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  1. Re:no hungarian notation! on Ask Slashdot: What Makes Some Code Particularly Good? · · Score: 1

    Hungarian notation was fabulous for its intended purpose: code that mixed C and assembly language.

    Sadly it escaped.

  2. Re:Because it's mine! on Ask Slashdot: What Makes Some Code Particularly Good? · · Score: 1

    Doesn't every self important developer think that their own code is the best?

    Isn't that the definition of 'self important'?

  3. Re: Congratulations! on Millennial Tech Workers Losing Ground In US · · Score: 1

    The *employer* isn't valuing the degree more than that. The degree holder (usually) worked very hard for it.

    And guess which one has more bargaining power in today's job market?

  4. Re:Bummer on RSA Conference Bans "Booth Babes" · · Score: 1

    I didn't prescribe, I described.

    Well, you inferred, but odds are your inference was pretty reliable.

  5. Re:This is no moral decision on German Auto Firms Face Roadblock In Testing Driverless Car Software · · Score: 1

    I would go further and say that those who believe that ordinary people think rationally and/or ethically in the spit second of crisis in an imminent collision are possibly sociopaths and should not be allowed near critical software that will these kinds of decisions.

  6. Re:Same Thing Almost Happened to Me on Comcast's Incompetence, Lack of Broadband May Force Developer To Sell Home · · Score: 1

    They are absolutely incompetent.

    They were successful in achieving their true objectives. They were many things, but not incompetent.

  7. Re:What about prevention? on RadioShack Puts Customer Data Up For Sale In Bankruptcy Auction · · Score: 1

    Perhaps his concept of 'appropriate' is different than ours.

  8. Re:Canadian Tire on RadioShack Puts Customer Data Up For Sale In Bankruptcy Auction · · Score: 1

    Unless they advertised a refund policy in effect at the time of the original purchase.

  9. Re:Leave then on Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis Over Religious Freedom Bill · · Score: 1

    Allowing people to express their sincere religious belief

    The world has a *lot* of insincere religious belief.

    I gather you are advocating for thought police, as they would be the only ones capable is distinguishing the two.

  10. Re:The dumbest thing on A Bechdel Test For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    We have established that there is a gender imbalance issue in the workplace.

    We have established that there is a gender imbalance. Whether or not it is an issue is undecided at this time.

  11. Re:Totally agree with Bechdel on A Bechdel Test For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    You are incapable of believing that it COULD matter.

    It's not an issue of capacity of belief. It's just that in this case it doesn't matter.

    The actual Bechdel test, while hardly scientific, is useful because it can make us pause and think about unconscious and systemic bias. This test doesn't even make sense.

  12. Re:I'm disappointed in Canada on Leaked Snowden Docs Show Canada's "False Flag" Operations · · Score: 2

    I'm ready to believe it was all USA, posing as Canada

    That's my theory for Stephen Harper.

  13. Re:I'm disappointed in Canada on Leaked Snowden Docs Show Canada's "False Flag" Operations · · Score: 1

    It was, but that was some time ago.

  14. Re:Spies are sneaky on Leaked Snowden Docs Show Canada's "False Flag" Operations · · Score: 1

    Security vs. Liberty, It is always a tradeoff.

    Wrong. If you're not paying attention it's easy to lose both at the same time.

  15. Re:Uhm, wow... on How 'Virtual Water' Can Help Ease California's Drought · · Score: 1

    Having water in the 'environment' isn't good enough. Or maybe no-one in California noticed the Pacific Ocean next door?

  16. Re:I've had it! on WHO Report Links Weed Killer Ingredient To Cancer Risk · · Score: 1

    Many were quite vocal about it.

  17. Re:other enforcement? on FTC's Internal Memo On Google Teaches Companies a Terrible Lesson · · Score: 1

    What "other enforcement"?

    Against Google's competitors, obviously.

  18. Re:Some people are ineducable. on Hundreds Expelled, Many Arrested, For Cheating In India's School Exams · · Score: 1

    It's like asking society to help someone with no arms and no legs "get to an A+ level" in juggling.

    It's quite astonishing the number of people who believe that that kind of idiocy is some kind of fundamental human right.

  19. Virtual on How 'Virtual Water' Can Help Ease California's Drought · · Score: 1

    Creating incentives to reduce waste is (obviously) a good idea, but in what sense is this 'virtual' water? I suspect that they're trying to obfuscate by not saying pricing.

  20. Information content on MRIs Show Our Brains Shutting Down When We See Security Prompts · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Obviously their brains will shut down since 99% of 'security' prompts are mere nuisances with no value whatsoever. The brain notices patterns like that pretty quick.

  21. Exposure is good, but... on Arkansas Is Now the First State To Require That High Schools Teach Coding · · Score: 2

    Programming, for good or bad, is essential in the 21st century world. Students should be exposed to it, and learn a little bit about what it is, both to make a (slightly better) informed decision about careers and to have some appreciation of the role of coders in the economy.

    But there seem to be a lot of people that think a student can take one high school course and have a guaranteed high-income career as a coder. This reveals a great ignorance and condescension on the part of the adults - I very much doubt if any of them also expect a high school law course or biology course will guarantee a successful career as a lawyer or doctor.

  22. Space first on How Space Can Expand Faster Than the Speed of Light · · Score: 2

    We'll understand the expansion of space better once we figure out what space is.

  23. Re:Wait on Government Spies Admit That Cyber Armageddon Is Unlikely · · Score: 1

    are we happy an official finally offered a reasonable

    Not happy at all. There's no way they would suddenly start doing something reasonable without a hidden agenda.

  24. Re:So many stories about this on Defending Privacy Doesn't Pay: Canadian Court Lets Copyright Troll Off the Hook · · Score: 1

    Some countries are forced to capitulate to the Americans and their corporations out of tactical necessity. Weaklings like Mulroney and Harper *like* being vassals.

  25. Germany not safe in the first place on German Vice Chancellor: the US Threatened Us Over Snowden · · Score: 1

    No member of NATO could possibly keep anyone safe from the US because the Americans are already on the inside.