Comment Re:Do no EViL(tm) (Score 1) 427
Apple is like a wife; lets you think you'll get some for all you're paying, but you end up badly screwed.
Pro tip: get out of the basement and discover that women are not the enemy!
How To Find the Right Open Source Project To Get Involved With 57
An anonymous reader writes Writing on Opensource.com, Matt Micene shares his thoughts on getting started with an open source project. "I came back from OSCON this year with a new fire to contribute to an open source project. I've been involved in open source for years, but lately I've been more of an enthusiast-evangelist than a hands-on-contributor to an open source community. So, I started some thinking about what to do next. When I was involved in projects before, it was due to a clear progression from user to forum guru to contributor. It's a great path to take but what do you do if you just want to jump into something?" Matt goes on to lay out several steps to help new contributors get started.
Comment My first thought: (Score 1) 63
Bug bomb activated. Bug bomb searching, Thodin!
Comment Re:Change Jobs (Score 1) 275
I take the opposite view - when I see version control, bug tracking, and automated testing, it sets off alarm bells that a company is in the compartmentalization downslide.
I'd be interested to hear what kind of company you'd work for that doesn't use any of these tools. I'm sure that would make for an interesting story, especially where not even version control is used.
Comment Re:So influence is the most important? (Score 1) 192
Joining the EU doesn't automatically mean joining the Euro zone. Of course that is another interesting and unsolved problem: currency.
ISIS Bans Math and Social Studies For Children 981
mpicpp sends this news from CNN:
In swaths of Syria now controlled by ISIS, children can no longer study math or social studies. Sports are out of the question. And students will be banned from learning about elections and democracy. Instead, they'll be subjected to the teachings of the radical Islamist group. And any teacher who dares to break the rules "will be punished." ISIS revealed its new educational demands in fliers posted on billboards and on street poles. The Sunni militant group has captured a slew of Syrian and Iraqi cities in recent months as it tries to establish a caliphate, or Islamic state, spanning Sunni parts of both countries. Books cannot include any reference to evolution. And teachers must say that the laws of physics and chemistry "are due to Allah's rules and laws."
Update: 09/18 16:26 GMT by S : CNN has pulled the story over "concerns about the interpretation of the information provided." They promise to update it when they get the facts straight.
Comment Example of how not to do it (Score 1) 54
Let's hope this doesn't derail itself the same way the Yocto Project did. Yocto is massively company-sponsored and IMHO it's a sad joke. It's a huge, bloated cancer of a build system that is neither usable nor understandable.
Comment Re:Never been a fan of multiplayer. (Score 2) 292
Maybe I'm dating myself here
Not like anyone else will...
Sorry, couldn't resist
Comment Re:Say what now? (Score 1) 110
I wish everyone would just move to soylentnews, much better editing over there.
Why? Are you so bored you have to come whine here if you have a better place? I don't get it.
Comment Re:Le sigh.... (Score 1) 167
It's still completely blind, as far as possible effects are concerned. It's just orders of magnitude faster. Not sure that's a good thing.
Comment Re:Does Learning Mechanical Engineering Outweigh . (Score 1) 546
Maybe the problem is the definition of 'code'. Is is just cobbling together bytes that seem as if they want to fit together, trying to fit the round piece in the square hole until you realize that may be the wrong way to do things? Or is it the same as programming, which should involve a plan and design and a deeper understanding of the problem and possible solutions? 'Code' certainly sounds a lot more like "I hacked together something and it even works!" than 'programming'....
Comment It depends on the actual person (Score 1) 546
Just my $0.02:
I've met all kinds: self-taught (for the most part what I am), university educated with varying levels of degree and anything in between. I've seen lots of people with high level degrees who were totally useless as soon as actual code was involved, but I've also met the other kind, highly intelligent people with degrees that at the same time were able and especially willing to use what they had to craft superb code.
If you want to learn to program and do actual work instead of just meditating about computing theory or fiddling with database concepts, you will. In the end, you must want to learn it, you must be interested, and you have to be a practical girl or boy, interested in getting into the thick of it and getting your hands 'dirty'.
IMHO, whether you get a degree or not has nothing to do with that.
Comment Re:Uncompetitive? (Score 1) 312
Uber must be okay with what they're doing because hey, someone somewhere might have done something illegal. Maybe. Because hey, there's anecdotal evidence, probably.
Nice strawman you got there.
Comment Re:For a country so good at engineering... (Score 1) 212
An engineer doesn't say "can't be done" (unless the laws of physics would be broken) - the real answer is "There are problems X, Y and Z that require research and development."
So, right now, we have a pipe dream. [...] Anyone who truly believes these can replace everything else is living in a fantasy world.
See the irony?
Comment Re:For a country so good at engineering... (Score 1) 212
Nice Real Scottsman, but devoid of any facts. Way to make your point.
