If you don't have any real, considerable programming experience with existing languages, then start by picking up some well known, well supported language like Java or C#. Learn the paradigms, get familiar with design patterns and learn how to maintain a clean codebase. You could do this with Dart as well, but as has been mentioned before, Dart is new, relatively poorly documented and there's little shared experience on forums or blogs and the like.
You see, the point is that there's no real point in wanting to learn one specific language. The language is just a toolbox. The hammer in this toolbox may be slightly different to the hammer in that toolbox. Maybe one toolbox has an automatic nail gun instead of a hammer, or the other toolbox may have a sharper saw, but the concept of building a wooden shed is language transcending. Learn to build the shed and the language will be the means of getting there, not the goal itself. If you know how to build a proper shed, then making the step from C# to Dart or from C++ to JavaScript may not be that much of an issue anymore.
Mod parent up.
I've been thinking the exact same thing.
I saw the comment where someone used some video game that fit two floppies back in in 198x as example of how programmers forgot how to optimize. Tell that to the developers of Rage (a game that comes on 3 DVDs) who manage to stream hundreds of megabytes of texture data at 60 frames per second.
But the problem here isn't computer savvyness. The problem here is people trusting a stranger on the phone coming up with some vague story about their computer. Anyone with half a brain would (should at least) be suspicious of that, computer knowledge or not.
So what is it going to be called? Dart or Dash? The email refers to it as Dash while the older articles refer to it as Dart. It's going to be Dash then, I assume, if Google internally refers to it as Dash?
The liner notes feature a short story by Bowie, the Diary of Nathan Adler, which outlines a somewhat dystopian version of the year 1999 in which the government, through its arts commission, had created a new bureau to investigate the phenomenon of Art Crime. In this future, murder and mutilation of bodies had become a new underground art craze. The main character, Nathan Adler, was in the business of deciding what of this was legally acceptable as art and what was, in a word, trash.
I don't understand these sorts of replies. You may think it's a waste of time, but this guy clearly enjoys fiddling around with electronics, using his hands to craft something unique and using his head to make sure everything works out. Some people like to do all their home-improvement themselves, designing and building their own bathroom or kitchen. Some people like gardening. Some people like to get greasy with the inner bits of cars, Some people spend hours on end playing video games. Why does someone's hobby suddenly need to have a point or be validated against some kind of level of usefulness when it involves computer parts, electronics and little LED lights?
I'm as amazed about that amount of money as you are. $50,000 in a single year isn't all that much. It seems like they're trying to kill a fly with a tank here.
But now you're talking about optimizations on top of the panels placed on a flat surface.
In this experiment he's comparing "unoptimized" flat panels versus tree-panels which, may I remind you, can be considered to be just as unoptimized as the flat panels. What I'm trying to say is that there are probably a handful of really simple small improvements one can make on the sun panel tree to make it output even more power.
Testing game software rarely involves just playing the game.
If you want an employee that's good at playing the game, you want a gameplay designer. id Software has on more than one occasion worked together with professional Quake 3 players to create content that appeals to the wishes of the competitive player.
If I understand correctly, nazi symbols (like the swastika) aren't illegal per se in Germany, as long as they're used in the proper context. Used in entertainment or as a way to promote the nazi ideology is forbidden, but in a historical documentary about what happened in WW2, I don't believe the symbol necessarily need to be blurred out or removed from footage from that era for example.
I'm not German though so I'm not entirely sure about the rulings surrounding such symbols.
The problem isn't that games are too long, it's that there's too many of them I want to play. And I'm no student with too much time on my hands anymore, so I just can't keep up with all these games. The result is that I have to cherry pick my games among them which means that some developers won't get my money because I chose other games even though I still wanted to play their game.
So in that sense it's probably true that if game developers made 2 hour games (or more realistically, something that takes about 8 - 10 hours) for 30 bucks a pop I'd be playing more games than I do now and my gaming money would be spread across more developers.
Ok, that's really not what I meant and frankly quite a retarded thing to say.
Sure, anyone could go work at Starbucks but that's not what this is about is it? The difference is that anyone with an "ordinary" job will have plenty of other companies that can offer him a similar job at better terms. In the music industry, all major labels will screw you over. In that section of the market, there aren't any alternatives. Indie labels are fine and everything, but possibly usually not capable of getting you a chart topping hit. A DIY solution is not hugely realistic, really.
It is still incredibly hard to become a successful (read: profitable) artist without the help of a (major) label. Big artists like Coldplay and Nine Inch Nails can afford to publish their own albums online without a label coming in between because any product with their names tied to it is guaranteed to sell. Starting artists just don't have the budget, the connections or the know-how on promoting their own music or landing gigs in large venues.
You as contractor have a bargaining position. You can afford to walk away. Most artists cannot afford this, simply because in most cases the alternatives are just as bad or worse.
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If you don't have any real, considerable programming experience with existing languages, then start by picking up some well known, well supported language like Java or C#. Learn the paradigms, get familiar with design patterns and learn how to maintain a clean codebase. You could do this with Dart as well, but as has been mentioned before, Dart is new, relatively poorly documented and there's little shared experience on forums or blogs and the like.
You see, the point is that there's no real point in wanting to learn one specific language. The language is just a toolbox. The hammer in this toolbox may be slightly different to the hammer in that toolbox. Maybe one toolbox has an automatic nail gun instead of a hammer, or the other toolbox may have a sharper saw, but the concept of building a wooden shed is language transcending. Learn to build the shed and the language will be the means of getting there, not the goal itself. If you know how to build a proper shed, then making the step from C# to Dart or from C++ to JavaScript may not be that much of an issue anymore.
Mod parent up.
I've been thinking the exact same thing.
I saw the comment where someone used some video game that fit two floppies back in in 198x as example of how programmers forgot how to optimize. Tell that to the developers of Rage (a game that comes on 3 DVDs) who manage to stream hundreds of megabytes of texture data at 60 frames per second.
I don't think hiding explosives is something that falls under privacy rights.
My first thought as well.
Barbra Streisand effect much?
Trent Reznor does not agree.
But the problem here isn't computer savvyness. The problem here is people trusting a stranger on the phone coming up with some vague story about their computer. Anyone with half a brain would (should at least) be suspicious of that, computer knowledge or not.
So what is it going to be called? Dart or Dash? The email refers to it as Dash while the older articles refer to it as Dart. It's going to be Dash then, I assume, if Google internally refers to it as Dash?
From that Wikipedia link:
The liner notes feature a short story by Bowie, the Diary of Nathan Adler, which outlines a somewhat dystopian version of the year 1999 in which the government, through its arts commission, had created a new bureau to investigate the phenomenon of Art Crime. In this future, murder and mutilation of bodies had become a new underground art craze. The main character, Nathan Adler, was in the business of deciding what of this was legally acceptable as art and what was, in a word, trash.
I don't understand these sorts of replies. You may think it's a waste of time, but this guy clearly enjoys fiddling around with electronics, using his hands to craft something unique and using his head to make sure everything works out. Some people like to do all their home-improvement themselves, designing and building their own bathroom or kitchen. Some people like gardening. Some people like to get greasy with the inner bits of cars, Some people spend hours on end playing video games. Why does someone's hobby suddenly need to have a point or be validated against some kind of level of usefulness when it involves computer parts, electronics and little LED lights?
Did OP even browse to the website of this thing? It's called Cosmos, not Cosmo.
I'm as amazed about that amount of money as you are. $50,000 in a single year isn't all that much. It seems like they're trying to kill a fly with a tank here.
But now you're talking about optimizations on top of the panels placed on a flat surface.
In this experiment he's comparing "unoptimized" flat panels versus tree-panels which, may I remind you, can be considered to be just as unoptimized as the flat panels. What I'm trying to say is that there are probably a handful of really simple small improvements one can make on the sun panel tree to make it output even more power.
*tap tap* Does your sarcasm-o-meter still work?
What about those massive black holes that will suck up the entire universe, caused by the LHC? The Daily Mail promised us they would be there.
Testing game software rarely involves just playing the game.
If you want an employee that's good at playing the game, you want a gameplay designer. id Software has on more than one occasion worked together with professional Quake 3 players to create content that appeals to the wishes of the competitive player.
If I understand correctly, nazi symbols (like the swastika) aren't illegal per se in Germany, as long as they're used in the proper context. Used in entertainment or as a way to promote the nazi ideology is forbidden, but in a historical documentary about what happened in WW2, I don't believe the symbol necessarily need to be blurred out or removed from footage from that era for example.
I'm not German though so I'm not entirely sure about the rulings surrounding such symbols.
The problem isn't that games are too long, it's that there's too many of them I want to play. And I'm no student with too much time on my hands anymore, so I just can't keep up with all these games. The result is that I have to cherry pick my games among them which means that some developers won't get my money because I chose other games even though I still wanted to play their game.
So in that sense it's probably true that if game developers made 2 hour games (or more realistically, something that takes about 8 - 10 hours) for 30 bucks a pop I'd be playing more games than I do now and my gaming money would be spread across more developers.
I dunno, but a "brown star"... that shouldn't be too hard, should it?
But everyone has a family member or acquaintance who does have that knowledge, and they won't hesitate to ask "hey can you fix the pirate bay for me".
So you're going for the alternative.... Chrome 12? Internet Explorer 9?
Silly you.
Ok, that's really not what I meant and frankly quite a retarded thing to say.
Sure, anyone could go work at Starbucks but that's not what this is about is it? The difference is that anyone with an "ordinary" job will have plenty of other companies that can offer him a similar job at better terms. In the music industry, all major labels will screw you over. In that section of the market, there aren't any alternatives. Indie labels are fine and everything, but possibly usually not capable of getting you a chart topping hit. A DIY solution is not hugely realistic, really.
I think if all taboos surrounding sexuality are gone, it's not as much fun anymore.
It is still incredibly hard to become a successful (read: profitable) artist without the help of a (major) label. Big artists like Coldplay and Nine Inch Nails can afford to publish their own albums online without a label coming in between because any product with their names tied to it is guaranteed to sell. Starting artists just don't have the budget, the connections or the know-how on promoting their own music or landing gigs in large venues.
You as contractor have a bargaining position. You can afford to walk away. Most artists cannot afford this, simply because in most cases the alternatives are just as bad or worse.