jdoire - Slashdot User

Comment The final solution to population pyramid inversion (Score 1) 138

by jdoire on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @12:04PM (#62187937) Attached to: China's Population May Start To Shrink This Year, New Birth Data Suggest

Given Xi Jinping track record, it would not surprise me that his solution of not having enough people to take care of the elderly and the crippled would be to simply eliminate them.

Comment Write a little biography (Score 1) 698

by jdoire on Thursday February 26, 2015 @12:45AM (#49134363) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Terminally Ill - What Wisdom Should I Pass On To My Geek Daughter?

My father once wrote a 2 pages biography of him, I thought it was very interesting and allowed me know him better.

Write about when she was born and other significant events involving her.

Just make it short and quick, your time is better spent with your family.

Japanese Game Developers Go West 84

Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 19, 2010 @10:27PM from the bring-ideas dept.

donniebaseball23 writes "More and more Japanese game studios and publishers are looking toward the West. But as the industry becomes more global, is this really such a bad thing? From the article: 'Gameplay is an art that transcends borders, and it simply makes good business sense to keep your eyes open for opportunities no matter where they present themselves, as Zenimax, EA and THQ clearly have. Far from ruining the Japanese gaming industry, it may in fact save some of the best Japanese developers from considering retirement or a career change. They'll be able to make games on their own terms with their own original IP, and shouldn't it ultimately be about these creative types being able to realize their visions?""

Chip Allows Blind People To See 231

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 04, 2010 @05:07AM from the bionic-eye dept.

crabel writes "3 blind people have been implanted with a retinal chip that allowed them to see shapes and objects within days of the procedure. From the article: 'One of the patients surprised researchers by identifying and locating objects on a table; he was also able to walk around a room unaided, approach specific people, tell the time from a clock face, and describe seven different shades of gray in front of him.'"

Comment use automated script systematically (Score 1) 396

by jdoire on Tuesday August 17, 2010 @01:04AM (#33272534) Attached to: How Can I Make Testing Software More Stimulating?

I use automated script systematically to test every features I wrote, making the job much easier.

And I do it immediately, or even while writing it, while it's fresh in my mind and usually easy to do, checking for normal and abnormal conditions. The script test for new and also the old functions, making sure everything is still OK.

Being proud of my code is a good motivator to ensure that no bugs are found.

Comment Why not pump the oil at the surface into a tank? (Score 1) 343

by jdoire on Sunday June 06, 2010 @02:48AM (#32473560) Attached to: Quantifying, and Dealing With, the Deepwater Spill

I have 2 questions:

1) Why they don't use those oil eating microbes???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VfypUzx1tI&feature=youtube_gdata

2) Why they don't pump this oil at the surface of the sea and put it into a super tanker??? Some water would get pump at the same time, but simply let the mixture sit a little while and the water will drop at the bottom could be pump back into the sea afterward. It certainly would not be perfect but it sure could recover a lot of the oil fairly quickly at a relatively low cost.

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