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from the random-and-intermittent-failures dept.
https://qz.com/1066966/how-many-cars-were-destroyed-by-hurricane-harvey/ and also at other news outlets.
For Harvey victims, it's going to be rough if they lost their car, Houston is a very car-dependent city. Like many states, Texas only requires liability insurance — only those that bought comprehensive coverage will be able to claim the loss on insurance.
Ideally most of these flooded cars will be scrapped, as it's very likely water damage to electrical systems and other parts are not cost effective to repair professionally. However, there will be "new" and used cars on the market that have been underwater (to a greater or lesser extent). Many will be sold "as is" and some of them will be cleaned up and sold fraudulently as if they were not damaged. Buyer beware, these cars will be shipped all over in search of buyers (marks?)
After Katrina, friends of mine with time on their hands bought several new-flooded Honda Civics (which they were familiar with from building "street stock" race cars). They pulled out the interior and then the full wiring harness. Bought new harness from Honda and replaced everything, and had perfectly good near-new cars for pennies on the dollar (and a few days of hard labor).
(Score: 2, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday September 03 2017, @10:09AM (7 children)
BEHOLD:
My eyeballs are bleeding because I created this page in just one very long day.
"Computer" Job because it includes hardware companies.
I created my first employer index for my coworkers at Live Picture when it moved from scenic, rural Scotts Valley, California to San Jose. I'm proud to say that I enabled more than a few to jump ship.
I researched it with a whole lotta googling.
In three weeks my little company is going to hire its first employee, a young, formerly homeless woman who is a web designer.
I know all manner of ways to make this easier. I'm going to have her do a lot of the simpler tasks while I build a web bot, mostly out of wget.
I've been puzzling over crowdfunding for three or four years - I used to work on this on my cheap-n-nasty Acer Aspire at Starbucks and Peet's. Both cafes let me hang out all day, even if I had no means to pay for a coffee - I just asked for a cup of water. In the process I've gotten to know every last barista in the Pacific Northwest.
Most likely I'll use IndieGogo, but before I start I'm going to build out the site a whole lot more, mainly to include other countries. My real vision for this site is to enable anyone anywhere in the world to find quality employment without having to move far from home. In the long run I'll cover many other occupations and industries - any in which the hiring is mostly done through corporate websites.
You could help a lot of people out if you were to bring any of the site's pages to the attention of those who you genuinely feel would be interested in or would benefit from them.
Nighty-Night! Don't Let The Code Bugs Byte.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 03 2017, @02:10PM (2 children)
Are you building another Yahoo now that the original is dead?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 03 2017, @07:01PM
Rrrrfffggggggfddd
(Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Sunday September 03 2017, @09:54PM
My sides... it does have a Geocities feel to it.
(Score: 2) by cnst on Sunday September 03 2017, @07:50PM (2 children)
You do realise that in the software industry, professional recruiters get paid between 10 and 30% of the salary for the first year for placing each candidate.
Why exactly are you doing this for free? And, not only for free, but at the expense of your local coffee shops?!
(Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday September 03 2017, @10:24PM
When you create things for free, it's very powerful for your brand. A lot, a lot of people don't create anything at all. And a lot of those who do have to ask for money for it. Nothing says SUCCESS more loudly than creating something and giving it away. Tremendous! 🇺🇸
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday September 03 2017, @10:37PM
Having to pay thirty grand to hire someone other than the perfect fit strikes managers as a potential waste of a colossal amount of money.
There used to be a dozen body shops in Santa Cruz County. Now there's only one, but it's a very good one.
I actually support commissioned recruiters who really do provide value-add to hiring. But they are few and far-between.
My single most popular page is my Telecommuting and Remote Work index [soggywizards.com], which is still in its infancy. These days quite a lot of companies hire remote - some are quite enthusiastic about doing so.
As I built my Austin index, I noted companies that offer remote work with HTML comments. In the next week or so I'll add them to the remote and telecommuting page.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 03 2017, @10:11PM
A few minor niggles: may I suggest black text on a white background, instead of gray on gray? And in the column that says "Jobs" many times, change Alpha Nodus to "Jobs" for consistency. It wouldn't hurt to say that Bee Cave is in Texas. Union Metrics describes itself as "headquartered in San Francisco, California with an office in Austin, Texas. [unionmetrics.com]" Knowing that, I am unclear on why the "City" column on their entry on your page says San Francisco. Maybe that column tells us where a company's headquarters are, rather than the city of the job site? If so, why not say so explicitly? Finally, "Ausin" is a typo.