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  1. Re:Missing the point (as usual) on Programmers Are Confessing Their Coding Sins To Protest a Broken Job Interview Process (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Hell, no.
    I don't want crappy error prone, terribly formatted code "that gets job done".
    I don't want to do overtime to find bugs in that shit (because the genius that wrote the crap fails to fix shit within a week) either.

    Ages ago, researchers like Richard Brooks discovered that even within experienced teams, productivity might vary by an order of magnitude.
    Things haven't changed since.

  2. If you actively program in python on Programmers Are Confessing Their Coding Sins To Protest a Broken Job Interview Process (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    You will know how to check string length.

    That some dude at Google with 30 years of experience, who is likely not coding much, let alone in Python, doesn't know how that works, tells nothing. (oh, I don't know how either, but I'm pythoning only to fix a thing or two in my enigma2 sat receiver)

    This whole thing sounds like someone fails to get people in on merit and wants to somehow justify using "other ways".

  3. This card is basically their former 1199$ card on NVIDIA Unveils Its $700 Top of the Line GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Graphics Card (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    This card is basically their former 1199$ card with minor differences.

    Chip size is the same (471mm^2)
    Shader cound is the same.
    Memory bus is a bit smaller, so you end up with weirdo 11Gb vs 12Gb on original card.
    Memory speed is a bit faster.

    Claimed performance essentially is "faster than Titan".

    It is both faster than expected and cheaper than expected (it costs as older and significantly slower 314mm^2 1080 at launch)

    My bet they are trying to steal AMD Vega thunder (expected in Q2, possibly in May), which also is about 500mm^2 monster chip with superior memory (HBM2).

  4. Most stats claimed by 3rd/4th wave of feminists are vastly exaggerated, that's why you don't see a lot of things that are claimed to be oh so common.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  5. Re:Two things I don't understand on Female Engineer Sues Tesla, Describing a Culture Of 'Pervasive Harassment' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, especially those twice less likely to get prison sentence in, otherwise, the same circumstances, besides, I bet your pardon, having vagina and not penis,.

  6. There is that lovely "Women are wonderful" effect on Female Engineer Sues Tesla, Describing a Culture Of 'Pervasive Harassment' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting
  7. Re:Shop mentality vs office mentality on Female Engineer Sues Tesla, Describing a Culture Of 'Pervasive Harassment' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I work in automotive industry and I call bullshit.

  8. 1) That people would know the difference between sexual advance and harassment (note how you often can't know in advance if it is wanted or not)
    2) That in boss => subordinate scenario, top to bottom sexual advancement should be considered outright harassment (for apparent reasons)

  9. No, the problem for Clinton was that he lied in court about his relationships with Monica Lewinski.

    He got away with it claiming that brief sexual encounter he had with her was not "sexual relationship".

    Adultery as such, was none of congress's business, it's solely Mrs Clinton's area.

  10. Well, in Germany, for instance, it is normal to be naked in sauna (in fact, not being naked is not normal) and most saunas are mixed most of the time (some have "women days" some have a couple of "women only" rooms).

    Might have something to do with FKK:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    It feels awkward in the beginning, but you quickly get used to it.

    Seeing topless women on a usual beach filled with Europeans isn't particularly unusual either.

  11. The whole "demo" thing is wrong on Hacker Dumps iOS Cracking Tools Allegedly Stolen From Cellebrite (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    As FBI asked for for signed executable that could have checked serial number of the phone and would have been useless on other phones.

  12. It says you can't use entangled state (they only "spooky action in the distance" we know, to transfer information.
    (which tells me hidden variables theory still has a chance, note that Bell's covers only certain subset of possible HVT)
    Something else might come in the future, sure, but it won't be quantum mechanics as we know it.

  13. Re:So Oracle discriminated on Labor Department Sues Oracle For Paying White Men More (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Another notable (discrimination) fact:
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

  14. So Oracle discriminated on Labor Department Sues Oracle For Paying White Men More (usatoday.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Against Asians, but at the same time, on different aspect, against everyone else in favor of Asians.
    That's quite discriminatory indeed, albeit, not quite logical.

  15. Do whites earn more than asians? on Millennials Earn 20 Percent Less Than Boomers Did At Same Stage of Life (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I find it curious that asians are often omitted in such articles.

  16. Re:Govt wants free money on Amazon Just Got Slapped With a $1 Million Fine For Misleading Pricing (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Huh? I'm pretty sure I see MSRP prices on both German and UK amazon:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-...

  17. New model is due soon, that's likely the main reason sales tanked.

  18. AMD also applies stricter rules, e.g. LFC must be supported to get FreeSync 2 certified, etc.

  19. It's a certification that ensures:

    1) certain refresh rate range (higher than FreeSync 1)
    2) that monitor supports LFC (further increasing supported refresh rates)
    3) that monitor supports HDR
    4) that if game engine bothered, HDR output will be supported WITHOUT forcing in-monitor chips to do re-calculation of colors, straight out of GPU

  20. Re:twitter feed on GamerGate Critic Brianna Wu To Run For Congress (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Rogue One is about bunch of people, only one of them woman (with one of the pretties faces in Hollywood, mind you) and no clear leader, bar awkward "inspiring speech". What is feminist about it?

    On the opposite, Mad Max has that about all women in the movie being either victims or members of wise group of people of certain gender that tried to save civilization from male savages. Oh, and it was not about Mad Max at all. Not sure why you called it feminist nightmare, I'm pretty sure most western "feminists" out there quite enjoyed it.

  21. Re:FP16 isn't even meant for computation on AMD Introduces Radeon Instinct Machine Intelligence Accelerators (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    This is aimed at "deep learning" and 16 bit is just what they need.

  22. Re:What year it is, you fucking paid shill?!! on AMD's Major Radeon Software Graphics Driver Update Goes Live With Gameplay Capture, More (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should stop living in a shack out there somewhere.
    4 month after launch 480 pulled ahead of 1060:
    http://www.hardwarecanucks.com...

    470 trounced 1050Ti (30% faster) from the very beginning;

  23. Re:Are they making the Nvidia Experience mistake? on AMD's Major Radeon Software Graphics Driver Update Goes Live With Gameplay Capture, More (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, and 480 just took over 1060, 4 months after release:
    http://www.hardwarecanucks.com...

    470 wiped the floor with 1050Ti (+30%-ish perf) upfront.

  24. Re:Are they making the Nvidia Experience mistake? on AMD's Major Radeon Software Graphics Driver Update Goes Live With Gameplay Capture, More (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    AMD is going the opposite of "bloatware". Crimson drivers are sleek and small.