A geeky guy suddenly find himself out of a jahb - victim of downsizing, outsourcing, H1B1-jeebies etc etc - and thinks up a plan to take advantage of this new program by dressing up as a woman and teaching inner-city girls all about the ins-and-outs of programming, and in the process learns a little bit about something called life.
"He taught them how to code, but they taught him how to live."
From the producers of Mrs Doubtfire and I Spit on Your Grave, this summer Paramount Pictures brings you a feel-good, down-on-your-luck, rags-to-riches, local-boy-make-good, shaggy-dog, fish-out-of-water, girl-meets-boy, boy-turns-into-girl story.
Oh OK: Let me change that to -1 (Most people here don't care)
And yeah but no: I went through all that shit you're talking about : hooking up the phone to 300 baud modem and the sound of the KRGHGRAHIHZZZ DDRRTTT... ding ding!, and mucking about in BASIC and DOS 3.3, 6502 peeks and pokes, and the scream of the dot matrix while printing out ASCII boobs. All that shit, and I still don't care. Just let it go, some things are basically not worth remembering.
No. The NSA (and various other TLAs) have shown, again and again, that there the "proper channels" for whistleblowing are dead ends. Nothing will be fixed or improved, and for your troubles you'll be subjected to endless legal and extralegal hardship.
Yes. The problem with established whistleblower procedures in large institutions (both public and private) is that they act more like honeypots than proper feedback mechanisms which result in the problem being addressed, the perpetrators removed and punished, and the common good being served.
You've just told us that you think the janitors at the NSA are as responsible as people like Snowden himself... who you know... HELPED TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THIS SHIT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Jesus christ, you want so hard to hate the NSA that logical and thought go right out the window.
It's funny how shrill some people get when exclaiming Snowden as a traitor, but how *very quiet* these same people are when mentioning that the US gubmint has not only violated the public trust, but also the constitution of the United States, that legal bedrock on which rests all the laws of the land - like it ain't no thing.
There is no way that was an editing error. Someone had to purposefully add those noises to the footage. Please.
Reminds me of something from The Last Boyscout: "It was an accident, right? You tripped, slipped on the floor and accidentally stuck your dick in my wife."
Is that even English? Seems more like some dystopian futurespeak loosely based on a form of English which has been coopted by media and communications majors.
Since when did not knowing anything about a subject ever stop someone on Slashdot from having a strong opinion about it? Shit, if that were true, the comments sections would look like downtown Detroit.
Autism is not ever diagnosed because a kid has tantrums or is nerdy etc. The professionals know what they are doing.
Yeah, I'm going to take issue with this. I'm sorry about your daughter, but are you saying that professionals are somehow infallible, always getting it right? Come on!
You're right, I have no real expertise in the matter; however, as an ignorant schlub this won't stop me from forming an educated guess about it; and in the light of this study I will conjecture that one of the following is happening:
* Rates of autism have not changed in recent history, but the the diagnostic measures have - this may be due to improvement in methods, greater awareness in the mental health community, but possibly because - for whatever reason - doctors are more disposed to incorrectly diagnosing autism. It's not like this has never happened (http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/welcome/features/2013-2014/01/20140108_autism-22Q.html).
* Rates of autism are indeed on the rise, though a direct mechanism has yet to be discovered. This would be alarming to say the least.
I'm skeptical about the second case, because - Jenny McCarthy aside - no one has established a clear link connecting autism to anything. Most evidence points to problems arising during prenatal development (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1307491), but as to what causes that, no one knows.
There is much, much more to the process of professional evaluation and diagnosis than what you describe. The process is a whole lot more rigorous than idle speculation.
Even so, do you really think this spike is 100% due to correct diagnoses? If not, how much? A 30% increase is huge. When you get that kind of shift in your results, your first question as a researcher should be: how did my methodology change? Easier said than done for psychiatric studies where human judgment playts such a key factor, but the burden is on the researchers to reexamine their experimental method in light of such a spike.
Hmm, don't the core traits of autistic spectrum disorders manifest themselves within the few first years of life? You'll have hard time trying to convince me that "spending more time in front of screens" applies to toddlers. That's where you probably where you ought to start if you're looking for the cause.
Most toddlers I've seen in the past few years are far more adept at using a touchscreen than their grandparents. Again, my theory is that this spike is due to misdiagnoses rather than real cases. Some critical insight would be gained by looking at similar studies from other countries, assuming these exist.
Not saying that all or even most of the diagnoses of autism are false positives, but when you're living in a world where human communities are dwindling and become more insular - so there is less direct social engagement, extended families are spread across continents - so this core social unit is less dynamic and extensive, and people spend more and more time in front of screens - at work and at home, this sort of result is not overly surprising. Shit, when did the first iPhone come out? Mid 2007? Coincidence? iThink not.
Increased screening sensitivity is probably playing a big factor as well: "Tommy seems rather introverted and shuns the company of others. He also throws a huge tantrum when we take away the tablet with the toons on it. Probably autism." I'm not saying this is due to negligent parenting, but when there is an obvious diagnosis that fits the symptoms, why look any further? Again, these are the marginal cases which are sufficiently prevalent to cause this spike.
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"[Olivia Fox Cabane] is so successful that executives now pay her to do the same for them."
Ever been to an offsite while working for a large company? And did they have an invited speaker who basically talked a lot of entertaining bullshit, which was nonethelss bullshit? Ever wondered how that speaker managed to con a bunch of supposedly savvy and high-powered executives to get the gig? Me neither. Then again, management consultancy still continues to thrive as an industry and I still don't know what they really do.
It's almost as if most executives have no fucking idea what they're doing...
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A geeky guy suddenly find himself out of a jahb - victim of downsizing, outsourcing, H1B1-jeebies etc etc - and thinks up a plan to take advantage of this new program by dressing up as a woman and teaching inner-city girls all about the ins-and-outs of programming, and in the process learns a little bit about something called life.
"He taught them how to code, but they taught him how to live."
From the producers of Mrs Doubtfire and I Spit on Your Grave, this summer Paramount Pictures brings you a feel-good, down-on-your-luck, rags-to-riches, local-boy-make-good, shaggy-dog, fish-out-of-water, girl-meets-boy, boy-turns-into-girl story.
Michael Cera in Class Act.
You're mostly right. But really I'm more like a sausage: 90% asshole (but 10% heart).
In other words the parasite equivalent of Taco Bell.
Oh OK: Let me change that to -1 (Most people here don't care)
And yeah but no: I went through all that shit you're talking about : hooking up the phone to 300 baud modem and the sound of the KRGHGRAHIHZZZ DDRRTTT ... ding ding!, and mucking about in BASIC and DOS 3.3, 6502 peeks and pokes, and the scream of the dot matrix while printing out ASCII boobs. All that shit, and I still don't care. Just let it go, some things are basically not worth remembering.
lead me to think that slashdot needs a moderation system for articles.
-1 (Nobody cares)
Now someone has to waste more mod points modding you down, and modding the guy who replied to you down. Brilliant.
Mod parent up.
No. The NSA (and various other TLAs) have shown, again and again, that there the "proper channels" for whistleblowing are dead ends. Nothing will be fixed or improved, and for your troubles you'll be subjected to endless legal and extralegal hardship.
Yes. The problem with established whistleblower procedures in large institutions (both public and private) is that they act more like honeypots than proper feedback mechanisms which result in the problem being addressed, the perpetrators removed and punished, and the common good being served.
You're a moron.
You've just told us that you think the janitors at the NSA are as responsible as people like Snowden himself ... who you know ... HELPED TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THIS SHIT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Jesus christ, you want so hard to hate the NSA that logical and thought go right out the window.
GO HOME NSA YOU ARE DRUNK.
This kind of bullshit being posted here just goes to show that shilling wins.
Oh I wouldn't say they're winning, but by god they're certainly trying.
It's funny how shrill some people get when exclaiming Snowden as a traitor, but how *very quiet* these same people are when mentioning that the US gubmint has not only violated the public trust, but also the constitution of the United States, that legal bedrock on which rests all the laws of the land - like it ain't no thing.
Yeah, but Snowden: let's focus on him.
They won't last two weeks.
Two Weeks
See you at the pahty, Rictuh!
But it will turn us into thrrrrice-breasted mutants.
Get yoo ass to Mahs.
with the idea of someone else cutting in on their currency manipulation business. Yuan? You can't have.
There is no way that was an editing error. Someone had to purposefully add those noises to the footage. Please.
Reminds me of something from The Last Boyscout: "It was an accident, right? You tripped, slipped on the floor and accidentally stuck your dick in my wife."
What's with the stall... man?
Is that even English? Seems more like some dystopian futurespeak loosely based on a form of English which has been coopted by media and communications majors.
HA! Of course I should have written: "In a world..."
They're wearing them in the wrong place.
the only adventure left is to destroy society.
Since when did not knowing anything about a subject ever stop someone on Slashdot from having a strong opinion about it? Shit, if that were true, the comments sections would look like downtown Detroit.
Autism is not ever diagnosed because a kid has tantrums or is nerdy etc. The professionals know what they are doing.
Yeah, I'm going to take issue with this. I'm sorry about your daughter, but are you saying that professionals are somehow infallible, always getting it right? Come on!
You're right, I have no real expertise in the matter; however, as an ignorant schlub this won't stop me from forming an educated guess about it; and in the light of this study I will conjecture that one of the following is happening:
* Rates of autism have not changed in recent history, but the the diagnostic measures have - this may be due to improvement in methods, greater awareness in the mental health community, but possibly because - for whatever reason - doctors are more disposed to incorrectly diagnosing autism. It's not like this has never happened (http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/welcome/features/2013-2014/01/20140108_autism-22Q.html).
* Rates of autism are indeed on the rise, though a direct mechanism has yet to be discovered. This would be alarming to say the least.
I'm skeptical about the second case, because - Jenny McCarthy aside - no one has established a clear link connecting autism to anything. Most evidence points to problems arising during prenatal development (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1307491), but as to what causes that, no one knows.
It's not a theory, it's a wild conjecture. Where is your evidence for a rise in misdiagnosis?
Oh, I don't know - maybe the fact that this study is based in the US, which has a track record of "over-diagnosing" mental health disorders in children, such as ADHD ( http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd..., http://www.psychiatrictimes.co...).
Fool me once, shame on ... shame on you. Fool me... You can't get fooled again!
There is much, much more to the process of professional evaluation and diagnosis than what you describe. The process is a whole lot more rigorous than idle speculation.
Even so, do you really think this spike is 100% due to correct diagnoses? If not, how much? A 30% increase is huge. When you get that kind of shift in your results, your first question as a researcher should be: how did my methodology change? Easier said than done for psychiatric studies where human judgment playts such a key factor, but the burden is on the researchers to reexamine their experimental method in light of such a spike.
Hmm, don't the core traits of autistic spectrum disorders manifest themselves within the few first years of life? You'll have hard time trying to convince me that "spending more time in front of screens" applies to toddlers. That's where you probably where you ought to start if you're looking for the cause.
Most toddlers I've seen in the past few years are far more adept at using a touchscreen than their grandparents. Again, my theory is that this spike is due to misdiagnoses rather than real cases. Some critical insight would be gained by looking at similar studies from other countries, assuming these exist.
Not saying that all or even most of the diagnoses of autism are false positives, but when you're living in a world where human communities are dwindling and become more insular - so there is less direct social engagement, extended families are spread across continents - so this core social unit is less dynamic and extensive, and people spend more and more time in front of screens - at work and at home, this sort of result is not overly surprising. Shit, when did the first iPhone come out? Mid 2007? Coincidence? iThink not.
Increased screening sensitivity is probably playing a big factor as well: "Tommy seems rather introverted and shuns the company of others. He also throws a huge tantrum when we take away the tablet with the toons on it. Probably autism." I'm not saying this is due to negligent parenting, but when there is an obvious diagnosis that fits the symptoms, why look any further? Again, these are the marginal cases which are sufficiently prevalent to cause this spike.
"[Olivia Fox Cabane] is so successful that executives now pay her to do the same for them."
Ever been to an offsite while working for a large company? And did they have an invited speaker who basically talked a lot of entertaining bullshit, which was nonethelss bullshit? Ever wondered how that speaker managed to con a bunch of supposedly savvy and high-powered executives to get the gig? Me neither. Then again, management consultancy still continues to thrive as an industry and I still don't know what they really do.
It's almost as if most executives have no fucking idea what they're doing...