Actyx is rethinking manufacturing. We are building the operating system for the Factory of the Future based on modern digital technologies. See http://actyx.io for more details.
We are looking for a lead architect, an IoT expert, software engineers and network engineers (see http://actyx.io/#join-us). This job is for people passionate about using modern digital technologies (big-data, applied AI, cloud, etc.) to disrupt one of the world's most important industries.
We are a seed-funded German startup and "post-revenue". Get in touch if you are interested: [email protected].
In Germany we have a clear path for those last and before last groups: apprenticeships. They are structured, widely accepted and highly respected. It seems like in the US such an alternative path is unfortunately missing (i.e. go to college or you will struggle).
Looking at the reddit thread [0] referenced in the article I am really suprised about how openly those redditors are talking about illegal drug purchases (incl. personal experiences, etc). Aren't they worried that they might be investigated?
I'm not. Police don't usually go after small time users. Any good city cop can find a trap house and pinpoint the crack heads going in and out. It's a waste of resources to arrest them though, they want the distributors.
BUT I also never thought they would bust SR dealers...
Apparently that you want to manage your business so as to avoid being the target of the press and the stock traders, as opposed to, say, executing your business plan to realize the goals of the company owners.
The entire theory seems to rest on accepting that Apple has made some mistake, not in any rational business sense; as it admits they've been wildly successful at making products people love and tens of billions of dollars from those products, but because analysts and journalists are writing ridiculous articles about their being in flux.
What it seems it ignore, is any consideration that, absent Apple, the press would just descend on the next big target with mass-market cachet, regardless of their fundamentals, or business model. [1] [2]
So the theory assumes the press is irrational (e.g. writing nonsense articles about Apple that are completely divorced from business reality) but then supposes you can avoid their gaze, by relying on them to act rationally according to rules you perceive. (e.g. they will not chatter about you, if you don't make too much profit too quickly)
Lost in any of this, is any measure of whether it actually matters one whit whether traders, analysts or journalists use emotional manipulation of the larger public to create business opportunities for themselves.
[1] Traders exist to trade. Mismatch between perceived value and price creates profit. If there is no mismatch, they create some. See: Jim Cramer
[2] The press exists to sell newspapers. Controversy creates profit. If there is no controversy, they create some. See: Every article written about Apple that has no basis in reality.
I did an internship at Audi a few years ago and it looked exactly the same.
The one thing that was much more impressive at Audi however is that, as opposed to Tesla, where one line seems to produce one type of car, at Audi, the same line (i.e. the same robots) would sequentially work on different models. A robot might, for example, attach an A4 windshield, then a Q5 windshield, etc. That was very impressive. The required identification information (model, type, options,...) was contained on a small transmitter attached on the transporter carrying the semi-finished vehicle.
This is obviously not necessary at Tesla since they only have two models, but it was nonetheless the thing that most impressed me.
From what I gather the general workflow is similar, but there were apparently specific customizations needed to deal with the fact that Tesla body panels aren't magnetic; apparently most car assembly lines use magnetic arms to move panels from one part of the line to another, because most car bodies are made of steel. I think Tesla uses a mix of suction and clamps instead, depending on the part.
I was actually thinking about this today asking myself how often you have to tell yourself who you are until you become that person.
It's a kind of positive feedback loop. Until I started research at university I used to just do enough to pass well. When I started doing research I started enjoying it much more and consequently started working more. I became a hard-working person, both to myself and others. And this in turn led me to work even harder (also when it wasn't so enjoyable).
Same goes for other things like sports, community service, etc...
> I would expect those leading my country to at least have some integrity!
You want people with integrity to run for public office? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? I'm not speaking of the appearance of personal integrity, something that can be manufactured, I'm speaking of real integrity.
"It's not what you are, but what people think you are that is important." -- Joe Kennedy
That is perhaps a little naive. People attracted by power (i.e., power over other people's lives) are by definition not saints. Expect most of them to be sociopaths, and your expectations would be closer to reality.
Actyx is rethinking manufacturing. We are building the operating system for the Factory of the Future based on modern digital technologies. See http://actyx.io for more details.
We are looking for a lead architect, an IoT expert, software engineers and network engineers (see http://actyx.io/#join-us). This job is for people passionate about using modern digital technologies (big-data, applied AI, cloud, etc.) to disrupt one of the world's most important industries.
We are a seed-funded German startup and "post-revenue". Get in touch if you are interested: [email protected].