You reap what you sew.

I wish. I can use a Singer (or a Pfaff, or...), but I've never reaped anything I've sewn. On the other hand, I have planted several gardens and, in that case, I've always reaped what I've sown.

Is people's illiteracy increasing, or is it just me? Sew and sow are such different words, I can't actually see a well-educated person making these sorts of mistakes (unless you transposed the e and o in a right-left hand confusion thing, in which case your proofreading needs work).

Well, I had quantum mechanics and solid state theory, logic design, processor design, and various courses on memory architecture. I was a bit skimpy on some of the database/compiler work, so I took courses in those topic as well. My education was a bit odd, though, starting with a BS CompE, followed by a failed MSEE (mainly because my marriage at that time was falling apart and a job offer seemed really good by that point) and thirty year gap between my first MS attempt and my second (successful) attempt at an MSCS (and yes, I did a thesis the second time). But, yes, I do believe I understand just about everything in a modern processor/software stack. Or, at least, with enough study of the particular system, I do believe I can understand the system and, if I'm lucky, why they chose the design decisions they did.

If you've seen this more than once or twice and it disturbs you, you probably (a) checked some wrong boxes somewhere on your survey or (b) you should be using a site other than TransLove.com.

Wear cowboy boots. They're basically pumps for men, and a lot of people find them sexy.

And some people find them as gay as the indian in the Village People.

Wearing work apparel on a date is a double-edged sword. For every bit of macho it conveys it also conveys a sense of "Why the hell is he wearing that on a date!?" Unless you're going two-stepping or actually are a cowboy, it's probably best to leave the boots home. Just sayin'.

... is probably just as good as what they'd get here in the States, CRE notwithstanding

Modern software security is hard because modern software is complex.

Doesn't that just about say it all? More eyes don't solve complexity issues, only more brains and better architecture.

Because then the insurers couldn't make money and the system would have collapsed. Anything that you did to the system would have had to be balanced by other players in the system, lest it collapse. This means a complicated law.

Want a simple law? Here's one: Everyone gets Medicare and the government surcharges your taxes x% to pay for it. That's a simple law - no muss, no fuss, and done. No, all of the complication comes from the fact that we have this fu'ed system with a bunch of asshats sitting in the middle trying to make a living off it. A free market does not work for an essential good and, Libertarian protests notwithstanding, our own self-interest, if not our interest in those we love, together with the randomness of and our vulnerability to death and disease, makes healthcare, in many cases, a necessity, not a luxury.

Half a loaf, bud...

Now, now... Don't be petty. I'm sure this will let all the BI "analysts" make the same mistakes they always do, but much more cheaply.

The flaw in your knowledge behind your well put, albeit sarcastic, commentary is the fact that most people don't care about quality and actively dislike information that rebuts their previously-held conclusions (like well-analyzed data is wont to do). As such, quality data analysis is greatly overvalued by folks who do it, while undervalued or misused by those who most need it (the same is true with every technological field these days). Hilarity ensues.

... what I'm pondering?

... that the current economic system is not providing the most efficient distribution of goods and services for the benefit of all?

Why? Your protestations to the contrary, why not?

Java:

+ Huge amounts of infrastructure in place for just about anything you want to do

+ Mature frameworks

- Still have to program in Java

Node.js:

+ Quicker to program simple apps in

+ Simpler deployment (again for small/simple apps)

- Still have to program in Javascript

In reality, all systems/frameworks/whatever all suck in their own unique ways. All that matters is matching the tech to the project.

Besides, the leading edge has moved to Clojure and ClojureScript already.

America sells weapons? Who'd a thunk it...

That xkcd is just more of the recent bullshit Randall has started putting out lately.

Don't tell me, it was the Libertarian jibe in the pop-up that cheesed you off, right?