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  1. Re:Nope on Is IoT a Reason To Learn C? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    And every single of them are a sweet, sweet, 4 to 5 digit consulting gig!

    That sounds low......I assume that's not per year. How long would each one of those gigs last?

  2. Re:They said the same about mobile on Is IoT a Reason To Learn C? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    I see no reason why the same environments we have in our phones can't run on our fridges or boilers or ovens, therefore I do not think that people will use C.

    Because CPUs aren't really getting faster anymore, and no one wants to pay an extra $60 for a microwave just so the company could get away with hiring a cheaper programmer.
    I hope I'm wrong and you're right, I would love a ~20GHZ processor in my microwave because it was cheap enough.

  3. Re:A damn good reason to learn security best pract on Is IoT a Reason To Learn C? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Worth mentioning that a half-way decent string and buffer library will solve basically all buffer overflow issues. If you're using strcpy(), gets(), or even strncpy() (without knowing the pitfalls), then you're in trouble.

  4. Do you understand that 25% is a small percentage of people who normally work? Do you understand that means most people are not working?

    we also have the working rich, and volunteer organizations that demonstrate the existence of a human tendency to do useful work for reasons other than monetary compensation.

    What percentage? Do you have numbers, or are you 'guessing?'

    paying work will be in short supply as automation becomes increasingly sophisticated.

    This is the other dream that UBI advocates have......that automation will make it so they don't have to work. It's a nice dream, I'll agree to that.

  5. You said, and I quote, "Also, I would work better hours." Presumably that would mean you would work less.

  6. Re:Programming the Windows Driver Model on Developer Explains Why All Windows Drivers Are Dated June 21, 2006 (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    If its in a shared object library you don't.

    Nope, you've obviously never used dlopen(). LOL You're so cute.

  7. From what I can tell, the idea that people only work for money and will become totally unproductive on UBI is an unsubstantiated myth - we've got lots of evidence to the contrary.

    How many people hold jobs in retirement? What is the percentage? Go look it up: most of them don't. Your own data proves you wrong. Lousy confirmation bias.

  8. Re:Okay - that was quick. on Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser (go.com) · · Score: 1

    She did win in a landslide in the only thing polls measure: number of voters.

    That's not the only thing polls measure. Every pollster has heard of the electoral college, and they do analysis state-by-state. Check out five-thirty-eight for a very public example of a group doing that kind of analysis, but even on cable news you can see it.

  9. Re:Okay - that was quick. on Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser (go.com) · · Score: 1

    it turns out that they weren't actually using Obamacare

    FWIW this doesn't really matter, because there were other things in Obamacare that covered everyone's insurance, like requiring coverage of college students until age 24, for example.

  10. Re:What brand of hammer? on GitHub Commits Reveal The Top 'Weekend Programming' Languages (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Back when I was writing basic, the thing I wanted most of all was a tool to renumber the lines. I kept on running out of line numbers, it drove me crazy.

  11. Re:Tech Angle on Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser (go.com) · · Score: 1

    tbh that looks like something written by someone from Anonymous. Is there any reason we should consider it legitimate, and if it is, where did it come from?

  12. Re:What field are these abused H1B visa workers in on H-1Bs Reduced Computer Programmer Employment By Up To 11%, Study Finds (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 2

    Here is the list of H1B companies. Notice which ones pay a lot, which don't pay much. Chances are you aren't working at the companies that pay so little, because they're miserable places to work. Chances are, the people who work with you will still be able to get visas.

  13. Re:w00t on Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't be too optimistic. He could be replaced by someone you like even less. I hear Oliver North is looking for a job. He has some........special skills.

  14. Tech Angle on Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser (go.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It would be nice if the story had a tech angle. This one is moronic, for example, but at least it discusses encryption, which is better than nothing. The Pols are learning from their mistakes.

  15. Of course, but that's just bog standard automation, and it's happened for a couple hundred years.

  16. Why would you have to work since there is a robot filling your place?

    That's a really big hypothetical situation.

  17. Answer: Hydro of course. Everyone's favorite renewable. The source so many countries credit for high renewable percentages.

    It's not everyone's favorite renewable, environmentalists hate it. It's basically impossible to build a new dam in California because of it. San Francisco decided against draining Hetch Hetchy because they were afraid environmentalists would prevent them from filling it again.

  18. And the nice thing about UBI is it lets people opt into luxury items, e.g. the pedicure world. If you do work like that, you get more money, which can pay for work like that. If you just want to hike alone, well, you don't have to make more money to pay for that lifestyle.

    Of course, there are plenty of things about UBI that are really nice. In fact, it would be better to just give everyone $100k every month. That's not practical, though.

    but removing the "do a job or die of starvation" motivation should help tune the amount of work done to a more socially optimal level.

    Most likely it will just turn into "bread and circuses" like when Rome tried basic income.

  19. Re:A bad sign for Oracle futures? on Oracle Refuses To Accept Android's 'Fair Use' Verdict, Files Appeal (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I think this is a good summary of the state of software copyright, at least until the appeals court changes things.

  20. Re:What brand of hammer? on GitHub Commits Reveal The Top 'Weekend Programming' Languages (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Bet you could make it more efficient, too

  21. Re:A bad sign for Oracle futures? on Oracle Refuses To Accept Android's 'Fair Use' Verdict, Files Appeal (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Here is the opinion, it starts talking about fair use in this particular case at the bottom of page 59. In my reading ("Oracle's position is not without force"), they thought Oracle had the stronger case.

  22. Re:Not plagarism on Oracle Refuses To Accept Android's 'Fair Use' Verdict, Files Appeal (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not really sure what you're saying here.

  23. Basically, the UBI doesn't make market pricing of wages go away. All it does is fix the low-income point at a non-zero level. The market wants to make the ratio between a STEM wage (productive worker wage) and UBI wage infinite. It wants to make the UBI (the low-income point) zero to reflect the fact that the "worker" is generating no productivity needed by the economy. But since it can't achieve this ratio directly by setting that wage to zero, it does the next best thing. It devalues the currency while simultaneously inflating the wages of the STEM worker (people doing productive jobs) so that the ratio of STEM wage to UBI wage is infinite. e.g. The first year the $500/mo UBI is enough to buy basic living expenses for the month, and the STEM worker makes (say) $5000/mo. After a few years, the $500/mo UBI is enough to buy a carton of milk and the STEM worker is making $500,000/mo because the market has devalued the currency. Meanwhile, milk still costs the same to the STEM worker. It used to cost $5 when they made $5000/mo (0.1% of their monthly income). It now costs $500, but they now make $500,000/mo (0.1% of their monthly income).

    Oh, that's actually a really interesting thought.

    Housing is a little trickier since it's not fungible like tomatoes or blue jeans.

    Housing costs go down when supply increases.

  24. Re: A more basic question on Finland's Universal Basic Income Called 'Useless' By Trade Union Economist (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, reducing housing costs would do more than basic income would in helping people.

  25. You think air conditioning is a necessity? You're so greedy!!