Yes, not every student will become a programmer. Like not every student will be a physicist, chemists, biologists, literary critic, grammar nazi etc. Bu that's still not an excuse not to teach them those subjects. One purpose of school is to show students the possibilities they can choose from.
In my experience BASIC was a very good language for learning, shame it was never taught. Today, there are many friendly script languages like Python if you just want to make kids interestested. If you want to "prepare" them for C-type languages then it's a bit harder, maybe Fortran would be a good choice. But every language can be learned, and I doubt that the main barrier is that in today's hundreds of languages you can't find one to do the job.
Forcing students to take courses that 'teach' them things that they are unlikely to ever use because there is a chance that they will use them and/or it might have a tiny impact on their intelligence.
I have some news, every class in high school is like that. How could kids decide what they want to do in life without trying?
When information was requested about some people associated with Wikileaks they didn't just hand it over silently to the feds, and maybe increment their statistics by one later like Google. They notified the users in question ASAP, and held back the information until the final court order forced them to hand it over.
I didn't say it's not scary, I said that legal solutions to technical problems rarely work. If you are afraid of being tracked, there are many technical solutions to avoid it.
It's not necessarily about not using the Internet, but rather not using unreliable services, and letting the free market sort out the trash. But yeah, there are many examples for why it is stupid to trust your email service or online bank with sensitive data.
It's not just Facebook, many other companies like Google do this. But although this regulation has good intentions, like all attempts at regulating the Internet it will be counterproductive and unenforceable. The Internet is based on anarchy, that's what made it big and drives it today. Securing their data is the duty of the users.
3D TVs are only 3D because traditional LCDs don't have a high enough frequency for shutter-lense 3D. You could use an old CRT for 3D just as well. Polarised 3D is only used in cinemas.
just pay for activities that would have occurred anyway without the subsidy
I don't see that as a problem. The goal is to reduce CO2 emissions on a global scale, which is what happens. Intentions are irrelevant, and impossible to know anyway.
I guess they do use simulations to refine the original design as it's way faster, but eventually every algorithm has to be tested IRL. Simulations are imperfect.
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You can, unless it interferes with Disney's business. Trademarks are not absolute.
For precedences, look at the telephone system, with it's ubiquitous namespace.
I didn't know you could trademark a sequence of numbers.
It's not a trademark issue. Whether they do business with a company is Facebook's choice.
You could buy a whole VR toolkit for that.
Yes, not every student will become a programmer. Like not every student will be a physicist, chemists, biologists, literary critic, grammar nazi etc. Bu that's still not an excuse not to teach them those subjects. One purpose of school is to show students the possibilities they can choose from.
In my experience BASIC was a very good language for learning, shame it was never taught. Today, there are many friendly script languages like Python if you just want to make kids interestested. If you want to "prepare" them for C-type languages then it's a bit harder, maybe Fortran would be a good choice. But every language can be learned, and I doubt that the main barrier is that in today's hundreds of languages you can't find one to do the job.
Forcing students to take courses that 'teach' them things that they are unlikely to ever use because there is a chance that they will use them and/or it might have a tiny impact on their intelligence.
I have some news, every class in high school is like that. How could kids decide what they want to do in life without trying?
Special effects for films and games is a huge industry where I live with lots of jobs. The UK might be shooting for those companies.
The cause of the two problems is the same: bad education.
When information was requested about some people associated with Wikileaks they didn't just hand it over silently to the feds, and maybe increment their statistics by one later like Google. They notified the users in question ASAP, and held back the information until the final court order forced them to hand it over.
I didn't say it's not scary, I said that legal solutions to technical problems rarely work. If you are afraid of being tracked, there are many technical solutions to avoid it.
Being open source doesn't eliminate the need for support.
Twitter is not a social network but a messaging system with an outstanding record in defending it's customers' private data.
It's not necessarily about not using the Internet, but rather not using unreliable services, and letting the free market sort out the trash. But yeah, there are many examples for why it is stupid to trust your email service or online bank with sensitive data.
Sadly, I still hear many otherwise intelligent people using lines of code from time to time.
Don't use Facebook.
So Amazon should shut down, as no one can be expected to keep their credit card details secure on the net.
Amazon shouldn't need credit card details, they should handle money transfers like a physical store.
We'll end up with LOLcats all over the place, and nothing of any actual use.
Yeah, the Internet certainly has no useful parts today...
Lack of government regulation does not mean no regulations at all, the market forces can also shape the net.
It's not just Facebook, many other companies like Google do this. But although this regulation has good intentions, like all attempts at regulating the Internet it will be counterproductive and unenforceable. The Internet is based on anarchy, that's what made it big and drives it today. Securing their data is the duty of the users.
In a private company, it's not the employees who do this, and they charge more for it.
3D TVs are only 3D because traditional LCDs don't have a high enough frequency for shutter-lense 3D. You could use an old CRT for 3D just as well. Polarised 3D is only used in cinemas.
If only other countries worried about copyright infringement would adopt this novel concept...
Quantity does not equal quality.
The problem is that the substitute was toxic.
just pay for activities that would have occurred anyway without the subsidy
I don't see that as a problem. The goal is to reduce CO2 emissions on a global scale, which is what happens. Intentions are irrelevant, and impossible to know anyway.
I guess they do use simulations to refine the original design as it's way faster, but eventually every algorithm has to be tested IRL. Simulations are imperfect.