Trying to pretend that coding is the right skill for everyone is utter nonsense – for most people, it’s exponentially less useful than the basic level of IT literacy most people still lack. As far as I’m concerned, this is the real IT crisis that needs addressing.
I expected this year's school leavers, born in 1995, and having never lived without the internet, to be brilliant with computers. Now I know better. Working with them, I've found that the opposite is often true. Many lack basic computer literacy – the “have you tried turning it off and on again?” stuff – because the education system has let them down so badly.
Considering how many programmers fail FizzBuzz, his point about the education system failing people on basic IT literacy is relevant.
But for artistic types they see technical stuff as a dark art.
If it was an art, wouldn't they have some grasp of it? If you know about computing and electrical engineering, you can explain how things work down to the electron level. Someone else performing the same actions on a computer can produce identical results.
Art, on the other hand, never produces the same results from different people, and you can't step someone through things in the same way you do things, and yet artists have individual styles that carry through their pieces. Why isnt that considered a dark art?
Actually what was said was, "The constituency doesn't understand legislation. You can't read a bill and understand it. When it's passed, you will understand because you will see what happens."
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In other words: Pelosi said you're all too stupid to understand the law until you see what you actually get from welfare and what people get arrested for.
I'm not giving her a pass on that statement, but I could read it as:
"The constituency doesn't understand [the legislative process]. [Nobody can] read a bill and understand it['s effects]. When it's passed, you will understand because [we all] will see what [actually] happens [in terms of real-world effects, not what the legislation states on its face]."
One way to spin her statement is that other than legislative analysts or historians, due to the effects of unintended consequences, nobody can really predict the results of passed legislation until it's been implemented for a while.
Which is not an excuse for keeping the text of the bill out of public view, in any case.
But the problem with this model is that there's no way for a grad student to publish a negative result if they fail to replicate the results. To compound the problem, if a student starts getting negative results, they will quickly change their course of research to something that may produce results. PhDs are not granted for negative results - there is little incentive to pursue research paths that aren't fruitful.
In the end, the student will know the original result is questionable, but the scientific community will not.
Since being first-to-publish would not come in here, can't they keep the results and write them up afterwards?
For the sake of completeness or furthering science:-] , or to pad their C.V.:-[ down the line?
At least B&N corrected that -- I've been able to charge both my phone and my Nook Simple Touch using the same charger that came with my bluetooth headset.
If every device uses the same charger then fewer chargers have to be manufactured and ultimately recycled.
I get the weird feeling that this could produce a counterbalancing effect -- a standardized connector and voltages might lower manufacturing costs enough that it makes sense to bundle one even with cheaper devices. Also, since one charger works with multiple devices, the other chargers might stay in the packaging until they're thrown out.
That aside, though, it's so freeing to be able to charge your device from an entirely different device's (and possibly owner's) charger, and to have enough otherwise unused chargers to just leave one in your luggage at all times.
The Metal Screen is a great example. Metal is doing great, with almost no radio play at all.... while the real interesting stuff is being recorded in sophisticated home studios and released on Japanese, eastern Europe or even self owned labels. They're touring, making money, doing well... but you'll never hear a damned thing about it....
You've got bands like Symphony X, Opeth, even Iron Maiden filling soccer stadiums
This isn't just happening in metal either, it's every genre. There's been an explosion in music in the past 10 years.... What it's turning into is art... and they don't like that.
As a listener, I'm just realizing this as well; it seems like 'promotion' or 'visibility' is the only thing these artists don't have. But people mostly post responses like yours with a few examples, rather than solid pointers as where to dig in to find and follow these artists and trends, leaving me with the only visibilty I have, provided by the major labels.
So, let's have those pointers, please (and thanks).
"Each participant were faced with 320 decisions: for example, choosing between gaining $5 and the chance to win $20 in a lottery."
After a few dozen questions like that, I'd be so bored that I'd start choosing randomly without thinking about it just to get it over with. There's no way in hell I would seriously think about each and every question out of a list of 320.
Sounds like someone's running low on blood sugar. Seriously, though, I wonder if they considered having to correct for that effect.
What if I can go into a custom tailor's shop and have a suit made while I go have lunch? Just the way I want it, at a reasonable price, and without waiting for days.
Depending on your meal, it may not fit you when you come back to pick it up.
Manna, by Marshall Brain. The article description is kind of a point-in-time description, but this story gives a good idea of a couple possible futures for increased robot involvement in businesses.
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Seriously -- I mean even his photo is so obviously derivative.
Possibly obsolete, but it's spawned at least one mini-celebrity.
So ... we'll be moving from click-fraud to hover-fraud?
Trying to pretend that coding is the right skill for everyone is utter nonsense – for most people, it’s exponentially less useful than the basic level of IT literacy most people still lack. As far as I’m concerned, this is the real IT crisis that needs addressing.
I expected this year's school leavers, born in 1995, and having never lived without the internet, to be brilliant with computers. Now I know better. Working with them, I've found that the opposite is often true. Many lack basic computer literacy – the “have you tried turning it off and on again?” stuff – because the education system has let them down so badly.
Considering how many programmers fail FizzBuzz, his point about the education system failing people on basic IT literacy is relevant.
But for artistic types they see technical stuff as a dark art.
If it was an art, wouldn't they have some grasp of it? If you know about computing and electrical engineering, you can explain how things work down to the electron level. Someone else performing the same actions on a computer can produce identical results.
Art, on the other hand, never produces the same results from different people, and you can't step someone through things in the same way you do things, and yet artists have individual styles that carry through their pieces. Why isnt that considered a dark art?
That would even make sense if manufacturing plants were staffed by polar bears.
Yes, but to be fair, the employees work like Japanese beavers.
Actually what was said was, "The constituency doesn't understand legislation. You can't read a bill and understand it. When it's passed, you will understand because you will see what happens."
...
In other words: Pelosi said you're all too stupid to understand the law until you see what you actually get from welfare and what people get arrested for.
I'm not giving her a pass on that statement, but I could read it as: "The constituency doesn't understand [the legislative process]. [Nobody can] read a bill and understand it['s effects]. When it's passed, you will understand because [we all] will see what [actually] happens [in terms of real-world effects, not what the legislation states on its face]."
One way to spin her statement is that other than legislative analysts or historians, due to the effects of unintended consequences, nobody can really predict the results of passed legislation until it's been implemented for a while.
Which is not an excuse for keeping the text of the bill out of public view, in any case.
But the problem with this model is that there's no way for a grad student to publish a negative result if they fail to replicate the results. To compound the problem, if a student starts getting negative results, they will quickly change their course of research to something that may produce results. PhDs are not granted for negative results - there is little incentive to pursue research paths that aren't fruitful.
In the end, the student will know the original result is questionable, but the scientific community will not.
Since being first-to-publish would not come in here, can't they keep the results and write them up afterwards?
For the sake of completeness or furthering science :-] , or to pad their C.V. :-[ down the line?
Doug Larson
Doesn't even have to be self-driving to have an effect on the airline industry.
At least B&N corrected that -- I've been able to charge both my phone and my Nook Simple Touch using the same charger that came with my bluetooth headset.
If every device uses the same charger then fewer chargers have to be manufactured and ultimately recycled.
I get the weird feeling that this could produce a counterbalancing effect -- a standardized connector and voltages might lower manufacturing costs enough that it makes sense to bundle one even with cheaper devices. Also, since one charger works with multiple devices, the other chargers might stay in the packaging until they're thrown out.
That aside, though, it's so freeing to be able to charge your device from an entirely different device's (and possibly owner's) charger, and to have enough otherwise unused chargers to just leave one in your luggage at all times.
Depends -- which one?
if you were to meet a master of software programming, what are you absolutely sure he will recommend to a kid who wants to become a programmer?
Make it clear that 'mastery' of programming involves wisdom and experience beyond knowledge of techniques. My go-to example for this is Code Complete.
The Metal Screen is a great example. Metal is doing great, with almost no radio play at all. ... while the real interesting stuff is being recorded in sophisticated home studios and released on Japanese, eastern Europe or even self owned labels. They're touring, making money, doing well... but you'll never hear a damned thing about it....
You've got bands like Symphony X, Opeth, even Iron Maiden filling soccer stadiums
This isn't just happening in metal either, it's every genre. There's been an explosion in music in the past 10 years. ... What it's turning into is art... and they don't like that.
As a listener, I'm just realizing this as well; it seems like 'promotion' or 'visibility' is the only thing these artists don't have. But people mostly post responses like yours with a few examples, rather than solid pointers as where to dig in to find and follow these artists and trends, leaving me with the only visibilty I have, provided by the major labels.
So, let's have those pointers, please (and thanks).
Even the most basic data mining can reveal a lot about your hopes and dreams.
Apparently "Web 2.0" involves designing sites for 9:16 devices. I think someone got that aspect ratio inverted somewhere along the line.
I have one monitor turned to 1200x1920 portrait mode, and there's still too much whitespace. And the headline fonts are unnecessarily large.
"Each participant were faced with 320 decisions: for example, choosing between gaining $5 and the chance to win $20 in a lottery."
After a few dozen questions like that, I'd be so bored that I'd start choosing randomly without thinking about it just to get it over with. There's no way in hell I would seriously think about each and every question out of a list of 320.
Sounds like someone's running low on blood sugar. Seriously, though, I wonder if they considered having to correct for that effect.
What if I can go into a custom tailor's shop and have a suit made while I go have lunch? Just the way I want it, at a reasonable price, and without waiting for days.
Depending on your meal, it may not fit you when you come back to pick it up.
And they'll run into the same structural problems that their brethren are running into now.
Some industries and their customers may have less of an issue with the intellectual property side of this.
Manna, by Marshall Brain. The article description is kind of a point-in-time description, but this story gives a good idea of a couple possible futures for increased robot involvement in businesses.
So ... there's a new Debian release coming up?
Here's the python dev's own page describing it and how to get to the results.
This isn't about competence or incompetence. It's about putting as negative a spin as possible on Snowden.
Or is the incompetence sufficient enough that it shouldn't be attributed to malice?