makq - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Hard to get excited. (Score 1) 129

by makq on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @03:15PM (#47459827) Attached to: Mozilla Doubles Down on JPEG Encoding with mozjpeg 2.0

And this is a great demonstration of why people hate IT departments.

Comment Re:just like EE, ME, CE, finance...... (Score 1) 608

by makq on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @10:13AM (#47414983) Attached to: Normal Humans Effectively Excluded From Developing Software

Minor correction. Burger flipping in a modern fast food establishment is the epitome of specialization. The difference is that it does not take a high level of skill. This is by design.

Comment Re:How can you take this list seriously? (Score 1) 285

by makq on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @03:01PM (#47409215) Attached to: The World's Best Living Programmers

Actually, it should have started at 0 and gone to 15. That's how the greats did it. Someday I wish we would stop being so great.

Comment Re:19,000 (Score 1) 401

by makq on Monday July 07, 2014 @04:07PM (#47402383) Attached to: No Shortage In Tech Workers, Advocacy Groups Say

All the software anyone needs has already been written.

I would bet that 99.9% of software that people will need in the next 100 years and could get utility from has not yet been written. Not to mention upgrades to the software that currently does exist, and is pretty crappy.

Comment Re:nice work (Score 1) 468

by makq on Monday July 07, 2014 @02:30PM (#47401669) Attached to: Airbus Patents Windowless Cockpit That Would Increase Pilots' Field of View

I took me back to last week when my Internet was down for 24 hours and I felt so helpless. All my devices useless. My iPad, my smartphone, my smart TV, my laptop... expensive decorations.

That is strange - all of those things work for me even if I have no internet.

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