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I think that ads are highly overrated, whatever form they take. And even if the people using ad-blocking software were not blocking them, I assume they wouldn't care for them or click on them anyways (because why would you want to block something you might find interesting?), no, all they get is annoyed by their presence and probably link that annoyance to the product in question and don't buy it, so what's the big deal? Lost revenue that you could never take for granted in the first place? Moaning at the higest stage, I'd say, and lofty expectations.
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That may be related to the growing trend for adverts to become more annoying - faking Windows, appearing when you move the mouse of certain times, or just staying fixed over a particular portion of the page (particularly annoying on small screen devices like phones).
The more annoying adverts get, the more people will block them. If adverts were discrete and didn't bear malware, then people may not actually mind.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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> Kent Sharkey
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> That must explain why ads have gotten 41% more irritating in the last year
What ads? 
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With programmers and developers in such high demand these days, it may be tempting to think that a decision as stodgy as pursuing a certification is a waste of time. After all, doesn’t it all come down to the art of your code? Let me guess: they are a perfect benchmark to identify skilled developers?
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I chose the academic route instead of certifications, but pretty certifications on one's resume impresses hiring managers. The author is correct, it is hard to prove your worth early on as you lack experience.
Consultants should have some certifications, but if you are a full-time employee at a real company, then certifications don't seem too important. Personally, I think many certifications are nonsense, especially when there are many services out there; such as MeasureUp.com that give you the answers.
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I have a PhD in Computer Science from back when we were still comparing speeds between "round tapes" and "square tapes" and the PC or any kind of home computer did not exist. I even had a white coat to wear in the computer room!
The relevancy of most of what I learned towards that PhD is very limited these days. When looking at CVs (resumes) to decide who to bring in for interview I generally skipped over those with PhDs and Masters in favour of those who had clearly done real work at a keyboard, regardless of qualification. I brought in a PhD once who was very proud of his PhD and the fact he had worked for Yahoo! After a very few questions I regretted wasting my time and his time with the interview as he clearly did not fit with the rest of the team. In another case I brought in a guy with no formal qualifications but had been working as a junior and then senior programmer for a couple of companies over the previous eight years. He knew what he knew and admitted to what he didn't. He landed running and was my best worker!
As far as other certifications go, I suppose some relevant ones may be of use. I am more likely to have someone take a particular certificate after they start work to be able to learn a new technique, framework or whatever. Personally I find that CP, Google and SO provide most of what I need to know. This latter case is true for everyone now on my current team.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I agree and disagree. I definitely agree with someone that has been mentored and worked as a junior programmer and then senior level seems to be the best. Those people with that great drive to succeed make sure to do that and continue improving. One of the best IT guys I know is a Devry guy that I don't even think finished his degree, but studies a lot and does the certifications, but then I've run across some consultants with a bunch of certifications that don't seem to know much anything, except buzzwords. Asking them general questions about their work experience, which always seems to say Architect, gets them flustered.
I will say that most IT people I've met with graduate level degrees seem to learn things much easier, quicker, and understand fundamentals a lot better than those with a B.S. or less. Having a M.S. myself, I notice I am always thinking larger and farther down the road than people who do not. Though I have worked with a couple of M.S. people that were barely junior level. I guess they think a degree makes them better than everyone else and don't have to continually improve.
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Quote: Those who have gone through the certification process say it pays off.
Most people who pay for homeopathy say it worked for them too.
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Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Directors of Norwegian browser maker Opera Software said that they were considering selling the company and had hired bankers to help them explore options after the firm missed a second-quarter revenue forecast. Who says you can't buy a good web browser?
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It remained to be seen precisely how fast Windows 10 was compared to Windows 8.1 and the beloved Windows 7. "Citius, Altius, Fortius"
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Nice.
Kinda shows me what I was hoping for - for my needs (at home) there is currently no performance reason to justify leaving Win 7.
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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Thanks to an 'end of life' vulnerability, almost anyone can kill you off digitally. "You can't kill me, I'm already dead"
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A new patent has been granted for a space elevator that will reach 12 miles high, and it might be the closest we've come to a working design. And I get light headed blowing up balloons
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The guy writing this article is not very good at mathematics or astronomy.Quote: It goes about 23 mph. That means an elevator going that speed would take over an hour to go up
He thinks that an elevator travelling at average of 23 mph will take over a hour to travel 12 miles. He also says the space elevator will be 12 miles high and then later he says it will be 14 miles high - a typo, perhaps?
[Edit: I have just re-checked the article and he actually says the space tower is 12 miles high but will have a 14 mile high elevator to reach the top - perhaps it curves back down and around at the end to create a Las Vegas roller coaster at the top of a building style ride!]
Quote: ...the carbon nanotube string to the moon. Right now, we can make carbon nanotube chains that are as long as 3 centimeters. Only 59,652 miles to go. I'd convert that into centimeters for you, but I don’t have space for that many zeroes. Let's call it 1.4 trillion to round it off.
In addition, he seems to think it is only 59,652 miles to the moon. It's actually around 238,900 miles - which is 38,447,228,160 cm.
His 59,652 miles figure also converts to a little over 9.6 billion cm, which is a lot short of the 1.4 trillion cm he claimed/guessed - He must have run out of fingers to count on!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Considering he uses a Taylor Swift video and something that looks a lot like Wild Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tube Man as examples for a space elevator... I think his lack of math skills are the least of his problems 
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I prefer the explanation of "Limit" I find it cooler
M.D.V. 
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?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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IT matters more than ever, which means enterprises need to get serious about developers and the language they speak: open source. "Nine women can't make a baby in one month"
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I'm willing to help them try.
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Based on my 10+ years experience as a software developer I put together a list of actionable guidelines that can help anyone get closer to 10x. If I read it twice, do I become a 100x developer?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: anyone get closer to 10x.
Not with Java it won't.
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They might if you recognise that 10x is expressed in binary...and is little-endian.
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After a gas station monitoring system was hacked earlier this year, Trend Micro researchers Kyle Wilhoit and Stephen Hilt decided to take a closer look. Well, I guess that might be one way to save at the pump
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Big data and machine learning are going to be used everywhere, even our operating systems. "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it."
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In this JAX Magazine preview, testing guru and JAX London speaker Colin Vipurs runs through the strengths and weaknesses of common approaches to testing databases. Mocking mocks
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A group of Israeli researchers have improved on a way to steal data from air-gapped computers, thought to be safer from attack due to their isolation from the Internet. Would this mean I'd get better reception?
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