The sad thing is that the conservatives were right about the fall of communism. Marx said that the state would wither away, conservatives argued that this would never happen because people are basically selfish and lazy, and Marx was essentially predicting that human nature would change. It didn't, and communism failed as an economic system. There are some merits to fiscal conservatism, but those seeking to redefine conservatism as being synonymous with effectively establishing a state religion are giving conservatism a bad name. True conservatism adheres to the principles of our founding fathers, who were adamant about separation of church and state. I'm pretty sure they would also argue that government has no place in my bedroom.
Problem is, teaching only 1 creation myth is effectively establishment of a state-sponsored religion -- something banned by our constitution. Evolution doesn't count as a a creation myth because it's science, not religion.
Let them pass this silly law, then sue them demanding equal time for the Flying Spaghetti Monster theory of creation and all of the hundreds of other creation myths. We have constitutionally mandated separation of church and state, so not giving equal time to EVERY creation myth is a violation of the constitution!
Case in point: I'm maintaining HP printer firmware. Do you have any idea how resistant they are to fixing bad design decisions made long ago by people that no longer work here? The code is the result of decades of band-aid fixes... and it shows.
Refactoring is something experienced programmers just naturally do, when they are given a chance. And actually having developers talk to each other occasionally is actually a good idea. Peer review is a pain but does improve software quality. User stories... only useful for writing software tests. The concept of writing the tests first is actually a good idea; too bad I've never seen it done. Most of the eXtreme Programming stuff does strike me as a bullshit waste of time, but Pair Programming is the thing I absolutely, positively refuse to do. I can type a lot faster without someone looking over my shoulder.
Unless you're training a junior programmer, pair programming is stupid. Having two competent programmers work together is wasting valuable time. Peer review is a necessity, but it can be pretty informal, shoving several people in a room together to go over code line by line is probably a waste of time to. Better to sent out emails with a list of files saying "Review these files and fill in a spreadsheet with your feedback", then have a meeting to discuss which feedback to ignore. Unfortunately, projects always start out with the intention to do reviews, but then reviews are the first thing to be abandoned when the schedule gets tight. Does pair programming prevent that?
They have emails proving the mayor know about problems with the water a year ago, yet continued to insist that it was safe. That's criminal indifference in my book.
Lying about a known danger for a rear is clearly a case of reckless endangerment, not sure if this should be a civil or criminal matter, but the mayor of Flint should definitely be spending a LOT of time in a court!
Arrest the corporate officers in charge of AMX for treason and put them in jail for 20 years. Then watch how quickly the rules for shipping software with "debug features" enabled change...
Actually, Eisenhower got us into Vietnam, although Kennedy and Johnson escalated it. Nixon does wrongly take most of the flack for Vietnam, although he _eventually_ ended the war, but not before tens of thousands more died.
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Who isn't greedy and self-centered?
The sad thing is that the conservatives were right about the fall of communism. Marx said that the state would wither away, conservatives argued that this would never happen because people are basically selfish and lazy, and Marx was essentially predicting that human nature would change. It didn't, and communism failed as an economic system. There are some merits to fiscal conservatism, but those seeking to redefine conservatism as being synonymous with effectively establishing a state religion are giving conservatism a bad name. True conservatism adheres to the principles of our founding fathers, who were adamant about separation of church and state. I'm pretty sure they would also argue that government has no place in my bedroom.
Problem is, teaching only 1 creation myth is effectively establishment of a state-sponsored religion -- something banned by our constitution. Evolution doesn't count as a a creation myth because it's science, not religion.
They are delusional idiots because God created them that way, just like the homosexuals are gay because God created them that way!
Let them pass this silly law, then sue them demanding equal time for the Flying Spaghetti Monster theory of creation and all of the hundreds of other creation myths. We have constitutionally mandated separation of church and state, so not giving equal time to EVERY creation myth is a violation of the constitution!
Spoken like a true cheese-eating surrender monkey. I fart in your general direction!
In Soviet Russia, pussy eat you!
... said no straight man ever!
The term "little green men" is now considered racist. They should be called "humanness-challenged visitors" instead.
I use lubricant to increase slippage myself, but you do whatever works for you...
Unless she's blonde and large breasted, in which case... yeah, productivity suffers either way.
Peer review of code is worthwhile. Watching someone else type is kind of a waste of my time.
Case in point: I'm maintaining HP printer firmware. Do you have any idea how resistant they are to fixing bad design decisions made long ago by people that no longer work here? The code is the result of decades of band-aid fixes... and it shows.
Refactoring is something experienced programmers just naturally do, when they are given a chance. And actually having developers talk to each other occasionally is actually a good idea. Peer review is a pain but does improve software quality. User stories... only useful for writing software tests. The concept of writing the tests first is actually a good idea; too bad I've never seen it done. Most of the eXtreme Programming stuff does strike me as a bullshit waste of time, but Pair Programming is the thing I absolutely, positively refuse to do. I can type a lot faster without someone looking over my shoulder.
Unless you're training a junior programmer, pair programming is stupid. Having two competent programmers work together is wasting valuable time. Peer review is a necessity, but it can be pretty informal, shoving several people in a room together to go over code line by line is probably a waste of time to. Better to sent out emails with a list of files saying "Review these files and fill in a spreadsheet with your feedback", then have a meeting to discuss which feedback to ignore. Unfortunately, projects always start out with the intention to do reviews, but then reviews are the first thing to be abandoned when the schedule gets tight. Does pair programming prevent that?
They have emails proving the mayor know about problems with the water a year ago, yet continued to insist that it was safe. That's criminal indifference in my book.
Why does this country rarely discipline the really bad people? Watch _The Big Short_ and get back to me about that one...
Lying about a known danger for a rear is clearly a case of reckless endangerment, not sure if this should be a civil or criminal matter, but the mayor of Flint should definitely be spending a LOT of time in a court!
Sounds like treason to me... that's usually good for some really long jail time!
There have been many, many movies about backdoors... you've just been visiting the wrong DVD store!
Arrest the corporate officers in charge of AMX for treason and put them in jail for 20 years. Then watch how quickly the rules for shipping software with "debug features" enabled change...
Actually, Eisenhower got us into Vietnam, although Kennedy and Johnson escalated it. Nixon does wrongly take most of the flack for Vietnam, although he _eventually_ ended the war, but not before tens of thousands more died.
Can't you think of a funnier Chinese name than "Zhang"? I kinda like "Pu Ping" myself...
Reciprocal transparency, that's all I ask for!