I've one friend who fought tooth and nail to break into the game design world and succeeded (getting past the entry-level QA and developer roles into one with a lot more meat to it) and who now takes no pleasure at all in actually playing games.
Most non-tech people figure this out by the time they're about eighteen.
At some level all these foreigners with fake degrees must actually be doing some useful work, unless you believe it's all some massive global job creation scheme organised by the Illuminati or something.
The fact is that everyone thinks free market competition and a global economy are great until it impacts on their own job prospects.
Professionals like lawyers, accountants, architects or whatever hate the same sorts of things that people in tech jobs do: having to do uninteresting work to make the company money, and having to manoeuvre round their bosses and co-workers.
The most fun I ever had on a job was 80 hour weeks (70 mandatory). I was a zombie after a few months and it nearly killed me, but still it was a lot of fun. I wish I was young enough to do it again.
Making rockets is fun!
People like you bring your problems on yourself. I've never had so much "fun" working that I wanted to do it 7 days a week, 12 hours a day.
Biased opinions like yours regarding millennials is what discourages younger generations from respecting those who are: already established, who didn't have to worry about a great recession caused by the previous generation that is constantly threatening the potential job and stock markets
Oh fuck off, 2008 wasn't the first, or worst recession during my lifetime. You get one about every ten to fifteen years, but if you're twenty you can't remember the last one and think you're uniquely cursed.
If you can't find a better position in today's job market, the problem is with you.
Oddly, every time I check there just aren't that many jobs offering a million a year for two days a week with twenty weeks holiday, and most positions are broadly similar to what I'm doing now.
When they grow-up, serifs will be the new rage and another round of logo changes...
In the 1990s camel case (or whatever you're supposed to call them) logos like NeXT were the cool thing. In the 2020s I predict that mixed serif/sans seriff logos will become trendy.
That will really get the graphic designers and font nerds annoyed.
I think Andersen Consulting had a better reason than most for changing their name. To distance themselves from Arthur Andersen and the Enron fiasco, I'm surprised they didn't go for something beginning with Z.
Ever since I learned about AI and the potential upcoming technological Singularity, I have suspected that this will be the most important application of an ASI, because once you can accurately model human behavior on a massive scale, you can devise non-intrusive interventions a la the Butterfly Effect to maximize freedom and prosperity for everyone.
Er, the point about chaotic systems and the Butterfly Effect is that you cannot predict what the result of your intervention will be.
I see this kind of assholes every day on the street. They walk as if they were the only living beings existing on the sidewalk or in the mall, completely ignorant of what happens around them. I wonder what kind of serious defect these people have to act like that.
In reality, their liberal MILITARY (mark that one in your record books, folks) was the crux.. but.. now they're gone.
They weren't unique that way. Egypt had the same thing going on; remember the Muslim Brotherhood won in popular elections after the Arab Spring revolution, and it was their military that had to step in and take over. Pakistan had something similar, years ago, with Musharraf and his military running the country to keep the government from being run by Islamists. Same thing with Iraq, sorta: they had Saddam running the place, with a strong military, and he more-or-less kept the peace between all the warring factions within. Same with Syria under Assad; before civil war, he kept the peace, but now different warring groups of Islamists want to take over or separate. Countries like that can't be run democratically; they need dictators or military cabals, otherwise they start resembling ISIS-land.
You're missing the point that the Turkish military are (comparatively) liberal, which is not the case with Egypt, Syria or Iraq.
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I've one friend who fought tooth and nail to break into the game design world and succeeded (getting past the entry-level QA and developer roles into one with a lot more meat to it) and who now takes no pleasure at all in actually playing games.
Most non-tech people figure this out by the time they're about eighteen.
The fact is that everyone thinks free market competition and a global economy are great until it impacts on their own job prospects.
Professionals like lawyers, accountants, architects or whatever hate the same sorts of things that people in tech jobs do: having to do uninteresting work to make the company money, and having to manoeuvre round their bosses and co-workers.
The most fun I ever had on a job was 80 hour weeks (70 mandatory). I was a zombie after a few months and it nearly killed me, but still it was a lot of fun. I wish I was young enough to do it again.
Making rockets is fun!
People like you bring your problems on yourself. I've never had so much "fun" working that I wanted to do it 7 days a week, 12 hours a day.
going from 150 down to 120 is a HUGE step backward
According to the cheerleaders on slashdot, you should just be able to move up to 200, there's plenty of work available if you're any good. Apparently.
Biased opinions like yours regarding millennials is what discourages younger generations from respecting those who are: already established, who didn't have to worry about a great recession caused by the previous generation that is constantly threatening the potential job and stock markets
Oh fuck off, 2008 wasn't the first, or worst recession during my lifetime. You get one about every ten to fifteen years, but if you're twenty you can't remember the last one and think you're uniquely cursed.
If you can't find a better position in today's job market, the problem is with you.
Oddly, every time I check there just aren't that many jobs offering a million a year for two days a week with twenty weeks holiday, and most positions are broadly similar to what I'm doing now.
I'm sure I'm just not trying hard enough.
talking about poo-poo while in the dark gets me excited
Rule 34, although it won't really work on video.
They make black-out contacts, but they aren't perfect. Don't google unless you can imagine what they are for ...
Can you give us a clue?
Tinfoil is *full* of tiny holes!
I wondered why the Lizard Overlords' thought waves were still getting through.
When they grow-up, serifs will be the new rage and another round of logo changes...
In the 1990s camel case (or whatever you're supposed to call them) logos like NeXT were the cool thing. In the 2020s I predict that mixed serif/sans seriff logos will become trendy.
That will really get the graphic designers and font nerds annoyed.
I think Andersen Consulting had a better reason than most for changing their name. To distance themselves from Arthur Andersen and the Enron fiasco, I'm surprised they didn't go for something beginning with Z.
You sure know your fonts, buddy.
This raises the important question of whether the comma in that slogan means "and" or "or". Discuss.
Actually, all it really demonstrates, is that the person who came up with that catchphrase was too ignorant to know when to use a semicolon properly.
I think semicolons were deprecated in the Web 2.0 standard.
So I take it you've never been to an RV park before. Must suck to be you.
I take it you regularly frequent RV parks. Must really suck to be you.
I like this troll template, and expect to see many more examples of its use in future slashdot episodes.
Ever since I learned about AI and the potential upcoming technological Singularity, I have suspected that this will be the most important application of an ASI, because once you can accurately model human behavior on a massive scale, you can devise non-intrusive interventions a la the Butterfly Effect to maximize freedom and prosperity for everyone.
Er, the point about chaotic systems and the Butterfly Effect is that you cannot predict what the result of your intervention will be.
Your level of computing power is irrelevant.
A sound economy relies on the invisible hand of the market forces
A concept like The Invisible Hand belongs alongside alchemy, astrology and leeching. It is not just non-scientific, it's anti-scientific.
I see this kind of assholes every day on the street. They walk as if they were the only living beings existing on the sidewalk or in the mall, completely ignorant of what happens around them. I wonder what kind of serious defect these people have to act like that.
Being born after 1990.
No, fraud is most definitely a criminal offence. Go and check out the FBI website or something.
I still have a F-91W. Who wears watches, though?
People who don't want to dig out their phone and press a button to show the home screen every time they want to know the time?
In reality, their liberal MILITARY (mark that one in your record books, folks) was the crux.. but.. now they're gone.
They weren't unique that way. Egypt had the same thing going on; remember the Muslim Brotherhood won in popular elections after the Arab Spring revolution, and it was their military that had to step in and take over. Pakistan had something similar, years ago, with Musharraf and his military running the country to keep the government from being run by Islamists. Same thing with Iraq, sorta: they had Saddam running the place, with a strong military, and he more-or-less kept the peace between all the warring factions within. Same with Syria under Assad; before civil war, he kept the peace, but now different warring groups of Islamists want to take over or separate. Countries like that can't be run democratically; they need dictators or military cabals, otherwise they start resembling ISIS-land.
You're missing the point that the Turkish military are (comparatively) liberal, which is not the case with Egypt, Syria or Iraq.
I though it said "sheep".
Welsh? Kiwi?
The last bout of Man Flu I got I only emerged from bed to seek food and sometimes medication.
If you can still eat, it's not real Man Flu, it's just a cold.
Also, didn't you have to go to the bathroom?
Why is this on Slashdot? A computer website...
Slashdot's motto is"News for Nerds" and this does not refer purely to computer nerds. There were nerds before computers were even invented.