I'm not sure you're entirely correct here. I think you're right that "average" people won't be able to do good 3D design, but I'm seeing more and more gallery sites open with very interesting 3D models available for free. I think there's a good analogy to the early computer industry. We had very few users that weren't power users, because it was a pain to learn. But then, more and more people created interesting software and the hardware advanced and it became cheaper and easier to get involved (thanks to shareware, freeware, hardware clones, etc.), and now we've got these crazy pocket computers with amazing apps for $.99. I think 3D printing and production may follow a similar adoption model, we're just in the early-adopter, hobbyist, hardcore geek phase now.
I think this idea really matches what I see in a lot of young gamers now. If you've spent any time on Minecraft lately, you'll find a tremendous diversity of play styles and server types. Having a professionally produced, nicely scaling MMORPG that the players can bring their creativity to, could provide a nice market for them.
Look, if you want to get paid to program, you're going to need to know something about the business or organization you work in. In a ton of cases, that means knowing some accounting, organizational structure, and the actual goals of the business. For anyone who can actually program, that should be too hard.
What companies are working on an implantable version of this device?
What technology would be required for that to work? Wireless power charging, skin port for med refills, PAN (personal area network) for reporting, blood vessel graft or passthrough, anti-rejection coating, what else?
I wonder if the same technology might be used to help clear runways and airspace around busy airports? I know that bird strikes are extremely expensive on commercial airliners, this might be a cheap alternative.
I like where I work, there are a lot of good folks there, interesting work to do, and a limited stress environment that lets me enjoy life with my family. That doesn't mean I can do it for free! I am attached to the job and loyal to the company, but I ask for a return on that commitment.
This picture is brilliant, thank you for sharing it.
I recently have been reading Strengths Based Leadership (Rath, Conchie), and though they are focusing on leaders, they talk a lot about why people follow. In general, they say people follow because of their need for TRUST, HOPE, COMPASSION, and SECURITY. A commanding/directive leader can still provide all of these things to the people that work for them, but I think it's much more challenging than a leader who is willing to roll up their sleeves and get down in the trenches. Of course, because the leader is relied on for HOPE for the future (requiring some kind of inspiring vision of the future), they also have to be capable of taking the strategic, company wide view. I personally see a good manager as a translator between the goals of the business and the employees who get the work done.
I think this is a really good point. Gasoline as an energy supply is portable in the sense that it can be moved around. Electricity as an energy supply is portable in the sense that you can generate it from multiple platforms.
I've got an AppleTV that does 1080P and looks pretty good. Throw in Airplay and video push from iPad/iphone/mac and you've got a pretty capable "console."
If you acknowledge the enthusiast case modding scene, then nothing that Apple has done with the Mac Pro is at all interesting. It's notable primarily for how it is mismatched to the market segment they are trying to sell it to.
I would say that depends on what the price point is. If they start selling it for $999, then it's going to be a very nice high end consumer system that will work for many in the graphics, video, or sound industries... However, if they're trying to get $2499 like they are now, then I agree with you, they'll be missing a lot of sales of folks who rely on PCI, expansion, RAID arrays, etc. etc. (just helped someone install and configure a 4x4TB internal array in a mac pro for video editing - for example!)
When you say "they" I think you missed part of the point. A huge part of speaker for the dead was the power of the stories of the Hive Queen and the Hegemon. Ender's self hatred was so powerful and his empathy with the hive queen so strong that he was able to tell the tale of her life and death and make himself the villain. As humanity took over the planets that the buggers/formics originally colonized, they realized the sadness inherent in that loss, and the horror of a single person killing an entire "beautiful" race.
This is a terrible idea. You can go to jail for doing this. Don't do it.
As horrible as it sounds, this is something that a lawyer can help with. I'm sure the medical practice can afford to hire a couple of hours of legal assistance to draft a "very friendly" letter to the hospital administration warning them that their actions may be a violation of HIPAA in addition to other computer security regulations.
But to pretend that a plumber, carpenter, or steel mill worker is trained in the same way as a computer science/engineering student is just stupid.
I have read with some interest that apprenticeship programs are being restored in Britain, Germany, and other European countries to teach the mill workers, carpenters, and other skilled labor workforce.
Engineering, architecture, law, medicine, and other "professions" require a certain base level of knowledge, as opposed to skills. Trying to teach skills in a classroom is not going to work. Trying to learn knowledge "on the job" is not going to work. It's okay to match the learning environment to what is desired to be learned!
I see that many comments have done a good job pointing out the paranoid mindset of the questions in this post. It's true, if you're absolutely worried about hiding your data from the FBI, CIA, and NSA, you are either doing something so illegal that I don't want to help, or you are delusional and paranoid. However, reading between the lines, I think you've just seen too much FUD about security. If you really just want security that's "good enough" then you can get it by following some of the simple best practices. Here's some things that have been found to help in most environments:
1) Passwords are pretty good. Use a different password (fairly long, somewhat complex) on each different site and use a password manager (put that on a non-networked system if you're concerned), instead of trying to memorize dozens of different passwords. 2) Separate important and unimportant systems - if you have an online banking account, don't access it from the same machine you surf the web for "warez" on. 3) Use virtualization technology to "sandbox" dangerous activities. If you're researching viruses or malware, or browsing unusual web sites, do that in a virtual machine with snapshots. Destroy the virtual machine or restore to a "known good" configuration frequently. 4) Turn on firewalls, run anti-virus, and use registry/configuration cleaners frequently. If you're blocking any inbound connections to your network, you're safer. If all files you download are scanned, you're safer. If you regularly scan for known exploits and malware, and remove infections or destroy the system, you're safer. 5) Use encryption for sensitive information. Full disk encryption on your traveling laptop would be a great start. Use disk or file based encryption on sensitive documents, and ALWAYS use SSL when transmitting over open networks (that means ssh instead of telnet, FTPS instead of FTP, etc.). Encrypt backups as well as primary data. 6) Keep your systems reasonably up to date and follow recommendations from your software vendors about best security practices.
I'm sure there's a thousand other tips that would help, but you're not paying me, so this is where I'll stop.
Given your requirements of spending an hour a day for the year and learning over that time, I suggest checking out Learn Python the Hard Way. I reviewed it briefly after being pointed that way in a previous slashdot article (about teaching kids programming), and it has basic lessons, strung together over time into more and more complicated exercises. They have a Ruby, C, SQL, and other tidbits available as well, if Python doesn't seem like your kind of thing.
(Ethics) Have you ever been required to compromise your integrity by a supervisor or manager? How did you feel?
I really like the integrity question. I have asked it in several interviews, and it always makes people squirm. I ask it because it was asked of me, and it made me squirm. Part of an interview to me is trying to gauge how the candidate responds to stress, being put on the spot, or a unique challenge. I think the integrity questions can often do that!
For those "little boxes" that you know won't be fully utilized or need extreme resources, I suggest getting a couple of decently sized servers, running some virtualization platform (vmware, xen, windows (lol), and using virtual machines.
I think we're basically on the same page. I guess my feeling is that it's nice to have some external triggers for memory, rather than relying on my recollections (which seem to get dimmer with every passing year).
There may also be some differences for the type of lecture. If I'm in a "marketing" type of meeting, I wind up taking very few notes compared to a "technical" type of meeting.
I will also try not to sound like a smartass, but you were doing it wrong. Effective note taking doesn't mean transcribing what the lecturer or presenter is saying, it means noting the key points and tidbits of information that are interesting to you and will remind you of the rest of the material when you review it later.
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I'm not sure you're entirely correct here. I think you're right that "average" people won't be able to do good 3D design, but I'm seeing more and more gallery sites open with very interesting 3D models available for free. I think there's a good analogy to the early computer industry. We had very few users that weren't power users, because it was a pain to learn. But then, more and more people created interesting software and the hardware advanced and it became cheaper and easier to get involved (thanks to shareware, freeware, hardware clones, etc.), and now we've got these crazy pocket computers with amazing apps for $.99. I think 3D printing and production may follow a similar adoption model, we're just in the early-adopter, hobbyist, hardcore geek phase now.
What might a 3D printer do with material to build a robot powered by a Raspberry Pi?
Destroy humanity?
I think this idea really matches what I see in a lot of young gamers now. If you've spent any time on Minecraft lately, you'll find a tremendous diversity of play styles and server types. Having a professionally produced, nicely scaling MMORPG that the players can bring their creativity to, could provide a nice market for them.
How about a source for your temperature claim? I claim the opposite: Anthropogenic Global Warming is occurring. Here's two sources:
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs_v3/
http://climatechange.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=003800
And the kids get to play Minecraft on a legitimately performing computer, so they don't complain, right? :)
Look, if you want to get paid to program, you're going to need to know something about the business or organization you work in. In a ton of cases, that means knowing some accounting, organizational structure, and the actual goals of the business. For anyone who can actually program, that should be too hard.
What companies are working on an implantable version of this device?
What technology would be required for that to work? Wireless power charging, skin port for med refills, PAN (personal area network) for reporting, blood vessel graft or passthrough, anti-rejection coating, what else?
Wait, hold on, I've magnified it a billion times:
Still entirely invisible. Fuck this topic.
I wonder if the same technology might be used to help clear runways and airspace around busy airports? I know that bird strikes are extremely expensive on commercial airliners, this might be a cheap alternative.
"Ummmm, yeah, I'm going to ask you to come in on Saturday."
It doesn't have to be either/or!
I like where I work, there are a lot of good folks there, interesting work to do, and a limited stress environment that lets me enjoy life with my family. That doesn't mean I can do it for free! I am attached to the job and loyal to the company, but I ask for a return on that commitment.
This picture is brilliant, thank you for sharing it.
I recently have been reading Strengths Based Leadership (Rath, Conchie), and though they are focusing on leaders, they talk a lot about why people follow. In general, they say people follow because of their need for TRUST, HOPE, COMPASSION, and SECURITY. A commanding/directive leader can still provide all of these things to the people that work for them, but I think it's much more challenging than a leader who is willing to roll up their sleeves and get down in the trenches. Of course, because the leader is relied on for HOPE for the future (requiring some kind of inspiring vision of the future), they also have to be capable of taking the strategic, company wide view. I personally see a good manager as a translator between the goals of the business and the employees who get the work done.
I think this is a really good point. Gasoline as an energy supply is portable in the sense that it can be moved around. Electricity as an energy supply is portable in the sense that you can generate it from multiple platforms.
I've got an AppleTV that does 1080P and looks pretty good. Throw in Airplay and video push from iPad/iphone/mac and you've got a pretty capable "console."
If you acknowledge the enthusiast case modding scene, then nothing that Apple has done with the Mac Pro is at all interesting. It's notable primarily for how it is mismatched to the market segment they are trying to sell it to.
I would say that depends on what the price point is. If they start selling it for $999, then it's going to be a very nice high end consumer system that will work for many in the graphics, video, or sound industries... However, if they're trying to get $2499 like they are now, then I agree with you, they'll be missing a lot of sales of folks who rely on PCI, expansion, RAID arrays, etc. etc. (just helped someone install and configure a 4x4TB internal array in a mac pro for video editing - for example!)
Because web pages now are exponentially more complicated and ridiculous than pages were ten years ago?
Because as bandwidth has increased, the size of web pages has increased?
Bandwidth has really only increased marginally due to massive monopolistic control of the US networking market?
When you say "they" I think you missed part of the point. A huge part of speaker for the dead was the power of the stories of the Hive Queen and the Hegemon. Ender's self hatred was so powerful and his empathy with the hive queen so strong that he was able to tell the tale of her life and death and make himself the villain. As humanity took over the planets that the buggers/formics originally colonized, they realized the sadness inherent in that loss, and the horror of a single person killing an entire "beautiful" race.
This is a terrible idea. You can go to jail for doing this. Don't do it.
As horrible as it sounds, this is something that a lawyer can help with. I'm sure the medical practice can afford to hire a couple of hours of legal assistance to draft a "very friendly" letter to the hospital administration warning them that their actions may be a violation of HIPAA in addition to other computer security regulations.
But to pretend that a plumber, carpenter, or steel mill worker is trained in the same way as a computer science/engineering student is just stupid.
I have read with some interest that apprenticeship programs are being restored in Britain, Germany, and other European countries to teach the mill workers, carpenters, and other skilled labor workforce.
Engineering, architecture, law, medicine, and other "professions" require a certain base level of knowledge, as opposed to skills. Trying to teach skills in a classroom is not going to work. Trying to learn knowledge "on the job" is not going to work. It's okay to match the learning environment to what is desired to be learned!
I see that many comments have done a good job pointing out the paranoid mindset of the questions in this post. It's true, if you're absolutely worried about hiding your data from the FBI, CIA, and NSA, you are either doing something so illegal that I don't want to help, or you are delusional and paranoid. However, reading between the lines, I think you've just seen too much FUD about security. If you really just want security that's "good enough" then you can get it by following some of the simple best practices. Here's some things that have been found to help in most environments:
1) Passwords are pretty good. Use a different password (fairly long, somewhat complex) on each different site and use a password manager (put that on a non-networked system if you're concerned), instead of trying to memorize dozens of different passwords.
2) Separate important and unimportant systems - if you have an online banking account, don't access it from the same machine you surf the web for "warez" on.
3) Use virtualization technology to "sandbox" dangerous activities. If you're researching viruses or malware, or browsing unusual web sites, do that in a virtual machine with snapshots. Destroy the virtual machine or restore to a "known good" configuration frequently.
4) Turn on firewalls, run anti-virus, and use registry/configuration cleaners frequently. If you're blocking any inbound connections to your network, you're safer. If all files you download are scanned, you're safer. If you regularly scan for known exploits and malware, and remove infections or destroy the system, you're safer.
5) Use encryption for sensitive information. Full disk encryption on your traveling laptop would be a great start. Use disk or file based encryption on sensitive documents, and ALWAYS use SSL when transmitting over open networks (that means ssh instead of telnet, FTPS instead of FTP, etc.). Encrypt backups as well as primary data.
6) Keep your systems reasonably up to date and follow recommendations from your software vendors about best security practices.
I'm sure there's a thousand other tips that would help, but you're not paying me, so this is where I'll stop.
Given your requirements of spending an hour a day for the year and learning over that time, I suggest checking out Learn Python the Hard Way. I reviewed it briefly after being pointed that way in a previous slashdot article (about teaching kids programming), and it has basic lessons, strung together over time into more and more complicated exercises. They have a Ruby, C, SQL, and other tidbits available as well, if Python doesn't seem like your kind of thing.
Cheers,
Andrew
(Ethics)
Have you ever been required to compromise your integrity by a supervisor or manager? How did you feel?
I really like the integrity question. I have asked it in several interviews, and it always makes people squirm. I ask it because it was asked of me, and it made me squirm. Part of an interview to me is trying to gauge how the candidate responds to stress, being put on the spot, or a unique challenge. I think the integrity questions can often do that!
For those "little boxes" that you know won't be fully utilized or need extreme resources, I suggest getting a couple of decently sized servers, running some virtualization platform (vmware, xen, windows (lol), and using virtual machines.
I think we're basically on the same page. I guess my feeling is that it's nice to have some external triggers for memory, rather than relying on my recollections (which seem to get dimmer with every passing year).
There may also be some differences for the type of lecture. If I'm in a "marketing" type of meeting, I wind up taking very few notes compared to a "technical" type of meeting.
I will also try not to sound like a smartass, but you were doing it wrong. Effective note taking doesn't mean transcribing what the lecturer or presenter is saying, it means noting the key points and tidbits of information that are interesting to you and will remind you of the rest of the material when you review it later.