I imagine with those wonderful changes that occur around that time, their priorities in life change. More focus on a social life, less focus on an academic life.
And programming, like most scientific, mathematical, and engineering disciplines, on the sliding scale of social interactions, is near the end most commonly associated with hermits. And it will probably never change, no matter how hard someone tries to "cure" the programming field of its "lack of females problem."
I despise Javascript as much as the next person, but the current alternatives are delightfully hideous.
Why doesn't the/. community try to create several new ones, and we'll see which ones work?
Here's some things I'd want in them:
1.) True Classes / Object Oriented support. None of this hacked on bullsh*t. 2.) Namespaces. Just make sure it has them. 3.) Multiple constructor support. 4.) Inheritance. 5.) Interfaces.
Thank You. At my university, over 99% of the CS majors were male by senior year (97% freshman year). Females aren't applying to the programs, so they cannot be considered for the jobs.
And it's not like the CS department of any university, let alone workplace, does not want women in there. But no amount of bribery will convince them to enter a highly stressful, demanding, and often-times not very rewarding career when there are better ones available.
Indeed. It's more along the lines of "the product was supposed to enter QA a week ago, the client is harassing your product manager, and it's been a week of hell, during which you slept for 6 hours every other day." And sleep doesn't come easy, as you have trouble resting when your mind is throwing up new possibilities, trying to explain that bug and how to fix it.
Did they mention that part of the reason you are in the cafe isn't for the atmosphere, but because the logistics involved in transporting that much caffeine and sugar to the office are untenable? How about the part where you begin cutting the caffeine with nicotine and other stimulants as you try to make a product deadline?
Let's be honest: it appears a romantic job, being able to do what you want, having no dress code, and still being paid. But reality dictates that if it were easy, there'd be more Software Engineers than there are.
I know. It's like having an army of demons dedicated to making your life hell; they get up every day, review the previous day's minutes, then ask themselves how they can top it.
Precisely the point -> spies are two-way corridors.
For example: you're a Soviet lad who is in the US, studying at University. Your minders have asked you to pick up a few technologies of interest, and have made vague threats, directed at family members, should you fail to complete your quest. Being a good citizen, having attended all the 'right' schools, and attended party meetings, you agree to the task. During your stay, however, you start to enjoy living in the US. Perhaps it's the part where the CIA is a little less belligerent than the KGB, perhaps it's the fact that you have freedom of speech (you can speak your mind, and not worry about someone writing it down in a file somewhere), perhaps it's the weather (winters in Moscow can be harsh), or the supermarkets (food, on demand, and lots of choices). Whatever the case, you slowly begin questioning your commitments back home: you start thinking how nice it would be if you could stay here.
So, you make one of the following choices: to return to your country, or to work to bring your family over. If you return, your minders will get some information, but they also have to deal with someone who knows, first-hand, the depth of their lies: if you're morally casual, then you may be happy with the lies, and work to continue them while profiting; if you're not, then you slowly work to introduce some of the concepts you've experienced first-hand into your native land. If you stay, you have to quietly get your family out of harm's way, which is a difficult task at best, but the CIA, supposedly, can pull things off, provided it's worth it to them (like every intelligence agency, they love defectors from the other side).
Politics. NASA wants some more money, and putting on a show helps to remind people that they still exist, which leads to nostalgia about past glories and attempts to recapture them.
Granted, many of your points about the US are correct.
However, in issues of the internet, we do have a problem, in that every petty dictator wants control over it. Their MO is fairly standard -> section themselves off, so that they can 'fix' things. In reality, they section off only the non-elite among their populace, allowing the elite to continue to access the global internet (for business / intelligence / whatever, but in reality, you just made access to a common resource a perk of being connected). Why? Power. Propaganda. You tell the populace that the sky is falling, and they can only find data that confirms it.
I hear this stuff all the time in the US (we need accountability->we need fetters so we don't hurt ourselves). Don't believe me? Check this out: http://www.covenanteyes.com/.
Trojan virus vs. trojan malware. Yes, it's technically not a virus, but it is a piece of malware that the Mac-heads have been convinced they are immune to. And it is, no doubt, the first of many; in time, if someone actually cares, perhaps a real virus (CIH style) will be created for the Mac. You know, something with a timebomb, that goes undetected, then fries the disk firmware?
Love that. "Those who have nothing to hide have nothing to fear" -> well then, by all means, allow us to observe you as you observe us. Equality and all that, a foreign concept to these people.
What's even better, of course, is the implicit argument contained therein that they have a right to monitor people who do have something to hide. If the preceding sentence doesn't make sense to you, you might want to ponder it for a while.
Indeed. For some odd reason, people have such an aversion to just buying a PC, and hooking it up to the TV. People who will buy MP4-capable DVD players, who will spend hours re-encoding things so that they can watch it on the screen 20 feet from their PC. They all want appliances, for some odd reason, even though the decoding (let alone the encoding) of most popular items requires a rather powerful (by most PC OEM standards) machine. I'm starting to think it's almost racist bias towards having a 'PC' machine in the living room (nevermind the X-Box, Wii, and PS3), like they're trying to win a bet with someone, but can't admit they lost it years ago.
$800 for an appliance that cannot decode half the formats you have encountered, and will not decode the more-CPU / GPU intensive ones coming out later this year? Hell yeah, hook that up to the TV. Even has a 20GB hard drive, imagine that.
$800 for a PC with stereo out and HDMI, that can decode anything you throw at it? With a 2 TB hard drive? Why would I want that?
Why does the populace seem to treat machines like lepers?
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Don't think it's discrimination or harassment that we're seeing here. Girls dominate boys in the math and scientific disciplines right up until about puberty.
I imagine with those wonderful changes that occur around that time, their priorities in life change. More focus on a social life, less focus on an academic life.
And programming, like most scientific, mathematical, and engineering disciplines, on the sliding scale of social interactions, is near the end most commonly associated with hermits. And it will probably never change, no matter how hard someone tries to "cure" the programming field of its "lack of females problem."
I despise Javascript as much as the next person, but the current alternatives are delightfully hideous.
Why doesn't the /. community try to create several new ones, and we'll see which ones work?
Here's some things I'd want in them:
1.) True Classes / Object Oriented support. None of this hacked on bullsh*t.
2.) Namespaces. Just make sure it has them.
3.) Multiple constructor support.
4.) Inheritance.
5.) Interfaces.
Feel free to add whatever you'd like below.
Been in this industry for some time, first time I've heard the term 'brogrammer.' Where exactly is she getting this stuff?
Thank You. At my university, over 99% of the CS majors were male by senior year (97% freshman year). Females aren't applying to the programs, so they cannot be considered for the jobs.
And it's not like the CS department of any university, let alone workplace, does not want women in there. But no amount of bribery will convince them to enter a highly stressful, demanding, and often-times not very rewarding career when there are better ones available.
And guess which one most people get?
Indeed. It's more along the lines of "the product was supposed to enter QA a week ago, the client is harassing your product manager, and it's been a week of hell, during which you slept for 6 hours every other day." And sleep doesn't come easy, as you have trouble resting when your mind is throwing up new possibilities, trying to explain that bug and how to fix it.
Did they mention that part of the reason you are in the cafe isn't for the atmosphere, but because the logistics involved in transporting that much caffeine and sugar to the office are untenable? How about the part where you begin cutting the caffeine with nicotine and other stimulants as you try to make a product deadline?
Let's be honest: it appears a romantic job, being able to do what you want, having no dress code, and still being paid. But reality dictates that if it were easy, there'd be more Software Engineers than there are.
And having attended such a lofty institution of higher learning, pray tell us what you majored in.
He's a lumberjack, and he's OK. He works all night, and he sleeps all day!
Heh. I think that a person is allowed two irrational beliefs per lifetime, if only because it makes them more interesting.
What is with all these bastards freeloading on the backs of others?
Their mindset: "Oh, you have something popular? Here, let us tax it, so we can get in on some of that money."
Here's an idea. Stand up, in your cubicle, and ask out loud 'does anyone here know how to perform a formal investigation?'
Indeed. And we call those people 'masochists.'
I know. It's like having an army of demons dedicated to making your life hell; they get up every day, review the previous day's minutes, then ask themselves how they can top it.
Precisely the point -> spies are two-way corridors.
For example: you're a Soviet lad who is in the US, studying at University. Your minders have asked you to pick up a few technologies of interest, and have made vague threats, directed at family members, should you fail to complete your quest. Being a good citizen, having attended all the 'right' schools, and attended party meetings, you agree to the task. During your stay, however, you start to enjoy living in the US. Perhaps it's the part where the CIA is a little less belligerent than the KGB, perhaps it's the fact that you have freedom of speech (you can speak your mind, and not worry about someone writing it down in a file somewhere), perhaps it's the weather (winters in Moscow can be harsh), or the supermarkets (food, on demand, and lots of choices). Whatever the case, you slowly begin questioning your commitments back home: you start thinking how nice it would be if you could stay here.
So, you make one of the following choices: to return to your country, or to work to bring your family over. If you return, your minders will get some information, but they also have to deal with someone who knows, first-hand, the depth of their lies: if you're morally casual, then you may be happy with the lies, and work to continue them while profiting; if you're not, then you slowly work to introduce some of the concepts you've experienced first-hand into your native land. If you stay, you have to quietly get your family out of harm's way, which is a difficult task at best, but the CIA, supposedly, can pull things off, provided it's worth it to them (like every intelligence agency, they love defectors from the other side).
Politics. NASA wants some more money, and putting on a show helps to remind people that they still exist, which leads to nostalgia about past glories and attempts to recapture them.
Granted, many of your points about the US are correct.
However, in issues of the internet, we do have a problem, in that every petty dictator wants control over it. Their MO is fairly standard -> section themselves off, so that they can 'fix' things. In reality, they section off only the non-elite among their populace, allowing the elite to continue to access the global internet (for business / intelligence / whatever, but in reality, you just made access to a common resource a perk of being connected). Why? Power. Propaganda. You tell the populace that the sky is falling, and they can only find data that confirms it.
I hear this stuff all the time in the US (we need accountability->we need fetters so we don't hurt ourselves). Don't believe me? Check this out: http://www.covenanteyes.com/.
Pride goeth before the fall.
Meh, close enough.
Trojan virus vs. trojan malware. Yes, it's technically not a virus, but it is a piece of malware that the Mac-heads have been convinced they are immune to. And it is, no doubt, the first of many; in time, if someone actually cares, perhaps a real virus (CIH style) will be created for the Mac. You know, something with a timebomb, that goes undetected, then fries the disk firmware?
This is assuming you are in the racing business, and not in the business of selling equestrians.
And I, while infrequent to 4chan, would not. I don't allow fear to dictate my behavior, as lesser men do.
Home of the cowards, hiding behind their numbers and technological prowess.
Love that. "Those who have nothing to hide have nothing to fear" -> well then, by all means, allow us to observe you as you observe us. Equality and all that, a foreign concept to these people.
What's even better, of course, is the implicit argument contained therein that they have a right to monitor people who do have something to hide. If the preceding sentence doesn't make sense to you, you might want to ponder it for a while.
Indeed. For some odd reason, people have such an aversion to just buying a PC, and hooking it up to the TV. People who will buy MP4-capable DVD players, who will spend hours re-encoding things so that they can watch it on the screen 20 feet from their PC. They all want appliances, for some odd reason, even though the decoding (let alone the encoding) of most popular items requires a rather powerful (by most PC OEM standards) machine. I'm starting to think it's almost racist bias towards having a 'PC' machine in the living room (nevermind the X-Box, Wii, and PS3), like they're trying to win a bet with someone, but can't admit they lost it years ago.
$800 for an appliance that cannot decode half the formats you have encountered, and will not decode the more-CPU / GPU intensive ones coming out later this year? Hell yeah, hook that up to the TV. Even has a 20GB hard drive, imagine that.
$800 for a PC with stereo out and HDMI, that can decode anything you throw at it? With a 2 TB hard drive? Why would I want that?
Why does the populace seem to treat machines like lepers?
Ethically, yes, correct.