Honestly... no one in their right mind can think a "smart" gun can work for self defense when dumb ones can't even guarantee to fire (outside of Glocks and a couple revolvers).
Java is the new Cobol. On the good side, it's a general purpose language so can do anything. On the down side, it's a general purpose language so is bad at everything.
You've obviously not experienced the inner workings of the Fed.
As for voting more often... that's the Democrats primary strategy for suppressing voting. Look at the stat's. More votes means lower turnout.
Besides, very few voters have any clue. They don't bother to research, instead watching misinfotainment or going with whatever illogical emotion flares up at the moment.
It is very private because bits and pieces were kept separate - each entity had only what it needed. Now everything is lumped together and data mined to far more previously private information than you even know about yourself. That's a fundamental and horrible violation.
That's called a Project Manager, and a decent one is worth having.
You can't beat face to face communication, especially between developers and subject matter experts. The productivity gains and risk reduction far outweigh the cheap-warm-bodies offshore. Design is never efficiently replaced by brute force.
The long term unemployment rate is 10%, short 5%, underemployed over 20%, wages down 20%. Bleak picture. The only beneficial shift that I can see is free continuous education (MOOC, etc).
If you look at corporate structure, many companies exceed 50% of their operating budget in Marketing (whether they show it on their 10k or not). That's where the jobs went. If you want value in a product then buy from the few companies that focus on operations (Costco, etc).
The first generation? People in their 40's are being called "the lost generation" - squeezed between the pollution/debt/war/recession created by the boomers, and narcissist demands of millennials.
Um... WHY? There's been a lot of studies showing that emotions dampen critical thought and vice versa. Give an engineer a problem then leave them alone until they come back with an answer.
Software engineering already has measurable processes and results. I have additional background in mechanical engineering and physics and can find no fundamental difference in the fundamentals of engineering, weather mechanical or software. OTOH, the project management isn't just different but often opposite measurements and results between SE and ME.
Testing... not so much. Software is run by corporations, the old engineering types are run by societies. Add in the flexibility and rapid change of pace in software and testing becomes irrelevant as soon as it's developed. Most "certifications" are run by corporations for their profit and to enforce marketing with little or even negative value for the test taker.
A software engineer has a formal background and can apply formal processes effectively. That accounts for maybe 10% of software programmers/developers/engineers out there.
The median hourly compensation has fallen in the last 40 years while productivity has more than doubled. The rich have doubled their ownership, CEO pay has tripled or more. A basic education is now out of reach for many, and globalization and rampant immigration have mostly annihilated upwards mobility.
You're right, the safety nets established 80 years ago are now ineffective. Time for something much more disruptive.
The "problem" is that CS is hard. The biggest problem is that STEM jobs don't get paid as much as other jobs when you factor in intelligence, time, and effort. Simple economics. That's why 3/4 of STEM graduates flee STEM jobs. After all, why stick with STEM when an MBA gets twice the pay for half the work?
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It just shifts the pollution somewhere else down the line.
I was going to reply to this earlier, but got the Blue Screen of Death. Good thing my life didn't depend on it.
More corporate welfare. Waste.
Honestly... no one in their right mind can think a "smart" gun can work for self defense when dumb ones can't even guarantee to fire (outside of Glocks and a couple revolvers).
Java is the new Cobol.
On the good side, it's a general purpose language so can do anything.
On the down side, it's a general purpose language so is bad at everything.
Paid OT? What's that? Oh wait, I think I saw it once in a history book...
You've obviously not experienced the inner workings of the Fed.
As for voting more often... that's the Democrats primary strategy for suppressing voting. Look at the stat's. More votes means lower turnout.
Besides, very few voters have any clue. They don't bother to research, instead watching misinfotainment or going with whatever illogical emotion flares up at the moment.
More like Harry Reid. Of course the most powerful democrat in the senate would cancel a perfectly good repository site and put the nation at risk.
Which is exactly why the spark plugs in small plane engines are exactly the same ones used in cars but 12x more expensive. Gotcha.
It is very private because bits and pieces were kept separate - each entity had only what it needed. Now everything is lumped together and data mined to far more previously private information than you even know about yourself. That's a fundamental and horrible violation.
We have met the enemy, and it is us.
AC is incorrect. Costco lists the price so that you can shop around. No haggling.
R&D costs are 10% and manufacturing is often negligible, so marketing costs (direct and indirect) are nearly 90%.
That's all waste that we are paying for. Marketing doesn't add value to a product. Most countries have figured that out and banned it.
That's called a Project Manager, and a decent one is worth having.
You can't beat face to face communication, especially between developers and subject matter experts. The productivity gains and risk reduction far outweigh the cheap-warm-bodies offshore. Design is never efficiently replaced by brute force.
Is that why 90% of vegans are severely undernourished?
The whole "moral" thing is a scam too. Humans are omnivores, ignoring that is a falsehood, a falsehood is a lie, therefore vegetarianism is unethical.
It's called "grazing". There isn't even a copyright or patent! Fully open source hardware!
The long term unemployment rate is 10%, short 5%, underemployed over 20%, wages down 20%. Bleak picture. The only beneficial shift that I can see is free continuous education (MOOC, etc).
If you look at corporate structure, many companies exceed 50% of their operating budget in Marketing (whether they show it on their 10k or not). That's where the jobs went. If you want value in a product then buy from the few companies that focus on operations (Costco, etc).
The first generation? People in their 40's are being called "the lost generation" - squeezed between the pollution/debt/war/recession created by the boomers, and narcissist demands of millennials.
Except that Canadians love the idea of things warming up. They won't have to travel to Hawaii, Florida, Arizona, etc nearly as often.
Yea, we love all that canadian subsidized soft wood etc. BC's insistence on continuing that monopoly and government subside is buried in the TPP.
... performance under stress ...
Um... WHY? There's been a lot of studies showing that emotions dampen critical thought and vice versa. Give an engineer a problem then leave them alone until they come back with an answer.
Software engineering already has measurable processes and results. I have additional background in mechanical engineering and physics and can find no fundamental difference in the fundamentals of engineering, weather mechanical or software. OTOH, the project management isn't just different but often opposite measurements and results between SE and ME.
Testing... not so much. Software is run by corporations, the old engineering types are run by societies. Add in the flexibility and rapid change of pace in software and testing becomes irrelevant as soon as it's developed. Most "certifications" are run by corporations for their profit and to enforce marketing with little or even negative value for the test taker.
A software engineer has a formal background and can apply formal processes effectively. That accounts for maybe 10% of software programmers/developers/engineers out there.
Wrong focus. Politicians wrote these laws, they are the only ones that can change them.
The median hourly compensation has fallen in the last 40 years while productivity has more than doubled.
The rich have doubled their ownership, CEO pay has tripled or more.
A basic education is now out of reach for many, and globalization and rampant immigration have mostly annihilated upwards mobility.
You're right, the safety nets established 80 years ago are now ineffective. Time for something much more disruptive.
Actually there are. You don't have to leave the USA to find many pockets of 3rd world country living.
In case you missed it, the Russians aren't in "peace time" mode. Ukraine, Syria, etc.
The "problem" is that CS is hard. The biggest problem is that STEM jobs don't get paid as much as other jobs when you factor in intelligence, time, and effort. Simple economics. That's why 3/4 of STEM graduates flee STEM jobs. After all, why stick with STEM when an MBA gets twice the pay for half the work?