Except in this case, the tech being used was WhatsApp, a messaging app. People were sharing videos with one-another via a messaging app. Pretty sure that algorithms had little-to-nothing to do with this town's hysteria.
The app didn't do any of the beating or lynching -- it just brought more people into the knitting circle. As an aside: who the fuck uses buzzfeed as a primary news source? Shame on you.
This is a serious consideration! A family member of mine has several chronic medical conditions, and my confidence in the medical community's ability to pay attention to details plummets with every interaction. We're talking about giving doctors, who can't anticipate the interaction of several medications, access to gene therapy? Whatcouldpossiblygowrong, indeed!
Most consumer-oriented 'innovation' these days revolves around generating a solution prior to identifying a problem. The software-startup market is plagued by this, but for some reason, our collective bullshit meter is turned off when evaluating the usefulness of software. Every time you turn around, there's another "Tinder for [x]" or "Uber for [y]" being touted as the latest and greatest. We seem to respond differently to something tangible, though. Adoption is slow because most of us recognize that the current offerings of 'wearables' don't pose a significant enough improvement in our lives to justify purchasing them.
Before the usual retort of "You know this is Microsoft, right" rolls in, this question does deserve consideration.
Was this not tested against, at all?
Did they not attempt to circumvent this method with a photo? I write code for a living, and something that's continually running through my mind is "how can this fail or break?" I'm certain there are devs at Microsoft who are similarly afflicted.
So I guess the real question is: Was it tested, and everyone just hoped no one in meat-space would also think to try a photo, or was there some pointy-haired manager who decided that enough dev time had been spent, and it was time to turn the profit faucet on?
I really wish this wasn't posted anonymously.
However, there's truth to both sides. I try to minimize the training required of me for my employers by staying (mostly) up-to-date on a variety of technologies. That being said, if the decision makers aren't communicating in a way that trickles down to us grunts, there's not much chance that I'll be self-training in a direction that's useful to them.
Having the initiative to update one's knowledge set is only useful if there is some guidance coming from 'up on high.'
by Dale Carnegie.
Seriously.
There's a thousand fantastic resources available on how to be a better programmer. Accruing technical acumen has always been the easiest part of navigating my career. Knowing how to work with humans has always been tricky. I wish I would have read this book back in high school.
You're simply not going to retrain people in their 40s+
And this is the sort of age-ist bullshit that makes it easier for companies to continue abusive hiring practices. Is it reasonable to say that every 40+ worker can be a programmer? No, but to paint a huge swath of the population with the "they're simply untrainable" brush is as intolerant and ignorant as making any broad statement about broad swaths of the population.
(30+ programmer here)
Speaks volumes about the traffic in other 'tech' cities if Austin is at the top of the "best traffic" list. I moved to an Austin suburb and landed a job in a different Austin suburb because I was so sick of parking on 183.
I often wonder if Microsoft is really just running an experiment to discover how much garbage users will actually tolerate.
"Let's say a mobile OS is a desktop OS!"
"Let's remove the start menu!"
"Let's make UAC do ridiculous things!"
"Let's force updates and reboots whenever we want!"
"Let's dump advertisements in weird places!"
As an aside, I could probably make a killing by writing an ad-blocker for the OS...
Remember, regardless of party affiliation, when you read a politicians description of a bill, you must invert most of the descriptive language he uses. ...consumer-friendly approach.
Tells us the results will certainly be consumer-hostile.
Have no fear. This knowledge lives on in many EE courses. Memorizing 2^n wasn't -required- but greatly improved student success in the logic design, C, and assembly classes that were required for my degree. (graduated 6 years ago).:-)
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Except in this case, the tech being used was WhatsApp, a messaging app. People were sharing videos with one-another via a messaging app. Pretty sure that algorithms had little-to-nothing to do with this town's hysteria.
The app didn't do any of the beating or lynching -- it just brought more people into the knitting circle. As an aside: who the fuck uses buzzfeed as a primary news source? Shame on you.
This is a serious consideration! A family member of mine has several chronic medical conditions, and my confidence in the medical community's ability to pay attention to details plummets with every interaction. We're talking about giving doctors, who can't anticipate the interaction of several medications, access to gene therapy? Whatcouldpossiblygowrong, indeed!
seconded!
Most consumer-oriented 'innovation' these days revolves around generating a solution prior to identifying a problem. The software-startup market is plagued by this, but for some reason, our collective bullshit meter is turned off when evaluating the usefulness of software. Every time you turn around, there's another "Tinder for [x]" or "Uber for [y]" being touted as the latest and greatest.
We seem to respond differently to something tangible, though. Adoption is slow because most of us recognize that the current offerings of 'wearables' don't pose a significant enough improvement in our lives to justify purchasing them.
Before the usual retort of "You know this is Microsoft, right" rolls in, this question does deserve consideration.
Was this not tested against, at all?
Did they not attempt to circumvent this method with a photo? I write code for a living, and something that's continually running through my mind is "how can this fail or break?" I'm certain there are devs at Microsoft who are similarly afflicted.
So I guess the real question is: Was it tested, and everyone just hoped no one in meat-space would also think to try a photo, or was there some pointy-haired manager who decided that enough dev time had been spent, and it was time to turn the profit faucet on?
You're an idiot.
I wish they hadn't posted anonymously so I could give them points.
Can we just not post articles from Slate on Slashdot from here on out?
I really wish this wasn't posted anonymously.
However, there's truth to both sides. I try to minimize the training required of me for my employers by staying (mostly) up-to-date on a variety of technologies. That being said, if the decision makers aren't communicating in a way that trickles down to us grunts, there's not much chance that I'll be self-training in a direction that's useful to them.
Having the initiative to update one's knowledge set is only useful if there is some guidance coming from 'up on high.'
In this case, the potential victim does not have access to the photo to pre-emptively upload. Doesn't apply to the context of this discussion. :-/
When did equifax open up its Mexico office?
Company that sells stuff engages in shady behavior to maximize profits.
by Dale Carnegie.
Seriously.
There's a thousand fantastic resources available on how to be a better programmer. Accruing technical acumen has always been the easiest part of navigating my career. Knowing how to work with humans has always been tricky. I wish I would have read this book back in high school.
You're simply not going to retrain people in their 40s+
And this is the sort of age-ist bullshit that makes it easier for companies to continue abusive hiring practices. Is it reasonable to say that every 40+ worker can be a programmer? No, but to paint a huge swath of the population with the "they're simply untrainable" brush is as intolerant and ignorant as making any broad statement about broad swaths of the population.
(30+ programmer here)
Keep in mind, this is the list for now.
Re-examine the chart. The rents listed are weekly. :-D
re-examine the chart. It is weekly. :-D
Speaks volumes about the traffic in other 'tech' cities if Austin is at the top of the "best traffic" list. I moved to an Austin suburb and landed a job in a different Austin suburb because I was so sick of parking on 183.
Cities are expensive.
I often wonder if Microsoft is really just running an experiment to discover how much garbage users will actually tolerate.
"Let's say a mobile OS is a desktop OS!"
"Let's remove the start menu!"
"Let's make UAC do ridiculous things!"
"Let's force updates and reboots whenever we want!"
"Let's dump advertisements in weird places!"
As an aside, I could probably make a killing by writing an ad-blocker for the OS...
Remember, regardless of party affiliation, when you read a politicians description of a bill, you must invert most of the descriptive language he uses.
...consumer-friendly approach.
Tells us the results will certainly be consumer-hostile.
Alternatively, 20 years from now, we may still be doing a lot of navel gazing about how dangerous AI -might- become.
If the running zeitgeist includes pessimism about one's economic outlook, these sorts of things shouldn't come as a surprise.
Have no fear. This knowledge lives on in many EE courses. Memorizing 2^n wasn't -required- but greatly improved student success in the logic design, C, and assembly classes that were required for my degree. (graduated 6 years ago). :-)
Like deconstructing a human linked list! This is amazing.