Is it time for me to re-read "The Aeronaut’s Windlass" which is book 1 in his "Cinder Spires" series.
Jim Butcher plans to write the second book once he is done with "Peace Talks".
Tim S.
Jim Butcher is a good writer. I like his style too. I just finished reading the entire series of Dresden novels, again, to keep it fresh in my mind while waiting for Peace Talks.
Yep, I can see a bunch of Lunatics doing that.
Tim S.
Now the moon, the last quiet place, will be polluted with the sound of incessant dumb yapping. ""Here, I'm here, on the Moon". "No, the MOON, you know, just look up and you'll see me. Ha, ha, ha""I'm waving, can you see me?"
But, it is perfectly OK if you are the President and you are having a relationship with a young intern.
Right?
Tim S.
When a manager has a sexual relationship, or even an emotional affair, with a subordinate, it alters the workplace dynamic. People will inevitably see favoritism, whether it's fair or not, and the manager's response, either to actually show his lover favoritism, or to go to the opposite extreme and be hard on that person as a show of resolve and strength, all have implications. A good manager understands he isn't managing robots, but human beings, who take their cues from management.
That's not even talking about the fallout of a breakup, which can have legal implications. Frankly I view anyone in management having an affair with a subordinate as a form of employment suicide, and there isn't a lawyer or HR expert in the world that will say "Just tell your girlfriend's peers to mind their own business". They're going to put it on the same level of horrible idea as open bars at company functions. In the risk-assessment world, having affairs with your staff is just one big bad fucking idea.
That's why the very best policy is not to have affairs with subordinates, and it's why most modern policies either outright ban such relationships, or require that the subordinate move into another department so that they are no longer under the manager's direct supervision. My company is very small, so there aren't enough "departments" as it were, so it's pretty much an outright ban. If I want to have a relationship with one of my staff, one of us is going to have to resign.
You made a great argument to support the use of COBOL.
Tim S.
I'm going to say this is a case where Betteridge does NOT rule. Yes, python is not perfect: it is as slow as molasses in execution speed, and has terrible multithreading capability. So what. These imperfections are completely outweighed by its superb readability/understandability/clarity, and the ease with which it can be learned.
No one is going to write an OS or an office suite all in python. But for a large swathe of programming tasks it is ideal. It is a lot more than just a scripting tool like, for example, perl.
No, this is the type of perverse, unintended, but perfectly predictable consequence that electing a fucking sociopathic narcissistic discusting mororic mentally unstable piece of shit as your fucking president brings.
Yep, the computer needs to understand and be able to "do the needful".
Tim S.
Computers with that much processing and computational power should be able to handle every programming task with natural language. I should be able to ask for a task to be completed without requiring me to program it in some other language.
Simply ask the computer to do every task. No HMI required other than voice command.
Because we do NOT wish to share the technologies that pass the tests.
And, this way when something breaks and it has to land, no one knows if it was an scheduled landing or because of a system fault.
Tim S.
"the vehicle is simply testing technologies on orbit"
-- why is it so secret, then?
I just tested the Microsoft Edge Browser and I have never changed the defaults.
The website responded with
Your user-agent string specifies your browser as being a variant of CHROME.
Judging by your fingerprint we believe your browser is a variant of EDGE.
I am running Firefox 45.9.0 with NoScript and the site thinks it is IE.
Tim S.
Your user-agent string specifies your browser as being a variant of FIREFOX.
Judging by your fingerprint we believe your browser is a variant of IE.
So, a post by a Russian Anonymous Coward.
The Russians are still trying to work the argument that the USA has ethically dubious elections.
To make it seem that their elections are NOT unusual.
Tim S.
I suppose that's not as bad as being ethically dubious in literally every other category possible, like you, Amerikkkan. Ethically dubious elections, ethically dubious wars, ethically dubious torture methods...people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, Amerikkkan.
I do NOT remember what was my first programming language; but, Pascal was likely it.
The first language I really wrote programs of moderate size in was Ada.
Tim S.
Nope, if I recall correctly he used a couple of pencils and power from the cell (from light) wires to cut open the cell door.
Tim S.
There is a new MacGyver. I loved the original, so I watched part of one new ones. I quickly came to the conclusion that it was made for children. It was ridiculous. Then, reflecting back, I had the revelation that the original was also geared toward children. It was ridiculous too. The difference is that 30 years ago I was a child and Mac was fun. I've aged considerably since then. Most of us have.
Mac wouldn't need to build a spare parts computer. He'd just use his shoelaces and a pulley to bend the bars and escape.
From the Article:
"The Silicon Valley company that created the method, Carbon, say it’s faster and more adaptable than traditional additive printing, and can make mass-production 3D printing a reality."
Now I understand why they said they were going to mass-produce it. It is NOT using "traditional additive printing"; Because from all that I have read "additive printing" is NOT viable for mass production. I wish I knew if this new method really is "additive printing" or something new that they are marketing as "additive printing"/"3D Printing".
Tim S.
Slashdot Mirror
FYI: North Korean was a Russia client state before it was a Chinese client state in the 20th century. Tim S.
Wisconsin has a worse debt-to-GDP ratio than California.
Jim Butcher plans to write the second book once he is done with "Peace Talks".
Tim S.
Jim Butcher is a good writer. I like his style too. I just finished reading the entire series of Dresden novels, again, to keep it fresh in my mind while waiting for Peace Talks.
If this asteroid is classified as a "Potentially Hazardous Object", then why is it being reported two days *AFTER* the pass?
Now the moon, the last quiet place, will be polluted with the sound of incessant dumb yapping. ""Here, I'm here, on the Moon". "No, the MOON, you know, just look up and you'll see me. Ha, ha, ha""I'm waving, can you see me?"
The Federal Government is too big! So, we need to break it up. Tim S.
My RPi does not have Python installed, but it does have Perl and Lua. (Arch Linux)
When a manager has a sexual relationship, or even an emotional affair, with a subordinate, it alters the workplace dynamic. People will inevitably see favoritism, whether it's fair or not, and the manager's response, either to actually show his lover favoritism, or to go to the opposite extreme and be hard on that person as a show of resolve and strength, all have implications. A good manager understands he isn't managing robots, but human beings, who take their cues from management.
That's not even talking about the fallout of a breakup, which can have legal implications. Frankly I view anyone in management having an affair with a subordinate as a form of employment suicide, and there isn't a lawyer or HR expert in the world that will say "Just tell your girlfriend's peers to mind their own business". They're going to put it on the same level of horrible idea as open bars at company functions. In the risk-assessment world, having affairs with your staff is just one big bad fucking idea.
That's why the very best policy is not to have affairs with subordinates, and it's why most modern policies either outright ban such relationships, or require that the subordinate move into another department so that they are no longer under the manager's direct supervision. My company is very small, so there aren't enough "departments" as it were, so it's pretty much an outright ban. If I want to have a relationship with one of my staff, one of us is going to have to resign.
> Alphabet says Uber's former CEO, Travis Kalanick, knew about the files but told Levandowski to destroy them.
That sounds like the more honest thing to do. You know, like they weren't out to steal anything...
I'm going to say this is a case where Betteridge does NOT rule. Yes, python is not perfect: it is as slow as molasses in execution speed, and has terrible multithreading capability. So what. These imperfections are completely outweighed by its superb readability/understandability/clarity, and the ease with which it can be learned.
No one is going to write an OS or an office suite all in python. But for a large swathe of programming tasks it is ideal. It is a lot more than just a scripting tool like, for example, perl.
If a patch was released months ago, why did so many people not install it?
Hillary said she would attack Russia over this, and Trump isn't so that proves he is a Russian Puppet. Not bombing Russia is immoral.
No, this is the type of perverse, unintended, but perfectly predictable consequence that electing a fucking sociopathic narcissistic discusting mororic mentally unstable piece of shit as your fucking president brings.
Fake Headlines normally end with ? Tim S.
Computers with that much processing and computational power should be able to handle every programming task with natural language. I should be able to ask for a task to be completed without requiring me to program it in some other language.
Simply ask the computer to do every task. No HMI required other than voice command.
I take it you really do NOT use this site very much. Tim S.
"the vehicle is simply testing technologies on orbit" -- why is it so secret, then?
I just tested the Microsoft Edge Browser and I have never changed the defaults.
The website responded with
Your user-agent string specifies your browser as being a variant of CHROME.
Judging by your fingerprint we believe your browser is a variant of EDGE.
Tim S.
I am running Firefox 45.9.0 with NoScript and the site thinks it is IE.
Tim S.
Your user-agent string specifies your browser as being a variant of FIREFOX.
Judging by your fingerprint we believe your browser is a variant of IE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Tim S.
I suppose that's not as bad as being ethically dubious in literally every other category possible, like you, Amerikkkan. Ethically dubious elections, ethically dubious wars, ethically dubious torture methods...people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, Amerikkkan.
I do NOT remember what was my first programming language; but, Pascal was likely it. The first language I really wrote programs of moderate size in was Ada. Tim S.
There is a new MacGyver. I loved the original, so I watched part of one new ones. I quickly came to the conclusion that it was made for children. It was ridiculous. Then, reflecting back, I had the revelation that the original was also geared toward children. It was ridiculous too. The difference is that 30 years ago I was a child and Mac was fun. I've aged considerably since then. Most of us have.
Mac wouldn't need to build a spare parts computer. He'd just use his shoelaces and a pulley to bend the bars and escape.
I declare this news as fake, on the grounds it's too absurd to be real. Please let this be fake.
From the Article: "The Silicon Valley company that created the method, Carbon, say it’s faster and more adaptable than traditional additive printing, and can make mass-production 3D printing a reality." Now I understand why they said they were going to mass-produce it. It is NOT using "traditional additive printing"; Because from all that I have read "additive printing" is NOT viable for mass production. I wish I knew if this new method really is "additive printing" or something new that they are marketing as "additive printing"/"3D Printing". Tim S.