At risk of feeding the troll, biologists would most likely be the first to tell you that they do not know everything in their field, nor that the field answers any of the fundamental questions, since that's what just about every story related to biology seems to be about lately - new understandings of something previously not considered or even dismissed, much as this case. Biology's understanding at the current time is much like giving you windows 10 today and asking you about it. You understand some of the externally visible pieces, but you don't have a clue how the library dependency structure works exactly, nor what will happen if you replace or remove this one particular file. In any case, understanding yet one more piece of the puzzle should be exciting, not a time to demean those working hard to solve the puzzle.
Programmers that chat to each other tend to be in the bottom 50% of productivity.
Programmers that chat throughout the day tend to miss deadlines.
Programmers that sit in meetings do not write code.
Now, that is not to say that programmers shouldn't talk to each other or users, but that should happen in small time slices, not throughout the day, as every interruption costs 30+ minutes, depending upon the level of being done.
Because when something fails, most users will buy a new one instead of repairing the last one... and guess what... probably they will buy another samsung device! So instead of selling one TV each 15 years, they sell one each 3-5 years... even if just 1/3 of original buyers buy again samsung, it is still a win situation for then.
This is not an issue just with TVs, laptops, phones, routers, cars, washing machines, dishwashers, etc, are all cheaper to replace than repair if you cannot do it yourself. Sadly, the ability to fix things like this appears to be a shrinking skill set, but for those that have it and can afford an hour or two here or there, you'll save tons of money over your lifespan. I know I saved several thousand just in the past couple of months being a plumber, mechanic, electrician carpenter and painter. That leaves money to do other things.
If you want to frame coding as a social activity, you need to emphasize "collaborative problem-solving" and downplay the "lone hacker" stereotype.
Egads, you're suggesting you cut programming productivity by 80% or more. If programming were burger flipping, that might work, but it's not, or at least not where I work.
I'm not sure what SCOTUS decision or case you're referring to. That aside, the next Android being encrypted was an obvious response to Apple's encryption announcement, a "me too" thing. The 2FA dongle tied into Chrome seems like a nice way to almost guarantee that a specific user is browsing the web at that time.
It's in Chrome which already tracks everything you do, and now, with dongle, it's guaranteed to probably be you. You wouldn't leave your dongle, err, password out for everyone to use, now would you?
I was thinking this was more a leave it plugged in dongle, so Google has guaranteed tracking of all you do. After all, why would Google do anything if it doesn't add to the bottom line?
in general, people who want to calculate something that is fairly complex would also like to have a great processor because it reduces the time that is taken to do that calculation.
I just loaded Yosemite on an old mini and a new laptop. One was an update from 10.6, the other 10.9. I will say that the interface is flat, and somewhat less pretty IMHO than 10.9. The retina screen makes the new UI look ok, but I think I still like the 10.9 UI more. I'll give it a couple of weeks to see whether I'll roll back.
FWIW, 10.6 was extremely solid, and the switch to Grand Central in 10.7 resulted in significant instability which seems to be fixed in 10.9. 10.8 was still problematic, IMNSHO, and had several instabilities. 10.9 seems to have resolved most of the instabilities, but to be honest, I've not exercised it as heavily as 10.8 nor 10.6 so that impression is just that, an impression. 10.10 has been stable so far, although the mini still seems to have some USB issues, but those were evident on 10.6 as well, so it may just be time to update the keyboard/mouse.
Finally, on the new MP - I actually like the looks of the cylinder. The expandable disk subsystem can be sitting on the floor or in another room. I don't own one. Now where I think Apple screwed its customers is with the new Mac Mini. That thing is a travesty of a release. At least everything else that got "updated" was actually updated to something faster, more powerful, or more capable. The new mini is none of that. It's less in every way, less powerful, less capable, less expandable, just less. If you were waiting on the new mini expecting bumps in anything, you got lucky if you could get some of the last "old" minis. The top end CPUs are completely sold out everywhere. Sadly, that may be the last of a decent little server box you'll ever see from Apple unless they bring back at least quads, I was hoping for hexcores personally.
No, the troll certainly doesn't and is also probably ignorant of the fact that OSX includes a full BSD system underneath that GUI. That would imply that he's actually looked at it for more than 10s.
But you also need experts in defining what routines need to be coded and how they are supposed to interact to achieve big picture goals, and you need creative people to define what big picture goals should be and decide which are most worth pursuing. Those people are hard to develop and hard to replace.
They get even harder to develop and replace when no one wants to invest in the development of such people. They generally don't just pop in fresh from a 4 year program.
One can't consider that when discussing the rights of man. After we decide what our rights should be, then we can have whatever policing that fits within that.
I'm pretty sure we already considered what the rights of man are, as we only gave limited powers to the federal government via this document, the Constitution. Regulating encryption is not in the list, therefore it is reserved for the state or us.
That is true - a lawyer should be consulted if he's truly concerned about legal ramifications. Companies use them to protect themselves, so should he if he believes he has valuable items that could be included.
The problem is the last mile would only be run competitively in high density population centers outward, until it is no longer profitable to add more people. The incumbents would then moan and complain that they cannot continue to support those low density areas, even though there's this universal access fee thing everyone pays, and stop serving them.
Consumption tax and income tax have to go hand in hand. If you only do consumption, there's nothing keeping the rich from gaining incredible wealth. If you only do income, the burden becomes too heavy on the rich or winds up taxing everyone, much like today, except for tons of loopholes that allow individuals to pay little tax. A consumption tax, globally applied, evens the playing field somewhat. Income tax on the richest 20 (x) % can lower the effective consumption tax rate some, or offset it for the bottom y%.
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At risk of feeding the troll, biologists would most likely be the first to tell you that they do not know everything in their field, nor that the field answers any of the fundamental questions, since that's what just about every story related to biology seems to be about lately - new understandings of something previously not considered or even dismissed, much as this case. Biology's understanding at the current time is much like giving you windows 10 today and asking you about it. You understand some of the externally visible pieces, but you don't have a clue how the library dependency structure works exactly, nor what will happen if you replace or remove this one particular file. In any case, understanding yet one more piece of the puzzle should be exciting, not a time to demean those working hard to solve the puzzle.
Programmers that chat to each other tend to be in the bottom 50% of productivity.
Programmers that chat throughout the day tend to miss deadlines.
Programmers that sit in meetings do not write code.
Now, that is not to say that programmers shouldn't talk to each other or users, but that should happen in small time slices, not throughout the day, as every interruption costs 30+ minutes, depending upon the level of being done.
Yo soy el stupido = I am the stupido?
I think you meant "Yo soy estupido"
Simpler and correctly accented: "Soy estúpido."
The attack of the grammar spaniards!!!
Or ..
Have 2 monitors side by side.
Because when something fails, most users will buy a new one instead of repairing the last one... and guess what... probably they will buy another samsung device! So instead of selling one TV each 15 years, they sell one each 3-5 years... even if just 1/3 of original buyers buy again samsung, it is still a win situation for then.
This is not an issue just with TVs, laptops, phones, routers, cars, washing machines, dishwashers, etc, are all cheaper to replace than repair if you cannot do it yourself. Sadly, the ability to fix things like this appears to be a shrinking skill set, but for those that have it and can afford an hour or two here or there, you'll save tons of money over your lifespan. I know I saved several thousand just in the past couple of months being a plumber, mechanic, electrician carpenter and painter. That leaves money to do other things.
Nope, fertilize an egg in a petri dish, harvest cells or not, what's the outcome?
If you want to frame coding as a social activity, you need to emphasize "collaborative problem-solving" and downplay the "lone hacker" stereotype.
Egads, you're suggesting you cut programming productivity by 80% or more. If programming were burger flipping, that might work, but it's not, or at least not where I work.
I'm not sure what SCOTUS decision or case you're referring to. That aside, the next Android being encrypted was an obvious response to Apple's encryption announcement, a "me too" thing. The 2FA dongle tied into Chrome seems like a nice way to almost guarantee that a specific user is browsing the web at that time.
It's in Chrome which already tracks everything you do, and now, with dongle, it's guaranteed to probably be you. You wouldn't leave your dongle, err, password out for everyone to use, now would you?
Sounds more like highway robbery.
I was thinking this was more a leave it plugged in dongle, so Google has guaranteed tracking of all you do. After all, why would Google do anything if it doesn't add to the bottom line?
in general, people who want to calculate something that is fairly complex would also like to have a great processor because it reduces the time that is taken to do that calculation.
Use a computer?
I just loaded Yosemite on an old mini and a new laptop. One was an update from 10.6, the other 10.9. I will say that the interface is flat, and somewhat less pretty IMHO than 10.9. The retina screen makes the new UI look ok, but I think I still like the 10.9 UI more. I'll give it a couple of weeks to see whether I'll roll back.
FWIW, 10.6 was extremely solid, and the switch to Grand Central in 10.7 resulted in significant instability which seems to be fixed in 10.9. 10.8 was still problematic, IMNSHO, and had several instabilities. 10.9 seems to have resolved most of the instabilities, but to be honest, I've not exercised it as heavily as 10.8 nor 10.6 so that impression is just that, an impression. 10.10 has been stable so far, although the mini still seems to have some USB issues, but those were evident on 10.6 as well, so it may just be time to update the keyboard/mouse.
Finally, on the new MP - I actually like the looks of the cylinder. The expandable disk subsystem can be sitting on the floor or in another room. I don't own one. Now where I think Apple screwed its customers is with the new Mac Mini. That thing is a travesty of a release. At least everything else that got "updated" was actually updated to something faster, more powerful, or more capable. The new mini is none of that. It's less in every way, less powerful, less capable, less expandable, just less. If you were waiting on the new mini expecting bumps in anything, you got lucky if you could get some of the last "old" minis. The top end CPUs are completely sold out everywhere. Sadly, that may be the last of a decent little server box you'll ever see from Apple unless they bring back at least quads, I was hoping for hexcores personally.
Make sugar cost more, people will still crave it, but eat less of it.
No, the troll certainly doesn't and is also probably ignorant of the fact that OSX includes a full BSD system underneath that GUI. That would imply that he's actually looked at it for more than 10s.
But it is.
Apple has owned the profit margin for years. It's not only this one quarter.
But you also need experts in defining what routines need to be coded and how they are supposed to interact to achieve big picture goals, and you need creative people to define what big picture goals should be and decide which are most worth pursuing. Those people are hard to develop and hard to replace.
They get even harder to develop and replace when no one wants to invest in the development of such people. They generally don't just pop in fresh from a 4 year program.
Samsung and others have been making lots of money off bigger phones.
You might want to review that statement, Apple appears to be cleaning house on the money side, taking 87% of the profit in the market.
One can't consider that when discussing the rights of man. After we decide what our rights should be, then we can have whatever policing that fits within that.
I'm pretty sure we already considered what the rights of man are, as we only gave limited powers to the federal government via this document, the Constitution. Regulating encryption is not in the list, therefore it is reserved for the state or us.
The idea would be that he's paying more than he is now.
That is true - a lawyer should be consulted if he's truly concerned about legal ramifications. Companies use them to protect themselves, so should he if he believes he has valuable items that could be included.
The problem is the last mile would only be run competitively in high density population centers outward, until it is no longer profitable to add more people. The incumbents would then moan and complain that they cannot continue to support those low density areas, even though there's this universal access fee thing everyone pays, and stop serving them.
Because your boss's boss (assuming he's in the top5+%) is already paying less proportionally, and perhaps in total.
Consumption tax and income tax have to go hand in hand. If you only do consumption, there's nothing keeping the rich from gaining incredible wealth. If you only do income, the burden becomes too heavy on the rich or winds up taxing everyone, much like today, except for tons of loopholes that allow individuals to pay little tax. A consumption tax, globally applied, evens the playing field somewhat. Income tax on the richest 20 (x) % can lower the effective consumption tax rate some, or offset it for the bottom y%.