The wife and I use Wunderlist to stay on top of things. The shared feature of it is actually really nice. We run out of something, add it to the groceries list and whomever does the shopping next knows what to get.
And before anyone says "how 'bout you two talk"... It's hard to keep everything straight with 2 busy kid schedules too.
As someone who has done purchasing for the government, part of the training emphasizes accountability to the public. The whole reason there's so many signatures for approval for every penny spent with a GPC is to be able to report this sort of thing when presented with a FOIA. Not to mention being able to tell Congress (through command chain) just how much money was spent and on what. There's more transparency than many realize. With that transparency comes more paperwork validating and approving every step of the process (and thus, more 'wasted money').
That said, there's definitely room for improvement. GPC folks are encouraged (mostly forced) to shop through GSA Advantage, since prices are "pre-competed". Which if you look, you'll find inflated prices for damned near everything. The Gov will gladly spend $150 on a $90 software license because it's through GSA and not NewEgg.
Exactly this. Nurses don't need sick days to get stuff done during normal business hours. I've known nurses that work 12 hour shifts 3 days a week, leaving the other 4 to do whatever they need to do. Play with the kids, get groceries, etc...
Now, having those nurses work 6 hour days? You're talking double the staff. If they did that, I'm sure salaries would go down. Then we have a whole different problem.
Avatar came out in 2009, 8 years ago. You could argue there are some derivative ideas in it (as you could argue for any other work of fiction these days), but it was not a remake, not a sequel/prequel, and not a spin-off.
You mean "Dances with Smurfs"? While Avatar is an enjoyable movie, the story and pacing is near spot-on with "Dances with Wolves" and "FernGully: The Last Rainforest". The plot wasn't just a derivative, it was a copy.
>Sometimes a real dick will perform a much needed public service.
A real dick will, yes, but generally not as a "public" service. Plus, have you ever seen the old Burger King mascot? If that thing has a dick, it would give you nightmares for decades.
I fail to see how that's not a public service. Giving people nightmares about the king would mean fewer people eat at the flame-broiled grease-pit. Their burgers are oily because they are flame broiled on a chain conveyor, are never turned, and the oil/grease just sinks to the bottom of the patty.
It's only good *Mexican* food if you pay for it 3 times. All other foods, you should pay for only once.
Fixes are included in a test build for users to test and accept -- but what if they never do? Leave your best answers in the comments. How woud you stop un-approved code changes from being deployed?
- You set up the central repository to only accept code if it can be merged and results in all tests passing.
I'll expand on this in case anyone is confused. The code itself should be developed alongside unit tests. Whenever a new interface/class is developed, there should be tests built to ensure that *every method* behaves exactly as expected. Java has packages like JUnit, Python has nosetests, and there are others. Lastly, with such a widespread development team, it's imperative you develop coding standards and have management backing them up. Use things like the SOLID design principle, and make sure that code is properly commented.
- You make sure that there is defined code ownership and that people can only change code with a review and with the approval of the owners, also enforced by the source code control system.
Long-term, there are two more things that should happen:
- Developers need to learn how to break up large diffs into many small, individually testable diffs.
- You need to break up your codebase so that it's not a single project with 1Mloc, but 50 small projects with 20kloc each.
I would add accountability too. Linus gets a lot of flack for his often profane in-your-face leadership style, but he has managed to keep the Linux kernel going strong for decades now. He calls out the developers of bad code that break the development rules (principles, structure, behaviors, etc...) and will not accept those changes. If you hold a developer accountable for their crap, they'll shape up or move on. Either way, the project is that much better for keeping people that actually care about the end result.
Because these facts ignore other problems that Edge has. I've experienced slowdown, improper coloring, improper page layout (to the point of unusable) and a handful of other strange behaviors on a regular basis. I switched to Chrome because it just plain works.
So you can save battery life, but at what other costs? I'd rather get crap done than reload a page 100 times or wait 2 minutes for it to render.
Yes really. Every website that has a like button has facebooks tendrils in it. If you don't have an explicit sign-in, a random ID is associated with you and they keep track of your browsing habits (every page you visit that you can like). Once you create an account and sign-in, then that random ID is associated with the real you, and you get some semblance of control.
Of course, you are the product for Facebook, so *control* is a very vague, loosely defined term.
In the 'States you're subject to Federal Taxes, State Taxes (in most states), Sales Tax, Property Tax, not to mention paycheck hits like Social Security, Health Insurance (for those that provide it), then there are tax exemptions (head of household, # dependents, etc...).
I mentioned before that the U.S. is nowhere near comparable to other countries. We actually lean toward personal wealth, the greater good be damned. That's also why the billionaires get away with paying so little in taxes, there's things like the AMT (make over X, pay only Y), and other loopholes that they can exploit.
While we in the 'States are paying ~25% Fed, 10% State,. ~7% sales, and 10% of property value in prop tax. I also pay ~11% for the top healthcare provided by my employer... That's still a far cry from the 25% + 40% you mention.
I think part of the issue is Radio. Most "radio mix" songs are on the order of 3:30 or less. I know very little about the industry, but it seems like they want to cram more songs into a given time segment, so shorter is the way to go. That way they can keep their near 50/50 ratio of songs/ads. (also why I don't listen to radio anymore).
Look at bands like Dream Theater, most of their songs are 8+ minutes, a few are over 20 min, and it's no wonder they don't get radio time. They have a 3:30 instrumental in the beginning, middle, or end of most of their songs (sometimes all 3).
It still dumbfounds me that people/companies will spend a few hundred dollars then not show up. Granted many can get refunded/shuffled around, but still. If I spend $400 to go somewhere, I treat that as a contract between myself and the airline. You can be damn sure I'll be there.
i was on the shuttle to campus during undergrad and there were a few people on the phone. One girl in particular stood out because she was bickering with her (i assume) boyfriend. Of course, the whole shuttle gets quiet right when she blurts out "No! I do not have time for a quickie!". Then she realized everyone was looking at her and quickly ended her call.
On a more serious note, I can't even stand those people that get on their phone immediately when landing. That email or phone call can wait the three minutes it takes to get off the plane. Nobody is going to die because you didn't answer that text. Be a respectful member of society and keep the electronic tether in your pocket until you get off the giant metal echo chamber.
Ummm... no, he doesn't. Article II of the United States Constitution defines the President's job. Most prominently, he's the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces. Considering the Pres is defined in the Constitution and most of the gov employee labor laws are subject to the Department of Labor... I would guess that Congress or the Supreme Court would be the only ones that could do any disciplinary action.
It also says that the President isn't immune to being "removed from office" should he be found guilty of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. That whole checks and balances thing.
It's amazing how quickly we forget about our own Constitution. The same document that created the job for the President protects the public's right to criticize him. Sure, we can't overtly slander or libel him, but we can say a lot of other things.
IANAL, but Penn and Teller said it well on their show BS: "To call someone an idiot or a moron is defamatory and you open yourself up to a lawsuit. But to call them an asshole or motherfucker, you're expressing an opinion and you're pretty much in the clear."
AC does have a bit of a point, but it's not necessarily the score-keeping that's the problem.
If anything, this "everybody gets a ribbon" bullshit is training people to always expect to 'win' or get something out of the competition. When that expectation is broken, they act out. Combine that with the constant praise for mediocrity ("Look at how fast he's eating that sand!" "well, my kid ate 2 bottles of glue...") and we have a people that treat that one unique thing they have way too seriously. I've seen grown adults lose their shit over kickball. A friendly game, no money on the line, no penalties or rewards of any kind, and you have a grown-ass-man yelling at his adult team for missing a catch or throwing to the wrong person.
Sure, it's not overt "i'ma kill everybody" violence, but it is still unnecessarily hostile.
I guess you haven't watched TV lately. Samsung has spent a hell of a lot of money on advertising to show the "rigorous testing" they put their phones through. Including puncturing the battery, heat-soaking, cold-soaking, and humidity testing the phone.
Sad part is people will forget about the recall in a year or two and go right back to their old ways.
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The wife and I use Wunderlist to stay on top of things. The shared feature of it is actually really nice. We run out of something, add it to the groceries list and whomever does the shopping next knows what to get.
And before anyone says "how 'bout you two talk"... It's hard to keep everything straight with 2 busy kid schedules too.
Does distributing the original game even matter when developers can take the source and create something awesome from it?
There are free games built on those engines, like Nexuiz, Reaction, Tremulous, etc... You just need to look.
As someone who has done purchasing for the government, part of the training emphasizes accountability to the public. The whole reason there's so many signatures for approval for every penny spent with a GPC is to be able to report this sort of thing when presented with a FOIA. Not to mention being able to tell Congress (through command chain) just how much money was spent and on what. There's more transparency than many realize. With that transparency comes more paperwork validating and approving every step of the process (and thus, more 'wasted money').
That said, there's definitely room for improvement. GPC folks are encouraged (mostly forced) to shop through GSA Advantage, since prices are "pre-competed". Which if you look, you'll find inflated prices for damned near everything. The Gov will gladly spend $150 on a $90 software license because it's through GSA and not NewEgg.
Exactly this. Nurses don't need sick days to get stuff done during normal business hours. I've known nurses that work 12 hour shifts 3 days a week, leaving the other 4 to do whatever they need to do. Play with the kids, get groceries, etc...
Now, having those nurses work 6 hour days? You're talking double the staff. If they did that, I'm sure salaries would go down. Then we have a whole different problem.
well damn, shows me for not verifying my 3-second google searches. They lied to me!
Not borrowed stolen. James Cameron admitted it himself, and he won a plagiarism lawsuit because of it.
Avatar came out in 2009, 8 years ago. You could argue there are some derivative ideas in it (as you could argue for any other work of fiction these days), but it was not a remake, not a sequel/prequel, and not a spin-off.
You mean "Dances with Smurfs"? While Avatar is an enjoyable movie, the story and pacing is near spot-on with "Dances with Wolves" and "FernGully: The Last Rainforest". The plot wasn't just a derivative, it was a copy.
So MS and Google implemented the evil bit and didn't tell anyone?
I have no idea who to trust anymore...
>Sometimes a real dick will perform a much needed public service.
A real dick will, yes, but generally not as a "public" service. Plus, have you ever seen the old Burger King mascot? If that thing has a dick, it would give you nightmares for decades.
I fail to see how that's not a public service. Giving people nightmares about the king would mean fewer people eat at the flame-broiled grease-pit. Their burgers are oily because they are flame broiled on a chain conveyor, are never turned, and the oil/grease just sinks to the bottom of the patty.
It's only good *Mexican* food if you pay for it 3 times. All other foods, you should pay for only once.
- You set up the central repository to only accept code if it can be merged and results in all tests passing.
I'll expand on this in case anyone is confused. The code itself should be developed alongside unit tests. Whenever a new interface/class is developed, there should be tests built to ensure that *every method* behaves exactly as expected. Java has packages like JUnit, Python has nosetests, and there are others. Lastly, with such a widespread development team, it's imperative you develop coding standards and have management backing them up. Use things like the SOLID design principle, and make sure that code is properly commented.
- You make sure that there is defined code ownership and that people can only change code with a review and with the approval of the owners, also enforced by the source code control system.
Long-term, there are two more things that should happen:
- Developers need to learn how to break up large diffs into many small, individually testable diffs.
- You need to break up your codebase so that it's not a single project with 1Mloc, but 50 small projects with 20kloc each.
I would add accountability too. Linus gets a lot of flack for his often profane in-your-face leadership style, but he has managed to keep the Linux kernel going strong for decades now. He calls out the developers of bad code that break the development rules (principles, structure, behaviors, etc...) and will not accept those changes. If you hold a developer accountable for their crap, they'll shape up or move on. Either way, the project is that much better for keeping people that actually care about the end result.
Because these facts ignore other problems that Edge has. I've experienced slowdown, improper coloring, improper page layout (to the point of unusable) and a handful of other strange behaviors on a regular basis. I switched to Chrome because it just plain works.
So you can save battery life, but at what other costs? I'd rather get crap done than reload a page 100 times or wait 2 minutes for it to render.
Yes really. Every website that has a like button has facebooks tendrils in it. If you don't have an explicit sign-in, a random ID is associated with you and they keep track of your browsing habits (every page you visit that you can like). Once you create an account and sign-in, then that random ID is associated with the real you, and you get some semblance of control.
Of course, you are the product for Facebook, so *control* is a very vague, loosely defined term.
Yup. Pretty sure yesterday was Monday: Round 2. At least some folks know what I meant.
In the 'States you're subject to Federal Taxes, State Taxes (in most states), Sales Tax, Property Tax, not to mention paycheck hits like Social Security, Health Insurance (for those that provide it), then there are tax exemptions (head of household, # dependents, etc...).
I mentioned before that the U.S. is nowhere near comparable to other countries. We actually lean toward personal wealth, the greater good be damned. That's also why the billionaires get away with paying so little in taxes, there's things like the AMT (make over X, pay only Y), and other loopholes that they can exploit.
While we in the 'States are paying ~25% Fed, 10% State,. ~7% sales, and 10% of property value in prop tax. I also pay ~11% for the top healthcare provided by my employer... That's still a far cry from the 25% + 40% you mention.
I think part of the issue is Radio. Most "radio mix" songs are on the order of 3:30 or less. I know very little about the industry, but it seems like they want to cram more songs into a given time segment, so shorter is the way to go. That way they can keep their near 50/50 ratio of songs/ads. (also why I don't listen to radio anymore).
Look at bands like Dream Theater, most of their songs are 8+ minutes, a few are over 20 min, and it's no wonder they don't get radio time. They have a 3:30 instrumental in the beginning, middle, or end of most of their songs (sometimes all 3).
When these guys start doing something people hate, someone will fork and make it good again. Just look at Apache->MariaDB or OpenOffice->LibreOffice.
It still dumbfounds me that people/companies will spend a few hundred dollars then not show up. Granted many can get refunded/shuffled around, but still. If I spend $400 to go somewhere, I treat that as a contract between myself and the airline. You can be damn sure I'll be there.
Think of the gems though!
i was on the shuttle to campus during undergrad and there were a few people on the phone. One girl in particular stood out because she was bickering with her (i assume) boyfriend. Of course, the whole shuttle gets quiet right when she blurts out "No! I do not have time for a quickie!". Then she realized everyone was looking at her and quickly ended her call.
On a more serious note, I can't even stand those people that get on their phone immediately when landing. That email or phone call can wait the three minutes it takes to get off the plane. Nobody is going to die because you didn't answer that text. Be a respectful member of society and keep the electronic tether in your pocket until you get off the giant metal echo chamber.
bah, and I even misquoted. Mondays...
Nothing like "pissing off your best customers to make more profits" as a business model, is it.
"It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Lets see how it works for them" source
Ummm... no, he doesn't. Article II of the United States Constitution defines the President's job. Most prominently, he's the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces. Considering the Pres is defined in the Constitution and most of the gov employee labor laws are subject to the Department of Labor... I would guess that Congress or the Supreme Court would be the only ones that could do any disciplinary action.
It also says that the President isn't immune to being "removed from office" should he be found guilty of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. That whole checks and balances thing.
It's amazing how quickly we forget about our own Constitution. The same document that created the job for the President protects the public's right to criticize him. Sure, we can't overtly slander or libel him, but we can say a lot of other things.
IANAL, but Penn and Teller said it well on their show BS: "To call someone an idiot or a moron is defamatory and you open yourself up to a lawsuit. But to call them an asshole or motherfucker, you're expressing an opinion and you're pretty much in the clear."
If the universe is running on Windows, that would explain a hell of a lot. Trump would be like a blue screen for Earth.
Orange Screen, actually.
AC does have a bit of a point, but it's not necessarily the score-keeping that's the problem.
If anything, this "everybody gets a ribbon" bullshit is training people to always expect to 'win' or get something out of the competition. When that expectation is broken, they act out. Combine that with the constant praise for mediocrity ("Look at how fast he's eating that sand!" "well, my kid ate 2 bottles of glue...") and we have a people that treat that one unique thing they have way too seriously. I've seen grown adults lose their shit over kickball. A friendly game, no money on the line, no penalties or rewards of any kind, and you have a grown-ass-man yelling at his adult team for missing a catch or throwing to the wrong person.
Sure, it's not overt "i'ma kill everybody" violence, but it is still unnecessarily hostile.
I guess you haven't watched TV lately. Samsung has spent a hell of a lot of money on advertising to show the "rigorous testing" they put their phones through. Including puncturing the battery, heat-soaking, cold-soaking, and humidity testing the phone.
Sad part is people will forget about the recall in a year or two and go right back to their old ways.