Scott Alfter
6 Oct 2014
Scott Alfter
6 Oct 2014
Linux 3.17 is out, and some of my code is in it
It’s not the first time that happened…submitted a couple of drivers for a video-capture card we built at my previous job back around ’05 or ’06.
I submitted this a few months ago for my Raspberry Pi beer-fridge controller. I picked the parts and put it together without checking to see first if the necessary driver support was already in place…derp! Fortunately, it’s relatively easy to correct such deficiencies when you have source-code access to the whole system.
Scott Alfter
4 Oct 2014
Beer check! Ol’ Jack Pumpkin Ale…w00t!
Running: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 12:13:06
- Activity: Running
- Distance: 36.79 mi
- Duration: 03:48:11
- Average Pace: 06:12 min/mi
- Calories Burned: 5367
- Activity Link: http://runkeeper.com/user/salfter/activity/447449814
- Start Time: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 12:13:06
Wearable Artificial Kidney looking to gain FDA approval — a week in hardware
My grandfather was tethered to a dialysis machine 8 hours a day, 3 days a week for most of the last several years of his life. This would’ve been a huge improvement:
Scott Alfter
3 Oct 2014
Quibbling
That 6.2% unemployment rate 0bama’s been bragging about lately? This is what made it possible:
Labor Participation Rate Drops To 36 Year Low; Record 92.6 Million Americans Not In Labor Force
In 2008, it was closer to 66%. The most recent peak was back in 2000 or 2001, at about 67%.
Do the math: Which is better, 10% unemployment with a 66% labor participation rate, or 6.2% unemployment with a 62.5% labor participation rate?
2008: (1-0.1)*0.66=0.594 2013: (1-0.062)*0.625=0.58625
Bottom line: even with lower U-3 unemployment, a smaller percentage of people are gainfully employed today than in 2008. If the labor participation rate had stayed at 66%, U-3 unemployment today would be about 11.2%. Thanks, 0bama! :-P
So much for this thing being contained.
First Georgia, then Texas, then Hawaii, and now DC. We have Top Men working to keep this bug from taking off:
Nigerian Traveler Admitted To Washington Hospital With “Ebola-like” Symptoms
Top. Men.