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The source of the Seine is in Burgundy. Not a European, so wondering what the relationship between the Seine and EU regulations is.

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Location: Montreal, QC Canada / Vancouver, BC Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies:

  - Typescript, React, Next.js, Tailwind, Pupeteer
  - Python, Pydantic, uv, FastAPI, HTMX, OAuth2
  - LLMs, Docker, Chroma DB, Pytorch, llama.cpp, CUDA
  - EC2, S3, Caddy, SQLite, PostgreSQL, Grafana, Prometheus
  - Julia, Go, Express.js, Storybook, Mongo
  - D3, GIS, GeoJSON, Deck.gl, Mapbox, React Map GL, Vector Tiles
  - IoT, MIDI, MQTT, GTFS/ Protobuf, webRTC, V4L2
  - Linux, Raspberry Pi

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/anselbrandt/cv

Sample Projects: https://anselbrandt.com

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Hi, I'm Ansel! I'm a full-stack developer with recent experience at a workforce management company, where I built scheduling and real-time communication tools to streamline shift coordination. I come from a background in project management and real estate development, which sparked my interest in data visualization and web development. My formal training is in quantitative finance and music technology.

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Location: Vancouver, BC Canada / Montreal, QC Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies:

  - Typescript, React, Next.js, Tailwind, Pupeteer
  - Python, Pydantic, uv, FastAPI, HTMX, OAuth2
  - LLMs, Docker, Chroma DB, Pytorch, llama.cpp, CUDA
  - EC2, S3, Caddy, SQLite, PostgreSQL, Grafana, Prometheus
  - Julia, Go, Express.js, Storybook, Mongo
  - D3, GIS, GeoJSON, Deck.gl, Mapbox, React Map GL, Vector Tiles
  - IoT, MIDI, MQTT, GTFS/ Protobuf, webRTC, V4L2
  - Linux, Raspberry Pi

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/anselbrandt/cv

Email: [email protected]

Full stack React/Next/Express web dev with professional experience in start up environments. Currently working on LLM GraphRAG NLP pipelines and ML in Python/FastAPI and HTMX. Lots of experience in dataviz and mapping.

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Good overview and history of the Darien Gap migrant issue:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/10/10/how-treacherous-darien-g...

Also, see the work of journalist Michael Yon.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=VVxUYulIEUk

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For me it’s mostly battery life. Most bike light batteries are tiny and would require more regular charging if put in solid mode.

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I don’t think fish like CO2. It makes the water more acidic.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-recycling-p...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/enquete-recycling-pl...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/recycling-glass-eigh...

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Or, "Public has head in sand about plastic recycling." In my city it's public knowledge (even if not well known) that nearly all plastics that get collected on recycling day end up in the local landfill, yet everyone dutifully washes, separates and collects plastics for recycling. This costs tax payers hundreds of millions of dollars, just so they can feel good about not putting plastic in the trash.

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Very likely no money was saved by Boeing, composites are almost always more expensive.

Maybe someone with aviation industry knowledge can reply, but my guess is adding a trivial timed shutoff would have triggered an elaborate FAA approval and certification process. That’s probably where the savings were.

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? That’s nearly one 737 Max worth of fatalities per year in your small country, granted buses are probably safer than cars.

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Cowlings are now composite (ie plastic) instead of aluminum. They are limited to 5 minutes of use in dry air to prevent the cowling from melting, flying apart, or getting into the engine and causing it to fly apart.

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I used to run 10km per day, and 20km twice a week, which is about 56 miles a week, or 2900 miles a year (with no days off). Definitely doable. Now I’m lucky if I run 10km a week.

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Didn’t read the article, but Musk mentioned in an interview yesterday they are specifically not using CAN and are using Ethernet. He didn’t explicitly say, but it seems likely they are using PoE, saving a lot of wiring as you can daisy chain a higher bandwidth connection and you don’t need separate power cables.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ky1Z2klPalw

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If I just needed a GPU for learning purposes, is 2xGPUs necessary? Would a single 24GB GPU significantly bottleneck training with any publicly available datasets? Just need something faster than my laptop, but if it takes twice as long, not really an issue.

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I know multiple software devs that play hockey 3 times a week during the work day. They could easily be working 2 full time jobs at the same time, but why would you, if you didn’t need to?

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And a typical US 53ft trailer can carry 22 tons.

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That’s not how it works. Applying for CanCon status confers certain tax and subsidy incentives. You can forgo the onerous application process and operate as a normal business.

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Totally okay with that. I would rather follow independent Canadian media that doesn't qualify as CanCon anyways. Canadian media regulation only benefit existing large media institutions.

> Canada's current spat with Google over news is a recent example.

That was particularly hilarious.

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Maybe I misunderstand, but this is a requirement for platforms to register (Apple, Google, Spotify, Twitter, etc).

The fear is of indirect censorship. As was the case with law enforcement/intelligence informally requesting take downs in the US, Canada will be making this process formal.

Submissions

The Boeing 737 Max When Humans and Technology Don't Mix – Kyle Kotowick

Excess deaths in US due to any cause 28% higher than Covid-19 deaths

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