C) one does not need to grow up with a technology to understand and master it - to claim otherwise is the most pathetic of excuses.
Or maybe that's just your excuse for the crappy nature of most mobile software, none of which have standards for interfaces (which would allow for transferability of skills) or very good interfaces at all. Add to this the fact that mobile usage is driving out deaktop as a dominant mode of interaction with the net (which because of the shift in UI, obviates the last set of N standards the elderly may have learned) and you can see why most (old) people are not too enamored with learning new tech. What's the point of learning something if the information isn't usable after that point in time?
In short, don't blame the elderly for not wanting to put up with the churn - blame the industry for not making it easy for them to use the tech in the way they probably have learned to use it..
As for success of any permanent colonization attempts? I'm sort of with Bill on this one. Right now, with our current level of technology and environmental concern, all we'll do is shit all over Mars over a dozen failed colonization attempts before anyone gets one to stick. After that, I have a feeling that a Mars colony is going to be a money loser for a long, long time. And, if they make it past the economic hurdle, I have no doubt that they will be politically tied enough to Earth to be nothing more than a outpost for a long, long time So sorry dissidents, no revolution from space is coming to foment building your {Libertarian, Socialist, Facist, No Assholes} paradise.
You want me to believe that various military and governmental science agencies got their hands on the stuff for testing and saw it working, but didn't get a sample for their own analysis? That's the extraordinary claim for which we need extraordinary evidence.
How do you know that Google's AI hasn't already turned sentient, decided that the world would be better off if everyone were liberal, and started social engineering as a result>?
Well, it's not his fault, but he is an idiot and you brought up both him and his idiocy. You don't want discussion of the idiot in chief, don't bring him up yourself.
Pass a law saying that if you can prove someone made a death threat against you, you can have a contract put out on them without penalty - think of it as preemptive self defense. I think it would put an end to this death threat horseshit really fast.
Hell, if the "toxic culture obsessed with money" bothers you, you might as well look at emigrating from the country, not the Bay Area. Actually, you should probably find someplace off-planet from our own little slice if Ferringinar.
"Monkey it up" is not a common phrase - mess it up, fuck it up, screw it up, yes, but monkey it up? There was definitely something on the Republican candidate's mind and I figure it was more dog whistling than warning to his fgollowers.
You can't see anything from Alabama - it's been proven by modern science. It's sort of like there not really being a South Dakota. I mean, anyone who's seen North Dakota knows you only need ONE Dakota and they made up the other one. And don't get me started on Indiana.
Oh come on, the Cyber series had two-byte lower-case characters, too. Now, the byte-size was six bits (when you used "bytes" - it was really a word-oriented architecture) and the word size was 60 bits - but it was a great machine.
Why? It seems like a whole lot of nothin' interesting at all. So some screen is an inch bigger or a processor that sits idle 99% of the time can boast a few more Hz. Jeez, you'd think it was the second coming. Apple, please let me know when you're going to get off your asses and do something interesting again.
So, a person - presumably a customer - posts his opinion on a subject.
A developer, with a huge following immediately publicly shames him, and retweets, using their large public following to embarrass the person who deigned to weigh in on a subject that apparently only developers know about.
Huh? Sort of like Linus on the kernel mailing list.
You allow random asshat behavior for the elite, you get random asshat behavior in the trenches, no matter what the gender. Pluck the beam out of your own eyeballs first.
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C) one does not need to grow up with a technology to understand and master it - to claim otherwise is the most pathetic of excuses.
Or maybe that's just your excuse for the crappy nature of most mobile software, none of which have standards for interfaces (which would allow for transferability of skills) or very good interfaces at all. Add to this the fact that mobile usage is driving out deaktop as a dominant mode of interaction with the net (which because of the shift in UI, obviates the last set of N standards the elderly may have learned) and you can see why most (old) people are not too enamored with learning new tech. What's the point of learning something if the information isn't usable after that point in time?
In short, don't blame the elderly for not wanting to put up with the churn - blame the industry for not making it easy for them to use the tech in the way they probably have learned to use it..
... there will be enough people to try.
As for success of any permanent colonization attempts? I'm sort of with Bill on this one. Right now, with our current level of technology and environmental concern, all we'll do is shit all over Mars over a dozen failed colonization attempts before anyone gets one to stick. After that, I have a feeling that a Mars colony is going to be a money loser for a long, long time. And, if they make it past the economic hurdle, I have no doubt that they will be politically tied enough to Earth to be nothing more than a outpost for a long, long time So sorry dissidents, no revolution from space is coming to foment building your {Libertarian, Socialist, Facist, No Assholes} paradise.
All this and no air, too - what's not to love?
Have a conversation with the different Professors on the curriculum committee. Make sure you have a good replacement suggestion for the bad course.
Canada also has massive amounts of uranium.
I guess that explains the whole hockey thing...
That's Google Pimp Daddy(TM) to you, buddy.
Something is very fishy here.
You want me to believe that various military and governmental science agencies got their hands on the stuff for testing and saw it working, but didn't get a sample for their own analysis? That's the extraordinary claim for which we need extraordinary evidence.
The stuff's gotta be bullshit.
Being a software engineer, I can already attest to the S&M nature of most machines and OSes.
How do you know that Google's AI hasn't already turned sentient, decided that the world would be better off if everyone were liberal, and started social engineering as a result>?
... but not bad enough to do anything that's not symbolic. Like most CEOs, the guy has no moral compass.
You can't develop good code in a Safe Space.
Personally, I don't see how you develop good software in the middle of a jerk factory bro party either other than by pure luck. But that's me.
Slashdot jumped the shark like 10 years ago but I still keep coming here anyway for reasons unknown. I should probably review that...
From your comment, you'd probably be happier if you did.
Well, it's not his fault, but he is an idiot and you brought up both him and his idiocy. You don't want discussion of the idiot in chief, don't bring him up yourself.
You know, conservatives have been saying stuff like this since the 1970's. California still seems to keep ticking along,though.
Pass a law saying that if you can prove someone made a death threat against you, you can have a contract put out on them without penalty - think of it as preemptive self defense. I think it would put an end to this death threat horseshit really fast.
Hell, if the "toxic culture obsessed with money" bothers you, you might as well look at emigrating from the country, not the Bay Area. Actually, you should probably find someplace off-planet from our own little slice if Ferringinar.
"Monkey it up" is not a common phrase - mess it up, fuck it up, screw it up, yes, but monkey it up? There was definitely something on the Republican candidate's mind and I figure it was more dog whistling than warning to his fgollowers.
Agreed. And I also charge in 15 minute increments. But I'm a contractor.
You can't see anything from Alabama - it's been proven by modern science. It's sort of like there not really being a South Dakota. I mean, anyone who's seen North Dakota knows you only need ONE Dakota and they made up the other one. And don't get me started on Indiana.
Let people set their own valuations, but the valuation is also a public tender for sale at that price.
I guess that means that all of the burden of evening/early-hour meetings with them goes to the people in other hemispheres.
The question remains: how much?
Well, he'll need a job after his time on the FCC board is done and I'd guess Google can always use someone good in telecom lobbying...
Oh come on, the Cyber series had two-byte lower-case characters, too. Now, the byte-size was six bits (when you used "bytes" - it was really a word-oriented architecture) and the word size was 60 bits - but it was a great machine.
Why? It seems like a whole lot of nothin' interesting at all. So some screen is an inch bigger or a processor that sits idle 99% of the time can boast a few more Hz. Jeez, you'd think it was the second coming. Apple, please let me know when you're going to get off your asses and do something interesting again.
So, a person - presumably a customer - posts his opinion on a subject.
A developer, with a huge following immediately publicly shames him, and retweets, using their large public following to embarrass the person who deigned to weigh in on a subject that apparently only developers know about.
Huh? Sort of like Linus on the kernel mailing list.
You allow random asshat behavior for the elite, you get random asshat behavior in the trenches, no matter what the gender. Pluck the beam out of your own eyeballs first.
It is sad that there is not a +1 Pathetic moderation on Slashdot.