Yep. Solar power. Wind power. Batteries. Mainstream hybrid cars, and then mainstream electric cars. Private rocket companies making deliveries to orbit. Slashdot comments sections have always been bastions of the "that can never happen!" crowd. Which is really strange for a tech-focused site.
I seriously doubt that anyone on slashdot has said that batteries wouldn't ever happen...
For all we know it's engineering and art is your hobby.
If he did a masters degree in Art History, it is almost certain that his first degree was in Art History too.
If someone with a BSc in Engineering applies to do a Master's in Art History how are they going to prove they're qualified to be accepted on the course?
People who put more into their education than merely showing up for the required classes have always had an advantage.
Indeed. The guy in TFA did zero internships, participated in zero open source projects, zero side projects, and has done nothing to make himself stand out. Now he is pissed because it is "society's fault" that he isn't handed a job on a silver platter.
Maybe he was concentrating on doing the actual work for his degree rather than fannying around joining clubs to pad out his CV?
If you want to succeed in STEM, it has to be your passion.
There is nothing special about STEM subjects, you do better at anything if it is your real passion. Unfortunately, most of us have to concentrate on earning a living rather than achieving perfect Maslowian self-actualization.
Aka, if the last letters the person typed in were "stapl", what do you think the next letter is going to be?
In what circumstances would I know what the last letters the person typed in were? Passwords don't work like that.
The only circumstances this may be known is with a key-logger, in which case all bets are off. I don't have to work out what the next letter might be. Just wait and I'll be told.
But I've seen in Hollywood films how they attach a device that cracks passwords one number/letter at a time.
The idea that Obama actually wiretapped Trump during the campaign is preposterous.
Of course it is. It's another example of the theory of propaganda: if you are going to tell a lie, tell a big one and if you tell if often enough, people will begin to believe it.
In a few months time, a lot of people will have vague memories that Obama wiretapped Trump and somehow got away with it because he's a Muslim, or something.
But your conspiracy theory depends on the fact that the IRS (like the FBI, CIA, Wall Street and presumably the Military-Industrial Complex too) is a willing participant in some sort of liberal/left wing conspiracy to, um, destroy America.
The amusing thing about this analysis is how people can see Trump or Nigel Farage here in the UK as "anti-establishment". They ARE the fucking establishment, just without the thin sugar-coating that you get from most professional politicians.
So let's recap here: a Democratic White House colluded with a Republican dominated FBI (there has never been a FBI director who wasn't Republican) and an independent panel of Republican judges to spy on the Republican candidate.
But from an alt-right perspective, normal Republicans are just as much part of the Liberal Conspiracy as Democrats.
If you're an actual Nazi, it doesn't matter whether someone is a hardline Stalinist, a centrist Social Democrat or an reactionary aristocrat, they are still the enemy.
90% sounds good, but that's also a 10% failure rate. Ewwwwwwwwww, not good.
That's not how it works. The goal in this kind of situation is not to get a perfect score, it's to get a somewhat reliable one that can be used as an indicator in a larger decision process.
It's like being the owner of a convenience store and seeing a potential customer walking around the aisles. If;
1) the person smells like piss and sweat
2) the person wears multiple layers of mismatched Salvation Army clothes
3) the person is engaged in a conversation with an invisible counterparty
4) the person has shit stains on their shoes
then even if every single one of these observations is only 90% reliable, the big picture clearly tells you that you're dealing with a homeless person and should pay attention to what he's doing.
By a simple application of the laws of statistics, with four separate data points, you can be 360% certain.
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When a man flew first time in space in 1961, the next day there was only a tiny article in a central newspaper.
What? Yuri Gagarin was pretty much the most famous man on the planet after his flight.
Yep. Solar power. Wind power. Batteries. Mainstream hybrid cars, and then mainstream electric cars. Private rocket companies making deliveries to orbit. Slashdot comments sections have always been bastions of the "that can never happen!" crowd. Which is really strange for a tech-focused site.
I seriously doubt that anyone on slashdot has said that batteries wouldn't ever happen...
How do you get to the emergency exits after you've been crushed to death?
Very, very slowly.
All my friends (about 5) who got an arts degree never even to this day worked in their "profession".
No, they probably got jobs in areas such as law or finance and earned a lot more money than most engineers.
People have the perception that any degree should earn them 6 figures
No, they have the perception that without a degree they will find it almost impossible to get a job earning them 6 figures.
Somebody at a school trying to sell you a degree, make sure they back it up with a job guarantee
There are no job guarantees. That is sort of the point of this whole thread.
You don't know what a co-op is do you?
Hint: It's not an unpaid internship.
What is a co-op anyway?
It's not a phrase we use in the UK, except for the shops of that name.
What is your basic degree?
For all we know it's engineering and art is your hobby.
If he did a masters degree in Art History, it is almost certain that his first degree was in Art History too.
If someone with a BSc in Engineering applies to do a Master's in Art History how are they going to prove they're qualified to be accepted on the course?
People who put more into their education than merely showing up for the required classes have always had an advantage.
Indeed. The guy in TFA did zero internships, participated in zero open source projects, zero side projects, and has done nothing to make himself stand out. Now he is pissed because it is "society's fault" that he isn't handed a job on a silver platter.
Maybe he was concentrating on doing the actual work for his degree rather than fannying around joining clubs to pad out his CV?
If you want to succeed in STEM, it has to be your passion.
There is nothing special about STEM subjects, you do better at anything if it is your real passion. Unfortunately, most of us have to concentrate on earning a living rather than achieving perfect Maslowian self-actualization.
Aka, if the last letters the person typed in were "stapl", what do you think the next letter is going to be?
In what circumstances would I know what the last letters the person typed in were? Passwords don't work like that. The only circumstances this may be known is with a key-logger, in which case all bets are off. I don't have to work out what the next letter might be. Just wait and I'll be told.
But I've seen in Hollywood films how they attach a device that cracks passwords one number/letter at a time.
Yes! I agree. Let him see his password as he types it. I'm standing over his shoulder....
Yeah, obviously I'm going to type in my banking password when there's some gimp in a hoody standing six inches behind me.
#letsmakeslashdotgreatagain
The idea that Obama actually wiretapped Trump during the campaign is preposterous.
Of course it is. It's another example of the theory of propaganda: if you are going to tell a lie, tell a big one and if you tell if often enough, people will begin to believe it.
In a few months time, a lot of people will have vague memories that Obama wiretapped Trump and somehow got away with it because he's a Muslim, or something.
I think there's a pretty clear distinction between "can't" and "won't".
Obviously there isn't as OP's statement perfect sense.
You may be unable to do something for ethical, religious, philosophical or purely personal reasons, not just legal or practical ones.
But your conspiracy theory depends on the fact that the IRS (like the FBI, CIA, Wall Street and presumably the Military-Industrial Complex too) is a willing participant in some sort of liberal/left wing conspiracy to, um, destroy America.
A sincere idiot is still an idiot.
The amusing thing about this analysis is how people can see Trump or Nigel Farage here in the UK as "anti-establishment". They ARE the fucking establishment, just without the thin sugar-coating that you get from most professional politicians.
So let's recap here: a Democratic White House colluded with a Republican dominated FBI (there has never been a FBI director who wasn't Republican) and an independent panel of Republican judges to spy on the Republican candidate.
But from an alt-right perspective, normal Republicans are just as much part of the Liberal Conspiracy as Democrats.
If you're an actual Nazi, it doesn't matter whether someone is a hardline Stalinist, a centrist Social Democrat or an reactionary aristocrat, they are still the enemy.
I don't get it. Your post is a contradiction. Breitbart is pro Trump, and my post was not anti Trump but anti leftism.
It. Was. Ironic.
To blame immigration for the former is perverse, and on the latter simply wrong.
Better would be smells, they can trigger instant total recall.
What if you don't remember your own home well enough to place the things to be remembered?
Is this some sort of humblebrag that you live in Buckingham Palace or Versailles?
90% sounds good, but that's also a 10% failure rate. Ewwwwwwwwww, not good.
That's not how it works. The goal in this kind of situation is not to get a perfect score, it's to get a somewhat reliable one that can be used as an indicator in a larger decision process.
It's like being the owner of a convenience store and seeing a potential customer walking around the aisles. If; 1) the person smells like piss and sweat 2) the person wears multiple layers of mismatched Salvation Army clothes 3) the person is engaged in a conversation with an invisible counterparty 4) the person has shit stains on their shoes
then even if every single one of these observations is only 90% reliable, the big picture clearly tells you that you're dealing with a homeless person and should pay attention to what he's doing.
By a simple application of the laws of statistics, with four separate data points, you can be 360% certain.
It's not treemendously useful without letting us know how the average human compares on a set of controlled tests.
I think most humans can say whether something is a tree or a box of rusty car parts fairly easily.