The sheeples of this world read headlines and form the uninformed opinions - a single article like this one can easily destroy 10 years of trying to educate someone..
There is a heck of a difference between having a contract that explictily says "Thou shalt not work for Apple" and Apple making a silent agreement with your employer not to hire you.
When I go to my boss and say I think it's time for a pay raise, knowing I can switch to the competition helps me get more. If he knows I can't switch because of a secret agreement, I'm stuck.
You are pointing at countries where peoples average monthly salary is less than a BR or a trip to the movies (Denmark) and saying "hey lookie lookie, no IP laws and pirates are rampant".
Personally I belive IP laws are killing competition and producing worse content. Most of those illegal copies you mention are crap and will be bought by those who can't afford the real thing anyways. Make big companies compete with the pirates and soon you will see products consumers want, e.g. DVDs that goes straight to the movie rather than force you to sit through 10 mins. of commercials for something that was hot 10 years ago.
Same here, I personally think it's a shame that PIPA, SOPA and CIPA didn't get approved at full force. I seriously doubt people will wake up until the feel the full horror of the decisions of the powers that be, then we might start working on a saner world.
You want us to go back to preindustrialization and believe we will live longer and better?
We live longer due to better medical help, we have better medical help because of things like electricity - try mass producing the medicine needed to sustaine our lifespans without electricity...
Just avoid stating the "obvious" part; and yeah, "left as an excersice" to the reader haunted me through CS - always felt it meant, the auther had no idea either, but sure as hell wouldn't confess to it:-)
Then you probably haven't been to a lot of hotels in Europe. Go below 4 stars and you are basically with a room for sleeping.
And refurbishing ships for hotels isn't actually a new idea; so it might work, except the placement is smack in the middle of a sanctuary and I doubt the locals would enjoy the forced local planning....
Why is it, math books and people into math uses words like "obvious" or "you can very easily"; it really really destroys your readers enthusiasm for reading what you are doing.
Yes, it might very well be obvious and trivial to you, but it sure as hell make me feel dumb when I don't get the obvious in the first pass.
Also, I wholeheartedly believe it's the wrong aproach. The US really needs a legal overhaul - SOPA, PIPA and CIPA should be approved, put them through and let people live under this regime for 3-4 months, then people will start to notice how truly wrong the world has become.
A single day of black out will make people think "oh, but it's not my fight really". Make it stick, force people to jump through hoops to get their youtube and lolcat fix; then action will be taken and it will be swift.
Well you might want to read up on singularity events in sci-fi. Singularity will *not* favor those who want riches, quite the contrary.
It's not about the AI taking over nor roaming rich people doing random hunting. Technological singularity should in theory lead to machines that can build anything by "grabbing" nearby atoms, it should lead to humans living hundreds of years, but it will in the process most likely kill off those who can't adapt to a world where everything changes over night. Imagine anything you want will be available to you, people would go crazy with power - wanting implants that would turn them into cyborgs, sex toys that would basically make you fuck till you drop. Power hungry factions battling it out with WMDs.
(Also, an AI that could reach technological singularity would most likely arise from academica and thus be in the hands of people who aren't pursuing (initially) riches)
Historically speaking, republics never lasted much more than 3-400 years, so predicting the US will break up within the next 100 years is probably not unrealistic.
Personally I think we are going to see Technological Singularity with AI at some point and probably wipe some 90% of the population in the wake of such an event.
Interesting, my experience is programmers with a passion tend to solve the parts of the program they really want to work with and leave the boring trivial parts to others - and often they do so going on a tangent.
At my current job I have a coworker who really really loves the newest shiniest stuff out there - there isn't a month where he isn't trying to push version 2.0 of some new framework he read about on twitterbook.
Oh, and generally, "inspired" code means you have found some clever way of doing something; often with no comments and absolutely no help to anyone but you...
The one in the current books around here tells a diferent story than the glory you think is your home. In the first week there might be uprising, but when food is scarce and the method for getting some is compliancy people fall in line.
You don't need the entire military, just the ones controlling. Rest can be demoted/fired - and you aren't asking them to kill ordinary citizens, you are telling them to kill the terrorists and trouble makers, which the oath if I'm not mistaken specifically asks marines to do. (Foreign and domestic threats yeah?).
And if you are in doubt, look at the last "uprising" you guys could muster with the 99% - people are scared to challange authority (including myself); get a mark on your perfect record and you just might find yourself living under a bridge...
Dropped my iPad from a table unto concrete; corner took the impact (it's dented now), but tablet worked just fine afterwards.
As long as you aren't hitting the screen they can take quite a lot of abuse.
Also, I call BS on the "freefall", that thing was extremely stable during the decent - most likely they fitted some form of guiding parachute to make sure the back of the casing took the impact - gotta wonder how it would have survived hitting on a corner (screen on rocks would obviously have killed the ipad).
No worries, I can absolutely guarentee you I won't be interested in working for someone who wants people who live and breath code.
For some reason people in software believe their life should revolve around it - almost no other carreer path expects you to invest your entire life in the field.
Not sure why you took my comments as I needed advice, I've been working for 15 years - only twice have I've been declined for a job I wanted; once by HR (Maersk) and once back when I was studying, but to be frank I was soo out of depth on that one. I've walked away from quite a few offers, especially when I run in to people like you.
My problem with "own" code is I have none. Sure I have the stuff I did back at the University, but thats 5 years ago - I never program outside the job, which means anything I've done belongs to someone else; in fact, I don't even own a computer these days.
(Also note that if I did in fact program outside working hours, it would most likely still belong to the company, so again, I'd have nothing to show).
If you don't have a specific reason for going for *that* company, you wont get the job. You *MUST* show that you have spend at least some time in researching what they do and why you think it would suit you to work there. There are perhaps a hundred people applying for that job, you need to make you look better than the others. What I want in 5 years? What I would really like, a boat in the Med, an Audi R8 and enough money to live like a spoiled brat - in fact I'd love to live like that right now. On a more realistic outlook I'd like for x,y,z etc. E.g. manager position, advanced field stuff, travelling whatever. But if you can't answer it and show you've thought about it they will almost always pass.
To be frank, these questions are "designed" to vet people like you. My gut feeling just from reading your post is you wont fit in - and that is your biggest problem; it's not about being the worlds best at whatever you do, if you can't sell yourself you might be the next Bohr, but still not get a chance at proving yourself.
Oh and for all the puzzle/whiteboard programming haters out there. I was once tasked with doing a hashmap on the whiteboard as part of an interview. Instant thought was "Fuck!? who would ever remember those fuckers?"; but I went to the blackboard outlined most of the map and when it came to the actual hashing algorithm I told them that I had no idea how to do that, but knew what book to look in. Afterwards they offered me the job and specifially complemented me on how I handled the whiteboard task. If you get asked to do a puzzle or whiteboard test, do it, get it over with - yes you might not have access to your favorite cheat sheet, but thats life. Sometime you might end up in a room full of clients and act like you are on top of the problem even though you have absolutely no clue what just went boom. It's all about selling yourself and showing you can handle pressure.
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No, in fact quite the opposite.
The sheeples of this world read headlines and form the uninformed opinions - a single article like this one can easily destroy 10 years of trying to educate someone..
There is a heck of a difference between having a contract that explictily says "Thou shalt not work for Apple" and Apple making a silent agreement with your employer not to hire you.
When I go to my boss and say I think it's time for a pay raise, knowing I can switch to the competition helps me get more. If he knows I can't switch because of a secret agreement, I'm stuck.
It's not about the consumers, it's about turning employees into slaves.
You are pointing at countries where peoples average monthly salary is less than a BR or a trip to the movies (Denmark) and saying "hey lookie lookie, no IP laws and pirates are rampant".
Personally I belive IP laws are killing competition and producing worse content. Most of those illegal copies you mention are crap and will be bought by those who can't afford the real thing anyways. Make big companies compete with the pirates and soon you will see products consumers want, e.g. DVDs that goes straight to the movie rather than force you to sit through 10 mins. of commercials for something that was hot 10 years ago.
Same here, I personally think it's a shame that PIPA, SOPA and CIPA didn't get approved at full force. I seriously doubt people will wake up until the feel the full horror of the decisions of the powers that be, then we might start working on a saner world.
Wauw, are you really *that* stupid?
You want us to go back to preindustrialization and believe we will live longer and better?
We live longer due to better medical help, we have better medical help because of things like electricity - try mass producing the medicine needed to sustaine our lifespans without electricity...
Just avoid stating the "obvious" part; and yeah, "left as an excersice" to the reader haunted me through CS - always felt it meant, the auther had no idea either, but sure as hell wouldn't confess to it :-)
Then you probably haven't been to a lot of hotels in Europe. Go below 4 stars and you are basically with a room for sleeping.
And refurbishing ships for hotels isn't actually a new idea; so it might work, except the placement is smack in the middle of a sanctuary and I doubt the locals would enjoy the forced local planning....
Why is it, math books and people into math uses words like "obvious" or "you can very easily"; it really really destroys your readers enthusiasm for reading what you are doing.
Yes, it might very well be obvious and trivial to you, but it sure as hell make me feel dumb when I don't get the obvious in the first pass.
Other than that, nice intro to FT.
Go rent south of the border.
Nah, just make sure you miss the ground, should keep them airborne.
Actually it will be attached to CIPA, but spot on on the subject of the bill.
Also, I wholeheartedly believe it's the wrong aproach. The US really needs a legal overhaul - SOPA, PIPA and CIPA should be approved, put them through and let people live under this regime for 3-4 months, then people will start to notice how truly wrong the world has become.
A single day of black out will make people think "oh, but it's not my fight really". Make it stick, force people to jump through hoops to get their youtube and lolcat fix; then action will be taken and it will be swift.
Yes, because there hasn't been a recession and customers aren't cheap bastards that want everything for free...
Upgrade cycles are a thing of the past, things get upgraded when they die or more bandwith is needed.
Well you might want to read up on singularity events in sci-fi. Singularity will *not* favor those who want riches, quite the contrary.
It's not about the AI taking over nor roaming rich people doing random hunting. Technological singularity should in theory lead to machines that can build anything by "grabbing" nearby atoms, it should lead to humans living hundreds of years, but it will in the process most likely kill off those who can't adapt to a world where everything changes over night. Imagine anything you want will be available to you, people would go crazy with power - wanting implants that would turn them into cyborgs, sex toys that would basically make you fuck till you drop. Power hungry factions battling it out with WMDs.
(Also, an AI that could reach technological singularity would most likely arise from academica and thus be in the hands of people who aren't pursuing (initially) riches)
Historically speaking, republics never lasted much more than 3-400 years, so predicting the US will break up within the next 100 years is probably not unrealistic.
Personally I think we are going to see Technological Singularity with AI at some point and probably wipe some 90% of the population in the wake of such an event.
Well homeless shelters are big buildings usually. Wouldn't surprise me if it had a 1.2M price tag.
Interesting, my experience is programmers with a passion tend to solve the parts of the program they really want to work with and leave the boring trivial parts to others - and often they do so going on a tangent.
At my current job I have a coworker who really really loves the newest shiniest stuff out there - there isn't a month where he isn't trying to push version 2.0 of some new framework he read about on twitterbook.
Oh, and generally, "inspired" code means you have found some clever way of doing something; often with no comments and absolutely no help to anyone but you...
I am all for general public learning and getting jobs writing code. I make my living fixing other peoples mistakes.
Whos history?
The one in the current books around here tells a diferent story than the glory you think is your home. In the first week there might be uprising, but when food is scarce and the method for getting some is compliancy people fall in line.
You don't need the entire military, just the ones controlling. Rest can be demoted/fired - and you aren't asking them to kill ordinary citizens, you are telling them to kill the terrorists and trouble makers, which the oath if I'm not mistaken specifically asks marines to do. (Foreign and domestic threats yeah?).
And if you are in doubt, look at the last "uprising" you guys could muster with the 99% - people are scared to challange authority (including myself); get a mark on your perfect record and you just might find yourself living under a bridge...
You don't need to lock down a city. You just need to take out the trouble makers, most people are sheep and will act as such.
Take away food and water and reward people who tell on trouble makers - wont take long to get a tight grib on the population.
Dropped my iPad from a table unto concrete; corner took the impact (it's dented now), but tablet worked just fine afterwards.
As long as you aren't hitting the screen they can take quite a lot of abuse.
Also, I call BS on the "freefall", that thing was extremely stable during the decent - most likely they fitted some form of guiding parachute to make sure the back of the casing took the impact - gotta wonder how it would have survived hitting on a corner (screen on rocks would obviously have killed the ipad).
No worries, I can absolutely guarentee you I won't be interested in working for someone who wants people who live and breath code.
For some reason people in software believe their life should revolve around it - almost no other carreer path expects you to invest your entire life in the field.
Not sure why you took my comments as I needed advice, I've been working for 15 years - only twice have I've been declined for a job I wanted; once by HR (Maersk) and once back when I was studying, but to be frank I was soo out of depth on that one. I've walked away from quite a few offers, especially when I run in to people like you.
My problem with "own" code is I have none. Sure I have the stuff I did back at the University, but thats 5 years ago - I never program outside the job, which means anything I've done belongs to someone else; in fact, I don't even own a computer these days.
(Also note that if I did in fact program outside working hours, it would most likely still belong to the company, so again, I'd have nothing to show).
If you don't have a specific reason for going for *that* company, you wont get the job. You *MUST* show that you have spend at least some time in researching what they do and why you think it would suit you to work there. There are perhaps a hundred people applying for that job, you need to make you look better than the others.
What I want in 5 years? What I would really like, a boat in the Med, an Audi R8 and enough money to live like a spoiled brat - in fact I'd love to live like that right now. On a more realistic outlook I'd like for x,y,z etc. E.g. manager position, advanced field stuff, travelling whatever.
But if you can't answer it and show you've thought about it they will almost always pass.
To be frank, these questions are "designed" to vet people like you. My gut feeling just from reading your post is you wont fit in - and that is your biggest problem; it's not about being the worlds best at whatever you do, if you can't sell yourself you might be the next Bohr, but still not get a chance at proving yourself.
Oh and for all the puzzle/whiteboard programming haters out there. I was once tasked with doing a hashmap on the whiteboard as part of an interview. Instant thought was "Fuck!? who would ever remember those fuckers?"; but I went to the blackboard outlined most of the map and when it came to the actual hashing algorithm I told them that I had no idea how to do that, but knew what book to look in. Afterwards they offered me the job and specifially complemented me on how I handled the whiteboard task.
If you get asked to do a puzzle or whiteboard test, do it, get it over with - yes you might not have access to your favorite cheat sheet, but thats life. Sometime you might end up in a room full of clients and act like you are on top of the problem even though you have absolutely no clue what just went boom. It's all about selling yourself and showing you can handle pressure.