My post would have been up much sooner, but/. forced me to wait 5 minutes since I previously posted. That doesn't seem to be a very good way to facilitate conversation.:-?
This story has been up for several minutes already, and no "First Post!" or "In Soviet Russia, computers build YOU!" comments. Slashdot is really going downhil...
That is also why most people will not benefit from learning basic coding skills and will never advance beyond those basic skills. Coding is hardcore engineering and doing it well requires significant talent in addition to training and experience. Without that talent, your chances of ever becoming good at it are non-existent.
As an adjunct at a couple of colleges, in my mind the true value in having courses like this being taught in grades 9-12 would be to steer some students away from taking programming courses in college when they're not sure what they want to study. I'm not trying to be elitist either. I have taught many students who really weren't very interested in learning how to program, but were wedged into comp-sci because "that's where all the jobs are". I'd rather have them avoid this pitfall rather than when they're taking their 3rd or 4th programming course and deciding "I don't get this, it isn't for me."
After being misdiagnosed as mentally retarded, I was in Special Ed classes for eight years. I can reassure you that there's nothing special about being treated like an idiot.
I had submitted this post about two weeks back, but it never made it to the front page. FTA:
I've written about this at some length in my book Beyond Technology. The argument depends upon assumptions about learning transfer -- the idea that learning in one context will automatically transfer across to others. This is to conceive of the brain as a kind of muscle: a good workout in the coding gym will have payoffs when we need our logical thinking skills to solve problems elsewhere. Similar claims are often made for learning the game of chess, or Latin. Yet there is no convincing evidence that learning computer programming enables children to develop more general problem-solving skills, let alone that it will 'teach you how to think', as its advocates claim.
While it seems intuitive that programming develops logical thinking, it may be the case that people who program already possessed that skill and programming merely reinforces it.
From the title, I was wondering how NVIDIA recalls were shielding tablets over a heat risk. You would expect the opposite - a recall should, well, recall tablets, not shield them.
I thought this would be a bad idea from the first time I heard about it, just like all the other "smart" guns. Makes it entirely too easy for NSA types to remotely disable weapons, and they have access to a lot better equipment than Sandvik & Auger do.
We had a preview version here at work, and it froze up while I was trying to change the wallpaper. Admittedly, this was several months ago, and I expect that those kinds of issues have been fixed, but I'll stick with Win 7 as it still works fine.
I doubt Hillary will get anything, as this is 100% politically motivated.
The only way I could see this as being politically motivated is if Hillary asked the Obama Administration to launch an inquiry in order to find her 100% clear of the charges, so as to remove that bugbear from the debate in the future.
Anything she gets will likely be harsher than Karl Rove managed to get for outing Valerie Plame.
All of this has been done before. Complete BS if she gets harsher treatment than the previous administration. I agree that we need to clamp down on the problem, but some retro activity would be nice as well.
So basically what you're saying is that you'd like to see the Obama Administration sink the same level as the Bush Administration when administering justice? Wouldn't it be better if Obama's Justice Department did the right thing and set the bar high for future administrations? Or is this just a case of "Their team got the kid gloves treatment, so mine should get it as well?"
Does caffeine count? What about marijuana? It seems like it would dull your reaction time, but it might make you more calm, so it's hard to say. How about coke or meth? Seems like those would make you too jittery.
The first thing that came to mind when I heard of this site is "This is a prime target for a hacking/blackmail scheme." The only surprise here is that it didn't happen sooner.
Having about 20 years of experience in IT, it hasn't changed much. Sure, there's the World Wide Web, but before that we had FTP, Gopher, Telnet, and LANs. Cloud storage isn't really any different than network home drives. The tech will change (cheaper, faster, slightly easier for the end user), but at the end of the day, you're still installing software, answering end-user questions, adding servers to the network, maybe repairing hardware, etc.
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With all due respect, I'd rather eat Ramen and take a vitamin pill than consume the current Soylent formulations and fart all night long.
Why choose only one when you can do both?
Ah, that feels better! :-D
My post would have been up much sooner, but /. forced me to wait 5 minutes since I previously posted. That doesn't seem to be a very good way to facilitate conversation. :-?
This story has been up for several minutes already, and no "First Post!" or "In Soviet Russia, computers build YOU!" comments. Slashdot is really going downhil...
That is also why most people will not benefit from learning basic coding skills and will never advance beyond those basic skills. Coding is hardcore engineering and doing it well requires significant talent in addition to training and experience. Without that talent, your chances of ever becoming good at it are non-existent.
As an adjunct at a couple of colleges, in my mind the true value in having courses like this being taught in grades 9-12 would be to steer some students away from taking programming courses in college when they're not sure what they want to study. I'm not trying to be elitist either. I have taught many students who really weren't very interested in learning how to program, but were wedged into comp-sci because "that's where all the jobs are". I'd rather have them avoid this pitfall rather than when they're taking their 3rd or 4th programming course and deciding "I don't get this, it isn't for me."
After being misdiagnosed as mentally retarded, I was in Special Ed classes for eight years. I can reassure you that there's nothing special about being treated like an idiot.
They put me in Special Ed because they thought I was slow, but I stayed in Special Ed for the ladies.
I've written about this at some length in my book Beyond Technology. The argument depends upon assumptions about learning transfer -- the idea that learning in one context will automatically transfer across to others. This is to conceive of the brain as a kind of muscle: a good workout in the coding gym will have payoffs when we need our logical thinking skills to solve problems elsewhere. Similar claims are often made for learning the game of chess, or Latin. Yet there is no convincing evidence that learning computer programming enables children to develop more general problem-solving skills, let alone that it will 'teach you how to think', as its advocates claim.
While it seems intuitive that programming develops logical thinking, it may be the case that people who program already possessed that skill and programming merely reinforces it.
If a Scotsman commits rape in France, he may be tried in England.
No true Scotsman would commit rape in France!
From the title, I was wondering how NVIDIA recalls were shielding tablets over a heat risk. You would expect the opposite - a recall should, well, recall tablets, not shield them.
Never heard of heat shields? ;-)
Oh, how I hate our patent system.
Wait, we agree on something?!? ;-)
What's Gallium Nitrade?
If I had to guess, it's probably similar to Gallium Nitride. Or just a typo, but the "a" & "i" keys are pretty far apart...
I thought this would be a bad idea from the first time I heard about it, just like all the other "smart" guns. Makes it entirely too easy for NSA types to remotely disable weapons, and they have access to a lot better equipment than Sandvik & Auger do.
We had a preview version here at work, and it froze up while I was trying to change the wallpaper. Admittedly, this was several months ago, and I expect that those kinds of issues have been fixed, but I'll stick with Win 7 as it still works fine.
Sure. Buzzfeed, Gawker Media, or the worst of all, Answers.com.
I for one can't wait to play video games on my new Quantum computer.
The downside is that the games will only run when the computer is turned off.
I doubt Hillary will get anything, as this is 100% politically motivated.
The only way I could see this as being politically motivated is if Hillary asked the Obama Administration to launch an inquiry in order to find her 100% clear of the charges, so as to remove that bugbear from the debate in the future.
Anything she gets will likely be harsher than Karl Rove managed to get for outing Valerie Plame.
All of this has been done before. Complete BS if she gets harsher treatment than the previous administration. I agree that we need to clamp down on the problem, but some retro activity would be nice as well.
So basically what you're saying is that you'd like to see the Obama Administration sink the same level as the Bush Administration when administering justice? Wouldn't it be better if Obama's Justice Department did the right thing and set the bar high for future administrations? Or is this just a case of "Their team got the kid gloves treatment, so mine should get it as well?"
The biblical literalists are going to love this one.
Aside from the 120 million year old part...
Does caffeine count? What about marijuana? It seems like it would dull your reaction time, but it might make you more calm, so it's hard to say. How about coke or meth? Seems like those would make you too jittery.
High pressure water gun.
Or something like this?
The Chinese government routinely kills people over other piddly crap, why not that one?
Because the people who can afford rhino horns & tiger penises can also afford to bribe the officials.
Oh, and if you think the US "War on Drugs" was primarily directed at supply side, you're somewhat... misinformed.
The supply side isn't as lucrative for the legal-industrial prison system.
The first thing that came to mind when I heard of this site is "This is a prime target for a hacking/blackmail scheme." The only surprise here is that it didn't happen sooner.
Having about 20 years of experience in IT, it hasn't changed much. Sure, there's the World Wide Web, but before that we had FTP, Gopher, Telnet, and LANs. Cloud storage isn't really any different than network home drives. The tech will change (cheaper, faster, slightly easier for the end user), but at the end of the day, you're still installing software, answering end-user questions, adding servers to the network, maybe repairing hardware, etc.
That bit is why it'll be a wild success with foodie hipsters. Expensive == special
That's going to be a tough one. This is clearly a GMO. Maybe they can override that if they put "Ethically Sourced" & "Cruelty Free" on the package.
I think I would have taken amputation. Just so long as they set me up with some kind of sweet Deus Ex-style augmentations!