Jemm

Is there a code of ethics for programmers and engineers?

Even worse is that smart people see the patterns and can predict the outcome with a reasonable degree of accuracy, however, they can not do anything about it because speaking up usual results in being labelled negative and being shunned.

This is very much like knowing the train is going to fall off the bridge but not being able to stop people from boarding.

My first access to a personal computer was in a department store where they had Commodore PETs on display. Sales guy didn't know how to use them so was happy to let us stand there for hours playing with them.

uBlock Origin adds a Block Element menu to the context menu.

We already had a cure for MPB, anti androgens. There might be some side affects though.

Seems like these gig sites have a lot of jobs of a very dubious nature. A bit depressing to see.

Loved the long persistence displays. So easy on the eyes.

Before the web we had decent documentation and books. Also the complexity was much lower.

Marketing on value died decades ago. Now we sell emotion and shiny.

People who pay a subscription to use an item they bought for are part of the problem.

My hope is that FS2020 will be the basis for many more real world sims as the technology improves.

I imagine a ship, train sim would go over quite well. Would be great if they were all in the same in game session.

Can also picture tycoon and enterprise type games doing well here.

And of course eventually there will be weapons, it is bound to happen.

Went to order because it sounds great. $10,000. Nope

As someone who learned coding in the days of Pascal and Fortran; can I just say: WTF and why!

Corporations are sociopaths by design. If they can do something to make a profit then they must do that.

Using your workers as a profit buffer is horrible.

Well if anyone wanted proof of evolution just let emerging viruses run unchecked through billions of people.

Always thought Labrador was golden arm and was going to comment how strange to give a robot without arms this name. Love when I learn new things.

"Labrador is named after João Fernandes Lavrador, a Portuguese explorer who sailed along the coasts of the Peninsula in 1498–99. Lavrador in Portuguese means 'farmer' (cognate with 'labourer')."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrador

Anyone who remembers BBSs would not be surprised by a site that turns in to small fiefdoms but would rather be surprised by a site that is not.

Pay to train your replacement

Corporations are sociopaths by their very design. Their number one mandate is to make money for their shareholders and to grow. This colours every decision they make.

Lots of talk about absorbing oxygen but little discussion about releasing carbon dioxide, or if releasing CO2 is even required with anal ventilation.

Also, as anyone who has had a colonoscopy can tell you, inflating the colon is on the painful side of uncomfortable.

Here in Southern Ontario, just being a millionaire means you still cannot afford to buy even a cheap shack.

Yet for the most part minimum wage and entry level jobs have not had an increase in pay for almost thirty years.

The result is that we have lost our middle class.

This is the answer to many of Apple's design choices

Can I run a multitasked app that Apple won't kill to save battery life even though I have the PRO iPad plugged in.

Just put MacOS on the damn thing already.

Senior developer at 21 is part of the problem with software now. Companies only want to hire young people but those hires have very little life skill or knowledge outside of their field.

They arrive with vim for the latest and greatest shunning the tried and true. Yes architectures need to evolve, of course, but it isn't evolution. It is flavour of the generation with new trumping functionality and usability in many cases.

The author does mention the importance of a mentor and I completely agree with that. I think mentor should be a job title with extra perks, rather than someone who is 4 years older than you who knows where the best espresso machine is.

Grump.

They will just push updates the incrementally cripple the device. They are already doing it anyway.

In true Canadian form there will likely be minor repercussions.

Designers, like Ive, should not be left unchecked. As part of an overall team they have value, but they should never be given carte-blanche as Ive had.

Yet another example of the worst of humanity destroying something that had potentially world changing and improving potential.