I paid attention not because they were nice or gruff. I watched to see which ones were efficient. Same for the bagger at the grocery store. I'll take a longer line with a good team than a shorter line because I know I'll still get through faster.

The problem with self-checkout was that they went "all in" on it. It needs to be about 60/40 with 60% staffed and 40% self-service. The people who only have a few items and those that can work the self-checkout will prefer the faster lines even if it means doing all of the work. Everyone else needs a cashier.

I don't think EVs are to blame per se. I think they are just the final straw. The brand was already on the decline (even the post speaks to the numbers). The country is fairly split on the benefits of EVs [personally, I like them and own a PHEV and a full EV]. Because there is a group that is firmly against them, it's easy to place the blame there -- and will get clicks to the article. Additionally, their core demographic (old people) tend to be generally right-leaning politically which is the side most against EVs.

Put all of that together, and Buick is likely to be a brand that disappears soon.

A lot of people have heard of Atom. There are even Atom keybindings in VS Code. But, given the popularity of VS Code, I'm surprised someone is trying to keep Atom alive. I'm sure that was a factor in why they ended development of Atom.

The article didn't indicate that they attacked the APIs.....they merely looked at the signatures. Just because the API looks like it can be hacked, doesn't mean it doesn't perform the necessary validations server-side ALSO.

Time to start wrapping code in if(false){} blocks instead of comment blocks.

What about something along the lines of having to actually use the patent (either by creating a product or licensing it), say within the first 5 years of being granted. Otherwise, you lose the rights.

Also, what about getting back to patenting implementations of ideas and not ideas themselves? My biggest gripe about software patents is that they are all granted at the "a method to do some vague concept" instead of the "a specific method for doing some specific task" level. It would be the equivalent of patenting "a method of ordering a list of numbers" instead of the bubble sort or insertion sort or selection sort algorithms. This, to me, is what has lead to patent trolls. They buy some vaguely worded patent and look for as many ways as possible that it can be applied.

What is the exam actually testing? Your knowledge of a CS concept or your knowledge of the syntax of a specific language? If my course is "Data Structures", then I need to understand Arrays, Lists, Dictionaries, Heaps, B-Trees, etc. If my course is "Introduction to C++", then obviously, I need to know how to use a for loop and how to declare a class.

The English department is obviously testing your knowledge of the English language, therefore pseudo-English is not appropriate.

As long as the professor isn't grading on syntax (i.e. use pseudo-code), I'm all for coding on paper. I do it all the time, even today. As a senior-level developer, I spend way more time "coding in Word" than I'd like.....writing specs to give to junior developers, drawing pictures in Visio, etc. As long as you understand what it's doing, it doesn't matter what the syntax is --- syntax can be checked easily in any good IDE or with a quick search.

I've had the option. I could set it myself or I could have them send me one. And of course, even if sent one, you can always go in and change it (sometimes you can even change it via the phone, but I would go it).

Even back in the early 90s, I was doing a co-op in California and opened an account with Wells Fargo. I got to set my own pin, so I had set it to a 10 digit number. It was super secure, but it made it a pain to use it out in public because most terminals expect a four digit pin.

No, it just means the bugs are easier to find and exploit.......

A lot of people are moving over to the lighter weight Visual Studio Code (not to be confused with Visual Studio). VS Code already works on Linux (and Mac and Windows). It's actually a nice IDE regardless of the language you code in or the platform you code on.

Tesla's problem would seem to be the opposite: they switched to hard tooling before the assembly bugs were worked out. Now they've got an efficient production line making cars that need substantial post-prod work.

It warms my heart to see so many Slashdot friends from the old days commenting on this article. I first heard of Barlow and the EFF via Slashdot, back during the 1998 COPA protests. He helped open my eyes to the idea that the old laws for old technology were going to have unintended consequences when applied to new technology. He made me interested in activism, and his accomplishments still inspire me.

The internet has changed a lot since the late 90's, but the struggle between freedom and safety continues. May we never stop thinking about the consequences of going too far in either direction.

They seemed to be carrying about 20 bomblets apiece. Each bomblet seemed to be a small charge + ball-bearings + contact detonation at around 6" above ground. So, in total, a primitive & cheap anti-personnel and unarmored target system.

So, then, why do you allow certain gifts to be tax free? You did nothing to earn that gift. You should pay taxes on it. It can go to pay for roads and schools and what have you.