I remember several years back using a flash tool that allowed reading/writing of arbitrary files on the system, back in Flash3-5 IIRC... Our use was not malicious, and it was before Flash had offline data available... we were only using it to store the active simulation/test being taken, but at that time I disabled flash on every machine outside of work I had access to. Was a colossal security hole.
In a perfect world there wouldn't for-profit prisons, that have lower standards, higher infraction numbers, and higher rates of 'inmate' crimes leading to longer detention terms. (Not to mention the shear corruption). The US has a higher ratio of prisoners that pretty much the anywhere else.
I *REALLY* liked WebOS... my Touchpad was the first tablet I had that I actually liked... when HP finally released the source (but no drivers for existing devices) I went with a Nexus 7... You can see the influence on the UI that came from the former Palm/HP guys that Google hired... Not quite as seamless as WebOS but at least the apps and browser are updated.
+1 I know plenty of people that can be very productive from home.. My brother-in-law works here in AZ for a company out of state.. he still works at a separate location from his house.. there's even an organization that offers a mixed workspace (GangPlank), that is pretty nifty. I don't do well working at home, I've tried it a couple times... I like a bit of a commute (20-30 min), and have too many toys/distractions at home. Yes, you have fewer work interruptions, but more home ones.
I think that there isn't a best answer here... it really depends on the size and distribution of the organization as well as the skills/nature of the people doing the work. There's a measure of how much random interaction you need on a given day, and it will vary greatly.
Even as a pretty staunch libertarian, from a pragmatic standpoint wireless/cellular communications are a place where the government should be in more control of.
Well, many trades will never be outsourced, or replaced by a robot.. namely landscaping, plumbing and electrical work. Much of which isn't safe for robots, and likely won't be for a very long time. I do think a 3x10 hour work week would be nice.. essentially for three days, you work 2.5 hours get a break.. another 2.5 an hour+ lunch.. etc... for three days you essentially spend it all working.. the rest of the week is yours.
Most of the unions you mention are also legally not allowed to strike, or walk out. Which takes away a lot of bargaining power, and it's been a very long time since a sympathy strike of other civil worker unions happened in support of police/fire/ambulance workers. In some places fire/ambulance services are outsourced... a lot of the prison system is now outsourced (I feel this is really wrong). Unions aren't a panacea, and don't serve the roles they once did... So long as worker rights are preserved (walk-out/strike) then collective bargaining can work if people needed to have this again. As it stands, most of the unions server very little, and gain their members even less.
I'd like to see more trade/craftsman apprenticeship patterns return in society... I also wouldn't mind seeing some restrictions on work weeks, including making white collar workers eligible for overtime pay requirements... (IT staff is often salary+exempt by nature of the work, the same goes for other fields in technology)... for me it really isn't about socialism etc... it's about keeping the playing field relatively level. I'm also in favor of eliminating corporate taxes, and having limitations on underutilized assets and reserves that companies can keep and for how long before returning dividends to investors. Basically a corporate spend/use it or lose it scenario.
By the same note, I'd like to see government orgs be able to reserve say up to 20% of their budget for 5 years without losing it... (that's similar to what I think the cap limit for commercial entities should be as well)... I also don't believe in corporations as people... I feel that if those who own/run companies want to spend their own dollars, find... but corporations should serve their intended charter/purpose. I also think that certain executives in certain banks should be tried for treason given some of the money laundering scams that have happened. Not just fraud, or other illegalities.. outright treason.
I have no problem with someone making billions... for that matter, I don't think *ANY* person should have more than half of what they make taken in taxes (which is more than half the country, when you add them all up). By the same token, if the "power" in corporations, not to mention subsidies were reduced a bit, it would allow for natural events to take their course.
I tend to avoid unnecessary graphics as well, a lot can be done with CSS that tends to be done with graphics... or at least intents very similar to original... having an optimum response is more than just JS, certainly.. but that doesn't mean you should just ignore any given aspect. You may as well just use postbacks, and no client-side script at all.. yeah, it's a little less responsive, but verbose server-side code is so much more understandable than JS anyway.../sarcasm
Dunno, nobody in my company uses anything less than IE9, Chrome or Firefox... The accounting guys seem to be able to get to the merchant accounts just fine.
Agreed here... why should I burden my server with a full page refresh just to display an error on one single field? For that matter a lot of things are more effective having rendered templates client-side... you can definitely use a mix. JS is very fast and capable.. why not use a little of the client browser's resources and save the server a bit.. it leads to better scaling.
As a bonus, with the rise of tools like NodeJS and MongoDB, you can leverage JS much more broadly, and not have to completely switch contexts going from client side code to server-side. Regularly working in 3-5 languages on a project is cumbersome... JS is necessary on the browser... anything else is constrictive, I feel that way about CoffeeScript to some extent as well. Other cross-compilers to JS are too difficult to debug.
My '12 Challenger R/T has a USB port, in the center cubby, not in the dash though... It's also a 1.5 DIN unit, though not that common, is a pretty standard size, though double-din or single-din would have been preferred. Never used a CD.. though I did get the version I wanted as it had the best engine available without requiring leather seats (I'm in AZ), or sat-nav...
Would love to see the stereo have very basic functionality, but when paired with a smart phone simply be a screen + voice command interface for said device....
This isn't so much that... I think the step of moving the console itself out of the kernel can be beneficial... even if it didn't increase in functionality. In embedded devices, you don't need the kernel to interpret vt-* commands to the screen, if you're using a serial connection... on a local system, you can still isolate the portion of the console running independent of other code.
Given how much linux deployments are in embedded, and otherwise headless systems, it does make sense to move the UI out of kernel space. Or should we move X into the kernel too? (It's a stupid argument to make.) The point is, the kernel really doesn't *need* core console output *IN* the kernel. I would think that you could keep a stripped console (similar to the current one) in user space, so that it isn't loaded if unused/un-needed or even deployed in the case of a router.
Seeing Linux in quite a number of embedded applications, I would say yes... also, just because it is in user mode, doesn't mean it has to be loaded with everything in user-space to be available at the core... It does make more advanced options available, and more easily swapped out, or removed altogether.
Even then, if you cover California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas you have a population that's probably a bit larger (than Germany), and much more sunlight, where it would make sense for the investment in research just to cover this area... Let alone grid feeds to neighboring states, and combined with water pipelines, excess generation can be stored as Hydrogen.
Funny enough.. my cable modem and router are on a UPS... when the power goes out, I want the internet on for me to lookup the damned phone number for the power company... not to mention the office server(s) on their own UPSes continuing to work... the internet will last far longer than the servers though...
I would state that JavaScript is probably the most popular, in terms of developers that write something in a given language in a given year. I doubt that there are 3x the number of developers writing in Java than C#... I know that private/intranet development is pretty much split between Java, C# and *other*... which accounts for most actual development, not necessarily use.
My point stands, that if you don't know things like the above, imho you don't *know* the language. Just like in C# today, I would expect you to know how to use Lambdas, object literal syntax, etc. I should clarify that as if you say you are an "expert" or "advanced" in knowledge of a language/platform, you should know a lot of the current syntax.
In JS, you should have an understanding of how it does type coercion, as well as how binary operations (and shorting) works. You should also know how equality operations work, in terms of coercion, (0 == null) vs (0 === null) etc... Yes, it does mean that sometimes you don't get what you might expect, but in understanding how things work you can be far more effective. Considering in client-side development the style of code (even optimized) heavily influences load times (by download size) being terse is a good idea... In my example, you could have a comment explaining what is happening in the second, and the final size would have been a fraction of the output... points like that over a large JS file make bigger differences in optimization and download. Sometimes terse is better, sometimes verbose is... when I have argument names, and function names, I tend to favor longer and more descriptive names that can be optimized to 1-2 characters. For variable assignment/manipulation, if it fits on a line well, will favor that.
I would also expect someone who *knows* JS to know about variable scope in JS... I get sick of doing interviews with people who put "Expert" next to languages they are far from expert at. Copying/Pasting jQuery snippets does not qualify. I get finicky with other languages too. If you don't claim advanced/expert at something, I am *much* more lenient.
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I remember several years back using a flash tool that allowed reading/writing of arbitrary files on the system, back in Flash3-5 IIRC... Our use was not malicious, and it was before Flash had offline data available... we were only using it to store the active simulation/test being taken, but at that time I disabled flash on every machine outside of work I had access to. Was a colossal security hole.
In a perfect world there wouldn't for-profit prisons, that have lower standards, higher infraction numbers, and higher rates of 'inmate' crimes leading to longer detention terms. (Not to mention the shear corruption). The US has a higher ratio of prisoners that pretty much the anywhere else.
I *REALLY* liked WebOS... my Touchpad was the first tablet I had that I actually liked... when HP finally released the source (but no drivers for existing devices) I went with a Nexus 7... You can see the influence on the UI that came from the former Palm/HP guys that Google hired... Not quite as seamless as WebOS but at least the apps and browser are updated.
+1 I know plenty of people that can be very productive from home.. My brother-in-law works here in AZ for a company out of state.. he still works at a separate location from his house.. there's even an organization that offers a mixed workspace (GangPlank), that is pretty nifty. I don't do well working at home, I've tried it a couple times... I like a bit of a commute (20-30 min), and have too many toys/distractions at home. Yes, you have fewer work interruptions, but more home ones.
I think that there isn't a best answer here... it really depends on the size and distribution of the organization as well as the skills/nature of the people doing the work. There's a measure of how much random interaction you need on a given day, and it will vary greatly.
Even as a pretty staunch libertarian, from a pragmatic standpoint wireless/cellular communications are a place where the government should be in more control of.
"stolen wifi" can't kill a clerk at the convenience store...
Likely "University of Phoenix"
Well, many trades will never be outsourced, or replaced by a robot.. namely landscaping, plumbing and electrical work. Much of which isn't safe for robots, and likely won't be for a very long time. I do think a 3x10 hour work week would be nice.. essentially for three days, you work 2.5 hours get a break.. another 2.5 an hour+ lunch.. etc... for three days you essentially spend it all working.. the rest of the week is yours.
Most of the unions you mention are also legally not allowed to strike, or walk out. Which takes away a lot of bargaining power, and it's been a very long time since a sympathy strike of other civil worker unions happened in support of police/fire/ambulance workers. In some places fire/ambulance services are outsourced... a lot of the prison system is now outsourced (I feel this is really wrong). Unions aren't a panacea, and don't serve the roles they once did... So long as worker rights are preserved (walk-out/strike) then collective bargaining can work if people needed to have this again. As it stands, most of the unions server very little, and gain their members even less.
... for me it really isn't about socialism etc... it's about keeping the playing field relatively level. I'm also in favor of eliminating corporate taxes, and having limitations on underutilized assets and reserves that companies can keep and for how long before returning dividends to investors. Basically a corporate spend/use it or lose it scenario.
... I also don't believe in corporations as people... I feel that if those who own/run companies want to spend their own dollars, find... but corporations should serve their intended charter/purpose. I also think that certain executives in certain banks should be tried for treason given some of the money laundering scams that have happened. Not just fraud, or other illegalities.. outright treason.
I'd like to see more trade/craftsman apprenticeship patterns return in society... I also wouldn't mind seeing some restrictions on work weeks, including making white collar workers eligible for overtime pay requirements... (IT staff is often salary+exempt by nature of the work, the same goes for other fields in technology)
By the same note, I'd like to see government orgs be able to reserve say up to 20% of their budget for 5 years without losing it... (that's similar to what I think the cap limit for commercial entities should be as well)
I have no problem with someone making billions... for that matter, I don't think *ANY* person should have more than half of what they make taken in taxes (which is more than half the country, when you add them all up). By the same token, if the "power" in corporations, not to mention subsidies were reduced a bit, it would allow for natural events to take their course.
I'd be willing to cut 3/4 of the military... Along with 85% of the rest of the federal government's spending and taxation.
I tend to avoid unnecessary graphics as well, a lot can be done with CSS that tends to be done with graphics... or at least intents very similar to original... having an optimum response is more than just JS, certainly.. but that doesn't mean you should just ignore any given aspect. You may as well just use postbacks, and no client-side script at all.. yeah, it's a little less responsive, but verbose server-side code is so much more understandable than JS anyway... /sarcasm
Dunno, nobody in my company uses anything less than IE9, Chrome or Firefox... The accounting guys seem to be able to get to the merchant accounts just fine.
Agreed here... why should I burden my server with a full page refresh just to display an error on one single field? For that matter a lot of things are more effective having rendered templates client-side... you can definitely use a mix. JS is very fast and capable.. why not use a little of the client browser's resources and save the server a bit.. it leads to better scaling.
As a bonus, with the rise of tools like NodeJS and MongoDB, you can leverage JS much more broadly, and not have to completely switch contexts going from client side code to server-side. Regularly working in 3-5 languages on a project is cumbersome... JS is necessary on the browser... anything else is constrictive, I feel that way about CoffeeScript to some extent as well. Other cross-compilers to JS are too difficult to debug.
Spoke too soon.. damn.
And opera doesn't use either of the three engines you mention.
My '12 Challenger R/T has a USB port, in the center cubby, not in the dash though... It's also a 1.5 DIN unit, though not that common, is a pretty standard size, though double-din or single-din would have been preferred. Never used a CD.. though I did get the version I wanted as it had the best engine available without requiring leather seats (I'm in AZ), or sat-nav...
Would love to see the stereo have very basic functionality, but when paired with a smart phone simply be a screen + voice command interface for said device....
Unless you're a woman that doesn't want to be the property of her husband/father.
You can also use an imap client, and not see any ads...
This isn't so much that... I think the step of moving the console itself out of the kernel can be beneficial... even if it didn't increase in functionality. In embedded devices, you don't need the kernel to interpret vt-* commands to the screen, if you're using a serial connection... on a local system, you can still isolate the portion of the console running independent of other code.
Given how much linux deployments are in embedded, and otherwise headless systems, it does make sense to move the UI out of kernel space. Or should we move X into the kernel too? (It's a stupid argument to make.) The point is, the kernel really doesn't *need* core console output *IN* the kernel. I would think that you could keep a stripped console (similar to the current one) in user space, so that it isn't loaded if unused/un-needed or even deployed in the case of a router.
Seeing Linux in quite a number of embedded applications, I would say yes... also, just because it is in user mode, doesn't mean it has to be loaded with everything in user-space to be available at the core... It does make more advanced options available, and more easily swapped out, or removed altogether.
Even then, if you cover California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas you have a population that's probably a bit larger (than Germany), and much more sunlight, where it would make sense for the investment in research just to cover this area... Let alone grid feeds to neighboring states, and combined with water pipelines, excess generation can be stored as Hydrogen.
Funny enough.. my cable modem and router are on a UPS... when the power goes out, I want the internet on for me to lookup the damned phone number for the power company... not to mention the office server(s) on their own UPSes continuing to work... the internet will last far longer than the servers though...
have you ever taken a sticker off a cardboard box without taking some of the cardboard/paper with it?
I would state that JavaScript is probably the most popular, in terms of developers that write something in a given language in a given year. I doubt that there are 3x the number of developers writing in Java than C#... I know that private/intranet development is pretty much split between Java, C# and *other*... which accounts for most actual development, not necessarily use.
My point stands, that if you don't know things like the above, imho you don't *know* the language. Just like in C# today, I would expect you to know how to use Lambdas, object literal syntax, etc. I should clarify that as if you say you are an "expert" or "advanced" in knowledge of a language/platform, you should know a lot of the current syntax.
In JS, you should have an understanding of how it does type coercion, as well as how binary operations (and shorting) works. You should also know how equality operations work, in terms of coercion, (0 == null) vs (0 === null) etc... Yes, it does mean that sometimes you don't get what you might expect, but in understanding how things work you can be far more effective. Considering in client-side development the style of code (even optimized) heavily influences load times (by download size) being terse is a good idea... In my example, you could have a comment explaining what is happening in the second, and the final size would have been a fraction of the output... points like that over a large JS file make bigger differences in optimization and download. Sometimes terse is better, sometimes verbose is... when I have argument names, and function names, I tend to favor longer and more descriptive names that can be optimized to 1-2 characters. For variable assignment/manipulation, if it fits on a line well, will favor that.
I would also expect someone who *knows* JS to know about variable scope in JS... I get sick of doing interviews with people who put "Expert" next to languages they are far from expert at. Copying/Pasting jQuery snippets does not qualify. I get finicky with other languages too. If you don't claim advanced/expert at something, I am *much* more lenient.