Comment Does it generate Android apps? (Score 1) 270
The future favours cross-platform apps
Will Robot Cars Need Windows? 435
An anonymous reader writes: The Atlantic has an article asking whether autonomous cars need windows. If there's no driver, will the passengers want to look outside? In the summer, will anyone want to endure the relentless heat from the sun? The robot cars offer us a great opportunity to rethink the platform which is largely devoted to supporting the driver. But if a computer is in charge and it sees with dozens of cameras ringing the car, what else can we change? What else don't we need? What can improve?
Swift Vs. Objective-C: Why the Future Favors Swift 270
snydeq writes: InfoWorld's Paul Solt argues that It's high time to make the switch to the more approachable, full-featured Swift for iOS and OS X app dev. He writes in Infoworld: "Programming languages don't die easily, but development shops that cling to fading paradigms do. If you're developing apps for mobile devices and you haven't investigated Swift, take note: Swift will not only supplant Objective-C when it comes to developing apps for the Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and devices to come, but it will also replace C for embedded programming on Apple platforms. Thanks to several key features, Swift has the potential to become the de-facto programming language for creating immersive, responsive, consumer-facing applications for years to come."
The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead 182
reifman writes: Hosting a website (even WordPress) after your death has a variety of unexpected complexities, from renewing your domain name, to hosting, security, monitoring, troubleshooting and more. It's a gaping hole that we as technologists should start thinking more about — especially because all of us are going to die, some of us unexpectedly sooner than we'd like or planned for. The only real solution I found was to share credentials and designate funds to descendants — you've done this, right?
Ask Slashdot: Moving To an Offshore-Proof Career? 420
New submitter sundarvenkata writes: I am sure most slashdotters (including the ones who had the I-am-an-indispensable-snowflake stance in the past) have already foreseen the writing on the wall for the future of tech professions (with IT being the worst hit) given some of the ominous news in the past few years: here, here and here. Of course, there are always the counter-arguments put forth by slashdotters that "knowing the business" or "being the best in what you do" would save one's derriere as if the offshore workers will remain permanently impaired of such skills. But I was wondering if some slashdotters could share some constructive real-life experiences of planning a transition to a relatively offshore-proof career. If you have already managed to accomplish such a career change, what was your journey and what would your advice be to other aspirants?
Comment Does anyone still use it? (Score 1) 51
Facebook I mean
Comment Re:Leaping to assumptions (Score 1) 83
Psychologists who collaborate with torturers are ethically complicit. Boycotting the torturers is the only ethical stance here.
Comment Big G (Score 1) 484
Just get a Google phone
Comment Re:Google Nexus 5 (Score 1) 484
this
Submission + - Five year old becomes MS Certified Professional (bbc.co.uk)
biodata writes: BBC News reports that five year old Coventry resident Ayan Qureshi has become the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional after passing the relevant exams.
Submission + - 5 year old passed Microsoft Certified Professional
EzInKy writes: The BBC has this heartwarming story about a five year old British boy who is the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional.
He told the BBC he found the exam difficult but enjoyable, and hopes to set up a UK-based tech hub one day.
"There were multiple choice questions, drag and drop questions, hotspot questions and scenario-based questions," he told the BBC Asian Network.
"The hardest challenge was explaining the language of the test to a five-year-old. But he seemed to pick it up and has a very good memory," explained Ayan's father Asim.
Ayan says he hopes to launch a UK-based IT hub similar to America's Silicon Valley one day, which he intends to call E-Valley.
He told the BBC he found the exam difficult but enjoyable, and hopes to set up a UK-based tech hub one day.
"There were multiple choice questions, drag and drop questions, hotspot questions and scenario-based questions," he told the BBC Asian Network.
"The hardest challenge was explaining the language of the test to a five-year-old. But he seemed to pick it up and has a very good memory," explained Ayan's father Asim.
Ayan says he hopes to launch a UK-based IT hub similar to America's Silicon Valley one day, which he intends to call E-Valley.
Comment Re:Big fucking deal. (Score 1) 422
You say that now...
Comment Sigh... (Score 1) 133
Like we used to do in the 90s and just called it 'engineering'.
Comment Dumbing down your organisation (Score 2) 150
Mostly clouds are more expensive than doing it yourself, unless you fire your sysadmin(s) as part of the deal.
Comment Re:*sigh* ... Lack of problem. (Score 1) 279
I think you may have underestimated the difficulty of sealing the borders of several countries. The more this goes on the more people will try to leave. There are not enough soldiers in the world to stop a population fleeing imminent death.
