Personally I think that C++ contains a lot of the bad parts from C and Java while not really offering any major advantage.
I disagree for a few reasons. Firstly, Java? What? C++ predates Java.
I've also not had a memory leak in C++ in probably 15 years. Either I'm the awesomest programmer ever or C++ offers some pretty big advantages. RAII is fantastic for resource management. Generics make equivalent code faster and simpler than the C equivalent.
she was considered by some to be the world's first computer programmer -- having published the first algorithm intended for use on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine
appears to be a rather nonsensical view of the events.
Not according to a multitude of other sources, including the program she actually wrote which computed Bernoulli numbers.
Eh but you know, I'll take a pissy little article from over the actual program any day!
Near impossible task? How about a century old statistical technique.
Hoe about it? It's not a measure of mental performance that's independent of either domain or education. It's one incomplete attempt to summarise a multi-axis distrbution with a single number.
So yes, boiling down intelligence to a single number is basicaly bullshit.
Every reasonable IQ test contains g-loadings,
IQ tests are particular bullshit because they test a very small and specific set of thigs.
IQ is actually defined as the common component of mental performance that is independent of domain and education.
No it's claimed to be that not defined to be that. You can't simply define something to achive a near impossible task and pretend it actually does so. Well, I mean you can pretend...
There are IQ tests that are independent of education and culture, but such tests are lengthy, costly, and tedious.
Sounds like they're not IQ tests then. Also [citation needed].
The other day, Slashdot had an article that she's going around Silicon Valley raising money for whatever her new scam is. I wonder if this will dampen her prospects.
I hear that if you scam enough people and go bankrupt enough times you can become president.
They are the best proxy for determining scholastic aptitude we have.
Yep, because scholastic progeress is only available to those who do well in the SAT. Well done, you've proven 1=1. And don't get me started on the awfulness of the GRE!
Either make something better or silence yourself because you're not helping.
But it is (for now) part of Europe. So when you say Europe doesn't do X and I look at my little corner of it and I see you're wrong, then I know you're full of shit.
What "university entrance exams"? European university admissions for Europeans are usually based on high school performance and tests that you can't repeat.
You can repeat A-levels in the UK as many times as you like, though they stop being free after a while.
You are apparently not aware that Christian instruction is part of many European school curricula.
I can speak for the UK where we have a state religion (C of E) and religion is certainly not banned from schools: no one tries to teach kids about "alternatives" to evolution. You might be able to dig out the odd incident of a teacher going off cirriculum (it's a big country, idiots will exist) here but it's not a thing, it's not supported and there's no significant movement in favour of it.
A much more serious problem is going to a US public high school as a classical liberal, being taught critical feminist and race theory, and getting bad grades (and being denounced as a neo-Nazi) when you disagree.
Oh yeah I forgot you're one of those types. You're convinced everyones's out to get you because there's a movement against the rampantly racist and sexist.
The only pure stupidity here is yours. The SAT is a bunch of shite, frankly. The only reason it's predictive for success in America is because there's this obsession with SAT scores meaning only people who perform well get to proceed.
It basically tests rapid fire thinking on topics the student already (should) know well. It doesn't test aything related to deep thinking or working things out when the answers aren't already extremely well trodden.
. Yes, in my 25 years of experience, a low-income kid who had to work to get into a school will do better than a pampered legacy admit, 8 of 10 times.
Depends (also speaking from experience). The problem with crappy schools is that, well, they're crappy. Not only do they not teach the subject matter, they fail ot teach all the important ancilliary skills, such as how to study and how to take exams (this is also something that needs to be taught and learned). The problem is that you have really bright kids starting a course that goes faster than anything thing they've had to do before except that the ones from bad schools have to catch up on the subject matter while being the least well placed to do so.
It sucks really badly.
It's like they're being asked to run a marathon but they're dumped 5 miles from the starting line in a muddy field with no shoes. The absolute best can succeed, but even the really really good who'd have done amazingly had they had a reasonable start, really struggle.
Certianly. We tried not having them a while back. It worked great for some people, but not the majority. We're trying a different way now and it seems to be better.
OK, but it depends on who you're contracting to. If you're contracing to an overseas compay then yes. If you're playing shell games but contracting to a UK company then you're still on the hook for IR35.
However, most people doing this simply take a small salary, which is below the NI threshold, and the rest of their income is received as dividends.
That's the traditional way. If you fall foul of IR35 though you will be liable for NI (there's an employer and employee contribution) I think. don't quote me on that, IANAL, it's been a while since I've done contracting and I was so far from IR35 that it really wasn't a concern for me.
You only get to see the builders bum if they actually turn up, something the great British plumber is notorious for not doing. Then there's the endless cups of tea and sucking air through the teeth before telling you it's going to be expensive, mate.
Incorporate where you like. If your work in the UK, you're subject to UK employment laws which means if you act in a manner equivalent to an employee then you are one as far as the government and especially the inland revenue care.
The main thing I knew about Pimlico plumbers is they have the most incredible Christmas decorations which you can see from the Waterloo mainline (left hand side as you're leaving London).
Shame to hear that they've been a bunch of wankers.
people pick and choose bits of the old and new testaments as they see fit to match their preconceptions. Whether or not he was real few people seem to give a rate arse about what Jesus said.
Most of the rest of the world can't deal with the plastic bag waste responsibly which is why they're accruing against plastic bags.
As for your like, well, I guess SF sucks. Over here we have 65 million people who somehow have managed too cope with vastly reduced plastic bag use without giving ourselves ecoli.
what about them? It is well known that plastic bag use can easily be cut massively because a number of countries have done so. It's not a big win but it's an easy one. Do you reckon we should ignore it while fighting a bigger problem and not reap the benefit of merely good while chasing perfection?
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Personally I think that C++ contains a lot of the bad parts from C and Java while not really offering any major advantage.
I disagree for a few reasons. Firstly, Java? What? C++ predates Java.
I've also not had a memory leak in C++ in probably 15 years. Either I'm the awesomest programmer ever or C++ offers some pretty big advantages. RAII is fantastic for resource management. Generics make equivalent code faster and simpler than the C equivalent.
she was considered by some to be the world's first computer programmer -- having published the first algorithm intended for use on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine
appears to be a rather nonsensical view of the events.
Not according to a multitude of other sources, including the program she actually wrote which computed Bernoulli numbers.
Eh but you know, I'll take a pissy little article from over the actual program any day!
Near impossible task? How about a century old statistical technique.
Hoe about it? It's not a measure of mental performance that's independent of either domain or education. It's one incomplete attempt to summarise a multi-axis distrbution with a single number.
So yes, boiling down intelligence to a single number is basicaly bullshit.
Every reasonable IQ test contains g-loadings,
IQ tests are particular bullshit because they test a very small and specific set of thigs.
good point!
I still think young full of it since it seems to be an opinion miss than anything. How familiar are you with the 28 different EU education systems?
IQ is actually defined as the common component of mental performance that is independent of domain and education.
No it's claimed to be that not defined to be that. You can't simply define something to achive a near impossible task and pretend it actually does so. Well, I mean you can pretend...
There are IQ tests that are independent of education and culture, but such tests are lengthy, costly, and tedious.
Sounds like they're not IQ tests then. Also [citation needed].
Why did this take so long
it didn't. The collapse started 3 years ago. In white collar cases start of collapse to criminal charges in 3 years is blindingly fast.
The other day, Slashdot had an article that she's going around Silicon Valley raising money for whatever her new scam is. I wonder if this will dampen her prospects.
I hear that if you scam enough people and go bankrupt enough times you can become president.
I'm assuming you've not taken them before.
Of course I haven't: I'm not American.
They are the best proxy for determining scholastic aptitude we have.
Yep, because scholastic progeress is only available to those who do well in the SAT. Well done, you've proven 1=1. And don't get me started on the awfulness of the GRE!
Either make something better or silence yourself because you're not helping.
It's help to tear down a ridiculous institution.
How nice for you. The UK isn't all of Europe.
But it is (for now) part of Europe. So when you say Europe doesn't do X and I look at my little corner of it and I see you're wrong, then I know you're full of shit.
Entrance exams are an objective measure
They're an objective measure of how good you are at takig entrance exams for sure.
What "university entrance exams"? European university admissions for Europeans are usually based on high school performance and tests that you can't repeat.
You can repeat A-levels in the UK as many times as you like, though they stop being free after a while.
You are apparently not aware that Christian instruction is part of many European school curricula.
I can speak for the UK where we have a state religion (C of E) and religion is certainly not banned from schools: no one tries to teach kids about "alternatives" to evolution. You might be able to dig out the odd incident of a teacher going off cirriculum (it's a big country, idiots will exist) here but it's not a thing, it's not supported and there's no significant movement in favour of it.
A much more serious problem is going to a US public high school as a classical liberal, being taught critical feminist and race theory, and getting bad grades (and being denounced as a neo-Nazi) when you disagree.
Oh yeah I forgot you're one of those types. You're convinced everyones's out to get you because there's a movement against the rampantly racist and sexist.
The only pure stupidity here is yours. The SAT is a bunch of shite, frankly. The only reason it's predictive for success in America is because there's this obsession with SAT scores meaning only people who perform well get to proceed.
It basically tests rapid fire thinking on topics the student already (should) know well. It doesn't test aything related to deep thinking or working things out when the answers aren't already extremely well trodden.
. Yes, in my 25 years of experience, a low-income kid who had to work to get into a school will do better than a pampered legacy admit, 8 of 10 times.
Depends (also speaking from experience). The problem with crappy schools is that, well, they're crappy. Not only do they not teach the subject matter, they fail ot teach all the important ancilliary skills, such as how to study and how to take exams (this is also something that needs to be taught and learned). The problem is that you have really bright kids starting a course that goes faster than anything thing they've had to do before except that the ones from bad schools have to catch up on the subject matter while being the least well placed to do so.
It sucks really badly.
It's like they're being asked to run a marathon but they're dumped 5 miles from the starting line in a muddy field with no shoes. The absolute best can succeed, but even the really really good who'd have done amazingly had they had a reasonable start, really struggle.
There are limited seats at university. Of course there should be an entrance filter to accept the most viable students.
True, but why select specifically for students who do well on a very particular kind of standardised test?
Viva la employee-protections, mate!
Certianly. We tried not having them a while back. It worked great for some people, but not the majority. We're trying a different way now and it seems to be better.
OK, but it depends on who you're contracting to. If you're contracing to an overseas compay then yes. If you're playing shell games but contracting to a UK company then you're still on the hook for IR35.
However, most people doing this simply take a small salary, which is below the NI threshold, and the rest of their income is received as dividends.
That's the traditional way. If you fall foul of IR35 though you will be liable for NI (there's an employer and employee contribution) I think. don't quote me on that, IANAL, it's been a while since I've done contracting and I was so far from IR35 that it really wasn't a concern for me.
Yeah, but man, the christmas decorations.
They are AMAZING!
You only get to see the builders bum if they actually turn up, something the great British plumber is notorious for not doing. Then there's the endless cups of tea and sucking air through the teeth before telling you it's going to be expensive, mate.
No because it's pro rated. If you work one day per week and are entitled to 5.6 weeks off, then you get about five and half days off.
You multiply the number of hours worked per week by 5.6 weeks to work out the number of hours paid leave.
Incorporate where you like. If your work in the UK, you're subject to UK employment laws which means if you act in a manner equivalent to an employee then you are one as far as the government and especially the inland revenue care.
You just said that Jesus is on the side of Liberal
No not "on the side of" he was one, and a radical to boot.
The one thing Jesus wasn't was a conservative.
The main thing I knew about Pimlico plumbers is they have the most incredible Christmas decorations which you can see from the Waterloo mainline (left hand side as you're leaving London).
Shame to hear that they've been a bunch of wankers.
people pick and choose bits of the old and new testaments as they see fit to match their preconceptions. Whether or not he was real few people seem to give a rate arse about what Jesus said.
Most of the rest of the world can't deal with the plastic bag waste responsibly which is why they're accruing against plastic bags.
As for your like, well, I guess SF sucks. Over here we have 65 million people who somehow have managed too cope with vastly reduced plastic bag use without giving ourselves ecoli.
what about them? It is well known that plastic bag use can easily be cut massively because a number of countries have done so. It's not a big win but it's an easy one. Do you reckon we should ignore it while fighting a bigger problem and not reap the benefit of merely good while chasing perfection?