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Sure, but I think the point of this thread was (or should be) what can be done in the US to resist this.
I read that as "we're not going to sit with the uncomfortable implication that the places being held up as policy exemplars are also the places criminalizing speech."
Holy survivorship bias Batman, and yeah, nice punchy AI sentences you got there.
Wow.
No, they forfeited their freedoms and we're put away by due process, but if that's your point of view then we've nothing further to discuss. Incredible stuff on HN these days.
Don't you suppose that it's "fair" to request compensation for the room and board if the person is making a "fair" wage?
This is part of the plan to gut and privatize NOAA because the billionaire behind AccuWeather says so.
Source?
The root cause here is obviously testosterone levels.
This is a patently absurd observation and you didn't even bother to offer an anecdote, as if that would make a difference anyways.
I can't tell if you're agreeing or not?
I'm not asserting anything about if a manager should code, but rather calling out a statement in the article. A good engineering manager should never be surprised by some new functionality.
If you mean being the primary implementer of features, then probably not.
It's my belief that any engineering manager worth their salt should push back on this and argue for a seat at this table, every single time. I don't want to work for someone who is disinterested in new functionality in codebases under their purview.
The base is now 64gb which should be plenty for any student. If not, iCloud is very affordable.
This is a meme comment by now.
I've been using an iPad Air (with Paperlike) for the past 4 years for basically running my life at school, and I can't imagine going back to working with actual paper for daily note-taking and homework assignments. It's great for reading whitepapers and marking them up while laying on the couch.
That functionality by itself justifies its existence in my estimation.
The mark of a good engineer is knowing when this sort of handwaving is actually meaningful and helpful. Formality for its own sake is anti-pattern, but who am I telling?
Surely there is some critical threshold that indicates that we can reject the hypothesis that fascism isn't happening?
Mind clarifying precisely what you mean by this?
Credit Suisse here in Switzerland used to only hire PhDs for programming positions. It didn’t matter what the PhD was in - they’d train you how to program.
Note: credit Suisse collapsed a few years ago and now no longer exists.
So you're saying that was a sound strategy on their part
I teach the systems class at Montana State, where we go from transistors up to a real computing system, and I have students that don't understand what a file system really is when they start my class
Admittedly I am old grouch, but I stopped having any expectations of the current generation of "college kids".
Incidentally, I'm at Montana State getting a master's in IE, and I deal daily with this one PhD student who has demonstrated an inability to perform a simple partial derivative, which you'd think is a pretty useful skill given the subject matter. Hell, last semester in a 400-level math course, one of the students didn't understand how to add two matrices, I kid you not. It is odd that a senior in CS wouldn't know what a file system is, but that seems rather quaint compared to some of the wild bullshit I've encountered here.
My first stint in university in the 2000s felt a lot different than this, and it's a bit depressing. But man, I feel just great about my prospects in the job market next spring.
They won't be, which is why it's funny to me.
Well as they say, it's about equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome. Te former I believe strongly, no doubt. They latter? EH
at a certain point you are just going to be cannibalizing other talent pools
The mass of unemployed CS grads?
"I see these kinds of comments regularly and am curious"
This clearly states the person's feelings (curiosity) about some observations (seeing comments of a particular sort).
I encourage you to read the recent Reuters article on the topic: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-says-it-has-no-plans-increa...
Danish PM Frederiksen: "I cannot imagine the United States would use military intervention in Greenland, and it is up to the people of Greenland to decide what they want."
Oh, interesting. I think that’s called self-determination, a key underpinning of democracy.
Greenlanders who feel like they might be invaded by the US aren’t just being sensitive snowflakes.
Greenland is a critical strategic asset, and Denmark is incapable of defending it or its people. If Greenlanders are worried about being "invaded" by the U.S., they should be a hell of a lot more worried about Russia or China making moves in the Arctic. The world would objectively be safer if the U.S. took custodianship of Greenland, full stop.
I’m no policy buff, but I’d bet that if someone were willing to make a rational deal, like perhaps allowing the U.S. to offer security in exchange for a slice of Greenland’s massive untapped resources, this entire situation would be resolved, and everyone would be better off.
Again, I stress that the rhetoric around what is clearly a negotiation is not my style of doing business, but no serious person can argue that something has to be done about securing Greenland, nor do they think Trump is actually going to use military force.
Edit: I must insist that I'm not trying to be inflammatory at all. I'm sincerely concerned about this geopolitical implications of this potential attack vector and it feels like pride is getting in the way of our security in the West.
“Threatened”? That’s a stretch. From the AP:
“I’m not going to commit to that,” Trump said, when asked if he would rule out the use of the military. “It might be that you’ll have to do something. The Panama Canal is vital to our country.” He added, “We need Greenland for national security purposes.”
This is just Trump being Trump, blustery and vague. It barely qualifies as saber-rattling. The guy loves to posture, but the level of hysteria around it is absurd. I’m not a fan of this kind of rhetoric, but Europeans acting like this is a genuine military threat instead of just laughing at him is ridiculous.
Anyways, what were we talking about? Something inspirational I recall.
Why
Jesus christ, even the ADL said that it wasn't a Nazi salute. Give it a rest or it's gonna be a long 12 years for you.
I'm curious where things tend to go wrong with the inexperienced people? Are we talking a general lack of fitness or just little/no real mountaineering skills?
I feel like I've heard of some guys that did a 12 week program to prepare them, but don't recall the outcome. You certainly can't fake a lifetime of strong cardio fitness.
Why are they peeling those beautiful golden potatoes? Skin is the best part.
"It's a beauty there's no mistake the Barnes are white fellows?"
What??
Why do we still talk about these people? The more we stand in awe of their calculated ignorance, the more satisfied they are.
I feel like there are better things to do with my time than be as fascinated by it as some people.
The writing is certainly all over the wall, in bold red ink.
It's up to department heads and dean and they're pressured by ABET and companies that write them checks.
Education is secondary; this is job training! We need to crank out people ready to drop into Boeing's way of doing things!
It's morphed a little bit from the original field so the name isn't super accurate.
I'm currently doing a masters in IMSE--Industrial and Management Systems Engineering--and yeah it's changed since the 70s or whenever it had its real heyday (they come in waves).
The updated curriculum for undergrad is essentially the same as a mechanical engineering for the first two years, but as they wander off into advanced mechanics and fluids, IMSE students are doing time studies, factory design (FLOW!), and lots of stats and algorithms.
I've actually had the pleasure of getting to gripe to our school's Industrial Advisory Board which seems mostly full of Boeing people. They want to know if the curriculum serves the students well and I preach to them that, actually, if you spend 6 or 9 extra credits on proper software engineering that you've created a monster... but they don't listen. Some even get kind of offended because they think that a career in project management is a fine way to go about life (why go to engineering school?)
Sorry programming blows your mind? Perhaps that's why we need to teach it? I've done a lot of ERP integrations in my career and I'm not sure who they think is most qualified to do those sorts of things.