To be clear, I'm in favor of what is essentially an audit to identify any systemic roadblocks to women in education - a precise 50-50 balance is not really worth pursuing, but asking why the numbers are so skewed is.
I acknowledge that there is too little research into why women don't do CS, but aside from possibly misallocating funds, it's hardly a bad thing.
The thing with boys doing worse in HS is worrying, and I'd say it's something to do with screwed up priorities - we don't let people fail, and we spend inordinate amounts of money on bottom performers with no thought to whether they're legitimately retarded or simply lazy; there are distinct things to do with each case - lazy kids get removed from the classroom and either booted or stuck in remedial classes, possibly with attempts to address the underlying problem, possibly with a voc tech. program so they at least have some skills, while the retarded kid gets babysitting and maybe some life skills classes.
none of this addresses the boys vs. girls thing, although it's a tragedy that we are feminizing our teens, ignoring that boys are in fact different from girls. It also doesn't really attempt to find out why CS is 90% male - the dean of Harvard asked that question and look what happened to him.
I'd say one of the really big problems is that we have dogma, and to even discuss it gets you crucified.
Oh no, Socialism! What ever shall we do, with universal healthcare and trains that actually work? I do hope you reserve an equal portion of ire for the extraordinary rendition crowd and the guys trying to charge Assange for treason against a country he isn't even in.
How is actively recruiting women a wrong? Sure, rabid feminists are a problem, but trying to find out why it is women aren't doing tech jobs and working to change that is hardly a bad thing.
There is a reason why NoSQL isn't used in anything production-grade, and why ACID when it pertains to data storage has nothing to do with the stuff that comes on blotter paper.
You sure about that? ACID is a heavy tool, and sometimes you need scale that it can't deliver in a cost effective way.
I can type at about 45 without training. My mother, who did typing as a side job back when that was possible, did well over 120 on a selectric. Being held back by your typing speed is irritating as hell.
Wait, those all sound like big chain stores - do you have any clothing stores that are either upmarket or somewhat independent? I'm in seattle and that sort of variety is nice to have.
get the dogwhistle app for your phone and let it go when they start with that shit (passive aggressive seattle answer) or talk to them. It's not productive to hate your coworkers, no matter how much they deserve it.
Why are you apologizing for corporations? Seriously, it's like you've got stockholm syndrome or something - we want a share of the rather large pie, and one of the cheaper ways to do it (at least where I am) is bigger cubes or more space in general. Odds are good that you aren't a corporate exec and won't benefit from the screwing discussed here, so what gives?
Moore's law is over with - transistor density isn't jumping like it used to and we're running into thermal limits with current designs. That's why you see 4 core and more on the desktop.
I have already allowed that management has the right to demand passwords. My point is that they generally have no business doing so, or mucking about in the servers anyway. Why this simple point is generating so much ire is beyond me. Could it be that you just want to be right and that requires someone else to be wrong? Do you seriously think that a VP or executive guy should be hacking code or messing around in a production host? Really?
wow, aren't you a sanctimonious prick. Most of the exec staff I respect fully owns that they are morons on technical matters (At least with the details) and would never want to know things like root passwords. They do business and decide things at a high level, then they let us go build and maintain as we see fit. We do a good job and nobody cares what we do specifically.
So maybe the big boss is a moron in general - they own the servers and all that, but they're still morons with no business touching them.
I see this as an investment in a valuable skill - once you get reasonably good at 3d fab, you'll probably find all sorts of things to build. Eventually, you may decide to go into business making the things.
They make their money selling windows and office - the more dev tools that are available, the more they can drive to that. They were actually unusual in the 80s for giving away dev kits for free, while OS2 wanted money.
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To be clear, I'm in favor of what is essentially an audit to identify any systemic roadblocks to women in education - a precise 50-50 balance is not really worth pursuing, but asking why the numbers are so skewed is.
I acknowledge that there is too little research into why women don't do CS, but aside from possibly misallocating funds, it's hardly a bad thing.
The thing with boys doing worse in HS is worrying, and I'd say it's something to do with screwed up priorities - we don't let people fail, and we spend inordinate amounts of money on bottom performers with no thought to whether they're legitimately retarded or simply lazy; there are distinct things to do with each case - lazy kids get removed from the classroom and either booted or stuck in remedial classes, possibly with attempts to address the underlying problem, possibly with a voc tech. program so they at least have some skills, while the retarded kid gets babysitting and maybe some life skills classes.
none of this addresses the boys vs. girls thing, although it's a tragedy that we are feminizing our teens, ignoring that boys are in fact different from girls. It also doesn't really attempt to find out why CS is 90% male - the dean of Harvard asked that question and look what happened to him.
I'd say one of the really big problems is that we have dogma, and to even discuss it gets you crucified.
What's wrong with being a socialist?
Oh no, Socialism! What ever shall we do, with universal healthcare and trains that actually work? I do hope you reserve an equal portion of ire for the extraordinary rendition crowd and the guys trying to charge Assange for treason against a country he isn't even in.
Moore's law expired about 5 years ago. We're still getting better, but not as fast.
How is actively recruiting women a wrong? Sure, rabid feminists are a problem, but trying to find out why it is women aren't doing tech jobs and working to change that is hardly a bad thing.
It's hard to outsource because all the countries that have excess (FSVO) nurses have already been drained.
There is a reason why NoSQL isn't used in anything production-grade, and why ACID when it pertains to data storage has nothing to do with the stuff that comes on blotter paper.
You sure about that? ACID is a heavy tool, and sometimes you need scale that it can't deliver in a cost effective way.
Cursive is useful if you're using an ink pen - get one of those and see if you like it. Otherwise, don't sweat it.
I can type at about 45 without training. My mother, who did typing as a side job back when that was possible, did well over 120 on a selectric. Being held back by your typing speed is irritating as hell.
Wait, those all sound like big chain stores - do you have any clothing stores that are either upmarket or somewhat independent? I'm in seattle and that sort of variety is nice to have.
I use something guessable, but largely because I view the 1.1 factor auth that gets used with deepest contempt.
get the dogwhistle app for your phone and let it go when they start with that shit (passive aggressive seattle answer) or talk to them. It's not productive to hate your coworkers, no matter how much they deserve it.
AR-10 is .308 - that goes right through kevlar. Best option is to be at home sick when psychoboy loses it.
Why are you apologizing for corporations? Seriously, it's like you've got stockholm syndrome or something - we want a share of the rather large pie, and one of the cheaper ways to do it (at least where I am) is bigger cubes or more space in general. Odds are good that you aren't a corporate exec and won't benefit from the screwing discussed here, so what gives?
You think chickens are actually reasoning? Their brains aren't that big, you know. To them, shed = cover, I would expect.
Moore's law is over with - transistor density isn't jumping like it used to and we're running into thermal limits with current designs. That's why you see 4 core and more on the desktop.
The thing still lives, it just doesn't get the new fancy stuff. Is that such a problem?
Go back and find the part where I disputed that.
You're a moron.
I have already allowed that management has the right to demand passwords. My point is that they generally have no business doing so, or mucking about in the servers anyway. Why this simple point is generating so much ire is beyond me. Could it be that you just want to be right and that requires someone else to be wrong? Do you seriously think that a VP or executive guy should be hacking code or messing around in a production host? Really?
What exactly am I not getting?
wow, aren't you a sanctimonious prick. Most of the exec staff I respect fully owns that they are morons on technical matters (At least with the details) and would never want to know things like root passwords. They do business and decide things at a high level, then they let us go build and maintain as we see fit. We do a good job and nobody cares what we do specifically.
So maybe the big boss is a moron in general - they own the servers and all that, but they're still morons with no business touching them.
You just don't get it - this is not a question of authority - yes, the CEO can demand the password, but he has no business knowing it.
I see this as an investment in a valuable skill - once you get reasonably good at 3d fab, you'll probably find all sorts of things to build. Eventually, you may decide to go into business making the things.
They make their money selling windows and office - the more dev tools that are available, the more they can drive to that. They were actually unusual in the 80s for giving away dev kits for free, while OS2 wanted money.