I grew up in Alabama, and remember well my middle school science books (Birmingham Public School), which mentioned Darwin, evolution, and natural selection. It wasn't a big deal in the 1980s.
I bought my first and only Epson printer 14 years ago. The ink cartridge had a chip which killed it prematurely. I swore never to buy another Epson printer again, and now I use laser mono printers. I'm skeptical they would change their evil ways.
LibreSSL is intentionally not FIPS certified. I imagine they're more concerned about security in a real sense, than a not exactly optimal government standard.
Infants sleep irregularly, and therefore their parents do too. My one day of "paternity leave" when my daughter was born was definitely not sufficient during the first year.
If Netflix felt their employees were more average, they may fear abuse....Also notice that Netflix employees in distribution centers don't get this benefit. Only their most valuable and skilled employees qualify.
These poor people they fear will "abuse" maternity leave are already used to getting only 4 weeks leave and going right back to work. They simply cannot afford not working for an extended period. People in higher paid jobs already get more maternity leave, and are allotted more sick leave which they can use for maternity leave. This fear of a woman repeatedly having babies to avoid work is irrational. I think a lot of people responding here are assuming Netflix is giving them full salary for a year.
First, forget about pensions; 401k plans are much better and have replaced them for most workers.
Are you kidding? I have a union job with pension. I can not think of one reason to quit my job for one without a pension. Maybe you mean 401k is better for employers?
Ahh, brushed aluminum laptops. Copying Macs is such a waste of tiem and effort. Almost everybody does this badly. I'm amazed that no one bothers to copy the older, popular Thinkpads, which are no longer available new.
This illustrates one of the key reasons software (that is, algorithms) shouldn't be patentable: the field moves so fast that 20-year patent protection isn't useful.
So what's your stance on RSA, one of the early software patents, which is still used everywhere?
It may not be as stupid as you think, just naive. She even forgave the scammer, which I believe suggests he provided some great conversation and (fake) friendship. Remember guys, great conversation to women can be as good as a strip tease to men. Also, unless she spent all the money (it doesn't say), $300,000 to a 76 year old is not the same as $300,000 to a 26 year old. Any older person with that much spare money has all their needs taken care of, except for companionship, perhaps. The only obvious losers are her heirs, who should just get jobs anyway.
This sounds like bullshit. I could easily say, "I work with numerous white guys all day, and all of them are racist", even though I don't know the first thing about any of them.
All of you guys are lying. I've heard numerous white guys talk ad nauseum about numerous unqualified black people with all their advantages, for the past 30 years.
1) You probably work with 1 or 0 black people.
2) You all are complaining about the same black person you saw in a TV ad.
3) Your employers are cowards if they are afraid to fire (these hypothetical) incompetent black workers. Don't blame black people for this, even if it's just your imagination.
Frankly, R shouldn't be your first language, and probably not even your second.
R is not a general purpose programming language, even though you can write R programs. There are R programming courses (Johns Hopkins, Coursera), but you can get pretty far with using R as a statistical calculator, without ever writing a complete program (ala Octave or Matlab).
It's OK. Everyone knows he's just making up a random cause-effect scenario to support his argument. He thinks the number of black women with illegitimate children or alcohol/drug addiction in 1950s was so high that we had to "wait" for someone with a clean record. I know this offends the average Slashdot reader, but it's amazing how racial stereotypes cloud this guy's judgement. Drug addiction among black women in Alabama in the 1950s was practically nonexistent, while alcoholism was extremely rare for black women. And if you doubt this, you might at least agree that drug addiction/alcoholism/unwed children are much more common today than decades ago. The guy is projecting 1980s racial stereotypes decades into the past.
No it isn't. It's not destroying the industry. It just makes you upset. There is a difference. No "qualified" white guys are being laid off, so I'm sure you'll be OK.
Maybe so, but when I was in college (early 90s) I recall considering getting one of those Apple Computer Loans for students, for around $3000. And that was the discounted price. So I'm not sure I would call that a "gift", when Amigas and PCs were definitely cheaper. Of course, I didn't get the loan. I just bought a dumb termial ($35) and a Bocamodem ($200) to connect to the VAX on campus.
Has anyone built a near-silent desktop computer with off-the-shelf components? I'm interested in getting the details.
And to answer the original question, I assembled my desktop in 2010 using parts from Newegg (this is boring): Athlon II X4 640, ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3, ZALMAN CNPS20LQ liquid CPU cooler, 8 GB Kingston ECC memory, Antec EarthWatts EA-500D, Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX mid tower case, with various hard drives (Seagate rotating, OCZ SSD). Runs Debian Wheezy. It's not quiet enough.
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I grew up in Alabama, and remember well my middle school science books (Birmingham Public School), which mentioned Darwin, evolution, and natural selection. It wasn't a big deal in the 1980s.
Just get a Thinkpad.
Leave a note on the bulletin board at your local library offering inexpensive computers.
I bought my first and only Epson printer 14 years ago. The ink cartridge had a chip which killed it prematurely. I swore never to buy another Epson printer again, and now I use laser mono printers. I'm skeptical they would change their evil ways.
LibreSSL is intentionally not FIPS certified. I imagine they're more concerned about security in a real sense, than a not exactly optimal government standard.
Infants sleep irregularly, and therefore their parents do too. My one day of "paternity leave" when my daughter was born was definitely not sufficient during the first year.
If Netflix felt their employees were more average, they may fear abuse....Also notice that Netflix employees in distribution centers don't get this benefit. Only their most valuable and skilled employees qualify.
These poor people they fear will "abuse" maternity leave are already used to getting only 4 weeks leave and going right back to work. They simply cannot afford not working for an extended period. People in higher paid jobs already get more maternity leave, and are allotted more sick leave which they can use for maternity leave. This fear of a woman repeatedly having babies to avoid work is irrational. I think a lot of people responding here are assuming Netflix is giving them full salary for a year.
First, forget about pensions; 401k plans are much better and have replaced them for most workers.
Are you kidding? I have a union job with pension. I can not think of one reason to quit my job for one without a pension. Maybe you mean 401k is better for employers?
Ahh, brushed aluminum laptops. Copying Macs is such a waste of tiem and effort. Almost everybody does this badly. I'm amazed that no one bothers to copy the older, popular Thinkpads, which are no longer available new.
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If, upon reflection, after writing your joke, it falls flat, please consider not pressing the Submit button.
"Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software" by Richard Stallman: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html
This illustrates one of the key reasons software (that is, algorithms) shouldn't be patentable: the field moves so fast that 20-year patent protection isn't useful.
So what's your stance on RSA, one of the early software patents, which is still used everywhere?
She did a postdoc in applied mathematics and has a bachelors degree in engineering. Look at her resume.
You are a fucking idiot.
It may not be as stupid as you think, just naive. She even forgave the scammer, which I believe suggests he provided some great conversation and (fake) friendship. Remember guys, great conversation to women can be as good as a strip tease to men. Also, unless she spent all the money (it doesn't say), $300,000 to a 76 year old is not the same as $300,000 to a 26 year old. Any older person with that much spare money has all their needs taken care of, except for companionship, perhaps. The only obvious losers are her heirs, who should just get jobs anyway.
This sounds like bullshit. I could easily say, "I work with numerous white guys all day, and all of them are racist", even though I don't know the first thing about any of them.
All of you guys are lying. I've heard numerous white guys talk ad nauseum about numerous unqualified black people with all their advantages, for the past 30 years. 1) You probably work with 1 or 0 black people. 2) You all are complaining about the same black person you saw in a TV ad. 3) Your employers are cowards if they are afraid to fire (these hypothetical) incompetent black workers. Don't blame black people for this, even if it's just your imagination.
Frankly, R shouldn't be your first language, and probably not even your second.
R is not a general purpose programming language, even though you can write R programs. There are R programming courses (Johns Hopkins, Coursera), but you can get pretty far with using R as a statistical calculator, without ever writing a complete program (ala Octave or Matlab).
It's OK. Everyone knows he's just making up a random cause-effect scenario to support his argument. He thinks the number of black women with illegitimate children or alcohol/drug addiction in 1950s was so high that we had to "wait" for someone with a clean record. I know this offends the average Slashdot reader, but it's amazing how racial stereotypes cloud this guy's judgement. Drug addiction among black women in Alabama in the 1950s was practically nonexistent, while alcoholism was extremely rare for black women. And if you doubt this, you might at least agree that drug addiction/alcoholism/unwed children are much more common today than decades ago. The guy is projecting 1980s racial stereotypes decades into the past.
No it isn't. It's not destroying the industry. It just makes you upset. There is a difference. No "qualified" white guys are being laid off, so I'm sure you'll be OK.
In the end, many people will find that dropping a few buzzwords on their resume is easier than going into business for themselves.
I know Timothy is going to mod me down for this, but just go to soylentnews.org .
Maybe so, but when I was in college (early 90s) I recall considering getting one of those Apple Computer Loans for students, for around $3000. And that was the discounted price. So I'm not sure I would call that a "gift", when Amigas and PCs were definitely cheaper. Of course, I didn't get the loan. I just bought a dumb termial ($35) and a Bocamodem ($200) to connect to the VAX on campus.
Has anyone built a near-silent desktop computer with off-the-shelf components? I'm interested in getting the details. And to answer the original question, I assembled my desktop in 2010 using parts from Newegg (this is boring): Athlon II X4 640, ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3, ZALMAN CNPS20LQ liquid CPU cooler, 8 GB Kingston ECC memory, Antec EarthWatts EA-500D, Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX mid tower case, with various hard drives (Seagate rotating, OCZ SSD). Runs Debian Wheezy. It's not quiet enough.