We should instead build enough houses for everyone.
Developers are focused on building luxury housing because the profit margins are higher. While city officials give lip service to affordable housing, they don't mind luxury developments as those tenants and owners bring in more tax revenue than the average citizen can.
No they weren't. If they were there first, they would've owned the houses they live in, and the rising property price would be a good thing.
My brother bought an $800,000 house in a new development at the top of the real estate market in Morgan Hill, and borrowed the down payment from his wife's 401K plan. The Great Recession came and went. His mortgage is still underwater. He can't refinance or afford to sell at a loss. Home values aren't rising fast enough for him to retire anytime soon.
People with money can barely afford to live there, so what chance do they have?
I live and work in Silicon Valley on $50K per year by living a modest lifestyle. If you want to live the American Dream of having it all and keeping up with the Joneses, Silicon Valley can get expensive in a hurry.
personally I'd rather get a refund than have to pay, simply because a refund has no impact on a monthly budget.
I prefer to break even. I typically owe federal income taxes but get a small tax refund from the state. So I file my state tax return first, wait for the refund, and then file my federal tax return with a check.
An 8 core AMD CPU is about on par with a dual core Intel CPU performance-wise.
I have Windows 10 on an inexpensive Dell laptop with an Intel dual-core processor. I can easily max out both cores and wait five minutes by opening 15 tabs in Chrome. If I do that on my PC with the AMD eight-core processor, everything loads quickly.
I should have added a note that you don't necessarily need a eight-core processor for Win10. After nine years with the same configuration, I was able to double the performance for $200 with a new processor, motherboard and ram.
So I need an I7 with 32gigs of RAM only to run the fucking OS?
I ran Windows Vista and Win7 on an AMD quad-core processor and 4GB RAM for nine years without problems. I'm currently running Win10 on an AMD eight-core processor and 8GB RAM without problems.
If you weren't such a skinflint, you could have bought a PC that went beyond the bare minimum to run Windows. The more resources you give Windows, the better Windows performs.
Worst example is god damn congresscritters, who have specifically exempted themselves.
That's no longer true under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act ("STOCK" Act). It'll be a big headache for the incoming Trump administration.
Why would anyone who cannot immediately identify a host of differences between USING software and TESTING software be on Slashdot at all?
I've found when it comes to video games that most people can't distinguish between PLAYING and TESTING. They think it's all fun and games. I had that problem with new hires fresh out of high school. First, I informed them that I played the Atari 2600 console in the 1980's (most youngsters don't think video games existed before the 1990's). Second, I introduced them to another tester who assembled arcade machines in the 1970's and 1980's. Third, I introduced them to another tester who tested pen and paper games in the 1970's. After their heads explode, they are ready to learn that testing video games is not the same as playing video games.
Exactly, it has always amazed me that programmer education has included so little content about why programs fail. Weak management of boundary conditions is a testers gold mine in my experience.
That may be true for Computer Science programs. When I went back to community college to learn computer programming, we were taught to look at the edge cases that might cause a program to fail. Being a software tester made it easier for me to bulletproof my own programs.
Actually it was because the programmers very cleverly made it so that the biggest deviation the car could make from straight on was about 45 degrees, and you couldn't get far off the road because there were either trees and fences in the way or the program just wouldn't let you.
That's very old school. I worked on a racing game that supported 32 players doing four-way split screen mode on eight Xboxes networked together. One-third drove straight, one-third drove in reverse, and one-third did doughnuts at the starting line. It was crazy. But the game didn't crash and network play worked.
You couldn't do that in all games but the computer never crashed because of it.
That's because you were playing a finished game. If the programmers did their job, the game shouldn't crash at all. Some developers find it easy to ship a buggy game and work on a patch in the meantime.
But no one is asking where the gang bangers get their guns and why these shootings don't take place in the white neighborhoods that have better schools and police protection.
Pop music's only purpose is to separate middle schoolers from their allowances.
That didn't work with me. I spent my allowances at the video arcade and the bookstore. Then again, the radio on my father's truck only had two stations: country and talk.
what does a game tester do that my nephew doesn't? He's playing the games hours at a time too.
Write bug reports to convince the development team that the problem is in the code and not with the tester. For example, in an racing game that's under development, the quickest way to flag a crash bug is to drive the car in reverse from starting line. A counter in the code becomes negative and causes the console to crash. The programmer always whine that's not how players play the game. But tricks like that is how the testers test — not play — the game.
Weren't you the guy who was so awesome at it they fired you?
I was a video game tester from 1997 to 2004. Yes, my boss tried to fire me because I was so awesome. When he got promoted into management and made a big deal out of the fact that I got a 2% raise, I informed him that it was nothing as I had gotten a 50% raise in my first year. It pissed him off that I made more money than him for five years. Somehow he got this misinformed idea that being the manager meant he was the best tester in the department. He wasn't. He was very good at lying about his numbers — and rode the company into bankruptcy. I was the third of a dozen senior testers who headed for the exits.
And then you couldnt get another job for a long time [...]
I was out of work for two years (2009-10), underemployed for six months (working 20 hours per month), and filed for chapter seven bankruptcy in 2011. For the next two years I worked seven days a week on multiple contract assignments.
[...] and then you got hired to go government IT because they hire anyone?
The government IT position that I got hired for in 2014 required 10+ years of IT experience and a security clearance. My contracting agency gave me an extra month of pay as a Christmas bonus because I'm so awesome.;)
I mean really, does it matter that George Michael died for example?
Dr, Boyce Watkins talked about that on his YouTube channel where 745 people are murdered in Chicago but everyone else is falling apart over the death of George Michael.
A lot celebrities died this year. But some folks I know — and what I read by other people on various comment boards — are claiming that 2016 sucked because these people died. Not with a passing sadness but a lingering depression, as if they personally known these people in person. That is weird.
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We should instead build enough houses for everyone.
Developers are focused on building luxury housing because the profit margins are higher. While city officials give lip service to affordable housing, they don't mind luxury developments as those tenants and owners bring in more tax revenue than the average citizen can.
No they weren't. If they were there first, they would've owned the houses they live in, and the rising property price would be a good thing.
My brother bought an $800,000 house in a new development at the top of the real estate market in Morgan Hill, and borrowed the down payment from his wife's 401K plan. The Great Recession came and went. His mortgage is still underwater. He can't refinance or afford to sell at a loss. Home values aren't rising fast enough for him to retire anytime soon.
People with money can barely afford to live there, so what chance do they have?
I live and work in Silicon Valley on $50K per year by living a modest lifestyle. If you want to live the American Dream of having it all and keeping up with the Joneses, Silicon Valley can get expensive in a hurry.
personally I'd rather get a refund than have to pay, simply because a refund has no impact on a monthly budget.
I prefer to break even. I typically owe federal income taxes but get a small tax refund from the state. So I file my state tax return first, wait for the refund, and then file my federal tax return with a check.
An 8 core AMD CPU is about on par with a dual core Intel CPU performance-wise.
I have Windows 10 on an inexpensive Dell laptop with an Intel dual-core processor. I can easily max out both cores and wait five minutes by opening 15 tabs in Chrome. If I do that on my PC with the AMD eight-core processor, everything loads quickly.
Woooooosh!
I should have added a note that you don't necessarily need a eight-core processor for Win10. After nine years with the same configuration, I was able to double the performance for $200 with a new processor, motherboard and ram.
So I need an I7 with 32gigs of RAM only to run the fucking OS?
I ran Windows Vista and Win7 on an AMD quad-core processor and 4GB RAM for nine years without problems. I'm currently running Win10 on an AMD eight-core processor and 8GB RAM without problems.
If you weren't such a skinflint, you could have bought a PC that went beyond the bare minimum to run Windows. The more resources you give Windows, the better Windows performs.
They are selling pallets of shirts at $3 per unit and we have to buy them at the store for $60+.
Go buy yourself ten shirts for $50.*
http://6dollarshirts.com/
* Larger shirt sizes cost extra.
Why can't the conservative assholes living on so-called food stamps get off their asses like these enterprising Chinese?
FTFY - P.S., Most folks on welfare are white and conservative.
Worst example is god damn congresscritters, who have specifically exempted themselves.
That's no longer true under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act ("STOCK" Act). It'll be a big headache for the incoming Trump administration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act
Why would anyone who cannot immediately identify a host of differences between USING software and TESTING software be on Slashdot at all?
I've found when it comes to video games that most people can't distinguish between PLAYING and TESTING. They think it's all fun and games. I had that problem with new hires fresh out of high school. First, I informed them that I played the Atari 2600 console in the 1980's (most youngsters don't think video games existed before the 1990's). Second, I introduced them to another tester who assembled arcade machines in the 1970's and 1980's. Third, I introduced them to another tester who tested pen and paper games in the 1970's. After their heads explode, they are ready to learn that testing video games is not the same as playing video games.
Exactly, it has always amazed me that programmer education has included so little content about why programs fail. Weak management of boundary conditions is a testers gold mine in my experience.
That may be true for Computer Science programs. When I went back to community college to learn computer programming, we were taught to look at the edge cases that might cause a program to fail. Being a software tester made it easier for me to bulletproof my own programs.
Actually it was because the programmers very cleverly made it so that the biggest deviation the car could make from straight on was about 45 degrees, and you couldn't get far off the road because there were either trees and fences in the way or the program just wouldn't let you.
That's very old school. I worked on a racing game that supported 32 players doing four-way split screen mode on eight Xboxes networked together. One-third drove straight, one-third drove in reverse, and one-third did doughnuts at the starting line. It was crazy. But the game didn't crash and network play worked.
You couldn't do that in all games but the computer never crashed because of it.
That's because you were playing a finished game. If the programmers did their job, the game shouldn't crash at all. Some developers find it easy to ship a buggy game and work on a patch in the meantime.
Wait a second; People actually watch award shows?
I have a friend who watches only the "In Memoriam" segment of the Academy Awards. Go figure.
I've always just assumed they fabricated ratings for themselves.
That's only when Kanye West is on stage.
But no one is asking where the gang bangers get their guns and why these shootings don't take place in the white neighborhoods that have better schools and police protection.
Pop music's only purpose is to separate middle schoolers from their allowances.
That didn't work with me. I spent my allowances at the video arcade and the bookstore. Then again, the radio on my father's truck only had two stations: country and talk.
what does a game tester do that my nephew doesn't? He's playing the games hours at a time too.
Write bug reports to convince the development team that the problem is in the code and not with the tester. For example, in an racing game that's under development, the quickest way to flag a crash bug is to drive the car in reverse from starting line. A counter in the code becomes negative and causes the console to crash. The programmer always whine that's not how players play the game. But tricks like that is how the testers test — not play — the game.
Weren't you the guy who was so awesome at it they fired you?
I was a video game tester from 1997 to 2004. Yes, my boss tried to fire me because I was so awesome. When he got promoted into management and made a big deal out of the fact that I got a 2% raise, I informed him that it was nothing as I had gotten a 50% raise in my first year. It pissed him off that I made more money than him for five years. Somehow he got this misinformed idea that being the manager meant he was the best tester in the department. He wasn't. He was very good at lying about his numbers — and rode the company into bankruptcy. I was the third of a dozen senior testers who headed for the exits.
And then you couldnt get another job for a long time [...]
I was out of work for two years (2009-10), underemployed for six months (working 20 hours per month), and filed for chapter seven bankruptcy in 2011. For the next two years I worked seven days a week on multiple contract assignments.
[...] and then you got hired to go government IT because they hire anyone?
The government IT position that I got hired for in 2014 required 10+ years of IT experience and a security clearance. My contracting agency gave me an extra month of pay as a Christmas bonus because I'm so awesome. ;)
Opps, not that galaxy.
Tomb Raider is iconic?
If you're a professional video game tester, which was what I did for six years in my younger life.
What movie has she even been in that was iconic?
Tomb Raider
I mean really, does it matter that George Michael died for example?
Dr, Boyce Watkins talked about that on his YouTube channel where 745 people are murdered in Chicago but everyone else is falling apart over the death of George Michael.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22YwHQ_ZlgE
A lot celebrities died this year. But some folks I know — and what I read by other people on various comment boards — are claiming that 2016 sucked because these people died. Not with a passing sadness but a lingering depression, as if they personally known these people in person. That is weird.