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Thursday, 21 September 2017
quote [ The NASA Tournament Lab and Freelancer have teamed up to help crowdsource solutions to the most complex problems being faced by astronauts on the cutting edge of space exploration. ]
At the top of the current list is a 3:00 minute animation that should probably cost between $40-$60K, based on the supplied storyboards. They are paying $3k, and doing it as a "contest." So far there are five competitors for that $3k. We're not talking about bidding on the job, we're talking about submitting the completed job. Four will submit completed work and still walk away with nothing. Another "contest" is a sophisticated CAD and engineering job for $1k that should probably be ten times that much. Many of the previous "winners" are from foreign countries with drastically lower cost of living, like India, Mexico, Bosnia, Korea, Kazakstan, etc.
https://www.freelancer.com/contest/nasa/halloffame I'm guessing it's a loophole in the funding appropriations, since these are, "contests," not contracts. Otherwise, I don't think Congress would take kindly to NASA spending its dollars off-shore like this. Or maybe not. WTF, man. Just WTF. I'm feeling pretty upset right now.
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evil_eleet said @ 6:17pm GMT on 21st Sep
I feel like it's just a matter of time before management gets replaced by applications as well and we're all at mercy of The Cloud.
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midden said @ 1:30am GMT on 22nd Sep
Ironically, my own company does some of that cloud based infrastructure and "information management." I'm glad I'm almost 50 and within sight of retirement. Otherwise, decades of honed skill and problem solving could go right out the window.
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HoZay said @ 8:45pm GMT on 21st Sep
That sucks balls, and not in a good way. Letting your congress critters know might actually get results. That's totally not maga.
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midden said @ 1:27am GMT on 22nd Sep
Yeah, this afternoon, east-coast liberal that I am, I was kinda-sorta understanding that red baseball cap mentality.
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bobolink said @ 9:32pm GMT on 21st Sep
A lot of your hospital records, and accompanying history, are coded in the Philippines. Conveniently, last I checked, the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) medical data protection rules are "unclear" on off-shoring.
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