Your 8yo is already learning syntax in school, just in English and math rather than python and C. It shouldn't be out of the question to start teaching them how to do what they already understand via pure code at the same time as you move them up to a more advanced visual environment.
Something like a math homework checker for instance. A test of a completed math problem that they enter that prints correct or incorrect then loops would be easy to code and make sure they always get a perfect score on their math homework.
Meh, US society would be a hell of a lot better off if we did absolutely nothing to mitigate terrorist attacks than as things stand now. Sadly, "give me liberty or give me death" has largely been replaced by "keep me safe at all costs" in popular sentiment.
And why is it that every time this type of bullshit assumption of american exceptionalism is called out, it's always "america bashing" or some such trope instead of an argument on the merits of the claim?
Probably because prefacing derogatory statements with "why" is one of the core types of flamebait. Or maybe you're just a dick and people don't like you.
Also, consider that electrics don't dump a ton of smog-producing particulate straight into the air on the roadway.
The power source for your wall outlet very likely does though. It's all fine and dandy if you're running off a clean source like hydro or nuclear but purchasing credits like GGGP suggests does nothing but make you feel better. No amount of credits will unburn one ounce of fossil fuels.
Yes, it was intentional. I did not want the universe to implode because someone corrected someone else's spelling or grammar without making an error of their own.
Who is primarily remembered because of his turning how the humble peanut is looked at on its ear. Personally, I find his crop rotation work far more useful but it is not something of which lasting fame is made. Unless you're specifically looking for a black scientist to cheer about, he's really not that special.
Mediocrity is not and will never be greatness. The very definition of the words prevent it. Greatness is achieved by huge leaps forward and those cannot be achieved if you do not question what everyone else takes for granted. Fucking hell, the very essence of science is asking why and not being willing to take anyone's word for it.
Reread the history of your profession. You are astoundingly wrong, though I'll admit the early examples are more impressive by dint of resulting in imprisonment, torture, and such. Even today though it's not difficult to find classical and M theorist zealots calling each other crackpots or worse.
I'm not taking issue with the FTL wrongness in the article. I'm taking issue with those who believe something to be Truth rather than theory. That is a hallmark of religion not science. Theory means "This is true as far as I can tell. If you can prove otherwise, have at it."
As for my definition, nobody ever became famous for making steady, incremental advancement in their field. Greatness comes from turning things on their ear and thinking the thoughts that your peers would never even consider.
And yet virtually every major advancement in science over the ages has been directly contradictory of the current wisdom. Real scientists don't hold religiously to the belief that they're right, they actively try to prove themselves wrong and take great joy whenever they succeed.
Barring that it's a one or less cup of coffee bash script write on a linux firewall box. Either write it as a very minimal daemon or run it as a cron job.
You know, you're absolutely right. I'm swearing off Firefox. Which browser did you say was as user-configurable as Firefox again?
Until Mozilla's douchebaggery rises to the level of anyone else's, we're all going to sit right here and take the ass-fuckings Moz keeps handing out every few months.
For all data? Probably not, no. For voice and texts? Most desktops could handle a month's worth. For that matter, it's not like there's any need to store it locally when you're sitting in a major telecom hub.
How much non-voice/text data do they capture? No idea. How much do they have access to with zero accountability? All of it.
Look, if you want to think I'm a nutter and live in your happy-la-la land where your government is too busy farting rainbows and unicorns to ever abridge your rights, have at it. The NSA rooms was not rumor-sourced though. That's first hand observation of one instance and friend or family sourced for three more.
I'll grant you I can't give any detail on the rooms but that's primarily because you're not allowed to ask. If you show any interest at all in what they're doing in there you get detained and questioned for several hours then fired. I've seen it happen.
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Your 8yo is already learning syntax in school, just in English and math rather than python and C. It shouldn't be out of the question to start teaching them how to do what they already understand via pure code at the same time as you move them up to a more advanced visual environment.
Something like a math homework checker for instance. A test of a completed math problem that they enter that prints correct or incorrect then loops would be easy to code and make sure they always get a perfect score on their math homework.
Dunno about rocket scientists but they sound like damned fine sysadmin material.
Meh, US society would be a hell of a lot better off if we did absolutely nothing to mitigate terrorist attacks than as things stand now. Sadly, "give me liberty or give me death" has largely been replaced by "keep me safe at all costs" in popular sentiment.
And why is it that every time this type of bullshit assumption of american exceptionalism is called out, it's always "america bashing" or some such trope instead of an argument on the merits of the claim?
Probably because prefacing derogatory statements with "why" is one of the core types of flamebait. Or maybe you're just a dick and people don't like you.
If the blades are steel, quite likely it was coal and/or coke.
Also, consider that electrics don't dump a ton of smog-producing particulate straight into the air on the roadway.
The power source for your wall outlet very likely does though. It's all fine and dandy if you're running off a clean source like hydro or nuclear but purchasing credits like GGGP suggests does nothing but make you feel better. No amount of credits will unburn one ounce of fossil fuels.
And starring a sentence with a conjunction.
Yes, it was intentional. I did not want the universe to implode because someone corrected someone else's spelling or grammar without making an error of their own.
Unless the experiment caused the cat to be patient zero of the zombie apocalypse. Damned physicists, you've doomed us all!
Bob Widlar
Famous Engineer, not scientist.
Luther Burbank
I said famous.
George Washington Carver
Who is primarily remembered because of his turning how the humble peanut is looked at on its ear. Personally, I find his crop rotation work far more useful but it is not something of which lasting fame is made. Unless you're specifically looking for a black scientist to cheer about, he's really not that special.
Mediocrity is not and will never be greatness. The very definition of the words prevent it. Greatness is achieved by huge leaps forward and those cannot be achieved if you do not question what everyone else takes for granted. Fucking hell, the very essence of science is asking why and not being willing to take anyone's word for it.
Reread the history of your profession. You are astoundingly wrong, though I'll admit the early examples are more impressive by dint of resulting in imprisonment, torture, and such. Even today though it's not difficult to find classical and M theorist zealots calling each other crackpots or worse.
I'm not taking issue with the FTL wrongness in the article. I'm taking issue with those who believe something to be Truth rather than theory. That is a hallmark of religion not science. Theory means "This is true as far as I can tell. If you can prove otherwise, have at it."
As for my definition, nobody ever became famous for making steady, incremental advancement in their field. Greatness comes from turning things on their ear and thinking the thoughts that your peers would never even consider.
And yet virtually every major advancement in science over the ages has been directly contradictory of the current wisdom. Real scientists don't hold religiously to the belief that they're right, they actively try to prove themselves wrong and take great joy whenever they succeed.
Truth. He is indeed a master baiter.
Barring that it's a one or less cup of coffee bash script write on a linux firewall box. Either write it as a very minimal daemon or run it as a cron job.
Only if compared to a steaming turd on your plate at dinner.
And Leeloo.
Yep, it's exactly like that. Fun in the doing and pretty awesome when done.
So, you're saying we should bomb China then?
Taking totalitarian methods, ramping every last fucking one of them up, and adding a few of your own now equals better? Good to know.
Fuck winning, I just want a browser that does what the fuck I tell it to.
You know, you're absolutely right. I'm swearing off Firefox. Which browser did you say was as user-configurable as Firefox again?
Until Mozilla's douchebaggery rises to the level of anyone else's, we're all going to sit right here and take the ass-fuckings Moz keeps handing out every few months.
Social is disabled by default.
Would be nice if true. Fact of the matter is most people get 15 minutes, a prescription, and sent home.
Also, ask for a raise. Plumbers on Earth make way more than you for way less risk.
For all data? Probably not, no. For voice and texts? Most desktops could handle a month's worth. For that matter, it's not like there's any need to store it locally when you're sitting in a major telecom hub.
How much non-voice/text data do they capture? No idea. How much do they have access to with zero accountability? All of it.
Look, if you want to think I'm a nutter and live in your happy-la-la land where your government is too busy farting rainbows and unicorns to ever abridge your rights, have at it. The NSA rooms was not rumor-sourced though. That's first hand observation of one instance and friend or family sourced for three more.
I'll grant you I can't give any detail on the rooms but that's primarily because you're not allowed to ask. If you show any interest at all in what they're doing in there you get detained and questioned for several hours then fired. I've seen it happen.