These students have it backwards, but I didn't get it when I was a student either. Do not look for a job in an interesting industry, or that is solving "interesting problems." Look for a job with good compensation, and with good people who value your skills. Then the problems they bring you will be interesting because solving them helps you and helps the people you work with, whom you like. Work for good people and they will also support you in growth and work/life balance.
They can't rule it out entirely without bringing up the debate as to whether all the stuff that's in there now should continue to be in there, hence the weasel words.
The bottom line is, not every competitive activity needs to be in the Olympics. Come up with your own criteria, but just because it's big doesn't mean it needs to be in the Olympics.
This just show how poor TIOBE's methodology really is.
Take a look at stats from actual pull request in github
The most popular languages are:
1. Javascript
2. Java
3. Python
4. PHP
5. C++
6. C#
7. Typescript
8. Shell
9. C
10. Ruby
VB.Net is not even in the top 10
Now, you can argue that these are mostly open source projects, and that proprietary code might be different. Fair enough, but I don't see how search results (TIOBE's method) reflect proprietary code any better than this.
The VB.NET I was exposed to filled a roll that was so particular to the environment where it was created, nobody would ever want it on GitHub. It was hard enough to decipher in its native environment, it would be absolutely useless elsewhere. Move a file, query a database, rename the file, convert it to a weird text format, move it back, make a backup, and present a million pop up dialog boxes along the way.
The whole point of Visual Basic is to enable those people you say "lost your job? Learn to code" to use something that is less daunting and more practical. It was designed to be a tool for someone who has a simple idea and wants to either automate their own business or sell something to a niche market and make a middle class living.
Visual Basic was and is night and day better in many cases there than Node, Python, etc. You couldn't ask for something simpler than "draw the UI and start writing event handlers" for a basic, tiny app just getting started.
If you are supplying it for external use/purchase, you should be able to hire someone to write it in a more production-ready language. If you are only using it for internal use... There isn't a very big space between Office macros, PowerShell, and moving up to C#. At least not now.
Nope. California required "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" to disclose they do not provide abortions and abortions are available elsewhere. Apparently, having to tell the truth violated the religion of the people operating these centers.
The applicable provisions in that law were struck down by the Supreme Court for violating the free speech of non-medical clinics and putting an undue burden on medical clinics.
I am reminded of the NetBook fad a decade ago. Cheap Low End laptops used mostly for low end users. Microsoft didn't have too much luck in that field, as most Netbook users gravitated towards Linux.
I recall the original eee PC running Linux, but I think over the life of the fad, most netbooks were sold running some form of Windows XP.
Yet another company with a fat monolithic, app store that wants to sit on my PC and devices. Steam/Valve, Ubisoft, EA, Microsoft, GOG, Blizzard etc.
You are not supposed to use all the services. You are supposed to pick the one or two that work best for you. If a game is only available on a service you do not use, then learn to live without. Maybe even apply a little pressure on the developer/publisher to branch out. Be a responsible consumer.
I know this is a wild and crazy concept, but how about building a federated system where people are free to buy their games from multiple sources without being trapped in a vertical slice?
How are you trapped in a vertical slice? What does "federated" mean in this context? What is stopping you from purchasing a game on GOG and joining a game with your friend who purchased it on Steam? Do you just want universal chat/grouping functions? Isn't that called Dischord (or any number of clients/services before it)?
Much as I like spaceX, I hate when companies take well established names for cool things and use them for less cool products.
A "starship" is sell understood to be a craft that travels between stars, not something that can launch a payload to another planet.
I'm ambivalent. On the one hand, words mean things. On the other hand, perhaps the people who are actually doing things have more of a right to terminology than science fiction has. Besides, it's clear that 'Starship' is its name and not a technical term.
We need more intelligent people willing to participate.
Which is exactly what trial lawyers and DA's don't want.
Uh, so a zero sum game? Rather, DAs want intelligent, consistent jurors so they can make informed decisions on what to prosecute and whether and how to prosecute. DAs really aren't served by a crapshoot like the defense is.
It would seem that Facebook developed these 'transparency tools' for a purpose. If that was to ensure greater transparency, well, they are in the business of enforcing something, just not law. If not, well, was this an exercise in avoiding criticism and responsibility?
The purpose was to avoid further government scrutiny. The situation kind of reminds me of this old Simpsons bit.
Why not wear a chipped ring instead? That way you can change your ID......to the person you stole it from.
An ID "ring" appeals even less to me than a chip implant, because at least it's a lot harder for someone to grab an internal chip to spoof being me.
I think the smartest way to go about this would be to implant the chip at the top of your head, that way when you didn't want it read you could wear a tinfoil hat. Talk about killing two birds with one stone!
You don't need to steal it, you just have to spoof it. Same as ID badges that we already use. And again... no surgery required.
This should not be viewed as a failure, but as a great achievement. Correctly designed and functioning safety systems and protocols saved human life. This is infinitely more important than any space mission.
It is a success of the escape system, but a massive failure for the mission. Running your car into a tree is still a failure even if the airbag saves your life.
Seriously, why are there not criminal charges pending? Perhaps they stopped and reported it. But had they done that, why did the PR at Waymo not cite the police report? Conversely, a police report would have been created for the victim in the case of a hit and run -- where is the investigation into the Camry?
Shoddy journalism. Fairly one sided view of the incident
Read the New Yorker piece. They did not stop, report the incident, or check with authorities.
The Prius regained control and turned a corner on the freeway, leaving the Camry behind. Levandowski and Taylor didn’t know how badly damaged the Camry was. They didn’t go back to check on the other driver or to see if anyone else had been hurt. Neither they nor other Google executives made inquiries with the authorities. The police were not informed that a self-driving algorithm had contributed to the accident.
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having interesting problems to solve
These students have it backwards, but I didn't get it when I was a student either. Do not look for a job in an interesting industry, or that is solving "interesting problems." Look for a job with good compensation, and with good people who value your skills. Then the problems they bring you will be interesting because solving them helps you and helps the people you work with, whom you like. Work for good people and they will also support you in growth and work/life balance.
They can't rule it out entirely without bringing up the debate as to whether all the stuff that's in there now should continue to be in there, hence the weasel words.
The bottom line is, not every competitive activity needs to be in the Olympics. Come up with your own criteria, but just because it's big doesn't mean it needs to be in the Olympics.
This just show how poor TIOBE's methodology really is.
Take a look at stats from actual pull request in github The most popular languages are:
1. Javascript 2. Java 3. Python 4. PHP 5. C++ 6. C# 7. Typescript 8. Shell 9. C 10. Ruby
VB.Net is not even in the top 10
Now, you can argue that these are mostly open source projects, and that proprietary code might be different. Fair enough, but I don't see how search results (TIOBE's method) reflect proprietary code any better than this.
The VB.NET I was exposed to filled a roll that was so particular to the environment where it was created, nobody would ever want it on GitHub. It was hard enough to decipher in its native environment, it would be absolutely useless elsewhere. Move a file, query a database, rename the file, convert it to a weird text format, move it back, make a backup, and present a million pop up dialog boxes along the way.
The whole point of Visual Basic is to enable those people you say "lost your job? Learn to code" to use something that is less daunting and more practical. It was designed to be a tool for someone who has a simple idea and wants to either automate their own business or sell something to a niche market and make a middle class living.
Visual Basic was and is night and day better in many cases there than Node, Python, etc. You couldn't ask for something simpler than "draw the UI and start writing event handlers" for a basic, tiny app just getting started.
If you are supplying it for external use/purchase, you should be able to hire someone to write it in a more production-ready language. If you are only using it for internal use... There isn't a very big space between Office macros, PowerShell, and moving up to C#. At least not now.
Nope. California required "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" to disclose they do not provide abortions and abortions are available elsewhere. Apparently, having to tell the truth violated the religion of the people operating these centers.
The applicable provisions in that law were struck down by the Supreme Court for violating the free speech of non-medical clinics and putting an undue burden on medical clinics.
Don't collect user data beyond what's absolutely needed for a website or app to work and the need for popups suddenly becomes less of a problem.
I'm pretty sure that's what a lot of those pop ups say. The problem is the SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio).
The evil ones. Admit they were hacked my ass, they're just drumming up conspiricy theories to attack the democrats.
Sounds like you're pretty experienced with conspiracy theories.
I am reminded of the NetBook fad a decade ago. Cheap Low End laptops used mostly for low end users. Microsoft didn't have too much luck in that field, as most Netbook users gravitated towards Linux.
I recall the original eee PC running Linux, but I think over the life of the fad, most netbooks were sold running some form of Windows XP.
Yet another company with a fat monolithic, app store that wants to sit on my PC and devices. Steam/Valve, Ubisoft, EA, Microsoft, GOG, Blizzard etc.
You are not supposed to use all the services. You are supposed to pick the one or two that work best for you. If a game is only available on a service you do not use, then learn to live without. Maybe even apply a little pressure on the developer/publisher to branch out. Be a responsible consumer.
I know this is a wild and crazy concept, but how about building a federated system where people are free to buy their games from multiple sources without being trapped in a vertical slice?
How are you trapped in a vertical slice? What does "federated" mean in this context? What is stopping you from purchasing a game on GOG and joining a game with your friend who purchased it on Steam? Do you just want universal chat/grouping functions? Isn't that called Dischord (or any number of clients/services before it)?
Can't "wait" for the inevitable day when Internet of Things devices get mass hacked.
You don't read the news much, do you?
They would be huge with no corresponding benefit. At least the smaller cars from today are easier to park.
Now users have a misguided trust that since a browser didn't warn them about a site, and since it has a secure padlock, it must be safe.
But now your site is safer. Your site visitors are much less at risk of being man in the middled than they previously were.
we are not persuaded that the records you request are so urgent that our normal process will not provide them in a timely manner
Pray he doesn't alter it any further.
Much as I like spaceX, I hate when companies take well established names for cool things and use them for less cool products.
A "starship" is sell understood to be a craft that travels between stars, not something that can launch a payload to another planet.
I'm ambivalent. On the one hand, words mean things. On the other hand, perhaps the people who are actually doing things have more of a right to terminology than science fiction has. Besides, it's clear that 'Starship' is its name and not a technical term.
If profile pics are any indication... no.
We need more intelligent people willing to participate.
Which is exactly what trial lawyers and DA's don't want.
Uh, so a zero sum game? Rather, DAs want intelligent, consistent jurors so they can make informed decisions on what to prosecute and whether and how to prosecute. DAs really aren't served by a crapshoot like the defense is.
Say your cable company makes these offers:
In a situation like this, what's the benefit of cutting TV?
Eventually the benefit is that's a great market for a competing ISP to enter.
It would seem that Facebook developed these 'transparency tools' for a purpose. If that was to ensure greater transparency, well, they are in the business of enforcing something, just not law. If not, well, was this an exercise in avoiding criticism and responsibility?
The purpose was to avoid further government scrutiny. The situation kind of reminds me of this old Simpsons bit.
Real games stopped being made long ago. Games that had soul.
Like Interstate 76? Or do you mean something else by "soul?"
BleepingComputer is great, but that's one sloppy headline.
A bug may be "trivial to exploit" (as in the summary), or it may be "trivial" because it is harmless. A "trivial bug" does not grant root.
Why not wear a chipped ring instead? That way you can change your ID... ...to the person you stole it from.
An ID "ring" appeals even less to me than a chip implant, because at least it's a lot harder for someone to grab an internal chip to spoof being me.
I think the smartest way to go about this would be to implant the chip at the top of your head, that way when you didn't want it read you could wear a tinfoil hat. Talk about killing two birds with one stone!
You don't need to steal it, you just have to spoof it. Same as ID badges that we already use. And again... no surgery required.
Why not wear a chipped ring instead? That way you can change your ID if it gets compromised and no knives are involved.
This should not be viewed as a failure, but as a great achievement. Correctly designed and functioning safety systems and protocols saved human life. This is infinitely more important than any space mission.
It is a success of the escape system, but a massive failure for the mission. Running your car into a tree is still a failure even if the airbag saves your life.
Actually, I take it back. The article does imply they reported it, via NOT mentioning that an AV was involved.
Seriously, why are there not criminal charges pending? Perhaps they stopped and reported it. But had they done that, why did the PR at Waymo not cite the police report? Conversely, a police report would have been created for the victim in the case of a hit and run -- where is the investigation into the Camry? Shoddy journalism. Fairly one sided view of the incident
Read the New Yorker piece. They did not stop, report the incident, or check with authorities.
The Prius regained control and turned a corner on the freeway, leaving the Camry behind. Levandowski and Taylor didn’t know how badly damaged the Camry was. They didn’t go back to check on the other driver or to see if anyone else had been hurt. Neither they nor other Google executives made inquiries with the authorities. The police were not informed that a self-driving algorithm had contributed to the accident.