You don't need huge institutes and government funding to do AI. The major government-sponsored AI initiatives have been largely wasted, whereas commercial AI is getting serious traction.
I was just saying, "You know, C++ is too straightforward, and there are too few ways to get things done. It needs a few more keywords and paradigms to make it make it work."
I've been waiting for AT&T Gigapower to come to my neighborhood in the middle of a large city in the 2 years since it was announced. Yes, they have to string wires etc. But there seems to be more focus on announcements and less on actual availability.
I have a dual-wan router split with AT&T and Comcast; the latter is faster, but goes down 2x/day. I'll pay for fiber -- come on, take my money!
Can't it just be "it was really neat down there and we found some awesome new bugs"? Does it always have to have implications for the origins of life on earth and other planets?" Stupid press release writers. Come'on - it's the frickin' Marriana Trench. You don't have to draw "deeper" implications.
I'd offer advice, but you mentioned "I've just spent the majority of my adult life coding, with no other major skills to fall back on". That's your problem. If a developer is not continually growing skills outside of just cutting code, they only be cutting code until the day they grow obsolete. Which is usually pretty quick.
Have you learned an industry? Learned how to manage a project? Developers can move into product development consultant or general management. But if you have 20 years experience doing the same thing over and over again...good luck.
A well written review from the poster. My shorter one: If you were to drop this book into a black hole, the information content of the universe would not change.
Lesson learned: there is no market for proprietary CPUs on MPP supercomputers. It's gone. If Cray and SGI couldn't do it, how are a couple guys from DEC and Novell going to pull it off? It's always sad when someone's dream fails, but come'on guys. You're pursuing a 15-years-ago market, just like DEC and Novell did when they died (okay, Novell exists, but it is irrelevant).
Supercomputers are commodity processors increasingly in commodity boxes running commodity open-source software. A supercomputer running slower processors is not going to cut it.
I like to mark important stuff with a highlighter, and stick Post-it bookmarks on important pages and sections. Does the Kindle support that?
Yes, it does. Not actual highlighting and notes, of course, but you can highlight and add notes using the keyboard. And unlike your Post-It's, they are saved permanently.
and will always be. It is not, however, always popular. To the extent CS attracts people who are not interested in Computers, or Science, but only better employment prospects, that is a shame. Why can't they study MIS or art history or something?
The standard unit of measure is # servers supported per administrator. Now that doesn't help identify whether a specific admin is any good, but it does provide a comparison cost.
The lawsuits will proceed, so long as there is any chance of getting money. In fact, many companies live long after bankruptcy just in lawsuits -- witness Enron, for example.
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You don't need huge institutes and government funding to do AI. The major government-sponsored AI initiatives have been largely wasted, whereas commercial AI is getting serious traction.
I was just saying, "You know, C++ is too straightforward, and there are too few ways to get things done. It needs a few more keywords and paradigms to make it make it work."
What a freakin' mess.
I've been waiting for AT&T Gigapower to come to my neighborhood in the middle of a large city in the 2 years since it was announced. Yes, they have to string wires etc. But there seems to be more focus on announcements and less on actual availability.
I have a dual-wan router split with AT&T and Comcast; the latter is faster, but goes down 2x/day. I'll pay for fiber -- come on, take my money!
IT departments will look like that. IT is just one big TPS forever.
If there's a movie that doesn't need a sequel, it's Blade Runner.
Please Hollywood - find a new idea.
He did charge the battery. To the point where the care said "Charging Complete"
It turns out, there's a special "extended range" mode that will put the battery at 100% instead of 90%. It reduces battery life.
Most normal people would consider "charging complete" to mean, you know, charging complete.
Can't it just be "it was really neat down there and we found some awesome new bugs"? Does it always have to have implications for the origins of life on earth and other planets?" Stupid press release writers. Come'on - it's the frickin' Marriana Trench. You don't have to draw "deeper" implications.
Great questions and very well-written answers.
This seems to be an advert for some sort of sorry Windows admin tool. WTF?
Makes much more sense.
Also, why would anyone be reading Ender's Game to a bunch of 14 year olds? Can't they read it themselves?
Everyone just jumped on this bogus article because it fits the "oh, dear, censorship is prevalent" motif. Baloney.
I'd offer advice, but you mentioned "I've just spent the majority of my adult life coding, with no other major skills to fall back on". That's your problem. If a developer is not continually growing skills outside of just cutting code, they only be cutting code until the day they grow obsolete. Which is usually pretty quick.
Have you learned an industry? Learned how to manage a project? Developers can move into product development consultant or general management. But if you have 20 years experience doing the same thing over and over again...good luck.
A well written review from the poster. My shorter one: If you were to drop this book into a black hole, the information content of the universe would not change.
Parent true. Also, Enron was not a broker. Enron was a principal on transactions. Which Google will no doubt be.
Lesson learned: there is no market for proprietary CPUs on MPP supercomputers. It's gone. If Cray and SGI couldn't do it, how are a couple guys from DEC and Novell going to pull it off?
It's always sad when someone's dream fails, but come'on guys. You're pursuing a 15-years-ago market, just like DEC and Novell did when they died (okay, Novell exists, but it is irrelevant).
Supercomputers are commodity processors increasingly in commodity boxes running commodity open-source software. A supercomputer running slower processors is not going to cut it.
I like to mark important stuff with a highlighter, and stick Post-it bookmarks on important pages and sections. Does the Kindle support that?
Yes, it does. Not actual highlighting and notes, of course, but you can highlight and add notes using the keyboard. And unlike your Post-It's, they are saved permanently.
and will always be. It is not, however, always popular. To the extent CS attracts people who are not interested in Computers, or Science, but only better employment prospects, that is a shame. Why can't they study MIS or art history or something?
The standard unit of measure is # servers supported per administrator. Now that doesn't help identify whether a specific admin is any good, but it does provide a comparison cost.
The lawsuits will proceed, so long as there is any chance of getting money. In fact, many companies live long after bankruptcy just in lawsuits -- witness Enron, for example.