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  1. Re: Sounds normal on University Employees Suspended Due To Guest Worker Scandal · · Score: 1

    You need to improve your ads to indicate you are looking for someone who actually has skills, and are willing to reward them with pay + interesting work.
    In your case, the problem is your searching method. Focus on improving that.

  2. Re: Sounds normal on University Employees Suspended Due To Guest Worker Scandal · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you have a bee in your bonnet. Calm down man, the job market isn't as bad as you think it is.

  3. Re:SystemD kernel already supports on Linux 4.3 Bringing Stable Intel Skylake Support, Reworked NVIDIA Driver · · Score: 1

    Often doing something without a regex takes more lines, and is less readable.....

  4. Re: Sounds normal on University Employees Suspended Due To Guest Worker Scandal · · Score: 1

    Apparently your recruiting company pays more than you do. So you aren't paying more.

  5. Re: Sounds normal on University Employees Suspended Due To Guest Worker Scandal · · Score: 2

    the problem with "pay more" is that there's often a huge discrepancy between what a company can afford and what experienced people think they're worth.

    What people think they're worth? If you can't find workers at a given price point, it means they're worth more than you think. There's a discrepancy, and it's on your side.

    As for me, I've had no trouble finding work at the prices I've been asking.

  6. Re: Sounds normal on University Employees Suspended Due To Guest Worker Scandal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We got bought out by Paychex, but even that couldn't help us get any experienced people.

    Pay more. If you can't get experienced people, it's because you're not paying enough.

  7. Re:Sounds normal on University Employees Suspended Due To Guest Worker Scandal · · Score: 1

    My company hasn't had a single good legal candidate for our Java backend position apply in over two years, so we got creative.

    Pay more.

  8. Re:256th on It Is Programmer Day - Why So Apathetic? · · Score: 1

    But the "programmers" from the article don't get it either and even write 1111.1111 instead of 1.0000.0000

    Wow, you're right. They even have a commemorative image. Fail. Double fail for mocking people who don't get it.
    No wonder they feel the need for validation of their worth as a programmer.

  9. Re:SystemD kernel already supports on Linux 4.3 Bringing Stable Intel Skylake Support, Reworked NVIDIA Driver · · Score: 1

    It also doesn't work, you have too many \ characters in the ${PWD//\//\\\} section. I can't figure out what the sed command is doing though, that part is tough.

  10. Re:SystemD kernel already supports on Linux 4.3 Bringing Stable Intel Skylake Support, Reworked NVIDIA Driver · · Score: 1

    It only works if it's all running in the browser. Bonus points for running asm.js.

  11. Re:good honest progress on Linux 4.3 Bringing Stable Intel Skylake Support, Reworked NVIDIA Driver · · Score: 1

    So many ways open source is better than commercial software.

  12. Re:And Carter was one of the good ones on Flash From the Past: Why an Apparent Israeli Nuclear Test In 1979 Matters Today · · Score: 1

    When's the last time you looked at a politician and said "I disagree with the position he's taken, but I respect his integrity, so I'd vote for him anyway." ... I don't think I ever have. I doubt most other people have either.

    I don't know about integrity, but I'm serious about voting for competency. I really hope we get a competent president next election, and I don't care which party he comes from. No more making extremely stupid decisions (invade Iraq) or getting pushed around by lobbyists, please (look at all the Wall-Street bankers Obama listens to).

  13. It's hard to not be suspicious of people who call it apartheid. Why are you not complaining about Palestinians in Lebanon? Or what about Palestinians in Syria? Be fair.

  14. Re:Israel hasn't vowed to "wipe Iran off the map" on Flash From the Past: Why an Apparent Israeli Nuclear Test In 1979 Matters Today · · Score: 2

    That would be the sect that lined up again and again to buy tickets for "American Sniper"

    Have you seen "American Sniper?" Man, that thing is an anti-war movie. Everyone who voted to go to war should be forced to watch that thing, because it shows the horrific situations we put our fellow citizens into......and for what? Even the main character, who was heroic, was affected by the war.

    War needs to have a clear objective, and it needs to be an objective we are willing to die for. Do not vote for a war unless you would personally be willing to risk your life for the given objective.

  15. Re:When on It Is Programmer Day - Why So Apathetic? · · Score: 5, Informative

    When is Plumber Day?

    April 25th.

    Car Mechanic Day?

    November 15th.

    Kindergarten Teacher Day

    Teacher day, may 5th and 6th.

    It's hard to take an 'appreciation day' seriously. I do my job, I get paid. I don't feel unappreciated. Pie day is cool, because pies taste good.

  16. Re:Monitoring isn't peace of mind. on Ask Slashdot: Linux-Based Home Security · · Score: 1

    I think it looked like this, or possibly like this.

  17. Re:Nuclear proliferation on Flash From the Past: Why an Apparent Israeli Nuclear Test In 1979 Matters Today · · Score: 1

    Worst kept secret is all the A-bombs sitting there on the American bases, which I hope is not really true.

    Between ICBMs and submarine launched nukes, there's really no reason to keep nukes out there. But who knows, crazier things have happened.

  18. Re:And Carter was one of the good ones on Flash From the Past: Why an Apparent Israeli Nuclear Test In 1979 Matters Today · · Score: 1

    but how might the World look if elected officials didn't put personal considerations ahead of national or earthly considerations.

    As if voters put national considerations ahead of personal considerations. The voters get what they collectively deserve, in this case that is true.

  19. Re:astroturfage on Can High-Tech Academia Survive Silicon Valley's Talent Binge? · · Score: 1
    I don't think you read what I wrote. If you did, you didn't understand it. I'll quote it again for your convenience:

    The ones with most potential getting the most capability to use their potential?

    You are talking about something besides potential.

  20. Nuclear proliferation on Flash From the Past: Why an Apparent Israeli Nuclear Test In 1979 Matters Today · · Score: 1
    Here's the Obama quote from the article:

    It is time for the testing of nuclear weapons to finally be banned.........We go forward with no illusions. Some will break the rules, but that is we need a structure in place that ensures that when any nation does, they will face consequences.”

    It's reasonable. We're trying to stop nuclear proliferation, because the more nukes, the more likely a crazy person will get a chance to use one.

    The problem is, and the article points out, there are already consequences that should be in place for nations that test nuclear weapons, but when countries have tested nuclear weapons, they didn't face the consequences. As a result, countries will continue to get nukes. Israel and South Africa first, then Pakistan and soon Iran, followed by Saudi Arabia. Egypt won't get them as long as they get funding from the US, but they're thinking about it.

    With the unstable situation in the Near East, how long until nuclear weapons are accidentally (or purposely, by a lunatic) used?

  21. Re:This is to be expected, and affects many printe on Epson's 'Empty' Professional-Grade Cartridges Can Have 20 Per Cent of Their Ink Remaining · · Score: 1

    1: Stop lying to your customer by claiming to be measuring the remaining ink in a cartridge when you're not.

    Indeed, this could be simple as changing the label from "Ink Levels" to "Usable Ink Levels" (or something like that). This should be a reminder to programmers to be accurate about what they tell users.

  22. Re:Clueless on White House Green-lights Tech Apprenticeship Program · · Score: 1

    It's not true, either......Stanford graduates don't seem to have any trouble being productive quickly in their first job after graduating. It's not just "mechanics about coding," whatever those are.

  23. Re:Clueless on White House Green-lights Tech Apprenticeship Program · · Score: 1

    This sort of attitude is why so many websites and devices are full of security holes. If these people took a class that helped them read through Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, they would be well on their way to writing more secure software.

  24. Re:No it amounts to CENTS worth of ink on Epson's 'Empty' Professional-Grade Cartridges Can Have 20 Per Cent of Their Ink Remaining · · Score: 1

    You're not kidding, here's a page for the Epson 9900, mentioned in the summary. That thing can print large pages (and you can get $1000 off the purchase price if you buy right now!)

  25. You can get a printer with a continuous ink system, or mod the printer to handle that. The ink costs will be a lot less, too.