The paper objects were unfolded, scanned/photographed, imported into Blender, and mapped onto 3D Models of the objects; no photogrammetry was used afaik.

For robotics, I recently came across this course to learn the basics: https://github.com/henki-robotics/robotics_essentials_ros2. Haven't started it yet though.

The problem of Spain is intense anthropogenic land (mis-)use including deforestation and mining, which led to the desertification especially in the south in the first place; this has been happening since pre-historic times. So, no, there shouldn't be deserts in Spain right now, and they are for the most part not natural. Read further here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00346... (free version available via google search on ResearchGate)

Exactly. Los Monegros was until 1766 Europes largest oak (encina) forest. It had been a communal forest. The forest was privatized and cut to cultivate cereal.

Does Spain have any reforestation efforts planned for areas experiencing anthropogenic desertification?

Without the will to jail arsonists first is a waste of money.

Huh, it makes me wonder how the Black Forest in Germany was preserved.

It mostly wasn’t. What you see now is a tiny remnant.

The linked article is about deforestation by humans and is irrelevant to the fact that huge parts of Spain have long been deserts.

Deforestation is the only major relevant factor that led to the formation of any desert in Spain, and this started a "long" time ago, and is purely and simply controlled by humans. For example, the famous Tabernas desert is the result of deforestation, followed by intensive erosion.

So what does it actually do? Check if keywords from job description appear in sufficient number in resume?

I use a KeePass database stored on iCloud, with the KeePassium client on IOS, and the KeePass client on Windows. Works like a charm.

Frightening how many of the predictions for 2022 actually came true. E.g., Russia invading a country, queen dying ...

What's so special about Karpathy's youtube channel?

He has a series of videos in which he explains stuff very well from the ground up (it's very new, he hasn't finished the series yet).

This site also list the main courses that would make sense: https://www.deeplearning.ai/courses/

Is this a new trend or why is there no publishing date anywhere to be found in this paper?!

For Japanese companies, it seems to be common to ask candidates to complete coding assignments before any interview. These assignments are usually extremely complex, and would take maybe 2-3 days to complete, depending on the candidates experience.

Combine this with relatively low salaries even for experienced developers, I don't think it is something anyone should want to do, no matter how much you'd love to go there.