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  1. Re:... A job fair can easily test this competency. on New Book Describes 'Bluffing' Programmers in Silicon Valley (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Inability to demonstrate ability to program and uses abbreviations like 'ur' like a 12 year old that hasn't learned English? You're part of the fucking garbage pile, so fuck off and I'll hire someone that can communicate.

  2. Re: ... A job fair can easily test this competenc on New Book Describes 'Bluffing' Programmers in Silicon Valley (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I disagree. Any programmer that knows how to code can get a working solution to FizzBuzz.

    It may not be optimal or elegant, but it'll fucking well work.

    What you should be assessing for is correctness and the quality of the written code, not its optimisation or ability to be refactored. If the programmer produces something readable, maintainable and documented, and also points out the areas they know you should focus additional resources if you really give a shit about the performance, that's the person that knows their shit.

    Someone that quickly types out the generic known solution but uses 'i' as a loop counter is exactly the sort of person you thank for taking part and engage no further.

    Someone that can't even get their code to compile, let alone pass the test, clearly isn't a programmer no matter what their CV states.

    I'm not advocating use of FizzBuzz but it's also pretty easy to use to differentiate aware, capable people from utter fuckwits.

  3. Re: older generations already had a term for this on New Book Describes 'Bluffing' Programmers in Silicon Valley (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The future, my friend, and welcome to it indeed.

  4. Re:older generations already had a term for this on New Book Describes 'Bluffing' Programmers in Silicon Valley (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I ran out of RAM to store the source code for a program I created for the C64.

    Sadly at the time I didn't know assembler was an option.

  5. Re: The people who are smarter won't on New Book Describes 'Bluffing' Programmers in Silicon Valley (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Apply for jobs you think you'll enjoy.
    At the interview make sure you interview them as much as they interview you.
    When you take the role, manage your manager.
    Take ownership within the job, for your own tasks, and for the success of your team, and for the success of your manager. That gives you free reign to beyond that do what the fuck you want.

    If it's not meeting your expectations, find something else.

  6. Re:Typo: MAKE friends. Not MALE friends on New Book Describes 'Bluffing' Programmers in Silicon Valley (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the clarification. I read the original and went, "WTF?!"

  7. Re: The people who are smarter won't on New Book Describes 'Bluffing' Programmers in Silicon Valley (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Fuck no. Cost of full automation: $4m
    Cost of manual entry: $0
    Opportunity cost of manual entry: $800/year

    At worse, pay for an accountant, if you can get one that cheaply. Bear in mind talking to them incurs most of that opportunity cost anyway.

  8. That's so sweet. Flash drives are sooo trivial. You fucking muppet.

  9. It made me smile too.

    Kids these days, etc..

  10. No.

    Leaving aside the multiple legitimate reasons the death penalty is a stupid sentence, it would also be unnecessarily harsh for this sort of crime.

    I wouldn't even recommend it for you, and you're a walking talking Darwin candidate.

  11. No, because the other 'motorist' wasn't driving at the time.

    A passenger in another car spotted him and filmed his Tesla as it drove past

    -- https://news.sky.com/story/aut...

  12. Now I know these exist, I've just bought one.

    Saves me trying to fasten the passenger seat belt when I put a bag on the seat.

  13. Re:And This Guy Demonstartates The Problem on Tesla Driver Banned From Driving For 18 Months For Sitting in Passenger Seat (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Congratulations on failing miserably to counter his point.
    - Reaction time to an emergency situation is lower on motorways because of the additional speed that will take you into the situation faster.
    - Animals are an example of this. And many highways are not fenced, the M1 being a fucking excellent example of this. I don't care how fucking rare it is if I write off my car every time one jumps out in front of me
    - Roadworks are not necessarily signed kilometres in advance. Even if they are, the lane markings often continue in a straight line while the lanes themselves move left or right onto the hard shoulder or the other carriageway, or vanish completely, or split into two possible options. Traffic cones get knocked out of position and junctions look very different.
    - Items fall off trucks. I've seen it happen. I've also seen a car's roofbox ripped open by the wind at 70mph, strewing their belongings across three lanes. Nobody crashed, nobody died, and I don't think it's unreasonable to expect an autonomous vehicle to be able to differentiate between 'damaging object in carriageway' and 'piece of newspaper blown about by the wind'.
    - Other irresponsible drivers you worry about because a key facet of their irresponsibility is that they're inconveniencing or endangering other drivers. That translates to you needing to take avoiding action, pre-emptively or otherwise. Ignore them and you've guaranteed a crash.
    - As for accidents, video of Tesla cars reacting to accidents can be easily matched by video of other cars with brake assist reacting to accidents. Those other cars seem to have fewer 'inattentive driver killed by their car' incidents though.

    Highway driving is usually less complex than negotiating a built up area but that doesn't mean it has no complexity.

  14. Re:No occupancy sensor for driver. on Tesla Driver Banned From Driving For 18 Months For Sitting in Passenger Seat (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    My mercedes is less sophisticated. It get pissed off with me if my camera bag doesn't have its seat belt fastened.

  15. If the Autopilot gets him to Swindon while on the M1 then it's fucking magical enough to get him through the roundabout too.

  16. Re:LOL on Will GDPR Kill WHOIS? (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    So basically you're telling me your company doesn't control, track or understand the data it holds.

    That also means you can't properly protect the data subjects. Sounds like a big fine would be entirely fucking appropriate.

  17. Re:And phone books? on Will GDPR Kill WHOIS? (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    He was using an analogy to help people with limited education.

  18. Re:and GDPR is? on Will GDPR Kill WHOIS? (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    No explanation of who or what ICANN are either, but I notice you didn't bother to complain about that.

    If you're working in IT and haven't encountered GDPR then you should investigate it fully - it has impacts globally.

  19. Re:Deep state lies and deceptions on Russia Is Attacking US Forces With Electronic Weapons In Syria, General Says (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    You're embarrassing other Americans with this pathetic paranoia and stupidity.

  20. Re:EMP the hell out of the place on Russia Is Attacking US Forces With Electronic Weapons In Syria, General Says (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Umm. Why? What would be the benefit, and how the fuck do you even think it could be achieved without committing war crimes?

  21. Well, while the US are attacking enemies of the Syrian state then it's beneficial to let them get on with it.

    You'll notice that the attack on the Syrian state was made with missiles fired from outside Syrian airspace, and defended nonetheless.

  22. This is excellent, do you have a whole book?

    I love alternative histories, they open so many thought experiments.

  23. Am I allowed to find it deeply ironic that the media and many others collectively berated Trump for risking WW3 due to his comments on North Korea and now, just a few weeks later, the Korean War has finally ended.

    I think the historians are going to have a fucking field day on this one.

  24. I don't recall the US attacking Russia in Syria since Trump was elected. Could you perhaps highlight a key incident of which I should be aware?

  25. Wait? An ally of the government of a country is helping to defend that country against military interference from another country, and yet the narrative is that they're the aggressor?

    Fuck that. Russia is helping defend Syria against the US. Be glad they're only using electronic countermeasures and not anything more lethal.

    Personally I hope Russia shoot down Turkish jets to stop those cunts genociding the Kurds. Luckily they can do this as a defensive measure against Turkish aggression and thus not draw the rest of NATO into an unjustifiable conflict.