the advancement of science is good no matter where it happens.
Indeed! They seemed the only nation willing and ready to test the em-drive in space, and I was eagerly awaiting the results. I realize the em had a small chance of being viable, but that small chance would have revolutionized space travel to almost a Trekkian level. Too bad it looks like a bust. No green Orion babes. sigh.
Mandarin Chinese have significantly higher average IQ than most other people groups
For many hundreds of years, the best gov't positions were awarded on mostly written test scores. Winners had the most concubines. Thus, it could be the Chinese inadvertently bred themselves to be efficient test-takers. Whether that translates into practical ability is another matter.
If somebody has trouble in that area, perhaps special classes or work-shops can be provided whereby the student works their way up: speak to progressively bigger groups/crowds for progressively longer times rather than dive into the deep end on Day One.
We all have weak areas that we probably need special classes and/or assistance with.
I've seen no definitive evidence that traumatizing children makes them better adults, and perhaps has a net negative impact. Barring clear evidence for either side of the cowboy-vs-coddle debate, I believe my suggestion is reasonable and common-sense. However, it does require resources that poorer students and/or districts cannot afford.
Speed per se has not really been our big issue; it's the sporadic outright lack of response, and occasional lack of Internet connectivity altogether. I cannot use Youtube much when things are slow, but at least "regular" sites are usable with some patience under such circumstances. When everything freezes, there are zero usable sites to choose from. Slow makes me mumble, frozen makes me cuss.
I'm in a suburban area right next to a large city, and still have flaky service. We pretty much have only 2 ISP choices, and we are using the least-evil choice right now. Others in the area report similar.
We had to pay extra for the "premium" service just to get normal service. It's as if you pay for a Chevy, but get a half-broken Chevy that stalls twice a day; and if you pay for a Cadillac, you get a mostly-working Chevy that stalls once a week, NOT a Cadillac. "Regular" service is really a Yugo sold as a Chevy.
ActualServiceLevel = BilledServiceLevel - 1;
If you complain, they simply offer to upgrade you a level. "Maybe you need a faster service level?". No, I need a working service, Dipwad.
But they won. Dipwad: 1, Us: 0. Oligopolies, gotta lovem.
Breaking up big banks? Great, more entities that need new datacenters, more bandwidth, new IT staff, etc...
Why would that necessarily be the case? If you split an org into 2, typically each will need about half the IT resources it did before. If many banks need similar software, then dedicated application companies can fill the void by selling common software to avoid reinventing the wheel. I've worked for many companies who used off-the-shelf industry-specific software, or at least partially customized versions of such. The market generally ends up factoring such by itself so co's in similar industries don't have to reinvent software wheels.
Executives have learned not to put any risky decision on paper. They simply verbally tell their top few minions "go do X". If something goes wrong, the executive can deny giving the order, or say it was interpreted wrong. It becomes 1 word against 2 or 3, which is often not enough to convict. It's hard to ask the boss to "put it in writing" without risking your career.
I don't know a practical way around such. If we legislate that all "big" decisions must be handed down in written (documented) form, then we must define "big decision" better.
It's simple: power corrupts. It's not just about which sector or organization type (gov't, non-profit, conglomerates, etc.) It's Human Nature 101. Checks and balances are needed on everything. It's a rare accident that an entity with power stays nice, and may not continue*. Any org who claims they can self regulate should be whipped with a wet noodle.
It's also the case that the Internet has a bigger influence on our lives. Start-up antics hurt only a handful, but missteps with widely used services can have societal consequences.
* I resisted a longer dig at Linus Torvalds about his growing grouchiness.
Didn't you have projects that involved turning in your code to the teacher/graders? The graders don't want to see every which language. Multi-lingual graders are more expensive. Most colleges dictate a narrow set of languages for such projects.
when Cobol and Fortran were the in thing. Last forever, they thought.
Any evidence most universities believed that? (They are still around and relatively common, by the way.)
Universities have to pick something to program lesson projects in, and selecting language(s) common in the current market helps student job prospects. I suggest STEM students be required to learn at least one compiled/strong-typed language, and one script/dynamic language.
Looks like it. In the 80's, AI (or AI-ish) tech started showing practical promise, so investment funds poured into it. But despite making some strides, AI didn't live up to the hype, and the bottom fell out of the market, creating "AI Winter" (One).
It looks like "deep neural nets" have reached a plateau such that they too won't live up to the hype; only incremental improvements (for a while, at least). I see more articles on their silly failures and lack of common sense of late. This reality will eventually hit the market, and El Poppo Dos.
I do believe AI will keep getting better in the long run, but in fits and starts. The "common sense gap" is still a big moat.
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Others claim it wasn't, and that they already checked for that effect. Oh well.
Indeed! They seemed the only nation willing and ready to test the em-drive in space, and I was eagerly awaiting the results. I realize the em had a small chance of being viable, but that small chance would have revolutionized space travel to almost a Trekkian level. Too bad it looks like a bust. No green Orion babes. sigh.
Unbuild the wall and make ourselves pay for it! We'll need population to avoid being stomped on.
I don't know if China is actually that sinister, but why take a chance? Look how anal they are about Taiwan?
For many hundreds of years, the best gov't positions were awarded on mostly written test scores. Winners had the most concubines. Thus, it could be the Chinese inadvertently bred themselves to be efficient test-takers. Whether that translates into practical ability is another matter.
Maybe the graduation % was too low at my U.
Cry me some crypto-tears. Buy more AI stock to take your mind off it.
Little evidence exists EITHER way. Thus, I suggest a middle ground between letting them outright skip and forcing them up cold turkey.
If somebody has trouble in that area, perhaps special classes or work-shops can be provided whereby the student works their way up: speak to progressively bigger groups/crowds for progressively longer times rather than dive into the deep end on Day One.
We all have weak areas that we probably need special classes and/or assistance with.
I've seen no definitive evidence that traumatizing children makes them better adults, and perhaps has a net negative impact. Barring clear evidence for either side of the cowboy-vs-coddle debate, I believe my suggestion is reasonable and common-sense. However, it does require resources that poorer students and/or districts cannot afford.
Profits replaced Prophets.
He did something rational.
I fear something has gone badly wrong with the Universe. I'm selling all my stocks and kissing up to all known deities.
Speed per se has not really been our big issue; it's the sporadic outright lack of response, and occasional lack of Internet connectivity altogether. I cannot use Youtube much when things are slow, but at least "regular" sites are usable with some patience under such circumstances. When everything freezes, there are zero usable sites to choose from. Slow makes me mumble, frozen makes me cuss.
I'm in a suburban area right next to a large city, and still have flaky service. We pretty much have only 2 ISP choices, and we are using the least-evil choice right now. Others in the area report similar.
We had to pay extra for the "premium" service just to get normal service. It's as if you pay for a Chevy, but get a half-broken Chevy that stalls twice a day; and if you pay for a Cadillac, you get a mostly-working Chevy that stalls once a week, NOT a Cadillac. "Regular" service is really a Yugo sold as a Chevy.
If you complain, they simply offer to upgrade you a level. "Maybe you need a faster service level?". No, I need a working service, Dipwad.
But they won. Dipwad: 1, Us: 0. Oligopolies, gotta lovem.
Why would that necessarily be the case? If you split an org into 2, typically each will need about half the IT resources it did before. If many banks need similar software, then dedicated application companies can fill the void by selling common software to avoid reinventing the wheel. I've worked for many companies who used off-the-shelf industry-specific software, or at least partially customized versions of such. The market generally ends up factoring such by itself so co's in similar industries don't have to reinvent software wheels.
Executives have learned not to put any risky decision on paper. They simply verbally tell their top few minions "go do X". If something goes wrong, the executive can deny giving the order, or say it was interpreted wrong. It becomes 1 word against 2 or 3, which is often not enough to convict. It's hard to ask the boss to "put it in writing" without risking your career.
I don't know a practical way around such. If we legislate that all "big" decisions must be handed down in written (documented) form, then we must define "big decision" better.
It's simple: power corrupts. It's not just about which sector or organization type (gov't, non-profit, conglomerates, etc.) It's Human Nature 101. Checks and balances are needed on everything. It's a rare accident that an entity with power stays nice, and may not continue*. Any org who claims they can self regulate should be whipped with a wet noodle.
It's also the case that the Internet has a bigger influence on our lives. Start-up antics hurt only a handful, but missteps with widely used services can have societal consequences.
* I resisted a longer dig at Linus Torvalds about his growing grouchiness.
Didn't you have projects that involved turning in your code to the teacher/graders? The graders don't want to see every which language. Multi-lingual graders are more expensive. Most colleges dictate a narrow set of languages for such projects.
PowerBI seems more geared toward charts and graphs, and less on the input and CRUD side.
Web pages are relatively easy to make load fast if you sacrifice certain things and avoid faddish temptations.
It was supposed to be a joke about "almost there" releases.
It's called "IwannaPony", and you are NOT going to get one. You are asking too much.
Any evidence most universities believed that? (They are still around and relatively common, by the way.)
Universities have to pick something to program lesson projects in, and selecting language(s) common in the current market helps student job prospects. I suggest STEM students be required to learn at least one compiled/strong-typed language, and one script/dynamic language.
Not sure that's a good thing.
I'll use it to run the new Duke Nukem release.
Oh yes, but also quite wonderful.
Looks like it. In the 80's, AI (or AI-ish) tech started showing practical promise, so investment funds poured into it. But despite making some strides, AI didn't live up to the hype, and the bottom fell out of the market, creating "AI Winter" (One).
It looks like "deep neural nets" have reached a plateau such that they too won't live up to the hype; only incremental improvements (for a while, at least). I see more articles on their silly failures and lack of common sense of late. This reality will eventually hit the market, and El Poppo Dos.
I do believe AI will keep getting better in the long run, but in fits and starts. The "common sense gap" is still a big moat.