"We were just stepping out to grab a bite to eat," said one LED, who asked that he remain anonymous. "We didn't realize anybody could see a difference. Terribly sorry."
I blogged about it the other day, in how I wish governments would just make BTC to fiat currency transactions illegal. It would be a great step in reducing volatility and decoupling BTC from the regulated markets.
That sounds to me like a sure way to kill bitcoins. If I accept bitcoins as payment, and no one who sells something else I want to buy accepts them, then the bitcoin has no value for me.
I think part of the problem is that when kids grow up boys are taught to build and women are taught to be pretty, when a boy plays with Lego or other similar products in a sense he's engineering. On the other hand girls are given a barbie and a easy bake oven and told to have fun, how is that going to lead to a career in engineering. I think the problem needs to be fixed at the child level.
He's arguing that when gender stereotypes are reinforced at a young age, the effect cascades to adulthood and thus we have fewer women in technical fields.
How is that misogynist? He's not claiming that women are inherently unsuited or anything like that. He's saying society pushes women away from engineering, and if we want more women in engineering we've got to change the ways we treat boys and girls.
Content maximalists? In context it's obviously supposed to refer to Viacom et al, but I'm not sure what that means. They want maximum content? Doesn't quite sound right.
It means the big old school content "gatekeeper" companies, and their trade groups like the MPAA, RIAA, ASCAP, etc., whose economic power is being eroded by digitalization and the internet, and who are fighting back by taking extremist positions in defense of their copyright ownership.
Right, I had figured that was who it meant, but I'm not sure I understand how that makes them 'content' maximalists. Is it just a typo like someone else suggested and it should read 'copyright' maximalists instead? If that's not it, then it seems a bit ambiguous. I want as much content as possible to be out there, wouldn't that make me a 'content' maximalist too?
Nevertheless, 5 will get you 10 that the content maximalists will appeal once again.
Content maximalists? In context it's obviously supposed to refer to Viacom et al, but I'm not sure what that means. They want maximum content? Doesn't quite sound right.
The original question came from someone who sounds like he doesn't have experience build large scale apps. If he tries to solve that problem first, he's going to either waste time when a real demand never arises, or else waste time when he finds out he did his scaling all wrong. Until you've been doing it a while, the bottlenecks aren't as obvious as one might imagine.
presumably that's USD. Also all digits and no words (as in 14,000,000 rather than 14 million)
with bid estimates ranging from EUR 3 million to EUR 10 million
and not knowing the exchange rate off the top of my head, I couldn't tell you how far off $14M USD is from 10M EUR. And the numbers are the opposite of above, spelling out 'million' rather than using digits.
And then there's this gem:
which can travel an amazing 31,000 miles at 12 knots thanks to a fuel capacity of 1.3 million liters
so, distance is in miles (imperial), speed is knots (nautical miles rather than miles) and then capacity is liters (metric)
your resume is not terribly good. I don't know if it's a plus in the gaming industry, but if you're looking for any other kind of software job, putting 'Professional Gamer' as your top skill isn't going to help you much.
But that's not nearly important as your vagueness.
Worked as main programmer
What does that mean? Did the rest of the team report to you? Were they only on the project part time? Were you the architect for the project?
Designed an elaborate back end tool to edit maps
elaborate how? All I know from reading that is that it edits maps. What makes it special?
The chunk of your resume to go into the most detail on is whatever you've done most recently, as that's usually what will be read first. Give specifics, and give something that you WANT to be asked about. All I can glean from what you wrote is that you were in some way involved in writing two games over the last three years.
Also, if you ever get the chance, be the interviewer (or one of the interviewers). My resume writing skills got much better once I started sitting on the other side of the table.
Don't worry, choirs don't sing exactly on the beat. Moreover, if you watch a conductor closely when s/he sings along, you'll notice that the beat s/he sings to does not coincide with the lowest point of the baton. Choir singers (and orchestra members) pick up on this easily and get used to this 'personal style', and the blind singer doesn't know. This poses a problem, though: if you provide a beat, you will have to make it audible to everyone, at least in the beginning, otherwise the blind singer will still be off. It would be an excellent educational tool at the conservatories, I guess. Will someone assemble this, please?
Wouldn't the blind singer pick up the conductor's idiosyncrasies after a while as well?
More advice: for any piece of sound advice you read on Slashdot, there will be another one that takes the exact opposite opinion, only it will be more emphatic (the author doesn't just 'think' such and such, he *knows for sure*) and will be modded higher.
Nobody gives a rats ass that Apple can't get a trademark on something they technically already have a trademark on.
"Technically"?
I assume Apple still has the trademark on "iPad", so lacking the "iPad Mini" trademark doesn't exactly allow competetors to go out and release their own products called "iPad Mini"
Popular examples include yelling fire in a cinema, telling people you're gonna kill the president, disturbing the peace laws and so forth.
These largely cover cases where speech is also action.
Disturbing the peace is the most obvious example. If I park myself in front of a few houses at 3AM and start shouting completely innocuous things (I LIKE PONIES! ROY G BIV TELLS YOU THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW!) into a megaphone, the problem isn't with the content. The problem is that I'm a noisy pain in the ass while people are trying to sleep.
It's a restriction on free speech only when the words themselves are the problem.
If it switches from ad-time buys to product-placement
Product placement can't always fill the needs of an advertiser. It works well for food, clothing, and cars among others. It's much less simple for things like insurance, otc drugs, or other TV shows. It makes syndication less attractive. And it's *terrible* for localization. There are plenty of smaller businesses that can afford local media buys but have neither the budget nor the desire for a national one. But with product placement, that's difficult at best.
What I hate how the US has Saturday/Sunday split on the weekend. Who really thinks, Oh its Sunday start of the week! Monday is really the start of the week, right after the WEEK END, and that's how I like my calendars displayed. Monday thru Sunday.
Or alternately, much like 'bookends', you have one at each end of the week.
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"We were just stepping out to grab a bite to eat," said one LED, who asked that he remain anonymous. "We didn't realize anybody could see a difference. Terribly sorry."
Regardless of additional modifiers: tits always beat tats.
Man boobs.
I'm tired of looking at ugly people (yes that includes me)
I blogged about it the other day, in how I wish governments would just make BTC to fiat currency transactions illegal. It would be a great step in reducing volatility and decoupling BTC from the regulated markets.
That sounds to me like a sure way to kill bitcoins. If I accept bitcoins as payment, and no one who sells something else I want to buy accepts them, then the bitcoin has no value for me.
So... this comment:
I think part of the problem is that when kids grow up boys are taught to build and women are taught to be pretty, when a boy plays with Lego or other similar products in a sense he's engineering. On the other hand girls are given a barbie and a easy bake oven and told to have fun, how is that going to lead to a career in engineering. I think the problem needs to be fixed at the child level.
He's arguing that when gender stereotypes are reinforced at a young age, the effect cascades to adulthood and thus we have fewer women in technical fields.
How is that misogynist? He's not claiming that women are inherently unsuited or anything like that. He's saying society pushes women away from engineering, and if we want more women in engineering we've got to change the ways we treat boys and girls.
Content maximalists? In context it's obviously supposed to refer to Viacom et al, but I'm not sure what that means. They want maximum content? Doesn't quite sound right.
It means the big old school content "gatekeeper" companies, and their trade groups like the MPAA, RIAA, ASCAP, etc., whose economic power is being eroded by digitalization and the internet, and who are fighting back by taking extremist positions in defense of their copyright ownership.
Right, I had figured that was who it meant, but I'm not sure I understand how that makes them 'content' maximalists. Is it just a typo like someone else suggested and it should read 'copyright' maximalists instead? If that's not it, then it seems a bit ambiguous. I want as much content as possible to be out there, wouldn't that make me a 'content' maximalist too?
Obviously, he meant "copyright maximalist"
I'll buy that interpretation, but it didn't jump out to me.
Nevertheless, 5 will get you 10 that the content maximalists will appeal once again.
Content maximalists? In context it's obviously supposed to refer to Viacom et al, but I'm not sure what that means. They want maximum content? Doesn't quite sound right.
The original question came from someone who sounds like he doesn't have experience build large scale apps. If he tries to solve that problem first, he's going to either waste time when a real demand never arises, or else waste time when he finds out he did his scaling all wrong. Until you've been doing it a while, the bottlenecks aren't as obvious as one might imagine.
Pretty much the same thought I had.
Step 1 is to get a version that works for one user.
Step 2 is to get more than one user.
You're jumping a few steps ahead of the game.
My kids sometimes like everybody votes, but it'll hardly ruin the Wii for them when it's gone.
$20,000,000 to a mere $14,000,000
presumably that's USD. Also all digits and no words (as in 14,000,000 rather than 14 million)
with bid estimates ranging from EUR 3 million to EUR 10 million
and not knowing the exchange rate off the top of my head, I couldn't tell you how far off $14M USD is from 10M EUR. And the numbers are the opposite of above, spelling out 'million' rather than using digits.
And then there's this gem:
which can travel an amazing 31,000 miles at 12 knots thanks to a fuel capacity of 1.3 million liters
so, distance is in miles (imperial), speed is knots (nautical miles rather than miles) and then capacity is liters (metric)
Pick a style, pick a system, and STICK WITH IT.
I'm feeling randomly charitable, so....
your resume is not terribly good. I don't know if it's a plus in the gaming industry, but if you're looking for any other kind of software job, putting 'Professional Gamer' as your top skill isn't going to help you much.
But that's not nearly important as your vagueness.
Worked as main programmer
What does that mean? Did the rest of the team report to you? Were they only on the project part time? Were you the architect for the project?
Designed an elaborate back end tool to edit maps
elaborate how? All I know from reading that is that it edits maps. What makes it special?
The chunk of your resume to go into the most detail on is whatever you've done most recently, as that's usually what will be read first. Give specifics, and give something that you WANT to be asked about. All I can glean from what you wrote is that you were in some way involved in writing two games over the last three years.
Also, if you ever get the chance, be the interviewer (or one of the interviewers). My resume writing skills got much better once I started sitting on the other side of the table.
Or, you could stand close enough to the conductor that the baton whacks you at every beat.
That could work when the tempo picks up, but might be a bit problematic when it slows down.
Don't worry, choirs don't sing exactly on the beat. Moreover, if you watch a conductor closely when s/he sings along, you'll notice that the beat s/he sings to does not coincide with the lowest point of the baton. Choir singers (and orchestra members) pick up on this easily and get used to this 'personal style', and the blind singer doesn't know. This poses a problem, though: if you provide a beat, you will have to make it audible to everyone, at least in the beginning, otherwise the blind singer will still be off. It would be an excellent educational tool at the conservatories, I guess. Will someone assemble this, please?
Wouldn't the blind singer pick up the conductor's idiosyncrasies after a while as well?
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
More advice: for any piece of sound advice you read on Slashdot, there will be another one that takes the exact opposite opinion, only it will be more emphatic (the author doesn't just 'think' such and such, he *knows for sure*) and will be modded higher.
I can guarantee that's not true.
It's still 1/4 in the states.
Well, no. In the states it's 4/1.
All of Europe should be on 2/4 by now though.
"Technically"?
I assume Apple still has the trademark on "iPad", so lacking the "iPad Mini" trademark doesn't exactly allow competetors to go out and release their own products called "iPad Mini"
Honestly, if it weren't for downloading, I don't think I would have even heard of the show.
Because you live in a cave and rarely interact with the other bipedal creatures?
I'm not saying everyone should have seen it or even want to have seen it. But to not even hear of it takes a great deal of effort.
Some pretty minimal googling could have answered that for you.
The excerpt from the first link that google shows:
Discover how the policy of Appeasement, championed by Neville Chamberlain and the League of Nations inevitably led to WW2.
Popular examples include yelling fire in a cinema, telling people you're gonna kill the president, disturbing the peace laws and so forth.
These largely cover cases where speech is also action.
Disturbing the peace is the most obvious example. If I park myself in front of a few houses at 3AM and start shouting completely innocuous things (I LIKE PONIES! ROY G BIV TELLS YOU THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW!) into a megaphone, the problem isn't with the content. The problem is that I'm a noisy pain in the ass while people are trying to sleep.
It's a restriction on free speech only when the words themselves are the problem.
You are far from alone. Doesn't help that I'm hungry right now.
If it switches from ad-time buys to product-placement
Product placement can't always fill the needs of an advertiser. It works well for food, clothing, and cars among others. It's much less simple for things like insurance, otc drugs, or other TV shows. It makes syndication less attractive. And it's *terrible* for localization. There are plenty of smaller businesses that can afford local media buys but have neither the budget nor the desire for a national one. But with product placement, that's difficult at best.
What I hate how the US has Saturday/Sunday split on the weekend. Who really thinks, Oh its Sunday start of the week!
Monday is really the start of the week, right after the WEEK END, and that's how I like my calendars displayed. Monday thru Sunday.
Or alternately, much like 'bookends', you have one at each end of the week.