Comment Re:What if they are right? (Score 1) 529
I print them a body using a makerbot and embed a chip for them to run on, then wire them up to some sensors.
I print them a body using a makerbot and embed a chip for them to run on, then wire them up to some sensors.
It's not nice to make fun of stutterers. Fun though.
It's a fun night for kids that gives many fond memories for years to come.
One year you should try inverse action. Go all out. Lots of pumpkins, decorations, lights, buy a good supply of the large-size candy bars all the kids are hoping for.
Find out if you enjoy it.
That's actually much tastier than you'd expect. Most chilled, chocolate covered veggies are surprisingly tasty and crunchy. Try it!
My kid has a severe, chronic constipation problem, so the jokes on you.
tl;dr: American culture would be a lot more interesting if it wasn't forced upon the world.
I'm afraid it probably wouldn't be all that interesting even then.
All countries are fundamentally part of the US. There are just some we haven't gotten around to invading (lately).
Dude, please do the kids with severe nut (peanut and tree nut) allergies a break. They don't get to enjoy the holiday like other kids do. My son has a severe, off the charts, peanut allergy. At least half of the candy is thrown away and I'm always nervous about cross contamination from peanut and non-peanut candy being in the same bag. So, please, from the bottom of my heart, I ask you not to give out nuts. If you must give out an allergen, let's go with shellfish instead.
Because those shellfish allergy people deserve to die!
It wasn't something very strange at all, it's something that happens at least once or twice per decade on average. And on average roughly once every roughly 100 years, that thing then results in thousands of believers. About once in 400 years or so you get millions of believers.
I came to mention Khan Academy, and AC beat me to it. Tragedy. But here's the donate link:
http://www.khanacademy.org/donate
There are only millions (and not even tens of millions) of patents, so a 1000X exaggeration.
Given he's not interested in security but uniqueness, a Rabin Fingerprint would be both faster and better for this purpose than any of the security hashes.
May as well compare the first 8 bytes, you can do that in a single instruction, and the cost to read 8 should be the same as 4. If you're clever enough you can probably do a 32 byte comparison in a single op.
$19.95 for a beta of something you can whip up in an hour of shell scripting.
If the poster were you, they wouldn't have had to 'ask slashdot'.
I find it odd that in your discussion of programming tests your examples are all DBA oriented.
Programming tests are most useful for weeding out the large numbers of incompetent candidates. The incompetent candidate can't finish in the time allowed, and their code is often an obvious mess. A competent candidate breezes through it, their code is well organized and readable. A rockstar finishes the 45 minute interview problem after 10 minutes, and his solution covers all the edge cases it took you a year of familiarity with the problem to discover.
Many people are unenthusiastic about their work.
