I am actually quite upset by the recent developments. The "Audience" article clearly showed that the current Slashdot management has nothing to offer but meaningless marketing speak. I, for once will join the Slashcott next week.
I'm sure it's my mathematics background, but when I saw the headline I assumed the author would be discussing something involving the square root of negative one, to which my response was, "Silly author, you can't visualize four dimensions. (Sober.)"
You have a mathematical background and can not
visualize four dimensions? Here is how you do it:
Just visualize the problem in n dimensions and then
set n=4.
We had problems with the kids punching out the grilles in the new emacs. And then later punching out the exposed cones. It took three emacs left with dual metal cavities in their front faces before they started locking the lab when no teacher was supervising it.
If we increase the size of the penguin until it is the same height as the man and then compare the relative brain sizes, we now find that the penguin's brain is still smaller. But, and this is the point, it is larger than it was.
Not all mundane and boring jobs are boring and automatable, i.e., there are plenty of "pointless" jobs that do need to be done but can't just be replaced with a machine. e.g. Prostitution.
Let me give a second opinion from a professional developer.
I agree with Anonymous Brave Guys evaluation.
However, I still think the articles advice is excellent.
For a newbie programmer, I'd only change two (minor) things in it.
First, using defines a lot is fine for C, but you don't want to do
this in C++. Use constants instead.
Second, pre- and post-increments can be quite useful, and are not
hard to understand. I'd draw the line of unnecessary cleverness somewhere
beyond that (somewhere near heavily relying on operator precedence).
I'm approaching 40, so I guess I can enter wise-old-man-mode:
Due to a traumatic event I witnessed as a child, I promised myself always to follow
my moral principles. This turned out to be a surprisingly good strategy in all situations
of my life. One thing however is absolutely essential: that you question those moral
principles. They might be wrong. Some of them are wrong. Find them, weed them out.
If I enter your rich house and steal money from your bedside table, it matters not that I take that money and use it to feed orphans; in stealing from you, I have committed evil, and I am evil as a result.
While it is technically correct that pure mathematics is not science,
applied mathematics (which I did) is at least part of science; e.g. it
can provide the methods for verification and falsification. In addition,
in the context of this discussion (the image of scientists at schools),
I think, we can put mathematics into the same category as science.
Sorry to disapoint you, but my work is not for games.
The company I work for does document management, and
AI is used for sorting, routing, and data-mining.
You got into the wrong field. I worked for eight years in
mathematics, and it was an exciting, wild, mad ride throughout.
Non mathematicians will never believe this.
I am still sorry I had to leave university, because I suck
at the publish-or-perish game.
Now, do applications of artificial intelligence for business
software. Quite exciting and new, and actually with more
direct positive results, but not the rollercoaster ride of
the olden days.
I am much more interested in the suggestions of the brightest minds that money can't buy (i.e the
solutions of the slashdot crowd).
It will probably be brilliant thoughts along the lines of
In Sowjet Russia, all your Taiwan are belong to us
Slashdot Mirror
Fuck Beta
The one additional value that slashdot can provide is the quality of the discussions. If they do away with it I will leave.
Please mod parent up!
Not because he had anything profound to say, but he spelled 'Hear, hear' correctly.
(He forgot the comma, but I let that slide).
Solar powered? In England?? That's a huge design flaw right there.
I can hop on one foot while juggling when I'm drunk. Just sayin'.
You're welcome.
faster Internet access is needed in the medical industry, schools, energy grid and public safety networks.
Actually, I use mine mainly for porn.
The most engaging game I've played recently is Portal. Unique, and fresh. Looking forward to Portal 2.
Let me just point out that there is something ironic in your opening statements.
I'm sure it's my mathematics background, but when I saw the headline I assumed the author would be discussing something involving the square root of negative one, to which my response was, "Silly author, you can't visualize four dimensions. (Sober.)"
You have a mathematical background and can not visualize four dimensions? Here is how you do it: Just visualize the problem in n dimensions and then set n=4.
And they don't breed.
Some people are trying to make it a new punctuation mark to indicate sarcasm.
Sarcasm markup? Now, that's useful~
Must have been vim users.
If we increase the size of the penguin until it is the same height as the man and then compare the relative brain sizes, we now find that the penguin's brain is still smaller. But, and this is the point, it is larger than it was.
Am I the only person worried that the main author of CFS does not seem to understand big O notation and red-black trees?
Oh dear, Ray is dead?
I agree with Anonymous Brave Guys evaluation. However, I still think the articles advice is excellent. For a newbie programmer, I'd only change two (minor) things in it. First, using defines a lot is fine for C, but you don't want to do this in C++. Use constants instead. Second, pre- and post-increments can be quite useful, and are not hard to understand. I'd draw the line of unnecessary cleverness somewhere beyond that (somewhere near heavily relying on operator precedence).
HTH, Michael
Due to a traumatic event I witnessed as a child, I promised myself always to follow my moral principles. This turned out to be a surprisingly good strategy in all situations of my life. One thing however is absolutely essential: that you question those moral principles. They might be wrong. Some of them are wrong. Find them, weed them out.
Wouldn't that be chaotic good? :-)
While it is technically correct that pure mathematics is not science, applied mathematics (which I did) is at least part of science; e.g. it can provide the methods for verification and falsification. In addition, in the context of this discussion (the image of scientists at schools), I think, we can put mathematics into the same category as science.
Thanks for the interesting link , btw.
Now, do applications of artificial intelligence for business software. Quite exciting and new, and actually with more direct positive results, but not the rollercoaster ride of the olden days.
Oh, well...
In Sowjet Russia, all your Taiwan are belong to us
or something.