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On the one hand I could agree with you, CP should not be promoting, in the main, non-KSS material, but, and we're talking a friggin big BUT, the content [sans foul language] is worth while reading. The author is addressing a real problem in interviewers who don't ask anything close to appropriate questions.
tuppence added.
veni bibi saltavi
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I'm not sure that I agree. The interview process does need repair. The major problem, as I see it, is that interviews are aimed in the wrong direction. The candidate should be interviewing the interviewer, not the other way around.
I'll give an example. Many years ago I needed a web savvy individual who could participate in the development of a US Army web site; a site that was to be used by Generals and senior Colonels to determine the Army budget for the future out-years. We cast the net in the Norfolk area and a number of candidates arrived at our front door. I reviewed each resume carefully and during the interview asked some simple questions about the candidate's experience. I then launched into a fairly complete description of the project. At the end, I asked three questions: Are you interested? Can you contribute? Do you have any questions?
I hired the individual who I believed performed best in describing his earlier experience and who answered "yes" to all three questions.
Gus Gustafson
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Soooo, putting that language in a lounge post, with no warning is OK? 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Point taken, and apologies.
I had hoped that the warning would be enough. I felt that despite the language, it was a useful article to read. I'm sorry that was not the case.
TTFN - Kent
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May I suggest that KSS be the rule?
By the way, good job!!
Gus Gustafson
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You haven't met my kid sister 
OKdOK, I'll try to keep it cleaner in the future, and thank you for the kind words.
TTFN - Kent
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Hi Kent, I see no reason for you to apologize.
People who are not mature enough to understand a clear warning about "strong language," who make a choice to go and read the material with the warning, and then feel they have a right to be offended ... because of the language ...
Are not mature enough to to have their opinions listened to, particularly on the Lounge.
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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I found the article an interesting read, so I'm glad you included it, as I wouldn't have found or read it otherwise.
I understand, however, that some (especially the US?) are a bit more sensitive to such language. Yet, the last time I talked to an American (and also a Canadian) basically every second word was a swear word, so I don't really get why you'd be so sensitive when it comes to the media (tv, internet, radio) but use the words while speaking to someone else.
And I think an article with foul language is currently quite an exception in the insider news (at least I wouldn't have noticed a trend towards such articles). In my opinion it's probably fine as long as the content itself is worth mentioning and interesting to read and they aren't included every day.
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gggustafson wrote: But this is use of foul language was for shock purposes only.
Most headlines are 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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gggustafson wrote: But this is use of foul language was for shock purposes only. It added nothing to the value of the article.
Probably quite a bit of every technical article in every discipline has a non-trivial amount of content that adds nothing to the technical content. I used to read Byte magazine long ago and specifically for the Pournelle column specifically because it wandered all over the place on non-technical issues.
I wouldn't be surprised if the majority, probably almost 100% of 'popular' technical authors are popular because of the non-technical content as well.
Consequently it is condemnation of the type of content and not whether it is apt. And that really goes back to common current culture.
gggustafson wrote: But if this trend continues,
Guaranteed that culture will change. If you reject it then it can very well leave you cutoff from a great deal of society. Which might be ok with you, but I rather like hanging out with those younger than me, so I am certainly not going to reject them because of changing mores in speech.
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I'll see them this evening, here I can't... I grew up with Doom II and I heard many people say it is similar to them.
I can only hope hype *_*
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Yeah - Doom III wasn't my favourite. Too "on rails" for me, which I think was down to poor level design.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I found exactly the same problem, too many pre-arranged encounters with interrupting animations. I like to clear the angles with grenades but it was often useless due to the mechanic.
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
}
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Just what kind of PC do you need to run that monster? 
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OriginalGriff wrote: what kind of PC
Newest 
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I'd have to upgrade the house to provide space to cool the beast! 
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If you pre-order game today, you'll get 20% off for the power supply[^] sufficient for the required GPU
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Does that include the one of these[^] you need to run the coolant system?
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Let's put it this way: when you run DOOM IV, the Large Hadron Collider data collection stops.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Looks promising. It's been delayed a ton, so hopefully that means they took their time making the game they wanted to make. Lots of people have very strong feelings about what a "Doom" game should be, so no matter what they do, someone is going to hate it. Hopefully the number of people that love it outweigh the number that hate it.
EDIT: One of my favorite parts of the video is how much the crowd cheered when he picks up the chainsaw and then uses it for the first time. My 4-year old self has a lot of great memories using that thing.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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All classic and interesting, some I've never seen. clickity[^]
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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25.)
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You wouldn't believe that one human being would do that to another.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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No you wouldn't, especially for something like that. So (relatively) recent too.
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