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I wanted to share a significant change in my professional life. After years of working in Quality Assurance for well-known tech companies, I find myself unemployed and searching for a new path.

I've chosen to enroll in the Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate program via Coursera. This program paves the way towards multiple career paths, including IT Administration, DevOps, and Automated Test Engineering.

IT Administration: This involves managing technology infrastructure and utilizing tools like Python to streamline tasks.

DevOps: A role that bridges the gap between software development and operations teams, offering strong demand and potential earnings.

Automated Test Engineering: A focus on ensuring software quality through automated testing processes, promising solid career prospects.

I won't lie - there is a battle between nervous-energy and my determination as I venture into this new field. But I believe it's worth sharing this journey. I'll be documenting my experiences through blog posts and invite you all to follow along.

If you're also navigating a career change or contemplating one, feel free to share your thoughts or questions below. Let's support each other through these transitions.

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This is a glimpse into the whirlwind that is living with ADHD. This piece is a raw, unfiltered journey through the chaos of cooking, cleaning, and just trying to keep up with the everyday tasks that seem to come so naturally to others. It's about the struggle of wanting to help but often feeling like you're just adding to the mess. It's about the guilt of seeing your loved ones bear the brunt of your disorder, and the constant battle to not let ADHD become an excuse for not pulling your weight. On the other hand, it's also about recognizing that while ADHD presents a unique set of challenges, it also offers a unique perspective on the world. It's about the journey of self-improvement, the power of therapy, and the realization that while medication can help, it's not a magic fix. It's about chipping away at years of frustration and shame and learning to navigate life with a brain that just works a little differently. So, if you've ever wondered what it's like to live with ADHD, or if you're navigating this journey yourself, consider reading the full article.

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leetcode

i dont get practicing by using leetcode over projects why cry over one small problem when you can cry over a dozen interwoven ones at the same time? i thought computer scientists liked efficiency

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Strange dragons handing out capes is no basis for a system of government.

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Gonna need a trebuchet for that.

I feel cheated. no one on Reddit told me that tumblr is a serotonin factory. Keep liking and reblogging my posts please thanks

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Sounds like the origin story of an awkward super villain.

i’m not against vaping, but man, vaping two inches from my face on the subway is a ridiculous asshole kind of move. this dude was billowing like he was auditioning for the role of haunted house fog machine. the humidity in the whole car changed, he was ruining haircuts. just jump starting the water cycle. condensation was dripping down my glasses. people were slipping off poles, it was chaos. it was like watching one man try to terraform the moon. a planet with one dense, root beer scented atmosphere blocking out the sun and choking all life. 

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the “god DAMNIT” kills me Every Time

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hey netizens! i'm not sure how many people are aware, but youtube's been slowly rolling out a new anti-adblock policy that can't be bypassed with the usual software like uBlock Origin and Pi-Hole out of the gate

BUT, if you're a uBlock Origin user (or use an adblocker with a similar cosmetics modifier), you can add these commands in the uBlock dashboard to get rid of it!

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0) youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, []) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)

reblog to help keep the internet less annoying and to tell corporations that try shit like this to go fuck themselves <3

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I've spent a lot of years in the World of Warcraft, a digital comfort zone that's been both sanctuary and prison. As gamers, we navigate a delicate balance between the pull of the familiar and the thrill of new territories. My latest blog post dives into this journey, exploring how we evolve and what keeps us coming back. If you've ever wondered why that one game keeps pulling you back, this post might have some answers. Check it out.

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IS THE MOON RUSTING??

Blog#309

Wednesday, June 28th, 2023

Welcome back,

While our Moon is airless, research indicates the presence of hematite, a form of rust that normally requires oxygen and water. That has scientists puzzled.

Mars has long been known for its rust. Iron on its surface, combined with water and oxygen from the ancient past, give the Red Planet its hue. But scientists were recently surprised to find evidence that our airless Moon has rust on it as well.

A new paper in Science Advances reviews data from the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 orbiter, which discovered water ice and mapped out a variety of minerals while surveying the Moon's surface in 2008. Lead author Shuai Li of the University of Hawaii has studied that water extensively in data from Chandrayaan-1's Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument, or M3, which was built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Water interacts with rock to produce a diversity of minerals, and M3 detected spectra - or light reflected off surfaces - that revealed the Moon's poles had a very different composition than the rest of it.

Intrigued, Li homed in on these polar spectra. While the Moon's surface is littered with iron-rich rocks, he nevertheless was surprised to find a close match with the spectral signature of hematite. The mineral is a form of iron oxide, or rust, produced when iron is exposed to oxygen and water. But the Moon isn't supposed to have oxygen or liquid water, so how can it be rusting?

The mystery starts with the solar wind, a stream of charged particles that flows out from the Sun, bombarding Earth and the Moon with hydrogen.

Hydrogen makes it harder for hematite to form. It's what is known as a reducer, meaning it adds electrons to the materials it interacts with. That's the opposite of what is needed to make hematite: For iron to rust, it requires an oxidizer, which removes electrons. And while the Earth has a magnetic field shielding it from this hydrogen, the Moon does not.

"It's very puzzling," Li said. "The Moon is a terrible environment for hematite to form in." So he turned to JPL scientists Abigail Fraeman and Vivian Sun to help poke at M3's data and confirm his discovery of hematite.

"At first, I totally didn't believe it. It shouldn't exist based on the conditions present on the Moon," Fraeman said. "But since we discovered water on the Moon, people have been speculating that there could be a greater variety of minerals than we realize if that water had reacted with rocks."

After taking a close look, Fraeman and Sun became convinced M3's data does indeed indicate the presence of hematite at the lunar poles. "In the end, the spectra were convincingly hematite-bearing, and there needed to be an explanation for why it's on the Moon," Sun said.

Their paper offers a three-pronged model to explain how rust might form in such an environment. For starters, while the Moon lacks an atmosphere, it is in fact home to trace amounts of oxygen. The source of that oxygen: our planet.

Earth's magnetic field trails behind the planet like a windsock. In 2007, Japan's Kaguya orbiter discovered that oxygen from Earth's upper atmosphere can hitch a ride on this trailing magnetotail, as it's officially known, traveling the 239,000 miles (385,00 kilometers) to the Moon.

That discovery fits with data from M3, which found more hematite on the Moon's Earth-facing near side than on its far side. "This suggested that Earth's oxygen could be driving the formation of hematite," Li said. The Moon has been inching away from Earth for billions of years, so it's also possible that more oxygen hopped across this rift when the two were closer in the ancient past.

Then there's the matter of all that hydrogen being delivered by the solar wind. As a reducer, hydrogen should prevent oxidation from occurring.

But Earth's magnetotail has a mediating effect. Besides ferrying oxygen to the Moon from our home planet, it also blocks over 99% of the solar wind during certain periods of the Moon's orbit (specifically, whenever it's in the full Moon phase). That opens occasional windows during the lunar cycle when rust can form.

Originally published on NASA.gov

COMING UP!!

(Saturday, July 1st, 2023)

"WHAT IS TIME DISTORTION??"

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You ever see a Netch in Morrowind, man? They're like these gigantic floating jellyfish. Can you imagine hunting one of those with a bow? That's wild!

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In that case, I'll have a beer :X

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I've fluctuated a lot with how much I lean on #ChatGPT and other #AI chatbots in my writing. Lately though my most common usage is to simply have the AI help correct my rambling, unorganized thoughts that I vomit onto a page with the following prompt: "Critique this passage of my article for grammar and style. Use Strunk & White's elements of style as a guideline. It is ok to combine sentences and create new paragraphs where appropriate." #chatgptprompts

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Just been knee-deep in another module for my Automation for IT certification program, and it brought back a rush of memories from my early days in tech. The instructor brought up the skill of knowing when to automate a task, and when to leave it alone. Turns out, the answer isn't as straightforward as we'd like it to be. Sometimes, what seems like a perfect candidate for automation ends up being a rabbit hole of unexpected challenges. And at other times, a task we'd been dreading ends up saving us so much time when automated.

In the spirit of sharing (and possibly saving some of you from similar blunders), I decided to write an article on this very dilemma. It's a deep dive into my personal experiences with automation - the victories, the failures. Whether you're just starting out in the tech field, an experienced pro, or simply interested in the behind-the-scenes of IT, I think there's something in there for you. It's not always glamorous or straightforward, but it's all part of the learning process. Would love to hear your thoughts, and if you've had any similar experiences, feel free to share. Remember, we're all here to learn from each other.

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Ever wonder how a glitch in World of Warcraft could teach us about real-world pandemics? Read how the 2005 Corrupted Blood incident influenced science.

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Just updated Norgannon, my Warcraft-themed Discord quiz bot with flavor text and loaded in about 20 questions to start. He's pretty much functional now, just gotta get host him somewhere. #pythonprogramming #discordbot #opensource #codingproject

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I come across a great site to learn coding, I don’t see a lot of people talking about it tho. (There is an app too!)

This site has python 101 for free (and many another, tho course from 102 and up aren’t free)

Its has a cute design and great at explaining the small details that some teachers don’t explain ✨

There is also many exercises in each chapter of the lessons.

You can check more about it from there official site ✨

Happy coding you all 🫶🏻