It may not be perfect (e.g. your example) but Python takes documentation seriously. How many other languages allow you to embed the documentation right in the freaking source file?
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$150K in debt is much higher than the typical student debt for an undergraduate or even masters degree. At least in the US, $26500 is the figure cited for a bachelor's degree. Still a fair amount -- but usually government subsidized or backed somehow.
Well, at least us Washington residents expected there would be many more than 100 applicants, especially considering that a criminal background didn't immediately bar you from consideration. The state probably expected more as well and hired a consultant accordingly. There's some tidbits in the article that stand out to me:
He created an intelligent form in Google Docs for the review form.
He ensured the security of the system by giving the users each a unique ID (e.g., Reviewer1, Reviewer2, etc.) and password, which protected the system integrity and maintained the anonymity of each reviewer
Uhh... doesn't using Google Docs negate the anonymity? Personally, I wouldn't consider it 'secure' either (if Google implodes, can/you/ restore your data?).
The system design cost just $7800 to put together. License fees for Box and DocuSign were not included in the total cost because the Liquor Control Board bought those separately.
Translated: The system design exceeded $10,000 so the Liquor Control Board started parallel, separate purchases of Box and DocuSign licenses to avoid the bid requirement.
It worked so well, cloudPWR is selling the solution to other governments processing RFPs.
Considering the level of investment (and that it's already paid for), I wonder what they will be charging. The website is one big contact form but maybe they just haven't decided. Personally, I think if WA hadn't procrastinated to a 10 day deadline, they could have afforded to hire someone who would use open-source tools.
That article just left me curious who the first Cannabis Commissioner will be! (Pot czar is so ugly; it reminds me of Gil Kerlikowske.)
This is true: in the US, a ham license opens up spectrum to an R/C vehicle operator. Interestingly, there is a narrow exception to the rules which permit encryption to be used when controlling R/C craft. (Very no-no otherwise)
If you were to take your calories from asparagus (which has a big carbon footprint), riding a bike actually has a bigger carbon footprint than a city bus.
I don't see how it matters what you've been eating when comparing the carbon footprint of riding a bike vs. a bus. You would have eaten either way. This argument is just isn't valid as worded.
Multiply that by the millions and millions of verifications per day, and Web users as a whole are wasting years and years of their lives just trying to prove they're not actually computers.
Web users as a whole are wasting years and years of their lives just trying to look at cute cat pictures. Does this mean we should embark upon the CATcha?
Just another attempt to make viewing ads compulsory...
Neither article mentions any crops being sprayed with glyphosate (Round-up) [citation?]. The case in TFA is about a farmer who planted legally purchased seed which happened to be second-generation to GMO seed.
It may be reasonable for Monsanto to use copyright law against competing seed conglomerates to protect the results of their research but it's outright absurd how they use threats and court actions against their very customers without hesitation if they see a quick buck.
It's not too baffling why nuclear in the US is stifled and it's not due to those environmental conservatives with a holistic view. You should acquaint yourself with the NIMBY syndrome. Where to stick the waste is the question which really holds back nuclear development.
My thought: who is being held accountable for the money, and overseeing that it goes into productive use?
A LOT of people have this very same thought. Those who pay a little more attention, though, would note the amount of money "thrown away" on solar energy subsidies absolutely pales in comparison to the amount of money "thrown away" on the more, shall we say violent, US government programs.
"Monopoly" might not be the best word but the whole concept of private property ownership does indeed depend on having a government (and culture!!!) which recognizes "private property rights." This might be very difficult to conceptualize if your culture is heavily entrenched in the idea. There are cultures, however, which would have an equally hard time understanding "owning private property" and, no, I'm not talking about communists.
"dumb" is subjective but it's certainly true that traffic engineers know what the hell they're doing. I had to take a 300-level traffic engineering course (I'm general civie) and I still learned entirely too much about the timing of traffic signals. The people actually designing roads (at least in the US) have Doctorates or Masters+10yrs experience -- I don't know how they could dream about anything but traffic signals, stopping sight distances and subgrade thicknesses.
Of course... the best design in the world doesn't matter if the locality can't afford (or doesn't want to) upgrade their infrastructure. And engineering can't solve (your) impatience.
This is a good idea and it does happen but it's the exception, not the rule. One major impediment is the fact that most intersections still use mechanical timers. Civil engineers are a cautious lot and the mechanical systems offer hardware interlocks which guarantee that greens & reds show up in safe patterns. It's hard to achieve that same level of assurance with software alone. Of course, it's also much more difficult to adjust timing intervals with a mechanical system. Changing patterns based on time of day is doable and fairly popular. Inductive detection loops which trigger/modify timers are very popular, at least in urban areas.
Name calling aside, GP makes a characterization which is very difficult to refute: those who are most incensed by "wasteful government spending" are more often than not also proponents of increased military spending. To me that seems.... hypocritical.
Your back-of-the-envelope math is interesting but also needs citations. Or maybe you could be more explicit about what "the most important problem we face today" actually is. Apparently our ignorance abounds so please, enlighten us.
I'm glad you posted this. I certainly didn't mean to exclude other North Americans but in those contexts, they could probably also be referred to as something else (for instance, Canadian vs America or Chilean vs American). Call an American (from the US) a USian and you'll get a stupid look back.
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It may not be perfect (e.g. your example) but Python takes documentation seriously. How many other languages allow you to embed the documentation right in the freaking source file?
$150K in debt is much higher than the typical student debt for an undergraduate or even masters degree. At least in the US, $26500 is the figure cited for a bachelor's degree. Still a fair amount -- but usually government subsidized or backed somehow.
and so is Carmen Ortiz.
How are she and Heymann still employed?
Well, at least us Washington residents expected there would be many more than 100 applicants, especially considering that a criminal background didn't immediately bar you from consideration. The state probably expected more as well and hired a consultant accordingly. There's some tidbits in the article that stand out to me:
He created an intelligent form in Google Docs for the review form.
He ensured the security of the system by giving the users each a unique ID (e.g., Reviewer1, Reviewer2, etc.) and password, which protected the system integrity and maintained the anonymity of each reviewer
Uhh... doesn't using Google Docs negate the anonymity? Personally, I wouldn't consider it 'secure' either (if Google implodes, can /you/ restore your data?).
The system design cost just $7800 to put together. License fees for Box and DocuSign were not included in the total cost because the Liquor Control Board bought those separately.
Translated: The system design exceeded $10,000 so the Liquor Control Board started parallel, separate purchases of Box and DocuSign licenses to avoid the bid requirement.
It worked so well, cloudPWR is selling the solution to other governments processing RFPs.
Considering the level of investment (and that it's already paid for), I wonder what they will be charging. The website is one big contact form but maybe they just haven't decided. Personally, I think if WA hadn't procrastinated to a 10 day deadline, they could have afforded to hire someone who would use open-source tools.
That article just left me curious who the first Cannabis Commissioner will be! (Pot czar is so ugly; it reminds me of Gil Kerlikowske.)
Jared Diamond wrote Guns, Germs and Steel. It is an excellent book but doesn't mention beer...
Drinking doesn't make we want to write but writing makes me want to drink!
This is true: in the US, a ham license opens up spectrum to an R/C vehicle operator. Interestingly, there is a narrow exception to the rules which permit encryption to be used when controlling R/C craft. (Very no-no otherwise)
Rep Orcutt also issued some clarifying comments and apologized for the 'confusing' email.
If you were to take your calories from asparagus (which has a big carbon footprint), riding a bike actually has a bigger carbon footprint than a city bus.
I don't see how it matters what you've been eating when comparing the carbon footprint of riding a bike vs. a bus. You would have eaten either way. This argument is just isn't valid as worded.
Even if the case is dismissed, you lost.
Oh so woefully true.
you didn't sign the paperwork. I bet she would have done an about-face and detained you instead of the boat.
Multiply that by the millions and millions of verifications per day, and Web users as a whole are wasting years and years of their lives just trying to prove they're not actually computers.
Web users as a whole are wasting years and years of their lives just trying to look at cute cat pictures. Does this mean we should embark upon the CATcha?
Just another attempt to make viewing ads compulsory...
Meritocratic.
Perhaps some are but GP is being pragmatic:
It seems to be more about practically and what works for the given situation.
Neither article mentions any crops being sprayed with glyphosate (Round-up) [citation?]. The case in TFA is about a farmer who planted legally purchased seed which happened to be second-generation to GMO seed.
It may be reasonable for Monsanto to use copyright law against competing seed conglomerates to protect the results of their research but it's outright absurd how they use threats and court actions against their very customers without hesitation if they see a quick buck.
It's not too baffling why nuclear in the US is stifled and it's not due to those environmental conservatives with a holistic view. You should acquaint yourself with the NIMBY syndrome. Where to stick the waste is the question which really holds back nuclear development.
And yet the costs your choice will impose upon future society are more than likely to exceed $20k.
I can't say I'm not guilty of using gasoline but I am cognizant of the repercussions and don't pretend my current choices have no effect on others.
My thought: who is being held accountable for the money, and overseeing that it goes into productive use?
A LOT of people have this very same thought. Those who pay a little more attention, though, would note the amount of money "thrown away" on solar energy subsidies absolutely pales in comparison to the amount of money "thrown away" on the more, shall we say violent, US government programs.
"Monopoly" might not be the best word but the whole concept of private property ownership does indeed depend on having a government (and culture!!!) which recognizes "private property rights." This might be very difficult to conceptualize if your culture is heavily entrenched in the idea. There are cultures, however, which would have an equally hard time understanding "owning private property" and, no, I'm not talking about communists.
never get caught
That is the operative phrase. Hard to say if it's the rate of cheating or rate of detection that has changed vs 10, 20, 30 years ago.
"dumb" is subjective but it's certainly true that traffic engineers know what the hell they're doing. I had to take a 300-level traffic engineering course (I'm general civie) and I still learned entirely too much about the timing of traffic signals. The people actually designing roads (at least in the US) have Doctorates or Masters+10yrs experience -- I don't know how they could dream about anything but traffic signals, stopping sight distances and subgrade thicknesses.
Of course... the best design in the world doesn't matter if the locality can't afford (or doesn't want to) upgrade their infrastructure. And engineering can't solve (your) impatience.
This is a good idea and it does happen but it's the exception, not the rule. One major impediment is the fact that most intersections still use mechanical timers. Civil engineers are a cautious lot and the mechanical systems offer hardware interlocks which guarantee that greens & reds show up in safe patterns. It's hard to achieve that same level of assurance with software alone. Of course, it's also much more difficult to adjust timing intervals with a mechanical system. Changing patterns based on time of day is doable and fairly popular. Inductive detection loops which trigger/modify timers are very popular, at least in urban areas.
Most trusted != Most trustworthy
Just sayin....
Name calling aside, GP makes a characterization which is very difficult to refute: those who are most incensed by "wasteful government spending" are more often than not also proponents of increased military spending. To me that seems.... hypocritical.
Your back-of-the-envelope math is interesting but also needs citations. Or maybe you could be more explicit about what "the most important problem we face today" actually is. Apparently our ignorance abounds so please, enlighten us.
What makes you think the military would be any more successful fighting a guerrilla war here?
...public apathy...
I'm glad you posted this. I certainly didn't mean to exclude other North Americans but in those contexts, they could probably also be referred to as something else (for instance, Canadian vs America or Chilean vs American). Call an American (from the US) a USian and you'll get a stupid look back.
Also, link fix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_(disambiguation)