Swartz, like other "activists" through the years, made himself a target in order to challenge the status quo and attempt to force changes in policy and law. The intended result of his actions were to elicit an overzealous reaction from "the man" and he got it. Yes, it's quite sad that he wasn't strong enough to deal with the results of his actions. He had a choice in the way he went about challenging the system and he chose to act.
Trying to run a newly released OS on a 3 year old machine? Hey, let's try running Windows 8 on a Commodore 64, I'm sure some people still have those around. Sure Microsoft has made it affordable but they also have a minimum required hardware spec. Ignore it if you like but don't expect it to work on out of date equipment. That's just generally bad advice.
Hey Apple, what part of that diatribe was the "apology" hidden in? We know you're not really sorry, you're just sorry you are being forced to apologize. It's like watching a bigger kid being forced to apologize to a smaller kid he just beat up. Insincere. That's WAY less cool. Congratulations on taking the low road.
In a world where technology life cycles are difficult to predict even 1 year out it sees a bit arrogant to presume to know how Windows and Android will evolve over the next 4+ years and the "stats" don't even consider the possible impact of emerging technologies. Here's a prediction Worth exactly what we paid for it.
Anyone who whines about this (a) doesn't understand international tax law and (b) has never run their own business. Corporate tax on profits is a pure money grab. If you tax profits to the point where it's no longer profitable for companies to be in your country they will leave and then you get ZERO benefit from their presence, like salary tax, sales tax, employees putting discretionary cash back into the economy etc. When countries start doing something FOR companies instead of doing things TO them (like suing them) then they can ask for more money. Until that day comes I say that corporations should keep whatever the law allows them to keep and "ethics" (it really has nothing to do with ethics) be damned.
It's great for instant feedback but IMHO interactive programming makes it easy (or at least easier) to be lazy. If you get used to coding by trial and error you'll never really understand the language or the problem you're trying to solve, you'll just keep trying things until it works. I know that's not how everyone approaches programming but I've seen it far too often to dismiss it
Before the current version of what we know as the internet there were alternative silos of information you could mine. Some of these, like bitnet/netnorth, usenet, BBSes, FTP sites (like Simtel-20) were eventually absorbed by the internet. If you worked for a big enough company they usually had internal repositories you could access that were full of "hackers" showing off their stuff. Software/Developer focused magazines like Dr. Dobbs, BYTE, CUJ, etc. were a LOT more useful and relevant before the internet stole their thunder.
If Apple's stuff wasn't incredibly overpriced they wouldn't have $100B in the bank. Steve's ghost would be sad and they wouldn't be able to bankroll all their lawsuits (which would also make Steve's ghost sad).
Apple USED to be good at marketing. Have you seen those new ads? The ghost of Steve just barfed in his mouth a little bit. Quick! Someone call Justin Long and John Hodgman, that was working okay...
Rounded rectangles are the new lucite, and therefor not relevant in any way. Apple's lawsuits were based on Steve Jobs being a big baby about how well Android was selling. Now? Who knows how the Apple lawsuit of the day gets kicked off, but you can bet it involves Androids (and not the Star Trek variety).
Now you're just being thick, the first GUI was done by Doug Engelbart (Stanford Research) in '68. It was perfect. Any CS student who took an HCI knows that. Extra points if you know what HCI stands for and don't have to google Engelbart to verify, but I bet you do :)
Some people who use Apple devices just want some of the discretionary income that hipster, fanboi (and fangrl, you sexist) and cultists seem quite happy to part with. Will that be cash or credit?
No need to worry, all Mac's are virus, malware and attack proof and so (by the law of distortion of reality) are any devices or networks attached to a Mac. Go about your business and forget about that pesky "security" thing everyone else likes to talk about. Just etch a picture of Steve striking a thoughtful pose on the lid of your laptop and all your problems will be forgotten.
Agreed. When I set my price I assume users will learn more about the software over time and my support costs will decrease rather than increase. If someone resells their license they are basically creating a new user and I have to support them the same as if they bought directly from me? No thanks.
Set a real goal so you can measure "better". It could be "X new subscribers every Y weeks" or "N comments per post", anything that will let you objectively measure how what you do impacts the way people react to your work.
Self-funding is still funding and it's always an option to consider. Outside funding means you can (i) work full time and eat while you're getting things up and running, (ii) get more people working on a project to reduce the time to release and (iii) hire skills you don't have or don't have time to acquire. If none of those matter to you, you may not need outside funding.
PHP gets a lot of hate for the same reason that Microsoft gets a lot of hate. PHP could have been rewritten from scratch and made more orthogonal but it would have immediately broken every existing PHP application out there. For better or worse, the install base matters. Once you a function/feature it's there to stay or you can't ever upgrade your server.
Are they remitting tax to the IRS for you? Are you liable for taxes they don't withhold? Ask if they mind you clarifying with the IRS before you accept the job to be sure. You do not want to get stuck with a massive tax bill. It smells like they are trying to avoid paying salary tax. Not an encouraging sign IMHO.
The idea of forcing everyone to march to the same beat is going to end. Personalized education and self-paced study are eventually going to win because it's better for everyone. Slower students aren't forced to "keep up" with the pack and better students aren't held back. The real questions are (1) How to standrdize evaluations to see who has learned what and to what degree they understand the material. (2) How to reallocate funds from traditionl education (teachers and classrooms) to a new model. Solve those problems and you've got something.
Dorm life is (or at least was) nothing like reality or adult life. You may become friends with the people you meet in the dorms but I made more meaningful connections with the people who shared the same interests as I did. I met those people mostly in classes we shared. Dorm relationships were more random.
Programming is one job where the knowledge you acquire during your career becomes useless within just a few years. I'm over generalizng here of course but, for the most part, it's true. Techniques you learn live longer, accumulated wisdom and approaches are valuable forever but there are no old programmers. Programming languages are not skills,they are tools. Knowing HOW and WHEN to apply them is where the skill lies. You're smart to start thinking about this now before you get boxed in. A business background will definitely help, especially if you're interested in running your own business someday.
I guess it depends on the campus, but dorm life (when I went to UNB) was noisy, messy and distracting. Don't live in a dorm just for the experience of living away from home, rent an apt instead. It's probably cheaper than living on campus and you get to pick your roomie.
Did you take equity or a promise of equity? If so, flat out ask how things are REALLY going.
If you're just taking $ for hours and you like the work, stay for as long as they keep paying you but still ask if there are any problems. If they punt and don't answer or you don't believe they're being honest with you then start looking at your options for getting out of there.
You have to know that they'll drop you as soon as the cash runs out, so you owe them NOTHING.
They don't just want to avoid talking about it, they are actively working to spin it. If they had said nothing about jobs in the US, which came completely out of nowhere, I would have a lot more respect for them. They are acting ashamed by trying to distract everyone. Yes, be proud that you created jobs, but be honest about why you're suddenly trying to draw attention to that fact.
Apple fanboys calm down! I'm not mad about how well Apple is doing, they'e earned their success. They've made some great products and they've made some great business decisions, like using offshore manufacturing.
My complaint with Apple is with choice to start a dishonest conversation about jobs in the US instead of talking about why they use foreign manfacturing. They don't want to talk about their "China problem" because it's unpopulart so they spin a story about how many US jobs they have created to distract you.
If they were proud of their offshore manufacturing, why don't they have a page about that? Don't hold your breath waiting ro that one.
Why would they put that page up? What's in it for them? It distracts you from the problem and makes you like them for creating jobs they had to create anyay.
I'm happy they're doing well. They have made smart business decisions and some great products. I just wish they'd stop trying to spin everything. They made the decision to ship jobs overseas and that was good for their bottom line, but instead of talking about that, they talk about how many US jobs they've created. It's not an honest conversation.