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Quote: There are now altogether 5000+ functions in the language, covering everything from visualization to machine learning, numerics, image computation, geometry, higher math and natural language understanding—as well as lots of areas of real-world knowledge (geo, medical, cultural, engineering, scientific, etc.).
Should I go to the salad bar first, or the sushi table, or ... the ?
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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[^]Quote: “If you find yourself spending more time fighting than getting to work, stop and ask yourself, ‘Who benefits from all the chaos?'” Cook said. “There are some who would like to believe that the only way you can be strong is by bulldozing those who disagree with you… We forget sometimes that our pre-exiting beliefs have their own force of gravity. Today, certain algorithms pull toward you things that you already know, believe or like. And they push away everything else. Push back! It shouldn’t be this way.”
So, it's not the elbows of pedestrians immersed in smart-phone selfie-land that are pushing me ... it's the algorithms.
I'm just going to have to stop bubble-sorting late at night.
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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Tim Cook said: Today, certain algorithms pull toward you things that you already know, believe or like.
That's odd. 98% of the time I am bombarded with garbage I don't want to see. Tim's algos much be working right on me. 
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Google has announced a new version of its business-focused Glass augmented reality headset, which it’s now designating an official Google product instead of an experiment. Take a look before they cancel it
Maybe they'll figure out how to put advertisements everywhere you look. Then they'll keep it.
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Online account hijackers received a taste of ironic punishment this week. "Set a thief to catch a thief."
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Kharmic justice in action.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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A massive database containing contact information of millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities and brand accounts has been found online. If I wasn't too old to know what an Instagram is, I'd be outraged!
Something with photos?
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Is there a betting pool somewhere for this kind of security leak, or would be bookies be at a loss?
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Nah - Instagram is where you put your grandmother on speed-dial.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Business and society run on increasingly complex software, so it’s time we require a license to write critical code. Can I see your license before we let you edit this switch statement?
I was going to go with "License to TCL", but ... meh.
Seems this idea comes around every few years.
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I wouldn't hire an electrician that isn't licensed and bonded. I think there are more parallels than not as IT is becoming as fundamental to infrastructure as electricity.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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Just make sure the managers and MBAs who are ruining* the software projects have to be licensed too.
That actually is a very balanced and interesting article though.
*Oops, mis-spelled running.
modified 20-May-19 16:01pm.
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Freudian slip possibly?
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I would agree that professional certification may be appropriate for some software projects - notably those where lives are at stake (flight computers, some industrial systems, etc.). That is also the basis for electrical and other engineering certification.
The only issue is what should actually be codified as required for certification. I am not entirely convinced software development is yet a mature enough discipline for this, and we may stifle the development of improved processes by standardising too early.
"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 wrote: Business and society run on increasingly complex software, so it’s time we require a license to write critical code.
There was a time when a degree was such a license.
Business wanted the cheap seat, and it got it 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I've seen people with twenty years of experience, degrees and certificates write code.
Long story short, letting my cat walk on the keyboard would produce better code.
I'm self taught, but everyone I know who went to school agrees on one thing, that's not where you learn programming.
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The Code-SWAT: Put your mouse on the floor! PUT YOUR MOUSE ON THE FLOOR!
noop()
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ASSERT(numberOfBugs == 0);
That'll work at least as well as anything the pointyhair is suggesting.
I agree with Rob above; until waterfall actually starts out performing agile, we don't know enough about how to write good code to formalize anything like physical engineering.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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Easy. Don't write software. If it doesn't exist, it can't fail. 
Latest Article - A 4-Stack rPI Cluster with WiFi-Ethernet Bridging
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I think we would be better off with better testing and verification methodologies. The cost of software has been an issue for a long time. Requiring certification will go nowhere once the cost of doing so is realized.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Here in the DoD/US Air Force they already make us get IA certification, even though most of it doesn't apply to us. Air Force Manual 17-1303 says:
"... software developer/engineer/programmer positions requiring less than 4 years’ experience as an IASAE Level I"
"... software developer/engineer/programmer positions requiring 4 years or more experience as an IASAE Level II"
DoD Directive 8570 outlines the IASAE (IA System Architects and Engineers) level requirements but basically we all have to get a CompTIA CASP (Advanced Security Practitioner) certification. The problem is that 80% or more of what CASP covers has little applicability to software development, but we have to know all that stuff and pass the test to keep employment. It's basically a money-making scheme IMO.
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We teamed up with researchers from New York University and the University of California, San Diego to find out just how effective basic account hygiene is at preventing hijacking. Employees must wash passwords before logging in
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I prevented a million attacks on your account on my server!!
Statistics by Google.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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The only thing I'm sure is that every few months they attempt to prevent my mail client from IMAPing on my account by annoucing suspicious activity at my IP and urging me to disable "less secure" access; by which they mean anything but their web access. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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If an employee is not available then please wash your own hands password.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
modified 22-May-19 18:30pm.
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