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Comment This sounds really cool (Score 1) 43

Is it me, or does the idea of a self-reliant nuclear-powered data center sound pretty cool? Not dependent on a power grid, can (and should) be placed in the middle of nowhere, creates many jobs at all levels and an economy... You can basically spawn a city. Well, except in case of accidents or attacks. But these, like, almost never occur :)

Comment Re:Cut them off (Score 1) 9

Even if it was possible (probably russia or china for instance would have no problem letting them hop through), it's a difficult decision to take. You're not just cutting off scammers, you're cutting off everyone using internet to inform themselves outside of propaganda channels, the way it's supposed to be used. Some consider internet access a human right.

Comment Re:Winning the war of computer security? (Score 1) 11

I mean, attack is always easier than defense. Breaking into one system you need a few really good guys, securing a whole thing you need a whole organization. The article doesn't compare the offensive cybersecurity capabilities of the USA, which I assume are massive. It's not gonna say "oh look we infiltrated this super secret stuff" in head lines. Actually that there's never a peep of anyone reporting being infiltrated by the USA is telling, it means they're better.

Comment Not sure how new this is (Score 2) 49

They were already doing that for businesses when I was working in China a little than 20 years ago, in Shenzhen. You could, and we did, request it and got it. (Fun fact: about a month later they gave us a mystery box to plug anywhere on our network - I was working security, it's lucky that when I put it 'anywhere' it landed on a completely isolated network with only public data :)

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Touch typing. How important is it? 2

tgibson writes: As a grognard who learned how to type in an 8th grade classroom on a manual typewriter, my bias is to nod approvingly at touch typists and roll my eyes at those who need to stare at the keyboard while typing.

After 15 years I left industry and became a post-secondary computer science educator. Occasionally I rant to my students about the importance of touch-typing as a skill to have as a software engineer.

But I've been out of the game for some time now. Those of you hiring or working with freshly-minted software engineers, what's your take?

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