Due to word problems? So, you're saying that math problems are so poorly written, either deliberately or through incompetance in communicating, that the AI can't get them? Any chance of this explaining why humans have trouble with them?
mark
PS: Yes, before you ask, when I took the SATs many decades ago, my math score was probably higher than yours is now, kiddies.
I mean, look at the difference in interests and abilities of millions of clones, er, twins, triplets, etc. And the clone won't, of course, have even *vaguely* the same background - parentage, location and environment growing up, friends, etc.
If he does it, I see a "great" career... as a John Lennon imitator.
... and the response, from 20 years ago, is still the same:
a) "Hey, Joe, are you still working on that difficult piece of code, or coming to lunch?
AAARRRGHGHGHHH!
and the ever popular
b) (as disgruntled, just fired emplyee walks out of HR) START! RUN! FORMAT C:! YES!YES!YES!
Sorry, you don't know what you're talking about. I had a few month contract some years ago with one of the root CA's, and sitting near me for most of the contract was one of their call-handlers who dealt specifically with that. 60+ questions to answer and meet the requirements of for the *lowest* level of processing. For full-blown credit card ability, you needed an IT department who could answer and meet the requirements of something like 220 or 240 questions. All that included things like, if data was being transferred just between two computers in-house, it needed to be encrypted for transmission.
Actually, what normally happens, to my knowledge, is that when being laid off or RIFed, you may not get two weeks notice, but they will *pay* you for that time. Same thing is true when you give two weeks notice - if they're not scum, they may have your manager meet with you, and tell you that you can leave earlier, but again, pay you for that time.
I just adore the use of the GDP to tell when an economy's in recession, depression, or not. The one in the US, for example, being declared over years ago...
Tell that to everyone out of work, esp. those out of work for *years*.
GDP is the mean, not the median. The "financial services" industry, incl. the market, are getting richer and richer, and so our GDP is going up, right?
Horse hockey.
A science has predictive power. An art has descriptive power. "Economics" has neither; rather, it has the track record of the writers of supermarket horoscopes. Yet they get paid good salaries, and are listened to... because it makes the new nobility, er, the 1%ers, very happy....
To quote from the article, "Cisco posted fourth quarter revenue of $12.4 billion, up 6 percent from a year ago. And its net profit reached $2.27 billion for the quarter, an increase from $1.92 billion a year earlier.
However, Ciscoâ(TM)s forecast for the current quarter was less than what Wall Street had hoped for, and despite the cost-cutting moves it announced, investors punished the stock in after-hours trading."
So, the "analysts" were wrong, and are punishing Cisco in the Ponzi Scheme of the market, and the CEO is following their lead.
Lessee, to quote a news story from the nineties, "CEO will downsize until Wall St. stops rewarding their stock options".
Who cares about the actual company, its employees, or customers?
RIGHT NOW, every medical insurance company knows if you've gone over your out-of-pocket limit. Proof: for those of you with a) medical coverage and b) any deductable at all.
There is zero excuse for this, other than their political power used to keep profits up.
Years ago, people were talking about switchgrass. Or how about kudzu? What's wrong with WEEDS that will grow anywhere... oh, that's right, those nice folks in the petrochemical industry can't sell you fertilizers for that....
But when I interview, I *always* say "if you have a tech track and a management track, I'm on the tech track". Takes care of all of it. I think I have said, if pushed, that I could see myself as team lead (and sorta-kinda was once or twice).
And as for the value of upper management, or even mid-level managers who know *zip* about what they're managing, check out any Dilbert....
But why change the sex of a character? Personally, I always wanted more of the *first* Ramana.... Another thought would be to find some way to regenerate Donna into a Timelord body....
Not that I expect you to see it, but you missed the details of what I wrote: the first *wrong* estimate on the house was in 2003, as prices were going up... but *NOTHING* like that in that neighborhood. And since one was Chicago, and the other the DC 'burbs, which are two completely different markets, and economic situations, it strongly suggests that their data is unverified.
You're an asshole. "Waste and fraud"? How about what we have now, where you can get a bill, and then, months later, another bill, with the provider claiming that the insurance company didn't cover this or that, and they want to rebill you?
And how is "waste and fraud" not 10%, 20% even 30% increases in premiums charged to companies, year in and year out, regardless of actual inflation? Hell, in FL, between '04 and '05, they cranked up my personal rate, along with all others on "individual" programs, 100%.
And their CEOs with *millions* or tens of millions in salary and "bonuses" for screwing us, and for screwing US businesses? What part of the "GDP" do they account for, and exactly what is it they "produce", beyond making their CEO and biggest investors rich?
No, fraud and abuse are nowhere *near* as rampant as Faux News and NewsMaxx and your blinder-vision makes you think it is, and it's *certainly* not the fraud the medical insurance industry is - how could it be, with the folks running it on government salaries (and the President makes what, $440k/yr?)
Lessee, I just emailed my wife (of the opposite sex, as if that's anyone's business) an hour or so ago; does that count? And a lot of the techies I know are married or in long-term relationships, ESR for example.
And some of us actually vote, and talk to our reps in Congress.
The US gov't needs a new broom, and no, I don't mean the neoConfederate "Tea Party", or the neofascist Republicans.
mark "and yes, some of us working for the gov't do try to make it work"
So, have some of the racists idiots with zero tech skills, and too much time on their hands, posted to this thread yet? I've already seen two stories - I think the last was on Beezos buying the post, that had a long, incoherent rant by some asshole, with nothing to do with anything other than their desire to masturbate in public.
Datum one: a house I know everything about, sold in Chicago in 2003. Real estate agent did due dilligence; a year or two later, zillow claimed it should have sold for 167% of the actual sale price. No, then neighborhood wasn't changing.
Datum two: a house in the DC 'burbs, a month or two ago: redfin and other sites, along with the legal papers, show it as 1475'^2; zillow shows it as having 2650'^2.
Zillow's market are scumbags who only buy and flip houses, not people who actually want to live in a home. Trust zillow's data? Not a bloody chance.
Except for one year, when I worked for seven months in NC, I *may* fly 1-2 times a year. In the last 12 years, I've had a) a pocket knife stolen from a checked bag, and b) a bottle of booze and candles, both intended as presents, stolen from a checked bag.
Anectdotal, yes. But I have *zero* expectation that I'm unique, and if I've had this much stolen, well, how many things have others here had stolen out of checked bags? I'll wager it's a pretty damn high percentage, since the TSA got in.
Talent *or* skill? I don't think so. I'll be modest and not mention myself... but I've certainly known a good number of folks, personally, who had both. First example that's known to all, my old friendly aquaintance (and political foe), ESR.
Don't believe me? Go find some articles from the mid-nineties. Java was *literally* sold with lines like "you cannot have a null pointer exception in Java". (right) And that it would make the programming backlog go away. (right) And it would be far easier to debug, and there'd be far fewer bugs. (Ever seen a tomcat trace, with 150-200 lines *every* *time*?)
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Due to word problems? So, you're saying that math problems are so poorly written, either deliberately or through incompetance in communicating, that the AI can't get them? Any chance of this explaining why humans have trouble with them?
mark
PS: Yes, before you ask, when I took the SATs many decades ago, my math score was probably higher than yours is now, kiddies.
I mean, look at the difference in interests and abilities of millions of clones, er, twins, triplets, etc. And the clone won't, of course, have even *vaguely* the same background - parentage, location and environment growing up, friends, etc.
If he does it, I see a "great" career... as a John Lennon imitator.
mark
... right after Area 51 is admitted to exist. And there were lots of redactions....
Or, who knows, maybe it includes things like Cheney leaked Plame to the papers....
mark "swing low, sweet UFO, comin' for to carry me home!"
If you had, you might have noticed it occurred in the UK, not the US....
mark, wondering when the LibDems will grow something and quit the coalition
... and the response, from 20 years ago, is still the same:
a) "Hey, Joe, are you still working on that difficult piece of code, or coming to lunch?
AAARRRGHGHGHHH!
and the ever popular
b) (as disgruntled, just fired emplyee walks out of HR) START! RUN! FORMAT C:! YES!YES!YES!
mark
Sorry, you don't know what you're talking about. I had a few month contract some years ago with one of the root CA's, and sitting near me for most of the contract was one of their call-handlers who dealt specifically with that. 60+ questions to answer and meet the requirements of for the *lowest* level of processing. For full-blown credit card ability, you needed an IT department who could answer and meet the requirements of something like 220 or 240 questions. All that included things like, if data was being transferred just between two computers in-house, it needed to be encrypted for transmission.
mark
Actually, what normally happens, to my knowledge, is that when being laid off or RIFed, you may not get two weeks notice, but they will *pay* you for that time. Same thing is true when you give two weeks notice - if they're not scum, they may have your manager meet with you, and tell you that you can leave earlier, but again, pay you for that time.
mark
I just adore the use of the GDP to tell when an economy's in recession, depression, or not. The one in the US, for example, being declared over years ago...
Tell that to everyone out of work, esp. those out of work for *years*.
GDP is the mean, not the median. The "financial services" industry, incl. the market, are getting richer and richer, and so our GDP is going up, right?
Horse hockey.
A science has predictive power. An art has descriptive power. "Economics" has neither; rather, it has the track record of the writers of supermarket horoscopes. Yet they get paid good salaries, and are listened to... because it makes the new nobility, er, the 1%ers, very happy....
mark
To quote from the article, "Cisco posted fourth quarter revenue of $12.4 billion, up 6 percent from a year ago. And its net profit reached $2.27 billion for the quarter, an increase from $1.92 billion a year earlier.
However, Ciscoâ(TM)s forecast for the current quarter was less than what Wall Street had hoped for, and despite the cost-cutting moves it announced, investors punished the stock in after-hours trading."
So, the "analysts" were wrong, and are punishing Cisco in the Ponzi Scheme of the market, and the CEO is following their lead.
Lessee, to quote a news story from the nineties, "CEO will downsize until Wall St. stops rewarding their stock options".
Who cares about the actual company, its employees, or customers?
mark "first we shoot all the MBAs"
RIGHT NOW, every medical insurance company knows if you've gone over your out-of-pocket limit. Proof: for those of you with a) medical coverage and b) any deductable at all.
There is zero excuse for this, other than their political power used to keep profits up.
mark
For launch, I agree. For actual travel in space, once you're orbital? Iffy? May I suggest NERVA is an example...?
mark "three months to Mars, maybe?"
Years ago, people were talking about switchgrass. Or how about kudzu? What's wrong with WEEDS that will grow anywhere... oh, that's right, those nice folks in the petrochemical industry can't sell you fertilizers for that....
mark "or maybe hemp?"
Slashdot's annoying. Let's try this again...(note the spaces.... //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_and_the_Curse_of_Fatal_Death
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But when I interview, I *always* say "if you have a tech track and a management track, I'm on the tech track". Takes care of all of it. I think I have said, if pushed, that I could see myself as team lead (and sorta-kinda was once or twice).
And as for the value of upper management, or even mid-level managers who know *zip* about what they're managing, check out any Dilbert....
mark
But why change the sex of a character? Personally, I always wanted more of the *first* Ramana.... Another thought would be to find some way to regenerate Donna into a Timelord body....
mark
Not that I expect you to see it, but you missed the details of what I wrote: the first *wrong* estimate on the house was in 2003, as prices were going up... but *NOTHING* like that in that neighborhood. And since one was Chicago, and the other the DC 'burbs, which are two completely different markets, and economic situations, it strongly suggests that their data is unverified.
mark
You're an asshole. "Waste and fraud"? How about what we have now, where you can get a bill, and then, months later, another bill, with the provider claiming that the insurance company didn't cover this or that, and they want to rebill you?
And how is "waste and fraud" not 10%, 20% even 30% increases in premiums charged to companies, year in and year out, regardless of actual inflation? Hell, in FL, between '04 and '05, they cranked up my personal rate, along with all others on "individual" programs, 100%.
And their CEOs with *millions* or tens of millions in salary and "bonuses" for screwing us, and for screwing US businesses? What part of the "GDP" do they account for, and exactly what is it they "produce", beyond making their CEO and biggest investors rich?
No, fraud and abuse are nowhere *near* as rampant as Faux News and NewsMaxx and your blinder-vision makes you think it is, and it's *certainly* not the fraud the medical insurance industry is - how could it be, with the folks running it on government salaries (and the President makes what, $440k/yr?)
You're a fool.
mark "I want Medicare for *all*"
Lessee, I just emailed my wife (of the opposite sex, as if that's anyone's business) an hour or so ago; does that count? And a lot of the techies I know are married or in long-term relationships, ESR for example.
And some of us actually vote, and talk to our reps in Congress.
The US gov't needs a new broom, and no, I don't mean the neoConfederate "Tea Party", or the neofascist Republicans.
mark "and yes, some of us working for the gov't do try to make it work"
So, have some of the racists idiots with zero tech skills, and too much time on their hands, posted to this thread yet? I've already seen two stories - I think the last was on Beezos buying the post, that had a long, incoherent rant by some asshole, with nothing to do with anything other than their desire to masturbate in public.
mark
Zillow lies, demonstrably.
Datum one: a house I know everything about, sold in Chicago in 2003. Real estate agent did due dilligence; a year or two later, zillow claimed it should have sold for 167% of the actual sale price. No, then neighborhood wasn't changing.
Datum two: a house in the DC 'burbs, a month or two ago: redfin and other sites, along with the legal papers, show it as 1475'^2; zillow shows it as having 2650'^2.
Zillow's market are scumbags who only buy and flip houses, not people who actually want to live in a home. Trust zillow's data? Not a bloody chance.
mark
And where's the wave motion gun?
mark
Except for one year, when I worked for seven months in NC, I *may* fly 1-2 times a year. In the last 12 years, I've had a) a pocket knife stolen from a checked bag, and b) a bottle of booze and candles, both intended as presents, stolen from a checked bag.
Anectdotal, yes. But I have *zero* expectation that I'm unique, and if I've had this much stolen, well, how many things have others here had stolen out of checked bags? I'll wager it's a pretty damn high percentage, since the TSA got in.
mark
Talent *or* skill? I don't think so. I'll be modest and not mention myself... but I've certainly known a good number of folks, personally, who had both. First example that's known to all, my old friendly aquaintance (and political foe), ESR.
mark
Don't believe me? Go find some articles from the mid-nineties. Java was *literally* sold with lines like "you cannot have a null pointer exception in Java". (right) And that it would make the programming backlog go away. (right) And it would be far easier to debug, and there'd be far fewer bugs. (Ever seen a tomcat trace, with 150-200 lines *every* *time*?)
No, thank you.
mark
Are you sure? I thought it was Dalek.
mark "exterminate!"