I got a "2-core" AMD "Sempron" which was really just a Phenom with 2 cores turned off. I turned them back on on my motherboard and ran 4-cores the whole time.
Said no one, ever. My distant cousin is the nearly the top surgeon in the country and didn't want to eat out because it's "too expensive". And while they had a nice house, it wasn't anywhere near what I would expect from the top surgeon in a US state.
I liked Wellington when I was there (in late August). It was my favorite city by far. Auckland is just another big city. Nothing too special although the suburbs were nice.
I was asked how I would make a linked list with pointers in C# by a bank I was interviewing for. I was like, "I wouldn't. I would use a generic List or Dictionary or Hashtable." He then said, "Well, what if you absolutely needed to?" I said, "Well, then I would use the built-in LinkedList and Queue and Stack." "They have those in C#?" "Yes, yes they do." I knew then instantly that while they still wanted me, I didn't want to work for a guy stuck in the 1980s.
At my current job, the reviewer asked me how I would implement a Graphics Fill algorithm. I said, "I wouldn't. I would call the Windows API because that's already written and tested and would get done in hardware."
He was actually surprised that Fill is in hardware. Anyway, I still wrote the algorithm anyway, but I think he was really pleased with the answer because it showed how I thought about the problem.
Foreign languages are infinitely more useful in life than Trig and Calculus, which 99.9% of people will never use (I'm a software architect, and I've never used them).
Why don't we put them in place of that instead. But until they stop teaching fake languages like Processing and Scratch instead of Java, Javascript, C# or something actually useful, who really cares? CS is dumbed down so much now as to be completely useless. My daughter dropped her AP CS class in high school not because it was too hard, but because it was too easy and wasn't teaching her anything useful!
This is so true. I got a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero just for kicks. I have spent 10 hours on it and still don't have my bluetooth chip working, and it's a very common chip. Why can't Raspbian come with hardware drivers for the 10 or so most common chips used with it?
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Now Netflix just gives me a bunch of 1- and 2- star rated shows that they think I will... I don't know... hate?
Now that you mention it, this seems very likely. All of the most disappointing ratings I've received lately were from Netflix produced shows.
Yep. At first. And then they all worked so you could easily buy a cheap 486/66 and run it at 100 no problem.
I got a "2-core" AMD "Sempron" which was really just a Phenom with 2 cores turned off. I turned them back on on my motherboard and ran 4-cores the whole time.
But do you run your computer crunching stuff 24/7 or does it sit idle most of the time?
Muphry's Law at work.
You mean upload. Since these were all P2P users uploading small bits. Nobody in the US has been prosecuted for downloading.
Atari 8-bit emulators do artifacting to simulate color on some games. http://atariage.com/forums/top...
Cost of living in NZ is quite reasonable.
Said no one, ever. My distant cousin is the nearly the top surgeon in the country and didn't want to eat out because it's "too expensive". And while they had a nice house, it wasn't anywhere near what I would expect from the top surgeon in a US state.
I liked Wellington when I was there (in late August). It was my favorite city by far. Auckland is just another big city. Nothing too special although the suburbs were nice.
And they're on a frickin' island!
I was asked how I would make a linked list with pointers in C# by a bank I was interviewing for. I was like, "I wouldn't. I would use a generic List or Dictionary or Hashtable." He then said, "Well, what if you absolutely needed to?" I said, "Well, then I would use the built-in LinkedList and Queue and Stack." "They have those in C#?" "Yes, yes they do." I knew then instantly that while they still wanted me, I didn't want to work for a guy stuck in the 1980s.
At my current job, the reviewer asked me how I would implement a Graphics Fill algorithm. I said, "I wouldn't. I would call the Windows API because that's already written and tested and would get done in hardware."
He was actually surprised that Fill is in hardware. Anyway, I still wrote the algorithm anyway, but I think he was really pleased with the answer because it showed how I thought about the problem.
And there are literally thousands of candidates applying for each job.
Where? We're lucky to get 2-3 over a span of months...
It would be great if you could post this data.
Or the difference between ratio and ration.
Ooma Premium is SOOO worth it. I get more bad calls on my cell phone now, because the home phone only rings for real people.
Foreign languages are infinitely more useful in life than Trig and Calculus, which 99.9% of people will never use (I'm a software architect, and I've never used them). Why don't we put them in place of that instead. But until they stop teaching fake languages like Processing and Scratch instead of Java, Javascript, C# or something actually useful, who really cares? CS is dumbed down so much now as to be completely useless. My daughter dropped her AP CS class in high school not because it was too hard, but because it was too easy and wasn't teaching her anything useful!
If there really was a fire while he was calling, there would be telltale signs of smoke inhalation, which apparently weren't there.
I don't think I could convict somebody for letting a cat burn. I mean, he did the world a favor...
So, 9 women can make 9+ babies in a few days.
Who would choose Comcast if they actually had a choice?
I had a 286 with a 20...
This is so true. I got a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero just for kicks. I have spent 10 hours on it and still don't have my bluetooth chip working, and it's a very common chip. Why can't Raspbian come with hardware drivers for the 10 or so most common chips used with it?
The US lately is the sheep telling to two wolves that they have to become vegan.