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Quote: Walking with coffee is something most of us do every day without considering the balancing act it requires. And even more if you try it after 4 or 5 coffees
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If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Irrelevant anecdote:
I spent some time working in a couple restaurants before I became a programmer. An old hand taught me an important trick when carrying a cup of coffee, or indeed any container of liquid: don't watch the container while you carry it. When you watch what you're carrying you tend to overcompensate for motions of the liquid in the container, plus you always respond well after the motion, leading to greater spillage.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: don't watch the container while you carry it
This.
I learned this from my dad when I was 15. When you're on a ship at sea, carrying coffee has to be developed into an art form. Early in your career. I can fill a cup almost to the brim and not spill a drop.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The rise of remote work is truly changing the landscape of hiring developers and finding talent. But are companies better able to find The True Senior Software Developers in 2021? "We're gonna have a problem here"
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Quote: But are companies better able to find The True Senior Software Developers in 2021? Of course... the new AI based HHRR Softwares for candidate selection are exceptional
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Someone needs to tell the douchebag who designed that web site that silver-on-white text is difficult for 'senior' developers to read .
Or was that the point?
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Senior Developer is a bogus title. You've slogged through the work for 5+ years at the same company. How do I give this guy a raise? Let's call him a "senior developer."
One place I worked - all senior developers.
Just another bogus term left over from HR.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Then they have to invent a title higher than senior, then something higher than that, ad infinitum. At a place I know of, they have senior foo, lead foo, group foo, senior group foo, principal foo, and probably a few dozen more I’m blanking on.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: a title higher than senior
Senile?
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Exactly my point. Might as well call us old guys and be done with it.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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It's trampolines all the way up! (Sorry turtles. You're going in the wrong direction...)
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Microsoft Corp. warns that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Windows 10 and many Windows Server versions to seize control over PCs when users open a malicious document or visit a booby-trapped website. ActiveX: Still giving after all these years
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Kent Sharkey wrote: ActiveX: Still giving headaches after all these years FTFY
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Articles and issues like this just irritate the he$$ out of me. To quote the article:
Quote: This year has been a tough one for Windows users and so-called “zero day” threats, which refers to vulnerabilities that are not patched by current versions of the software in question, and are being actively exploited to break into vulnerable computers.
We're not even talking about the security issues that have existed for THREE YEARS.
Microsoft won't get serious until they are held liable. Baboons.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Quantum computers become ever more powerful, but how can we be sure that the answers they return are accurate? Build an Earth-sized computer?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Build an Earth-sized computer?
And hope the Vogons don't blow it up before it finishes.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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How do you check the answer for accuracy in a system that is inherently indeterminant?
And more importantly, if you are checking the answer, it means you already know the answer, so why do you need a quantum computer to tell you what you already know?
I should stop asking obvious questions.
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Build it on the site of an ancient Indian cat burial. Then it doesn't matter what answers it gives - you are screwed!
(Although cats weren't in America before the Pilgrims. Too bad. Another horror movie averted.)
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No matter how extensive your software-development background, at some point you’ll get stuck while trying to code. Find religion?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Find religion? Swear in a mode that would freeze hell?
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Quote: under much rarer circumstances, they’ll visit a developer community other than Stack Overflow
Boo! Hiss!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Much rarer circumstances? That's the first place I look!
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I google the sh*t out of it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Microsoft president Brad Smith describes the chaos inside the tech giant during the SolarWinds hack. "Crazy, but that's how it goes"
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Companies don't support open source for purely altruistic reasons. They expect a return on their investment. Sharing ain't caring?
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