We don't lock things cause we don't need to. Also because we realise that it's pointless to lock stuff. If somebody really wants to take something, there's nothing you can do to stop them. That reality scares some people.
Sounds to me like you need to 1) go visit outside your apartment/city/state/country more, 2) stop believing that a single news report indicates a crime spree, 3) stop making wide, sweeping generalisations about millions of people you've never met.
Clearly I had to break out my red-blue anaglyph glasses and damn that video made my eyes and brain hurt.
The playback software has some glitches in it (not a youtube playback thing) because one image would freeze while the other eye would continue playing. They really need to fix that. The ad popup thing in youtube didn't help either.
It was good but a gimmick at best. Plus all my work colleagues looked at me weird with the glasses on until they realise what the hell I was doing. Then they came over for a gander. Who's cool now?
Bzzzzt! Not quite right. Like all things, there is a time and a place for each. Bubblesort is quite appropriate in some instances, quicksort suffers epic fail in others.
I think my boss is pretty awesome. He's ~55 now. He originated as a mathematician/coder. But for the last 15 years he's been pretty much a fulltime administrator. He says he hates it, particularly the 250+ emails per day, but I know he loves it.
The last year though, he's been doing some opengl coding on the sly (having only ever coded in fortran, but taught himself java and c++ pretty quickly) and is presenting a paper on his new algorithm for flow visualisation next week.
He makes a truly excellent boss cause he keeps a lot of the shit away from coders like myself and colleagues so we can focus on what needs to be done but when he does ask you to do something it is because there is no other way. I can do that.
Coders that make the decision to continue coding or go admin at age 40-50 will be excellent, gifted and respected no matter which way they go. It's the ones that do it much earlier that I'm a little wary of. They seem to have a superiority complex.
Very occasionally I'll have more than two lights on at any time.
All the devices in my lounge room consume 105W while idle (yes, I measured) and have had them on two power outlets that myself and my wife are in the habit of turning off at the wall when we go to work and bed.
My hotwater system is powered at the cheapest tariff and the temperature is 65 degrees. It is winter now, so the air conditioners are turned off at the power box outside the house.
I'm a bit of a tight arse. Those dollars per year I see as wasted and should be earning interest on them. Oh yeah, that's right, it's about the environment:)
Gotta tell ya, I replaced all the lights in my house with the newer fluorescent bulbs, both white and warm, over a year ago and I can now no longer stand the light output of the incandescent bulbs; it seems too harsh. Go figure. I guess humans just adapt.
The white light works very well in rooms like the bathroom, toilet, shed and kitchen. The warmer lights almost everywhere else. People really need to stop throwing tantrums.
I'm experiencing a slightly similar problem with some of the graduates we are employing. There is a distinct divide. Those who received the top awards, topped their classes and walked away with the university medals seem to find it very difficult to follow instructions without a step by step set of instructions. Those that were around the middle of the pack or lower but definitely displayed the aptitude don't struggle at all with the lack of a manual and are the ones that I tend to rely on more.
Now, some people will say that it is my fault that I haven't set out a script/specification. But it is impossible for me to know even a fraction of everything. I simply don't know. I concentrate on Code optimisation, parallelisation and some visualisation. How can I know about which method is best/appropriate to daisy chain remote sensing devices and collect results to a data repository?
I just forwarded that article onto my brother who is about to move to Canada permanently with his Canadian partner and newborn to work as an Orthopaedic specialist. Now I understand why they asked him to work for *free* as opposed to him earning ~$AU800,000 per year here.
The other thing to be careful about with these statistics is that Canada has a very good public health system. One that far outranks just about every other western country on this blue marble. That will surely shift the results to the right compared to other countries.
And yes, I am dirty about it. My country *used* to have a superior public health care system. That is until a prime minister thought it would be a good idea to follow the US. There's the lingering shell but that'll be gone in a couple of years.
So far, I remove all technology from my life. Phone kept to essential calls/text only. Turn off (temporarily) Internet at home. Zero tv and movies. No games. Zero technology and information intake.
I'll start to get better after a couple of days but I keep up the detox for about two weeks. Ramp up the reading, jogging, rowing, sport with mates, go for drinks.
You'll feel better and the 'itch' to burn code will return.
That's awesome! I've never experienced a quake. I remember once there was this 'pop' but that's it. But I love that you guys have become desensitised. Kinda like us and killer animals everywhere.
And what does that wonderful proverb say about somebody who 'delights in airing his[sic] own opinions' and does finds pleasure in understanding? Communicable?
My original comment was double edged. I don't consider the people I work with to be jerks (and I'm pretty sure my co-workers don't consider me one), that branding lies with what the original poster said. Maybe if the original poster talked out their problems with their co-worker, they may not consider them to be jerks. Unless of course you are the introvert type who'll pick up an AK47 and storm through work because nobody would read your mind. OK, that's a highly unlikely case and extreme. Instead, resign, harbouring an unhealthy resentment. A resentment that will emanate on both sides. Seems childish to me when simple communication could have sorted it all out. Communication being one of the crucial things that separates us from the animals.
Not expressing ones opinion leads to festered emotions that can surface in other areas. I encourage the younglings here to express any doubts. It creates healthy debate and forces them to defend their position and think critically.
But if you're interested in someone, feigning stupidity or feigning interest in things you cannot stand is lying to her and lying to yourself.
I guess that is where you and I differ. I'd express an interest, try to hook 'em in, and then stomp on it with good jest to see the look on their face. If they are a contender for me, they'll just laugh. You are never going to find somebody that agrees with everything you like or say. Not only that, but I'd find that just too boring. It's just too.... Disney.
You said you're looking for a geek girl so at least you're not making the mistake of wanting the cheerleader when you have nothing in common with the cheerleader.
There are many, many, many more types of girls in this world. Stop stereotyping. You don't like it when they do.
... the law of averages...
I just can't stand that phrase. Hence the reply.
But it's good to develop faking skills as a social lubrication
Did you just contradict yourself?
The jerk you have to work with on a project, learn to fake enjoyment or at least suppress your disgust, it'll make life easier, not rocking the boat.
Again that is where you and I differ. I'd point it out. Every time. And I hope the 'jerk' would point it out to me. See, I like to be a straight shooter. I tell people when I have a problem. They know when I have a problem and it's up to them if they want to listen or not. I will not lie and I will not mislead somebody. If I am quiet about something, they learn to know that that is because I don't have a problem. Not because maybe I do or maybe I don't.
Alternatively, find a group of friends who are not geeks at all. Well, they are but just not the computer variety. I found that the geek chicks were just too hotly contested for and you were automatically dumped in the wrong category.
I met my wife through some lawyers (gag originally not intended). There are plenty of hot lawyer and doctor chicks around that cannot stand their counterparts (see any similarities?). Plus, I think there is a strong compatibility there cause they like bouncing ideas off you.
Find some of the more sociable geeks you work/play with and get to the pubs (not clubs) for friday afternoon drinks near those sort of districts. Hang out regularly and just be friendly.
Mathematics degree (computational mathematics - Numerical Analysis for the oldies) Computer Science Master of Science (Mathematics - Finite Volume Methods - that's nonlinear algebra for the thickies)
Probably won't do a PhD for ten or so years. Too busy helping engineers, mathematicians, high energy physicists and other computer scientists get theirs.
My codes have consumed over 60% of the total cpu time on 5 machines in the top500 (top200 specifically). No, I'm sure you as 'an IT professional of 15 years' who is in their last year of computer science knows everything there is to know.
You are a buffoon. You sound like one of the low end IT degree people who come to me for help and then proceed to tell me that I'm doing it wrong. Shut up and learn. You don't know everything.
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Whatever, mate.
When you insinuate the intelligence of millions based on geographical location, you justify your comments any way you want.
Go fuck yourself you pompous prick.
We don't lock things cause we don't need to. Also because we realise that it's pointless to lock stuff. If somebody really wants to take something, there's nothing you can do to stop them. That reality scares some people.
Sounds to me like you need to
1) go visit outside your apartment/city/state/country more,
2) stop believing that a single news report indicates a crime spree,
3) stop making wide, sweeping generalisations about millions of people you've never met.
Thanks for the link. That was excellent.
Clearly I had to break out my red-blue anaglyph glasses and damn that video made my eyes and brain hurt.
The playback software has some glitches in it (not a youtube playback thing) because one image would freeze while the other eye would continue playing. They really need to fix that. The ad popup thing in youtube didn't help either.
It was good but a gimmick at best. Plus all my work colleagues looked at me weird with the glasses on until they realise what the hell I was doing. Then they came over for a gander. Who's cool now?
Bzzzzt! Not quite right. Like all things, there is a time and a place for each. Bubblesort is quite appropriate in some instances, quicksort suffers epic fail in others.
I think my boss is pretty awesome. He's ~55 now. He originated as a mathematician/coder. But for the last 15 years he's been pretty much a fulltime administrator. He says he hates it, particularly the 250+ emails per day, but I know he loves it.
The last year though, he's been doing some opengl coding on the sly (having only ever coded in fortran, but taught himself java and c++ pretty quickly) and is presenting a paper on his new algorithm for flow visualisation next week.
He makes a truly excellent boss cause he keeps a lot of the shit away from coders like myself and colleagues so we can focus on what needs to be done but when he does ask you to do something it is because there is no other way. I can do that.
Coders that make the decision to continue coding or go admin at age 40-50 will be excellent, gifted and respected no matter which way they go. It's the ones that do it much earlier that I'm a little wary of. They seem to have a superiority complex.
Very occasionally I'll have more than two lights on at any time.
All the devices in my lounge room consume 105W while idle (yes, I measured) and have had them on two power outlets that myself and my wife are in the habit of turning off at the wall when we go to work and bed.
My hotwater system is powered at the cheapest tariff and the temperature is 65 degrees. It is winter now, so the air conditioners are turned off at the power box outside the house.
I'm a bit of a tight arse. Those dollars per year I see as wasted and should be earning interest on them. Oh yeah, that's right, it's about the environment :)
Gotta tell ya, I replaced all the lights in my house with the newer fluorescent bulbs, both white and warm, over a year ago and I can now no longer stand the light output of the incandescent bulbs; it seems too harsh. Go figure. I guess humans just adapt.
The white light works very well in rooms like the bathroom, toilet, shed and kitchen. The warmer lights almost everywhere else. People really need to stop throwing tantrums.
I'm experiencing a slightly similar problem with some of the graduates we are employing. There is a distinct divide. Those who received the top awards, topped their classes and walked away with the university medals seem to find it very difficult to follow instructions without a step by step set of instructions. Those that were around the middle of the pack or lower but definitely displayed the aptitude don't struggle at all with the lack of a manual and are the ones that I tend to rely on more.
Now, some people will say that it is my fault that I haven't set out a script/specification. But it is impossible for me to know even a fraction of everything. I simply don't know. I concentrate on Code optimisation, parallelisation and some visualisation. How can I know about which method is best/appropriate to daisy chain remote sensing devices and collect results to a data repository?
Wow. All right then. I retract what I said.
I just forwarded that article onto my brother who is about to move to Canada permanently with his Canadian partner and newborn to work as an Orthopaedic specialist. Now I understand why they asked him to work for *free* as opposed to him earning ~$AU800,000 per year here.
The other thing to be careful about with these statistics is that Canada has a very good public health system. One that far outranks just about every other western country on this blue marble. That will surely shift the results to the right compared to other countries.
And yes, I am dirty about it. My country *used* to have a superior public health care system. That is until a prime minister thought it would be a good idea to follow the US. There's the lingering shell but that'll be gone in a couple of years.
*sigh*
oohhhh aahhhhh!
You're playin' with fire there man.
Or you can learn to use a machine and stop doing things that they cannot do. That may be the first step in solving your crash problem.
I hear the end of the universe is a pretty cool place to hang out.
Apparently some good restaurants.
So far, I remove all technology from my life. Phone kept to essential calls/text only. Turn off (temporarily) Internet at home. Zero tv and movies. No games. Zero technology and information intake.
I'll start to get better after a couple of days but I keep up the detox for about two weeks. Ramp up the reading, jogging, rowing, sport with mates, go for drinks.
You'll feel better and the 'itch' to burn code will return.
That's awesome! I've never experienced a quake. I remember once there was this 'pop' but that's it. But I love that you guys have become desensitised. Kinda like us and killer animals everywhere.
Just loved the perspective. Thanks.
And what does that wonderful proverb say about somebody who 'delights in airing his[sic] own opinions' and does finds pleasure in understanding? Communicable?
My original comment was double edged. I don't consider the people I work with to be jerks (and I'm pretty sure my co-workers don't consider me one), that branding lies with what the original poster said. Maybe if the original poster talked out their problems with their co-worker, they may not consider them to be jerks. Unless of course you are the introvert type who'll pick up an AK47 and storm through work because nobody would read your mind. OK, that's a highly unlikely case and extreme. Instead, resign, harbouring an unhealthy resentment. A resentment that will emanate on both sides. Seems childish to me when simple communication could have sorted it all out. Communication being one of the crucial things that separates us from the animals.
Not expressing ones opinion leads to festered emotions that can surface in other areas. I encourage the younglings here to express any doubts. It creates healthy debate and forces them to defend their position and think critically.
But if you're interested in someone, feigning stupidity or feigning interest in things you cannot stand is lying to her and lying to yourself.
I guess that is where you and I differ. I'd express an interest, try to hook 'em in, and then stomp on it with good jest to see the look on their face. If they are a contender for me, they'll just laugh. You are never going to find somebody that agrees with everything you like or say. Not only that, but I'd find that just too boring. It's just too .... Disney.
You said you're looking for a geek girl so at least you're not making the mistake of wanting the cheerleader when you have nothing in common with the cheerleader.
There are many, many, many more types of girls in this world. Stop stereotyping. You don't like it when they do.
... the law of averages ...
I just can't stand that phrase. Hence the reply.
But it's good to develop faking skills as a social lubrication
Did you just contradict yourself?
The jerk you have to work with on a project, learn to fake enjoyment or at least suppress your disgust, it'll make life easier, not rocking the boat.
Again that is where you and I differ. I'd point it out. Every time. And I hope the 'jerk' would point it out to me. See, I like to be a straight shooter. I tell people when I have a problem. They know when I have a problem and it's up to them if they want to listen or not. I will not lie and I will not mislead somebody. If I am quiet about something, they learn to know that that is because I don't have a problem. Not because maybe I do or maybe I don't.
Alternatively, find a group of friends who are not geeks at all. Well, they are but just not the computer variety. I found that the geek chicks were just too hotly contested for and you were automatically dumped in the wrong category.
I met my wife through some lawyers (gag originally not intended). There are plenty of hot lawyer and doctor chicks around that cannot stand their counterparts (see any similarities?). Plus, I think there is a strong compatibility there cause they like bouncing ideas off you.
Find some of the more sociable geeks you work/play with and get to the pubs (not clubs) for friday afternoon drinks near those sort of districts. Hang out regularly and just be friendly.
Do you have a blog (roll) I can subscribe to? That was fascinating :)
Today, here in Aus, it was pretty boring ... blue with an occasional white whisp. Oh well, I guess that's winter.
Wait, what? Our cricket team sucks now? Dammit. Might go have a cuppa to calm the nerves.
Now the world can experience sitting around sipping tea, losing cricket and whining about the shitty weather.
That comment is pretty two dimensional. Don't be so shallow.
Who are you kidding with the A. Coward post?
The only person who doesn't think you're a dick is you. At least have the balls to put your name next to a troll.
Mathematics degree (computational mathematics - Numerical Analysis for the oldies)
Computer Science
Master of Science (Mathematics - Finite Volume Methods - that's nonlinear algebra for the thickies)
Probably won't do a PhD for ten or so years. Too busy helping engineers, mathematicians, high energy physicists and other computer scientists get theirs.
My codes have consumed over 60% of the total cpu time on 5 machines in the top500 (top200 specifically). No, I'm sure you as 'an IT professional of 15 years' who is in their last year of computer science knows everything there is to know.
You are a buffoon. You sound like one of the low end IT degree people who come to me for help and then proceed to tell me that I'm doing it wrong. Shut up and learn. You don't know everything.
Clap, clap.
Wow, you know everything. And not even finished yet.
Do you realise how stupid you sound? I've been a practitioner of comp. science for 10 years and have never heard so much tripe before in my life.