Recently, DeWaldt released a new hammer. They hired engineers who understood hammering, metallurgy, and physics to improve the hammer. These people worked on it, and released a new hammer.
Every aspect of the new hammer was at least as good as the old hammer, or better. To a casual observer, the hammer didn't look much different, but the weight was distributed throughout the body to maximize power and control. The head was serrated with an improved pattern to improve gripping, so you don't slip and hit your thumb (unless you're drunk. Can't solve every problem). The grip was made from improved materials so it felt good in your hand.
If a new feature isn't clearly better than the previous feature, that means you need to think about it a bit, and re-work it until it clearly is better. (This is a true story: DeWaldt actually did do that and it's a nice hammer).
If you work for me and ask me for a raise you will get some feedback but I will also start looking for a replacement.
I already know what kind of people work for you: the kind that are too afraid of change to leave. Anyone good with a modicum of self-confidence has already left, and your office is a soul-sucking place to be. Experienced, skillful people can screen you out a mile away, and don't make it through the job-hiring process.
There's some feedback, and it's free. You didn't even have to pay me.
His point (after reading the article), is that Windows lacks a decent package manager. And that is true, it would be nice if there were uniform way to install things, an easy way to uninstall them, and a curated list of packages, just like I have in Linux.
Do I trust Microsoft to be the gatekeeper? Of course not, they'll shut off all external access as soon as it becomes profitable for them.
Getting rid of corruption is an impossible job. I mean, come on, just look at San Francisco city government. Not that the private sector is necessarily better, but you kind of have to assume that's how it will go, there will be corruption.
Let me guess, the "rich oligarchs" that you speak of are the Koch family.......not so much because they are, but because they are the only rich people you can name that you don't like. Because you read liberal news. Other than that, you don't know who exactly is in charge, but have a vague feeling they are surely evil. Now pass the bong.
Once again, someone is talking about soft AI, and the reporter interprets it as hard AI, and mass confusion results. Expect follow-up stories about how AI will take over the world.
The programmer who did this (if with naive intention) does not fully understand the function and may expect that strncmp() to verify the inputs for him/her.
Yeah, not understanding the APIs you call is a serious cause of security flaws.
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Actual experiments with basic income have been done, and have been quite successful.
Lies.
Compare that to an alternative reality:
Recently, DeWaldt released a new hammer. They hired engineers who understood hammering, metallurgy, and physics to improve the hammer. These people worked on it, and released a new hammer.
Every aspect of the new hammer was at least as good as the old hammer, or better. To a casual observer, the hammer didn't look much different, but the weight was distributed throughout the body to maximize power and control. The head was serrated with an improved pattern to improve gripping, so you don't slip and hit your thumb (unless you're drunk. Can't solve every problem). The grip was made from improved materials so it felt good in your hand.
If a new feature isn't clearly better than the previous feature, that means you need to think about it a bit, and re-work it until it clearly is better. (This is a true story: DeWaldt actually did do that and it's a nice hammer).
If you work for me and ask me for a raise you will get some feedback but I will also start looking for a replacement.
I already know what kind of people work for you: the kind that are too afraid of change to leave. Anyone good with a modicum of self-confidence has already left, and your office is a soul-sucking place to be. Experienced, skillful people can screen you out a mile away, and don't make it through the job-hiring process.
There's some feedback, and it's free. You didn't even have to pay me.
Not to mention: Apple might still do it in the future. They aren't done changing OSX yet.
His point (after reading the article), is that Windows lacks a decent package manager. And that is true, it would be nice if there were uniform way to install things, an easy way to uninstall them, and a curated list of packages, just like I have in Linux.
Do I trust Microsoft to be the gatekeeper? Of course not, they'll shut off all external access as soon as it becomes profitable for them.
btw since when ascii art is dead? I still use it.
Getting rid of corruption is an impossible job. I mean, come on, just look at San Francisco city government. Not that the private sector is necessarily better, but you kind of have to assume that's how it will go, there will be corruption.
Let me guess, the "rich oligarchs" that you speak of are the Koch family.......not so much because they are, but because they are the only rich people you can name that you don't like. Because you read liberal news. Other than that, you don't know who exactly is in charge, but have a vague feeling they are surely evil. Now pass the bong.
They receive enough allowance from the government to stay alive -- and that's it.
Sounds like a good basic income experiment right there.
What could possibly explain that other than genetics?
Really? A hopeless life? Being forced into a miserable reservation? Stripped of human dignity?
Or, (almost as unlikely), that area could be infectred by a nasty disease.
Central Valley Fever. It's a real thing.
And the halting problem would be solved.
Once again, someone is talking about soft AI, and the reporter interprets it as hard AI, and mass confusion results. Expect follow-up stories about how AI will take over the world.
OK, this shit ain't funny no more.
Lies. I know you got a joke in you. One that's funny as hell.
In fairness, you would have to pay me a lot more to work for IBM, too.
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So, you get hired, then after a few months you say, "Hey boss, I'd kind of like to work from home now."
Being a hypocrite isn't the worst thing.
I never had trouble finding a job as a programmer until I started looking for remote work.
"Long" and "lower" are always only meaningfull when compared to something. That's their definition.
The programmer who did this (if with naive intention) does not fully understand the function and may expect that strncmp() to verify the inputs for him/her.
Yeah, not understanding the APIs you call is a serious cause of security flaws.
In order to calculate delayed effects, it's common to attribute the performance of the first year of a president's term to a previous president.
Do you really think that's accurate?
Last I checked, that seemed to improve D performance over R.
Of course it does, if it didn't, the news sources you read wouldn't add that in.
Are you just upset because your letter comes in second?
No. I'm a member of neither party, and voted Green last election.
most genius' suffer from borderline psychosis and many eventually succumb to it.
There's definitely a [citation needed] on that statement.
Who is more corrupt, the one buying, or the one being bought? I'm not sure the answer to that is particularly meaningful.....
That's not the world you live in, but you have successfully created a strawman.