That doesn't discount that templates, and C++ itself, cannot be a whole lot better. People built huge codebases with COBOL. Would you say there are no problems there?
Well said and summarized. I'd agree that AI is thrown around way more than it should be. I blame games for that. At best, most are simple state machines reacting to input, but they're called "AI". There's not a lick of intelligence nor randomness about how they work, unless you count the random choice for motion or a specific action chosen out of a preset set.
It wasn't merely the mangled names, but the complete crap-fest and lack of organized rules on how that was to be handled, and what to do when limits were exceeded during compilation/linking. Yes, if compilation results in a name that can't effectively be linked, perhaps a warning might be in order? I've gone a different route and although you should never say never, I doubt I'll be facing that particular problem again. My current focus with anything C/C++ would either be to integrate to it, or convert it to something else, not write meaningful new code in it.
I agree with Stroustrup that templates could have been better, IMHO a whole lot better.
How did it happen with people (maybe questionable in some cases) and quite possibly a few other mammals, and who knows what other "animals". We haven't defined "awareness" to a reasonable extent to be able to identify it accurately. But, the point Musk and others made is not to describe awareness, but what it means should we create such a thing in a wide-open environment like the internet. Quibbling about definitions is getting crushed by the avalanche while studying a slightly interesting pebble.
That's truly disappointing to hear. Hopefully it's no longer link order dependent as well? The only thing I can say that was a positive out of the 3 months spent tracking down why something worked in all test cases but sporadically failed for the full models on SGI machines was I learned to read compiler output (subsequently mostly forgotten for C anyways) The fact that it took days to validate small models on PCs and IBM boxes which wound up giving alternate results, depending upon which compilers were used added to the problem. Turned out that different limit lengths per compiler of pointer descriptors truncated the name, and when the name mangling exceeded the compiler/linker output, you got some interesting results out of your pointers, like the next object in the array instead of the one you were expecting, or perhaps some random area in memory, since the apps were not restricted in those days.
But C++ is a thousand times more than "C with objects". And even when it comes to objects, the most important ones aren't the ones you make yourself, but STL.
The STL.... the thing that drove me from C++ in the first place with its horrible non-portable implementations due to non-standardized name-munging amongst different compilers. (Note: I'm sure this situation improved from the date(s) I'm referencing, but even the thought of the STL brings back old nightmares)
And my most recent forays with C/C++ were thankfully STL free, as it was mostly straight C code, or merely linking into C code.
and witness the industrywide switch from HD DVD to Blu-ray Disc when the latter offered region locking and stronger DRM (BD+, ROM Mark, and lack of rich menus on non-AACS discs).
Um, none of that had anything to do with it. It was Sony mortgaging itself to the hilt and selling 49% of Sony Pictures to pay Fox to stay BD exclusive and Paramount to be BD exclusive as well as the end cap exclusivity agreements with Target and BlockBuster and others that caused the tipping point. Until Christmas 2007, HD-DVD was still ahead technically: HD-DVD players existed and executed stated features while BD was "wait until the next release" and pulled a Microsoft, always late and under delivering. Also consider that the PS3 was by far the majority of "BD Player" sales. It's estimated that the PS3 cost Sony over $3B in losses by including a nearly free BD player, take it for what it's worth. Had MS included HD-DVD in its XBox for "free" like Sony did with BD...
In any case, this is all history now, and Sony is still suffering losses, may they continue. (Sony deserves its losses, and BD is by far the weakest reason, although perhaps the biggest contributor) We at least thank HD-DVD for pushing region codes out of the mainstream, BDs still do not enforce region codes like DVDs do.
They still either have 1 year from the (un)lawful disclosure, or 0 from the time someone else creates and uses the patented technology. Also, since the US specifically is a first to file....
But this is Sony Pictures we're talking about, not Sony the 900 lb patent gorilla.
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So you have a fire department that protects your house, do you pay the full cost of the fire house and the full pay of the firemen?...for the roads you travel on?
When you go to the deli or the auto mechanic you pay the full cost of the goods you buy...
Since you do not pay for the full costs of the first 2, you will not pay for the full costs at the deli nor the auto mechanic, as both are subsidized in the same way you are for the first 2 and whole set of other services (water, sewage, etc).
That's an awesome answer. If you want enthusiastic sweatshop workers (might as well call them what they are) then your only sources are going to be either inexperienced naive workers that don't know any better, or really really desperate people that will tell you anything, and leave as soon as something better comes along. Neither will do you much good, and based on my experiences, there are many places out there that hire this way and wonder why their projects fail.
I've seen small teams (3-5) with decent experience and good communication crank out solutions in amazingly short time frames. I've see large teams (150+) fail to make deadlines and deliver essentially crap at the end multiple times. Are small teams always the answer? Surprisingly, no, as it depends upon the project. There are some projects that can be chopped up where larger "teams" make sense. In essence, it's a group of small teams being lead by a small team, with no interdependencies. It's about the only case where I've seen it work.
Not valuing certs is not the same as not having them. I've had several over the years, and in the long run they've done exactly zilch for me. That's my specific anecdotal evidence. As an interviewer, I can also state that certs have 0 effect, the most they will do is get you past HR or whatever serves as a filter before they get to me. I'm more interested in how you think, what you know, and what you can tell me about the things in your resume.
Basically cooperation is the best strategy as long as there is also a built in punishment system for the selfish....
The key is that when gaming any relationship like evolution there are a huge number of rows and columns to work with. But quite simply we have way too many animals that cooperate in pretty magical ways for it not to be a key evolution friendly solution.
A truly selfish animal, especially one whose progeny, like humans, requires nurturing and care before becoming self-sufficient, will fail to procreate. So yes, there's a built in requirement for cooperation.
The gp displays the standard ignorance of a novice photographer, who doesn't even know that he knows nothing about photography because his hardware allows him to take pictures he deems "good". There's a reason there are professional photographers out there that get paid well and use "pro" equipment, but until gp tries to take pictures outside the limited scope of a P&S, he won't realize how limited he is. Should he use a pro-sumer or better grade camera, he may be disappointed in his pictures not being "better" than the P&S, that's not a fault of the equipment but more his failure to understand how to use that equipment to get great pictures. And even then, great pictures don't just happen automatically, it is luck or many tries, and sometimes significant post-processing before a great picture is realized. To be fair, sometimes that is also achievable with a P&S.
In all honesty, ten years ago I would have said I'm a crank.
I expressed these concerns back around mid 2000. IMNSHO, that's about when everything took a major wrong turn, with the neo-cons coming to the forefront.
Since 15K "large" drives peak at about 600GB for $200 or so, I'd say we've already reached price parity, the only thing necessary is reliability on the part of SSDs.
Tariffs are entirely different than a flat tax. It appears that your references were true tariffs and the Great Depression was already underway. They did lead to retaliatory tariffs from our trading partners, and trade dropped by half in both directions. Currently, that would more than halve our trade deficit, not a terrible thing, however, applying it as a flat tax across the board for imports in most cases would only be evening up the playing field.
But you're right - I prefer a flat sales tax, with the border also being a point of sale. Instead of a VAT, this is just a simple flat tax model. Imports get taxed twice under this proposal. Replacing the current morass of tax law could only make this country better.
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That doesn't discount that templates, and C++ itself, cannot be a whole lot better. People built huge codebases with COBOL. Would you say there are no problems there?
Well said and summarized. I'd agree that AI is thrown around way more than it should be. I blame games for that. At best, most are simple state machines reacting to input, but they're called "AI". There's not a lick of intelligence nor randomness about how they work, unless you count the random choice for motion or a specific action chosen out of a preset set.
It wasn't merely the mangled names, but the complete crap-fest and lack of organized rules on how that was to be handled, and what to do when limits were exceeded during compilation/linking. Yes, if compilation results in a name that can't effectively be linked, perhaps a warning might be in order? I've gone a different route and although you should never say never, I doubt I'll be facing that particular problem again. My current focus with anything C/C++ would either be to integrate to it, or convert it to something else, not write meaningful new code in it.
I agree with Stroustrup that templates could have been better, IMHO a whole lot better.
How did it happen with people (maybe questionable in some cases) and quite possibly a few other mammals, and who knows what other "animals". We haven't defined "awareness" to a reasonable extent to be able to identify it accurately. But, the point Musk and others made is not to describe awareness, but what it means should we create such a thing in a wide-open environment like the internet. Quibbling about definitions is getting crushed by the avalanche while studying a slightly interesting pebble.
That's truly disappointing to hear. Hopefully it's no longer link order dependent as well? The only thing I can say that was a positive out of the 3 months spent tracking down why something worked in all test cases but sporadically failed for the full models on SGI machines was I learned to read compiler output (subsequently mostly forgotten for C anyways) The fact that it took days to validate small models on PCs and IBM boxes which wound up giving alternate results, depending upon which compilers were used added to the problem. Turned out that different limit lengths per compiler of pointer descriptors truncated the name, and when the name mangling exceeded the compiler/linker output, you got some interesting results out of your pointers, like the next object in the array instead of the one you were expecting, or perhaps some random area in memory, since the apps were not restricted in those days.
But C++ is a thousand times more than "C with objects". And even when it comes to objects, the most important ones aren't the ones you make yourself, but STL.
The STL.... the thing that drove me from C++ in the first place with its horrible non-portable implementations due to non-standardized name-munging amongst different compilers. (Note: I'm sure this situation improved from the date(s) I'm referencing, but even the thought of the STL brings back old nightmares)
And my most recent forays with C/C++ were thankfully STL free, as it was mostly straight C code, or merely linking into C code.
Untrue, if you program in assembly.
I prefer hard media in my hands, for all the reasons you state. Add to that list much higher quality video and audio, and you'll be golden.
PS - you use a player to watch your media? How 2002... ;)
and witness the industrywide switch from HD DVD to Blu-ray Disc when the latter offered region locking and stronger DRM (BD+, ROM Mark, and lack of rich menus on non-AACS discs).
Um, none of that had anything to do with it. It was Sony mortgaging itself to the hilt and selling 49% of Sony Pictures to pay Fox to stay BD exclusive and Paramount to be BD exclusive as well as the end cap exclusivity agreements with Target and BlockBuster and others that caused the tipping point. Until Christmas 2007, HD-DVD was still ahead technically: HD-DVD players existed and executed stated features while BD was "wait until the next release" and pulled a Microsoft, always late and under delivering. Also consider that the PS3 was by far the majority of "BD Player" sales. It's estimated that the PS3 cost Sony over $3B in losses by including a nearly free BD player, take it for what it's worth. Had MS included HD-DVD in its XBox for "free" like Sony did with BD...
In any case, this is all history now, and Sony is still suffering losses, may they continue. (Sony deserves its losses, and BD is by far the weakest reason, although perhaps the biggest contributor) We at least thank HD-DVD for pushing region codes out of the mainstream, BDs still do not enforce region codes like DVDs do.
Truth to this but lighting is the magic ingredient.
Yes, lighting is key, but even with good or excellent lighting you are not guaranteed a great shot.
They still either have 1 year from the (un)lawful disclosure, or 0 from the time someone else creates and uses the patented technology. Also, since the US specifically is a first to file....
But this is Sony Pictures we're talking about, not Sony the 900 lb patent gorilla.
That doesn't guarantee no data mining, which is probably the most important facet of the entire thing. I run my own mail server to avoid it.
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No. Everyone has the inherent natural right to be safe from murder/rape/robbery.
Technically, society has decided that we have those rights. There are no "natural" rights, other than survival of the fittest, per nature.
So you have a fire department that protects your house, do you pay the full cost of the fire house and the full pay of the firemen?...for the roads you travel on?
When you go to the deli or the auto mechanic you pay the full cost of the goods you buy...
Since you do not pay for the full costs of the first 2, you will not pay for the full costs at the deli nor the auto mechanic, as both are subsidized in the same way you are for the first 2 and whole set of other services (water, sewage, etc).
That's an awesome answer. If you want enthusiastic sweatshop workers (might as well call them what they are) then your only sources are going to be either inexperienced naive workers that don't know any better, or really really desperate people that will tell you anything, and leave as soon as something better comes along. Neither will do you much good, and based on my experiences, there are many places out there that hire this way and wonder why their projects fail.
I've seen small teams (3-5) with decent experience and good communication crank out solutions in amazingly short time frames. I've see large teams (150+) fail to make deadlines and deliver essentially crap at the end multiple times. Are small teams always the answer? Surprisingly, no, as it depends upon the project. There are some projects that can be chopped up where larger "teams" make sense. In essence, it's a group of small teams being lead by a small team, with no interdependencies. It's about the only case where I've seen it work.
Not valuing certs is not the same as not having them. I've had several over the years, and in the long run they've done exactly zilch for me. That's my specific anecdotal evidence. As an interviewer, I can also state that certs have 0 effect, the most they will do is get you past HR or whatever serves as a filter before they get to me. I'm more interested in how you think, what you know, and what you can tell me about the things in your resume.
Basically cooperation is the best strategy as long as there is also a built in punishment system for the selfish. ...
The key is that when gaming any relationship like evolution there are a huge number of rows and columns to work with. But quite simply we have way too many animals that cooperate in pretty magical ways for it not to be a key evolution friendly solution.
A truly selfish animal, especially one whose progeny, like humans, requires nurturing and care before becoming self-sufficient, will fail to procreate. So yes, there's a built in requirement for cooperation.
The gp displays the standard ignorance of a novice photographer, who doesn't even know that he knows nothing about photography because his hardware allows him to take pictures he deems "good". There's a reason there are professional photographers out there that get paid well and use "pro" equipment, but until gp tries to take pictures outside the limited scope of a P&S, he won't realize how limited he is. Should he use a pro-sumer or better grade camera, he may be disappointed in his pictures not being "better" than the P&S, that's not a fault of the equipment but more his failure to understand how to use that equipment to get great pictures. And even then, great pictures don't just happen automatically, it is luck or many tries, and sometimes significant post-processing before a great picture is realized. To be fair, sometimes that is also achievable with a P&S.
But they're not Common Carrier, and this lawsuit may push that over the last hump. The sooner, the better, honestly.
In all honesty, ten years ago I would have said I'm a crank.
I expressed these concerns back around mid 2000. IMNSHO, that's about when everything took a major wrong turn, with the neo-cons coming to the forefront.
Since 15K "large" drives peak at about 600GB for $200 or so, I'd say we've already reached price parity, the only thing necessary is reliability on the part of SSDs.
But someone is using it, so traffic is not 0. And installed means potential security hole.
Tariffs are entirely different than a flat tax. It appears that your references were true tariffs and the Great Depression was already underway. They did lead to retaliatory tariffs from our trading partners, and trade dropped by half in both directions. Currently, that would more than halve our trade deficit, not a terrible thing, however, applying it as a flat tax across the board for imports in most cases would only be evening up the playing field.
But you're right - I prefer a flat sales tax, with the border also being a point of sale. Instead of a VAT, this is just a simple flat tax model. Imports get taxed twice under this proposal. Replacing the current morass of tax law could only make this country better.
You are not a cow regardless of how badly you want to be one.
How can you be sure? Have you seen gunnnnslinger?