DrScheme (or any other program that makes it trivial to "click and run" what you wrote), is ideal. A nice next step would be a simple text editor (notepad++, sublime2, or whatever you fancy). Having children use an editor like emacs or vim is adding a learning curve that doesn't need to be there. If the goal is to find the fun in programming and inspire passion, you want to remove superfluous obstacles. Learning to really make effective use of more advanced editors is a worthwhile task, but it is not one I'd place in front of learning to program.
The nature of the charges against him, alongside the way he has been treated while in custody, shame the US system of justice. He surely committed a crime in doing what he did, but the punishment needs to fit the crime. Does it?
The outrage that defeated SOPA is missing. Is it because the harm isn't as clear, big companies like google aren't stepping into the fray, or the association with "pirates" is too toxic? Or is it d) all of the above?
More like bark and potential bite. Documentation of violations, which customers have to pay to dispute. I wonder if these notifications of violation might be used in court, or to inspire further action by other parties?
Great, and when I want to work for a creepy company that substitutes productivity and earned worker loyalty for forced team building and "face to face" meetings, I'll make that change. Right now though, I want to work for a company that cares about happy and productive employees. Missing a 30-45 minute commute each way, and letting employees choose what is the most productive environment for themselves is a net benefit. Who wants to work for a company that confuses management with out of touch mandates?
Or that these criminals would reject crime and find honest work if only New York could rid itself of Apple products?
The claim (verified by the numbers in the summary!) is that crime wouldn't have risen if not for apple thefts. The bigger question is, would those thieves have stolen other items if apple products weren't so common, valuable, and portable? Or do apple products present a uniquely common, accessible, and valuable target for would be thieves? Such that without an increase in the number or thieves, an increase in the number of desirable opportunities would lead to an uptick in thefts.
When I step on the subway there is often an announcement requesting we do just that. It doesn't stop people from using their phones (apple or otherwise), which is enough to let a thief know you have it (no "flashing" required).
Captcha's don't take all that long to solve if they are halfway readable. Seamless web uses a method I find interesting - image recognition and classification. "Identify which items are food! Go!". I find it hard to believe speed is the issue. It seems far more likely the companies realized the combination of captive traffic in front of a desired activity was too good of an opportunity to pass up. "Our users will see an ad every time they go to rate a restaurant they recently ordered from" is a hell of a pitch.
When you buy a phone via a contract, over the term of that contract you pay for the discount (and more). Therefore, even if you purchase a locked phone, after the contract is up it would be fair to allow it to be unlocked. In fact, since breaking a contract and switching companies is always accompanied by a large fee, "dirt cheap" never applies. The only situation in which an unlocked phone would be useful as a current customer is travel. And in that case you are still a current customer, so the phone company is still getting their desired value for the phone.
So we have demonstrably false stereotypes of the French being played up by a conservative who prefers labor practices which exploit workers. As a fellow American, may I just say not everyone here would mock a country for having respect for the well being and rights of its citizens, even those who have a job.
The anonymous writer behind the summary slipped in his or her own opinion about the US's appetite for public transit, and the likelihood of such an innovation ever reaching our shores. Speaking as a New Yorker, we *love* public transit. If this proves to be successful, cost effective and green, I bet there would be a major push to adopt it - here at least.
It amazes me that there are people who will excuse the ethics of an action, if it is a business doing so to support a free product. Who cares if its "super easy" for the non-technical users ubuntu is marketed at to find and edit the hosts file. Giving users a product for free doesn't justify everything. Selling user data without an explicit opt-in is unethical, and I don't want to contribute in any way to a distro engaging in that practice.
Cybersex IS speech, and porn is art (however far from fine art it is). When you consider how very central sexuality and control of sexuality has been to the political process across the globe, it doesn't make any sense to attempt to cast them as otherwise.
The thing about free speech is, we don't need proof it leads to a better way of life. That's a strict standard to apply to sexuality and communication. Maybe some speech (speech being expression) society does find distasteful as a whole. Is that a reason to ban it? Is that a reason to insist it isn't even expression?
Imagine saying the same thing about high school. If high schools weren't publicly funded, we'd have the same dilemma. Also, the next time you complain about ignorant citizens making poor decisions (Texas Board of Education, I'm looking at you), consider what publicly funded college education might buy us - beyond merely more jobs.
Yeah, we no longer need philosophy, art, theater, or any course of study that doesn't lead directly to the only job remaining in a modern economy: programmer.
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These bills are just going to keep coming back. We need to organize, and here are a few places to start:
1. Track politicians. Get a sense of who, over time, is authoring, signing on, voting for, or otherwise supporting these bills. Companies develop advanced analytics by tracking consumer behavior, let's do the same by tracking politician behavior.
2. Let's barge into the money game. By identifying and publicly shaming/boycotting involved companies (with a focus on attacking their brand), and raising money to support politicians who reliably stand against these kids of bills.
3. Continuing to raise awareness. Internet outrage sparked the death of SOPA. We can keep doing it over and over. We can also start supporting primary opponents and general election opponents against politicians we've tracked and verified push these bills.
Not sure if its worth arguing with someone who doesn't see a problem with it becoming easier for people to take away human life. For the sake of anyone else reading - know that there are people who understand it is a problem. There are ethical people out there who grasp that problem with increasing the distance between the taking of a life and feeling the result of that action. At the very least, it could increase the number of deaths. It could also worm its way into the psyche of our national character, as government ordered death becomes more of a norm. What a horrible world, that.
The thing about anti-assassination legislation is: its already illegal to kill American citizens without due process, and the government does it anyway.
As far as drones, probably because the further humans get from experiencing the result of their choice to take a life, the easier it becomes.
Are new cellphones no longer being sold? If its compelling, then people looking to upgrade might go for it. Companies looking for a standard set might elect to use it. Not saying whether it is compelling or not, but the idea that it is too late is just a bit silly.
Is this serious? Here's a big red warning sign for me: if my job can be jeopardized by twenty minutes of talking, I'm probably in the wrong industry. I can tell you how to implement a solution but it's the actual work and planning and care that should be paid for cash money.
Spoken like a programmer. Its great you see value in what YOU bring to the table, but sometimes knowledge and wisdom is a valuable assett too. Wherever there is a decision, whether it be investing in a company or picking a direction for a new ad campaign, there will be a potential market for consultation.
That being said, as a programmer, I have had an experience or two over the course of my career where I've been interviewed by someone clearly trying to get me to solve a single problem for them with no intention of hiring me. Sometimes "programming tests" are a little bit more, however rarely that happens.
Why such vitriol at webmasters who want the people interested in their images to visit their sites? Not all sites out there are shitty, or have shitty ads, or even have ads at all. Maybe a blogger who posts political photos also wants visitors to check out their writing.
Also, "Get over it already" is a pretty obnoxious phrase.
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DrScheme (or any other program that makes it trivial to "click and run" what you wrote), is ideal. A nice next step would be a simple text editor (notepad++, sublime2, or whatever you fancy). Having children use an editor like emacs or vim is adding a learning curve that doesn't need to be there. If the goal is to find the fun in programming and inspire passion, you want to remove superfluous obstacles. Learning to really make effective use of more advanced editors is a worthwhile task, but it is not one I'd place in front of learning to program.
The nature of the charges against him, alongside the way he has been treated while in custody, shame the US system of justice. He surely committed a crime in doing what he did, but the punishment needs to fit the crime. Does it?
The outrage that defeated SOPA is missing. Is it because the harm isn't as clear, big companies like google aren't stepping into the fray, or the association with "pirates" is too toxic? Or is it d) all of the above?
More like bark and potential bite. Documentation of violations, which customers have to pay to dispute. I wonder if these notifications of violation might be used in court, or to inspire further action by other parties?
Great, and when I want to work for a creepy company that substitutes productivity and earned worker loyalty for forced team building and "face to face" meetings, I'll make that change. Right now though, I want to work for a company that cares about happy and productive employees. Missing a 30-45 minute commute each way, and letting employees choose what is the most productive environment for themselves is a net benefit. Who wants to work for a company that confuses management with out of touch mandates?
The claim (verified by the numbers in the summary!) is that crime wouldn't have risen if not for apple thefts. The bigger question is, would those thieves have stolen other items if apple products weren't so common, valuable, and portable? Or do apple products present a uniquely common, accessible, and valuable target for would be thieves? Such that without an increase in the number or thieves, an increase in the number of desirable opportunities would lead to an uptick in thefts.
When I step on the subway there is often an announcement requesting we do just that. It doesn't stop people from using their phones (apple or otherwise), which is enough to let a thief know you have it (no "flashing" required).
Captcha's don't take all that long to solve if they are halfway readable. Seamless web uses a method I find interesting - image recognition and classification. "Identify which items are food! Go!". I find it hard to believe speed is the issue. It seems far more likely the companies realized the combination of captive traffic in front of a desired activity was too good of an opportunity to pass up. "Our users will see an ad every time they go to rate a restaurant they recently ordered from" is a hell of a pitch.
When you buy a phone via a contract, over the term of that contract you pay for the discount (and more). Therefore, even if you purchase a locked phone, after the contract is up it would be fair to allow it to be unlocked. In fact, since breaking a contract and switching companies is always accompanied by a large fee, "dirt cheap" never applies. The only situation in which an unlocked phone would be useful as a current customer is travel. And in that case you are still a current customer, so the phone company is still getting their desired value for the phone.
If a single example suffices to prove a stereotype, then there are a lot of specious conclusions just waiting to be made!
So we have demonstrably false stereotypes of the French being played up by a conservative who prefers labor practices which exploit workers. As a fellow American, may I just say not everyone here would mock a country for having respect for the well being and rights of its citizens, even those who have a job.
My gods, they probably read slashdot. WHICH MEANS...
The anonymous writer behind the summary slipped in his or her own opinion about the US's appetite for public transit, and the likelihood of such an innovation ever reaching our shores. Speaking as a New Yorker, we *love* public transit. If this proves to be successful, cost effective and green, I bet there would be a major push to adopt it - here at least.
It amazes me that there are people who will excuse the ethics of an action, if it is a business doing so to support a free product. Who cares if its "super easy" for the non-technical users ubuntu is marketed at to find and edit the hosts file. Giving users a product for free doesn't justify everything. Selling user data without an explicit opt-in is unethical, and I don't want to contribute in any way to a distro engaging in that practice.
If I ran a retail outfit, I'd be drooling. Think of all the data out there, just waiting to be correlated. As a consumer, this is pretty creepy.
Cybersex IS speech, and porn is art (however far from fine art it is). When you consider how very central sexuality and control of sexuality has been to the political process across the globe, it doesn't make any sense to attempt to cast them as otherwise.
The thing about free speech is, we don't need proof it leads to a better way of life. That's a strict standard to apply to sexuality and communication. Maybe some speech (speech being expression) society does find distasteful as a whole. Is that a reason to ban it? Is that a reason to insist it isn't even expression?
Imagine saying the same thing about high school. If high schools weren't publicly funded, we'd have the same dilemma. Also, the next time you complain about ignorant citizens making poor decisions (Texas Board of Education, I'm looking at you), consider what publicly funded college education might buy us - beyond merely more jobs.
Yeah, we no longer need philosophy, art, theater, or any course of study that doesn't lead directly to the only job remaining in a modern economy: programmer.
These bills are just going to keep coming back. We need to organize, and here are a few places to start:
1. Track politicians. Get a sense of who, over time, is authoring, signing on, voting for, or otherwise supporting these bills. Companies develop advanced analytics by tracking consumer behavior, let's do the same by tracking politician behavior.
2. Let's barge into the money game. By identifying and publicly shaming/boycotting involved companies (with a focus on attacking their brand), and raising money to support politicians who reliably stand against these kids of bills.
3. Continuing to raise awareness. Internet outrage sparked the death of SOPA. We can keep doing it over and over. We can also start supporting primary opponents and general election opponents against politicians we've tracked and verified push these bills.
Really? Are you ignoring the news? ok sure, here is a citation.
Not sure if its worth arguing with someone who doesn't see a problem with it becoming easier for people to take away human life. For the sake of anyone else reading - know that there are people who understand it is a problem. There are ethical people out there who grasp that problem with increasing the distance between the taking of a life and feeling the result of that action. At the very least, it could increase the number of deaths. It could also worm its way into the psyche of our national character, as government ordered death becomes more of a norm. What a horrible world, that.
The thing about anti-assassination legislation is: its already illegal to kill American citizens without due process, and the government does it anyway.
As far as drones, probably because the further humans get from experiencing the result of their choice to take a life, the easier it becomes.
Are new cellphones no longer being sold? If its compelling, then people looking to upgrade might go for it. Companies looking for a standard set might elect to use it. Not saying whether it is compelling or not, but the idea that it is too late is just a bit silly.
Did I say it wasn't? I simply said there are interpretations of Buddhism that focus only on what you can verify with your own experience.
Spoken like a programmer. Its great you see value in what YOU bring to the table, but sometimes knowledge and wisdom is a valuable assett too. Wherever there is a decision, whether it be investing in a company or picking a direction for a new ad campaign, there will be a potential market for consultation.
That being said, as a programmer, I have had an experience or two over the course of my career where I've been interviewed by someone clearly trying to get me to solve a single problem for them with no intention of hiring me. Sometimes "programming tests" are a little bit more, however rarely that happens.
Why such vitriol at webmasters who want the people interested in their images to visit their sites? Not all sites out there are shitty, or have shitty ads, or even have ads at all. Maybe a blogger who posts political photos also wants visitors to check out their writing.
Also, "Get over it already" is a pretty obnoxious phrase.