One of the very best managers I ever worked for was a woman. The two worst managers I ever had were women. Women tech managers will either be fantastic or horrible beyond belief. The bad ones were orders of magnitude worse than the worst male managers I've ever had.
I find this strangely true: women managers seem to be at the more extreme of the spectrum. Men managers tend to fall in the middle more often. I have no idea why. I kind of suspect it's because women on average are better tuned to social cues and play complex social games, and can thus use that against people if they want. They essentially have an "extra sense" they can use for good or evil.
Amen! Have big ears and a small mouth. Think of yourself as an anthropologist among a herd of CubicleChimps. Your main goal is to observe and learn about CubicleChimp behavior. You are not there to overhaul their social structure, otherwise you wouldn't be an anthropologist.
Later on as you gain more experience with people, the domain (line of business), and machines, you'll get a valid chance to make changes. But don't rush that step. You first have to let the CubicleChimps accept you as a valid member of their herd. Otherwise, the alpha people (not always males) will put up barriers and jab a horn into your rump*.
And, learn to go with the flow. When in Rome... accept for the lazy parts. It's not good for newbies to copy lazy organizational behavior. If you show you can copy the good parts first, then they'll later cut you some slack.
I remember traveling with a seasoned employee early in my career, and I copied some shortcuts he used on his travel expense report. The Expense Dept. didn't like it one bit and I took heat for that. My boss fortunately patiently explained to me that the seasoned employee gained enough trust to take shortcuts. I had yet to pay my dues.
* You can be a know-it-all newbie jerk at work, but you'll have to accept a pay-cut to be allowed to be that way. You're essentially paying an asperger-social-skills tax, which is about 10 to 20% off what an amiable employee would get in the same position. (There are exceptions for high-demand specialties/fads.)
Indeed. I've seen my fair share of trolls who danced on the border of legality also. If we bust every excessively obnoxious troll our jails would be full (if they are not already).
We should probably just learn to grow a thick skin and ignore eNuts (unless they talk of weapons, matches, etc.)
It's something that irks me about the anti-bullying campaigns. I hate to say it, but being bullied is part of growing up. Life is inherently full of jerks and sociopaths; if you don't learn how to deal with them as a child, then your adult life will be more difficult.
I've dealt with idiots at work also that use similar tactics. It's not as blatant, but essentially bullying techniques packaged in a work-acceptable fashion. Paraphrased example: "If you don't go along with our [devious or illogical] plan, I have ways to get you fired and you won't know what hit you. You'll get a pink-slip, a box to pack your ugly desk trinkets, and a finger pointing to the exit door".
I was bullied as a kid and I certainly didn't like it one bit, but I am a stronger person for it. The earlier you learn to face difficult people, the better.
But if you are stuck in an airport, queuing at the DMV, or in a boring meeting/lecture, being able to play a simple game on your watch is a great option. (Especially if you forgot your phone or its battery is low.)
Being able to tap on the right, bottom, left, and top of the watch face for direction control is all you need. A simplified version of Pac-Man seems like an ideal game for a smart-watch.
Some terrorist(s) will kill many dozens or hundreds in the US and everybody will want snooping back. Just you watch and see. Bookmark my post. I've been around long enough to notice political patterns.
We need national issue votes, not just representatives, similar to "propositions" in some states. The trick is to make the hurdles high to include one such that the national ballot is not gummed up with stupid issues and political gimmicks.
What's to say we don't figure out a way to harness cosmic expansion or the other 90% of the universe's energy in the vacuum and create a pocket dimension that traverses a Kerr black hole so that we wave to ourselves leaving before we enter the event horizon in an infinite loop?
I thought the top current working theory is that the expansion of space will eventually cause the Big Rip in roughly 25 Billion years from now. A slow "heat death" would be a step up from that.
I'm not outright against some manned missions, I just don't think they should be our top priority and shouldn't crowd out robotic exploration of new places. A manned "space race" is unlikely to get us much relative to other options.
In addition to the robotic missions I mentioned, powerful telescopes that can detect and do spectrographic analysis of planets of other star systems would be far better science than more manned missions to local rocks. We could detect another Earth with clear-cut life signs, for example. That would be a bigger discovery than simple microbes on Mars (which robotic sample return missions can perform).
There would be no Saturn V, no Falcon HR etc.
They are cool in the "wow, big!" sense, but maybe we don't really need them right now.
Some of them are good and some are bad, in my opinion. It's just that the reactions are inconsistent. And to be fair, the opposite pattern is probably true when the other party is in power, I just haven't noticed it as much.
It's odd how it seems to politically matter who does something more than what is being done. Examples:
"GOOD" (or neutral) WHEN BUSH DID IT:
Corporate welfare NSA TSA DHS deficits stimulus bombing medicare part D golfing hugging Saudi oilers saluting with things in hand feet on desk subsidized cell-phones
"BAD" WHEN OBAMA DID IT:
Corporate welfare NSA TSA DHS deficits stimulus bombing medicare part D golfing hugging Saudi oilers saluting with things in hand feet on desk subsidized cell-phones
Typically? Somebody with enough resources could add shielding with high-end light materials. Catching nuts with deep pockets or lots of time may be a much bigger problem than catching off-the-shelf attempts.
What about a combination of image detection and echo-location? Image recognition and/or regular sound detection would identify candidate objects, and narrowly-focused echo location would then scrutinize the candidates further.
And so what if you take out a few birds accidentally? Just place a KFC nearby to handle such. They'll enjoy the free raw materials.
That's indeed a plausible explanation for the apparent coincidence. Our view of the "recent" universe is essentially limited by the speed of light to a pretty small chunk of the entire universe. It's almost like being stuck with a cable service that plays mostly old reruns.
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Here's an sample specimen, but why would anybody want to see these annoying creatures up close?
I find this strangely true: women managers seem to be at the more extreme of the spectrum. Men managers tend to fall in the middle more often. I have no idea why. I kind of suspect it's because women on average are better tuned to social cues and play complex social games, and can thus use that against people if they want. They essentially have an "extra sense" they can use for good or evil.
Amen! Have big ears and a small mouth. Think of yourself as an anthropologist among a herd of CubicleChimps. Your main goal is to observe and learn about CubicleChimp behavior. You are not there to overhaul their social structure, otherwise you wouldn't be an anthropologist.
Later on as you gain more experience with people, the domain (line of business), and machines, you'll get a valid chance to make changes. But don't rush that step. You first have to let the CubicleChimps accept you as a valid member of their herd. Otherwise, the alpha people (not always males) will put up barriers and jab a horn into your rump*.
And, learn to go with the flow. When in Rome... accept for the lazy parts. It's not good for newbies to copy lazy organizational behavior. If you show you can copy the good parts first, then they'll later cut you some slack.
I remember traveling with a seasoned employee early in my career, and I copied some shortcuts he used on his travel expense report. The Expense Dept. didn't like it one bit and I took heat for that. My boss fortunately patiently explained to me that the seasoned employee gained enough trust to take shortcuts. I had yet to pay my dues.
* You can be a know-it-all newbie jerk at work, but you'll have to accept a pay-cut to be allowed to be that way. You're essentially paying an asperger-social-skills tax, which is about 10 to 20% off what an amiable employee would get in the same position. (There are exceptions for high-demand specialties/fads.)
Indeed. I've seen my fair share of trolls who danced on the border of legality also. If we bust every excessively obnoxious troll our jails would be full (if they are not already).
We should probably just learn to grow a thick skin and ignore eNuts (unless they talk of weapons, matches, etc.)
It's something that irks me about the anti-bullying campaigns. I hate to say it, but being bullied is part of growing up. Life is inherently full of jerks and sociopaths; if you don't learn how to deal with them as a child, then your adult life will be more difficult.
I've dealt with idiots at work also that use similar tactics. It's not as blatant, but essentially bullying techniques packaged in a work-acceptable fashion. Paraphrased example: "If you don't go along with our [devious or illogical] plan, I have ways to get you fired and you won't know what hit you. You'll get a pink-slip, a box to pack your ugly desk trinkets, and a finger pointing to the exit door".
I was bullied as a kid and I certainly didn't like it one bit, but I am a stronger person for it. The earlier you learn to face difficult people, the better.
The best lessons tend to be the hardest lessons.
But if you are stuck in an airport, queuing at the DMV, or in a boring meeting/lecture, being able to play a simple game on your watch is a great option. (Especially if you forgot your phone or its battery is low.)
Being able to tap on the right, bottom, left, and top of the watch face for direction control is all you need. A simplified version of Pac-Man seems like an ideal game for a smart-watch.
I've also seen these kinds of things before. There's also one for Apple Basic that's fun to reminisce with for those who grew up on 80's tech:
http://www.calormen.com/jsbasi...
As the market for smart-watches grows, game miniaturization along these lines may make for a pretty big market. I smell $'s.
Some terrorist(s) will kill many dozens or hundreds in the US and everybody will want snooping back. Just you watch and see. Bookmark my post. I've been around long enough to notice political patterns.
A 640,000,000 mile long reset finger oughtta be long enough for anyone.
Too many goatse links?
It would be like attempting practical powered air flight in the 1600's. General technology was just not ready for it.
We need national issue votes, not just representatives, similar to "propositions" in some states. The trick is to make the hurdles high to include one such that the national ballot is not gummed up with stupid issues and political gimmicks.
Only a slashdotter would dream up infinite dupes
I thought the top current working theory is that the expansion of space will eventually cause the Big Rip in roughly 25 Billion years from now. A slow "heat death" would be a step up from that.
Or EM drives
I'm not outright against some manned missions, I just don't think they should be our top priority and shouldn't crowd out robotic exploration of new places. A manned "space race" is unlikely to get us much relative to other options.
In addition to the robotic missions I mentioned, powerful telescopes that can detect and do spectrographic analysis of planets of other star systems would be far better science than more manned missions to local rocks. We could detect another Earth with clear-cut life signs, for example. That would be a bigger discovery than simple microbes on Mars (which robotic sample return missions can perform).
They are cool in the "wow, big!" sense, but maybe we don't really need them right now.
Something slashdot readers can relate to
It's not a flaw, it's a feature.
Some of them are good and some are bad, in my opinion. It's just that the reactions are inconsistent. And to be fair, the opposite pattern is probably true when the other party is in power, I just haven't noticed it as much.
It's odd how it seems to politically matter who does something more than what is being done. Examples:
"GOOD" (or neutral) WHEN BUSH DID IT:
Corporate welfare
NSA
TSA
DHS
deficits
stimulus
bombing
medicare part D
golfing
hugging Saudi oilers
saluting with things in hand
feet on desk
subsidized cell-phones
"BAD" WHEN OBAMA DID IT:
Corporate welfare
NSA
TSA
DHS
deficits
stimulus
bombing
medicare part D
golfing
hugging Saudi oilers
saluting with things in hand
feet on desk
subsidized cell-phones
Typically? Somebody with enough resources could add shielding with high-end light materials. Catching nuts with deep pockets or lots of time may be a much bigger problem than catching off-the-shelf attempts.
What about a combination of image detection and echo-location? Image recognition and/or regular sound detection would identify candidate objects, and narrowly-focused echo location would then scrutinize the candidates further.
And so what if you take out a few birds accidentally? Just place a KFC nearby to handle such. They'll enjoy the free raw materials.
So the secret really is going to plaid.
That's indeed a plausible explanation for the apparent coincidence. Our view of the "recent" universe is essentially limited by the speed of light to a pretty small chunk of the entire universe. It's almost like being stuck with a cable service that plays mostly old reruns.
+1 Funny, I gotta admit.