A robot is going to (or will eventually) react much faster to a threat or other adverse conditions than a human can. If you've got a hypersonic missile heading toward a carrier, are you put a human in the loop? Nope.
There are simply going to be many many situations where a robot will neutralize a threat faster than a human can, and those situations will increase if fighting against another autonomous army.
Is this a good thing? No, it's like atomic weapons. We're heading toward another arms race that will lead us to the brink or over. We barely survived the MAD era.
In today's North Korea, information leaks through. This means that there will be an awareness among the general population of these accusations. True, there will be propaganda countering this, but the seed will be planted.
This. Is this a 'disorder' of the individual or of the society? I think it's the later. Schools seem to be the indoctrination center for factory/office work, where sitting in one place for long periods and focusing on one task is economically beneficial (more so to the corporation than the person). But we're not all built like that. Some of us are explorers, some synthesizers of ideas, some creative and constructive. Yet we're all expected to behave like office drones when in school. And many of us go on to careers that we are conditioned for, not what we have an aptitude for.
Useful skills related to programming, but not programming technology:
1) how to take a complex problem and break it down into simpler problems
2) how to reduce risk by slipstreaming accumulated small changes into a production changes (see 1, above)
3) build client trust by implementing the low-hanging fruit, first.
4) make yourself redundant through documentation and mentoring. It may not seem in your best interest, but it's the professional thing to do, and prods you to move on to other things.
5) Choose the right tools for the job
6) (Corollary to 5): If you're programming in XML, you're doing it wrong.
7) take time to think about a problem. If you think you have a solution, sit on your hands!: don't code until you've examined the drawbacks.
"It is a simple fact that about 90% of journalists in the US media contribute to Democrats..."
It could be that if you are informed and on top of things politically, as journalists are, you are all too aware of the odious cynicism of Republican ideology. Hence, you support the less evil party.
It just seems like another excuse to prop up our bloated military-industrial complex. Do they really think NK will launch a missile our way, or is this just another example of security theater?
My personal prejudice is that CMS's are a throwback to when HTML sites were serving 'documents' (and stitched together fragments thereof). But nowadays I use HTML more like a UI specification language, which is populated and driven by an AJAX backend. In other words, it's a client-server application with a free-form UI. If I need to use templates, I use jquery templates, SSI's, or a combination of both.
Managing templates in a database as always struck my as cumbersome, with a lot of bookkeeping work (read: configuration). I see nothing wrong with a hierarchical structure for maintaining html and resources, such as a file system provides.
If coding is your life, this is not such a bad culture. But as we get older most of us have seen the same problems repeatedly, and it just becomes less fun. Then you want to do other things with your life, unpredictability of work hours makes chasing other interests (and spending time with family) difficult.
Some people still have the enthusiasm for coding and technology into their 60's, but for most of us it get's harder and we don't want to spend the 80-ish hours/week trying to keep pace with the ever-changing technology stack, fads, and methodologies just so we can impress other developers with our cojones. Nowadays I'd rather impress women on facebook with a cleverly humorous limerick.
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A robot is going to (or will eventually) react much faster to a threat or other adverse conditions than a human can. If you've got a hypersonic missile heading toward a carrier, are you put a human in the loop? Nope.
There are simply going to be many many situations where a robot will neutralize a threat faster than a human can, and those situations will increase if fighting against another autonomous army.
Is this a good thing? No, it's like atomic weapons. We're heading toward another arms race that will lead us to the brink or over. We barely survived the MAD era.
Nice to know the fracking 1% will be getting theirs. And nice to know Oklahomans will feel the trickle-down effects, also.
"I'm not fox news but you can believe me. If you work hard and create value, you can make a lot of money"
Scientists work hard and create a lot of value and generally do not make a lot of money.
Many good teachers work hard and create a lot of value, but do not make a lot of money.
Many engineers work hard and create a lot of value, but do not make a lot of money.
Many paramedics work hard and create a lot of value, but do not make a lot of money
Many truck drivers work hard and create a lot of value, but do not make a lot of money
Many people who put family ahead of working hard create value and do not make a lot of money.
If you think a person's value to society is directly tied to the amount of money they make, then you need to go soak your head.
In today's North Korea, information leaks through. This means that there will be an awareness among the general population of these accusations. True, there will be propaganda countering this, but the seed will be planted.
[1,2].join([3,4]) === '13,42';
FTFY
... the reader, to investigate these questions for us? Please?
I know Slashdot isn't a journalism site, but what use is pointless and unsubstantiated speculation?
This. Is this a 'disorder' of the individual or of the society? I think it's the later. Schools seem to be the indoctrination center for factory/office work, where sitting in one place for long periods and focusing on one task is economically beneficial (more so to the corporation than the person). But we're not all built like that. Some of us are explorers, some synthesizers of ideas, some creative and constructive. Yet we're all expected to behave like office drones when in school. And many of us go on to careers that we are conditioned for, not what we have an aptitude for.
It's not about the people killed... it's about the buildings and airplanes destroyed.
Mangled that a bit:
2) how to reduce risk by slipstreaming accumulated small changes into a production SYSTEM (see 1, above)
and forgot:
8) carefully proofread anything you post on a public forum
Useful skills related to programming, but not programming technology:
1) how to take a complex problem and break it down into simpler problems
2) how to reduce risk by slipstreaming accumulated small changes into a production changes (see 1, above)
3) build client trust by implementing the low-hanging fruit, first.
4) make yourself redundant through documentation and mentoring. It may not seem in your best interest, but it's the professional thing to do, and prods you to move on to other things.
5) Choose the right tools for the job
6) (Corollary to 5): If you're programming in XML, you're doing it wrong.
7) take time to think about a problem. If you think you have a solution, sit on your hands!: don't code until you've examined the drawbacks.
'Shaft Plan' was a little too insensitive.
Yeah! Stupid Melanesians! Micronesians! Polynesians! WTF were they thinking?
"Scrub that toilet bowl till it sparkles, McFaddle!"
And a 1-year notice the job before that (with a 50% retention bonus).
Not all companies are psychopathic.
those who divide people into two kinds, and those who don't
been using it for nearly a year now. Currently supports the company's website of over 400 pages.
and recovering from an exception in node-js is next to impossible. You really have little choice but to reboot the instance.
"It is a simple fact that about 90% of journalists in the US media contribute to Democrats..."
It could be that if you are informed and on top of things politically, as journalists are, you are all too aware of the odious cynicism of Republican ideology. Hence, you support the less evil party.
That's it. That's all I wanted to say, Slashdot. Don't call me lame.
It's never worked for untrained end-users, perhaps, but the are plenty of successful DSLs out there. Spreadsheets formulas, for one.
I don't know that beer will kill microbes... read this.
It just seems like another excuse to prop up our bloated military-industrial complex. Do they really think NK will launch a missile our way, or is this just another example of security theater?
My personal prejudice is that CMS's are a throwback to when HTML sites were serving 'documents' (and stitched together fragments thereof). But nowadays I use HTML more like a UI specification language, which is populated and driven by an AJAX backend. In other words, it's a client-server application with a free-form UI. If I need to use templates, I use jquery templates, SSI's, or a combination of both.
Managing templates in a database as always struck my as cumbersome, with a lot of bookkeeping work (read: configuration). I see nothing wrong with a hierarchical structure for maintaining html and resources, such as a file system provides.
It does not know the answers, it is UNDERSTANDING the questions and COMING UP WITH the right answers.
Watson: I'll take "Clueless Posters" for $500, Alex.
Alex: This person has gotten Jeopardy completely backasswards
Watson: Who is loneDreamer?
Alex: Correct!
If coding is your life, this is not such a bad culture. But as we get older most of us have seen the same problems repeatedly, and it just becomes less fun. Then you want to do other things with your life, unpredictability of work hours makes chasing other interests (and spending time with family) difficult.
Some people still have the enthusiasm for coding and technology into their 60's, but for most of us it get's harder and we don't want to spend the 80-ish hours/week trying to keep pace with the ever-changing technology stack, fads, and methodologies just so we can impress other developers with our cojones. Nowadays I'd rather impress women on facebook with a cleverly humorous limerick.