I have had similar idling experiences working for state government as well as private companies.
In Illinois we employ a large number contractors because it is very difficult to acquire talent. The rules are such that when hiring a direct employee the posting must be made available first to current state employees. They have first dibs. Only when there are no demonstrably (on paper) unqualified state employees put in for the position may it be posted to the public. And in that case there is so much red tape and beurocracy to wade through it could take months to get someone in the door.
Instead they can hire a contractor, while costing more short term, is immediately available and has a much higher likelihood of being qualified because she or he was selected by the managers needing the work done. They may cost more in the short term, but contractors are not entitled to state benefits and pension. So the state does not have to continue to pay that contractor after he or she retires.
Is this news? I've noticed the trend for months that a page loads slowly hoping that it can sneak an ad under your thumb before your brain realizes what's goin on.
And also years after the original Note and after every other phone manufacturer was producing large phones? If it were not for Apple's former stubborn position on large phones Samsung would likely not become such a big player in the market.
And if the providers insist on a market where they have local monopolies, then let's regulate them as utilities. Otherwise what will happen? First, they will ensure that the barriers to enter the local markets will be so difficult to overcome they will ensure their monopolies. Second, once their positions are secure, the total cost of the service will rise while quality of service will decrease.
I also have to disagree with programmers who think learning a new language is just syntax, but for a different reason: Semantics. Sure, any programmer who knows a language could probably pick up the syntax of another language with relative ease. But knowing the semantics of a language is what separates the wheat from the chaff. Programmers who don't understand the semantics of the language are the ones who create the subtle, hard to find bugs. This is especially true with JavaScript: 2 == "2" (true), 2 === "2" (false), 2 + 2 == 4, 2 + "2" == "22", 1 (true), 0 (false), "1" (true), 0 == "0" (true), "0" (FALSE), "true" (true"), "false" (TRUE), [1, 2, 3] (true), [] (TRUE), I could go on. With the explosion of new web sites thousands of programmers began churning out crappy JavaScript because they thought," hey, I know (VB/C/Pascal/PowerBuilder/DreamWeaver/etc). Coding a website should be no problem!" Boom. Now this guy just wrote some crappy code which goes further to sully the name of JavaScript, which is not without its own warts but overall is a capable scripting language.
No, it's perfectly fine. Look, Google is not the government and is under no constitutional obligation to respect your privacy. If you want to keep your photos and documents private, don't store them with a third-party service that freely admits to analysing your documents. Do not transmit them over the internet. Do store them on a non-networked device.
Google did the right thing. This guy is a pervert and an idiot.
Mainly because nothing would be gained. Python and PHP are similar to JavaScript in that they are dynamic languages. The idea of dart and others is to bring static compilation and strict typing to the browser, enabling improved JIT code generation and to make code more maintainable. If you've ever worked on a large application in a dynamic language, you've experienced the pain of trying to change an API without the help of the compiler telling you what it breaks and which sources and lines have errors.
While I haven't seen any compelling reason to use a source to source compiled language (still cant change js symantics and js is expressive enough) after experimenting with TypeScript, coffeescript and dart, I can tell you haven't experimented with any of them. These compilers generate map files, which are akin to Microsoft PDB files. The JavaScript debugger (in Chrome at lease, probably FireFox too) will use this file to enable debugging in the original source that was compiled to js. If you had actual experience with these compilers instead of making uninformed assumptions, you would know this.
No.
I'm actually not concerned about the ATM company. I'm concerned about well-meaning hackers getting thrown in jail because they got caught hacking before they could prove they were just trying to help. If hackers are always punished for hacking regardless of the motivation, then there is no risk reward to hacking into a system with good intentions. You just wouldn't do it. However if there is a chance that the risk pays off, no one goes to jail and you get your warm and fuzzy, then people will take that risk. And some will inevitably get busted. I don't want good people to get thrown into jail or otherwise hassled by the authorities. Let's remove the incentive for engaging in risky behaviour.
Sometimes comparing computers to physical things is apropos, sometimes not. Just because some people make these comparisons when they are not truly demonstrative of a situation does not mean that every such comparison is fallacious.
I have a lock on my front door. You finding a copy of the key under a rock is not implicit permission to enter my house, no matter how stupid I may have been to leave a spare key out for anyone to find.
Let's use a different example. What if you came home one day from work to find a brochure on your kitchen table advertising security and lock systems along with a business card and a note informing you that your house is insecure because you left your back bedroom window unlocked. Should yoga call the cops on the guy? He didn't steal or harm the residence in any way. He is just trying to help.
And they should be charged. What if they were caught in the act or otherwise before they had an opportunity to report the vulnerability? "No, officer. We weren't going to do anything malicious! We were just trying to help! I swear!" is not going to get them out of trouble. So if that excuse wouldn't fly, then any white hat hacker who isn't hacking with authorization runs the risk of getting caught and getting in deep shit. There's just no way to know who's got malicious intent and letting anyone off the hook who pinky swears they were just trying to help is just daft.
If you've got the coding and personal skills, don't worry about it. They will respect you for what you can do and no one will care that you have Real Life after hours. Hell, they might even respect you more for it. This isn't a team of dufus jocks; these are intelligent analytical people. They understand that in ten years they'll be you. And its OK.
Android builds for x86 also. Technically there is no need to emulate ARM or have embedded ARM hardware to run android. The android toolchain will compile native code to both x86 and ARM in the same APK. Android will decide which version of the native code to link at load time.
Sorry. I was being facetious. One of the arguments anti-vaxxers put up is that the dramatic decline of polio, measles, etc. infections had nothing to do with the vaccines we began administering en mass, but rather because we all started washing our hands. Which is, of course, absolute hogwash.
But why vaccinations? Maybe it's tap water. Maybe it's video games. Maybe it's birth control pills. Maybe it's Flying Spaghetti Monster causing autism. All these anti vaxers are looking for a way to blame vaccines for autism. Maybe instead of looking for a link to autism which, so far, has not been established, leave it up to scientists to find a link to anything? One million concerned mommies on the internet willing it so are not going to somehow create the link to vaccines that you all have collectively decided must be the cause. Leave science to the scientists.
Well it's a thought not supported by the empirical evidence witnessed over the decades of vaccine use that had seen the decline and near eradication of many human and other animal diseases that once plagued entire populations. Or maybe all these virii and bacteria got bored and decided to stop procreating spontaneously? Wake up, anti-vax anti-science conspiracy theorists. Maybe all you lay moms and dads out there DON'T know better than your doctor what's best for your baby. We've taken this "mom knows best" mentality off the deep end.
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When you go to work can you refuse to do your job?
Sounds like some BS a chiropractor would do.
I have had similar idling experiences working for state government as well as private companies. In Illinois we employ a large number contractors because it is very difficult to acquire talent. The rules are such that when hiring a direct employee the posting must be made available first to current state employees. They have first dibs. Only when there are no demonstrably (on paper) unqualified state employees put in for the position may it be posted to the public. And in that case there is so much red tape and beurocracy to wade through it could take months to get someone in the door. Instead they can hire a contractor, while costing more short term, is immediately available and has a much higher likelihood of being qualified because she or he was selected by the managers needing the work done. They may cost more in the short term, but contractors are not entitled to state benefits and pension. So the state does not have to continue to pay that contractor after he or she retires.
Is this news? I've noticed the trend for months that a page loads slowly hoping that it can sneak an ad under your thumb before your brain realizes what's goin on.
Agreed. Your grammar is shit enough to make any seventh-grade English teacher hurl.
And also years after the original Note and after every other phone manufacturer was producing large phones? If it were not for Apple's former stubborn position on large phones Samsung would likely not become such a big player in the market.
And if the providers insist on a market where they have local monopolies, then let's regulate them as utilities. Otherwise what will happen? First, they will ensure that the barriers to enter the local markets will be so difficult to overcome they will ensure their monopolies. Second, once their positions are secure, the total cost of the service will rise while quality of service will decrease.
Oops -- "0" (TRUE) is what I meant to write. "0" evaluates to true in boolean expressions in JavaScript.
I also have to disagree with programmers who think learning a new language is just syntax, but for a different reason: Semantics. Sure, any programmer who knows a language could probably pick up the syntax of another language with relative ease. But knowing the semantics of a language is what separates the wheat from the chaff. Programmers who don't understand the semantics of the language are the ones who create the subtle, hard to find bugs. This is especially true with JavaScript: 2 == "2" (true), 2 === "2" (false), 2 + 2 == 4, 2 + "2" == "22", 1 (true), 0 (false), "1" (true), 0 == "0" (true), "0" (FALSE), "true" (true"), "false" (TRUE), [1, 2, 3] (true), [] (TRUE), I could go on. With the explosion of new web sites thousands of programmers began churning out crappy JavaScript because they thought," hey, I know (VB/C/Pascal/PowerBuilder/DreamWeaver/etc). Coding a website should be no problem!" Boom. Now this guy just wrote some crappy code which goes further to sully the name of JavaScript, which is not without its own warts but overall is a capable scripting language.
Excuse me. He's a pedophile and an idiot.
No, it's perfectly fine. Look, Google is not the government and is under no constitutional obligation to respect your privacy. If you want to keep your photos and documents private, don't store them with a third-party service that freely admits to analysing your documents. Do not transmit them over the internet. Do store them on a non-networked device. Google did the right thing. This guy is a pervert and an idiot.
Mainly because nothing would be gained. Python and PHP are similar to JavaScript in that they are dynamic languages. The idea of dart and others is to bring static compilation and strict typing to the browser, enabling improved JIT code generation and to make code more maintainable. If you've ever worked on a large application in a dynamic language, you've experienced the pain of trying to change an API without the help of the compiler telling you what it breaks and which sources and lines have errors.
While I haven't seen any compelling reason to use a source to source compiled language (still cant change js symantics and js is expressive enough) after experimenting with TypeScript, coffeescript and dart, I can tell you haven't experimented with any of them. These compilers generate map files, which are akin to Microsoft PDB files. The JavaScript debugger (in Chrome at lease, probably FireFox too) will use this file to enable debugging in the original source that was compiled to js. If you had actual experience with these compilers instead of making uninformed assumptions, you would know this.
No. I'm actually not concerned about the ATM company. I'm concerned about well-meaning hackers getting thrown in jail because they got caught hacking before they could prove they were just trying to help. If hackers are always punished for hacking regardless of the motivation, then there is no risk reward to hacking into a system with good intentions. You just wouldn't do it. However if there is a chance that the risk pays off, no one goes to jail and you get your warm and fuzzy, then people will take that risk. And some will inevitably get busted. I don't want good people to get thrown into jail or otherwise hassled by the authorities. Let's remove the incentive for engaging in risky behaviour.
Depends. Did he get into my car, or just notice it through the window from a public space which is perfectly legal to do?
Sometimes comparing computers to physical things is apropos, sometimes not. Just because some people make these comparisons when they are not truly demonstrative of a situation does not mean that every such comparison is fallacious. I have a lock on my front door. You finding a copy of the key under a rock is not implicit permission to enter my house, no matter how stupid I may have been to leave a spare key out for anyone to find.
Let's use a different example. What if you came home one day from work to find a brochure on your kitchen table advertising security and lock systems along with a business card and a note informing you that your house is insecure because you left your back bedroom window unlocked. Should yoga call the cops on the guy? He didn't steal or harm the residence in any way. He is just trying to help.
And they should be charged. What if they were caught in the act or otherwise before they had an opportunity to report the vulnerability? "No, officer. We weren't going to do anything malicious! We were just trying to help! I swear!" is not going to get them out of trouble. So if that excuse wouldn't fly, then any white hat hacker who isn't hacking with authorization runs the risk of getting caught and getting in deep shit. There's just no way to know who's got malicious intent and letting anyone off the hook who pinky swears they were just trying to help is just daft.
Because no vaccine is 100% effective.
If you've got the coding and personal skills, don't worry about it. They will respect you for what you can do and no one will care that you have Real Life after hours. Hell, they might even respect you more for it. This isn't a team of dufus jocks; these are intelligent analytical people. They understand that in ten years they'll be you. And its OK.
Android builds for x86 also. Technically there is no need to emulate ARM or have embedded ARM hardware to run android. The android toolchain will compile native code to both x86 and ARM in the same APK. Android will decide which version of the native code to link at load time.
Sorry. I was being facetious. One of the arguments anti-vaxxers put up is that the dramatic decline of polio, measles, etc. infections had nothing to do with the vaccines we began administering en mass, but rather because we all started washing our hands. Which is, of course, absolute hogwash.
How can they be sure that these monkeys haven't been cured simply by practicing better hygiene?
But why vaccinations? Maybe it's tap water. Maybe it's video games. Maybe it's birth control pills. Maybe it's Flying Spaghetti Monster causing autism. All these anti vaxers are looking for a way to blame vaccines for autism. Maybe instead of looking for a link to autism which, so far, has not been established, leave it up to scientists to find a link to anything? One million concerned mommies on the internet willing it so are not going to somehow create the link to vaccines that you all have collectively decided must be the cause. Leave science to the scientists.
Well it's a thought not supported by the empirical evidence witnessed over the decades of vaccine use that had seen the decline and near eradication of many human and other animal diseases that once plagued entire populations. Or maybe all these virii and bacteria got bored and decided to stop procreating spontaneously? Wake up, anti-vax anti-science conspiracy theorists. Maybe all you lay moms and dads out there DON'T know better than your doctor what's best for your baby. We've taken this "mom knows best" mentality off the deep end.