Until it is, then we have semi-autonomous machines injuring/killing humans with no one to hold accountable because the ToS absolves the company of liability.
Would you consider the government following each and every courier you sent out to see who you were talking to a violation of your privacy in the 1780s?
No, that one's far simpler than the issues at hand. The government has always had the power to observe behavior in public without a warrant.
Ever heard of "Private in public" doctrine? Or has the US lost that part of privacy rights?
Hiring older developers is the fastest way to put hundreds of security holes in your software. That's reality, people. They just simply don't keep up and don't have modern college training in the latest security threats and program hacking methods.
Modern college training? You mean the canned courses sold by course farms that are a decade old and full of errors?
The terrorists did less damage to our way of life than this kind of government spying on its own citizens.
Yup. Terrorism between 1970-2007: 1 in 3,500,00 chance of being killed by a terrorist. In 2007 alone you had a 1 in 22,000 chance of being murdered in the US.
Which of my "person, house, papers, and effects" is the phone company's information about my phone calls? It's information about me, but it belongs to the phone company, and they have it. The government can search through it without any impact to me at all. I'm not saying they should be allowed to, but the 4th Amendment is irrelevant here.
You must interpret the meaning of the time to the technology of today. Communicating over distance when this was written was done by paper handed to a courier. Now that paper is an electronic signal and the courier is an ISP or phone company. Would you consider the government following each and every courier you sent out to see who you were talking to a violation of your privacy in the 1780s? I would
All that said, if you RTFA or even the summary... "That's not exactly saying that such bulk collection is unconscionable or per se unconstitutional, but it's a major step toward respecting privacy as a default. "
Cuba seems to claim it is. They blame the inability to trade with the USA for all their ills. I'm not sure why (nearly) the rest of the world can't satisfy their needs, or why they would want to trade with a nation they disagree with ideologically, but this kind of illogical sentiment is not unique (see: Venezuela).
"Othering" is just a staple of politics regardless of any realities.
Based on the 30 second look at Lisp code the other day, I'd be comfortable with it within a day. I'm not going to be a rockstar but I'd be able to get by. Heck, I tought myself PHP/MySQL/JavaScript/HTML in 3 weeks on the fly.
As to the anecdote being nonsense, here's a reality check for you: Java 7 Learning a package a day: 210 days Learning a class a day: 11.03 years (4027 classes, number does not include subclasses) Learning 10 methods a day: Honestly, I'm not going to figure out how many methods are in Java but needless to say it'd likely take you over 100 years.
I'd like to know which brand of microwave lasts 17 years?
I'm using a 25 year old Panasonic. Before that my parents had a 34 year old microwave. Basic microwaves are so simple it's rare that they fail. The new inverter ones breakdown easily though (parents are on their 3rd one in 10 years)
How will this work with respect to blocking content based on IP, due to local laws that make such content illegal only in certain areas (such as Nazi stuff in Germany)?
Don't you know, the courts now think they have global jurisdiction.
Certain languages will definitely take a little more time. Lisp is a great example - I've never had the need to use it so I just looked up some code for the first time... it is different but even with the differences I could see the basics at play. I could understand where a conditional started and ended, how certain loops worked, etc. and that's with a quick glance of a random piece of code from google images. Give me a proper doc and an hour I'd be good to go.
It's only outdated if you don't want a dedicated device for time. Some of us do want or need such a device, preferably one that doesn't need to be recharged every 24 hours, do a bunch of shit we don't care about, and occupy half of our lower arms. A nice looking watch is also a fashion statement; I'm not talking Rolex level (although you can certainly do that), just something that looks halfway decent and goes with most of your wardrobe.
The reality is that people expect you to have a cellphone these days. It has replaced the home phone in many respects. So, given that reality you always have a device on you that can tell time. If you choose to get one that needs to be recharged every 24 hours and does a bunch of shit you don't care about that's a choice. I chose to get a smart phone that sure, can do a bunch of shit I don't care about, but I got one that lasts for 6 days typically and that has a keyboard for my big thumbs. It's not new & flashy. It's not the "in" thing but damn does it do what I need it to: send text messages, give me the time, store contact data, and let me take/make calls.
The simple answer is that once you learn how to code it doesn't matter what the language is.
I couldn't disagree with this more. I don't mean to be flippant or argumentative; I simply want to say that my experience has been quite different. I think the langauge you write programs in is incredibly important. You want the right language for the task at hand.
I don't disagree with this at all. My point was that you don't need to go out and learn an entire language just because you think it might be useful to do. Once you know one or two languages it's not important that you know other languages, just that you know what situations other languages would be better suited for. When you run into one of those situations, it's just as easy to pick it up on the fly because you already have the core knowledge from the existing language(s) you've learned.
I think of it this way... a decade ago my professor gave us a little anecdote about how, if you learned 10 new methods in Java every day for the rest of your life - you'd be dead before you learned everything that was in Java. Since you can't "know" a language because it's constantly being created/changed/etc the best thing to do is understand rather than know.
The simple answer is that once you learn how to code it doesn't matter what the language is. Sure you need to learn where the limitations are, efficiencies of the language, syntax, etc but at their core most programming languages are the same.
I taught myself PHP/JavaScript/etc back in the day, took a few courses with Java but never touched a lick of.NET/VB/ASP. Without knowing anything about how someone had coded a page in ASP.NET, simply looking at the output times, I was able to diagnose an issue, code & test a framework for a fix to be integrated into his code. It took me all of 2 hours and access to language documentation to "learn" ASP.NET and managed to triple the efficiency of the code.
Whenever I read "more cloud integration" or some other marketing crap like that my immediate thought is "How many people am I going to have to downgrade or switch to an Open alternative?"
Office 2003 is the last Microsoft Office suite I used and I could not be happier with my choice. The writing was on the wall when they went "ribbon" crazy.
If there are few to no negative side effects, what does it matter if people lean on these drugs to work?
I've not used them myself, but I don't care if others do.
That's totally not true. Adderall can cause insomnia, uncontrollable sweating, thyroid problems, and a laundry list of other issues. Aside from that fact the main problem is that it becomes useless. Your brain doesn't rest properly but because you're on stimulants you don't recognize that you're tired and just keep going. That sounds great but it has a detrimental effect where the benefits are eliminated by the exhaustion your brain is experiencing and you end up right where you started (or worse off). Then when you go off them not only do you start sleeping more due to trying to recover, your mental state takes a hit and it takes weeks to recover your baseline productivity.
As someone who genuinely needs to take this class of stimulants I wouldn't wish them on anyone. They can help but if I can avoid taking them for long periods I do.
Yeah, it's utterly unacceptable that people complain about rape and death threats. I have a good idea: we should spam their twitter feeds with MORE rape and death threats until they see the error of their ways.
That will teach those SJWs a really good lesson!
BTW: at this point SJW doesn't actually mean anything. It's just used as a "shit I hate on the internet" invective. There is no consistency in its use and people use it as a means of either rabble rousing or ad-homenim by trying to shut down a debate by flinging poo rather than actually engaging in a rational discussion.
Like your post for example.
SJW is a non-starter, as you say. However, when I was young I'd say some seriously nasty things to my best friend and he'd do the same to me - it was a running inside joke. Anyone looking in from the outside would think we were the most racist, sexist, awful human beings when in reality it was the absurdity of what we were saying that we thought was funny. The problem is with public tools like this that people can't tell the difference between something like that and something genuinely hurtful. I certainly wouldn't trust some poorly paid employee to be able to understand the nuances of a relationship, situation, regional language differences, etc.
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Click-wrap agreements have been upheld by North American courts.
Accident rate in general: 4-5%
Accident rate so far with only 48 vehicles: 8-9%
Without details I'm not going to accept "someone else's" fault as fact.
They've managed it with software on your devices, what makes your car different than any other device?
Self-driving cars need to be banned.
Why - it wasn't their fault?
Until it is, then we have semi-autonomous machines injuring/killing humans with no one to hold accountable because the ToS absolves the company of liability.
Would you consider the government following each and every courier you sent out to see who you were talking to a violation of your privacy in the 1780s?
No, that one's far simpler than the issues at hand. The government has always had the power to observe behavior in public without a warrant.
Ever heard of "Private in public" doctrine? Or has the US lost that part of privacy rights?
Hiring older developers is the fastest way to put hundreds of security holes in your software. That's reality, people. They just simply don't keep up and don't have modern college training in the latest security threats and program hacking methods.
Modern college training? You mean the canned courses sold by course farms that are a decade old and full of errors?
The terrorists did less damage to our way of life than this kind of government spying on its own citizens.
Yup. Terrorism between 1970-2007: 1 in 3,500,00 chance of being killed by a terrorist. In 2007 alone you had a 1 in 22,000 chance of being murdered in the US.
Which of my "person, house, papers, and effects" is the phone company's information about my phone calls?
It's information about me, but it belongs to the phone company, and they have it. The government can search through it without any impact to me at all.
I'm not saying they should be allowed to, but the 4th Amendment is irrelevant here.
You must interpret the meaning of the time to the technology of today. Communicating over distance when this was written was done by paper handed to a courier. Now that paper is an electronic signal and the courier is an ISP or phone company. Would you consider the government following each and every courier you sent out to see who you were talking to a violation of your privacy in the 1780s? I would
All that said, if you RTFA or even the summary... "That's not exactly saying that such bulk collection is unconscionable or per se unconstitutional, but it's a major step toward respecting privacy as a default. "
Cuba seems to claim it is. They blame the inability to trade with the USA for all their ills. I'm not sure why (nearly) the rest of the world can't satisfy their needs, or why they would want to trade with a nation they disagree with ideologically, but this kind of illogical sentiment is not unique (see: Venezuela).
"Othering" is just a staple of politics regardless of any realities.
The US isn't the centre* of the universe!?!
*Yes, I spelled it Canadian.
Based on the 30 second look at Lisp code the other day, I'd be comfortable with it within a day. I'm not going to be a rockstar but I'd be able to get by. Heck, I tought myself PHP/MySQL/JavaScript/HTML in 3 weeks on the fly.
As to the anecdote being nonsense, here's a reality check for you:
Java 7
Learning a package a day: 210 days
Learning a class a day: 11.03 years (4027 classes, number does not include subclasses)
Learning 10 methods a day: Honestly, I'm not going to figure out how many methods are in Java but needless to say it'd likely take you over 100 years.
I'd like to know which brand of microwave lasts 17 years?
I'm using a 25 year old Panasonic. Before that my parents had a 34 year old microwave. Basic microwaves are so simple it's rare that they fail. The new inverter ones breakdown easily though (parents are on their 3rd one in 10 years)
lol - that was my first thought. Add a zero and it might be worth some actual thought.
How will this work with respect to blocking content based on IP, due to local laws that make such content illegal only in certain areas (such as Nazi stuff in Germany)?
Don't you know, the courts now think they have global jurisdiction.
Well said.
Certain languages will definitely take a little more time. Lisp is a great example - I've never had the need to use it so I just looked up some code for the first time... it is different but even with the differences I could see the basics at play. I could understand where a conditional started and ended, how certain loops worked, etc. and that's with a quick glance of a random piece of code from google images. Give me a proper doc and an hour I'd be good to go.
It's only outdated if you don't want a dedicated device for time. Some of us do want or need such a device, preferably one that doesn't need to be recharged every 24 hours, do a bunch of shit we don't care about, and occupy half of our lower arms. A nice looking watch is also a fashion statement; I'm not talking Rolex level (although you can certainly do that), just something that looks halfway decent and goes with most of your wardrobe.
The reality is that people expect you to have a cellphone these days. It has replaced the home phone in many respects. So, given that reality you always have a device on you that can tell time. If you choose to get one that needs to be recharged every 24 hours and does a bunch of shit you don't care about that's a choice. I chose to get a smart phone that sure, can do a bunch of shit I don't care about, but I got one that lasts for 6 days typically and that has a keyboard for my big thumbs. It's not new & flashy. It's not the "in" thing but damn does it do what I need it to: send text messages, give me the time, store contact data, and let me take/make calls.
The simple answer is that once you learn how to code it doesn't matter what the language is.
I couldn't disagree with this more. I don't mean to be flippant or argumentative; I simply want to say that my experience has been quite different. I think the langauge you write programs in is incredibly important. You want the right language for the task at hand.
I don't disagree with this at all. My point was that you don't need to go out and learn an entire language just because you think it might be useful to do. Once you know one or two languages it's not important that you know other languages, just that you know what situations other languages would be better suited for. When you run into one of those situations, it's just as easy to pick it up on the fly because you already have the core knowledge from the existing language(s) you've learned.
I think of it this way... a decade ago my professor gave us a little anecdote about how, if you learned 10 new methods in Java every day for the rest of your life - you'd be dead before you learned everything that was in Java. Since you can't "know" a language because it's constantly being created/changed/etc the best thing to do is understand rather than know.
My fingertip is the size of a dime. It can't be done. Stop trying to do it, it's not going to happen.
Seriously. The concept that is out dated is the watch. I want one of these: http://games.softpedia.com/scr...
Not quite.
The simple answer is that once you learn how to code it doesn't matter what the language is. Sure you need to learn where the limitations are, efficiencies of the language, syntax, etc but at their core most programming languages are the same.
I taught myself PHP/JavaScript/etc back in the day, took a few courses with Java but never touched a lick of .NET/VB/ASP. Without knowing anything about how someone had coded a page in ASP.NET, simply looking at the output times, I was able to diagnose an issue, code & test a framework for a fix to be integrated into his code. It took me all of 2 hours and access to language documentation to "learn" ASP.NET and managed to triple the efficiency of the code.
It was likely just a spelling error you're blowing out of proportion.
Whenever I read "more cloud integration" or some other marketing crap like that my immediate thought is "How many people am I going to have to downgrade or switch to an Open alternative?"
Office 2003 is the last Microsoft Office suite I used and I could not be happier with my choice. The writing was on the wall when they went "ribbon" crazy.
A new type of star !
It was obviously an alien weapon and the government is trying to explain it away.
If there are few to no negative side effects, what does it matter if people lean on these drugs to work?
I've not used them myself, but I don't care if others do.
That's totally not true. Adderall can cause insomnia, uncontrollable sweating, thyroid problems, and a laundry list of other issues. Aside from that fact the main problem is that it becomes useless. Your brain doesn't rest properly but because you're on stimulants you don't recognize that you're tired and just keep going. That sounds great but it has a detrimental effect where the benefits are eliminated by the exhaustion your brain is experiencing and you end up right where you started (or worse off). Then when you go off them not only do you start sleeping more due to trying to recover, your mental state takes a hit and it takes weeks to recover your baseline productivity.
As someone who genuinely needs to take this class of stimulants I wouldn't wish them on anyone. They can help but if I can avoid taking them for long periods I do.
This will be abused by SJWs so fast.
Yeah, it's utterly unacceptable that people complain about rape and death threats. I have a good idea: we should spam their twitter feeds with MORE rape and death threats until they see the error of their ways.
That will teach those SJWs a really good lesson!
BTW: at this point SJW doesn't actually mean anything. It's just used as a "shit I hate on the internet" invective. There is no consistency in its use and people use it as a means of either rabble rousing or ad-homenim by trying to shut down a debate by flinging poo rather than actually engaging in a rational discussion.
Like your post for example.
SJW is a non-starter, as you say. However, when I was young I'd say some seriously nasty things to my best friend and he'd do the same to me - it was a running inside joke. Anyone looking in from the outside would think we were the most racist, sexist, awful human beings when in reality it was the absurdity of what we were saying that we thought was funny. The problem is with public tools like this that people can't tell the difference between something like that and something genuinely hurtful. I certainly wouldn't trust some poorly paid employee to be able to understand the nuances of a relationship, situation, regional language differences, etc.