Primary education isn't about Johnny's "own fucking interests". It's about trying to give all kids the same basic knowledge that they can use to get by in the world at a minimum, and as a stepping stone to more advanced education if they so choose. They are already learning basic math, science, language, geography, history, etc. Like it or not, simple programming concepts are now a pretty fundamental part of basic math/science education.
Does that mean Johnny is being coerced to get a BS in Computer Science as a result? Obviously, no, not any more than learning algebra forces you to be a mathematician or learning biology forces you to be a doctor.
So your gaming computer is in the "dinning" room (is that just the loudest room in the house?) - unless you sleep on your dinning room table, that's not your bedroom, so your comment is irrelevant.
And besides that: JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, IT WAS A JOKE. I guess in this case First Post is a disadvantage, since despite the many people who got it, there just has to be a few who don't and need to "express their outage on the Internet". I'm sure there it no emoticon for what you are feeling right now...
Actually, yes, that was the other angle: "if you live in a studio apartment, everywhere is your bedroom!".
But given that was too close to the truth, I decided to make a joke about the typical/. meme instead. Not sure if I hit too close to the truth, or being too close to the top of the posts means I just attracted too many people with no sense of humor...
So you are one of the other 50%, BFD. Or you live in your basement, which might be preferable to admitting you are married and have your desktop computer in your bedroom.
When you live in your parents' basement, your gaming room is also your bedroom. And it's hard to get enough space for VR with that damn washer and dryer in the way.
While Java was originally designed to run interactive TV apps, browser-based applets were the first popular use and were supported in the first public release of Java 1.0 in 1995 (well predating the ".com" era).
Agree that applets are mostly pretty awful, though.
I live in the Bay Area and I think it's annoying as shit. It's almost unconscious habit at this point to right click, "open link in new tab"...
Though your suggestions are a bit simplistic compared to the actual issues involved. These days there are very few true "rendered" pages, and caches just cache Javascript *source* files. Most "pages" are constantly running Javascript to retrieve data/refresh and update the DOM, rather than some simple HTML. There is a TON of state to keep track of for each "page". Keeping a separate Javascript interpreter, DOM, etc around for each page in the browser history will start chewing up system resources pretty quickly.
Do you even know what a Ford F-450 is, though? You don't buy that as a "commuter vehicle" or even as a "country vehicle". It's not remotely similar to a utility pickup or SUV, the thing weighs almost 9000 lbs and can tow 30,000.
In fact "convenient" is just as much dependent on the usage as the range (actually, more so). Many people who may live in apartments that make it more difficult to charge at home have *free* chargers at their workplace (mine does). And in fact, plugin chargers mean you can charge it to some extent almost anywhere there is electricity (you can find supermarkets, shopping malls, even restaurants that have charging stations), unlike gasoline cars that make you go to a totally special purpose business - a gas station.
They won't be obsolete any more than a Toyota is obsolete when a new Ferrari comes out.
A Tesla with a 600 mile range WILL be a vey expensive car, since it needs a huge battery. The current P90D is well over $100K already, and it only gets 1/2 the range.
Seriously, then don't get one. Also don't get a Hummer if you live in a crowded city, or any car at all if you live on a small island. That's why there are 100's of car models out there. This was about solving one problem with electric cars, which is limited range.
Mileage depends on conditions and usage. Recharge time is totally deterministic based on the charge time needed to fill the battery and the charger you use. Statistics are pointless, just do the math.
Because they are utterly different vehicles for different uses. One is mostly a commuter car that spends the vast majority of its life in a garage or parking lot, and the other is a work vehicle where the owner's job often revolves around it.
Not that the F450 isn't overpriced, anyway. But people on/. don't talk about it because people on/. mostly don't live in the rural Midwest.
The range figures for a typical commuter are mostly irrelevant, since the typical commuter won't even get close to the max range in their daily commute, and they can easily charge overnight.
Same with ridiculous customers who don't know what they want. The OP made it sound like building a house never actually went like "build me a house, but I don't know what I want".
There are plenty of examples of just that - in fact, more than you'd think, because by definition those people who ask someone else to build them a house want something custom (vs. developers building and then selling from pre-desgined models). Of course you have the extreme examples, where the house was basically in continuoous development (Winchester House, Hearst Castle, several of Frank Lloyd Wright's projects) for years.
Not unlike a software customer who wants a huge project implemented, doesn't really know what they want, and are willing to keep paying over and over for delays (usually seems to be related to to the government, since they are the only large entity with "investors" who keep giving them mountains of money to waste on these projects...)
Yep, they were caught about 6 years ago and are likely going to pay over a billion in damages and fines.
And now those are some of the very companies that are paying insane salaries to poach the same people back and forth. I know several people who have been at both Apple and Google twice over the last 15 years. They all make WELL over $300k with bonuses, etc. And probably 2-3x that from stock options if they timed it right.
Well, I know I certainly wouldn't hire you... regardless of your qualifications... because you are an asshole. But we have a bunch of open positions for non-assholes right now.
There is a MASSIVE abundance of open recs for good engineers in Silicon Valley right now. It's such an employee market even many crappy companies are offering 6 figures for new college grads, large referral bonuses to existing employees, etc. Salaries are skyrocketing since the lack of available talent means companies must continue to poach those who are employed.
The unemployment rate for SW engineers in the US is about 3.6%, and closer to 2% SV. Which basically means it's almost 0 at a practical level, because WAY more than 2-3% of SW engineers in the field are so bad they are basically unemployable.
If you find your job to be hell and are having trouble competing with H1Bs, you may be one of those...
And building a house is a fairly simple task compared to writing some programs.
And writing a program is a fairly simple task compared to building some houses.
That was the OP's whole POINT. If you have clear and complete architectural and engineering plans, both can usually be estimated with reasonable accuracy. If you don't, then neither can.
Even though we all know most of your AC story is bullshit - if it wasn't, the right response for the manager (instead of hanging up) would be to fire you on the spot. Even if you were actually a good programmer (again... AC bullshit) your attitude is the kind that ruins teams, let alone projects.
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Bad example, since "give a shit" is a colloquialism, but "bonanza" and "a bonanza" mean the same thing.
So, you have never read a headline before? Dropping indefinite articles in headlines dates to centuries before you or I were born.
No mod points, manual +1 fucking awesome.
Primary education isn't about Johnny's "own fucking interests". It's about trying to give all kids the same basic knowledge that they can use to get by in the world at a minimum, and as a stepping stone to more advanced education if they so choose. They are already learning basic math, science, language, geography, history, etc. Like it or not, simple programming concepts are now a pretty fundamental part of basic math/science education.
Does that mean Johnny is being coerced to get a BS in Computer Science as a result? Obviously, no, not any more than learning algebra forces you to be a mathematician or learning biology forces you to be a doctor.
So your gaming computer is in the "dinning" room (is that just the loudest room in the house?) - unless you sleep on your dinning room table, that's not your bedroom, so your comment is irrelevant.
And besides that: JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, IT WAS A JOKE. I guess in this case First Post is a disadvantage, since despite the many people who got it, there just has to be a few who don't and need to "express their outage on the Internet". I'm sure there it no emoticon for what you are feeling right now...
Actually, yes, that was the other angle: "if you live in a studio apartment, everywhere is your bedroom!".
But given that was too close to the truth, I decided to make a joke about the typical /. meme instead. Not sure if I hit too close to the truth, or being too close to the top of the posts means I just attracted too many people with no sense of humor...
Well, you are the one who was ashamed of having it in your living room, so, sure, I guess who am I to judge...
So you are one of the other 50%, BFD. Or you live in your basement, which might be preferable to admitting you are married and have your desktop computer in your bedroom.
When you live in your parents' basement, your gaming room is also your bedroom. And it's hard to get enough space for VR with that damn washer and dryer in the way.
Nope, that's just not true.
While Java was originally designed to run interactive TV apps, browser-based applets were the first popular use and were supported in the first public release of Java 1.0 in 1995 (well predating the ".com" era).
Agree that applets are mostly pretty awful, though.
I live in the Bay Area and I think it's annoying as shit. It's almost unconscious habit at this point to right click, "open link in new tab"...
Though your suggestions are a bit simplistic compared to the actual issues involved. These days there are very few true "rendered" pages, and caches just cache Javascript *source* files. Most "pages" are constantly running Javascript to retrieve data/refresh and update the DOM, rather than some simple HTML. There is a TON of state to keep track of for each "page". Keeping a separate Javascript interpreter, DOM, etc around for each page in the browser history will start chewing up system resources pretty quickly.
Do you even know what a Ford F-450 is, though? You don't buy that as a "commuter vehicle" or even as a "country vehicle". It's not remotely similar to a utility pickup or SUV, the thing weighs almost 9000 lbs and can tow 30,000.
In fact "convenient" is just as much dependent on the usage as the range (actually, more so). Many people who may live in apartments that make it more difficult to charge at home have *free* chargers at their workplace (mine does). And in fact, plugin chargers mean you can charge it to some extent almost anywhere there is electricity (you can find supermarkets, shopping malls, even restaurants that have charging stations), unlike gasoline cars that make you go to a totally special purpose business - a gas station.
They won't be obsolete any more than a Toyota is obsolete when a new Ferrari comes out.
A Tesla with a 600 mile range WILL be a vey expensive car, since it needs a huge battery. The current P90D is well over $100K already, and it only gets 1/2 the range.
Seriously, then don't get one. Also don't get a Hummer if you live in a crowded city, or any car at all if you live on a small island. That's why there are 100's of car models out there. This was about solving one problem with electric cars, which is limited range.
If you live in a 6th floor flat, a $100K+ electric car that goes 650 miles on a charge is not for you, anyway, obviously.
And how long it takes to recharge.
Mileage depends on conditions and usage. Recharge time is totally deterministic based on the charge time needed to fill the battery and the charger you use. Statistics are pointless, just do the math.
Because they are utterly different vehicles for different uses. One is mostly a commuter car that spends the vast majority of its life in a garage or parking lot, and the other is a work vehicle where the owner's job often revolves around it.
Not that the F450 isn't overpriced, anyway. But people on /. don't talk about it because people on /. mostly don't live in the rural Midwest.
The range figures for a typical commuter are mostly irrelevant, since the typical commuter won't even get close to the max range in their daily commute, and they can easily charge overnight.
Same with ridiculous customers who don't know what they want. The OP made it sound like building a house never actually went like "build me a house, but I don't know what I want".
There are plenty of examples of just that - in fact, more than you'd think, because by definition those people who ask someone else to build them a house want something custom (vs. developers building and then selling from pre-desgined models). Of course you have the extreme examples, where the house was basically in continuoous development (Winchester House, Hearst Castle, several of Frank Lloyd Wright's projects) for years.
Not unlike a software customer who wants a huge project implemented, doesn't really know what they want, and are willing to keep paying over and over for delays (usually seems to be related to to the government, since they are the only large entity with "investors" who keep giving them mountains of money to waste on these projects...)
Yep, they were caught about 6 years ago and are likely going to pay over a billion in damages and fines.
And now those are some of the very companies that are paying insane salaries to poach the same people back and forth. I know several people who have been at both Apple and Google twice over the last 15 years. They all make WELL over $300k with bonuses, etc. And probably 2-3x that from stock options if they timed it right.
Well, I know I certainly wouldn't hire you... regardless of your qualifications... because you are an asshole. But we have a bunch of open positions for non-assholes right now.
There is a MASSIVE abundance of open recs for good engineers in Silicon Valley right now. It's such an employee market even many crappy companies are offering 6 figures for new college grads, large referral bonuses to existing employees, etc. Salaries are skyrocketing since the lack of available talent means companies must continue to poach those who are employed.
The unemployment rate for SW engineers in the US is about 3.6%, and closer to 2% SV. Which basically means it's almost 0 at a practical level, because WAY more than 2-3% of SW engineers in the field are so bad they are basically unemployable.
If you find your job to be hell and are having trouble competing with H1Bs, you may be one of those...
And building a house is a fairly simple task compared to writing some programs.
And writing a program is a fairly simple task compared to building some houses.
That was the OP's whole POINT. If you have clear and complete architectural and engineering plans, both can usually be estimated with reasonable accuracy. If you don't, then neither can.
If it's anything like Twitter movements, then you should really take some Immodium.
Even though we all know most of your AC story is bullshit - if it wasn't, the right response for the manager (instead of hanging up) would be to fire you on the spot. Even if you were actually a good programmer (again... AC bullshit) your attitude is the kind that ruins teams, let alone projects.