It is awesome that a student group made a cheaper version. That cheaper version will likely save many lives if it goes into production. That said, realize that the engineering requirements for existing commercial units are much more stringent then what the engineering students had to work with. The commercial units have to do this due to lawsuits.

Commercial units log their usage, amount of air in/out, start and end times, etc. Most modern ones upload those logs to an online chart. They constantly monitor the flow of air during use, and sound an alarm if it fails. They self test the air monitor during use, and fire an alarm if failed. They also can run off a backup battery for 6-10 hours, depending on the model.

These are required due to people suing the pants off hospitals if a ventilator fails, as someone that needs one won't live very long if it fails.

It isn't like the engineers at the medical supply companies couldn't make a cheaper version. They just couldn't make a cheaper version that also met all the requirements put out by the legal department at the hospitals.

December 16th, 2016 was the most recent time that the DJIX was at the same levels as March 20, 2020.

This was during President Obama's term...

I don't disagree in how short term volatility in the market is a scam.

So Uber and Lyft drivers have the same problem as everyone else in every industry that works with the public?

It would be very amusing if the author put an entry on the web store to pay what you thought it was worth after pirating it. I wonder how many people would use that route?

A "Technical Manager" is often also not a people manager. Technical managers are often expected to resolve disputes between engineers with differing opinions on design, and then relay that design to upper management to make sure it fits in with the overall product.

Some folks on the management track where I currently work are expected to assist the more novice teams as part of their responsibilities, as well as technical mentoring and traditional people management.

I agree, to a point.

One place I differentiate is that it is possible to have a standard, such that you need to pay money in order to use such standard. There are many such examples, so many in fact, that I would argue that a pay-to-use standard is more common then a free-to-use standard.

The title of the dataset is "The professions with the highest (and lowest) suicide rates".

Above the chart, the article states "Across this data set of 22 occupations in 22 states, the suicide rate in 2015 was 16.9 deaths per 100,000 people, an increase of 10% from 2012."

The rate for "Computer and mathematical", which probable does include "tech" workers is at 14.0 per 100,000 or below average for the industries that this study looked at.

I'm not sure that suicide actually is more prevalent within tech workers. There are statistics that break down suicide rates by industry of employment.

This article has rates in the United States by profession, but it does not list tech in the top 25 industries for suicide rates.

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I don't see an issue. Spelling is hard... :)

Wireless power of that wattage would also prevent any cell phones from working in a 2-block radius!

Added bonus!

I would hazard a guess that a significant part of this cost is upgrading the buildings to have modern networking, as opposed to token ring or whatever the old machines were using.

Costs get pretty high quickly when your upgrade involves bashing out walls to replace data cables that were installed before the era when ducting became a thing.

You would think it would be worth it to brute force the password for that much money.

Do you have a source for this? I have not heard of such a thing.

There wasn't really a huge public outcry.

Slashdot is not the demographics of the country as a whole. The vast majority of the population only has a vague idea of what a credit rating is, what it is used for, and what could happen if the information gets out.

The news folks went and interviewed random Joe/Jill-on-the-streets on this issue when it happened. The majority response was "What's an Equifax?".

I guess it's time to cancel my Pandora subscription.

Who else is around that is better?