Still can't figure out why java exists... It is not just that the JVM is bloated but the language itself is terrible.
Java exists to bring higher level programming to the masses.
Before Java we wrote in C and C++ because these were the only languages fast enough for real world use. Using anything else (like Smalltalk, Lisp or Pascal) was considered just silly university theories.
Java is the language that popularized the concept of virtual machines, garbage collection, and interpreted languages for real world use.
Note that languages such as Python existed before Java, but they were ignored entirely by industry. Java made it possible for you to even talk about Scala, Ruby, Python, .
I don't mean to sound like a fanboy but as an "old timer" I feel the need to educate the young who seem to not know their history. Now get off my lawn.
for it to be meaningful they should show other parts of the world for comparison.. I'm sure they'd find some inhabited places with higher levels of natural radiation.
I don't believe the dangers of GMOs are from a health standpoint.
The main danger of GMOs is the social effect on small farmers being forced out of the business by companies like Monsanto. This is a real problem that affects farmers in many many countries where IP law is being used to bully the small guy into paying the big multi-national or go out of business.
But again its not so much the technologies, but the legal framework around it that is causing this problem.
Violence is always rationalized one way or another.
To members of ISIS their violence is as rational as those Buddhist monks killing off civilians of particular ethnicities (the term for this is "Genocide").
The problem here is fanaticism and sectarianism. Recent political events in the US show that it would easily happen here as well if the people could get away with it (just like it did during the "lynching" era).
Really? Because a buddy of mine was telling me how hot the Austin market was right now and how it was hard to find good Full Stack developers right now.. and how companies were sparing no expense in hiring.
His assumption that SpaceX is motivated by profit may be off. SpaceX as it currently stands is motivated by the possibility of colonizing Mars. That's its mission and that is why it remains a private company.
The funny thing is that nothing I learned in College was really useful in the real world in terms of Software Engineering.
Most of the good stuff I learned from books written by "practitioners" like Steve McConnell, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, Steve McGuire, etc.... a lot of what these authors had to say also resonates from real life experience in real software companies. The Grady Booches and Kendalls of the world were way less useful.
Some people believe that software can be built with several layers of people writing specs so that the last guy at the bottom only has to "translate specs".
I have never seen a project like this succeed. In good projects, developers involve themselves in all aspects from the conceptual design to the testing and implementation.
In my 20 plus years I was never a "Code Monkey". Even in my earliest jobs I had to gather requirements, figure out a plan to solve the problem, make estimates, then build the thing using several layers of "best practices", then testing and implementation. All of this requires skill, experience and know how. Often it requires a deep understanding about algorithmic design, principles of Software Architecture, principles of error and resource management, as well as a keen insight for the business itself.
If that isn't Engineering I don't know what is?
The process that Aerospace, the Auto-Industry, etc.. go through seems much the same. They spend years designing this thing and balancing the different tradeoffs based on their best calculations. We do the same. We just skip the "construction" part of it.. the design IS the software.
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Still can't figure out why java exists... It is not just that the JVM is bloated but the language itself is terrible.
Java exists to bring higher level programming to the masses.
Before Java we wrote in C and C++ because these were the only languages fast enough for real world use. Using anything else (like Smalltalk, Lisp or Pascal) was considered just silly university theories.
Java is the language that popularized the concept of virtual machines, garbage collection, and interpreted languages for real world use.
Note that languages such as Python existed before Java, but they were ignored entirely by industry. Java made it possible for you to even talk about Scala, Ruby, Python, .
I don't mean to sound like a fanboy but as an "old timer" I feel the need to educate the young who seem to not know their history. Now get off my lawn.
Umm.. this was done 30 years ago in this famous book:
https://www.amazon.com/Peoplew...
It's weird how it's a surprise that such an obviously terrible idea is discovered to be a terrible idea.
Surprise or not, it's the orthodoxy and it needs challenged.
It was challenged.. like 30 years ago.. in Tom DeMarco's book "Peopleware"
Then just get the 2015 Mackbook Pro. Its a better machine!
Hey.. I think my 2013 13" MacBook Pro is awesome.
But all these new "features" the new one has add absolutely 0 value to the 2016 version, and in fact many REDUCE its value while increasing its price.
The new MacBook is simply put: a Balmaresque Joke.
Nadella scores... Cook gets a foul.
good observation.. I hadn't looked that far into the video.
haha.. nobody cares..
we only care if he lands his rocket. ;)
(well, we do care.. because if it doesn't make it then the landing can't be said to be a full success)
for it to be meaningful they should show other parts of the world for comparison.. I'm sure they'd find some inhabited places with higher levels of natural radiation.
your western bias is showing..
last I heard South Korea and Japan have very good internet, etc.. and they aren't in the "west".
This article has a diagram of the proposed design:
http://www.sandiegouniontribun...
I don't believe the dangers of GMOs are from a health standpoint.
The main danger of GMOs is the social effect on small farmers being forced out of the business by companies like Monsanto. This is a real problem that affects farmers in many many countries where IP law is being used to bully the small guy into paying the big multi-national or go out of business.
But again its not so much the technologies, but the legal framework around it that is causing this problem.
Violence is always rationalized one way or another.
To members of ISIS their violence is as rational as those Buddhist monks killing off civilians of particular ethnicities (the term for this is "Genocide").
The problem here is fanaticism and sectarianism. Recent political events in the US show that it would easily happen here as well if the people could get away with it (just like it did during the "lynching" era).
Money could be spent on things other than making new ways to kill people.
It was $8.15/hr AFTER taxes.. not sure how much is withheld but she probably made like $15/hr
Really?
Because a buddy of mine was telling me how hot the Austin market was right now and how it was hard to find good Full Stack developers right now.. and how companies were sparing no expense in hiring.
Unfortunately if you fail to pay in Amazon the first thing they take away is your way to log in. :(
Can't they just aim for an island?
His assumption that SpaceX is motivated by profit may be off. SpaceX as it currently stands is motivated by the possibility of colonizing Mars. That's its mission and that is why it remains a private company.
so does it help to be a Professional Engineer?
Do terrorists need certification?
This film was prophetic: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01...
The funny thing is that nothing I learned in College was really useful in the real world in terms of Software Engineering.
Most of the good stuff I learned from books written by "practitioners" like Steve McConnell, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, Steve McGuire, etc.... a lot of what these authors had to say also resonates from real life experience in real software companies. The Grady Booches and Kendalls of the world were way less useful.
I never worked as a "Code Monkey".
Some people believe that software can be built with several layers of people writing specs so that the last guy at the bottom only has to "translate specs".
I have never seen a project like this succeed. In good projects, developers involve themselves in all aspects from the conceptual design to the testing and implementation.
In my 20 plus years I was never a "Code Monkey". Even in my earliest jobs I had to gather requirements, figure out a plan to solve the problem, make estimates, then build the thing using several layers of "best practices", then testing and implementation. All of this requires skill, experience and know how. Often it requires a deep understanding about algorithmic design, principles of Software Architecture, principles of error and resource management, as well as a keen insight for the business itself.
If that isn't Engineering I don't know what is?
The process that Aerospace, the Auto-Industry, etc.. go through seems much the same. They spend years designing this thing and balancing the different tradeoffs based on their best calculations. We do the same. We just skip the "construction" part of it.. the design IS the software.
Promotional articles about Sci-Fi movies (esp. good ones) are a good thing.
We need Hollywood to make more Sci-Fi films (good ones).
So by all means go and see it a few times in the Theater then buy it online (or BlueRay if you're retro).
Interstellar is a different breed of movie.
This was better.. kind of like Apollo 13 but in color. ;)
Rich Purnell (played by Donald Glover) was awesome. :)
I liked that they didn't make it into a typical Ridley Scott movie. They kept NASA professional..
Though I wonder how they would just take off so quickly and not even take some photos from orbit to investigate/confirm what happened.