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  1. That's a completely separate issue.

    There is a vast gap between "did you learn?" and "when did you learn?".

    There are cognitive abilities that decline with age--much less so than people assume. But that's completely irrelevant to the skills that someone has at the time that you're judging them. They should be judged on the skills that they have at that time. Someone with high aptitude who just happened to be doing other things in life is going to be a better performer than a low aptitude candidate who started early, especially if they have the same amount of experience.

  2. Does "use" extend to passively listening?

    I don't think I've ever seen the word "use" cover this before.

  3. What you know at the end of high school doesn't matter. That's unnecessary gatekeeping.

    What matters is what you are willing to teach yourself when you have the opportunity.

    Someone with the potential who develops interest later--or who just didn't have the time/resources early on--is just as capable if they do it later. If that happens to be in college when they decide to "go into computers" without knowing what that entails, then so what? As long as we're advising them up front that this is a self-teaching field, they'll either learn or move on.

  4. Permanent DST is a mistake as well. on EU Parliament Votes To End Daylight Savings (dw.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There is a standard, and it's called solar noon. Aim for that, and then adjust your schedule accordingly rather than pretend that the clock must decide your schedule.

    States having inconsistent times across longitude (or even incrementing inconsistently across latitude) will be a bigger mess.

  5. Re:2021 is five years too late on Apple To Target Combining iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps by 2021: Report (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Enough of them have compromised to prove that Apple allowed that market to flee.

  6. 2021 is five years too late on Apple To Target Combining iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps by 2021: Report (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Steve Jobs had said that merging Mac and iOS platforms didn't make sense, and he was right... At the time. The technology wasn't available to make a worthwhile product.

    But Microsoft introduced the Surface YEARS ago. Apple ceded a lot of "influencer" users to Microsoft, especially creatives who wanted a proper pen tablet computer.

    Apple should have been at the front of the tablet (fully fledged) computer movement. Now we see just how long we'll have to wait for them to catch up.

    Maybe by 2030 they'll realize that Vulkan is a good idea.

  7. Re: Can we quit with the myth that Python is slow on You Can Now Profile Python Using Arm Forge (arm.com) · · Score: 1

    He didn't suggest that the Java wasn't maintained due to backwards compatibility issues. He just said it wasn't maintained or was reimplemented.

    If it was like many other places, it was simply because it's a bigger pain to read and maintain Java, generally speaking.

  8. Re: Killed is a bit of a strong word on Samsung Kills Headphone Jack After Mocking Apple (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    It's obviously possible. I posted that with an IP68 rated phone with a headphone jack right beside me. By Samsung, no less.

    That doesn't change the fact that there are actual costs and design compromises involved in making it. Yes, buttons and USB ports present the same issues. But why would a manufacturer stop caring about one design difficulty/cost just because others exist? Samsung's made a choice based on that. I'm not happy about it, but my displeasure doesn't mean these things aren't factors.

  9. Re: Killed is a bit of a strong word on Samsung Kills Headphone Jack After Mocking Apple (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    It's obviously possible. I posted that with an IP68 rated phone with a headphone jack right beside me. By Samsung, no less.

    That doesn't change the fact that there are actual costs and design compromises involved in making it (especially in such a small package). Samsung's made a choice based on that. I'm not happy about it, but my displeasure doesn't mean these things aren't factors.

  10. Re: Killed is a bit of a strong word on Samsung Kills Headphone Jack After Mocking Apple (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    It's obviously possible. I posted that with an IP68 rated phone with a headphone jack right beside me. By Samsung, no less.

    That doesn't change the fact that there are actual costs and design compromises involved in making it. Samsung's made a choice based on that. I'm not happy about it, but my displeasure doesn't mean these things aren't factors.

  11. Re: Killed is a bit of a strong word on Samsung Kills Headphone Jack After Mocking Apple (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Ok, let's ignore that he was probably talking about a used model.

    His comment makes perfect sense with the 17k figure. You have failed to even attempt to refute his point.

  12. Re: Killed is a bit of a strong word on Samsung Kills Headphone Jack After Mocking Apple (macrumors.com) · · Score: 2

    Designing phones that are thin and waterproof is difficult and expensive when you have ports to the outside.

    The headphone jack is a prime candidate to cut. Not that I approve of the measure.

  13. Re: quality? Comcast is compressed to shit! on Motion Impossible: Tom Cruise Declares War on TV Frame Interpolation (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Displaying both fields from two different times in the same frame leads to artifacts.

    It isn't a good look.

  14. Re: Seems like easy rules could fix on DHS Seized Aftermarket Apple Laptop Batteries From Independent Repair Expert (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Everything you say is ONLY true if--IF--the batteries are actually counterfeit.

    On what basis are you determining that they are counterfeit and not second-hand originals? That a counterfeit market exists? So does a legitimate second-hand market. That CBP made the determination? They hardly have a perfect track record here.

    I don't see where you have any special insight, yet you seem really confident that Rossman is a conman.

  15. Re: He found an Acorn on US Announces Plans To Withdraw From 144-Year-Old Postal Treaty (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    As someone looking to ship some packages from Japan soon... Were those packages light or were you using someone other than Japan post?

    Or was surface mail just unbelievably fast?

  16. Re:a tablet that you can put in your pocket on Samsung Says Its Foldable Phone Will Be a Tablet You Can Put In Your Pocket (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    That's quite a pocket you have.

  17. Re:It's not hard on Australia Set To 'Eliminate' Cervical Cancer By 2028 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    As a Christian who does not advocate pre-marital sex, I still find the benefits compelling.

    However, I am nonetheless very bothered as a human being that we're using a vaccine to control risk that could be controlled by simple human behavior.

  18. Re:It's not hard on Australia Set To 'Eliminate' Cervical Cancer By 2028 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't have the study to dispute particulars, but that doesn't pass the sniff test.

    In the US, Protestants outnumber Catholics 2 to 1, and protestants opposed to birth control are so fringe as to not have any mainline denominational representation. Opinions on whether youth should have access to contraception may vary by individual, but that isn't what the summary implies is the stance.

    And there's essentially no one who would prefer that youth who had pre-marital sex not use contraception.

  19. Missing the point. on Reimagining of Schrodinger's Cat Breaks Quantum Mechanics -- and Stumps Physicists (nature.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Schrödinger's point about the cat thought experiment is that that cat is NOT in two separate states at the same time. That was his expressing his aggravation about the contradiction of the results of his work and reality.

    The question remains, "How does potential get resolved?"

  20. All the time on Slashdot Asks: Have You Ever Gotten Someone Else's Email? (ieee.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My Gmail address is in the format of firstname.lastname, and unfortunately not everyone who shares my first and last names or knows someone who does realizes that it doesn't belong to them. Sometimes it's a missed middle initial, sometimes it's pure ignorance on the part of the person providing the address. I think sometimes people give it as a fake address, and I have contempt for these people.

    I have received all kinds of emails for wedding invitations, human resource confidential data, billing, mortgages, and more.

    If the sender is a personal address, I respond with a polite correction. If it's important billing information (ie, "service about to expire for non-payment"), I do what I can to make contact to the correct person so they can be aware. I'm amazed at how few responses I get, and out of the few responses I get I'm amazed at how many people seem to resent me trying to be helpful.

  21. Re: Nazis have no value to society on Inside Twitter's Long, Slow Struggle To Police Bad Actors (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    The Nazis murdered *communists*. Because (among other things) they were conflicting forms of socialism.

  22. Re: well now ... on EU Backs Ending Daylight Saving Time (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Mandating Daylight Savings Time ISN'T legislating people's schedules?

    Why can't people have autonomy in this regard?

  23. Re:Rust is that beautiful language within C++ on Is C++ a 'Really Terrible Language'? (gamesindustry.biz) · · Score: -1, Troll

    The problem with Rust is that it was designed by people who actually used C++.

    Using C++ willingly is a sign that someone has poor taste, and Rust's syntax proves it. Conceptually elegant, but a gross horror in terms of legibility.

  24. Re: Sounds like a new cottage industry will be bo on Tech Giants Urge Congress To 'Protect Entrepreneurs' From Supreme Court Ruling (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Mail order companies only collect sales tax for states in which they have a physical presence.
    https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/sales-tax-internet-29919.html

  25. Re: Sounds like a new cottage industry will be bo on Tech Giants Urge Congress To 'Protect Entrepreneurs' From Supreme Court Ruling (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It is different because they don't have to do it.

    Mail order companies only collect sales tax for intrastate sales, not interstate sales. Exactly how internet sales were... Until now.