Next time you go to a movie, read a book, look at a picture in a magazine or llisten to music I want you to think about that stupid little thought experiment.
I know other people like you. They deride non-STEM majors and yet they love to quote their favorite movies and songs, etc. Apparently "smart" people can be fairly stupid, too.
As I started reading the first few comments I was so appalled that I was about to swear off Slashdot for the rest of the year. Then I read your post. Thanks for assuring me that there are some decent people left around here.
I don't know what the deal is but it seems more and more that people just cannot wait to get in a post of a contrarian nature, contrived though they may be. And in this case, being contrarian pretty much amounts to a complete lack of empathy.
Yes, I know. It's time for replies about how empathy is a bad trait.
You'll find no end of people who will tell you that you can't do it, you're too old, blah, blah, blah. Forget those people. What is it you WANT to do?
I'm telling you that it is possible to do what you want. I went back to school at age 43 and got my masters in computer science. I was lucky enough to land an internship at a NASA center and I managed to turn that into a full time position. I'm sure some degree of timing luck was involved but at the same time I'm a hard worker, conscientious and reasonably smart. I work with plenty of 20-somethings and I can tell you that they're not automatically brilliant and they don't necessarily always have great work ethics. You can do it if you want to.
Yes, I suppose so. And I assume that you will feel the same way about things that offend you. I agree that censorship and repression is more dangerous than being offended. However, that view should also leave me the right to criticize Mr. Middle Finger for being juvenile, obtuse and crass.
Whether you like it or not, societal standards do exist. I'd say that mostly they exist to help us just get along and have something that looks like a common ground on which to base daily interaction. That doesn't mean everyone has to act a particular way all the time. It just means that when in public try to be considerate. Save the junior high school language and gestures for when you're with your buddies.
The parent commenter was probably taking pop statistics to calculate that. Figure 6 millions Jews killed (which is not the whole story) and the use the 60 million figure that is commonly touted for Stalin (which is way overestimated according to anything I've read about it; that doesn't make it less heinous, however).
The reason that trunk front brakes in the USA have been historically weak is that the drivers disable them to save money on brake and tire wear. The new rules will simply require them to discontinue this dangerous practice.
"while those who will do the right thing (generally engineers and scientists) "
You have got to be kidding. Maybe scientists. Maybe. But engineers? They're smart but one dimensional. At most. I think you're as deluded as anyone else.
Yep. "No bucks, no Buck Rogers.". You ought to watch that movie. How many engineers do you employ when there are no projects in the pipeline? None. How do projects get into the pipeline? That's right, through proposal and grant writing.
This is rated interesting? Some cheap swipe at women and a vague insinuation that you know what fields are most needed? Let me guess, you think we need more engineers, right? Well, I work with loads of engineers and I can tell you we don't need more. What we really need are more psych and English majors who are great at writing proposals and applications for grants.
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I think I hear your mom calling you home for dinner.
"Have you tried Dart? It's like JavaScript but with optional typing, and it compiles down to JavaScript."
If the typing is optional how do you actually program it? Voice recognition?
"So, of course it sucked really bad... just like your joke."
Now THAT is funny.
No mod points, but I thought you should know that at least one person found this to be very funny.
It's a word because clueless people have used it so often that they have forced it into the lexicon.
Bingo. Or the owner just wants to have his mansion be a tax write off.
Next time you go to a movie, read a book, look at a picture in a magazine or llisten to music I want you to think about that stupid little thought experiment.
I know other people like you. They deride non-STEM majors and yet they love to quote their favorite movies and songs, etc. Apparently "smart" people can be fairly stupid, too.
"OTOH, if you don't know what the acronyms mean..."
Is that supposed to be some kind of joke?
As I started reading the first few comments I was so appalled that I was about to swear off Slashdot for the rest of the year. Then I read your post. Thanks for assuring me that there are some decent people left around here.
I don't know what the deal is but it seems more and more that people just cannot wait to get in a post of a contrarian nature, contrived though they may be. And in this case, being contrarian pretty much amounts to a complete lack of empathy.
Yes, I know. It's time for replies about how empathy is a bad trait.
"Is creat that shit that bodybuilders take to make their muscles ripped? OR those folks who have an IQ of fifty?"
No, it's actually an assembly instruction. It's a tougher challenge than you think.
"Don't expect to get a job as a senior developer..."
I guess that depends on how you define senior developer. ;-)
You'll find no end of people who will tell you that you can't do it, you're too old, blah, blah, blah. Forget those people. What is it you WANT to do?
I'm telling you that it is possible to do what you want. I went back to school at age 43 and got my masters in computer science. I was lucky enough to land an internship at a NASA center and I managed to turn that into a full time position. I'm sure some degree of timing luck was involved but at the same time I'm a hard worker, conscientious and reasonably smart. I work with plenty of 20-somethings and I can tell you that they're not automatically brilliant and they don't necessarily always have great work ethics. You can do it if you want to.
" I say let them be offended."
Yes, I suppose so. And I assume that you will feel the same way about things that offend you. I agree that censorship and repression is more dangerous than being offended. However, that view should also leave me the right to criticize Mr. Middle Finger for being juvenile, obtuse and crass.
Whether you like it or not, societal standards do exist. I'd say that mostly they exist to help us just get along and have something that looks like a common ground on which to base daily interaction. That doesn't mean everyone has to act a particular way all the time. It just means that when in public try to be considerate. Save the junior high school language and gestures for when you're with your buddies.
The parent commenter was probably taking pop statistics to calculate that. Figure 6 millions Jews killed (which is not the whole story) and the use the 60 million figure that is commonly touted for Stalin (which is way overestimated according to anything I've read about it; that doesn't make it less heinous, however).
..." just look at the human brain; frontal lobes on top of monkey brain, on top of lizard brain."
All wrapped around a creamy nougat center.
Note to self: Avoid traveling salesman puns.
From Microsoft megastar to traveling wave salesman.
"I thought it was the pirating != theft brigade that modded people into oblivion."
Well, I thought it was the pirating <= theft brigade that modded people into oblivion.
The reason that trunk front brakes in the USA have been historically weak is that the drivers disable them to save money on brake and tire wear. The new rules will simply require them to discontinue this dangerous practice.
"...has anyone actually ever been injured after a drone ran in to them?"
I don't know about injured, per se, but I was thrown for a loop when one of my coworkers bumped into me.
No, that's what your dad said.
"while those who will do the right thing (generally engineers and scientists) "
You have got to be kidding. Maybe scientists. Maybe. But engineers? They're smart but one dimensional. At most. I think you're as deluded as anyone else.
"Yeah, the real productive work"
Yep. "No bucks, no Buck Rogers.". You ought to watch that movie. How many engineers do you employ when there are no projects in the pipeline? None. How do projects get into the pipeline? That's right, through proposal and grant writing.
This is rated interesting? Some cheap swipe at women and a vague insinuation that you know what fields are most needed? Let me guess, you think we need more engineers, right? Well, I work with loads of engineers and I can tell you we don't need more. What we really need are more psych and English majors who are great at writing proposals and applications for grants.
Fortunately you don't even need a degree to be in the Tea Party.