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Many people are prone to 'remembering' events that never happened, according to new research by the University of Warwick. Like: did you hear that half of people believe fake facts?
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That's obviously fake - it can't be anywhere near as low as 50%! 
"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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Most Americans do not see "information overload" as a problem for them despite the explosion of internet data and images, according to a Pew Research Center survey on Wednesday. "Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who has not learned how to learn."
Yeah, misattributed to Alvin Toffler, but I just thought it was a good quote.
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IBM's Bluemix Continuous Delivery offers reusable workflows for devops, with familiar services like GitHub and Slack as part of the plan Wait: IBM and "take the drudgery *out*"?
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Microsoft today is announcing the release of R Server 9.0, an update for the commercially supported big data software aimed at large organizations. Microsoft is also releasing R Client 3.3.2, the latest version of the free software that people can run on desktop computers, as opposed to servers. Get it before all the pirates do
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3D interface, slow speeds expose the machinations of the ancient 6502C processor. Where's my Star Raiders cartridge?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Star Raiders
I loved that game! Finally made it to Star Commander, top level years ago.
Marc
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Oh man I forgot about that game. I loved playing Star Raiders on the Atari 800. I remember playing that at a computer store way back in 1981, 82-ish(?). The father of a friend of mine back then was part of a engineering group that met up in the conference room of a store after hours. We would sit out front during the meeting and play Star Raider all night. Awesome times!
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A battery replacement program for some models was announced last month. So, leave it in a vacuum and you'll be fine
Although I guess you won't be if you try using it.
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The abandonment rate of smartwatches is 29 percent, and 30 percent for fitness trackers, because people do not find them useful, they get bored of them or they break, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc ..and so the IoT remained a hyped dream, without much useful applications other than tracking and hacking people.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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It's a multi-billion dollar industry...
...for the trash collectors.
More IoT garbage thrown away, more trash work.
I'm investing in garbage this year...
...and not indirectly, like I did last year by buying into Apple.
This year I'm investing in WasteManagement Systems.
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For-profit intensive engineering academies have become prevalent, but some graduates find themselves in debt and unprepared for tech jobs. You mean you can't learn why manhole covers are round at a boot camp?
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Well, that's where you're going wrong - manhole covers aren't round, they're triangular. Unless of course - we're talking about very different things...
40 pts to the first person that correctly identifies what I speak of
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It would have to be in the soapbox.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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The correct answer needs no such location.
Perhaps I should rescind the offer and remove my mention of it.
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Perhaps you were right? While I assert the answer to be fine here, but I'll be damned if I'd explain why it was the right answer, here.
Answer: [^]
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The answer was obvious which explains my response.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
modified 11-Dec-16 19:20pm.
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Yep, I thought so. Then again - the tag "Do not iron this garment while wearing" is yet another reminder that not all that seems to be, actually is.
Here, take yer 40 and if you'll excuse me, I've got a gutter to get back to.
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I don't think I've seen any of those but Wikipedia has some. 1 was a water valve cover.
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It all comes down to the interpretation...
Here's the one I was thinking of: [^]
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It's a shame. I see people everyday fall for this or for-profit so called college/universities and end up right back at the retail or fast food joint with 5 to 6 figures in student loan debt; which they will never pay back. I feel for them, because they are not losers, they were conned. These schools need to be banned or at least not be allowed to accept student loans as payment.
Some kids start programming when they're young, or even in their teens and can probably run circles around 90% of the IT work force; they're a few here. But for everyone else, life is a long process and taking short-cuts typically gets no where fast in any facet of one's life.
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jgakenhe wrote: ome kids start programming when they're young, or even in their teens and can probably run circles around 90% of the IT work force; they're a few here. But for everyone else, life is a long process and taking short-cuts typically gets no where fast in any facet of one's life.
That's a great summary of the situation.
Those schools try to feed off people's desire to get tech skills quick. Sad.
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This isn't exclusive to for-profit schools; government run schools have serious issues and a failure rate far higher than many are willing to admit.
As a side note, the local university my kids have all gone to at one time or another is generally very good and I've been impressed with their CS graduates, though I felt they were weak in unmanaged languages. Regardless, through my kids' experiences, I learned that they've made it very difficult for true novices to start a major in computer science. I don't think this was done on purpose, but was an outcome of catering so heavily to those kids who'd started programming in high school or before.
This and other experiences have convinced me that computer programming isn't taught very well at most places.
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