What's great about your comment: You literally reacted to his death. You didn't exactly grandstand as a D or R but as a person that, too, will die someday, "and here's some thoughts for all of us mortals"
The real question i see nobody addressing is this. Why are all liberals so insistent on appointing a new justice before obama is gone?
Obama has almost a full year until the end of his term. If he were to agree to the argument in delaying his appointment, he'd be agreeing in deferring all major decisions until next year and would set himself up as an early "lame duck" president for a full year.
The argument might make sense if the vacancy had opened up after the election, but to agree to the Republican's demand now he'd be agreeing that he's lost the authority to make major presidential appointments and decisions for the whole year.
I'm pretty sure that's the political reason. Judicially, though, it's unheard of for the Supreme Court to go so long understaffed. It'd be setting all the wrong historical precedents. Fully two thirds of the US government would be weakened.
In my experience it's the "morning people" that are judgey against non-morning people. It seems like it should be morning people that shouldn't hold their genes as "superior"
If there's one thing the "free" economy system has shown time and time again - it's that capitalism creates monopolies. The industries that are not dominated by monopolies or monopolistic competition are very, very few, far in-between, and generally without advancement.
How does the "law of conservation of momentum" square with the the momentum imparted by photons? (iirc it's the light pressure from fusion that keeps stars from collapsing on themselves)
What would your advice be to people looking for work as a programmer? Either straight out of college with a CS degree, not a CS degree (but a degree), or someone transitioning to it from something else.
It's called attrition rate. For any profession there's a relatively small amount that stay within that profession for 10, 20, 30 years. The counterexamples to this rule are the professions that tend to be taken by people that wanted to be in that profession for all of their lives. i.e. an MD or a lawyer. I'm sure coding academies will attract a high amount of novices. But from that influx there will still be some percent - perhaps even 0.001% - that just springboard after it.
Is it enough to call it not snakeoil? Probably not. In my totally unscientific and personal experience, programming languages and frameworks usually have sufficient information for me to figure them out and know how to use them. That includes the very basic stuff of learning java, for example. If you name a programming language there's a way to teach yourself it for free. So the coding academies are vying for a portion of a market with a "free" and viable enough alternative. I'd call THAT snakeoil.
Not going to lie, that is a scary and all too real interpretation.
But there really are many programming projects & problems...so maybe it's not entirely true. Maybe there's a huge labor shortage in programming & bringing people on board will push production forward without costing jobs.... Maybe.
I remember going to a talk around 2003 where the upper limit of particle smashers was discussed by radius and compared to theoretical energy values for various particles. It's a known problem - and there have been (expensive) suggestions put forth for years.
Are people going to stop dying unexpectedly from {insert reason that doesn't involve a car}? Is theft or destruction of personal property going to end? No...This is a big product category for the insurance industry, yes, but it's still a gigantic industry.
What do you think is the best way to automate managing linux/unix boxes? i.e. say you've got hundreds of them and need to control and monitor them all easily.
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True, but it still won everyone over in Nevada.
What's great about your comment: You literally reacted to his death. You didn't exactly grandstand as a D or R but as a person that, too, will die someday, "and here's some thoughts for all of us mortals"
The real question i see nobody addressing is this. Why are all liberals so insistent on appointing a new justice before obama is gone?
Obama has almost a full year until the end of his term. If he were to agree to the argument in delaying his appointment, he'd be agreeing in deferring all major decisions until next year and would set himself up as an early "lame duck" president for a full year.
The argument might make sense if the vacancy had opened up after the election, but to agree to the Republican's demand now he'd be agreeing that he's lost the authority to make major presidential appointments and decisions for the whole year.
I'm pretty sure that's the political reason. Judicially, though, it's unheard of for the Supreme Court to go so long understaffed. It'd be setting all the wrong historical precedents. Fully two thirds of the US government would be weakened.
and opec wants the out of the market so they're flooding the market to drive the price below sustainable for fracking
In my experience it's the "morning people" that are judgey against non-morning people. It seems like it should be morning people that shouldn't hold their genes as "superior"
If there's one thing the "free" economy system has shown time and time again - it's that capitalism creates monopolies. The industries that are not dominated by monopolies or monopolistic competition are very, very few, far in-between, and generally without advancement.
It's all stuff you could get elsewhere or should already have in the machine. Wake me up when it's an actual, full computer.
I really, seriously appreciate this comment!
I'm pretty interested in how something like that is implemented.
What ever happened to them? The last time I remember them making headlines they declared war on ISIS.
How does the "law of conservation of momentum" square with the the momentum imparted by photons? (iirc it's the light pressure from fusion that keeps stars from collapsing on themselves)
What would your advice be to people looking for work as a programmer? Either straight out of college with a CS degree, not a CS degree (but a degree), or someone transitioning to it from something else.
Yeah seriously. At some point you always need someone that can get into the weeds and gritty details.
It's called attrition rate. For any profession there's a relatively small amount that stay within that profession for 10, 20, 30 years. The counterexamples to this rule are the professions that tend to be taken by people that wanted to be in that profession for all of their lives. i.e. an MD or a lawyer. I'm sure coding academies will attract a high amount of novices. But from that influx there will still be some percent - perhaps even 0.001% - that just springboard after it.
Is it enough to call it not snakeoil? Probably not. In my totally unscientific and personal experience, programming languages and frameworks usually have sufficient information for me to figure them out and know how to use them. That includes the very basic stuff of learning java, for example. If you name a programming language there's a way to teach yourself it for free. So the coding academies are vying for a portion of a market with a "free" and viable enough alternative. I'd call THAT snakeoil.
The thing is, their hardware is going to have better performance capabilities than an iPad.
I genuinely fear for the US and the world when the Chinese currency finally corrects.
This may just be me, but audio seems far from the best interface
That's my question - in full time/regular employment what's the minimal time expected to hold a position in IT?
tangential question - in IT is it a year that is considered the minimal amount of time before you can reasonably move on to the next thing?
Not going to lie, that is a scary and all too real interpretation.
But there really are many programming projects & problems...so maybe it's not entirely true. Maybe there's a huge labor shortage in programming & bringing people on board will push production forward without costing jobs. ... Maybe.
I remember going to a talk around 2003 where the upper limit of particle smashers was discussed by radius and compared to theoretical energy values for various particles. It's a known problem - and there have been (expensive) suggestions put forth for years.
That's a pretty good point I think
Are people going to stop dying unexpectedly from {insert reason that doesn't involve a car}? Is theft or destruction of personal property going to end? No...This is a big product category for the insurance industry, yes, but it's still a gigantic industry.
What do you think is the best way to automate managing linux/unix boxes? i.e. say you've got hundreds of them and need to control and monitor them all easily.
The way they're moving together and neither is spinning on its axis relative to the other, I think