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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
There aren't many astronomy jobs that pay very well – but the Chinese authorities are offering just that for the director of scientific operation for its new Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope.
At 500m (1,640ft) across, FAST became the world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope when construction finished last year.
While the initial building is complete and nearly 10,000 people have been moved away from the instrument to cut down on polluting it with electromagnetic signals, the telescope still needs to be calibrated and fine-tuned.
[...] Unfortunately, finding a director with the necessary skills to do the job of managing and running the instrument has proven problematic. So a foreigner is now being sought to bring their experience to bear on the project.
"The post is currently open to scientists working outside China only," a human resources official at the Chinese Academy of Sciences told the South China Morning Post. "Candidates can be of any nationality, any race."
[...] It's a tough job, managing a facility that complex and handling the competing claims for time on the 'scope from scientists. The Academy of Sciences is asking for a professor with at least 20 years' experience in radio astronomy, as well as management training.
"These requirements are very high. It puts most astronomers out of the race. I may be able to count those qualified with my fingers," said Wang Tinggui, professor of astrophysics at the University of Science and Technology of China. "It is not a job for a scientist. It's for a superhero."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @02:04PM (2 children)
> didn't put a trap in the drain
Ugggh! Didn't know that this was even possible, do you live where there are no plumbing/building inspectors? Anyway, it sounds like you've already left that apartment...
If you were still there, I'd suggest making an "inserted trap" which would be a simple 3D printer project, O-ring around the outside to seal to the drain. Could be very short vertically and still seal against light pressure from the sewer (relies on a good vent to control the internal pressure).
Might even be a useful part for plumbers, since sometimes there is very little vertical space available under a retrofit shower. I installed a shower once over a concrete floor, had to raise the pre-made shower base up on a layer of bricks to make room for the trap.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @08:10PM
In many cities in the U.S., if no one pulls permits, no one complains, or construction isn't visible from the street, there are no inspections. That is why I always check homes I and my family buy for what is referred to as a "pick up permit" on the assessor's website. What that means is that some unpermitted renovation or addition was noticed at that time.
An interesting story about how I learned about them is my friend worked for the assessors office and his job was to go to all the open houses for sale and look for such work. He only lasted 3 years in that job because despite the cover story and effort to minimize repeat contact, the real estate agents figured out who he was and why he was there and started to actively interfere with him because pickup permits can cause lots of problems for the parties involved with the transaction.
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Thursday August 10 2017, @01:34PM
Once I pointed out the problem the landlord had their new handyman install one, but that involved cutting through the tile floor to get to it. Major work to fix one forgotten piece.