An entry-level programmer still needs to know enough about the language to get in the door: how to construct a class, class visibility, exceptions, a bit of the STL. But to me it is far more important that they know data structures, algorithms and their complexity, parallelism, OO-programming principles, functional programming principles, and show a passion for their profession. I don't expect an entry-level developer to know much about software life-cycle management, source control, unit testing, package management, C++ meta-programming, or anything of that nature. I expect them to maintain other people's code and learn from what has already been written, and from that learn all the things about software engineering that most universities completely ignore.
Computer simulations would indicate that I can fly an X-wing fighter better than most Jedi, am an awesome mech warrior driver, and can land a spaceship on the moon with more finesse than Neil Armstrong.
This is what will eventually form the basis of the speech and image processing cores in a positronic brain. Shortly after these were developed humans became extinct -- along with their cars.
Please call it what it is: theft from the public domain. It is theft of public property, plain an simple. They are stealing from Canadian citizens that which is rightfully theirs. A reasonable solution might be to treat copyright in a manner similar to a natural resource. Have the owners pay for the extended exclusive copyrights. That's a win/win solution. Hey, you could even put all of the copyrights that are expiring up for public auction, like we do for access to RF spectrum in the U.S. Have a minimum bid for everything. If no one bids the minimum value, it falls into the public domain.
I didn't realize that they discontinued the Nexus 5. I would buy another in a heartbeat. I don't see any other phone on the market that I would rather have. Nexus? Check. Hi-res screen? Check. Not a phablet? Check. The Nexus 6 is just a bit too big for me. Hopefully they are just making room for the new versions. The Nexus 5 & Nexus 10 rank as two of my best tech purchases this decade.
Why does popular opinion matter? I've enjoyed all of his work to date. Certainly Snow Crash is a stand-out. I found the depth in the Baroque Cycle quite engaging.
Let's be clear here. You cannot infer anything beyond the Nyquist limit. However, if your average resolution limit is 1m years and you are not seeing major changes more rapid that 10m years, there is an extremely low likelihood that there are any processes operating at a lower frequency than that. (I would imagine the samples are somewhat stochastic.)
I do not know what the resolution limits are for this data nor what sort constraints the data provide. My only point is that one must be precise when speaking about these sorts of things. "Rapid changes" and "low resolution" are meaningless terms.
We spent as much on LHC as we spend on 1/5 of a submarine. In other words, the LHC costs about 2.5 attack submarines; or half an aircraft carrier. Wouldn't you really rather have another one of those than then next Tevatron?
There is a subtle difference between expressing ones views and defending them
I'd argue, that the difference is merely quantitative — as in, how much you are willing to say (or do) in support of your opinion before shrugging and walking away. As opposite to qualitative — as in whether you are willing to say (or do) anything at all.
Defending one's view presupposes that the view has come under attack. Expressing one's view does not.
Nope. I have no need to. And certainly not in public, on the internet, with a stranger. That sort of activity is, like sex, best done in private and with people I know and trust.
There is a subtle difference between expressing ones views and defending them that you (and others) may have missed.
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An entry-level programmer still needs to know enough about the language to get in the door: how to construct a class, class visibility, exceptions, a bit of the STL. But to me it is far more important that they know data structures, algorithms and their complexity, parallelism, OO-programming principles, functional programming principles, and show a passion for their profession. I don't expect an entry-level developer to know much about software life-cycle management, source control, unit testing, package management, C++ meta-programming, or anything of that nature. I expect them to maintain other people's code and learn from what has already been written, and from that learn all the things about software engineering that most universities completely ignore.
How do you think we managed to make Australia habitable?
Penal colony... "You've been sentenced to death. How'd you like to an opportunity to live a little longer?"
Computer simulations would indicate that I can fly an X-wing fighter better than most Jedi, am an awesome mech warrior driver, and can land a spaceship on the moon with more finesse than Neil Armstrong.
Is this a theoretical development or does it have concrete uses?
These are scientists. It's all theoretical until the civil engineers get their hands on the stuff.
This is what will eventually form the basis of the speech and image processing cores in a positronic brain. Shortly after these were developed humans became extinct -- along with their cars.
I favor number 4: domed alien cities.
Ceres is dust-covered planetoid whose core is made entirely of cocaine.
Please call it what it is: theft from the public domain. It is theft of public property, plain an simple. They are stealing from Canadian citizens that which is rightfully theirs. A reasonable solution might be to treat copyright in a manner similar to a natural resource. Have the owners pay for the extended exclusive copyrights. That's a win/win solution. Hey, you could even put all of the copyrights that are expiring up for public auction, like we do for access to RF spectrum in the U.S. Have a minimum bid for everything. If no one bids the minimum value, it falls into the public domain.
No. I've seen/held/used the 1+1. Cyanogen is not the pure Android Nexus experience I am after. And 5.5" is still too big.
I didn't realize that they discontinued the Nexus 5. I would buy another in a heartbeat. I don't see any other phone on the market that I would rather have. Nexus? Check. Hi-res screen? Check. Not a phablet? Check. The Nexus 6 is just a bit too big for me. Hopefully they are just making room for the new versions. The Nexus 5 & Nexus 10 rank as two of my best tech purchases this decade.
1. What new behavior does this theory predict?
2. How can this theory be falsified?
Probably some long-forgotten interstellar war.
Nothing that exciting. Just a Vogon constructor fleet doing their job. They posted the notice. Nobody could be bothered to read it.
As buggy as most code is, the AI will have plenty of defects to deal with just to become sentient. After that, we're all doomed.
Dear AI scientists: you should start worrying when you notice that it is praying to the wrong god. Pull the plug while you still have a chance.
Drunk people fight over stupid shit. Tune in this Sunday for our round-table debate: is this really news for nerds?
used to be required in university statistics intro classes: http://books.google.com/books/about/How_to_use_and_misuse_statistics.html
I suspect that book is still foundational in most University advertising/marketing progams.
It's a GNU project. Eventually it will morph into "self-hosting Emacs" because that's the only thing that Stallman understands.
The ultimate game of lawn-darts!
Or a nice game of "Global Thermonuclear War".
Why does popular opinion matter? I've enjoyed all of his work to date. Certainly Snow Crash is a stand-out. I found the depth in the Baroque Cycle quite engaging.
I really like my Nexus 5. If this one gets the Google Nexus treatment I may upgrade. I'm never buying a phone with vendor crap on it again.
Let's be clear here. You cannot infer anything beyond the Nyquist limit. However, if your average resolution limit is 1m years and you are not seeing major changes more rapid that 10m years, there is an extremely low likelihood that there are any processes operating at a lower frequency than that. (I would imagine the samples are somewhat stochastic.)
I do not know what the resolution limits are for this data nor what sort constraints the data provide. My only point is that one must be precise when speaking about these sorts of things. "Rapid changes" and "low resolution" are meaningless terms.
"We spent as much on LHC as we spend on 1/5 of a submarine. In other words, the LHC costs about 2.5 attack submarines;"
...as long as we define 2.5 as being the same as 1/5.
...or "we" (the U.S.) paid for a relatively small fraction of the total cost of the LHC.
We spent as much on LHC as we spend on 1/5 of a submarine. In other words, the LHC costs about 2.5 attack submarines; or half an aircraft carrier. Wouldn't you really rather have another one of those than then next Tevatron?
That's how society will change. The self-driving ANFO delivery service will be born.
The Linux market is only small for desktop/laptop hardware. You screw up server hardware that badly and you lose market share quick.
I'd argue, that the difference is merely quantitative — as in, how much you are willing to say (or do) in support of your opinion before shrugging and walking away. As opposite to qualitative — as in whether you are willing to say (or do) anything at all.
Defending one's view presupposes that the view has come under attack. Expressing one's view does not.
Would care to defend this view? How about a Periklynian dialog?
Nope. I have no need to. And certainly not in public, on the internet, with a stranger. That sort of activity is, like sex, best done in private and with people I know and trust.
There is a subtle difference between expressing ones views and defending them that you (and others) may have missed.