Mel Eaden

Will AI be the BlueRay of tech? Will Quantum computing remove the need for AI? (One can hope)

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BTW - was never in doubt that trades people aren't well educated. They most certainly are, and are undervalued, like teachers.

We can teach computers to print houses, but someone would still have to know how to make the materials, load the right amount, size, what have you-into them. That all comes from math and applied sciences.

Just in case you want another reason to support educating everyone and paying a fair wage.

We used to complain about having to know fractions and conversions between feet and inches. It's a clear indication that education models were initially set up for people to go into trades to at least recognize the difference between inches and centimeters.

Tech has less physical effort involved. But the brain power and artistry is very real. AND MATH. I've rarely had to do calculations unless dealing with I/O. Folks that work in and around construction have to utilize math on some level every day. It's wild.

ALSO - very real parallels to the tech world - Estimates are always p50s. Work sometimes runs into unexpected things. People scheduled to be out both expected and unexpected. Deciding whether to go through with fixing something or making/using new.

Doing a little bathroom remodel that was originally supposed to be a 1.5 week job, that is now dragging into its third week. (Mostly for scheduling and materials reasons) Please tell me some of your remodeling woes. Mostly so I know I'm not alone in this.

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Excited to discuss "Software Testing with Generative AI" this week at our DevOps, AI, & Beyond Book club.

This event will not be recorded and we're so grateful to author, Mark and @ministryoftesting.com community leader for coming live.

Join us: bookclubs.com/clubs/25352/...

legiscan showing US Congress Senate Bill 9 Status Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 36-0) Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression Action: 2025-01-08 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2. Summary A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth. title: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes—a big step to something making trump’s executive order federal law, which is much harder to undo.

short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️.

if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵


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Who's responsible for quality?

Abstracta QSC2024 - #QSConf - hybrid conference. Melissa Eaden - virtual speaker.

I'm a virtual speaker at #QSConf! Check out this conference and I'll be posting more about the date/time and the topic!

Prime example of picking a technical solution that isn't even viable yet over adaptive solutions/policies that could have an immediate impact.

I do :)

Roundel showing a cartoon version of Ada Lovelace by Sydney Padua, with the words 'Ada Lovelace Day Indie Event'.

Ada Lovelace Day is Tues 8 Oct and around the world people will organise events to celebrate the achievements of women in STEM. Join us! Hold your own event, register it on our official map and we'll share details in our newsletters and on socials. https://findingada.com/events/c/add/

Since humanitarian aid can't get into Gaza, I've decided that for me, donating to enable people to get out of Gaza is the best way to help right now.

I know it's hard to gauge if fundraisers are legit but I feel confident this one is. If you have some money to spare, consider checking it out.

I had a wonderful Pepe’s Bar featuring @melthetechie.bsky.social
Please don’t miss out and get to know this wonderful person!
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Save the Tears: White Woman's Guide How to make meaningful change

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If you are working through the recent round of tech layoffs, and are an underrepresented folk, please reply to this post with your linkedin/website/github. If you are a tech person and happen across this post, please RT. Thanks! #jobsearch

We're still trying to close up the gap in digital subscriptions caused by Amazon shuttering their subscription program last year. If you are a former Amazon subscriber looking to sign back up or someone joining for the first time, your options can be found here:
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Israel guided 1.5 million Palestinians into Rafah. They moved the "safe zone" further and further south, until Rafah was all that was left. Now they're bombing Rafah, and people have nowhere to go, nowhere to flee. It's genocide.

I've lived in places like that. Trick we used was plastic film or cling wrap, taping it down with painter's tape or masking tape. It reduced the draft significantly and helped keep heat in. Our windows were thin pieces of glass, nothing more.

Happy new year!

How can we help under-represented groups to succeed in tech?

I interviewed Charlene Hunter from Coding Black Females about how her org maximises the chances of Black women in the tech industry: www.madetech.com/podcast/epis...

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Lesson for today: If you feel horrible and are about to make a decision, don't. Trust your gut, even after you think its too late, trust your gut/intuition. It's usually right, and if it was wrong, another opportunity will happen. That one wasn't right for you.

On vacation for the next two weeks. Thinking about 2024 with intention while wrapping up 2023. I have ideas bubbling. We'll see what sprouts! Stay tuned :)

I'm a former Microsoft VP of HR. Here's what I would do in the first 48 hours of being laid off from a job. You can follow these steps after being laid off to figure out what to do next. Chris Williams, the former VP of HR at Microsoft, writes don't sign your package right away.

Way too many of you need this advice on "what to do in the first two days after a layoff," right now. I'm sorry. www.businessinsider....

Shop | Geeky Pins | Scotland | Dr Jamie Gallagher Geeky science and rainbow enamel pins badges.

Gallagher’s shop sells lots of science- and sf-themed pins in LGBT colors. It’s currently closed so they can catch up on orders, but will be reopening in a couple weeks, and you can sign up to be notified when it reopens.

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My goal for 2024 is to buy no more than one coffee a week. And preferably, that would be purchased at a local coffee shop.

To that end, I'm buying an espresso maker/milk frother for my house.

There are homemade mochas in my future! Look out!

OKAY - whoever greenlit a movie about astronauts going to war with each other because, in the movie, Russia and the US are at war with each other, I'm over it already.

Just because their countries are banana pants doesn't mean scientists in a very fragile environment have to go full rambo.

I have turned 10 wooden fountain pens for a good cause. They sell for 75€ per pen. If you are interested, shoot me an email at patrick(at)prill(dot)net.
More information also about the good cause can be found here.

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