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[CV] Ülkemden CV manzaraları

Yeni ve sürekli bir kategori açmaya karar verdim. İşimden dolayı elime bir çok CV geçiyor. Bunların ilk bakışta düzgün görünenleri kesin Internette bulunmuş şablonlar oluyor. Adayın kendisinin hazırladıkları ise asıl komedi.

CVlerin çoğunluğu İngilizce, onun için belki Türkçe ve İngilizce kategorilerinin ikisine birden koyabilirim.

Kişilerin isimlerini ve her türlü özel detayını saklı tutacağım. Sonuçta bu insanlarla dalga geçmek değil amaç. Amaç biraz eğlenmek, ve belki biraz bigilendirmek. CV’nizi burada görürseniz kızmayın. Kimseyi rencide etmek için birşey yapmıyorum. Benim düşündüğüm şeyleri yüzünüze söylemeseler de bir çok başka işveren düşünüyor olabilir. Bundan haberdar olmanız, olmamanızdan iyidir.

Ülkede işsizlik büyük sorunken neden iş arayan adaylar asgari bir çaba gösterip CV’lerini, ekte gönderdikleri emaillerini (veya cover letterlarını) olabilecek en iyi hale getirmeye çalışmazlar? Ve neden bir nebze olsun CV gönderilen yerin ortamını, oradaki dinamikleri düşünmezler. Örneğin CV’yi kim okuyor, kaç tane CV arasında, kaç saniye ayırıyor?

Ben üniversiteye giderken (Türkiye’de) görüşmeye giderken yanımızda CV’mizin üç nüshası olması gerektiği öğretilmişti. Yurtdışında da hep böyle gördüm. Fakat 3 senedir yaptığım görüşmelerde CV’siyle gelen aday sayısı tam tamına 1. “Yanınızda CV’niz var mı?” sorusuna aldığım cevap genelde “Göndermiştim” oluyor. Belki arada bu ve bunun gibi tüyolar verebilirim. Bu işte profesyonel değilim ama gördüğümü de paylaşacak kadar tecrübem var.

Gönderilerimi CV kategorisinden takip edebilirsiniz. Hadi konuların başına da “[CV]” koyayım.

Lexmark Wireless Printer (Prospect Pro205 and similar) Setup Tips

There’s a driver for this series of printer on Lexmark’s web site. The software provides both the print drivers and printer and wireless set up utilities as well as a management interface to see ink status and perform some operations (Those operations can be performed using the menu on the printer as well).

The installation is pretty straight-forward. However there are some issues:

  • On Ubuntu, System/Administration/Lexmark Printer Toolbox brings up the management interface. However, the ink levels are not seen. This is because the administration interface is not running as root, however the original setup is done as root. Before we figure out which script/app needs to have its permissions fixed or which group your username should be in, the quick and dirty way to see the ink levels is to manually run the printer utility as root.

    sudo /bin/bash /usr/lexinkjet/lxk09/bin/.scripts/lexijtools

  • Wireless setup will fail because the printer will not detect any wireless networks. You cannot manually connect to one (like you would when the ESSID is not broadcast) either. Here’s the issue. There’s a utility wsulist which takes the usb device name as a parameter. On my system it was using /dev/usb/lp which does not exist. The correct device is /dev/usb/lp0. Also, this utility wants to run as root so you have to start the main utility like in the above issue too. (Do not manually run wsulist. While it won’t hurt, it won’t help either. The utility has to run it and use it to provide you a list of available networks).

    Create a symbolic link to the actual device and start the utility:

    sudo ln -s /dev/usb/lp0 /dev/usb/lp
    sudo /bin/bash /usr/lexinkjet/lxk09/bin/.scripts/lexijtools

    The wireless setup icon is at the top right corner. You can’t miss it. It should show you a list of wireless networks and let you set one up. Follow the rest of the prompts. There are actually some pretty neat things going on there. One of them is adding a separate print queue for the WIFI (separate from the same printer being connected via USB) which it then adds as another available option in the printer utility dropdown.

  • Scanner only works as ‘root’. Edit /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules and find the line that reads SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", MODE="0664". Change 0664 to 0666. Remove usb cable and reconnect it. It should now work. (Please note that this setting effectively allows EVERYBODY access to ALL USB DEVICES. I actually see nothing wrong with that at my home computer, so I will keep this workaround until I find a proper fix. This used to be handled by the ‘scanner’ group but that was apparently removed in karmic with nothing in its stead.)

Hint: If you select the name of the wireless printer queue in the Lexmark Printer Toolbox, the ink levels are shown there as upposed to the USB queue which requires root access.

Hint: At the end of the setup the network connections will be printed. Find the Address: line. You can put this on your browser and connect to your network print server. Please tell me if you find ‘print queue’ status information there.

PS: The installation utility actually asks for the ‘root’ password when it needs it. But a default Ubuntu install does not have a password set for ‘root’. So I opted to run the app with ‘sudo’. This might have caused some of the issues but I can’t think how.

Lexmark Printer and Cartridge (!!!) license agreement

[ .. snip ..]
PRINTER LICENSE AGREEMENT
I agree that this patented printer is licensed for, and designed to work with only
genuine Lexmark ink cartridges for the life of the patented printer. I agree to:
(1) use only genuine Lexmark ink cartridges with this printer (except I may use
replacement cartridges made by Lexmark but sold without single use terms as described
in the below cartridge license agreement), and (2) pass this license/agreement to
any subsequent user of this printer.

CARTRIDGE LICENSE AGREEMENT*
I agree that the patented print cartridge(s) shipped with this printing device are
sold subject to the following license/agreement: The patented print cartridge(s)
contained inside is/are licensed for a single use only and is/are designed to stop
working after delivering a fixed amount of ink. A variable amount of ink will remain
in the cartridge when replacement is required. After this single use, the license
to use the print cartridge terminates, and the used cartridge must be returned only
to Lexmark for remanufacturing, refilling or recycling.
If I buy another cartridge
in the future that is sold subject to the above terms, I accept such terms as to
that cartridge. If you do not accept the terms of this single use license/agreement;
return this product in its original packaging to your point of purchase.
A replacement cartridge sold without these terms is available at www.lexmark.com.
[ .. snip .. ]
emphasis added

lp-translation-tools ile launcphad’e çeviri yükleme


./lp-translations-tools-login -s https://launchpad.net -u "LAUNCHPAD USERNAME"

./lp-translations-tools-upload -v -s https://launchpad.net -p openobject-addons/trunk -t hr-timesheet-invoice/tr ./hr_timesheet_invoice/i18n/tr_TR.po

login aracı ~/.lp-translation-tools dizini altında bir cookie oluşturuyor. Sonraki adımlarda tekrar giriş yapmaya gerek kalmıyor.

Not: curl yüklü olmalı

quick update Launchpad .po revision date (PO-Revision-Date)

Quickly mass update the PO-Revision-Date header in gettext archives (.po files).

sed 's/PO-Revision-Date:.*/PO-Revision-Date: 2010-02-14 10:09+0000\\n"/g' filename.po

This finds all occurrences (there should only be one) of PO-Revision-Date will sets the date to 2010-02-14 and 10:09 am.

From there one can employ find/xargs etc to repeat the same thing for a great number of files.

-i causes an inline edit (edits the same file in place without a backup). Without the -i flag output it sent to STDOUT from where you can redirect to another file