Any metric is meaningless if the target criterion is meaningless. Everyone talks about school quality. Well, what defines quality? Schools that produce the most college graduates, better paid employees, non-criminals, Nobel laureates? What's the goal of schools in the first place?
Wouldn't it be cool if Google Drive launched on April 1st with an announcement of 1000GB of free online storage? Google can pull this off. Google got so much respect (and many users) for taking it to the next level with GMail and not just doing another me-too with its email service.
Second, isn't it time we stop reinventing the same language over and over again, each time in a slightly different form? I recommend one of the best lectures on the subject: Are We There Yet?.
Exactly. Also, no one said there is a link between this arbitrary data to risk estimation, and even if there was a link you don't know how to get from the data to the risk estimation. It sounds like a startup looking for a sucker to buy it.
We don't have a standard for signing in, yet. OpenID is certainly not universal. BrowserID is yet another option, and a pretty good one, IMHO. Let them compete.
I clicked through to TFA. I know, what was I thinking...
This is a guest post by Peter Vogel, co-founder of Plink, which lets consumers earn Facebook Credits for dining out and shopping online.
So, a co-founder of a business based on Facebook Credits thinks they're super-important and could be equivalent to actual money. Right. Next ridiculous story, please.
I expect more stories inflating Facebook's perceived worth to be pushed to the mainstream media in the coming months as Facebook's IPO is imminent.
This should have been: The Headaches of Cross-Platform Development. It's not just a mobile thing. Today, if you're developing any kind of client-facing software then it's not just Android vs. iOS vs. WinPhone vs. BlackBerry. It's also PC vs. Mac vs. Linux. with IE vs. Chrome vs. Firefox vs. Opera. And of course, all of these on different devices with difference capabilities, most notably different screen sizes and input methods, and deployment options. So much wasted time and effort.
We were on the right path with webapps for a while, but then suddenly native apps became all the rage. The worst "feature" by far of native apps is they have to be installed - the deployment issue is practically gone with webapps, but contained apps let you charge people for installation, so we went back to that.
I pray HTML5 manages to become a capable and dominant platform for the sake of both users and developers.
Social groups deter any kind of radical thought or behavior. That's the groupthink phenomenon. The larger the group, the stronger the effect. That's why creativity never thrives in large organizations, and that's the reason the most creative social construct is the single person who does not need to compromise his or her ideas for the harmony of the group.
I roll my eyes every time I hear an organization of thousands of people is proclaiming it fosters innovation (or diversity, but that's another story).
This smells of bullshit. Now a tweet and a few images are considered legit news? Couldn't just one journalist or blogger pick up the phone and get the "RINOA" comment on the matter? Or is it just easier to post conspiracy-laden speculation ending with a giant question mark?
The oft neglected fact is that US aid to Israel must be spent on US products and services. That money usually ends in the hands of military equipment manufacturers which employ US citizens who pressure their congressmen to continue to give that aid which is basically a subsidy for US factories of a very certain kind and location. Politics as usual.
Despite his title, Danny Ayalon is not speaking for the government. He is a right-wing politician who's just happy for the opportunity to warmonger. The mentioned credit-card story was overblown by the hyper-hysteric news media on a slow news day.
The problem with puzzles and similar selection methods is they don't select for the job. Sure, we can rationalize they test for intelligence, creativity, and functioning under pressure, but the endless research in personnel selection indicates they are just not very good at predicting which candidates will be good employees and which will be bad employees.
The only two pragmatic indicators are:
1. Education - a relevant degree from a respectable institution.
2. Job samples - the candidate is evaluated on work similar to the one on the job s/he's being selected for.
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Oblig. link
Any metric is meaningless if the target criterion is meaningless. Everyone talks about school quality. Well, what defines quality? Schools that produce the most college graduates, better paid employees, non-criminals, Nobel laureates? What's the goal of schools in the first place?
Wouldn't it be cool if Google Drive launched on April 1st with an announcement of 1000GB of free online storage? Google can pull this off.
Google got so much respect (and many users) for taking it to the next level with GMail and not just doing another me-too with its email service.
Jack: I also would have accepted, 'You can't prove that's the governor's semen.'
Jack: Now let me hear you say the seven most important words in the American judicial system.
Frank: My client has no memory of that.
No RSS feed. Really, Google?
Sounds like you have a semantic crisis.
It may have infected five million users!
Then again, it may have not.
If you copy a big company, the big company will sue you out of existence.
If you copy a small company, the small company will complain so hard you better watch out!
What's up with all those facts?! This is slashdot.
First, an actual link to the language's site.
Second, isn't it time we stop reinventing the same language over and over again, each time in a slightly different form? I recommend one of the best lectures on the subject: Are We There Yet?.
Exactly. Also, no one said there is a link between this arbitrary data to risk estimation, and even if there was a link you don't know how to get from the data to the risk estimation. It sounds like a startup looking for a sucker to buy it.
Five years is a harsh punishment. I hope twitter users get a shorter sentence.
We don't have a standard for signing in, yet. OpenID is certainly not universal. BrowserID is yet another option, and a pretty good one, IMHO. Let them compete.
I clicked through to TFA. I know, what was I thinking...
So, a co-founder of a business based on Facebook Credits thinks they're super-important and could be equivalent to actual money. Right. Next ridiculous story, please.
I expect more stories inflating Facebook's perceived worth to be pushed to the mainstream media in the coming months as Facebook's IPO is imminent.
This should have been: The Headaches of Cross-Platform Development. It's not just a mobile thing. Today, if you're developing any kind of client-facing software then it's not just Android vs. iOS vs. WinPhone vs. BlackBerry. It's also PC vs. Mac vs. Linux. with IE vs. Chrome vs. Firefox vs. Opera. And of course, all of these on different devices with difference capabilities, most notably different screen sizes and input methods, and deployment options. So much wasted time and effort.
We were on the right path with webapps for a while, but then suddenly native apps became all the rage. The worst "feature" by far of native apps is they have to be installed - the deployment issue is practically gone with webapps, but contained apps let you charge people for installation, so we went back to that.
I pray HTML5 manages to become a capable and dominant platform for the sake of both users and developers.
Social groups deter any kind of radical thought or behavior. That's the groupthink phenomenon. The larger the group, the stronger the effect. That's why creativity never thrives in large organizations, and that's the reason the most creative social construct is the single person who does not need to compromise his or her ideas for the harmony of the group.
I roll my eyes every time I hear an organization of thousands of people is proclaiming it fosters innovation (or diversity, but that's another story).
Symantec is scaring people to get what they want. So by definition, Symantec are terrorists.
This smells of bullshit. Now a tweet and a few images are considered legit news? Couldn't just one journalist or blogger pick up the phone and get the "RINOA" comment on the matter? Or is it just easier to post conspiracy-laden speculation ending with a giant question mark?
The oft neglected fact is that US aid to Israel must be spent on US products and services. That money usually ends in the hands of military equipment manufacturers which employ US citizens who pressure their congressmen to continue to give that aid which is basically a subsidy for US factories of a very certain kind and location. Politics as usual.
Despite his title, Danny Ayalon is not speaking for the government. He is a right-wing politician who's just happy for the opportunity to warmonger. The mentioned credit-card story was overblown by the hyper-hysteric news media on a slow news day.
The problem with puzzles and similar selection methods is they don't select for the job. Sure, we can rationalize they test for intelligence, creativity, and functioning under pressure, but the endless research in personnel selection indicates they are just not very good at predicting which candidates will be good employees and which will be bad employees.
The only two pragmatic indicators are:
1. Education - a relevant degree from a respectable institution.
2. Job samples - the candidate is evaluated on work similar to the one on the job s/he's being selected for.
You pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
You can't say something is free and demand something back for it.
I bet car makers are thrilled by this patent. It'll make sure things stay the same for a few more decades.