Looks like a question from a high school student to me. Maybe answer it appropriately?
Ajax is still heavily used in web dev but typically you use a wrapper library like Jquery, Dojo or similar.
HTML5 isn't really a skill or a technology. It's a buzzword to describe a set of HTML extensions, CSS extensions and the way you combine them with JavaScript.
XCode is an IDE to develop Objective-C applications for iOS and OSX operating systems.
These are fine if you have something in mind. If not might I suggest the following.
Read a book on Design Patterns and get a cookbook for your favorite language (JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP, C++, LUA, etc) that uses said patterns (factory, decorator, etc).
Try making a game using a game engine such as Unity or Unreal.
Buy a $25 Arduino board and find some tutorials on programming for it.
If it must be web related, try out NodeJS and use Meteor framework to build an app.
What do you think about how images are rendered on screen? It's not done in HTML, the browser doesn't do it directly - it calls a library provided by the host OS. That library varies by OS. Same is true for the video tag. Here the only difference is which library is called. With DRM it would be "SecureVideoDecoder" instead of "VideoDecoder".
Teach the kids leadership and/or coordination skills. There will always be good jobs at the top. It's not important where you start as long as you rise quickly into a strategic role.
If they don't have an aptitude for those then go with research in any field. It's not long before technicians (doctors, engineers, programmers, etc) will be automated or trained cheaply / imported.
If you combine leadership, coordination and research you have all the skills to start your own company or elevate an existing one. The other necessary roles can be contracted.
Looks great for zapping all kinds of anomalies too. Very cool directional technology. Wonder about side effects of em field exposure but not too much as its widely used for diagnostics (f/MRI).
How long do benevolent dictatorships last? One generation, maybe two if you're lucky. It's the same with Mr Rockefeller. Maybe he would not have abused the position but can you know for sure that his trustees would have been so magnanimous?
How about a non-profit endowed by public funds but supported by private investment? Let the manufacturers propose some of the research and even fund it but with the caveat that the result will be public domain. Then they can compete on quality and efficiency of production rather than by fiat.
We do already have something like this. The University system was made for it.
Contractors don't get benefits. It's hours on the clock or no pay. You must have missed that part of the HR classes where they don't actually care about contractors because "they're contractors".
Sorry I can't be your hero. BTW the guy got a full time job three weeks later making more money. It wasn't a good fit with my team, he was supposed to be leading a group and they were being dragged down. Stretching it out longer was not going to improve things.
He had several months - I didn't fire him the next day. I coached him, gave him multiple projects and tried to make it work. He came in late, left early and fell behind on every task. Ultimately it was not a difficult decision. He was on contract and we simply did not renew it.
When I am hiring for a technical position, I'm not looking for technical ability, I am looking for technical aptitude. One may be the result of training, the other you are born with.
In my experience its not the questions or the answers (unless complete wrong). I look at their demeanor. Are they noticeably flustered or do they take a breathe and start working it out. I'm looking to see if they can speak to subject matter they list on the resume. How do they speak about it... concisely or scattered. This tells me their real experience level and I can then decide if they are a good fit for my needs. Then I just ask them what they are passionate about, what makes them stay up at night thinking or experimenting. This gives me a feel for how they will grow in their skills. Is it aligned with the job or headed in a different direction.
This doesn't always work but I've been right more than wrong with an 80% success rate. I had one guy who got divorced weeks after I contracted him and just lost all ability to focus. Unfortunate circumstances but life happens and you've got to roll with it. Had to let him go. Wasn't pulling his weight.
I've brought on two so far who've been promoted to managers themselves and several others who are leads on other teams now.
It's not just entertainment. You destabilize regions to make land grabs. You encourage alliances to create an environment for policy changes that benefit your agenda. Etc etc. it's not just the Uber Wealthy though. It's the wealthy, the powerful and the privileged and anyone who seeks the same. It's the oldest game there is. We called it the haves vs the have nots in 9th grade social studies. You must have been out sick that day.
Oh and the world turns, night becomes day, babies are born.
Actually a pardon is not law enforcement. It is specifically an executive order outside and above the law made for just such an occasion. Snowden must be convicted first, then the President can pardon him. The pardon does not stop anything. It simply supersedes it after the fact.
"why reproduce?" When you put it that way it sounds a lot less fun than when I did it.
Maybe instead of saying "work to live or live to work" we can say "live to play and discover and create". At some point, assuming we get the energy problem solved (the one where cheap useful energy is a scarce resource), we will have everything set for an free automated lifestyle that frees from the chains of subsistence.
We don't share because everyone's needs and preferences are different. Some like the convenience of a gas barbecue and some want the flavor of charcoal and wood smoke. Some people have large lawns and some prefer a small lawn with mostly landscaped gardens (a different mower is needed for each).
See how I did that? I made a statement like it was a fact. It's not a problem with my statement though, probably a problem with the lack of a truth filter on this forum software. A technicality so to speak.
No. That's how normal futures trading works. HFT works exactly as the parent described. In your scenario there is no need for HFT.
The problem now is that all of the major players use super fast systems (to enable HFT) so they are now on an even playing field and can't easily bump each other so even normal trade is happening at high speeds.
He was talking about "business apps" - you know VBScripted Excel documents and Access database backed GUIs authored in Visual Studio. There probably are a ton of them out there - it's like as if everyone had written apps in AppleScript and HyperCard and backed it with FileMaker.
So no Big Data stuff eh? No MapReduce being used to mine your data? No ZeroConf aka Bonjour used in the printers and peripherals? No CUPS or WebKit or OpenGL in your systems? No CUDA no OpenCL? No iOS apps developed by your company to run on iPhones or Android apps to run in those phones? No iPads in your board room? No Macs running in your marketing dept? No OpenType fonts in your PCs?
You should probably look a little more closely at the actual tech instead of the logo on the box and look at what is being used to get work done outside the data center (hint your CEO has an iPad guaranteed and your sales team is using the shit out of their smartphones).
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Looks like a question from a high school student to me. Maybe answer it appropriately?
Ajax is still heavily used in web dev but typically you use a wrapper library like Jquery, Dojo or similar.
HTML5 isn't really a skill or a technology. It's a buzzword to describe a set of HTML extensions, CSS extensions and the way you combine them with JavaScript.
XCode is an IDE to develop Objective-C applications for iOS and OSX operating systems.
These are fine if you have something in mind. If not might I suggest the following.
Read a book on Design Patterns and get a cookbook for your favorite language (JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP, C++, LUA, etc) that uses said patterns (factory, decorator, etc).
Try making a game using a game engine such as Unity or Unreal.
Buy a $25 Arduino board and find some tutorials on programming for it.
If it must be web related, try out NodeJS and use Meteor framework to build an app.
What do you think about how images are rendered on screen? It's not done in HTML, the browser doesn't do it directly - it calls a library provided by the host OS. That library varies by OS. Same is true for the video tag. Here the only difference is which library is called. With DRM it would be "SecureVideoDecoder" instead of "VideoDecoder".
Teach the kids leadership and/or coordination skills. There will always be good jobs at the top. It's not important where you start as long as you rise quickly into a strategic role.
If they don't have an aptitude for those then go with research in any field. It's not long before technicians (doctors, engineers, programmers, etc) will be automated or trained cheaply / imported.
If you combine leadership, coordination and research you have all the skills to start your own company or elevate an existing one. The other necessary roles can be contracted.
Looks great for zapping all kinds of anomalies too. Very cool directional technology. Wonder about side effects of em field exposure but not too much as its widely used for diagnostics (f/MRI).
How long do benevolent dictatorships last? One generation, maybe two if you're lucky. It's the same with Mr Rockefeller. Maybe he would not have abused the position but can you know for sure that his trustees would have been so magnanimous?
Your behind the times good sir. Amend that claim to "on a mobile device" or get back on the bus.
How about a non-profit endowed by public funds but supported by private investment? Let the manufacturers propose some of the research and even fund it but with the caveat that the result will be public domain. Then they can compete on quality and efficiency of production rather than by fiat.
We do already have something like this. The University system was made for it.
Contractors don't get benefits. It's hours on the clock or no pay. You must have missed that part of the HR classes where they don't actually care about contractors because "they're contractors".
Sorry I can't be your hero. BTW the guy got a full time job three weeks later making more money. It wasn't a good fit with my team, he was supposed to be leading a group and they were being dragged down. Stretching it out longer was not going to improve things.
Feel better now?
He had several months - I didn't fire him the next day. I coached him, gave him multiple projects and tried to make it work. He came in late, left early and fell behind on every task. Ultimately it was not a difficult decision. He was on contract and we simply did not renew it.
When I am hiring for a technical position, I'm not looking for technical ability, I am looking for technical aptitude. One may be the result of training, the other you are born with.
For a doctor, look to see if they volunteer time somewhere. Do they go to conferences or seminars on the latest medical discoveries, etc.
If its just a job then you can only hire them at face value. Works for some jobs and not for others.
In my experience its not the questions or the answers (unless complete wrong). I look at their demeanor. Are they noticeably flustered or do they take a breathe and start working it out. I'm looking to see if they can speak to subject matter they list on the resume. How do they speak about it... concisely or scattered. This tells me their real experience level and I can then decide if they are a good fit for my needs. Then I just ask them what they are passionate about, what makes them stay up at night thinking or experimenting. This gives me a feel for how they will grow in their skills. Is it aligned with the job or headed in a different direction.
This doesn't always work but I've been right more than wrong with an 80% success rate. I had one guy who got divorced weeks after I contracted him and just lost all ability to focus. Unfortunate circumstances but life happens and you've got to roll with it. Had to let him go. Wasn't pulling his weight.
I've brought on two so far who've been promoted to managers themselves and several others who are leads on other teams now.
It's not just entertainment. You destabilize regions to make land grabs. You encourage alliances to create an environment for policy changes that benefit your agenda. Etc etc. it's not just the Uber Wealthy though. It's the wealthy, the powerful and the privileged and anyone who seeks the same. It's the oldest game there is. We called it the haves vs the have nots in 9th grade social studies. You must have been out sick that day.
Oh and the world turns, night becomes day, babies are born.
Actually a pardon is not law enforcement. It is specifically an executive order outside and above the law made for just such an occasion. Snowden must be convicted first, then the President can pardon him. The pardon does not stop anything. It simply supersedes it after the fact.
When a private company does it (and they do all the time), it is rewarded by an increase on their stock price and year end bonuses for the leadership.
BTW it's Social Security not a retirement fund. It's insurance against bad luck or bad genes or bad parenting.
Fossil makes good watches. Price point is ~$150 but there's a variety of styles. http://www.fossil.com/
"why reproduce?" When you put it that way it sounds a lot less fun than when I did it.
Maybe instead of saying "work to live or live to work" we can say "live to play and discover and create". At some point, assuming we get the energy problem solved (the one where cheap useful energy is a scarce resource), we will have everything set for an free automated lifestyle that frees from the chains of subsistence.
We don't share because everyone's needs and preferences are different. Some like the convenience of a gas barbecue and some want the flavor of charcoal and wood smoke. Some people have large lawns and some prefer a small lawn with mostly landscaped gardens (a different mower is needed for each).
And you are a douche.
See how I did that? I made a statement like it was a fact. It's not a problem with my statement though, probably a problem with the lack of a truth filter on this forum software. A technicality so to speak.
No. That's how normal futures trading works. HFT works exactly as the parent described. In your scenario there is no need for HFT.
The problem now is that all of the major players use super fast systems (to enable HFT) so they are now on an even playing field and can't easily bump each other so even normal trade is happening at high speeds.
He was talking about "business apps" - you know VBScripted Excel documents and Access database backed GUIs authored in Visual Studio. There probably are a ton of them out there - it's like as if everyone had written apps in AppleScript and HyperCard and backed it with FileMaker.
The Internet of Thing is the next big IT revolution. It needs IPv6, BigData and 3D printing to really kick off though.
You just said Google invented, then qualified it as actually really just the first that didn't suck.
Apple did the same for MP3 players and later smartphones / PDAs and tablets.
Innovation !== Invention
I'm agreeing with you.
So no Big Data stuff eh? No MapReduce being used to mine your data? No ZeroConf aka Bonjour used in the printers and peripherals? No CUPS or WebKit or OpenGL in your systems? No CUDA no OpenCL? No iOS apps developed by your company to run on iPhones or Android apps to run in those phones? No iPads in your board room? No Macs running in your marketing dept? No OpenType fonts in your PCs?
You should probably look a little more closely at the actual tech instead of the logo on the box and look at what is being used to get work done outside the data center (hint your CEO has an iPad guaranteed and your sales team is using the shit out of their smartphones).