With almost half of all developers thinking of switching to working on the IoT next year, I smell yet another bubble. IoT mania will be the new App mania.
So now you know why they don't put telephony capability into tablets - people won't buy both a smartphone and a tablet, but opt for just one of the two.
This definitely was a learning experience, since it brought people together who didn't necessarily know how to code - artists, musicians, etc. The coders had to learn to cooperate with these non-programmers (something that's kind of hard to do for many programmers with a holier-than-thou attitude nowadays), and everyone had to put on their game face.
They were also allowed to use game engines and other tools, so the coding in some cases is no more than tweaking a pre-generated script and seeing how it renders.
I have NEVER said that I approve of anyone invading someone's privacy, so stop reading more into what I wrote than I actually wrote. There are good reasons to live an open-book life. It's probably not for most people, but if you try it you might find that it really simplifies things.
I would once again draw people's attention to the fact that the EFF ignores all the spying being done by private for-profit companies to serve you ads. What makes them so special?
What does any of this have to do with habeus corpus? Oh, right - nothing whatsoever.
All I've pointed out is that privacy, especially in online communications, is not and has never had a reasonable expectation of privacy, except to the uninformed; that privacy is not the normal state of human affairs as compared to gossiping, which is embraced by all cultures, and that people who are being stigmatized are better off speaking out.
Nowhere did I say that I approve of ANYBODY spying on others, so don't mis-characterize my position and then insult me personally.
Their secrets are theirs, not mine, but nice try in moving the goal posts. I really have no secrets, because it's so much easier that way. Transparency is more important than privacy.
Those who say the paradox
is an accepted fact
It's hard to argue with them
You need a lot of tact.
But if it were a fact
Then paradox it wouldn't be.
But it's not so it is, you see.
Burma Shave
For most people who have problems it does because stigma and shame play a large part in the unhealthy circle of silence. It wasn't until rape victims demanded that their stories be told in open court and in public that the stigma of being raped diminished.
Look at the efforts needed to destigmatize mental illness. A surveyconductedin the
UnitedStates foundthatmore thanhalf of employerswouldbereluctant tohiresomeone
whois mentallyill, whileaquarterof employers woulddismiss someonewhohadnot
disclosedamentalillness.
The conlusion of one study on the effects of stigma on the mentally ill:
Stigmareduction is oneof thegreatchallenges facingmentalhealth
organizations.Intentional or not, naïve assumptions, stereotyping, and downright
prejudice canhave damagingeffects onthecourseof recovery from amental illness. The
prevailingattitudeintheliterature onstigmareductionis thateducation is thebestmeans
of preventing andeliminating discrimination. Typically, successfuleducational
campaigns have drawnuponfacts andpersonalexperiences. Whilefacts cangivethe
audience anoverarchingunderstandingof the impactof stigma, thestories of individuals whohave mentalillness canserveas apoignant reminder of theimpact notonly of the
symptomsof mentalillness, butalsothe negativeassociations tiedtoit.
TL;DR - people telling their individual stories is an integral part of removing stigma. If people don't tell their stories and put a face to the problem, it will just continue.
Also, the study reported that people have a much harder time getting medical help than those with physical ailments. BTW - the average delay is 8 YEARS, because people don't want the stigma of being seen as mentally ill. Would you wait 8 years with a broken leg? No? Is it because there's no shame in having a broken leg?
To kick off the global "hackathon" on Friday, a special Keynote presentation made by several game developers worldwide was shown in the auditorium of Communication Arts and Sciences Building. The same video was screened at nearly 500 locations worldwide to inspire creativity.
Or you could follow the second link and go to the top of the About page
The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development.
The big names in the industry who sponsored it have no problem with the term (click on the Sponsors link on the site).
You never learned anything by doing it with a group? Skills like cooperation, communication of abstract ideas, and getting to see how others in the group with different tasks handled them?
Nope. I found that keeping stuff secret then meant dividing people into three classes - those who knew, those who didn't, and those who might. And then there are those who find out second-hand, and often getting most of it wrong, and never talk to you about it to get the facts. It's far easier to just be open about everything with everyone. And a lot less stressful.
Because of this social pressure and reparation therapy works, in that it convinces bisexual people to repress part of themselves and go into the closet.
It's been proven time and again not to work.
Healthcare is not and cannot be a right because the demand for it is infinite.
I guess you need to move to Kanuckistan, where every citizen has access to state-funded health care.
Actually, in many cases it does. Ask the people who psted their stories (not anonymously either) on twitter under the tag #beenrapedneverreported.
Keeping stuff like this private tends to have serious long-term consequences. Going public is about self-affirmation, prevention of recurrences, and getting help. Stigma and the tendancy of people to think such things should be kept private hurts the victims and encourages the perps.
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With almost half of all developers thinking of switching to working on the IoT next year, I smell yet another bubble. IoT mania will be the new App mania.
Look at the medical advances over the last 30 years, and it's kind of hard to imagine where we're going to be in another 30.
So why don't they skip the middleman and write their own browser in Flash? See how well it worked for Java? :-)
Infected? Didn't want to use a condom because "it's not the same?"
Just look at some of the medical applications.
You obviously haven't read my journal :-)
And most of that goes to the top 0.1% of apps. The average app developer makes less than minimum wage (often much less).
So now you know why they don't put telephony capability into tablets - people won't buy both a smartphone and a tablet, but opt for just one of the two.
This definitely was a learning experience, since it brought people together who didn't necessarily know how to code - artists, musicians, etc. The coders had to learn to cooperate with these non-programmers (something that's kind of hard to do for many programmers with a holier-than-thou attitude nowadays), and everyone had to put on their game face.
They were also allowed to use game engines and other tools, so the coding in some cases is no more than tweaking a pre-generated script and seeing how it renders.
Nice. Will you be participating next Tuesday?
The cable doesn't arrest the fall - brakes do.
I would once again draw people's attention to the fact that the EFF ignores all the spying being done by private for-profit companies to serve you ads. What makes them so special?
You're not going to post your credit report
Never had occasion to look at it when applying for a loan or mortgage.
or your medical history, or all the intimate details of your sex life
You obviously have never read my journal.
, or every little fight you have with your SO.
... probably because I'm single.
I have my reasons for living a very open (some would say extremely open) life, which I've stated elsewhere.
What does any of this have to do with habeus corpus? Oh, right - nothing whatsoever.
All I've pointed out is that privacy, especially in online communications, is not and has never had a reasonable expectation of privacy, except to the uninformed; that privacy is not the normal state of human affairs as compared to gossiping, which is embraced by all cultures, and that people who are being stigmatized are better off speaking out.
Nowhere did I say that I approve of ANYBODY spying on others, so don't mis-characterize my position and then insult me personally.
Thank you for volunteering to post about it before the event next year :-)
Their secrets are theirs, not mine, but nice try in moving the goal posts. I really have no secrets, because it's so much easier that way. Transparency is more important than privacy.
Those who say the paradox
is an accepted fact
It's hard to argue with them
You need a lot of tact.
But if it were a fact
Then paradox it wouldn't be.
But it's not so it is, you see.
Burma Shave
Look at the efforts needed to destigmatize mental illness. A surveyconductedin the UnitedStates foundthatmore thanhalf of employerswouldbereluctant tohiresomeone whois mentallyill, whileaquarterof employers woulddismiss someonewhohadnot disclosedamentalillness.
The conlusion of one study on the effects of stigma on the mentally ill:
Stigmareduction is oneof thegreatchallenges facingmentalhealth organizations.Intentional or not, naïve assumptions, stereotyping, and downright prejudice canhave damagingeffects onthecourseof recovery from amental illness. The prevailingattitudeintheliterature onstigmareductionis thateducation is thebestmeans of preventing andeliminating discrimination. Typically, successfuleducational campaigns have drawnuponfacts andpersonalexperiences. Whilefacts cangivethe audience anoverarchingunderstandingof the impactof stigma, thestories of individuals whohave mentalillness canserveas apoignant reminder of theimpact notonly of the symptomsof mentalillness, butalsothe negativeassociations tiedtoit.
TL;DR - people telling their individual stories is an integral part of removing stigma. If people don't tell their stories and put a face to the problem, it will just continue.
Also, the study reported that people have a much harder time getting medical help than those with physical ailments. BTW - the average delay is 8 YEARS, because people don't want the stigma of being seen as mentally ill. Would you wait 8 years with a broken leg? No? Is it because there's no shame in having a broken leg?
To kick off the global "hackathon" on Friday, a special Keynote presentation made by several game developers worldwide was shown in the auditorium of Communication Arts and Sciences Building. The same video was screened at nearly 500 locations worldwide to inspire creativity.
Or you could follow the second link and go to the top of the About page
The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development.
The big names in the industry who sponsored it have no problem with the term (click on the Sponsors link on the site).
You never learned anything by doing it with a group? Skills like cooperation, communication of abstract ideas, and getting to see how others in the group with different tasks handled them?
Nope. I found that keeping stuff secret then meant dividing people into three classes - those who knew, those who didn't, and those who might. And then there are those who find out second-hand, and often getting most of it wrong, and never talk to you about it to get the facts. It's far easier to just be open about everything with everyone. And a lot less stressful.
Email is like sending a postcard. Actually, it's worse, because the recipient can forward it ad nauseum with just a few clicks.
Because of this social pressure and reparation therapy works, in that it convinces bisexual people to repress part of themselves and go into the closet.
It's been proven time and again not to work.
Healthcare is not and cannot be a right because the demand for it is infinite.
I guess you need to move to Kanuckistan, where every citizen has access to state-funded health care.
Actually, in many cases it does. Ask the people who psted their stories (not anonymously either) on twitter under the tag #beenrapedneverreported.
Keeping stuff like this private tends to have serious long-term consequences. Going public is about self-affirmation, prevention of recurrences, and getting help. Stigma and the tendancy of people to think such things should be kept private hurts the victims and encourages the perps.
Read more here and here. Or read the thousands of stories at #beenrapedneverreported.
I'm sorry. I guess I better dust of my crystal ball, ouija board, and cast some bones next time.
On the other hand, if you'e interested in next year, just go to their web site.