Sure, it is a game that you have to get. But it's not really a difficult game to understand. If anything, the talent was in the fact that they knew new technologies and they took advantage of them before anyone else did. I guess I'm just not that impressed.
Did you use the circle next to the pointer to drag it around? I can't remember whether it controlled that way by default or not, but it was amazing. Almost as good as a mouse.
I don't get touchpads either. They're good for scrolling, and that's about it.
The thing I liked about Jump was that there was a circle next to the pointer that you could move the pointer with. This gave close to precise control (like, almost as close as a mouse).
I don't really get when people say that software isn't compatible with touch. All a mouse does is points and clicks, which you can do with your finger. I use a remote desktop app called 'Jump' on Android and it works on a regular desktop just fine.
It's just so sad that making things simpler makes them more attractive. Kind of means people who look for complex features had better make it themselves.
Admittedly, my hands don't always type what my mind has in it and I don't always preview well enough. If I could have edited it after it was posted I would have, but I couldn't.
The class was excellent because you obviously had a natural interest or ability. From the fact that you said 'I took' I am reading in that this was an optional class. Teaching a class of kids who have opted into the class is very different from teaching a class of kids whom mostly wouldn't be there if they had a choice. This is the value of real teaching skills in my mind.
Many people, like you, totally hate managers and totally discount any skill relating to management. People once relied on large companies to be someone faithful to them. They wouldn't have to learn business or management skills, because the company could hire them and pay them well for the skill they did have. There were enough 'suckers' to be part of the people organizing for the company to run.
This balance is almost gone in today's economy. These are the skills that kids need, because unless they know how to start their own thing or how to read where business is headed in the future, they are mostly done. More and more educated people will be working for McDonalds, Walmart, and Uber for bottom dollar and wonder what the heck they need to do to be more successful. The minimum wage discussion and minimum living wage discussions will only become more important, when that is not really how we should be solving the problem at all.
So we through teachers on the heap with Uber workers and free interns. Instead of making things better, let's take advantage of people who are in a bad situation and capitalize on it.
I'd like to know what makes programming so good for learning, but not management skills. With management schools, kids could think of new ways to support themselves, or at least be way more prepared to find careers that will take them through life. Learning programming just creates new slaves, while perhaps learning a bit of logic. But the logic they would learn could be expressed and learned in way more efficient ways than actually writing a program. If anything, the logic is obfuscated by putting it in a java format, just write 'if - then - else' or 'while' and put a circle around the works inside.
The way to attract computer people is to start paying for computer people and demonstrating that it is a worthy career choice where you will be able to keep your job, your knowledge will be valued, and you will be respected. If they keep sending the opposite message, any other effort will fail.
Oh I encounter them every day, just not when it comes to apple products. They just don't make sense. People are paying hundreds of dollars for a shiny metal case and a pair of handcuffs.
The thing that worries me about the cloud is that there is literally nothing preventing cloud providers from deciding that they will charge you every time you want to access a file. Won't happen tomorrow, but next year.. I guess it depends how the profit margin is doing.
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I can only think that you were using it wrong.
There was also the HP iPac
Sure, it is a game that you have to get. But it's not really a difficult game to understand. If anything, the talent was in the fact that they knew new technologies and they took advantage of them before anyone else did. I guess I'm just not that impressed.
Did you use the circle next to the pointer to drag it around? I can't remember whether it controlled that way by default or not, but it was amazing. Almost as good as a mouse.
I don't get touchpads either. They're good for scrolling, and that's about it.
The thing I liked about Jump was that there was a circle next to the pointer that you could move the pointer with. This gave close to precise control (like, almost as close as a mouse).
But I cannot use trackpads.
You're right. A mouse does more than touch does. Although now with pressure sensitive, I imagine a harder press will drag.
Right, but what I am saying is, while it may not be absolutely optimal in the end it works just fine and kind of a silly thing to gripe about.
Apple creates their simplicity by removing complex features. Where is the option to add complex features into iOS?
I'd ALWAYS rather use a USB keyboard and mouse to a touch screen or touch pad.
I don't really get when people say that software isn't compatible with touch. All a mouse does is points and clicks, which you can do with your finger. I use a remote desktop app called 'Jump' on Android and it works on a regular desktop just fine.
It's just so sad that making things simpler makes them more attractive. Kind of means people who look for complex features had better make it themselves.
Admittedly, my hands don't always type what my mind has in it and I don't always preview well enough. If I could have edited it after it was posted I would have, but I couldn't.
The class was excellent because you obviously had a natural interest or ability. From the fact that you said 'I took' I am reading in that this was an optional class. Teaching a class of kids who have opted into the class is very different from teaching a class of kids whom mostly wouldn't be there if they had a choice. This is the value of real teaching skills in my mind.
Many people, like you, totally hate managers and totally discount any skill relating to management. People once relied on large companies to be someone faithful to them. They wouldn't have to learn business or management skills, because the company could hire them and pay them well for the skill they did have. There were enough 'suckers' to be part of the people organizing for the company to run.
This balance is almost gone in today's economy. These are the skills that kids need, because unless they know how to start their own thing or how to read where business is headed in the future, they are mostly done. More and more educated people will be working for McDonalds, Walmart, and Uber for bottom dollar and wonder what the heck they need to do to be more successful. The minimum wage discussion and minimum living wage discussions will only become more important, when that is not really how we should be solving the problem at all.
So we through teachers on the heap with Uber workers and free interns. Instead of making things better, let's take advantage of people who are in a bad situation and capitalize on it.
Agreed, but what I don't understand is, why are the school divisions falling for it? That's who needs to be fighting this battle.
I'd like to know what makes programming so good for learning, but not management skills. With management schools, kids could think of new ways to support themselves, or at least be way more prepared to find careers that will take them through life. Learning programming just creates new slaves, while perhaps learning a bit of logic. But the logic they would learn could be expressed and learned in way more efficient ways than actually writing a program. If anything, the logic is obfuscated by putting it in a java format, just write 'if - then - else' or 'while' and put a circle around the works inside.
The way to attract computer people is to start paying for computer people and demonstrating that it is a worthy career choice where you will be able to keep your job, your knowledge will be valued, and you will be respected. If they keep sending the opposite message, any other effort will fail.
I switched to Avast a long time ago.
Oh I encounter them every day, just not when it comes to apple products. They just don't make sense. People are paying hundreds of dollars for a shiny metal case and a pair of handcuffs.
When one gets so full I can't do the thing I need to do quickly, I move to the next one. I breathe. Then I do what I need to do.
The others do it too, they just won't admit to it.
Shouldn’t be an issue for anyone who knows what a tree looks like.
I'm kind of surprised twitter has more than one Software Engineer.. Don't they just send short messages around and count hash tags?
How brilliant is it that they are setting up to sell our own files back to us.
The thing that worries me about the cloud is that there is literally nothing preventing cloud providers from deciding that they will charge you every time you want to access a file. Won't happen tomorrow, but next year.. I guess it depends how the profit margin is doing.
Anything with 'cloud' in the name forces you to give up ownership of your files.. stay away, stay far away.