Comment Re:Chinese fragility in full force. (Score 2) 72
You mean kind of like the cancel culture in the USA?
You mean kind of like the cancel culture in the USA?
I am one of those old engineers and have had both programming and manager roles throughout my career. Right now I am programming with a heavy DevOps leaning. In my current role I had to re-invent and refresh my 10 year old Java , test automation, CI/CD processes and my IT background to make the current role a success. As a result, although I may not be the fastest coder, my depth of experience allowed me to help lead the team from nothing to viable cloud service product in less than a year in an organization that had no experience. Admittedly, I had to pull out all the stops to go up the learning curve on the new technologies, but even though the tech was new the patterns went back 20-30 years and were familiar. In our profession you can easily be left behind, but it doesn't have to happen just because you are old.
Well water is not free but typically lower cost. You just pay for it in bulk. I paid about $16000 over the last 20 years for the well and related equipment.
If you can get many seemingly random claims out there, it increases the probability that someone will accidentally stumble on your claim. In the large business world, this gives you ammunition to negotiate and cross-license when you stumble on someone else's patent. This really stinks for the small innovator, however.
Laughing Man from Ghost In The Shell (anime)
Aren't workers oppressed in some countries?
Over the last 20 or so years I have been accumulating digital books from faithlife.com. The total value at this point is not inconsequential. They, however, allow you to leave your collection to an heir when you die. Although, the books are not owned, the licenses to use can be passed on. In short, they have most attributes of ownership. 1) I paid for it. 2) I can use it. 3) I can give it away or pass it on. The one constraint and difference is that this applies to my whole collection, not to individual books.
The sim is simply a tool. Used correctly, it is an exceptional tool. Used incorrectly can lead to results. Other than the complexity, this is no different than using a high precision mill. Using one, doesn't make you a machinist, but with the right training you can create amazing parts.
Assuming adequate ground training, the place the sim and the real world really diverged was when you had to "feel" the airplane. This happens with turbulent air, crosswind landings and the landing itself when you correctly transition from flight to a stalled condition a few inches above the runway. Also, sounds such as the air going by can give you clues such as "oops, I am going too slow around this corner" before the stall horn starts going off and it might be too late.
Other areas that increase your safety margin are having a good understanding weather, aerodynamics and how the instrumentation really works.
Again, with the right instructor, you can cover much of the this in the simulator. The problem is that you don't know that you are doing something wrong until it is so wrong that it is too late. A good instructor will point out those bad habits when they are still harmless.
This kind of sums up the whole conversation...
Even worse--fake numbers. Only real numbers should be allowed on caller ID. At least there you have some chance of blocking and someone who constantly changes their phone number can be identified as a potential spammer/scammer.
I work two days a week from home as a software engineer and find that both work environments are important. I tend do do my deep-thinking work at home while I collaborate while on site. Until we have true telepresence I do not believe the collaboration is as effective remotely as we get in person. There are too many adhoc overheard conversations that lead to fruitful ideas. On the other hand these overheard conversations can also be distracting if you are trying to get some focus work done. Having to wrap my ears in headphones was never a pleasant solution to that problem.
I live outside the city and setting my laptop up on our deck and able to look at the rural view can be very helpful for freeing the mind for idea generation.
In other words, there is value to both environments IF THEY ARE USE APPROPRIATELY. The "lack of trust" reason for working on-site is inheritantly counterproductive because trust ends up working both ways and engagement ultimately is decreased.
The largest cost in a typical standard non-premium bundle is sports. In short it is forcing people to subsidize sports fans. No wonder people are going to cheaper non-sports alternatives where live TV is not that important.
Instead of outsourcing 12 hours away in India, try doing it 0-3 hours away to a place with the same language and similar culture. Makes sense to me.
Most of the discussion requires restricting rights or taking something away from somebody and giving to something else. What is often forgotten is this is not a fixed sum equation. Our economy is dynamic and everyone can gain at the same time. Historically, you could get a good paying job without a college degree working the assembly line. Unfortunately, many of these jobs are being outsourced and/or automated. As a result, these blue collar jobs are being eliminated and nothing is coming in to replace them. A $15 an hour job at a restaurant will not provide a solution no matter how better it is compared to the $10 an hour minimum wage. What these "blue collar" people need are opportunities to find fulfulling and good paying jobs. Today there is a huge barrier to this -- the college degree. The time and expense of achieving this are either unobtainable or not a very good investment. Also, many are burdened with huge college related debts afterwards which effectively reduces their wage for many years. I don't often quote articles in the NY Times, but this one was right on and hits close to many of us on Slashdot. How about the "blue collar" coding/programming position. Have companies stop filtering by college degree and start filtering by abilities. Many non-degreed people become excellent programmers. As an experienced software developer I would love to take on interns who are committed, talented and hardworking people and help them learn my trade. They may not get paid as well as me with my formal degree, but they sure will get paid far more than they would at a minimum wage imposed restaurant.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0...
Boeing has had internship openings for blue collar jobs. We should encourage other companies to encourage internships for non-college bound positions. Those of the non-libertarian persuasion may even consider subsidies and/or tax breaks for companies that promote these kinds of jobs.
For God's sake, stop researching for a while and begin to think!
