"The only constant is change" -- the late Robert Monroe
There are no guarantees any tech is stable. That's the relative nature of tech -- it constantly changes (for better or worse).
All you can do is stay current. If you want value then you be valuable. This means keeping up-to-date with popular skills. Fads such as some programming languages and management styles come and go, but good design, critical thinking, and communication are always relevant.
If you truly want a "recession proof" job then work in real-estate or the military.
Sadly one of my HP48SX on button doesn't respond 99% of the time:-(... Makes it a bitch to turn on or off. These days I just use an emulator for the HP48GX so I don't have to worry about changing batteries.
Videos, when done & used correctly can _augment_ teaching. Yeah, the reality is that most of the time they are 10x times longer then they need to be but sometimes a visual presentation really is the best way.
The problem is most people don't want to spend the time reading text.
As crappy as Javascript is for a starting programming language it actually has a few advantages:
* You don't need to download anything. Every OS has a web browser + text editor installed out-of-the-box * You can learn procedural, lamba's, and (prototypal inheritance) OO. * It is interactve; you don't need to compile anything * The syntax is close enough to C & C++ that you can graduate from a toy language to real work horse sans the pre-processor without too much trouble
What does GitHub have to do with the price of tea in China ?
Why would people suggest a proprietary language (VB) or a dead language (COBOL) ??
> PHP developers would be wise to read that to see what warts PHP shares with some other popular languages.
You and I wish that but sadly that will never happen based on their past apologists. Too much ego and stupidity at stake such as having a brokenternary operator ?: as opposed to C. (WTF!?) And then you get stupid bugs like this memory leak... *sigh*
This post sums up the problem with the design of PHP:
I'll probably be downmodded but I'm going to call horseshit on that cliche. While it may be PC to be in denial over crappy tools, the fact remains some tools (programming languages) are well designed and others are not. So yeah, um, no, I don't buy that argument that a poor craftsman blames his tools. It is the good craftsman that is able to spot the crap tools DUE to experience of having used good ones AND crap ones that they can tell what is complete shit.
Second, just because you CAN write code in Brainfuck doesn't mean you _should_; It is _still_ a crappy language for programming. PHP is no different. It was designed (LOL! Ya, right) and implemented by someone who didn't have a fucking clue what they were doing.
The problem with a shite language like PHP is two-fold:
1. The language is inconsistent with too many hidden gotcha's. The == operator is broken that, seriously, you can't make have this dumb shit up. When the official docs has a page called Inconsistent Behaviours you know there is a bigger problem... PHP was released in 1995 about 4 years after Python. Ruby was around 1995 as well. It is like PHP made every beginner Comp. Sci 101 mistake AND failed to learn from it.
2. The quality of programmers tends to be extremely poor because they are too busying being apologists for their PHucked uP language.
We have a name for people who like suffering: Masochists.
Meanwhile, the rest of us are laughing our asses of at their self-induced suffer over their choice of stupid tools.
I know I shouldn't feed the trolls... but you just gotta love the clueless internet armchair critic -- a self proclaimed 'expert' whining about a non-issue when they don't have all the facts, but I digress.
I need a CUDA GPU card **today** -- not in a month+ when they are _might_ be available.
I'll be ordering a R290X + FX 8350 in the Fall anyways to have a AMD box for testing / dev. so Fury will definitely be considered then.
I just ordered a nVidia 980 Ti for my man dev box. While I would love to root for the underdog we need to be realistic and compare _actual_ silicon as opposed to theoretical paper specs of AMD hardware.
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You mean continue the rape and pillage of waterways?
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"The only constant is change" -- the late Robert Monroe
There are no guarantees any tech is stable. That's the relative nature of tech -- it constantly changes (for better or worse).
All you can do is stay current. If you want value then you be valuable. This means keeping up-to-date with popular skills. Fads such as some programming languages and management styles come and go, but good design, critical thinking, and communication are always relevant.
If you truly want a "recession proof" job then work in real-estate or the military.
LOL +1 Would YEAH! again
Well, there are only 2 kinds of people:
Those that do it, and those that complain about everyone else doing it.
Loose equality is crap. It enables too many run-time errors that a proper type system would have caught at compile time.
Whoa, talk about a trip down memory lane. I haven't seen that Deluxe Paint picture of King Tut in ages. Great find !
Sorry, he is ---> that* way ...
* CSI: Miami - Horatio Caine's Sunglasses Moments / One Liners
Well, fanboys are not known for their common (financial) sense ...
That said, peripherals have never been best sellers so they have to jack the price up. i.e. Memory Cards, Steering Wheels, Flight Sticks, etc.
\o/ fellow HP48 user :-)
Sadly one of my HP48SX on button doesn't respond 99% of the time :-( ... Makes it a bitch to turn on or off. These days I just use an emulator for the HP48GX so I don't have to worry about changing batteries.
Agreed. That's why I call these systems a.i. (artificial ignorance) as opposed to A.I. (Actual Intelligence)
Mod parent up.
This sums up the entire (idiotic) debate about machines.
You're tossing the baby out with the bath water.
Videos, when done & used correctly can _augment_ teaching. Yeah, the reality is that most of the time they are 10x times longer then they need to be but sometimes a visual presentation really is the best way.
The problem is most people don't want to spend the time reading text.
As crappy as Javascript is for a starting programming language it actually has a few advantages:
* You don't need to download anything. Every OS has a web browser + text editor installed out-of-the-box
* You can learn procedural, lamba's, and (prototypal inheritance) OO.
* It is interactve; you don't need to compile anything
* The syntax is close enough to C & C++ that you can graduate from a toy language to real work horse sans the pre-processor without too much trouble
What does GitHub have to do with the price of tea in China ?
Why would people suggest a proprietary language (VB) or a dead language (COBOL) ??
Actually yup. :-) The wife got me this awesome gift:
http://www.amazon.com/CODER-MA...
If the PHP devs would even fix any of these listed here, it would be a improvement.
* PHP: a fractal of bad design
Yup, Javascript's == operator is just as fucked up.
* http://strilanc.com/visualizat...
> PHP developers would be wise to read that to see what warts PHP shares with some other popular languages.
You and I wish that but sadly that will never happen based on their past apologists. Too much ego and stupidity at stake such as having a broken ternary operator ?: as opposed to C. (WTF!?) And then you get stupid bugs like this memory leak ... *sigh*
This post sums up the problem with the design of PHP:
http://www.reddit.com/r/lolphp...
The only way to "fix" PHP is to throw it in garbage can where it belongs and start over.
> JavaScript is still worse [then PHP]
That is like arguing if cat or dog shit smells worse. :) They both stink, badly.
I'll probably be downmodded but I'm going to call horseshit on that cliche. While it may be PC to be in denial over crappy tools, the fact remains some tools (programming languages) are well designed and others are not. So yeah, um, no, I don't buy that argument that a poor craftsman blames his tools. It is the good craftsman that is able to spot the crap tools DUE to experience of having used good ones AND crap ones that they can tell what is complete shit.
Second, just because you CAN write code in Brainfuck doesn't mean you _should_; It is _still_ a crappy language for programming. PHP is no different. It was designed (LOL! Ya, right) and implemented by someone who didn't have a fucking clue what they were doing.
The problem with a shite language like PHP is two-fold:
1. The language is inconsistent with too many hidden gotcha's. The == operator is broken that, seriously, you can't make have this dumb shit up. When the official docs has a page called Inconsistent Behaviours you know there is a bigger problem ... PHP was released in 1995 about 4 years after Python. Ruby was around 1995 as well. It is like PHP made every beginner Comp. Sci 101 mistake AND failed to learn from it.
2. The quality of programmers tends to be extremely poor because they are too busying being apologists for their PHucked uP language.
We have a name for people who like suffering: Masochists.
Meanwhile, the rest of us are laughing our asses of at their self-induced suffer over their choice of stupid tools.
Indeed. PHP is one of the shittiest languages ever implemented.
* https://wiki.php.net/rfc/incon...
It tends to bring out all the language apologists who are in denial over how shite it is:
* http://www.reddit.com/r/lolphp...
It makes crappy Javascript look good in comparison:
* http://strilanc.com/visualizat...
> the 980ti is DOGSHIT compared to a K2 GRID.
So you're offering to pay for that? Sweet!
Like others said, I already have a Titan (the original) for when I _need_ FP64 performance. The FP32 and 4 GB of VRAM of the 980Ti is perfectly fine.
I know I shouldn't feed the trolls ... but you just gotta love the clueless internet armchair critic -- a self proclaimed 'expert' whining about a non-issue when they don't have all the facts, but I digress.
I need a CUDA GPU card **today** -- not in a month+ when they are _might_ be available.
I'll be ordering a R290X + FX 8350 in the Fall anyways to have a AMD box for testing / dev. so Fury will definitely be considered then.
> Because the players here fight dirty.
You mean the government with their unlimited access to funds and ability to declare a War on X with anything they disagree with? :-)
I just ordered a nVidia 980 Ti for my man dev box. While I would love to root for the underdog we need to be realistic and compare _actual_ silicon as opposed to theoretical paper specs of AMD hardware.
Get off my LAN comment in 3 .. 2 .. 1 ..
FTFY. :-)
Hey, one has to refresh the e-Penis thing every few years ... :-)
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No one gives a shit about your gaming "rig" and e-Penis bragging rights.