Code tests like these are here to stay for a while at least, anyway. They serve some sort of purpose, and, as a somewhat experienced programmer, sometimes it's fun to tackle an academic problem like these.
But, you go and practice your "kata", now what? You have some code, it does the job, but what will an interviewer actually think?
If you want some feedback on that, take your (working) code over to Code Review http://codereview.stackexchang... and have some objective folk critique it.
Soak in the scenery, indulge in the local culture and food, and the only computer you should take is the one you use to store your digital photos on (and the backup drive too). Make friends, do good, and the life experience will look much better on your resume than an additional year's worth of coding skils
So, you identify yourself as personally involved in both the tactical, and theoretical side of an issue that spans generations now, and then you extend that back to WW2. Skip forward to current-day Kansas, link in the politics of the current president, quoting (hopefully accurate) political campaign rhetoric (with an undercurrent of disdain).
Now, throw in the logical statement "Mind you, Mutual Assured Destruction is a dangerous path"... really, it's a dangerous path?
Then, jump to the strategic level where we assume you are correct that it only works with rational people (and let's also assume you are assuming that American people (voters) and politicians are rational too).
now throw in some blackboard theory from the 90's.... and viola!
Obama's policies don't get enough peace in return....
I imagine there's maybe 1, or 2 people in the world who can navigate sanely though that argument chain.... certainly not me. So. This is one of those.... blah blah blah posts that says more about submitters to slashdot than American policy.
It would have been really cool (and morbid) if it did show every road death on earth, but all it does is provide aggregate numbers for most countries and presumably for just some recent period of time (in the past few years or so). This is a completely misleading slashdot subject line.... damn moderators.
There is a senior developer submitting a Ask Slashdot article about what to do with a know-it-all junior developer wasting time "refactoring" all of his code.
Apple is trying to push for an injunction barring Samsung from selling its products at all. I.e. kill Samsung sales totally. Apple has claimed that the value of it's patents is so great, or impossible to calculate, and the only possible remedy for Samsung's infringement is to stop sales entirely. Apple has claimed that it is not possible for Samsung to pay license fees for the patents.
But now, it would appear that HTC *has* licensed (at least some of) the patents, so Samsung is claiming that it *is* possible to put a value to the patents, and thus a full injunction is not necessary, because a financial solution can be found.
That is why it sucks for Apple... because, if the court agrees with Samsung, Apple a) won't be able to stop samsung sales b) will be shown to be lying about licensing
Having read the entire order (and having followed this case from near the beginning), all I can say is that I *wish* that all orders were so well prepared and presented. It appears to close all avenues for appeals, and I think the best 'showing' of any parties to this case has been Judge Alsup. He kept control of a tough case, and in my opinion, all his rulings have been well thought out, and his 'go-the-extra-mile' attitude has made this process a clear win for all (except Oracle).
... for both our kids. We decided to 'donate' the cord blood (was free, and then you get 'preferential' access later if you happen to need some from the 'bank' later).
Turns out our kids were both born on Sunday evenings, and they do not collect blood on Sundays.....
Now I read all sorts of things about keeping the umbilical cord 'whole' for longer helps with anaemia... i.e. letting the cord 'drain' for longer is better for the baby. There's debate about how long the draining should take, but, it precludes the donation of the core blood.
If I were to be doing it again (and I'm not planning to...), I would talk with the O/B and delay the cutting of the cord for a few more minutes, and then forgo the donation of the blood entirely.
The prospects of tangible short-term benefits far outweighs the unlikely need for obscure treatments at some uncertain point in the future from some company that may or may not be around when you need them, and they may or may not have destroyed your tissues anyway, for a condition that may (at that time) be curable without cord blood anyway.
FFS, people, when will it be understood that Hemp is much more than just Cannabis? Honestly, folk... 'concluding' that the car is made of Cannabis when it's described as a 'hemp' car is like concluding a person is a heroine user when they say they took some drugs... (even if it was a headache pill).
If you didn't know that, then I wonder whether you are as geeky as you think you are........ At least consider Kirchoff before embarassing yourself with ohm's.
Silicon junctions (transistors, diodes, more), batteries, and fluorescent lamp's do not obey 'ohm's law'.... Ohm's law is the observable property of some conductors, it's not a law.
if you got that one wrong, I would hesitate on going further.
Uhhhm, yes. I realize that. But, in this case the benefit is not supposed to be for the employee. The 'benefit' is that the data is secure. it is already acknowledged that the process is slow and fragile.
Which is exactly why you just say no. The assumption being that 'work' has better handle on what's right, and if they insist on doing things in a certain manner (for whatever reason - including that it's the best way to do things), then you say 'fine', but to support that then work must provide the resources to make it happen, especially in cases where the data is so sensitive.
While you can 'just say no' in a combative manner, I am not suggesting you do that, only suggesting that you say it in a way that gets the point across.
Letting 'work' apply constraints to your personal computer implies that they want ownership of the process, which in turn implies that they should own the entire process, not just part of it.
Anyway, reversing your logic, if the data is so sensitive, and vulnerable, then by all logic, the hospital should insist on only their equipment being used.... As an analogy, would you want a CIA agent using his personal laptop to do his job?
If they insist on your home machine being encrypted, then tell them either: 1. They must supply the machine, and it's theirs, and you'll only use it for work. 2. refuse to do any work at home.
and, well, blow me down, I'm almost proud to say that it is a damn reasonable decision. Based on what I read (an not what people are suggesting it means), all it really says is that.... T1 lines will no longer be 'controlled' services in 5 years time.... (i.e. the govt will no longer regulate T1 access).... but, on the up side....
for the forseeable future, ADSL service will be regulated, the price will continue to be 'fixed' using the same price structures as they ghave been for years (govt. regulated cost + 15%)... and competition will continue to have access to co-locate to continue servicing things...
further, the decision stipulates that the monopolies can not mandate the type of service on the local loop (i.e. Bell has n control over what types of service are operated on the 'last mile'....).
In essence, I can't see any degrading of the system by this decision.
I will NOT sign the petition, and, in fact, after reading the deciison, I am motivated to write in PRAISE of the CRTC.
While the above may be made up... here's a true one...
My wife got a "Daily Bread" (a bible based daily devotional) each month from her Grandmother from when she was a teenager till she turned 18. When she was in her twenties she had a conversation with one of her cousins (same grandmother), who claimed to have "saved her Daily Bread" for part of the down-payment on her new car. Seeing the look of confusion on my (not yet) wife's face, she explained that she had saved the $10 dollars she got in each of her "Daily Breads" each month!
Apparently my wife (to be) was able to find a few of them still in her bookshelves, and confirmed that they did indeed have $10 in the centers. My wife figures she must have recycled out at least $500.
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Code tests like these are here to stay for a while at least, anyway. They serve some sort of purpose, and, as a somewhat experienced programmer, sometimes it's fun to tackle an academic problem like these.
But, you go and practice your "kata", now what? You have some code, it does the job, but what will an interviewer actually think?
If you want some feedback on that, take your (working) code over to Code Review http://codereview.stackexchang... and have some objective folk critique it.
Practice without feedback is incomplete.
Soak in the scenery, indulge in the local culture and food, and the only computer you should take is the one you use to store your digital photos on (and the backup drive too). Make friends, do good, and the life experience will look much better on your resume than an additional year's worth of coding skils
So, you identify yourself as personally involved in both the tactical, and theoretical side of an issue that spans generations now, and then you extend that back to WW2. Skip forward to current-day Kansas, link in the politics of the current president, quoting (hopefully accurate) political campaign rhetoric (with an undercurrent of disdain).
Now, throw in the logical statement "Mind you, Mutual Assured Destruction is a dangerous path" ... really, it's a dangerous path?
Then, jump to the strategic level where we assume you are correct that it only works with rational people (and let's also assume you are assuming that American people (voters) and politicians are rational too).
now throw in some blackboard theory from the 90's.... and viola!
Obama's policies don't get enough peace in return....
I imagine there's maybe 1, or 2 people in the world who can navigate sanely though that argument chain.... certainly not me. So. This is one of those.... blah blah blah posts that says more about submitters to slashdot than American policy.
Just saying, watson is already doing oncology: http://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/news-releases/2013/ibm-watson-to-power-moon-shots-.html and http://www.gizmag.com/watson-ibm-sloan-kettering-oncology-diagnosis-treatment/26285/
It would have been really cool (and morbid) if it did show every road death on earth, but all it does is provide aggregate numbers for most countries and presumably for just some recent period of time (in the past few years or so). This is a completely misleading slashdot subject line.... damn moderators.
gus
There is a senior developer submitting a Ask Slashdot article about what to do with a know-it-all junior developer wasting time "refactoring" all of his code.
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/13/01/03/2255204/ask-slashdot-how-to-react-to-coworker-who-says-my-code-is-bad
no exceptions
.... you are new to Linux, and you need some help?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners/FAQ
gus
Wouldn't it help Apple...? No.
Apple is trying to push for an injunction barring Samsung from selling its products at all. I.e. kill Samsung sales totally. Apple has claimed that the value of it's patents is so great, or impossible to calculate, and the only possible remedy for Samsung's infringement is to stop sales entirely. Apple has claimed that it is not possible for Samsung to pay license fees for the patents.
But now, it would appear that HTC *has* licensed (at least some of) the patents, so Samsung is claiming that it *is* possible to put a value to the patents, and thus a full injunction is not necessary, because a financial solution can be found.
That is why it sucks for Apple... because, if the court agrees with Samsung, Apple a) won't be able to stop samsung sales b) will be shown to be lying about licensing
gus
Having read the entire order (and having followed this case from near the beginning), all I can say is that I *wish* that all orders were so well prepared and presented. It appears to close all avenues for appeals, and I think the best 'showing' of any parties to this case has been Judge Alsup. He kept control of a tough case, and in my opinion, all his rulings have been well thought out, and his 'go-the-extra-mile' attitude has made this process a clear win for all (except Oracle).
gus
Hmmm... Thursday last week till today... that's a about 30 minutes according to Oracle's 'simulations' ... ;-)
Here's a reference:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22089242
search for "umbilical anaemia"
... for both our kids. We decided to 'donate' the cord blood (was free, and then you get 'preferential' access later if you happen to need some from the 'bank' later).
Turns out our kids were both born on Sunday evenings, and they do not collect blood on Sundays.....
Now I read all sorts of things about keeping the umbilical cord 'whole' for longer helps with anaemia... i.e. letting the cord 'drain' for longer is better for the baby. There's debate about how long the draining should take, but, it precludes the donation of the core blood.
If I were to be doing it again (and I'm not planning to...), I would talk with the O/B and delay the cutting of the cord for a few more minutes, and then forgo the donation of the blood entirely.
The prospects of tangible short-term benefits far outweighs the unlikely need for obscure treatments at some uncertain point in the future from some company that may or may not be around when you need them, and they may or may not have destroyed your tissues anyway, for a condition that may (at that time) be curable without cord blood anyway.
gus
Telemarketing Call Center... has to be right down there on the *worst* jobs...
gus
FFS, people, when will it be understood that Hemp is much more than just Cannabis? Honestly, folk... 'concluding' that the car is made of Cannabis when it's described as a 'hemp' car is like concluding a person is a heroine user when they say they took some drugs... (even if it was a headache pill).
gus
Feel like I'm complaining about a poll with a missing option, but, honestly ....:(
gus
If you didn't know that, then I wonder whether you are as geeky as you think you are..... ... At least consider Kirchoff before embarassing yourself with ohm's.
Silicon junctions (transistors, diodes, more), batteries, and fluorescent lamp's do not obey 'ohm's law'.... Ohm's law is the observable property of some conductors, it's not a law.
if you got that one wrong, I would hesitate on going further.
gus
Uhhhm, yes. I realize that. But, in this case the benefit is not supposed to be for the employee. The 'benefit' is that the data is secure. it is already acknowledged that the process is slow and fragile.
Which is exactly why you just say no. The assumption being that 'work' has better handle on what's right, and if they insist on doing things in a certain manner (for whatever reason - including that it's the best way to do things), then you say 'fine', but to support that then work must provide the resources to make it happen, especially in cases where the data is so sensitive.
While you can 'just say no' in a combative manner, I am not suggesting you do that, only suggesting that you say it in a way that gets the point across.
Letting 'work' apply constraints to your personal computer implies that they want ownership of the process, which in turn implies that they should own the entire process, not just part of it.
Anyway, reversing your logic, if the data is so sensitive, and vulnerable, then by all logic, the hospital should insist on only their equipment being used.... As an analogy, would you want a CIA agent using his personal laptop to do his job?
gus
If they insist on your home machine being encrypted, then tell them either:
1. They must supply the machine, and it's theirs, and you'll only use it for work.
2. refuse to do any work at home.
gus
... here: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/dt2008-17.htm
and, well, blow me down, I'm almost proud to say that it is a damn reasonable decision. Based on what I read (an not what people are suggesting it means), all it really says is that....
T1 lines will no longer be 'controlled' services in 5 years time.... (i.e. the govt will no longer regulate T1 access).... but, on the up side....
for the forseeable future, ADSL service will be regulated, the price will continue to be 'fixed' using the same price structures as they ghave been for years (govt. regulated cost + 15%)... and competition will continue to have access to co-locate to continue servicing things...
further, the decision stipulates that the monopolies can not mandate the type of service on the local loop (i.e. Bell has n control over what types of service are operated on the 'last mile'....).
In essence, I can't see any degrading of the system by this decision.
I will NOT sign the petition, and, in fact, after reading the deciison, I am motivated to write in PRAISE of the CRTC.
gus
tee. Only two command-line options.
The way it should be. It's name is it's documentation too.
gus
While the above may be made up... here's a true one...
My wife got a "Daily Bread" (a bible based daily devotional) each month from her Grandmother from when she was a teenager till she turned 18. When she was in her twenties she had a conversation with one of her cousins (same grandmother), who claimed to have "saved her Daily Bread" for part of the down-payment on her new car. Seeing the look of confusion on my (not yet) wife's face, she explained that she had saved the $10 dollars she got in each of her "Daily Breads" each month!
Apparently my wife (to be) was able to find a few of them still in her bookshelves, and confirmed that they did indeed have $10 in the centers. My wife figures she must have recycled out at least $500.
She never told her Gran.
gus
Solid-state device that converts heat to electricity....
;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermocouple
Invented 1821 - Prior art?
gus
P.S. Yes, I know that TC's rely on a temperature differential, not just a temperature...
Takes a lot to beat things like:
;-)
Monopoly - very competitive....
Scrabble
Chess
Canasta
Sure, you don't need a TV/Console to play these, but pausing them is a whole lot easier, and you get to drink and play simultaneously.
Additionally, you could get your parents to play too.
gus
P.S. There was no specification to ensure they were "computer" games....
Horowitz and Hill
2nd Edition.
Can't go wrong with that.
gus
Writer's Block. Shit! Can't do this.
gus