Comment Clojure and Project Euler (Score 2) 516
Learn Clojure with the help of Project Euler. After years of programming that made me feel like a grey bureaucrat, those two got me excited again.
Comment I didn't RTFA, but... (Score 1) 341
branch of government
... smallish and economical, operating independently
Sigh...
Comment Reminds me of a joke (Score 5, Funny) 841
This reminds me of a joke I read here in a thread about whether pre-med students should study organic chemistry:
A college physics professor was explaining a concept to his class when a pre-med student interrupted him. "Why do we have to learn this stuff?" he blurted out. "To save lives," the professor responded before continuing the lecture.
A few minutes later the student spoke up again. "Wait-- how does physics save lives?" The professor responded. "By keeping idiots out of medical school."
Comment Oblig. link (Score 1) 110
Comment Re:PR? (Score 1) 424
I was talking about Jobs newly published bio.
Comment PR? (Score 4, Interesting) 424
This submission feels like pure PR for a book or two.
Comment Optimism (Score 1) 990
I thought the 21st century is going to be the century of mass unemployment too, until I read Bill Gates take on the subject:
As there is progress, which is partly advances in technology, in a certain sense the world gets richer. That is, the things we do that use a lot of resources and time can be done more efficiently. So people wonder, Will there be jobs? Will there be things to do? Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do. And as society gets richer, we can choose to allocate the resources in a way that gives people the incentive to go out and do those unfinished jobs.
Comment Excellent video (Score 1) 111
Excellent video! This is exactly news for nerds and stuff that matters.
Comment Re:Sigh (Score 1) 465
Suing for saying she was approaching 40.
Comment Sigh (Score 2) 465
Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age 465
Alain Williams writes "An actress has sued Amazon.com for more than $1m (£639,000) after her age was posted on its Internet Movie Database. She says revealing her age on the site will lose her acting opportunities. From the article: 'The lawsuit states: "If one is perceived to be 'over-the-hill,' i.e., approaching 40, it is nearly impossible for an up-and-coming actress, such as the plaintiff, to get work as she is thought to have less of an 'upside,' therefore, casting directors, producers, directors, agents-manager, etc. do not give her the same opportunities, regardless of her appearance or talent."' So is her career dependent on lies?"
Comment What's the hold up? (Score 1) 147
Why 2015? What's taking 3 years?
New Vaccine Halves Malaria Risk 147
An anonymous reader writes "According to a report in Reuters, scientists are celebrating the end of a clinical trial which found a malaria vaccine reduces infection risk by half in children. From the article: 'While scientists say it is no "silver bullet" and will not end the mosquito-borne infection on its own, it is being hailed as a crucial weapon in the fight against malaria and one that could speed the path to eventual worldwide eradication. Malaria is caused by a parasite carried in the saliva of mosquitoes. It kills more than 780,000 people per year, most of them babies or very young children in Africa. Cohen's vaccine goes to work at the point when the parasite enters the human bloodstream after a mosquito bite. By stimulating an immune response, it can prevent the parasite from maturing and multiplying in the liver. ... Cohen said that if all goes to plan, RTS,S could be licensed and rolled out by 2015.'"
Comment Re:Propagate false data? (Score 1) 338
A new job market is created: Facebook Engine Optimizers. They'll take care of any usefulness that may come from Facebook's extensive graph data.
