Sometimes I wish the buzzword for it was "computer mediated reality" instead of "augmented reality." Will your reality really be that much better because of these tools?
Excel crashes, Exchange has quirks, Apache conf files can be a headache, and 75% of the operating system installs I've done have resulted in some level of headaches, whether Windows or Linux. Most human beings don't have the time, skills, or inclination to deal with these problems. While I've never witnessed this Windows vs. Linux argument happen in a fair and non-evangelical way, I think acknowledging that these costs exist for all software is a first step.
As a child in the suburbs during the 1990s, that was my experience: don't ride your bike more than five blocks away because you might get kidnapped or something. And once I became a teenager, riding bikes was uncool and just for "nerds" without cars.
After spending most of this decade in the city, it's easy to look back at my teenage years and laugh at how ridiculous that was, but if I had felt comfortable riding a bike around my suburb, I'm sure I would have had a vastly different experience as I was first learning how to interact with the world as a self-realizing individual.
I don't find that communication helps much, but it may just be my situation. I miss deadlines constantly because I have a job that is (in theory) equal parts deadline-driven code generation, and crisis-driven maintenance and administration.
I feel your pain. I'm in a similar situation.
The worst part is that every success I have (such as smoothly finishing a project way ahead of schedule) is seen as a reason NOT to hire additional help, while every failure I have (glaring bugs or unresolved support tickets) creates tension for everyone.
As someone who works with people in the finance industry, I can tell you that a very common conversation opener is, "Did you see that article in the Journal this morning?" It's not so much about the quality of the article in question as it is about creating and building relationships based off of shared experiences. And relationships are perhaps the most coveted resource in this business.
Please STOP spreading this racist, unfounded meme. While Mexico is a developing nation with a "poor" health care system, hospitals in Mexico City and elsewhere are modern, with up-to-date equipment and well-trained personnel. While pollution is a problem, not necessarily more so than in parts of New York City or LA, especially in the downtown zones under the new environmental rules. Significant advances in air quality have been made in the past 10 years, under AMLO and Ebrard.
There is no clear, obvious reason for a higher morality rate across Mexico, including and especially in the downtown Mexico City hospitals, than in the US.
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I'm pretty sure just about everyone in the United States calls it "nookie" but gives it roughly the same definition.
Sometimes I wish the buzzword for it was "computer mediated reality" instead of "augmented reality." Will your reality really be that much better because of these tools?
Excel crashes, Exchange has quirks, Apache conf files can be a headache, and 75% of the operating system installs I've done have resulted in some level of headaches, whether Windows or Linux. Most human beings don't have the time, skills, or inclination to deal with these problems. While I've never witnessed this Windows vs. Linux argument happen in a fair and non-evangelical way, I think acknowledging that these costs exist for all software is a first step.
I also love the sound of cassettes, but poll a bunch of teenagers today and they'll find the cold compression artifacts of 128kbps mp3s more comfortable than the warm buzzy hiss of your old tapes.
I freak the hell out whenever I start typing a password and suddenly realize I'm typing in an unmasked textbox.
As a child in the suburbs during the 1990s, that was my experience: don't ride your bike more than five blocks away because you might get kidnapped or something. And once I became a teenager, riding bikes was uncool and just for "nerds" without cars. After spending most of this decade in the city, it's easy to look back at my teenage years and laugh at how ridiculous that was, but if I had felt comfortable riding a bike around my suburb, I'm sure I would have had a vastly different experience as I was first learning how to interact with the world as a self-realizing individual.
I don't find that communication helps much, but it may just be my situation. I miss deadlines constantly because I have a job that is (in theory) equal parts deadline-driven code generation, and crisis-driven maintenance and administration.
I feel your pain. I'm in a similar situation. The worst part is that every success I have (such as smoothly finishing a project way ahead of schedule) is seen as a reason NOT to hire additional help, while every failure I have (glaring bugs or unresolved support tickets) creates tension for everyone.
As someone who works with people in the finance industry, I can tell you that a very common conversation opener is, "Did you see that article in the Journal this morning?" It's not so much about the quality of the article in question as it is about creating and building relationships based off of shared experiences. And relationships are perhaps the most coveted resource in this business.
Coders don't design faulty business logic. Coders code what they are told to code.
But the best coders have the guts to point out problems in business logic if they discover any in the design or implementation processes.
Please STOP spreading this racist, unfounded meme. While Mexico is a developing nation with a "poor" health care system, hospitals in Mexico City and elsewhere are modern, with up-to-date equipment and well-trained personnel. While pollution is a problem, not necessarily more so than in parts of New York City or LA, especially in the downtown zones under the new environmental rules. Significant advances in air quality have been made in the past 10 years, under AMLO and Ebrard.
There is no clear, obvious reason for a higher morality rate across Mexico, including and especially in the downtown Mexico City hospitals, than in the US.
Really? I'd think that having minimal running water for days at a time could be a problem. Also, how about a population density that's over seven times that of New York City?