The worst you can do is hire someone who is a syntax dictionary but can't solve problems. They are common. They'll pass your simple test handily, and then go on to write some impressive, buzzword-compliant code for you that doesn't solve the problem you gave them, or can't be completed on a realistic budget because it has to be just so and use this and this and this technology. Or they'll exhaustively solve the problem you give them using the first approach that comes to mind, leaving you with overly complex, inefficient code that you can't afford to fix because they used up all the budget and time, plus some.
Processing is an open-source language. The article assumes you knew this common verb, especially common in programming, was also a noun and the name of a language.
You've hit on why most programmers suck. They think programming is about syntax and logic. Kinda like a carpenter who thinks his job is about hammers and saws.
That's just geek dogma, and some of it is just incorrect.
The fundamental flaw is price, as a nearly full-price ebook makes you miss those things. If it was cheaper you might be willing to sacrifice those things, as most of the value of a book is in your own use in your own lifetime.
I say "might be willing", because obviously if this stuff is dogma for you, you wouldn't be willing.
I touchpad like Apple's Magic Trackpad would be beneficial for Windows 8 uptake. There are a couple on the market but I don't know how well they work. They might need support from Microsoft to be truly as good as Apple's is on the Mac.
Next, make a mid-size keyboard. That is, a keyboard with the standard inverted T arrow arrangement with the page, delete, end, etc buttons above it, but without the numeric keypad. A keyboard between the compact ones and the full-size ones. Why? So you can place the trackpad next to the keyboard and still have room for a mouse.
I use my Magic Trackpad almost exclusively on the Mac, but there are a couple things for which a mouse is better. A more compact but still full-featured keyboard would make it easier to have both available.
Posts like this are really starting to annoy me. Actually some people do care. They're called people who read slashdot. And the people who read slashdot don't really give a shit that 99% of the population does not give a shit. Do you know why? Because we are smarter, more educated and have longer attention spans.
And they also have a more insular, mostly online social circle that is childishly offended that other people dare disagree with them.
Curious that you got modded insightful rather than funny. I hope you were joking.
Thing is, too many "in the field" can code better than they can receive instruction, argue a better solution, or describe their progress. The result is they solve the wrong problem. That's not a good thing.
A PSU has a power efficiency curve that looks like this. That article also explains what I'm about to summarize:
Pick a PSU that is no more powerful than you need, to keep your system in the middle of that curve, for maximum efficiency. 100% margin is more than plenty, so if your components will use 250W max, you don't need a 900W PSU. Look for something in the 500 range, or even less if you pick a good-quality PSU.
You probably won't be able to make a cost argument for maximizing efficiency, but you can build a quieter system focusing on efficiency, and it's quite satisfying obsessing over something different.
1920x1440, at about 27", would play HD video without scaling, with vertical space left over, and give me vertical space for coding, page layout, etc. And it'd be 4:3.
No, real world analogy would be, "See that car around the corner? It's unlocked and you don't need a key to start it. You're welcome." = Trafficking in stolen vehicles
I also see this more in Java due to the checked exceptions -- who hasn't seen something like try {...} catch (Exception e) {}// Make the compiler shut up
Free software doesn't spy on you? Everything Google, and much that is in the Android app store, says he's wrong. Did he not notice the barn is already half empty?
Come back and apologize when you realize you have no control over the device that you own, and all your music got hosed because the company in charge of your DRM-ridden music had a bad year.
You have no clue, do you? Neither Amazon nor Apple are DRM-ing their music these days. Very old news. Keep up.
I you find a piece of software that does have an unnecessary constraint, you are free to modify that software to suit your needs.
Freedom to be limited to software choices that need fixing. Freedom to do things the hard way.
Just because you lack the necessary skill set, and the motivation to acquire it,
Freedom to get help from condescending jerks. I already covered that.
See, you didn't realize I have the necessary skill set to code my own solutions. You just presumed you know something I don't.
Listen, I think it's great that you have the freedom to do things the hard way. I think it's great that a tiny minority of the world's tech consumers are well-served by platforms that allow them to roll their own. I think it's great that there is competition in the market.
What mystifies me is why you care so much about the choices I make. And it amuses me that you think they are non-choices, because I can't modify them. As if that's something many people want to do.
I'm so tired of hearing OSS fanatics tell me I'm not free. What, exactly, am I not free to do?
Install your OS on my device? Why the hell would I want to do that? Shop in your app store? Why the hell would I want to do that? Have you not noticed you app store kinda sucks? Install music moving it between folders? Why the hell would I want to do that? Use Gimp? Oops, I *can* do that. If for some damned reason I wanted to.
Freedom to do things the hard way? Freedom to not use professional tools? Freedom to get help from condescending jerks?
If there's a disagreement have a discussion, and requirement for the kids to persuade each other/ come to unanimous agreement on which console they want.
IOW, one vote for boxing gloves instead of a console.
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I remember in college having to immediately step out from under the shower as soon as I heard a toilet flush. It was an old dorm.
The worst you can do is hire someone who is a syntax dictionary but can't solve problems.
And it's these people who are most enthusiastic about giving these tests.
The worst you can do is hire someone who is a syntax dictionary but can't solve problems. They are common. They'll pass your simple test handily, and then go on to write some impressive, buzzword-compliant code for you that doesn't solve the problem you gave them, or can't be completed on a realistic budget because it has to be just so and use this and this and this technology. Or they'll exhaustively solve the problem you give them using the first approach that comes to mind, leaving you with overly complex, inefficient code that you can't afford to fix because they used up all the budget and time, plus some.
Processing is an open-source language. The article assumes you knew this common verb, especially common in programming, was also a noun and the name of a language.
...do I have to read before I have any idea what the book is about? Crappiest book review ever. Is the book of similar caliber?
You've hit on why most programmers suck. They think programming is about syntax and logic. Kinda like a carpenter who thinks his job is about hammers and saws.
That's just geek dogma, and some of it is just incorrect.
The fundamental flaw is price, as a nearly full-price ebook makes you miss those things. If it was cheaper you might be willing to sacrifice those things, as most of the value of a book is in your own use in your own lifetime.
I say "might be willing", because obviously if this stuff is dogma for you, you wouldn't be willing.
I touchpad like Apple's Magic Trackpad would be beneficial for Windows 8 uptake. There are a couple on the market but I don't know how well they work. They might need support from Microsoft to be truly as good as Apple's is on the Mac.
Next, make a mid-size keyboard. That is, a keyboard with the standard inverted T arrow arrangement with the page, delete, end, etc buttons above it, but without the numeric keypad. A keyboard between the compact ones and the full-size ones. Why? So you can place the trackpad next to the keyboard and still have room for a mouse.
I use my Magic Trackpad almost exclusively on the Mac, but there are a couple things for which a mouse is better. A more compact but still full-featured keyboard would make it easier to have both available.
Posts like this are really starting to annoy me.
Actually some people do care. They're called people who read slashdot. And the people who read slashdot don't really give a shit that 99% of the population does not give a shit. Do you know why? Because we are smarter, more educated and have longer attention spans.
And they also have a more insular, mostly online social circle that is childishly offended that other people dare disagree with them.
Curious that you got modded insightful rather than funny. I hope you were joking.
Thing is, too many "in the field" can code better than they can receive instruction, argue a better solution, or describe their progress. The result is they solve the wrong problem. That's not a good thing.
A PSU has a power efficiency curve that looks like this. That article also explains what I'm about to summarize:
Pick a PSU that is no more powerful than you need, to keep your system in the middle of that curve, for maximum efficiency. 100% margin is more than plenty, so if your components will use 250W max, you don't need a 900W PSU. Look for something in the 500 range, or even less if you pick a good-quality PSU.
You probably won't be able to make a cost argument for maximizing efficiency, but you can build a quieter system focusing on efficiency, and it's quite satisfying obsessing over something different.
1920x1440, at about 27", would play HD video without scaling, with vertical space left over, and give me vertical space for coding, page layout, etc. And it'd be 4:3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggravation_(law)
Copy from this IRC, paste to this IRC.
Better hurry up and add this brilliant rebuttal to the two other posts essentially just like mine.
No, real world analogy would be, "See that car around the corner? It's unlocked and you don't need a key to start it. You're welcome." = Trafficking in stolen vehicles
I also see this more in Java due to the checked exceptions -- who hasn't seen something like // Make the compiler shut up
try {...} catch (Exception e) {}
So, you can write PHP in Java? Awesome!
With all else that article had to say, the entire summary was about copyright? Hot button much?
Free software doesn't spy on you? Everything Google, and much that is in the Android app store, says he's wrong. Did he not notice the barn is already half empty?
Come back and apologize when you realize you have no control over the device that you own, and all your music got hosed because the company in charge of your DRM-ridden music had a bad year.
You have no clue, do you? Neither Amazon nor Apple are DRM-ing their music these days. Very old news. Keep up.
Freedom to be limited to software choices that need fixing. Freedom to do things the hard way.
Just because you lack the necessary skill set, and the motivation to acquire it,
Freedom to get help from condescending jerks. I already covered that.
See, you didn't realize I have the necessary skill set to code my own solutions. You just presumed you know something I don't.
Listen, I think it's great that you have the freedom to do things the hard way. I think it's great that a tiny minority of the world's tech consumers are well-served by platforms that allow them to roll their own. I think it's great that there is competition in the market.
What mystifies me is why you care so much about the choices I make. And it amuses me that you think they are non-choices, because I can't modify them. As if that's something many people want to do.
BTW, I'm an iOS developer. I *can* roll my own.
It galls people to pay a living wage to people they don't respect. It doesn't help when so many "in IT" work so hard at earning that disrespect.
I'm so tired of hearing OSS fanatics tell me I'm not free. What, exactly, am I not free to do?
Install your OS on my device? Why the hell would I want to do that?
Shop in your app store? Why the hell would I want to do that? Have you not noticed you app store kinda sucks?
Install music moving it between folders? Why the hell would I want to do that?
Use Gimp? Oops, I *can* do that. If for some damned reason I wanted to.
Freedom to do things the hard way? Freedom to not use professional tools? Freedom to get help from condescending jerks?
What, precisely, am I not free to do?
If there's a disagreement have a discussion, and requirement for the kids to persuade each other/
come to unanimous agreement on which console they want.
IOW, one vote for boxing gloves instead of a console.
This *is* a dank alley, silly.