Not sure I see your point here. I've conducted a number of technical interviews and resume content seemed to have very little to do with actual performance in the interview. We got one guy who was almost done with a Master's degree in Comp. Sci. and he was one of the worst interviews we ever had. On the other hand, one of our best interviews was with a guy who was working at a marketing firm and had studied linguistics. You really can't predict how an applicant will turn out from their credentials.
I majored in music and I've been working as a software developer for four years since I graduated. Of course, I did have a previous background in programming. I think good work experience and rapport during interviews goes a long way. However, I do sometimes get the impression that certain doors are closed to me since I don't have the degree.
Employees with STEM degrees might also believe (incorrectly) that they can do the job without learning anything new, which makes them less useful. Employees without STEM degrees may be less susceptible to this since it's clear to them that they've got a lot to learn.
Not saying this is always the case, but I think it's a factor sometimes.
Who created that petition? They should correct the grammar error in the first sentence. A comma is used where a period and new sentence would obviously have been a better choice. Of course, that's probably impossible at this point. For god's sake, why don't people proofread these things??
It seems like, if you could describe the algorithm in a sufficiently low-level language like C, they shouldn't be asking you how many gates it would take. If they're the hardware manufacturer, they should know. Besides, there are too many factors that could influence the gate count depending on how the manufacturer decided to implement the adders, etc. None of these things seem like questions that programmers should be responsible for answering.
As far as college text books are concerned, it's a weird situation and I don't blame anyone who says they simply prefer a paper text book. Here's why. Have you ever tried to use the officially-sanctioned eBook solutions that are available on the market today? They're pathetic. Completely locked down with DRM and mired by bad interface design and usability. I bought an eBook for one of my classes at the beginning of the semester. I had thought to myself, "Hey, this could be great if it's like I imagine -- like downloading an eBook to my Kindle app on my iPad." Boy, was I mistaken. I had to download a half-backed piece of proprietary crap-ware in order to "read" my book. The user interface in this "app" (rhymes with "crap"?) was appalling. The interface was clunky and looked like it was thrown together in a single week. The pages were pixelated, not crisp like a PDF.
In the end, I resorted to _illegally_ downloading the books (as PDFs) I had just purchased legitimately on account of the inadequacies in the kosher versions. Ironically, now that I've gone through one semester being able to carry around my iPad (< two pounds) instead of paper text books (~ twenty pounds?), I would never -- not in a million years -- go back to paper text books. It's unfortunate that all these media corporations have been allowed to drag their feet so slowly in embracing new technologies and formats for delivering their content.
When I first started hearing these tech giants complaining about H1-B rules, I thought, "I guess that's okay. I've had many good friends from out of the country and I wouldn't mind more diversity in my field." However, at this point (and at the risk of sounding like a racist), I find Zuckerberg's suggestion that "the most talented and hardest-working people" are elsewhere as a borderline insult. His article arguing for reform offers little more than his own personal opinion. Where are the facts? Even the ones he lists out aren't that convincing. If we really do grant VISAs to ~60% of the foreign graduate students that are educated in this country, I'd call that extremely generous. What would it say to the world if we granted VISAs to 100% of graduate students? That the United States is the only place worth being for an educated person?
I don't understand why the title of this post implies that someone wouldn't like to have a touch screen on their laptop if it was available. Why is there resistance to this idea? Seems like FUD on the part of Microsoft's competitors.
I majored in music in college. Throughout my life, I've gone through various phases of being out of practice, getting back into the practicing groove, falling out of it, getting back into it again, and so on. I've noticed every time I return to the instrument after having taken a long break, there is a short period of difficulty followed by a burst of learning and progress. Sounds just like what the prof is talking about.
I took a few minutes to write my own letter to Canada's Prime Minister. Who knows if he will read it or if it will make a difference? And who knows if Mr. Malekpour is actually guilty or not? Regardless, no one deserves to die for something like that. Please take a moment to speak your mind to Canada's Prime Minister: pm@pm.gc.ca
I can understand why the research would have been done. People want to know how the virus behaves so they can know how to fight it. And I'm really glad to hear that the journal publishers are taking the recommendations to classify certain details seriously. There's nothing unreasonable about that request. It's not governments being too controlling. It's just common sense. I just pray that humanity can rise to the challenge of managing that knowledge responsibly. Freely publishing a 'recipe' for something like that would be insane and I think that should be clear to anyone.
Absolutely! I practically high-fived the random strangers sitting next to me here in my university center. This is good news, no matter how you cut it. Perhaps some lazy corporations will whine as they actually have to invest money to update their infrastructure. But, overall, this will save billions of dollars in lost productivity for developers who have to agonize over backwards compatibility with archaic browsers. Microsoft, THANK YOU!!!
I think there's not really anything to what he's saying. It's probably mostly geared towards building hype. But it does coincidentally touch on the fact that I'm sick of Apple, the company, and not the iPhone. I think Apple's anti-competitive behavior or suing the crap out of everyone, or going "thermo-nuclear" as Steve Jobs put it, it getting old real fast. I'm hoping that some other people/technologies/companies will pop up that are willing to challenge and beat Apple and restore a sense of innovation and originality to the marketplace.
Why are we still stuck on this? I think the idea that extra terrestrial life is not possible is mostly driven by religious fundamentalism. It's the idea that our little earth is not the only source of life, challenging the likelihood that it's the product of one creator with one intent.
Given what we know empirically about the multiplicity of the universe, why do we even still consider that life might not exist anywhere else. I'll admit that, no matter how convincing the evidence, there is still a chance in a mathematical sense that life doesn't exist anywhere else. But please, it's akin to saying there's a chance to win the lottery. Don't count on it.
I know I'm gonna get totally reamed for this, but I don't think they're entirely nuts for suggesting this, whether or not the story was fabricated. I used to play a lot of first person shooters, and then I tried to distance myself from games all together because I legitimately felt they were using up too much of my time.
Now, years later, as I look back on the activity of holding a virtual gun and making a virtual kill, it occurs to me that I must have symbolically killed thousands. I really do think that activities like that can get to you after you've been immersed in them long enough.
I'm not saying that gamers should be put on the same level as war criminals or murderers, but would a little moderation hurt? Not to sound too idealistic, but I really do believe that our actions, no matter how small or insignificant, eventually come back to us. We shape our minds with what we do and the seeds we plant can eventually take root in ways we might not realize.
That flamebait reply is also public. Image this: Some years later, you are going through an important job application process. The company you're wanting to get hired at queries your name in a "public" online records archive and they find this post where you rashly label someone an idiot and decide you are unfit to work for them because it gives the impression of a hot temper.
Or perhaps they don't even personally view the post, but it was factored into a kind of "personality score sheet" by a data mining bot. They submitted the query to a company that offers that kind of data mining and personality assessment via public online archives as a service.
Does it really seem that far-fetched? And when the persons involved in this Twitter archive project openly propose the possible use of data mining?
Slashdot Mirror
Not sure I see your point here. I've conducted a number of technical interviews and resume content seemed to have very little to do with actual performance in the interview. We got one guy who was almost done with a Master's degree in Comp. Sci. and he was one of the worst interviews we ever had. On the other hand, one of our best interviews was with a guy who was working at a marketing firm and had studied linguistics. You really can't predict how an applicant will turn out from their credentials.
I majored in music and I've been working as a software developer for four years since I graduated. Of course, I did have a previous background in programming. I think good work experience and rapport during interviews goes a long way. However, I do sometimes get the impression that certain doors are closed to me since I don't have the degree.
Employees with STEM degrees might also believe (incorrectly) that they can do the job without learning anything new, which makes them less useful. Employees without STEM degrees may be less susceptible to this since it's clear to them that they've got a lot to learn. Not saying this is always the case, but I think it's a factor sometimes.
Hmm...I wonder if that explains the large meteor we saw break apart in the sky here in Boulder, Colorado recently.
Who created that petition? They should correct the grammar error in the first sentence. A comma is used where a period and new sentence would obviously have been a better choice. Of course, that's probably impossible at this point. For god's sake, why don't people proofread these things??
...if she hadn't responded to their threat with another threat, thereby escalating the situation?
It seems like, if you could describe the algorithm in a sufficiently low-level language like C, they shouldn't be asking you how many gates it would take. If they're the hardware manufacturer, they should know. Besides, there are too many factors that could influence the gate count depending on how the manufacturer decided to implement the adders, etc. None of these things seem like questions that programmers should be responsible for answering.
As far as college text books are concerned, it's a weird situation and I don't blame anyone who says they simply prefer a paper text book. Here's why. Have you ever tried to use the officially-sanctioned eBook solutions that are available on the market today? They're pathetic. Completely locked down with DRM and mired by bad interface design and usability. I bought an eBook for one of my classes at the beginning of the semester. I had thought to myself, "Hey, this could be great if it's like I imagine -- like downloading an eBook to my Kindle app on my iPad." Boy, was I mistaken. I had to download a half-backed piece of proprietary crap-ware in order to "read" my book. The user interface in this "app" (rhymes with "crap"?) was appalling. The interface was clunky and looked like it was thrown together in a single week. The pages were pixelated, not crisp like a PDF.
In the end, I resorted to _illegally_ downloading the books (as PDFs) I had just purchased legitimately on account of the inadequacies in the kosher versions. Ironically, now that I've gone through one semester being able to carry around my iPad (< two pounds) instead of paper text books (~ twenty pounds?), I would never -- not in a million years -- go back to paper text books. It's unfortunate that all these media corporations have been allowed to drag their feet so slowly in embracing new technologies and formats for delivering their content.
At my company, we use Gitolite and I've only had good experiences with it.
https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/wiki
When I first started hearing these tech giants complaining about H1-B rules, I thought, "I guess that's okay. I've had many good friends from out of the country and I wouldn't mind more diversity in my field." However, at this point (and at the risk of sounding like a racist), I find Zuckerberg's suggestion that "the most talented and hardest-working people" are elsewhere as a borderline insult. His article arguing for reform offers little more than his own personal opinion. Where are the facts? Even the ones he lists out aren't that convincing. If we really do grant VISAs to ~60% of the foreign graduate students that are educated in this country, I'd call that extremely generous. What would it say to the world if we granted VISAs to 100% of graduate students? That the United States is the only place worth being for an educated person?
If we waste their time with death star petitions, this seems like a totally natural move on their part.
...how does this man's mind dart around like that? Or am I missing the obvious connection between self-balancing scooters and stomach pumps?
I don't understand why the title of this post implies that someone wouldn't like to have a touch screen on their laptop if it was available. Why is there resistance to this idea? Seems like FUD on the part of Microsoft's competitors.
It's worse, I'm pretty sure this guy is the chair of the committee.
Maybe we can get Clint Eastwood to have a word with him.
Clint Eastwood might not have much to say to that chair. He's leaning right lately :P.
...tears into my eyes.
I majored in music in college. Throughout my life, I've gone through various phases of being out of practice, getting back into the practicing groove, falling out of it, getting back into it again, and so on. I've noticed every time I return to the instrument after having taken a long break, there is a short period of difficulty followed by a burst of learning and progress. Sounds just like what the prof is talking about.
I saw a link to this website in another person's comment:
https://peoplewithoutnation.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/take-action-write-a-letter-to-stephen-harper-canadas-prime-minister/
I took a few minutes to write my own letter to Canada's Prime Minister. Who knows if he will read it or if it will make a difference? And who knows if Mr. Malekpour is actually guilty or not? Regardless, no one deserves to die for something like that. Please take a moment to speak your mind to Canada's Prime Minister: pm@pm.gc.ca
Why the heck did you mod my comment troll??
That is really tragic.
I can understand why the research would have been done. People want to know how the virus behaves so they can know how to fight it. And I'm really glad to hear that the journal publishers are taking the recommendations to classify certain details seriously. There's nothing unreasonable about that request. It's not governments being too controlling. It's just common sense. I just pray that humanity can rise to the challenge of managing that knowledge responsibly. Freely publishing a 'recipe' for something like that would be insane and I think that should be clear to anyone.
Absolutely! I practically high-fived the random strangers sitting next to me here in my university center. This is good news, no matter how you cut it. Perhaps some lazy corporations will whine as they actually have to invest money to update their infrastructure. But, overall, this will save billions of dollars in lost productivity for developers who have to agonize over backwards compatibility with archaic browsers. Microsoft, THANK YOU!!!
I think there's not really anything to what he's saying. It's probably mostly geared towards building hype. But it does coincidentally touch on the fact that I'm sick of Apple, the company, and not the iPhone. I think Apple's anti-competitive behavior or suing the crap out of everyone, or going "thermo-nuclear" as Steve Jobs put it, it getting old real fast. I'm hoping that some other people/technologies/companies will pop up that are willing to challenge and beat Apple and restore a sense of innovation and originality to the marketplace.
Why are we still stuck on this? I think the idea that extra terrestrial life is not possible is mostly driven by religious fundamentalism. It's the idea that our little earth is not the only source of life, challenging the likelihood that it's the product of one creator with one intent.
Given what we know empirically about the multiplicity of the universe, why do we even still consider that life might not exist anywhere else. I'll admit that, no matter how convincing the evidence, there is still a chance in a mathematical sense that life doesn't exist anywhere else. But please, it's akin to saying there's a chance to win the lottery. Don't count on it.
I know I'm gonna get totally reamed for this, but I don't think they're entirely nuts for suggesting this, whether or not the story was fabricated. I used to play a lot of first person shooters, and then I tried to distance myself from games all together because I legitimately felt they were using up too much of my time.
Now, years later, as I look back on the activity of holding a virtual gun and making a virtual kill, it occurs to me that I must have symbolically killed thousands. I really do think that activities like that can get to you after you've been immersed in them long enough.
I'm not saying that gamers should be put on the same level as war criminals or murderers, but would a little moderation hurt? Not to sound too idealistic, but I really do believe that our actions, no matter how small or insignificant, eventually come back to us. We shape our minds with what we do and the seeds we plant can eventually take root in ways we might not realize.
Now, flamers commence!
That flamebait reply is also public. Image this: Some years later, you are going through an important job application process. The company you're wanting to get hired at queries your name in a "public" online records archive and they find this post where you rashly label someone an idiot and decide you are unfit to work for them because it gives the impression of a hot temper.
Or perhaps they don't even personally view the post, but it was factored into a kind of "personality score sheet" by a data mining bot. They submitted the query to a company that offers that kind of data mining and personality assessment via public online archives as a service.
Does it really seem that far-fetched? And when the persons involved in this Twitter archive project openly propose the possible use of data mining?