A significant portion of that cost is the medical average, which includes all the prisoners who are, in fact, dieing in jail. It clearly doesn't take long to make up the costs of a dead prisoner.
Now if you want to have a discussion about whether it might just be cheaper, net, for society to set them free, I think that's a different topic. But comparing ongoing incarceration vs dead prisoner, I think dead prisoner will clearly come out much cheaper.
Indeed, documentation is not inherently valuable. I believe it was the premise of both the article and the argument, though, that in the particular context it was.
That's exactly right. Comments are easily abused, but even you admit there's the 1% that you need. Mastering the art of the 1% comment makes for a top tier developer.
You may be looking in the wrong places. Most small companies don't have room to let people start at the bottom. For an entry level position, medium to large companies are a more likely success. Google, for example, is hiring people straight out of college like crazy right now. Apple and facebook are also.
It's acknowledged in the article that this is only for 'worlds' about 5x as big as earth and higher. The real number, counting everything that would count as a planet in our solar system, may be 5-10X as high.
It doesn't matter, you lose, by a long shot. (Which you learn when you read the details and learn that this only applies to worlds about 5x as big as earth. Everything smaller is left out of the estimate, and may result in the final number being as much as 5-10x higher).
Actually, theoretically, the definition of 'alive' is disputed, because some scientists want viruses to be 'alive' and some don't. (Among many other disputes as to what the formal definition should be).
I have rarely seen a baby that looks just like an adult. And after the birth, both parent and child are smaller than the combined entity prior to the birth. The real difference vs the broken rock shows up in what happens later.
Who is they? I'm pretty sure everyone in the scientific community is in complete agreement that the sun is a major factor in climate. The climate without the sun would be dramatically different.
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http://www.lao.ca.gov/laoapp/laomenus/sections/crim_justice/6_cj_inmatecost.aspx?catid=3
A significant portion of that cost is the medical average, which includes all the prisoners who are, in fact, dieing in jail. It clearly doesn't take long to make up the costs of a dead prisoner.
Now if you want to have a discussion about whether it might just be cheaper, net, for society to set them free, I think that's a different topic. But comparing ongoing incarceration vs dead prisoner, I think dead prisoner will clearly come out much cheaper.
I avoid the whole issue by never using a computer.
But if it's in the prison system killing prisoners, isn't that reducing the costs of those prisons? How is that unfortunate?
Indeed, documentation is not inherently valuable. I believe it was the premise of both the article and the argument, though, that in the particular context it was.
Yep, if your productivity metrics don't measure the goal you care about, your problem does not lie with your development team.
It seems to me that if your only management tool is badgering, your core problem does not lie with your development team.
That's exactly right. Comments are easily abused, but even you admit there's the 1% that you need. Mastering the art of the 1% comment makes for a top tier developer.
Yes, this is the philosophy commonly known as self-documenting code. Comments are exactly for when that philosophy breaks down.
You may be looking in the wrong places. Most small companies don't have room to let people start at the bottom. For an entry level position, medium to large companies are a more likely success. Google, for example, is hiring people straight out of college like crazy right now. Apple and facebook are also.
I don't understand the problem with the heater. If you like turning a heater down when it gets too hot, what's the better solution?
Comments, like pretty much everything, are a tool that can be used well, or poorly.
The solved the question of whether or not it was possible with 12. Now on to 11!
Sorry for the double post, but specifically, I think you probably meant to reply to the parent post of mine.
You may have meant to reply to someone else. The quote you included isn't from my post.
Then you've won the showcase showdown! Vanna, tell him what he's won ...
Well then you might be in trouble, because the third player is definitely going to play 150 billion +1. :-)
Well that's certainly true. You are the price-is-right champ if we let no one else but you and the scientists play. :-)
It's acknowledged in the article that this is only for 'worlds' about 5x as big as earth and higher.
The real number, counting everything that would count as a planet in our solar system, may be 5-10X as high.
It doesn't matter, you lose, by a long shot.
(Which you learn when you read the details and learn that this only applies to worlds about 5x as big as earth. Everything smaller is left out of the estimate, and may result in the final number being as much as 5-10x higher).
Predators only showed up in a couple of fringe Trek episodes, they can hardly be considered sci-fi canon.
Actually, theoretically, the definition of 'alive' is disputed, because some scientists want viruses to be 'alive' and some don't. (Among many other disputes as to what the formal definition should be).
I have rarely seen a baby that looks just like an adult. And after the birth, both parent and child are smaller than the combined entity prior to the birth. The real difference vs the broken rock shows up in what happens later.
http://www.popsci.com/node/24698
Who is they? I'm pretty sure everyone in the scientific community is in complete agreement that the sun is a major factor in climate. The climate without the sun would be dramatically different.
We are past the tipping point. Forward thinkers need to begin focusing on survival and recovery from catastrophe, not avoidance.