Loopback Detection
• Port based
• VLAN based
• Flow Control
• 802.3x Flow Control
• HOL Blocking Prevention
• Mirroring
• Port Mirroring
• CPU Mirroring
• OnetoOne
• ManytoOne
• Tx/Rx/Both

L2 Multicast

• IGMP Snooping
• IGMP v1/v2/v3 Snooping
• Fast Leave
• IGMP Snooping Querier
• IGMP Authentication
• IGMP Authentication
• MLD Snooping
• MLD v1/v2 Snooping
• Fast Leave
• MLD Snooping Querier
• Static Group Config
• Limited IP Multicast
• MVR
• Multicast Filtering: 256 profiles and 16 entries per profile

Advanced Features

• Support Omada Hardware Controller (OC200/OC300), Software Controller, Cloud-Based Controller
• Automatic Device Discovery
• Batch Configuration
• Batch Firmware Upgrading
• Intelligent Network Monitoring
• Abnormal Event Warnings
• Unified Configuration
• Reboot Schedule
• ZTP (Zero*Touch Provisioning)

VLAN

• VLAN Group
• Max 4K VLAN Groups
• 802.1Q Tagged VLAN
• MAC VLAN: 7 Entries
• Protocol VLAN: Protocol Template 16, Protocol VLAN 16
• Private VLAN
• GVRP
• VLAN VPN (QinQ)
• Port*Based QinQ
• Selective QinQ
• Voice VLAN

Access Control List

• Time-Based ACL
• MAC ACL
• Source MAC
• Destination MAC
• VLAN ID
• User Priority
• Ether Type
• IP ACL
• Source IP
• Destination IP
• Fragment
• IP Protocol
• TCP Flag
• TCP/UDP Port
• DSCP/IP TOS
• User Priority
• Combined ACL
• Packet Content ACL
• IPv6 ACL
• Policy
• Mirroring
• Redirect
• Rate Limit
• QoS Remark
• ACL apply to Port/VLAN

Security

• IP-MAC-Port Binding
• 512 Entries
• DHCP Snooping
• ARP Inspection
• IPv4 Source Guard: 100 Entries
• IPv6-MAC-Port Binding
• 512 Entries
• DHCPv6 Snooping
• ND Detection
• IPv6 Source Guard: 100 Entries
• DoS Defend
• Static/Dynamic Port Security
• Up to 64 MAC addresses per port
• Broadcast/Multicast/Unicast Storm Control
• kbps/ratio control mode
• 802.1X
• Port base authentication
• Mac base authentication
• VLAN Assignment
• MAB
• Guest VLAN
• Support Radius authentication andaccountability
• AAA (including TACACS+)
• Port Isolation
• Secure web management through HTTPS with SSLv3/TLS 1.2
• Secure Command Line Interface (CLI) management with SSHv1/SSHv2
• IP/Port/MAC based access control IPv6
• IPv6 Dual IPv4/IPv6
• Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping
• IPv6 ACL
• IPv6 Interface
• Static IPv6 Routing
• IPv6 neighbor discovery (ND)
• Path maximum transmission unit (MTU) discovery
• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) version 6
• TCPv6/UDPv6
• IPv6 applications
• DHCPv6 Client
• Ping6
• Tracert6
• Telnet (v6)
• IPv6 SNMP
• IPv6 SSH
• IPv6 SSL
• Http/Https
• IPv6 TFTP

Management

• Web-based GUI
• Command Line Interface (CLI) through the console port, telnet
• SNMP v1/v2c/v3
• Trap/Inform
• RMON (1,2,3,9 groups)
• SDM Template
• DHCP/BOOTP Client
• 802.1ab LLDP/LLDP*MED
• DHCP AutoInstall
• Dual Image, Dual Configuration
• CPU Monitoring
• Cable Diagnostics
• EEE
• Password Recovery
• SNTP
• System Log

MIBs

• MIB II (RFC1213)
• Interface MIB (RFC2233)
• Ethernet Interface MIB (RFC1643)
• Bridge MIB (RFC1493)
• P/Q-Bridge MIB (RFC2674)
• RMON MIB (RFC2819)
• RMON2 MIB (RFC2021)
• Radius Accounting Client MIB (RFC2620)
• Radius Authentication Client MIB (RFC2618)
• Remote Ping, Traceroute MIB (RFC2925)
• Support TP-Link private MIB

I have ADHD and have increasingly found that my stress levels and ability to get things done are much better the more I offload stuff from my brain into some sort of digital repository.
I'm an iPad power-user (basically live on this thing) so I've been using the iOS Reminders app for most of this stuff. But while reminders has been great for, well, reminders/tasks, I'm finding I'm increasingly trying to use it for stuff it's not really well-suited for (like making lists of thoughts/info that I want to keep, not check off). I tried using Notes to fill in the gaps, but I just don't find it as pleasant and intuitive to use (reminders feels very structured, and color-coding in the sidebar helps keep me focused/find things). Plus there's stuff neither app does that I'd really like to find a good solution for.
Basically I think what I'm looking for is a personal knowledge/document/data management system. I've looked at a whole bunch and am frankly overwhelmed and struggling to figure out which would be best suited for my needs. Ideally the features I want (if possible to do all this in 1 app) are:

• Wiki type feature or decent linking allows me to connect related notes/docs. Can be offline but the ability to export to pdf or something would be cool so I can share stuff with people (like a topic ref doc for my kid, or a show viewing guide I'm making for my parents)
• Some sort of basic outline tools within the above docs/wiki (this doesn't have to be fancier than what Notes can do)
• WYSIWYG/rich text editor with decent/clear UI (I do NOT want to have to use markdown just to make entries. I'm fine copy/pasting stuff for unique formatting situations, but I am very much a visual person and not a programmer)
• Web clipper if possible/some way to send webpages to the database as a pdf or similar
• Annotation abilities, ideally with the ability to highlight bits of text and use the Apple Pencil to draw on top of these clips/pdfs.
• Ability to place images and other things into pages, but also the ability to browse a gallery of images with thumbnails (I'm an artist and while I use Visref for active ref while working, I need a better ref organization solution than the Photos app)
• Tagging (nested tagging is cool but not a requirement) with the ability to search/filter by tags
• Folders or workspaces with nesting/hierarchy. I just really need stuff "boxed" like this for my brain to keep track of it. I like to have a few basic folders and then dig down into detailed organizational systems within one. If this isn't possible, then nested tagging becomes much more important.
• Ability to put links to stuff in some sort of database/offline bookmarks managed where I can click them to open them in Safari. Basically I want to remove most of my bookmarks from Safari (I bookmark a lot of stuff just in case I need to refer back to it someday) and keep only frequently visited sites in there.
• Lists, like wishlists, with some basic organization/tagging (this might be accomplished the same way as the bookmarks database, basically I just want to be able to have like, a list of AppStore apps I may want to check out someday with links to them, or a list of books, or some other product and a link to where they can be purchased).
• Cloud sync/backup. Even though I mostly only use this one device, it would be nice to be able to at least reference my database on the rare occasion I need it on my iPhone or MacBook. Also I do not trust myself to remember to manually back it up.

Some stuff that would be nice to have but isn't absolutely required:

• Thumbnail views in image galleries display animations when there's an animated gif
• Modular layout tools (i enjoy stuff like kanban, cards, blocks, anything I can drag and drop and easily rearrange)
• Popup images/notes when a particular link is clicked (without navigating away from the current page/document)

I don't need tasks or calendar tools, fine using the iOS apps for those. Also a paid app is something I'm willing to consider if it's good enough. Infinite canvas is also not necessary and may be a detriment as I can easily forget about stuff that's drifted off-screen.
Some of the apps I've looked at are:

• Notion - I like the blocks that can be dragged and dropped, and the templates are cool. I'm not sure how I feel about the sidebar UI and the bare-bones look. Can stuff be nested on the left into folders and is there some way to add some more colostyling to the UI or documents? I also worry about it being online only.
• LiquidText - This doesn't do most of what I need but I like the select and drag out text snippet feature a lot.
• Evernote - I used this years ago and haven't looked at it in a while but I wasn't a huge fan of the UI back then.
• Others I know very little about: Obsidian, Anytype, Craft, Raindrop (is this just links/bookmarks?), Muse, Logsec, Devonthink, Flexcil, Funnel, Heptabase, Notesnook, Noto, Siyuan? Like I said, I'm overwhelmed.

Thinking about productivity app experiences I’ve enjoyed, Reminders and Trello come to mind. Plus that drag and drop snippit feature in LiquidText…I guess I like modular stuff? My brain likes stuff to be neatly boxed in a visually clear way.
Sorry I know that was a lot! Thank you to anyone who made it through all that. I welcome your recommendations if there are any apps that do what I'm looking for.

Hi! I'm just changing jobs and at my new workplace I've been offered an office laptop to use for normal office stuff.
However, on the side I am also involved in mathematical projects involving some numerical calculations either using self-made python codes, or Mathematica from Wolfram.
A typical task would be to solve some coupled integral equations iteratively, possibly creating a few MB large files or having 1000x1000 matrices in the working memory as I do so. So nothing too wild.
The choice I've been offered is between two 14" display laptops: either a HP EliteBook 840 G10 i7 with 32GB RAM and a 512GB SSD, or a MacBook Pro (M3-processor), with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD.
The only things I've heard is that the M3 has much higher GPU FLOPS than the Elitebook, but does that really matter for numerical calculations? I mean, on the other hand the Elitebook I've been offered has more RAM, and maybe that's more important in the long run?
Any advice would be much appreciated!

It started so small. It was a simple prank. There is a briefing on the bulletin board that has been hanging there from a thumb tack for as long as I've worked here. It's meant to be very important, but I have never seen anyone so much as glance at it. It's maybe ten pages, so it took it down, removed the staple, placed a pic of Nicholas Cage (crazy eyes and all) between its pages, and put it back together again. To this day, no one has noticed. So I decided to keep doing it. Every now and then, when it's slow or everyone is away at a conference, I'll hide another one. I know for sure that there is one behind the calendar, and another taped to the back of a bookcase. There's a few in the conference room, I'm sure, and in the copy room and kitchenette. I think there's at least one in the director's office, though, if there isn't, that will soon be remedied.

Our Adopt-A-Candidate campaign for 2024 has launched!
If you’re new to VoteDem, this campaign allows you to chose one - or more - candidates you commit to volunteer for throughout the year.
It’s by no-means exhaustive - we will be continually adding more candidates to this list over the next few months. And if you want to adopt a candidate who isn’t on the list, just let us know.
Want to adopt a candidate? Tell us in this thread or send us a modmail!

Candidate	District/Office	Adopted by
Ruben Gallego	AZ Senate	u/astoryfromlandandsea
California - various	US House	u/sarahrosefetter
Jessica Morse	CA-03	u/CarlaVDV2019, u/Disastrous_Virus2874
Adam Gray	CA-13	u/BastetSekhmetMafdet
Rudy Salas	CA-22
George Whitesides	CA-27	u/Venesss, u/der_physik
Joe Kerr	CA-40	u/lookingforanangryfix
Will Rollins	CA-41	u/BastetSekhmetMafdet
Derek Tran	CA-45
Dave Min	CA-47
John Barrow	GA Supreme Court
Eric Sorensen	IL-17	u/Contren, u/Ok-Adhesiveness-5177
Don Davis	NC-01	u/molybdenum75
Josh Stein	NC Governor	u/rolsen
Rachel Hunt	NC Lt. Governor	u/Lotsagloom
Jeff Jackson	NC Attorney General
Mo Green	NC Superintendent	u/ArcanePudding
Sue Altman	NJ-07	u/screen317
Tony Vargas	NE-02	u/blueinmissouri
Gabe Vasquez	NM-02	u/EllieDai
Jacky Rosen	NV Senate	u/JoanWST
Sherrod Brown	OH Senate	u/astoryoflandandsea
Greg Landsman	OH-01	u/hurrdurrthosechefs
Marcy Kaptur	OH-09
Jerrad Christian	OH-12	u/butter1776
Emilia Sykes	OH-13	u/Lotsagloom
Ashley Ehasz	PA-01
Susan Wild	PA-07
Matt Cartwright	PA-08
Janelle Stelson	PA-10
Nicole Ruscitto	PA SD-37
Mac Deford	SC-01	u/ProudPatriot07, u/Ok-Adhesiveness-5177
Colin Allred	TX Senate	u/fjeheydhsjs
Michelle Vallejo	TX-15
Zach Robinson	Utah Salt Lake City Council Seat 6	u/Pipboy3500
Jeanetta Williams	Utah HD-26	u/Pipboy3500

What can I do with this

Trying to find an internship in Business Operations, Finance, Supply Chain and Operations Management

On a rainy Saturday afternoon not so long ago when internet connection was fluctuating in most homes, the 80-year-old Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, widow of the late Senator Heherson Alvarez, carrying a mini iPad, hurriedly alighted from a three-wheeled pedicab Toktok and stormed her way into a popular coffee shop in a mall in Manila.

A senior citizen in panic mode, she told the stunned baristas she’s looking for a Wi-Fi connection because she was about to interview retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio via Zoom.
The coffee shop, a known world brand, has Wi-Fi exclusive to its employees, so the old lady was told to try other establishments. She went from one coffee shop to another only to be told the same, until a kind stranger led her to a well-known beauty salon with a free internet connection.
The lady salon attendant was very accommodating to the octogenarian, even typing the password on her IPad. Of course, she needed to avail herself of their salon services. Initially, she opted for a haircut, but since she needed to talk and hear clearly who she was talking to, she settled for a foot spa with pedicure.
“They lowered the volume of the piped-in music, and since there were less customers because it’s been raining all day, I was able to do my interview,” Guidote-Alvarez said.
For the next half-an-hour, the hair dressers and manicurists working with their scissors, nail clippers and cuticle removers on their customers’ hair and fingernails, listened to Carpio and Guidote-Alvarez discussed how Filipino fishermen and the Philippine Navy ships helplessly negotiate their ways in Scarborough Shoal amid the territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea.
“They were all very nice to me. I was able to finish my interview, with newly pedicured nails,” she told The Diarist.
For those who’ve worked with Guidote-Alvarez, her steadfast, almost stubborn, nature to accomplish a task, is nothing out of the ordinary. She would improvise, find alternatives, call up friends and former students, wake them up from sleep, just to get things done.
But now, in her 80s, legally blind and nearly deaf, she has mellowed down.
Cecile Alvarez with her mentors, National Artist for Literature Alejandro Roces, Jr and Fr. James Reuter. SJ
In her twilight years, Guidote-Alvarez has been solely hosting the 57-year-old Radyo Balintataw on DZRH, one of the oldest radio stations in the Philippines, where she tackles a wide range of topics, from climate change, women’s health, theater, culture, dance, to current issues, apart from playing old recordings of classic radio plays she produced and directed, dating back to the late ‘80s.
She shared with TheDiarist.ph how she started and continues to host one of the longest running advocacy programs on AM Radio.
Theater on TV
After founding the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) on April 7, 1967, or exactly 57 years ago, Guidote-Alvarez thought of the need to expose PETA’s members to television, so she started conceptualizing Balintataw, which in Filipino means the pupil of the eye, but in a larger context has something to do with having wild imagination, or what you might see if you have a third eye.

“I designed Balintataw as a bridge between cinema and the stage, where the youth being trained in theater skills can have a ready-made laboratory experience linked with the film and entertainment industry that would likewise have a natural on-the-job training and orientation regarding the theatrical discipline of working with a literary script, whether dramatic or comic—not the regular improvised script done on taping or copycat scripts from foreign themes,” Guidote-Alvarez wrote in her yet-to-be published Memoir of a Freedom Fighter’s Wife.
“A primary goal when I conceived PETA was to initiate and sustain artistic expression that draws meaning and power from the lives of the people, and sharing the literary gems with a greater number of audiences through a Broadcast Theater-Film Program with Balintataw on Channel 5,” she added.
“No matter how little the pay, at least it provided our local writers with a little honorarium. I sought permission for award-winning pieces of the Palanca Playwriting contest to be fleshed out to reach the masses. The much-awarded playwright Bert Florentino served as our literary manager, assisted by Mauro Avena. Eventually, Isagani Cruz took over when Bert left for the US,” she wrote.
“Writers need exposure and encouragement through a regular TV performance that will give them a sense of achievement and inspire them to keep on writing with some kind of honorarium. I was glad Lupita Aquino (now Kashiwahara) agreed to be TV director and Robert Arevalo as TV host.
She got members of the PETA Kalinangan Ensemble to serve as stage directors. “This is to undertake preliminary preparation with a rehearsal with the actors for character development and memorization and preliminary staging,” she wrote.
Five months after PETA was founded, Balintataw TV premiered on Channel 5 on Aug. 19, 1967, coinciding with the Buwan ng Wika birthdate of President Manuel Luis Quezon.
The first play, whose title escapes her now, featured Armida Siguion-Reyna and Maria Eva “Chingbee” Kalaw. She employed photo journalist and award-winning photographedocumentarist/cinematographer, Romy Vitug, to work with her in filming outdoor scenes for Balintataw.

In the pre-Martial Law Balintataw, among those initiated into television were Lino Brocka, Elwood Perez, Nick Lizaso, Maryo delos Reyes, Mario O’Hara, Joey Gosiengfiao, Behn Cervantes, and Frank Rivera.
Among the stage actors who crossed over to television were Lily Gamboa, Angie Ferro, Lorlie Villanueva, Jonee Gamboa, Joy Soler, Sherry Lara, Gardy Labad, Noel Trinidad.
Like with PETA, Guidote-Alvarez directed and managed Balintataw for five years. Because of Martial Law, she and husband Heherson went on exile in the US to escape a military shoot-to-kill order on Heherson, who was tagged as a subversive.
Post-Martial Law
Internationally acclaimed auteur Lav Diaz mentioned in several interviews how he learned writing radio and TV scripts in Balintataw.
This happened in the late 1980s, when the Alvarez couple returned from exile.
Despite its absence on the air in the Martial Law years, Balintataw was honored by Star Awards as among the 20 unforgettable outstanding broadcast programs in the Philippines.
“This encouraged me to consider reviving Balintataw on TV. Another blessing was a FAMAS award for having an important role in the development of cinema recognizing Balintataw as a bridge for synergizing cinema with the stage, providing a pathway of entry of our PETA artists into film and for movie stars to consider enriching their experience by acting on the legitimate stage,” Guidote-Alvarez wrote.
Though she didn’t return to PETA anymore because it had been surviving well and had its own set of officers led by Brocka, she just tapped some of its members for the return of Balintataw.
For 14 years, the Alvarez couple lived in the US as political exiles, shown here during a Ninoy Aquino Movement meeting. Cecile revived Radyo Balintataw upon their return in the late 1980s.
Channel 4 stint
“I arranged to revive TV Balintataw on Channel 4 in 1989. We began with a drama about a rebel returnee, title escapes me now, but I clearly remember it was written by Lualhati Bautista and directed by Maryo de los Reyes. We also had a good story series on the hazing of Lenny Villa, an Aquila Legis Frat neophyte,” she wrote.
At the time, Heherson had been elected senator after having served as Agrarian Reform Minister and eventually Cabinet Secretary during the first year of the Cory Aquino Administration.
“We were able to unravel the deadly hazing process from a fellow neophyte who broke the code of silence as we revealed graphically, acted the cruel process used. I had Jose Mari Avellana direct it. This presentation won all the awards. Lav Diaz was training with us and he started writing teleplays. We also had Nora Aunor in an adaptation of Bert Florentino’s The World Is An Apple, adapted by Frank Rivera, and I had Nick Lizaso direct.”

Emmy Awards
Balintataw TV was selected as one of five soaps for social change recognized by Emmy Awards. The Philippines was one of five countries cited, with Mexico, India, Brazil and Kenya.
“The nomination was made possible by the wonderful support from David Poindexter. It was a supreme honor for our country to be recognized in the Emmy Awards, to be cited among the five Third World countries using soap opera for social change.”
Poindexter was a Methodist minister and TV producer who founded the Population Communications International.
Surviving on radio
“In spite of the cry about how television can be deadening the minds of the people with copied themes with an eternal favorite love triangle story, there was really no funding for Balintataw,” she wrote.
“Sponsors would go naturally to the commercial stations where big stars were paid highly for the starring role. Balintataw may have substance but we could not afford payment of bankable stars,” she added.
“Financial stress forced me to drop TV and remain on radio because I didn’t want to kill Balintataw per se just because we didn’t have funds.”
Creative classroom
“We have focused on Balintataw as a creative classroom on the air. I was able to talk to Fred J. Elizalde of DZRH and the president of the network, Mr. Jun Nicdao,” she wrote.
In the ‘80s, the HIV/AIDS became a global epidemic and in the Philippines, the general populace was still clueless on how to deal with it.
“In order to get funding, the first series I did was about the explosive news regarding AIDS in Asia. I got the DOH Secretary at the time, Dr. Juan Flavier, to act as himself, providing the data. It was easier to start off with an AIDS radio serial.
They did a minimum of 13 episodes to raise awareness about the disease.
“From then on, some of our television scripts we transformed into a radio version. DZRH provided us with our initial production staff, so we used some from the network and some of its resident artists and drama talents. Our time slots were changing but always coming after the long-running horror drama, Gabi ng Lagim.
“We worked on the themes of overseas workers, the drug problem, corruption, aside from portraying contemporary and literary classics serving as social commentaries,” she wrote.
Women playwrights
“We dramatized the works of noted women writers and playwrights like Estrella Alfon, Genoveva Edroza Matute and Marilou Jacob, who is distinguished in being a founding president of Women’s Playwright International.
“Apart from our PETA staple of writers, we involved young, upcoming and budding university and community theater groups.
“We also had a lot of foreign plays, where we could feature theater festivals beyond borders. We could do Shakespeare, we could do Euripides but also the current playwrights in the Arab region we translated in our language.
“We brought in Chinese contemporary plays, Malaysian, Indonesian and from other women writers from ASEAN member countries.”
Virtual history book
“The significance of Balintataw is portrayed as a virtual history book on audio as it unveiled events in the country. Radio is fresh, instant and up-to date,” she added.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Balintataw became Guidote-Alvarez’s outlet and therapy. Having lost her husband on the second month of the pandemic, a widow cocooned at home, she began hosting it six days a week, learning how to use an iPad and interviewing via Zoom.
The word “Balintataw” has been associated with her name.
Visual artist and editorial cartoonist Benjie Lontoc in casual meeting told us how in his younger days, when AM Radio was a national past-time, he was surprised to hear a Filipino adaptation of No Exit by Jean Paul-Sarte. This was when radio was airing soap, fantasy adventures targeting housewives and children.
Another was the airing of Larawan as a radio play in the 1990s, with Guidote-Alvarez as the voice of Candida Marasigan.
Leopoldo Salcedo (left) as Manolo in a confrontation scene with Dante Rivero as Tony Javier in PETA’s 1968 ‘Larawan’ directed by Cecile Guidote-Alvarez. (Photo from PETA archives)
In the 1960s, she directed Larawan, the first Filipino adaptation of Joaquin’s A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino for PETA’s second season. It ran from December 1968 to January 1969 at the Raha Sulayman Theater at Fort Santiago in Intramural. In the cast were Rita Gomez (Candida), Lolita Rodriguez (Paula), Leopoldo Salcedo (Don Manolo) and Dante Rivero (Tony Javier).
Guidote-Alvarez has a funny recollection of the radio play. It was Nick Joaquin himself who told her years ago how his pedicurist suddenly started a conversation about Larawan.

Joaquin was relaxing on the barber’s chair having a post-haircut pedicure and foot spa when the lady pedicurist asked him how the story would end. Joaquin was stunned because he didn’t want to be known in the barber shop as Nick Joaquin the famous National Artist for Literature, but just a regular customer.
“He told me he almost fell out from the chair. He was a very private person and the pedicurist recognized him as the playwright,” Guidote-Alvarez, laughing, told TheDiarist.ph.
When she was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, she was given only three years to live. It’s been more than two decades since then. She has also conquered COVID-19 twice.
Over and beyond her work in theater and various advocacies, Guidote-Alvarez is among the few surviving practitioners of AM Radio broadcasting.
The beauty salon incident wasn’t a first for the octogenarian radio host. She occasionally went back there to interview guests and record her shows whenever Wi-Fi connections in her home fluctuated.
Despite all setbacks, man-made or otherwise, the steadfast Cecile Guidote-Alvarez’s voice continues to be heard in this mass media platform in an era that knows mainly Spotify. As Joaquin wrote, “to remember and to sing, that is her vocation.”
(Except Saturday, Radyo Balintataw airs daily on DZRH 666 Khz AM radio after ‘Gabi ng Lagim’, and live streamed on radio.org.ph. Some episodes have been uploaded on YouTube.)

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I woke up to seagulls this morning, I really like the sound of them. I mean they don’t make pretty sounds, nor is it relaxing, but it feels like a comforting noise I guess? I think because I like being by the sea. I’m not sure. It was nice though. I love living by the sea, like I hear ship horns and seagulls and all of that. It makes me forever paranoid of tsunamis though. I think I’d like to live in a little seaside town with my honey, but I also don’t because then I couldn’t have the garden of my dreams nor would I have the countryside lifestyle I want. I don’t really know what I want. I don’t think I have enough money to be all that picky anyway.
I kind of woke up with that pit in my stomach feeling today. I don’t like how our calls were last night, either one of them. The first I felt like he didn’t want to talk to me and the second it was me being like that to him. I didn’t mean to make it come across that way, but I think he just caught me out when I was mid-deep sleep? I couldn’t wake up or focus and idk. Normally I’m fine to wake up though? And I love his night time calls, to know he’s thinking about me makes me feel so warm inside. It feels weird to think I ever cross his mind when we aren’t in an active conversation, I guess that comes back to the self esteem thing and feeling unworthy of being a thought in his mind, not feeling important enough, or something. But in that second call, I guess I didn’t like that he got me off the phone earlier because he was so sleepy, but then it turned out he was still up and about two hours later? It made me feel like he lied about being tired to get rid of me. I don’t think that was the case, but it’s how it made me feel in the moment. Anyway I woke up feeling uneasy, I felt okay but a little uneasy so I made sure to apologise. I think as well because I fell asleep feeling a little uneasy, it felt like he rushed me off the phone or like I was boring him to death or something. But it made me think about how it’s only 9pm where he is, and that he could quite easily have someone come over around that time. I don’t believe he would do that, but it scares me all the same. The way in which he could crush me into nothing is a little frightening sometimes, it really feels like I’ve just laid out my sad little heart out there for him to stomp all over if he so wishes to do so. I know if he did end things I would be okay, I think, but I can’t say I don’t worry about how it would affect my mental health and “recovery” - how far would it set me back? But also that’s not on him at all, and I’m never ever going to imply as such to him. He ought to make decisions based on what he wants and is best for him. Anyway it’s fine and we talked this morning and nothing has changed for him either, we both still want each other and this so it doesn’t even matter. I still feel bad about how I made him feel. I’m really glad, even though I made him feel bad which I wish I hadn’t, but sometimes it really helps to have him say he still wants this. I know his actions speak louder than words, but sometimes I need the words too. And so him saying “I’m still the same” was really reassuring and made me feel so lovey.
I’ve made a hair appointment, for end of June. I kind of wanted it early June as my hair is annoying the f out of me now, but her first available slot is end of June sooo I guess it still works out well. It gives me five weeks to continue growing out my layers so that we can start afresh. I’m going to get my face framies cut shorter this time as they grow out so quickly. I think otherwise I’ll get very subtle layering, enough to add some movement and help it air dry nicely, but I want the ends as thick as possible too. I’ll get a general root touch up to darken them up a little, and then a tonegloss for the lengths to cool down the warmth a little and darken it up ever so slightly. And then I’ve booked in for a full on olaplex treatment, so that will be nice. I am all about my hair health this year. I always have been but now even more so.
It’s so autumnal today. I really want to watch my favourite cosy romcoms, their autumn scenes are always my most absolute favourite. And winter I suppose. Basically Meg Ryan in autumn is my favourite thing and comforts me to no end.
I think I assume that if I know something then everyone else must know it too, so when they don’t I find it baffling that they don’t know. I guess because I consider myself thicker than a brick and everyone else smarter than I am, so I’d say in the team quiz no one knows the answer I start thinking how do you not know this, but that’s unfair of me and I’m making an assumption based on my low self esteem. But also I am as dumb as a rock so I mean there’s low self esteem and then there’s self awareness. But I just assume that if I know something, then it therefore must be as widely known as 2+2=4.
I’m wearing my Mon Guerlain perfume today, I quite like it, I guess I liked it a fair but considering I seem to have both a bottle of the edp and edt? I think this was during lockdown. Anyway I never wear it but I am today as it’s quite a warm scent, it’s like a warm vanilla but with a touch of lavender? Barely any lavender though, just a teeny tiny little bit. I just googled and that’s exactly what it is so yay me! Except it’s blatantly obvious so perhaps I’ll calm down on the self celebrations. Anyway it’s not one I’d replace but I do like it I suppose. It feels a little mature, not in an older woman way but in a mid-40s way. I read a comment and it said that it gives wife-and-adoring-mother with a wealthy husband, who’s just kissed her children goodnight before sweeping off in her furs to dinner and the opera. It’s classy and elegant, but with something warm and motherly to it and I get that too. Like the mama in Peter Pan! Anyway I’m a little ways off that stage of my life. But it’s a nice wfh scent I suppose. Most of my perfumes are just wfh/chill at home ones now. I wear perfume everyday, I’d say that’s silly but a) Andy tends to too and anything he does that I do makes me feel more assured it’s okay, b) I have a lottttt to get through and c) even if I didn’t have a lottttt to get through I still would because I just like to feel pretty. I may be as ugly as a troll but I will still be presentable enough. Not nicely, but perfume, groomed brows, glowy skin/skincare, my cutie lil diamond studs, brushed hair etc. Except I like a lived in look, I don’t like to look super prim and proper I prefer more bedheady hair and to look like I don’t care an awful lot, but in a nonchalant Kate Moss way not a get wrecked Adam Sandler way. Except I think Adam Sandler is the better of the two - I read he still has a regular-ish house? Then again it was the internet and I’m as gullible as… idk something gullible. That’s what I adore about Andy, he will do his own research and not believe anything outright, he’ll question it and all of that. Whereas I can just be like woowwwww crazy and then move on. There are many ways I’d like to be more like him, I don’t want to be like him but I just want to be better and he’s better so idk. He seems a little paranoid I’ll be like his ex who basically tried to become the tweedle dum to his tweedle dee, but I mean that’s never going to happen? I like to try things he likes, for example snacks and drinks and things. And if he says he enjoys using something and recommends it, ie his mouse, then I take his recommendations seriously. But I’m never going to dress or act like him, I mean I adore him but I don’t want to be a man…? I like being girly and different from him! But I just mean I like how he approaches things, I like how he handles disagreements or thinks about new information - they’re things I want to kind of learn from him. Not in a way where I’d ask because that makes it weirder. Idk. This whole thing is weird. I just admire him. Now I sound like some kinda single white female… which I am… oh god.
Todays been fine overall. I did something new workwise, getting into LOEs for H&S speeding stuff, I had a call with a manager about one of his direct reports this morning and he was like I mean is it that bad and I had to tell a 40 something grown man that it is indeed bad to speed 28km over the speed limit. For any reason. And in a branded vehicle at that. Anyway so then I had to do the letter which was fine but it’s such a confusing template so I suggested some alterations to the Head of and she said they were excellent and she would change the template letter to include my suggestions, so that made me feel good. I enjoy that part of my work, I think I like processes and policies and all of that stuff. Idk why someone with social anxiety thought it would be smart to get into PEOPLE advisory. But like I said, as thick as a brick.
I had such a fun chat with him this evening, he makes me all giggly and silly and I hate myself for saying that. The word giggle is so bleh. I mean it’s a cute word but it feels wrong to say for whatever reason. It’s like when people say “hehe” in texts or whatever, it makes me feel gross even though I don’t even mind it. I think in the right context from the right person it’s fine, but I’ve never experienced that so idk. Now I’m thinking of… something. Something we watched. And the subtitles had it as “heh heh” and I’m thinking sopranos. Anyway newsflash to no one: I love him a hellllllll of a lot.
I wish I didn’t have to go to the office tomorrow. It’s so annoying. I know it’s good for me and also my manager has outright asked me to, so I kind of have to regardless, but also I’ll just focus on the fact it’s good for me to be properly out of the house and stuff. And it has perks I guess, I can have sushi for lunch, peruse the bookshop nearby and I also don’t snack when I’m at the office, I take nuts with me but I don’t eat them because I get all anxy about if people can hear me chewing or if they think I’m some kind of insatiable ogre who can’t wait til lunch or dinner. But so I just have a few bits of sushi for lunch. Although I really want to try this Vietnamese place, they have a salad that looks so bloody good, but I’ve never been and it looks like the kind you line up for like subway and that sends a barrage of anxiety through me so maybe sometime in the future. But I also tend to get more done and idk. It’s good for me. I’ll just keep telling myself that while I hate life two days a week for the foreseeable. It’s not even that bad, it is bad anxiety wise - like yesterday I didn’t go to the bathroom for over an hour from when I needed to pee because of my anxiety, I also didn’t fill up my drink bottle or get another coffee at all for the whole day. So my anxiety is bad, but maybe over time it’ll get better, I’m sure it will, I just have to suck it up in the interim.
I think I’ll stop now because I have 10 mins exactly til 8 and I need to get entirely ready for bed and post this. I needed to blowdry my hair but I spent too long in the shower and now I don’t have time so oh well. Tbh I look like utter shite anyway lately so what’s a bad hair day to go with it? I’ll just put it up. I feel disgustingly ugly lately, I always do but especially lately. Okay now I have 8 minutes night night

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Not suitable for those looking for a pre-built chatbot

1. Bottr – A Chatbot for Personal Branding

Bottr is a unique chatbot that is designed to help individuals and businesses create their own personal branding chatbot. Unlike other chatbots on this list, Bottr is not focused on engaging in open-ended conversations but rather on providing a platform for sharing information and promoting a personal brand. With Bottr, users can create a customized chatbot that can share information about their products, services, or expertise, as well as engage in basic conversations with customers or clients. Bottr is an excellent choice for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small businesses who want to create a professional and engaging online presence.Pros:
Designed specifically for personal branding
Customizable chatbot with branded content
Ability to engage in basic conversations with customers
Suitable for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small businesses
Cons:
Limited functionality compared to other chatbots
May not be suitable for those seeking a more advanced conversational experience

1. Botman – A PHP Chatbot Framework

Botman is a PHP chatbot framework that allows developers to create custom chatbots using the popular PHP programming language. Similar to Botkit and Botpress, Botman provides a range of tools and features for building chatbots, including natural language processing, integration with popular messaging platforms, and the ability to create complex conversational flows. Botman is particularly well-suited for developers who are already familiar with PHP and want to leverage their existing skills to create chatbots. While Botman may not be suitable for those looking for a ready-made chatbot, it is an excellent choice for PHP developers who want to create their own unique chatbot experiences.Pros:
Built on the popular PHP programming language
Wide range of tools and features for building chatbots
Integration with popular messaging platforms
Suitable for PHP developers
Cons:
Requires technical expertise to use
Not suitable for those looking for a pre-built chatbot
In conclusion, the world of AI chatbots is vast and exciting, with a wide range of options to choose from. Whether you’re looking for a companion for AI sex chat, a supportive friend, or a platform for personal branding, there’s a chatbot out there that’s perfect for you. We hope this guide has given you a good overview of some of the top chatbots to try, and that you’ll have fun exploring the world of AI conversation. Happy chatting!

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So I need 2 marks in Maths A/B to meet BITSAT PCM >75% & Maths >60% Criteria.
When I got my Reverification marks, no change was there so I analysed my Maths 2A paper.
In the 1st LAQ itself the corrector gave me 2 marks out 7 marks when each & every step is correct.
In 2nd LAQ, I made a small negligible unnecessary mistake, the answer was correct but I got 1 mark instead of 7 marks here.
In 1 SAQ, I scribbled a step & rewrote again. The Entire answer was correct but they awarded 3 out of 4 marks.
I took a print out of the answer sheet & answers of the questions from text book. Either now I’ll file a RTI claiming why they’ve given less marks for correct answers or I’ll go to their office.
Edit: I’m posting pictures here & none of them are answering the helpline number.
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Aerospace Engineer, AST, Navigation Guidance and Control Systems (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

Johnson Space Center (JSC) is currently seeking interested applicants for the position of Senior Discipline Expert for Guidance Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Integration and Test. You will serve as the domain expert within the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division (AFMD) for GN&C Integration and Test activities.

Administrative Specialist

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Grade: GS-12

John F. Kennedy Space Center

You will serve as the Administrative Specialist in the Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Directorate, Resource and Integration Office (SA-A) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). You will support management of the Awards program and facility utilization for the Directorate. You will prepare awards, review awards, and provide input to the awards submissions, and make recommendations to the SMA management team on improvements. You will also oversee the Division Exchange Funds budget.

Aerospace Engineer, AST, Safety and Mission Assurance (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

John F. Kennedy Space Center

The Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA), Resource and Integration Office (SA-A) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is seeking applicants for a Lead Technical Integrator. Serves as a project lead and as an integrator for all actions across the Office. You will lead across all Office disciplines establishing policies and practices consistent with KSC, alignment with SA strategic goals and overall documentation strategy, providing guidance and participate in advance planning of audits.

Program Analyst

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Grade: GS-13

Ames Research Center

Acquisition Management Support is responsible for leveraging acquisition and/or technical expertise to support and execute activities related to the design, implementation, selection, and monitoring of all acquisitions in alignment with their assigned process team focus area. They are responsible for working effectively within their process team and for sharing collective learnings within their unit to ensure program goals and operational needs are met.

General Engineer, AST, Launch and Flight Operations (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-13

John F. Kennedy Space Center

The Test, Launch and Recovery Operations Management Branch of the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) is responsible for test planning, integration, scheduling, implementation, and leadership of the test operations associated with Integrated Systems Verification and Validation, Flight and Ground Systems Integrated Testing, Launch and Recovery Operations for SLS, Orion and EGS programs. Serves as a NASA Test Director (NTD) and provide direction and guidance to the team during test operations.

Aerospace Engineer, AST Aerospace Flight Systems

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Grade: GS-14

John F. Kennedy Space Center

This position is located in the Launch Vehicle Propulsion and Energetic Systems Branch of the Commercial Systems Division of the Engineering Directorate at Kennedy Space Center. You will serve as a senior-level propulsion system engineer technical expert at SpaceX's McGregor, Texas test facility and is the primary interface on all launch vehicle propulsion related items for NASA's commercial programs using commercial launch services at the facility.

Aerospace Engineer, AST Safety and Mission Assurance (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

John F. Kennedy Space Center

As a Safety and Mission Assurance (Independent Assessment (IA) Technical Lead) with the Safety & Mission Assurance (SMA) Directorate at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), you will provide independent technical review and assessment of engineering and mission risks associated with Programs/Projects and support Risk Informed Decision Making (RIDM), Continuous Risk Management, and Certificate of Flight Readiness processes.

Aerospace Engineer, AST, Aerospace Flight Systems (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

Ames Research Center

You will serve as the Lead Systems Engineer for the Wind Tunnel Systems Branch, responsible for the overall architecture of facility instrumentation and data systems, and ensuring that these systems meet the requirements of the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel customers and NASA missions.

Environmental Protection Specialist

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Grade: GS-14

Headquarters, NASA

As an Environmental Protection Specialist within the OSI Environmental Management Division you will be responsible to lead or support initiatives to achieve or sustain compliance, improve a compliance program performance, and enhance the knowledge and awareness of the key NASA stakeholders, through policy, procedure, training and outreach. You will be part of a team focusing on assisting the Agency and Centers meet their compliance objectives and develop effective programs.

Space Scientist, AST, Planetary Studies (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-13

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

You will serve as an Imagery Scientist in the Exploration Science Office of the Astromaterials and Exploration Science Division, Johnson Space Center, working across terrestrial and planetary remote sensing science and mission operations for both orbital and ground-based human exploration; conducting engineering image photogrammetric analysis for human-rated spacecraft health and safety; and applying data analytics to meet customer and stakeholder objectives, tasks and schedules.

Program Manager

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Grade: GS-15

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

Serves as the Deputy Program Manager in the Logistics Division, you will be responsible for policies, procedures, schedules, resources, and budgeting for the division. You will manage the Export Control Services team responsible for review of technical material, foreign national access, and export of hardware and software; and manage property programs, transportation programs, and receiving and delivery of shipments.