AlisdairSH

Too bad the PD won't have their officers wear cameras while on duty. That would resolve the issue without the distraction of somebody following the office around all day.

I had the same thought. Not so much that he'd be treated worse in the US, but that the Chinese police seemed perfectly reasonable given the newness/strangeness of the "offense".

I was also pleasantly surprised he got the copter and camera back at the end.

If that's what the author is trying to say, my response is still, "So what?"

Is that a problem? If not, why bother reporting it?

I would expect a first time buyer to be in the market for a "starter" home - old, not-updated, small, slightly less desirable neighborhood, etc. Or, a condo instead of a single-family unit.

Is this a serious question?

Technology companies in that part of California date back as far as the 1930s.

They are very high profile. And the fact that they get moved around, used,and loaned out probably makes them a much more tempting target compared to a painting or sculpture that, for the most part, stays in one museum.

In addition to the responses already entered, the NFL (in combination with the NFLPA, the union that represents players) also requires athletes entering the draft to be three years out of high-school (typically 21 years old in the US).

So, even if you happen to have the physical aptitude to play professionally at age 18, you are barred from doing so.

Does anybody work for a software company that doesn't issue laptops as the primary PC? I haven't had a desktop in 10 years and just assumed that was the norm.

Why does it have to be either/or? Is it really that hard for an employer to offer both?

If each team (of 7-10 people) has a scrum room/war room, plus some number of cubes (4-5) available on an as-needed basis, wouldn't that meet the needs of employee happiness, collaboration, etc?

Need to make a call? Go to a cube. Deadline to meet? Go to a cube. Mid-project, lots of design/analysis occurring? Stay in the open room.

Seems like a no-brainer?

So, it appears to work with Androids (only). Not iPhones, and not dumb-phones?

Seems pretty useless.

99% of computer users have no idea what you just typed.

HDD light blinking? That means it's working correctly. Am I right?

Except managers do reward hours vs work.

I had a VP once who decreed that the "Productivity" rating on our annual review was to based on the average hours/week spent at work. To be deemed "Productive", a developer had to average 45+ hours/week. This had the effect of screwing over two subsets of developers: 1 - Those that were very efficient and got their work done in a reasonable amount of time. 2 - Those that didn't spend hours/week on timetracking, and just stuck on 40/week by default And rewarded those who were inefficient and took 50 hours to do 40 hours worth of work.

Sometimes.

As noted above, there are clauses placed in individual contracts in an attempt to limit injury.

The UCI (pro cycling sanctioning body) also prohibits the top-tier cyclists from racing in events that lack a UCI sanction.

This has been a large problem in US pro-mountain biking, as most long-distance races are not UCI sanctioned. In theory, pro racers wishing to participate in these events risk fines.

The TSA tried this and failed miserably... http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/13/21428350-...

http://www.alamogordonews.com/alamogordo-opinion/ci_24584454...

After years of software design, I can say with a high level of confidence that classifying the nouns and verbs properly is a prerequisite to quality OO code (from both a functional AND longevity standpoint).

If you fail to do that up-front analysis, you may end up with functional code. But, the likelihood that it is readable, maintainable, extensible, etc is much lower.

This isn't to say that all good code is OO. Only that writing good OO code requires you to define the objects andt their interactions well.

"...the thought about having a government security clearance is a thrilling thought"

Meh. Nothing cinematic about it at all. You fill out reams of paperwork (address and neighbors back 10 years), get interviewed by a tired bureaucrat, and all your friends, family, and neighbors get grilled by some other tired bureaucrats.

Then, if you're lucky, they grant you an interim clearance so you can start work while they do whatever other research they need to do (polygraph, etc).

And if you're unlucky, they don't grant the interim and you're left in limbo for months on end. And you don't have any say in the matter - if the interim is denied, there is no recourse. And if they take too long, your employer may just decide waiting around isn't worth the time and send you packing before the process completes. And you never find out what red flag they thought they saw.

All in, it's a total pain in the ass.

Read Ender's Shadow as well. And probably the other main-line Ender stories. None are a difficult read - you'll breeze through them in a weekend.

Welcome to the US. 2 weeks is common for lower end jobs. 3 weeks is typical for professionals starting a new job. I receive 5 weeks, plus 2 for sick time, and peers at other companies are astounded by it. I've also been at my employer for 10 years - I started at 3 weeks.

Of course, my Scottish relatives think it's completely normal. And I tend to agree. With only 3 weeks of leave, it's really hard to take 2 weeks off in a block. And I find a 2 week vacation is really required to relax and let go of work.

and Tokyo?

And I'd add that all the non-newstand apps are grouped in their own folder anyway.

I tried it and have several newstand magazines. But, my biggest gripe is the inconsistency. Some magazines and newspapers have apps, others are in the newstand. If all news and magazine type apps were in the newstand, I'd be fine using it.

I think you answered your own question.

Present-day welfare systems have tremendous amounts of overhead to run. In a basic income system, most of that overhead goes away - you don't need an Office of Unemployment Benefits, or a Food for Underprivileged Children program - because everybody gets a check.

Do the savings completely offset the cost? I have no idea. But, it seems reasonable that they could offset a substantial portion. Of course, getting a government to willingly reduce it's size is a whole other problem.

> And apparently some Panda in a reserve wont be fed according to the news.

I think you misheard. The panda web camera feed will be shut down. Pretty sure they'll still feed the little critter... http://jezebel.com/government-shutdown-might-kill-an-adorabl...

Isn't that a challenge in and of itself? The majority of us are solving business problems, not technological ones.

If I can deliver something, even if not the most interesting or elegant, that gives the sales/marketing people giant, shit-eating grins, well, kudos to me. Usually, that means I'll be given time to go back and make enhancements, add functionality, or placed at the top of the list for the next cool project.

"Our job is not to program, our job is to create value."

This bears repeating. Rare is the job that allows the job-holder to write code for the sake of writing code. Most of us have to build software that adds value to some other business process.

That takes a lot of thought and research, a little bit of code, and a lot of testing, documentation, and maintenance.

If we're lucky, we get to pass off what we consider the most mundane of those tasks to other employees. BUT! If we're good, we can (and do) perform all of those tasks when needed.

No, but excelling in high-school extra-curricular activities does. And the perception is you don't excel at extra-curricular activities unless you start young.

In my neighborhood, kids started working with professional strength coaches in middle-school in an effort to make varsity football or basketball. Excessive instruction in music was common. 2-3 sports a season on top of volunteer work or part-time jobs.

It's all in an effort to get a leg up at college admissions time. And it's absolutely insane.

Presumably, you'd only see the pop-up if you're running a non-current version of iOS (and need the previous version of the app)?

I couldn't have said it better.

"...structuring the a whole life around arbitrary restrictions..."

Couldn't the same be said of any other group of people? We all draw boundaries around what is acceptable or not. Some people don't want cable television. Some like to live car-free. Others choose vegetarianism or veganism.

The Amish just draw that line someplace we consider extreme. At the end of the day, if they're happy, that's all that matters.

If you don't work >43 hours/week, you aren't productive. At least according to one boss I've had. :|

Tests never bothered me. If I bombed one, I could always study a bit for the next one. So, I rarely studied for them and I rarely completed daily assignments.

But, that said, my idea of skipping school was heading downtown to the GWU library. I started taking AP courses as a sophomore and always had long-term papers to write. I spent much of my senior year in a local wetland taking water samples.

There was definitely a balance. I tended to work hard at things that I enjoyed and completely blow off stuff that I deemed tedious or irrelevant. And overall, the balance usually fell in my favor.

There were students at school who were both smarter and harder working than I. And some of them were accepted at elite universities, where I landed at a top-notch public. But, we tended to have vastly different approaches to life. They live to work and found careers that they love. I work to live and found a career that I don't hate (but mostly, just want to get my paycheck and go mountain biking, kayaking, or something else outdoors).

And like another response indicated, this was all just natural. My peers were all overachievers, most of them naturally so.