I've been working with BitKeeper over the past 3 years. From what I understand Git and BitKeeper share exactly the same concept, all differences being minor ones (for example see http://versioncontrolblog.com/comparison/BitKeeper/Git/index.html).
BitKeeper has been around for a while. Why is Git suddenly so popular? Is it so popular? What has changed?
Sorry, but what is their definition of a scripting language? F#, for one, is a full-fledged functional language, with full access to the.NET framework. You can write stand-alone applications in it just as easily as in C#. And yes, people actually do that.
Same with Scala and the JVM. Although the definition of "scripting language" is usually subjective, I think most people won't call Scala one.
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a manager just needs to know what his subordinates need, and provide them with it.
A manager is not a service provider. My needs are supplied by our IT departments, not by my manager. My manager is there to make sure I supply our product to our customers. This includes collecting requirements from our customers, prioritizing them, asking me for prediction of difficulty and length of each of these tasks, etc.
But - again - I'm not in IT. Perhaps in IT departments, which are a lot more service-oriented, you don't need your manager for any of the above, only to make sure everything else is running smooth. But somehow I feel work in IT would not be so different from my work.
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I have to call bullshit.
Bosses are important in prioritizing tasks for me, in making me understand needs of other departments, in making me focused on the task at hand instead of diverting to other things I'd like to do, but are - frankly - not as important. I want my boss to manage ME.
Then again I haven't worked in any IT departments, maybe it's different there.
Ok, well why does it require you to believe it? If the body can just magically fix itself, why have conscious thought involved?
Maybe fixing the problem takes a lot of resources from the body, so the body will not attempt to waste these resources to fix a problem unless the brain is signaling "I'm optimistic about that", a signal only sent when the person is psychologically optimistic, such as after taking a placebo.
I am not a biologist of any kind, and I'm probably wrong, I'm just thinking that there are a lot of different factors in play here, and we might not be familiar with all of them.
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I've been working with BitKeeper over the past 3 years. From what I understand Git and BitKeeper share exactly the same concept, all differences being minor ones (for example see http://versioncontrolblog.com/comparison/BitKeeper/Git/index.html). BitKeeper has been around for a while. Why is Git suddenly so popular? Is it so popular? What has changed?
On a MacBook Wheel, no less!
Actually as far as I understand DDOSing is illegal in Israel, regardless of the DDOS target.
I still know quite a few websites that require Internet Explorer (version 6 or above), giving the aforementioned message on load.
Also known as 1 in 100, or 1%? Granted, 10,0000 sounds a lot better, but it's a bit disingenuous...
It sounds better, yes, and I'd say it's a legitimate way of putting it considering that there are many millions of web pages.
Sorry, but what is their definition of a scripting language? F#, for one, is a full-fledged functional language, with full access to the .NET framework. You can write stand-alone applications in it just as easily as in C#. And yes, people actually do that.
Same with Scala and the JVM. Although the definition of "scripting language" is usually subjective, I think most people won't call Scala one.
a manager just needs to know what his subordinates need, and provide them with it.
A manager is not a service provider. My needs are supplied by our IT departments, not by my manager. My manager is there to make sure I supply our product to our customers. This includes collecting requirements from our customers, prioritizing them, asking me for prediction of difficulty and length of each of these tasks, etc.
But - again - I'm not in IT. Perhaps in IT departments, which are a lot more service-oriented, you don't need your manager for any of the above, only to make sure everything else is running smooth. But somehow I feel work in IT would not be so different from my work.
I have to call bullshit. Bosses are important in prioritizing tasks for me, in making me understand needs of other departments, in making me focused on the task at hand instead of diverting to other things I'd like to do, but are - frankly - not as important. I want my boss to manage ME. Then again I haven't worked in any IT departments, maybe it's different there.
Ok, well why does it require you to believe it? If the body can just magically fix itself, why have conscious thought involved?
Maybe fixing the problem takes a lot of resources from the body, so the body will not attempt to waste these resources to fix a problem unless the brain is signaling "I'm optimistic about that", a signal only sent when the person is psychologically optimistic, such as after taking a placebo.
I am not a biologist of any kind, and I'm probably wrong, I'm just thinking that there are a lot of different factors in play here, and we might not be familiar with all of them.