Comment Re:Great first step (Score 2) 119
The law refers to companies doing business with California consumers. I seriously doubt that companies will cease doing business in the most populous state because of this law.
Submission + - Researchers Say Temporary Tattoos Could Enable Electronic Telepathy (txchnologist.com)
MatthewVD writes: "Noninvasive means of controlling machines via the mind, in the form of stick-on electronics that look like temporary tattoos, could soon enable people to talk over smartphones with only their minds, according to Todd Coleman at the University of California, San Diego. It's become increasingly viable to control devices, such as robotic arms, with brainwaves, but it still requires invasive implants. The new devices can detect signals linked with brain waves through the skin — though with less accuracy. The possibilities are almost limitless."
Submission + - Online Dating Costs You More Privacy Than You Think (dice.com)
yl-roller writes: Until I heard that people rarely reply to online dating profiles lacking photos, I was reluctant to post one. I just didn’t feel safe leaving myself open to connecting with who knows who. Now, as it turns out your privacy is at stake at almost every site Only LavaLife , Adult Friend Finder Ashley Madison say they’ll delete your data if you close your account. Only Zooskand Fetlife offer https encryption while you visit. And speaking of BDSM, if you want to know about the technology behind Kink.com, check this out. Oh yea, happy Valentine’s Day.
Submission + - Robots work better when you treat them like people (fastcompany.com)
yl-roller writes: An MIT study found that cross-training, which is swapping jobs with someone else on your team to help everyone understand the work better, works even when the coworker is a machine. It kind of reminded me of this Stanford study that found people treat computers with the same kind of politeness that they use with people.
Submission + - Reasons you're not getting interviews; plus some crazy real resume mistakes (dice.com)
yl-roller writes: Not using standard job titles, not tying your work to real business results and not using the right keywords can mean never getting called for an interview, even if you have the right skills to do the job. I once heard to use the EXACT WORDING found in the ad when placing your keywords. I think you're even more unlikely to get a job if you actually DO some of THESE things.
Submission + - How do you store sensitive data on your mobile devices?
infodragon writes: I'm just now seriously diving into the mobile world and have many questions surrounding all the devices, apps and options. However, one stands out; How do I protect sensitive data? On Linux this question is easy, I use RAID 1/5/6, depending on need, with LVM in the middle and topped with LUKS. This setup is very powerful and extremely flexible. Is it possible to match the strength of LUKS on Android? iOS? What are the solutions the /. crowd has used?
Submission + - Heart Attack Grill's Top Customer Dies of Heart Attack (cnn.com)
Copper Nikus writes: John Alleman visited the Heart Attack Grill so often, the restaurant designed an entire line of clothing featuring a cartoon of its beloved "Patient Joe," and placed his face front and center on their menu. Now the restaurant reports via its Facebook page that its most loyal patron has passed away at age 52, from a heart attack.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, Alleman suffered a heart attack while waiting for a bus in front of the restaurant, which boasts highly caloric menu items such as the 9,982 calorie Quadruple Bypass Burger, Butterfat Milkshakes and Coronary Dogs.
May he rest in peace.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, Alleman suffered a heart attack while waiting for a bus in front of the restaurant, which boasts highly caloric menu items such as the 9,982 calorie Quadruple Bypass Burger, Butterfat Milkshakes and Coronary Dogs.
May he rest in peace.
Submission + - What EMC looks for when it's hiring (dice.com)
yl-roller writes: Because EMC has expanded through more than 70 acquisitions in eight years — it was hiring even during the recession — and because many of the acquired companies were startups, it is trying to leverage the more dynamic cultures it’s inherited and make itself more nimble and innovative. People it hired “need to be able to move fast and run,” Thus, a key to getting the company’s attention is to prove you can do what you say you can. In other words, when Murray asks if you can work fast, you can’t just say yes. You’ll have to use your previous achievements to prove that you can.
(Part of Dice's "landing @ series" about how to get jobs in various high tech companies.) Dice News in Tech (http://s.tt/1zHif)
(Part of Dice's "landing @ series" about how to get jobs in various high tech companies.) Dice News in Tech (http://s.tt/1zHif)
Submission + - January Uptick in Hosting Jobs, but It's Not a Trend (dice.com)
yl-roller writes: Data processing, hosting and services jobs posted 1.73 percent year-over-year growth in January to 252,600 positions, according to a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.there's been talk that data center positions are under pressure because newer technology requires fewer people to run it. Though many professionals in the field contend the cloud is simply a repackaging of traditional hosting services, other industry observers seem to view things differently. In its August 2012 report , research firm Computer Economics said the cloud's negative impact on hosting jobs "wasn't yet supported by the historical data." At the same time, it estimated that operations as a proportion of total IT staff members slipped from 3.2 to 2.8 percent.
Submission + - How many phone OSes can survive? (dice.com)
yl-roller writes: There already might not be enough room in the market for BlackBerry to restart itself or for Microsoft to ever get footing at all. In the PC world, Microsoft dominated while Apple was able to become a successful company by making high margin, high end products in spite of its small market share. Can the phone world support more than two operating systems? Canonical wants to offer Ubuntu phones at the low end of the market. Will that even make it? On one hand, not every phone owner needs a million apps, maybe just the traditional email, contacts, calendar, and a web browser, plus just a couple of things like maps, navigation, and bar code scanning. On the other hand, maybe people who don’t already own smartphones aren’t interested in buying them.
Submission + - Red Hat Talks About How They Hire
markfeffer writes: "Red Hat’s hired about 600 people in its last three fiscal quarters, and it’s going to keep hiring – about 900 to 1,000 more this year. The company’s primarily looking for software and technical support engineers, along with salespeople who can help strengthen its cloud-technology capabilities. They want people with strong technical skills, of course, but the company puts a premium on those who’ve taken the time to research its business and send in a resume that’s custom-tailored to the job opening."
Submission + - Top 10 places for employee retention (dice.com)
yl-roller writes: In these 10 areas of the country, technology employers might have an easier time finding the skills they want, but the people who live there don’t really want to move. That means companies are having to offer pretty generous packages to get candidates to even consider leaving. On top of that, salaries are rising in some secondary tech markets, making the employers’ task even harder.
Submission + - A pancake making Rube Goldberg machine (blogspot.ca)
An anonymous reader writes: Let`s face it Rube Goldberg machines are awesome. Not only are they fun to look at but they represent real engineering challenges. This is the pancake-omatic, it took around 200 hours to make and add another 100 hours for testing the thing. What does it do you ask? Well make pancakes of course!
Submission + - Ancestor of All Placental Mammals Revealed (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: The ancestor of all placental mammals—the diverse lineage that includes almost all species of mammals living today, including humans—was a tiny, furry-tailed creature that evolved shortly after the dinosaurs disappeared, a new study suggests. The hypothetical creature, not found in the fossil record but inferred from it, probably was a tree-climbing, insect-eating mammal that weighed between 6 and 245 grams—somewhere between a small shrew and a mid-sized rat. It was furry, had a long tail, gave birth to a single young, and had a complex brain with a large lobe for interpreting smells and a corpus callosum, the bundle of nerve fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain. The period following the dinosaur die-offs could be considered a "big bang" of mammalian diversification, with species representing as many as 10 major groups of placentals appearing within a 200,000-year interval.
Submission + - Make Sure Interviews Don't Turn into Free Consulting (dice.com)
yl-roller writes: ""
Make Sure Interviews Don’t Turn into FreeConsulting (via Dice News in Tech)
You expect managers to ask about your experience and skills during an interview, but it’s hard to know what to say if they throw you a curve ball and ask for a step-by-step solution to a complex technical problem. We’re not talking about a coding interview here. We’re talking about a fishing
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