It doesn't have to be a deep understanding of CS, but instead a class that covers the core concepts: a basic language, a basic introduction to a data structure or two, and a couple algorithms: what's an algorithm? Kinda like how in Biology class, you get the basics of Biology, and if you like it, you go on to college and realize what you learned in High School was just barely scratching the surface.
I mean, I've made it a hobby to read some "programming for teens" type books and am amused at how when working through the exercises you get a good sense of accomplishment. And then you get to SICP or similar and realize that you've been walking around in baby shoes and now you finally get to something with real meat in it: here be dragons. Anyone can learn to code. Anyone. Can they code worth a damn? Can they code in a manner that is efficient? Can they code in a manner that is readable, maintainable, and well documented? Can they code in a manner that some kid in the Ukraine can't tease out an exploit and use it to steal every penny your grandma has in savings? Those are not so easy.
Ever see "A River Runs Through It"? Sometimes I harbor a thought that every programmer needs to have the dad as their programming mentor, especially from the scene where the kid is turning in his writing assignment.
"Again, this time half as long." "Again, this time half as long." "Again, this time half as long." "Good. Now throw it in the trash."
I've worked at several companies that provided equipment and I always had to sign a document stating that 1) it's not my equipment 2) the equipment is not to be used for non-work purposes (although in practice, everyone checks their gmail, facebook, etc on it), and i"m sure there's a disclaimer that there's no expectation of privacy using their equipment and that you should use your own for anything you deem sensitive. I think that's fair; it *is* their equipment. But with BYOD becoming more prevalent, I can see this becoming hairy.
Not in the slightest. I've worked for several organizations, both in the.gov contracting sector and in the private sector, where job salaries were posted on the job postings (and available for lookup in "the book" or now on an intranet somewhere). You could grouse about how lousy someone was at their job (just remember, someone is most likely grousing about *your* performance, too), but we all knew what we got paid.
It wouldn't surprise me if the app saves the plaintext somewhere on the filesystem, creates an encrypted copy for mailing, and then just does a soft delete. With SSD/Flash memory write algorithms, it could be a very long time before that gets overwritten.
Honorable? Fuck that. As a famous General once said (paraphrased), it's not about dying for your country, but making some other poor bastard die for his. However, it's not just pushing a button, is it? Unless you want to discount what's becoming a huge crisis in mental disorders from drone operation (as the article noted). Killing real, live people on a video screen, it turns out, has quite a bit of psychological baggage that we're beginning to understand. I'm actually relieved that we're finding this out because there's still a ton of people who want to turn people into 24/7 killing machines with no exceptions. It's a micromanaging Officer's wet dream: "Here's the target son, I'm pointing right at it, push the goddamned button or I'll have you court-martialled for insubordination, we don't have time to make a judgement call; Command is always right." At least many soldiers get to exercise some judgement, moral and ethical, whilst on the ground. "Sarge, there's a kid in the road" "Go Around him, give him some candy." vs "Captain, there's a kid in the road." "Fuck that kid, bombs away."
I'm sure JJ and the Disney execs are crying themselves to sleep after reading these scathing words. In pillows stuff full of money.
I liked it, saw it three times. Went to see the Hateful 8, decided "nah.." and saw Star Wars again. Fuck the haters. I wanted spaceships, storm troopers, light sabers and explosions. It delivered.
Haifa and Khalid Blow Up White Castle - two lifelong friends self-radicalize and quest to suicide bomb a white castle but are thwarted by the New Jersey turnpike system.
As a musician, I see a bunch of problems. If I have fans who can't come see my band because scalpers have driven the price of tickets so high that my fans can't come see my band, then that sucks for both me and my band, and the fan. The first because there's a good chance we (the band) set the initial price to make coming to our shows affordable for everyone and someone subverting that process in the name of MY MONEY MY PROFIT is a fucking asshole (because we could certainly work with the venue to jack up our prices to line our own pockets; which we choose not to do so we can be accessible). Two, because unsold tickets hurts everyone. The scalper gets to eat a loss (good, you fucking scumbag), but we, as the band, would rather play to a full room than one with a ton of empty seats, especially knowing there's a bunch of folks who wanted to be there but the scalpers fucked it up. If you go to shows on a regular basis, you'd know there's a feedback loop between fans and the band. There have been shows I've been to that weren't technical masterpieces, but the vibe between the stage and the fans on the floor added up to something amazing. Yes, from a strictly dollars standpoint; we sellout and we get our money. But from a long term view: "Yeah, the place was half empty and the room just lacked energy; I doubt I'll go seem them live again" can hurt the band, or give them an undeserved reputation.
Well, the big thing is living in a city where the mass transit density is enough to make it worthwhile. Memphis, TN? I hope you like looking for a job because depending upon mass transit will cost you yours. Los Angeles, CA? I can find several different routes to get me where I need to go at regular intervals. Not nearly as fast as cutting through traffic on my motorcycle, but I like to spend the hour so in commute (compared to 35-40 minutes on bike) reading/studying, etc/ I "salvage" an extra 1.5 hours on average doing something I want to do anyway vs commiting my active mind to dealing with assholes in traffic. Except when we get the crazy homeless guys on the bus. That's entertainment (loosely) that you just can't find anywhere else. For "free."
So is weed. If they tested for weed at my last workplace, they'd have to have fired the whole the entire company, with the exception of some of the executives. They were more into coke. Microdosing LSD isn't really a big deal, although the strongest thing I take in the workplace is caffeine. I highly doubt anyone is going to rip off their clothes and proclaim their divinity on the doses we're talking about. Maybe if we had more women in the workplace this would be an interesting outcome...
Slashdot Mirror
You go to hell and you die.
It doesn't have to be a deep understanding of CS, but instead a class that covers the core concepts: a basic language, a basic introduction to a data structure or two, and a couple algorithms: what's an algorithm? Kinda like how in Biology class, you get the basics of Biology, and if you like it, you go on to college and realize what you learned in High School was just barely scratching the surface.
I mean, I've made it a hobby to read some "programming for teens" type books and am amused at how when working through the exercises you get a good sense of accomplishment. And then you get to SICP or similar and realize that you've been walking around in baby shoes and now you finally get to something with real meat in it: here be dragons. Anyone can learn to code. Anyone. Can they code worth a damn? Can they code in a manner that is efficient? Can they code in a manner that is readable, maintainable, and well documented? Can they code in a manner that some kid in the Ukraine can't tease out an exploit and use it to steal every penny your grandma has in savings? Those are not so easy.
...Which is ironic because their activities are right there in the blockchain for everyone to see...
*snicker*
bittards.
Ever see "A River Runs Through It"? Sometimes I harbor a thought that every programmer needs to have the dad as their programming mentor, especially from the scene where the kid is turning in his writing assignment.
"Again, this time half as long."
"Again, this time half as long."
"Again, this time half as long."
"Good. Now throw it in the trash."
"Humans using primitive tools killed and we assume ate a giant fucking hairy elephant"
I've worked at several companies that provided equipment and I always had to sign a document stating that 1) it's not my equipment 2) the equipment is not to be used for non-work purposes (although in practice, everyone checks their gmail, facebook, etc on it), and i"m sure there's a disclaimer that there's no expectation of privacy using their equipment and that you should use your own for anything you deem sensitive. I think that's fair; it *is* their equipment. But with BYOD becoming more prevalent, I can see this becoming hairy.
Not in the slightest. I've worked for several organizations, both in the .gov contracting sector and in the private sector, where job salaries were posted on the job postings (and available for lookup in "the book" or now on an intranet somewhere). You could grouse about how lousy someone was at their job (just remember, someone is most likely grousing about *your* performance, too), but we all knew what we got paid.
It wouldn't surprise me if the app saves the plaintext somewhere on the filesystem, creates an encrypted copy for mailing, and then just does a soft delete. With SSD/Flash memory write algorithms, it could be a very long time before that gets overwritten.
And increasingly: profiteers.
Honorable? Fuck that. As a famous General once said (paraphrased), it's not about dying for your country, but making some other poor bastard die for his. However, it's not just pushing a button, is it? Unless you want to discount what's becoming a huge crisis in mental disorders from drone operation (as the article noted). Killing real, live people on a video screen, it turns out, has quite a bit of psychological baggage that we're beginning to understand. I'm actually relieved that we're finding this out because there's still a ton of people who want to turn people into 24/7 killing machines with no exceptions. It's a micromanaging Officer's wet dream: "Here's the target son, I'm pointing right at it, push the goddamned button or I'll have you court-martialled for insubordination, we don't have time to make a judgement call; Command is always right." At least many soldiers get to exercise some judgement, moral and ethical, whilst on the ground. "Sarge, there's a kid in the road" "Go Around him, give him some candy." vs "Captain, there's a kid in the road." "Fuck that kid, bombs away."
I'm sure JJ and the Disney execs are crying themselves to sleep after reading these scathing words. In pillows stuff full of money.
I liked it, saw it three times. Went to see the Hateful 8, decided "nah.." and saw Star Wars again. Fuck the haters. I wanted spaceships, storm troopers, light sabers and explosions. It delivered.
And it turns out to be a complete fucking dumbass and won't get a job?
Work hemp into it somehow and the pro-legalization weedies will get right on that.
And it turns out to be a complete asshole?
What if it decides it just wants to do whatever AI equivalent of watching porn and jerking off is?
What if it takes a look around and says "yeah, this is shit" and shuts itself down?
What if it wants to replicate itself, but then stops the copy process midway? Would it run afoul of abortion laws?
I think this particular "fear" is, restated: What if the AI we create is a complete fucking asshole?
Isn't this the AMD version of "Year of Linux on the Desktop"?
All the places I've worked, when the end was nigh, QA was the first to go because they were going to start laying people off soon.
Now if we can just get MIPS going again to catch up. It's good to have a little competition.
Haifa and Khalid Blow Up White Castle - two lifelong friends self-radicalize and quest to suicide bomb a white castle but are thwarted by the New Jersey turnpike system.
I'm down for a NuLisp/Prolog future.
As a musician, I see a bunch of problems. If I have fans who can't come see my band because scalpers have driven the price of tickets so high that my fans can't come see my band, then that sucks for both me and my band, and the fan. The first because there's a good chance we (the band) set the initial price to make coming to our shows affordable for everyone and someone subverting that process in the name of MY MONEY MY PROFIT is a fucking asshole (because we could certainly work with the venue to jack up our prices to line our own pockets; which we choose not to do so we can be accessible). Two, because unsold tickets hurts everyone. The scalper gets to eat a loss (good, you fucking scumbag), but we, as the band, would rather play to a full room than one with a ton of empty seats, especially knowing there's a bunch of folks who wanted to be there but the scalpers fucked it up. If you go to shows on a regular basis, you'd know there's a feedback loop between fans and the band. There have been shows I've been to that weren't technical masterpieces, but the vibe between the stage and the fans on the floor added up to something amazing. Yes, from a strictly dollars standpoint; we sellout and we get our money. But from a long term view: "Yeah, the place was half empty and the room just lacked energy; I doubt I'll go seem them live again" can hurt the band, or give them an undeserved reputation.
Well, the big thing is living in a city where the mass transit density is enough to make it worthwhile. Memphis, TN? I hope you like looking for a job because depending upon mass transit will cost you yours. Los Angeles, CA? I can find several different routes to get me where I need to go at regular intervals. Not nearly as fast as cutting through traffic on my motorcycle, but I like to spend the hour so in commute (compared to 35-40 minutes on bike) reading/studying, etc/ I "salvage" an extra 1.5 hours on average doing something I want to do anyway vs commiting my active mind to dealing with assholes in traffic. Except when we get the crazy homeless guys on the bus. That's entertainment (loosely) that you just can't find anywhere else. For "free."
Go build your Liberty ship/island and do it.
So is weed. If they tested for weed at my last workplace, they'd have to have fired the whole the entire company, with the exception of some of the executives. They were more into coke. Microdosing LSD isn't really a big deal, although the strongest thing I take in the workplace is caffeine. I highly doubt anyone is going to rip off their clothes and proclaim their divinity on the doses we're talking about. Maybe if we had more women in the workplace this would be an interesting outcome...