I'm left handed, but I've never had an issue using mice or trackpads right handed. After a little test right now it seems I also use my right hand more often when using a tablet or smartphone - probably because of the mouse thing.
Random facts that perhaps nobody cares about: I play baseball, golf and hockey with a right handed orientation, but racket games like tennis and badminton left handed. I am more comfortable brushing my teeth and shaving with my left hand, but have recently been occasionally practice with my right just for fun. When I was a kid, I broke my left wrist and so was forced to learn to write, eat etc, with my right hand for a while. It's fun to practice being ambidextrous.
Hmm.. it's a shame that you're not being paid to create something that people will actually use:p Not exactly the most inspiring example there! Windows on the desktop is a massive market, and is the only reason I might even consider learning.NET. Windows Phone isn't going to fare any better than the Zune. And thankfully desktop OSes in general are becoming less relevant too. I've been considering Android and/or iOS development as something to explore, but I haven't got any good project ideas, and also I have too many other fun things to do outside of work..
I didn't say that memory isn't useful, just that there's no need to fill it up with rote learning of digestive enzymes when your desired field of study is Computer Science for example. When I don't know something, I look it up. I remember things that interest me more easily than if I have to force myself to read through a textbook.
I'm not trying to say that people should try not to remember things either. I think it will be easier to absorb relevant information if you're not also trying to cram with irrelevant information though. Perhaps that's incorrect though, and that forcing yourself to memorise things when you're younger helps with passively absorbing information later in life? I haven't seen any studies either way.
Actually some people do skip learning to crawl. I found out recently that I did. But point taken! I think even those who skip rote learning from lists, would eventually pick up all the terminology that the roters use anyway.
Actually I don't really think there is any point forcing kids to memorise stuff that they'd be able to look up in a textbook in the real world. Focus on teaching them how to analyse problems and then look up the information they need, rather than trying to know everything.
I have gone in to job interviews lacking a skillset they were wanting but ended up getting the job because I told them how I would learn it and I also gave an eager competent professional impression that I treat my job seriously and will learn whatever needs learned
That's pretty reassuring, thankyou. I've worked in the same job since I left Uni, and any time I've looked at job listings each job seems to require experience in some random framework that I'm not likely to use at my current job, and it feels like working with it at home won't really "count" on a resume. Especially when they often want years of experience with said framework..
I've always refused to use MS languages/.NET , but I guess it is the easiest route to getting a job.. it just would make me feel so dirty..
I'm in one of those "too easy" jobs, and too scared to quit in case I end up in a similar situation to yourself. A large portion of my programming work basically disappeared when we sold off one of our divisions. I've been trying various things to motivate myself, but right now I feel like I'm just staying for the money. I'm going to at least keep saving until the end of the year, then I'll have some money behind me to possibly take a risk.
FFS. "Privacy slaughterhouse", seriously? What exactly are you worried about here? I hope you also don't use banks or credit cards. Also you should never ever use an image sharing site, or post on a public messageboard like Slashdot, because you might be lulled into telling uploading pictures of that time you had sex with a goat on camera, without realising how badly that might come across.
Mine used to be Solid Snake saying "It's your call; you can drop this if you want", with texts getting the Codec alert noise, until I lost my phone. Thanks for reminding me, I'll have to get those set up again!
Maybe in the US. Here we have national healthcare.
I wouldn't tie in intelligence intrinsically with wages, but I suppose there must be some kind of correlation in general. To make the really big bucks though, I think you have to be more sociopathic than intelligent!
On the contrary; I rarely upgrade simply for the sake of it. I had my previous phone for 2 or 3 years, with only Android 2.4 I think. I kept it even after I dropped it and the screen cracked. I only got a new phone this year after I lost the previous one.
"Recent" to me in day to day parlance would probably mean "in the last 6 months". Maybe a year at most. In the tech industry things can change quite quickly though, so "recent" tech sounds more like stuff released in say the last 3 months. The iPhone 4 came out in 2010, and the Galaxy SII in April 2011. And anyway, I said "kind of", not "no:| ".
Also, I think you'll find it's the "normal people" who get more upset if they don't have the latest fashionable smartphone - because they are more likely to see them as a fashion statement than a tool.
Umm.. if it was that obvious, then the OP wouldn't have got it wrong. I was just helping to reduce ignorance. You on the other hand, are being an asshole.
You're saying that for example people with diabetes or other special dietary requirements don't regularly have offspring? There are lots of life threatening problems that aren't visible or socially stigmatic these days.
Right now though, surviving doesn't mean much in terms of quality of life or of beneficial mutations. We can keep sick and diseased people alive for longer, we fix ugly people with braces and plastic surgery, etc.. selection pressures are changing in our society, and it's difficult to think of the change of direction as a good one for the future generations. At least we are coming to understand genetics better, and therefore may be able to sort out some of these issues anyway..
16:9 is great for having windows side by side. And as someone else pointed out, if you prefer to see lots of text at once, why not get a HD display and rotate it 90 degrees? Then you basically have two and a half 1024x768 displays piled on top of each other. Basically a desktop publishing type setup.
So you're saying that you know each and every survivor of all of these things, and can guarantee that they don't have PTSD?
Mental issues are still often looked down upon as weakness in Western societies too. Sure you can pretend that nothing is bothering you, but that doesn't mean that you're not having problems.
Where are you getting your figures for all of that?
The Tesla Roadster is based on the Lotus Elise chassis. The Elise has 217bhp and weighs 914kg, which is 241 bhp/ton. The Tesla Roadster has 248bhp and weighs 1283kg, so 196 bhp/ton. And guess which has a better range?
Personally I'd love an electric vehicle for commuting and short trips, but what you said doesn't really make sense.
Has the world changed because of any works of fiction? Let's think.. the Bible, the Quran, Xenu's Big Book Of Fun (or whatever Scientologists' scriptures are called), etc..
It "could" be, but then again, you're starting to sound like the guy this article is about.
As if a storm of destiny is about to pick me up and take me to fight a great battle
It's obvious that this guy needs to be on meds. If he is threatening actual violence on top of that crazy "I am the chosen one" shit, I'm not surprised that he was reported. Especially after the recent mass shooting which will mean that people are more sensitive to warning signs of psychological problems.
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I'm left handed, but I've never had an issue using mice or trackpads right handed. After a little test right now it seems I also use my right hand more often when using a tablet or smartphone - probably because of the mouse thing.
Random facts that perhaps nobody cares about: I play baseball, golf and hockey with a right handed orientation, but racket games like tennis and badminton left handed. I am more comfortable brushing my teeth and shaving with my left hand, but have recently been occasionally practice with my right just for fun. When I was a kid, I broke my left wrist and so was forced to learn to write, eat etc, with my right hand for a while. It's fun to practice being ambidextrous.
I'd also change passwords on any sites he was using, especially ones that store credit card details etc.
Hmm.. it's a shame that you're not being paid to create something that people will actually use :p Not exactly the most inspiring example there! Windows on the desktop is a massive market, and is the only reason I might even consider learning .NET. Windows Phone isn't going to fare any better than the Zune. And thankfully desktop OSes in general are becoming less relevant too. I've been considering Android and/or iOS development as something to explore, but I haven't got any good project ideas, and also I have too many other fun things to do outside of work..
I didn't say that memory isn't useful, just that there's no need to fill it up with rote learning of digestive enzymes when your desired field of study is Computer Science for example. When I don't know something, I look it up. I remember things that interest me more easily than if I have to force myself to read through a textbook.
I'm not trying to say that people should try not to remember things either. I think it will be easier to absorb relevant information if you're not also trying to cram with irrelevant information though. Perhaps that's incorrect though, and that forcing yourself to memorise things when you're younger helps with passively absorbing information later in life? I haven't seen any studies either way.
Actually some people do skip learning to crawl. I found out recently that I did. But point taken! I think even those who skip rote learning from lists, would eventually pick up all the terminology that the roters use anyway.
Actually I don't really think there is any point forcing kids to memorise stuff that they'd be able to look up in a textbook in the real world. Focus on teaching them how to analyse problems and then look up the information they need, rather than trying to know everything.
Thanks for the clarifications. And not to be an asshole, but the words you're looking for are "piqued "and "gamut" :p
I have gone in to job interviews lacking a skillset they were wanting but ended up getting the job because I told them how I would learn it and I also gave an eager competent professional impression that I treat my job seriously and will learn whatever needs learned
That's pretty reassuring, thankyou. I've worked in the same job since I left Uni, and any time I've looked at job listings each job seems to require experience in some random framework that I'm not likely to use at my current job, and it feels like working with it at home won't really "count" on a resume. Especially when they often want years of experience with said framework..
I've always refused to use MS languages/.NET , but I guess it is the easiest route to getting a job.. it just would make me feel so dirty..
I'm in one of those "too easy" jobs, and too scared to quit in case I end up in a similar situation to yourself. A large portion of my programming work basically disappeared when we sold off one of our divisions. I've been trying various things to motivate myself, but right now I feel like I'm just staying for the money. I'm going to at least keep saving until the end of the year, then I'll have some money behind me to possibly take a risk.
I have a friend on Facebook called Pin Gu. His profile picture is Pingu. I have another friend who is a guitar called Matilda Hohner..
It's like the whole country has become a giant mental institution.
Heh. This is the best description I've ever read of the good ol' US of A.
FFS. "Privacy slaughterhouse", seriously? What exactly are you worried about here? I hope you also don't use banks or credit cards. Also you should never ever use an image sharing site, or post on a public messageboard like Slashdot, because you might be lulled into telling uploading pictures of that time you had sex with a goat on camera, without realising how badly that might come across.
Mine used to be Solid Snake saying "It's your call; you can drop this if you want", with texts getting the Codec alert noise, until I lost my phone. Thanks for reminding me, I'll have to get those set up again!
Maybe in the US. Here we have national healthcare.
I wouldn't tie in intelligence intrinsically with wages, but I suppose there must be some kind of correlation in general. To make the really big bucks though, I think you have to be more sociopathic than intelligent!
On the contrary; I rarely upgrade simply for the sake of it. I had my previous phone for 2 or 3 years, with only Android 2.4 I think. I kept it even after I dropped it and the screen cracked. I only got a new phone this year after I lost the previous one.
"Recent" to me in day to day parlance would probably mean "in the last 6 months". Maybe a year at most. In the tech industry things can change quite quickly though, so "recent" tech sounds more like stuff released in say the last 3 months. The iPhone 4 came out in 2010, and the Galaxy SII in April 2011. And anyway, I said "kind of", not "no :| ".
Also, I think you'll find it's the "normal people" who get more upset if they don't have the latest fashionable smartphone - because they are more likely to see them as a fashion statement than a tool.
Umm.. if it was that obvious, then the OP wouldn't have got it wrong. I was just helping to reduce ignorance. You on the other hand, are being an asshole.
Recent? Kind of. Flagship models? Those would be iPhone 4S and Galaxy S3.
You're saying that for example people with diabetes or other special dietary requirements don't regularly have offspring? There are lots of life threatening problems that aren't visible or socially stigmatic these days.
Right now though, surviving doesn't mean much in terms of quality of life or of beneficial mutations. We can keep sick and diseased people alive for longer, we fix ugly people with braces and plastic surgery, etc.. selection pressures are changing in our society, and it's difficult to think of the change of direction as a good one for the future generations. At least we are coming to understand genetics better, and therefore may be able to sort out some of these issues anyway..
16:9 is great for having windows side by side. And as someone else pointed out, if you prefer to see lots of text at once, why not get a HD display and rotate it 90 degrees? Then you basically have two and a half 1024x768 displays piled on top of each other. Basically a desktop publishing type setup.
I wish there were a way to purrge these comments.
So you're saying that you know each and every survivor of all of these things, and can guarantee that they don't have PTSD?
Mental issues are still often looked down upon as weakness in Western societies too. Sure you can pretend that nothing is bothering you, but that doesn't mean that you're not having problems.
Where are you getting your figures for all of that?
The Tesla Roadster is based on the Lotus Elise chassis. The Elise has 217bhp and weighs 914kg, which is 241 bhp/ton. The Tesla Roadster has 248bhp and weighs 1283kg, so 196 bhp/ton. And guess which has a better range?
Personally I'd love an electric vehicle for commuting and short trips, but what you said doesn't really make sense.
Has the world changed because of _any_ novel?
Has the world changed because of any works of fiction? Let's think.. the Bible, the Quran, Xenu's Big Book Of Fun (or whatever Scientologists' scriptures are called), etc..
It "could" be, but then again, you're starting to sound like the guy this article is about.
As if a storm of destiny is about to pick me up and take me to fight a great battle
It's obvious that this guy needs to be on meds. If he is threatening actual violence on top of that crazy "I am the chosen one" shit, I'm not surprised that he was reported. Especially after the recent mass shooting which will mean that people are more sensitive to warning signs of psychological problems.
Maybe he has a better aim than you