As an engineer who has done a fair bit of plumbing, carpentry, etc, I'd say that there is a fundamental and critical common ability between the trades and engineering. The ability to conduct a thoughtful analysis and then flip the switch to synthesis to solve a problem makes all the difference in preventing a 30 minute job from turning into a 6 hour job.
It seems they've been complaining about 'the dearth' for long enough now that if they were actually serious about solving the problem, those who were in pre-school when the complaining started would have Bachelor and Master degrees in CS by now...
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As an engineer who has done a fair bit of plumbing, carpentry, etc, I'd say that there is a fundamental and critical common ability between the trades and engineering. The ability to conduct a thoughtful analysis and then flip the switch to synthesis to solve a problem makes all the difference in preventing a 30 minute job from turning into a 6 hour job.
Microsoft Words?
Developers Developers Developers Developers!
lol, "think"
well, you're an optimist
there is no "guise of convenience"
It's quite obviously extraordinarily convenient...for the publishers.
region-coded books in 3, 2, 1...
"for years men have dreamed of destroying the sun..."
the problem with home schooling is the instructors
craptons are what you find when you don't find leptons
my son had trouble with the mouse because he'd been using the tablet for years.
mice are keypunch machines
brilliant genius level CEOs are also rare, but that doesn't stop the morons from getting ridiculous salaries and severance (HP, I'm looking at you)
May the Road Rise With You...
It seems they've been complaining about 'the dearth' for long enough now that if they were actually serious about solving the problem, those who were in pre-school when the complaining started would have Bachelor and Master degrees in CS by now...
DRM makes people violent.
"adding multiplayer" implies nothing was subtracted
Shouldn't the world's superpower be capable of producing it's own? And if they are not, be capable of figuring out why and fixing it?
"A dog can smell things that a person would reasonably think is private."
bad dog!
aquifer
"core hours" in 3, 2, 1...
"The feminist lobby were so pleased that Mayer was appointed..."
What, Carol Bartz is a man?
they seem to find India terribly secure
actually, it's not just his opinion, but Tom DeMarco's,
I'm also guessing you have no idea who that is.
if you like what you are doing, self discipline is superfluous.
if you don't like what you are doing, well...
he was probably thinking, "please stop talking to me"
she's still the boss...for now.
she's not even a Carol Bartz
if only the bible mentioned dinosaurs or took a stand against slavery...