- cut out some plywood enclosure for your raspi or arduino.
- try to etch some copper off a pcb while looking at the reflection.
- mount it on a quad copter and shoot around in the neighborhood, then post it on youtube.
- try building a projector and accidentally burn down city hall.
So... how was it that women's brains were "wired" for programming from 1940 to 1985 [1], but suddenly around 1990 they stopped being interested in "coding" and "IT"?
sPh
Easy: The rise of OOp
Women didn't want to be objectified.
Skin cancer is prove that God hates Scandinavians.
Current society is prove that God hates women.
Diabetes is prove that God hates chocolate.
Your comment is prove that God hates people.
They're Neanderthals, despite the fact that 'tal' is the German word that it's based on.
Thal is the older German spelling of Tal, meaning valley. Both are pronounced the same, with t not th. It simply means Neander valley. The Valley is now called Neandertal, but my uncle kept his original name.
Currently Slashdot is displaying ads for me along with the "disable ads" checkbox checked. Perhaps "approximate computing" is farther along than I imagined!
Sorry, that was my fault. I didn't have my ad-block disabled. They must have sent them to you instead. Just send them to me and I will look at it.
Not to mention the whole reason Apple Inc., was named that was because Jobs was a huge Beatles fan (well, Apple Computer, Inc. originally). And that Jobs and Woz couldn't come up with anything better.
That's not the true story of course:
Once upon a time, Steve Jobs was sitting under an apple tree to think, as he usually did, about how to make life better for all of humanity. When all of a sudden he got hit by an apple. Accelerated by gravity the apple hit quite hard. But, Steve Jobs wasn't hurt. He just rubbed his head and thought: "Good thing, that thing had rounded corners."
So, someone has invented a cheap digital data storage method that will last thousands of years?
There's a reason tombstones are still big-ass etched stones, and not digital displays, you know.
Gosh, you might just have stumbled on the next big thing.
You know these annoyingly bright, giant, color led displays along the highway? Imagine that integrated into a tombstone, showing the dearly departed smiling and waiving and if someone walks by, serving them with some ads: "Don't do what I did. Call a qualified electrician."
Funnily enough, I submitted this with a different headline. I went with "Bruce Schneier is leaving his job at BT" and put the following (shorter) summary:
"The Register is hosting an exclusive that Bruce Schneier (the famed cryptologist http://www.schneierfacts.com/ ) will be leaving his position at BT as security futurologist."
Looks like the editors wanted to change it around a bit ?
But there's no excuse today. These types of initiatives may even make the situation worse, by making highly-unqualified individuals mistakenly think they are far more adept than they actually are, to the point of wasting the time and effort of those of us in industry,.....
Sadly. The reverse is also true.
If you honestly describe your skills and interests, you're out.
If it looks like an interesting job, it better isn't just an interesting job. Know enough Spanish to make yourself understood? Better call it fluent. And if you dabbled in some scripting language, don't forget to add it to the list.
Often, looking at a job description and the skill set "required", any honest applicant meeting all those requirements would not be applying for that position.
[...] I recall reading when Kim Jong Un came to power that some of his family members, Aunts and Uncles wielded a lot of power, and that Dear Leader himself had to tread pretty lightly to maintain the balance of power.
It could well be that his Uncle was making a play for power. [..]
One possibility.
The other possibility:
Dear Leader had finally enough power not to listen to his uncle anymore. And his economically more experienced uncle might have told him that some of his new power moves are contra-productive. Like taking South Korean workers hostage and ruining future chances of needed cash flow.
- I imagine that disrespectful uncle might have said things like: "You know, some of the stuff you're doing is pretty dumb, even for North Korean standards." And Dear leader might have responded: "Oh uh, insurection!"
But what is the *right* thing to do? Legal issues aside, if somebody sends me something by mistake, then asks for it back, they are getting it back because that's what I would want them to do if I sent them something by mistake.
Provided they pay for shipping. If not, they are free to pick up their item at one of the times of my choosing.
Perhaps but it would open up all other kinds of questions about things like the buying and selling of the animal (slavery), using the animals in entertainment settings or medical testing without concent.
This isn't as simple as it seems on the surface.
If 1000 monkeys on 1000 typewriters accidentally recreate copyrighted works they could be sued.
Slashdot Mirror
Elon Musk Says Larger Batteries Might Be On the Way
Making batteries larger is easy and pointless,
storing more energy without making them larger would be great.
Disclaimer:
I didn't read TFA, of course.
Just judging from the headline, which I assume is an accurate summary.
- cut out some plywood enclosure for your raspi or arduino.
- try to etch some copper off a pcb while looking at the reflection.
- mount it on a quad copter and shoot around in the neighborhood, then post it on youtube.
- try building a projector and accidentally burn down city hall.
So... how was it that women's brains were "wired" for programming from 1940 to 1985 [1], but suddenly around 1990 they stopped being interested in "coding" and "IT"?
sPh
Easy: The rise of OOp
Women didn't want to be objectified.
Burning Jet fuel is just the beginning..
Historically, it's not uncommon for some New England colonies not to make it through the winter.
Put a block on your card to issue a warning as soon as someone buys anything with your credit card other than scrap-booking supplies or boxed wine.
Trove
The best news stories picked by people who share your interests.
There's the problem, right on the launch page.
All Germs come from Germany. That's why they're called Germs.
It's the other way around: There are many germs in Germany. That's why it's called Germany
Face it, God hates fags.
Skin cancer is prove that God hates Scandinavians.
Current society is prove that God hates women.
Diabetes is prove that God hates chocolate.
Your comment is prove that God hates people.
They're Neanderthals, despite the fact that 'tal' is the German word that it's based on.
Thal is the older German spelling of Tal, meaning valley. Both are pronounced the same, with t not th. It simply means Neander valley. The Valley is now called Neandertal, but my uncle kept his original name.
Currently Slashdot is displaying ads for me along with the "disable ads" checkbox checked. Perhaps "approximate computing" is farther along than I imagined!
Sorry, that was my fault. I didn't have my ad-block disabled. They must have sent them to you instead.
Just send them to me and I will look at it.
Not to mention the whole reason Apple Inc., was named that was because Jobs was a huge Beatles fan (well, Apple Computer, Inc. originally). And that Jobs and Woz couldn't come up with anything better.
That's not the true story of course:
Once upon a time, Steve Jobs was sitting under an apple tree to think, as he usually did, about how to make life better for all of humanity. When all of a sudden he got hit by an apple. Accelerated by gravity the apple hit quite hard. But, Steve Jobs wasn't hurt. He just rubbed his head and thought:
"Good thing, that thing had rounded corners."
you just have to do that.
So, someone has invented a cheap digital data storage method that will last thousands of years?
There's a reason tombstones are still big-ass etched stones, and not digital displays, you know.
Gosh, you might just have stumbled on the next big thing.
You know these annoyingly bright, giant, color led displays along the highway? Imagine that integrated into a tombstone, showing the dearly departed smiling and waiving and if someone walks by, serving them with some ads: "Don't do what I did. Call a qualified electrician."
Funnily enough, I submitted this with a different headline. I went with "Bruce Schneier is leaving his job at BT" and put the following (shorter) summary:
Looks like the editors wanted to change it around a bit ?
Here, fixed that for you.
Last Saturday, SNL's drunk uncle already "discussed" PS4 vs Xbox.
I hate to admit, I stand with drunk uncle on this...
But there's no excuse today. These types of initiatives may even make the situation worse, by making highly-unqualified individuals mistakenly think they are far more adept than they actually are, to the point of wasting the time and effort of those of us in industry,.....
Sadly. The reverse is also true.
If you honestly describe your skills and interests, you're out.
If it looks like an interesting job, it better isn't just an interesting job. Know enough Spanish to make yourself understood? Better call it fluent. And if you dabbled in some scripting language, don't forget to add it to the list.
Often, looking at a job description and the skill set "required", any honest applicant meeting all those requirements would not be applying for that position.
the most important thing of new tech is how you can brag to others that you have it. [...]
To be part of the inside club, you have to pronounce it correctly.
Hint: It is spelled X-Box, but pronounced Christbox.
[...] I recall reading when Kim Jong Un came to power that some of his family members, Aunts and Uncles wielded a lot of power, and that Dear Leader himself had to tread pretty lightly to maintain the balance of power.
It could well be that his Uncle was making a play for power. [..]
One possibility.
The other possibility:
Dear Leader had finally enough power not to listen to his uncle anymore. And his economically more experienced uncle might have told him that some of his new power moves are contra-productive. Like taking South Korean workers hostage and ruining future chances of needed cash flow.
- I imagine that disrespectful uncle might have said things like: "You know, some of the stuff you're doing is pretty dumb, even for North Korean standards." And Dear leader might have responded: "Oh uh, insurection!"
With transfer of ownership comes the great opportunity to turn the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships into an exclusive Microsoft event.
I can't believe it.
Already seven messages calling Indians corrupt and thieves, and no mention of government subsidies for the reservations.
But one of the features of Slashdot: The same news gets posted minal twice .
But if you get a monthly Linux magazine in the mail, you can read your nerdy news two weeks before it's on Slashdot.
I'd keep it.
But what is the *right* thing to do? Legal issues aside, if somebody sends me something by mistake, then asks for it back, they are getting it back because that's what I would want them to do if I sent them something by mistake.
Provided they pay for shipping.
If not, they are free to pick up their item at one of the times of my choosing.
For solving a problem brought to your attention by the Onion.
> should we setup a separate email address at google for each vendor account we create?
You don't already use an alias? username+vendor@gmail.com
Surprising how many scripts tell you that this is not a valid email address.
Perhaps but it would open up all other kinds of questions about things like the buying and selling of the animal (slavery), using the animals in entertainment settings or medical testing without concent. This isn't as simple as it seems on the surface.
If 1000 monkeys on 1000 typewriters accidentally recreate copyrighted works they could be sued.