Mike Rowe

Reminds me of this insightful article: https://mikerowe.com/2020/03/walk-me-through-this-safety-third-thing/

You are assuming all regulations are reasonable. In the case of safety it is possible some are not reasonable. There is actually a level of safety vs risk we are willing to take for a given activity. ( Think actually getting into a car ). Mike Rowe has a great take on this and it seems like an interesting way to look at risk intersections as they pertain to 'reasonable' regulations. Regardless if those regulations are safety, environment, financial, etc. https://mikerowe.com/2020/03/walk-me-through-this-safety-third-thing/ Should we have regulations? Without a doubt. Can we regulate ourselves out of existence? Absolutely.

Another one of his shows, Somebody's Gotta Do It is also worth a watch http://mikerowe.com/shows/somebodys-gotta-do-it/s308/

Mike Rowe is often an interesting one to follow for this kind of information, regardless of one's political leanings. http://mikerowe.com/2016/02/stopignoringskillsgap/

Not to be a jerk but I'm going to sound like a jerk, but know it is from a position of love: linked lists and arrays are both fundamental data structures. At the very least you now learned about them. I want you to read this: http://mikerowe.com/2015/08/otw-rejection/ And let me relate to you: I get turned down for jobs all the time. It is not because of capricious reasons that I wish were the case, but it's because of me not knowing something. Yes, it's maddening because they throw out good candidates along with the bad to minimize risk to them. The same facts happen to me and you, but try to have the perspective on them be as positive as you can.

Not everybody should code -- Mike Rowe's "Don't Follow Your Passion" [0] is a great example explaining why. That said, I have a son and he's learning coding (I write code for a living). I also encourage him to learn plumbing, woodworking, mechanical repairs, electronics, cooking, cleaning, painting, caring for animals, etc blah blah blah. He knows what gen AI is and how to access it; he knows it's a tool, a novelty that he uses to goof on his buddies with weird pictures and all that, and I don't believe I'm necessarily teaching him how to shoe a horse while the gasoline buggy is right around the corner (but I guess you never know what the future will bring) That said, problem-solving, resilience, patience, belief-in-self, consistency, discipline, all of these borderline-woo-woo characteristics of a successful person, these are the things that matter. Your tools are just your tools. 10 seconds in Midjourney or 10 hours in Photoshop will result in the same picture you're trying to clown your pal with. The goal is to get a laugh, not to get a technical critique. Be careful and judicious with your choice of tools, techniques and styles; be unique and original in your creations. At the same time, don't be afraid of new tech or mediums or theories or ideas. You never know what you might create! [0] https://mikerowe.com/2019/12/dont-follow-your-passion/

This is a great little piece, and I'm glad I saw it, and I wouldn't have seen it at all had it not been at the top of HN (despite the fact that most of what Mike Rowe writes somehow lands in my Fb feed), and I even agree with I think something like 98% of what it says. But it still feels like an almost textbook example of what shouldn't be on the front page of HN. Something Mike Rowe writes about the importance of the skilled trades, how they work, what the market for those people is like? Sure! But this piece is really just about politics and current events. In this case: politics I don't find very challenging (despite being a Democrat). But still: it's only interesting if you know who the Koch Brothers are and what their role in US politics tends to be. It would be neat if when things like this came up and got stuck to the front page, they could be replaced with something more important the same person wrote. Here, for example: same form, same author, basically the same content, without the horse-race political hook: http://mikerowe.com/2016/02/stopignoringskillsgap/

This reminds me of this odd sticker I once found that read "Safety Third". I thought it was pretty hilarious, and eventually learned that it was part of this odd movement about fifteen years ago regarding the same thing as this article. More here: https://mikerowe.com/2022/03/the-origin-of-safety-third/ I put the sticker on my laptop, and once got confronted by a confused and possibly angry worksite manager who saw it in a cafe and demanded an explanation. I'll never forget how he took the slogan as some kind of personal affront.

Safety third. https://youtu.be/Km8XxRCuCho?feature=shared And from another of his articles: "Safety is never really first. No company, no nation, and no individual exist for the primary purpose of being safe. Sensible people understand that risk is a part of life, and that no amount of compliance will ever eliminate the inherent dangers that come from being alive." https://mikerowe.com/2020/10/off-the-wall-safety-third/

No, safety is part of the marketing. If people think the planes are safe, then they'll fly on them & customers (airlines) will buy them. If people think they're not safe, then they won't fly on them and airlines won't want to buy them. If someone is actually injured then there's liability, but that's usually a tiny drop in the bucket compared to the potential marketing effects of safety incidents. To Boeing, planes need to be safe enough to not cause airlines to cancel orders or result in excessive fines from the government. Any additional safety is waste. The optimal number of people killed is higher than 0 when trying to maximize profits. As Mike Rowe says, "Safety Third"[1]. The need to make money is first, then willingness to assume risk, and finally safety. [1] https://mikerowe.com/2022/03/the-origin-of-safety-third/

Mike Rowe on safety third: https://mikerowe.com/2020/03/walk-me-through-this-safety-third-thing/

Have you actually read his description of "safety third"? He doesn't appear to be shilling for anyone. Rather the opposite. https://mikerowe.com/2022/03/the-origin-of-safety-third/

For economics and economy-related cultural topics, I really like NPR's Planet Money (https://www.npr.org/sections/money/127413729/planet-money/). The episodes on average are really short (anything from 6 to 20 minutes) so they're great for a quick passtime. The polar opposite would be Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, with each episode seldom less than four hours. But with a fantastic narration and historical research that's head and shoulders beyond any other podcast I've ever seen (https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/) LSE's Public Lectures and Podcasts is a great resource as well for more academic topics, albeit more in politics and economics rather than tech: (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/london-school-economics-public/id2… Mike Rowe's podcast is another one that's great for when you need just to plug in a few minutes gap of free time with just general amusement and stories (http://mikerowe.com/podcast/) A subject of interest to me personally is true crime and criminal justice, and there are plenty of quality podcasts on the subject. Two of the best out there are Sword and Scale (http://swordandscale.com/), and Criminal (http://www.thisiscriminal.com).